Arkham City Game and Batmobile

Batman in Arkham City game has his gadgets but the Batmobile has only made a fleeting appearance at the start of the first game. Would vehicles be used in Arkham City?

“The vehicles question was one we always kick around at the start of development, the Batmobile, the Batwing, a whole load of great vehicles but we felt the vehicle we wanted to focus on most was Batman himself, the ability to glide through the city. We hope that when you get your hands on the game you will be able to see that if we had the Batmobile in the game you just wouldn’t be able to get around as quickly as you do with just Batman himself.”

The detective mode was used extensively in the first game and you could play the vast majority of the title with it permanently turned on meaning that that gamers missed some of the gorgeous graphics. Have Rocksteady added incentives for people to play Arkham City with it turned off?
“Well you have the opportunity to turn it off when you want! The detective mode is more about hunting enemies down but when you use it the Bat symbols in the sky and the compass are not on screen. To navigate and fly around you have to be out of detective mode. There was never any question of nerfing Batman for using it.” The challenge rooms were a great success in Arkham Asylum and return for the sequel.  “We have a lot of cool new features with them,” said the developers.

“We’re doing campaigns in them now with a string of challenge rooms in a row and you have six different modifiers that can apply to any of the rooms. You can apply the modifiers as you want, three to the first match, three to second, none to the third for example. The modifiers really change how the game plays so they are really cool.”

Why does Batman have such an enduring legacy? Why does this superhero created long ago, who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939, still hold such interest?

Some people may say other fictional superheroes like Superman are more popular, but does he have the number of recent hit movies that the Caped Crusader does? Certainly not. Was there a Spiderman hit TV series that's been in continual reruns since the 1960s? Why doesn't he just fade away like other formerly popular heroes like The Green Lantern? There is something about Batman that resonates with us.

Certainly, he is a tragic figure. Although he might be rich, he is an orphan. He is single, and hangs out with a young kid and has his good friend yet still employee Alfred take care of him. He is an obsessed and dark figure. What kind of guy dresses as a bat and wears a cape after all? He really has little personal life despite valiant attempts in his movies.

He is an idealist. He spends his life trying to right wrongs and make the world a better place to live. Wouldn't it be nice if we could be idealists too? Of course, it's not practical for us since we are not rich and it's not really practical for him either.

We admire Batman for what he does and what he tries to do; rid the world of crime. Yet we feel some sorrow as clearly he seems unhappy and not quite right. There is something in him that resonates deeply in each of his fans. We can relate to him as he is merely human, whereas other superheroes like Spiderman, Superman, and others are clearly not "simply human."

Batman resonates so deeply within many of us, that some of us have dressed as him for years for Halloween and parties.