That was fast. Less than four months after the release of Batman: Arkham Asylum – aka, the greatest superhero game ever made – a sequel has been officially announced. Even more exciting? The news came packaged with a surprisingly dense teaser trailer, meaning that rampant speculation and freeze-frame detective work can already begin.
Who are the villains? Where's the setting? What's the story? Clues to each of these questions are included in the video… you just need to know when to look.
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The only thing I disagree with on that list is MVC 3. I liked 2 so much better and stopped playing 3 shortly after I bought it because it just wasn't as fun and I missed characters that were in the 2nd one.
Brash Games writes "Liam and Ross like their Batmen manly, their slim consoles, well, not shit and their normal consoles from a galaxy far, far away. Reggie face-of-meat encourages bullying, Sony still can’t do advertising and Liam almost enjoys Kinect. All this, and as always, so much more".
There are loads of ways to improve our gaming experience. I’m sure there are more than a few out there who’ve happily guzzled some mind-altering drugs and freaked when they came across their first feral ghoul in Fallout 3. You’ve also got those people who like to immerse themselves in the game: from the people screaming sexist and racist insults over headsets while playing [insert FPS of your choice here] to the people who spend mortgage-sized chunks of money to bring their ‘MechWarrior’ fantasies almost to sweaty life. That’s not forgetting the bunch of mates who get together, have a few drinks and gradually get more sullen with each other over Need for Speed or FIFA 2012.
I saw the Iceberg sign and I knew right away that penguin would be in this game. I didn't notice the signs for other characters. Two face is my second favorite villain (obviously Joker is my 1st). It should be interesting. I wish they made an open-world Batman game. Until then, this will keep me busy.
I have to say their observations are very impressive. Especially with the cat. I would have needed a magnifying glass to notice that.
I definitely love the where the second game is going and can't wait to see Gotham and the new asylum.
I also liked what a commenter said about the silhouette of Batman: "I want to point out that in the reflection of light given by the car that is lit on fire you can see a shadow of batman holding a man in the air but as the camera slowly shifts the man starts becoming deformed and larger. normally, this could just be due to the shift of camera, but the shadow of batman doesn't change and only the man, easily hinting at clayface"
Awesome findings.. I can't wait to see more!!
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I was really hoping he would be in it. Oh well I love Dent (Two-Face) and cant get enough of The Joker
I think Ra's al Ghul is being saved for Batman AA:3 - I bet he'll be revealed to be the "puppet-master" of everything as far back as Batman Arkham Asylum 1 - I have the same theory for the new Batman movies. Ra's is meant to be immortal so I doubt he died in the train-crash at the end of Batman Begins.