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Home News Rocksteady Was Surprised By Success Of Arkham Asylum

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Rocksteady Was Surprised By Success Of Arkham Asylum

Posted on Friday, April 27 @ 14:50:19 Eastern by Jonathan_Leack

Games deriving from film and comics are a dime-a-dozen, and that's why it was so surprising when Batman: Arkham Asylum released with a mighty fist back in Fall 2009. It fit in all of the reasons Batman is one of the most popular superheroes and brought some thrilling combat and a quality story along for the ride. Looking back after so much success it would sound almost ridiculous to think that its developers had no idea what was coming, but that's exactly what they did.

Sefton Hill, Batman: Arkham Asylum's game director, was shocked when Rocksteady Studios' second game came out and instantly hit a wave of positive reception. He shared the following with PSM3 magazine:

When we were making Arkham Asylum, we had no idea how successful it would be.

He added:

You're so close to the project you've no idea how successful it's going to be, or it is going to be successful at all.

It's clear that a lot of love went into not only Batman: Arkham Asylum but Batman: Arkham City as well. They're both polished to the teeth and let you kick the tar out of hundreds of bad guys. Sometimes that's all a game needs to be success.

Now if only the same could be said about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Spider-Man, Superman, and the hundreds of other cool characters with infinite potential (*hint hint*).
Related Games:   Batman: Arkham Asylum
Tags:   Batman: Arkham City, rocksteady


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  • Squiggy
    Squiggy
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Apr 27th, 2012 at 3:37 pm
    Superman is most deserving of a game by Rocksteady. Those other two at least have good games somewhere in their back catalogue. The ninja turtles have some classic games from way back, and I really enjoyed Ultimate Spider-Man. It wasn't perfect, no, but I really liked it. Superman, to my knowledge, has never had a good game, ever.

    What we need in a Superman game is, quite honestly, Superman. In games they keep dumbing him down and lowering his abilities so that they can apply regular game design mechanics to him. They're doing it backwards. What should be done, is not to adapt Superman to a game, but adapt the game to Superman. We need a game where you have all of Superman's abilities at their full, and the challenges of the game are built around that, rather than dumbing down all his powers so that he'll work in cookie-cutter action game design.
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  • Jobin_Wendy
    Jobin_Wendy
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Apr 27th, 2012 at 4:36 pm
    You obviously don't remember The Death and Return of Superman. May not stand the test of time, but dammit it was great in 1994.
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  • Squiggy
    Squiggy
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Apr 27th, 2012 at 5:12 pm
    You'd be right, I don't remember that one. I think the second half of my post still stands though. There needs to be a modern Superman game for Superman, not a regular action game with a dumbed down Superman in it.
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  • 213EDD
    213EDD
    Joined: Sep 2007
    Posted: Apr 27th, 2012 at 4:07 pm
    GIVE US DEADPOOL VIDEO GAME THAT IS GOOD
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  • OdiousLupous
    OdiousLupous
    Joined: Jul 2011
    Posted: Apr 27th, 2012 at 5:48 pm
    Greatest Batman game, greatest comic book game I ever played, spend my money on hookers and blow you guys deserve it.
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Apr 27th, 2012 at 8:10 pm
    They do that and their next game will be crap.
    0 0
  • leavesofgrass611
    leavesofgrass611
    Joined: Aug 2011
    Posted: Apr 27th, 2012 at 11:10 pm
    If anything it'd make the next game better.
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  • DonRafael
    DonRafael
    Joined: Mar 2012
    Posted: Apr 27th, 2012 at 6:24 pm
    Yeah, right. Imagine his surprise when a game featuring Batman and the Joker coming out one year after the Dark Knight blockbuster becomes a blockbuster itself.

    These guys develop their games for greatness, not to flop and leave their stockholders hanging.
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  • Chunibrow
    Chunibrow
    Joined: Mar 2010
    Posted: Apr 27th, 2012 at 7:28 pm
    Everyone makes a game to be good buddy. Not everyone succeeds. This is why he was surprised.
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  • kingg5
    kingg5
    Joined: Aug 2006
    Posted: Apr 27th, 2012 at 8:16 pm
    Oh god please yes, a superman game that doesn't suck. Perhaps maybe another great Punisher game like the one for PS2
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  • Barth_Vader
    Barth_Vader
    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Apr 29th, 2012 at 3:31 am
    spiderman 2 on consoles is still the coolest superhero game ever
    0 1
  • dirty_f
    dirty_f
    Joined: Nov 2010
    Posted: Apr 29th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
    finally. i will defend that game to the grave. i spent hours upon hours just swinging round the city. its a shame that while i have all my Gamecube games in my room, my actual Gamecube is on the other side of the planet.
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