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Kotaku Preview: The Joker Dies in the First Act of Arkham City (Or Does He?)

Now, okay. Do keep in mind that this is "Comic Book Death" we're talking about here, which is only slightly above "Anime Death" in terms of "deaths that don't really count". But sad to say, it does look as though very early on in Batman: Arkham City, the J-man will bite the big one, and we'll spend the majority of the game free from his jolly jeers.

Warning: Demo spoilers at the source

NukaCola4582d ago

Warning: Demo spoilers at the source

WARNING: Spoilers in the headlines. Why the hell would you even mention anything to ruin or spoil this game Kotaku?

DatNJDom814582d ago

What a bunch of pricks. Spoiling the game like that. If I was Rocksteady I'll blacklist any site that publishes anything like that. This is so unprofessional. This is why kotaku is a shitty site. Let the players play the game and see for themselves. Nowgamer is guilty for it as well. BRAVO video game journalism BRAVO!!!

MrDead4582d ago (Edited 4582d ago )

I hope this article dies very soon, who approves these?? I would have liked that to have been a surprise.

jut4204582d ago

Kotaku is the worst gaming site around. I wish people would stop visiting them so they could just die out. I can't even read the article to defend or attack them because I don't want the game ruined. The title does enough of that on it's own

ryhanon4582d ago

I understand the dislike for Kotaku in general, but in this particular case I don't think they're to blame. This was something Rocksteady specifically asked the press to report on (Kotaku is definitely not the only one, I've seen it on at least three other sites so far). Sure, Kotaku could have chosen not to do so, but when all of the press at this event was shown the same thing, Kotaku not reporting on this would have just been weird.

In this case, as with most of the spoilers for this game so far, the blame lies squarely with Rocksteady. I just hope the things they've chosen to spoil about this game so far are virtually inconsequential in the grand scheme of the games storyline (though I don't really see how this could be).

MrDead4582d ago (Edited 4582d ago )

Kotaku and Nowgamer could have run with a title Major Batman Plot Spoiler Inside, and let us choose to find out what that news was.

ryhanon4582d ago

@ MrDead

Yeah, I guess that's true. I suppose it makes sense to direct some of the rage and fury in the direction of Kotaku and others that chose to run with such a headline. You make a fair point.

Still though, I'm more irritated with Rocksteady. They've spoiled so much about this game so far that I imagine as I'm playing it I'll just be thinking "I wonder when I'm going to bump into Penguin" followed by "I wonder when I'm going to bump into Mr. Freeze" followed by "I wonder when I'm going to bump into Two-Face" followed by "I wonder when I'm going to bump into Cat Woman" followed by... oh, you get the idea.

My point is, in the first game it was more like "OMG! That's Mr. Freeze's cell! I wonder if I'm going to have to fight him that would be awesome" or "OMG! That's Poison Ivy! I wonder if I'm going to have to fight her!" etc etc... I had no idea what characters were in the game or what ones I'd have to fight/interact with. It made for a great feeling of discovery and anticipation and surprise. I don't see how Arkham City will be able to capture those same feelings when I already know most of what I'm going to experience.

jut4204582d ago

@ryhanon

I think it's pretty dumb of both Rocksteady and Kotaku to share this info with the public, but IMO, the majority of the blame lies with Kotaku (and Nowgamer, who also had an equally revealing title, which I didn't see before first coming into this article), for the revealing title. They should have let us know their article had a spoiler inside and let us choose if we wanted to see it as MrDead said. I had no choice. Once I read it, there was no turning back. They do stuff like this pretty often though...this isn't a first time occurrence. It's like they actually try to ruin things just to say they were first.

christoph2034582d ago

if kotaku spoil one more game they will probably get a serious case against the site..

Oldman1004582d ago

Lol i swear i seen a similar article close by...

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Batman Arkham City in 2024 – How Well Does It Hold Up?

GB: "With this feature, we take a look back at the incredible Batman: Arkham City with the aim of analyzing it from the perspective of a 2024 release."

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Spider-Man 2 Metacritic review score means Marvel still hasn’t beaten DC

Reviews are finally out for Marvel's Spider-Man 2, and the game's Metacritic review score means Marvel still hasn't toppled DC.

