But on a positive note; This IS a Batman game; The map is twice as big as previous game; We finally play into Gotham City; There will be a variety of action because of the 8 super Assassins; and Batwings!!

I only hope that since it is “snowing”, walking on the roads do not become a pain and forces the player to only use flying as a means of commute. I would definitely like to enjoy the street view of Gotham please.

” I wonder why it’s not also on Vita.”

Yes shit.

No shit.

It’s purely a business decision. Lower budget + magnitudes more userbase = less risky.. the exact opposite of the VITA.

I like the option. Doesn’t mean you have to use it.

Lame.

Yea, I like games with huge worlds to explore, so I don’t really care for fast travel myself. It’s one of the things I’m looking forward to most in The Witcher 3, the ability to explore all of that space. As I’ve gone around the internet looking for each little bit of the game, I’ve found that its apparently twice as big as Arkham City. It’s split between Old Gotham (comprised of the area seen in Arkham City — prior to walls, of course) and the skyscraper-heavy section of the city across the bridge from it. So, yea, I can see that being enough from some to want fast travel.

The news prompted me to return to AC myself. The DLC isn’t exactly a ton of content (unless you want to count playing as Robin in the existing missions as new content), but I found the new missions to be really fun.

That’s a good point about the fast travel. I was just afraid they were putting it in to satisfy lazy gamers. I think exploring the world in games is part of the experience. You have to run for a little bit? So what? That’s just my opinion.

I haven’t played the DLC for Arkham City, but I’m very interested in checking it out now. It’s funny, because I was planning on revisiting the game here soon.

They should get Frank Miller to record the line, “I’m the goddamn Batman.” and play that line every time the button is pushed.

The issue with the LEGO games isn’t the 3DS. It’s the regular DS.

A lot of 3DS/Vita multiplats turn out really well. And the 3DS version is done a disservice by the DS version as well. 3DS is capable of better too.

Well, I don’t mind getting this 2.5D game.

However, whenever I see any good looking iOS game, I wonder why it’s not also on Vita. Sony should really try and make that gap disappear. At least from big publishers and IPs.

I’d prefer to have both on Vita tbh. But I’m just happy they included Vita at all. We missed out completely with Epic Mickey (granted we’re getting 2 sometime, but getting the game later isn’t really ideal… and many hate the game already, even though I like it).

The inclusion of fast travel suggests to me that the world will be much larger. While Bats’ cape and the Batclaw were sufficient methods of travel for Arkham City, we’d definitely need something more if the world will be larger this time out — and with them having access to Rocksteady’s tech, I’d imagine they’ll be able to focus on building the world and adding their new features rather than all of the time RS had to spend building up that tech to begin with.

I wouldn’t worry about Blackgate’s combat. The article says it retains Freeflow and we’ve already seen how that works in 2D if you have Arkham City’s Robin DLC (if you don’t, I’ll tell you, it works pretty damn well — my favorite combat mission aside from the ones with the League of Assassins).

I’m also excited for Origins. WB Montreal could turn out to be as worthy as Rocksteady. I mean, unlike Rocksteady during AA, they’ve got a developer experienced in making awesome Batman games to ask for advice. :P

On top of that though, they’ve got Holmes on board! Before Arkham Asylum put Rocksteady on the map, I don’t think any other game made me feel as much like the titular hero as The Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction (Spider-Man 2 would be a close second). Prototype didn’t turn out quite as well, but there were a number of good ideas behind it. Combining that kind of ambition with Rocksteady’s already successful formula sounds bananas to me. Hell, I’ll be pre-ordering this as well.

They haven’t annualized it though. It’ll have been exactly two years and a week from AC’s release when this comes out.

Or are you suggesting that Rocksteady is working on the next game while this is coming out a la Treyarch and Infinity Ward?