Teaser trailer talk: BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM 2

[thehefner]

I have returned from Tuscaloosa with a Henchgirl and a stomach flu, to discover that the teaser trailer for the video game sequel to BATMAN: ARKHAM ASYLUM has made the rounds.

I couldn't actually play B:AA, so perhaps I missed out on a lot of the game's much-lauded appeal. I was expecting a lot more from it, between the Holy Trinity of Conroy, Hamill, and Sorkin united under the usually-superior pen of Paul Dini, and the rave reviews all-around. Instead, I found the dialogue to be far beyond Dini's usual standard, with the Joker being not that funny and Harley sounded rather more like Grant Morrison's tone-deaf Squeaky Fromme take from that abysmal BATMAN (purple) prose issue. I was holding out hope, that maybe it was all going somewhere really awesome. And then, yeah, not really.

Maybe it was more fun to play than to watch. Either way, I felt like the only person to be rather disappointed by the game.

That said, the trailer fills me with giddy geek glee. Hamill's laugh STILL makes my heart go aflutter, especially the way it's done there. The hints at the other villains to be included also pleases me gr... oh fuck it, if you watched that, you know exactly why *I'm* excited:





On one hand, I'm nervous about how this game might cock-up the character. On the other...*fingers crossed* get Richard Moll, get Richard Moll, ohpleaseohpleaseohplease get Richard Moll...

Comments

[surrealname.livejournal.com]

I had a lot of fun watching my roommate play the game (although how anyone can put up with the shenanigans of getting used to the controls in modern videogames is beyond me). I found harley annoying and thought the ending was more than slightly moronic, then again, it's a videogame and video games these days are made by and for idiots. (I know the kind of people who make them now. Lets just say that's scad's game design department consists of moronic frat boy types with wacom tablets.) Other than that, though, I found the bat and the joker very entertaining.

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

Remember how TV used to be filled with total shit, with only channels like HBO putting out true quality shows? Nowadays, we have even basic cable networks like FX and AMC doing series that actually surpass Hollywood for creative brilliance. I long for the day when video game makers can follow suit. I hope/believe it'll happen gradually over the next twenty years.

[surrealname.livejournal.com]

I've sort of lost faith in the videogame. They are something that truly seems to be the dumbest by the mostest. Everything's so military and macho and juvenile. I don't think it's going to happen, is basically what I'm trying to say here. I kinda hope it doesn't, either. I've really grown to disdain videogames these days. Whatever I loved about them as a youth has long since been lost. Or, as I love saying to my video game playing friends at scad "yeah, while you guys were learning how to play Call of Duty, I was getting to second base. I think my time was better spent."

[thehefner.livejournal.com]

On the other hand, there's Wii. The games they're making at Nintendo are more often on par with the kind of fun and great games we grew up with. Nintendo still has their integrity, and that's gives me hope. I'm very happy to own a Wii, I must say, even if I don't play it that often.

[surrealname.livejournal.com]

My mom bought us a wii last christmas. I haven't really touched it. There's a certain learning curve with the new fangled games i don't care for. I like the days of simple a is jump, b is punch, c is special move, and d pad is d pad and i don't have to worry about a toggle stick. Now adays it takes a 45 minute tutorial just to play the game.

And, I want to take the time to say that my videogame dislike does have its exceptions. I've truely enjoyed the experiences i've had with the X-men legends and marvel ultimate alliacnce games... and my former roommate jordan will be the first to tell you that the reason he has all of the alternate costumes in DOA 4 is because I spent a friday post midterms working off stress by spending several hours button mashing the hell out of some big boobed pugilists. Then again, fighting games and beat um ups have always been my forte, and it's been hard for video games to fuck them up.

also, is it sad or just kind of predictable that I am willing to sit through several hours of youtube videos to watch a full play through of the ghostbusters game so i can get the story with out bothering to buy a ps3?