Batman: Arkham City (spoilers!)

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IGN's got a new video out showing that you fight Solomon Grundy during the Penguin sequence in the game.
 
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Solomon Grundy!

Awesome.
 
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Penguin's voice is a bit distracting, as that's obviously not a British actor.

But yeah, Grundy's awesome.
 
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Kind of off topic, but I noticed that one of Penguin's goons has one arm.

Nice to see an equal-opportunity employer in supervillains.

Then again, Solomon Grundy's living arrangements (chained up to some electrical doohicky as some sort of rhyming Rancor) imply that Penguin's not that big on zombie nursery rhyme people. Man, the great nursery rhyme war happened before Penguin was born, you'd think he could put it behind him.

Maybe Batman can at least get him some pants.

Iceshadow said:
Grundy is a really awesome surprise.



He sounds Australian to me.
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Agreed on both points.
 
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I wonder if Mark Hammill's going to voice him like in Justice League.
 
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Some things:

Bane is Batman's ally, working co-op with him on some missions.

http://arkhamcity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=3914

According to Kevin Conroy, the game has an "ongoing story", with DLC acting to continue it.

http://www.siliconera.com/2011/07/21/batman-says-future-episodes-coming-to-arkham-city-as-dlc/

Some of the interview tapes have been released as viral marketing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1_h2b2VFIg&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10n-1dpXsjU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1j1E-scjsU&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXl79nOb1Dw&NR=1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VcFF2L94ZYM&feature=player_embedded

Finally, alternate skins include Batman Beyond, DKR, and the Timmverse Batman.

http://arkhamcity.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3955
 
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Somebody said the Gamestop.uk preorders apply to the North American ones too. Hope that's the case. Great to see such an extensive collection of skins so far, but what I still want the most is a Bruce Wayne one. A 1989 Keaton one would be a close second, but that's less likely to happen.
 
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But not as unlikely as Adam West. Which is such a shame.

Also, I'd normally be happy about the BtAS skin, but it looks like it may clash with the setting.
 
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Maaaan...I can't believe Rocksteady were awesome enough to release a BTAS and Batman Beyond skin. That's just really, really cool.

I desperately wish they'd make an Adam West skin (with 'Pow! Biff! Sock!' pop-ups, drawn on eyebrows and a Bat-paunch and maybe even West himself for some voiced over campy quips) and even moreso that they'd make movie skins from all six movies (maybe not the Schumacher ones, but definitely the Burton/Nolan ones) but yeah, that's unlikely.
 
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Pretty good redesign. Not quite as iconic as Scarecrow, but I like it. I'm not sold on all of these high-tech extra abilities Freeze's suit has, but I suppose they're in line with the previous idea that the suit enhances his strength.

Several people have said "HE'S in it, as well?!" referring to the crazy amount of bad guys in this one.
 
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The number of bad guys isn't really all that crazy. Who do we have confirmed? Dent, Harley/Joker, Penguin, Freeze, Grundy, Riddler? Asylum had Joker/Harley, Bane, Riddler, Croc, Scarecrow, Ivy....and City's supposed to be 5 times the size of Asylum, too. I don't really see how it's excessive.
 
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I want Clayface and Prometheus.
 
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Right now we've got Joker, Harley, Riddler, Two-Face, Hugo Strange, Zsasz, Ivy, the Penguin, Freeze, Calender Man, Solomon Grundy and Killer Croc confirmed as being on the voice list. Them plus Talia, Catwoman and Bane being characters you fight alongside or play as but you'll probably have to fight them at some point anyway. So at this point we've got 15 of his bad guys (with probably more like Black Mask, Ra's and Scarecrow being announced later) in it which is pretty sizeable.

I already love this game.
 
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the watcher said:
Check out the Mr. Freeze trailer out here: http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/joshw24/news/?a=44411
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I'm not too crazy about the redesign because Mr. Freeze' traditional suit, when done well, is one of the better looking comic-book suits in general. This looks cumbersome and unrealistically top-heavy. It's seems BioShock inspired, which has fantastic designs, but wasn't necessary here. I'm still really glad he's in the game though, the suit isn't that bad, and I'm as excited as ever.
 
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Zeek said:
The number of bad guys isn't really all that crazy. Who do we have confirmed? Dent, Harley/Joker, Penguin, Freeze, Grundy, Riddler? Asylum had Joker/Harley, Bane, Riddler, Croc, Scarecrow, Ivy....and City's supposed to be 5 times the size of Asylum, too. I don't really see how it's excessive.
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By 'crazy' I didn't really mean 'excessive'. Just insanely awesome.
 
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Planet-man said:
I'm not too crazy about the redesign because Mr. Freeze' traditional suit, when done well, is one of the better looking comic-book suits in general. This looks cumbersome and unrealistically top-heavy. It's seems BioShock inspired, which has fantastic designs, but wasn't necessary here. I'm still really glad he's in the game though, the suit isn't that bad, and I'm as excited as ever.
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Bioshock inspired also came to mind. It was the first thing I thought of right when I saw the suit.

Gothamite said:
By 'crazy' I didn't really mean 'excessive'. Just insanely awesome.
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Awesome indeed. I can't wait to play this.
 
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