When I heard that Warner was going to take the reigns for the third recent Batman game, I got worried. Why?
Because Warner/DC have this thing about their characters (You must, must, must sell the origin story crap). They want to sell them at every turn like cheap cider brewed in their shed, while trying to stop everyone from loading up on booze from the local cheap booze seller. They forced too much Batman guff into a game that should have been subtle enough on Batman and his world. This pushing of characters like drugs on people, is largely what turns my stomach off of much super hero stuff.
The contrast between Arkham Asylum and Arkham City to Origins is stark enough, to put me off buying it. For while I love giving thugs the caped beatdown, Origins seems like glory seeking of Warner crying 'Yeah, we can do games too', creating a Battycake with far too much sugar, that it'd make real bats actually see (if fruity bats ate cake). Rock Steady knew when to add for a more effective game and when to take away or be vague/subtle.
Next time, Warner, leave the game creation to the experts, please. Get back to making Arrow and Man of Steel 2, sweet. (Would love to see what Rock Steady could do with an Arrow game, tasty food thought)
Might have to leave this B:O (nice initials there, Warner, proper B:O) next to AC4 and CoD, for some much needed R&R, lest we forget to buy them out of overkill. And what's next for the Dark Knight? Probably won't get another game until 2015.
As for lame hero foils, I was half expecting Warner to roll out the Clock King, asking Batman to punch his crime time card. Indeed, much villains are lame and deserve to languish in the Lazarus Pit of obscurity.
Because Warner/DC have this thing about their characters (You must, must, must sell the origin story crap). They want to sell them at every turn like cheap cider brewed in their shed, while trying to stop everyone from loading up on booze from the local cheap booze seller. They forced too much Batman guff into a game that should have been subtle enough on Batman and his world. This pushing of characters like drugs on people, is largely what turns my stomach off of much super hero stuff.
The contrast between Arkham Asylum and Arkham City to Origins is stark enough, to put me off buying it. For while I love giving thugs the caped beatdown, Origins seems like glory seeking of Warner crying 'Yeah, we can do games too', creating a Battycake with far too much sugar, that it'd make real bats actually see (if fruity bats ate cake). Rock Steady knew when to add for a more effective game and when to take away or be vague/subtle.
Next time, Warner, leave the game creation to the experts, please. Get back to making Arrow and Man of Steel 2, sweet. (Would love to see what Rock Steady could do with an Arrow game, tasty food thought)
Might have to leave this B:O (nice initials there, Warner, proper B:O) next to AC4 and CoD, for some much needed R&R, lest we forget to buy them out of overkill. And what's next for the Dark Knight? Probably won't get another game until 2015.
As for lame hero foils, I was half expecting Warner to roll out the Clock King, asking Batman to punch his crime time card. Indeed, much villains are lame and deserve to languish in the Lazarus Pit of obscurity.