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CrashMania182d ago (Edited 182d ago )

The Arkham games are largely excellent, a shame they are being followed up by that god awful looking suicide squad game.

RaidenBlack182d ago

All 4 Arkham games are just amazing...
With the Gotham Knights turning out sub par, hope the Suicide Squad fails as well... So that both Rocksteady and WB Montreal goes back to creating good single player DC games ...
A batman beyond game maybe?

anal_vegan_moans182d ago

Having the game fail would make it harder for them to get funding for their next game, please don't wish this on them. They already delayed the game a whole year after backlash, so we still have to wait and see how it will turn out.

GhostScholar181d ago

I think asylum and origins were great. City was good. Knight was horrible.

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Ezio2048182d ago

You can't expect a game to match 96-94 meta apple for apple. Different era and different gen. No need to diminish either game's achievement. Arkham City and Spiderman 2 are both amazing sequels that improved upon their already incredible first parts.

Tacoboto182d ago

To back that up, there are major websites that adjusted their review scales.

IGN used to have a 100 point system; now it's a 10 point system. I remember GameSpot back in 2004 was razed for giving Halo 2 a 9.4 when IGN gave it like a 9.7 or 9.8

darthv72182d ago

Arkham Asylum was great, but when City came out... wow what a total overhaul that was. Nothing has had that type of night/day difference in scope and scale since.

SM2 is looking to be a great game in itself. Definitely an upgrade over the previous entries. Just from the opening battle with sandman, it gives me god of war 2 vibes with how that one opened with the battle with colossus of rhodes. That is still one of my favorite sequels of all time.

Zeke68182d ago

Thanks for the spoiler how the game starts loser...

darthv72182d ago

Zeke... you've had plenty of time to play god of war 2.

GaboonViper182d ago

And right on cue, here comes the downplaying of Insomniacs masterpiece, not gonna work, this game is gonna be beast in success.

BehindTheRows182d ago

From the same folks who gave it a 10/10 no less.

Aloymetal182d ago

'' here comes the downplaying of Insomniacs masterpiece''
You know that train is never late.

isarai182d ago

Oh look, another trash article from Videogamer

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10 Best Games to Complete 100%

GF365: "These are our picks for the ten best games to complete 100%. This list includes good games that don't feel like chores to complete."

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Knushwood Butt290d ago

I got 80% trophy completion on Ragnarok but left a few of the battles. Will come back to it one day.

Miraak82 290d ago

Dragon Quest 11 is my top pick

RpgSama289d ago

Dragon Quest XI was such an AMAZING game, I had a blast from the very beginning all the way to the very end, it actually got better the more you played, full of surprises as well.

Another game that I enjoyed from the very beginning all the way to the end of the 100% completion was Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Really, really, really fun game with a great heartfelt story.

badz149290d ago (Edited 290d ago )

Where is Horizon Zero Dawn?? where is Ghost of Tsushima?? I just got my Platinum on HZD and is now trying to finish the Frozen Wild expansion. so much care and love went into that game and it really shows. I especially adore the lore and have sunk many hours listening to the logs and reading journals. the back story is great and the gameplay is awesome. can't wait to replay on the hardest difficulty on NG+. next in my list would be to finish GoTsushima

Tacoboto290d ago

Ghost was fantastic especially after Iki Island and the PS5 upgrade. 100%'d that, Horizon Forbidden West (not ZD), GoW (not yet Ragnarok), Spider-Man, and R&C: Rift Apart.

Each one absolutely worth it.

Aloymetal289d ago (Edited 289d ago )

100% I would like to add to you list RDR2, amazing as well and the perks from getting the Legend Of The East outfit is awesome.
Sekiro as well, have to play twice to get it but it's worth it!

Demetrius289d ago

I agree I'm on my 2nd playthroughs of both horizon forbidden West(zero dawn I played also) ghost of Tsushima except I'm replaying it on PS5 this time, the iki island expansion is amazing

ClayRules2012289d ago

Yeah, GoT was already an AMAZING game on PS4, but playing it on PS5, along with that expansion, just even better.

Elda289d ago

I just started my copy of GOW:R, enjoying it so far.

DefenderOfDoom2289d ago (Edited 289d ago )

Okay the title of article should be top 10 , 3rd person games to complete 100 percent. Nine 3rd person games and 1 racing game on this list .

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