Batman: Arkham City - Everything we know so far.

[LukeAC]

COMBAT

Batman:
--Batman will now be able to counter two thugs at once.
--Batman will be able to use ALL of his gadgets in combat. The example shown was Batman vaulting over a thug, spraying explosive gel on him and then detonating it.
--Batman will be able to taunt his enemies, often resulting in some or all of the thugs fleeing.
--Batman will have a new swinging kick, usable from an elevated perch, where he attaches a line to his perch before swinging down into the foe.
--Batman will now be able to catch thrown objects and hurl them back at the foe
--Batman’s combat animations have more than doubled from the last game
--Batman has a new move called the “beat down”, a rapid combination of painful-looking punches and kicks that can take down any foe.

Thugs:
--There will be more thugs in each combat as compared to the previous game
--Thugs will be more aggressive, and may attack simultaneously
--Thugs have more realistic AI, and may flee
--Thugs will have a much wider variety of weapons
--There will be new armored thugs that can take more damage and block normal attacks


STEALTH

Batman:
--Batman will have many new silent takedowns, confirmed so far are a double silent takedown and a leg choke from above.
--Batman will be able to smash through weak walls with his bare hands for a new takedown
--Batman will be able to screen himself with smoke pellets if enemies spot him


GADGETS

Batman:
--Batman will have all of his gadgets from the previous game from the very start of the new game.
--Batman will have new gadgets, confirmed so far are a broadcast analyzer, smoke pellets and an Ultra Sonic Emitter (USE) used to summon swarms of bats.


GLIDING

--Batman will be able to transform a glide into a dive bomb for a much more rapid descent. Dive bombing into a group of thugs will push them back.
--Batman will be able to grapple enemies mid-glide
--Batman will be able to remain in a near-perpetual state of flight by gliding, grappling up to a high point, hurling himself off, and repeating.


ENVIRONMENT

Arkham City:
--Arkham City will be at least four times the size of Arkham Asylum.
--Batman will be able to climb on more objects, including wires
--Lights are highlighted in a detective mode screenshot shown, suggesting they will be interactable in some manner.

GENERAL

--There will be multiplayer, although it is not confirmed if it is co-op or not. Catwoman is so far the only confirmed multiplayer ally.
--There will be many side quests apart from the main story. One of them involves Batman following a string of payphones being called by Victor Zsaz before finally confronting him.

ENEMIES

--Thugs will have a much wider variety of appearance than in the first game
--Most thugs will be grouped into gangs, each headed by a staple Batman villain. Confirmed so far are Joker and Two-Face, with many more hinted
--You can keep track of the gangs in your criminal database
--Thugs not attached to a gang roam the streets
--Riddler thugs have replaced Riddler maps in the new game, and will require interrogation before they will talk

DETECTIVE MODE

--More complicated crime scenes than in the first game.
--Later in the game some crime scenes will require puzzles to be solved
--Rocksteady claims to be changing Detective Mode to an “augmented reality” mode, although this is not seen yet in the new screens.

VILLAINS

--Confirmed so far are Joker (Trailer), Harley Quinn (GameInformer), Two-Face (GameInformer), Talia Al’ Ghul (VA Confirmation), Mr. Freeze (VA Confirmation), and Calender Man (OXM) , with Black Mask and Penguin hinted at in the trailer.

STORY

--The story for Arkham City takes place roughly eighteen months after the events of Arkham Asylum. Quincy Sharp, former warden of Arkham Asylum, has taken credit for stopping the Joker, and used that notoriety to become mayor of Gotham City. As neither Arkham nor Blackgate Prison are in any condition to hold inmates, Sharp buys out a large section of Gotham's slums and arms the perimeter with mercenaries from a group called Tyger in order to create "Arkham City". The prisoners are brought into Arkham City and given free rein, told only to not attempt escape. To oversee the city, Sharp uses psychiatrist Hugo Strange who appears to have his own secret plans for the city. Batman maintains a vigil over the city, worried that the situation may get out of hand. Part of the setup for "Arkham City" was contained in plans in a hidden room in Sharp's office in Arkham Asylum.
The events of the game are set in motion when Two-Face, seeking to gain status among the inmates and other villains outside the city, devises a plan to publicly execute Catwoman. Batman decides for both the safety of Gotham and of his past romance with Catwoman that he must stop the execution by entering Arkham City himself.

--Alfred replaces Oracle, who has gone missing

--Jack Ryder has been put into Arkham City due to him becoming to close to the truth on the city while working on an expose. Rocksteady were hesitant to reveal what Ryder had uncovered.

--Your first meeting with Two-Face is early on in the game. You are greeted with him displaying Catwoman tied up side down to a baying crowd of criminals.
Two-Face decides Catwoman's fate with the iconic coin toss. She gets lucky this time.

--The first confrontation with Two-Face results in Batman getting shot in the chest only for Catwoman to slip out of her chains and hit Two-Face into the acid she was about to be chucked into. A flirtatious conversation is then held between Catwoman and Batman only to be interrupted by a sniper dot on Catwoman’s chest. Batman shoves her out of the way and the shot misses.

--Joker has a potentially fatal disease, that seems to have very little do with the overdose of Titan.

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More Here at www.arkhamcity.co.uk

Source

[Doat1]

I did not some of the things posted in here, such as a couple of gadgets, stealth moves, and combat moves. Omg i just cannot wait.

[The Caped Crusader]

cheers for the post looks even more incredible everytime i read it

[Prince Daka]

how come you didn't list Riddler & Hugo Strange under the Villains cast? they are confirmed. i also heard Scarecrow is coming back but i don't remember the source.

[butterskenny]

Originally Posted by Prince Daka

how come you didn't list Riddler & Hugo Strange under the Villains cast? they are confirmed. i also heard Scarecrow is coming back but i don't remember the source.

1. You better not be lying about Scarecrow

2. He also forgot Zsasz

[Prince Daka]

Originally Posted by butterskenny

1. You better not be lying about Scarecrow

2. He also forgot Zsasz

1. i can't seem to find where i read that info. i hope i'm not crazy & just imagined i read that Scarecrow was coming back. i would like him to. sorry about getting your hopes up.

2. yep. i also forgot Zsasz.

[LukeAC]

The Scarecrow hasn't been confirmed.

[TheBatsBack]

This Forum seems dead now after Luke has stolen our people/The Forumors for his website lol. No but, i'm being serious -_- Not trying to be rude ...... again but it is true. Anyway moving on, nice list ..... lol

[blades of athena]

this sounds delicious

[The Caped Crusader]

Originally Posted by blades of athena

this sounds delicious

Indeed

[Nemesis296]

Originally Posted by LukeAC

<<ungodly long post>>

Source

I know that other people have mentioned this before, but I'm really confused as to why you keep referring to the source of your posts as your OWN website. Your posts have no links to the "official" news, so how can you say that you have the Source of information?

It's very misleading and I frankly do not understand why you continue to refer to your site as the #1 source of information on this game.

I'm not trying to start anything, I think the site looks great; I just fail to understand why you're "advertising" for it in this manner.

[LukeAC]

So your saying that if you found this article on a forum you would simply drag, copy, paste and post it on another without saying where you got it from? Personally I don't think thats right and I don't think I have ever been on a forum where users don't credit the site they copied the info from.

The source of that post is my site. What official news are you referring to? The information contained in that article?

In terms of bringing this up in the topic, I believe a simple PM would of sufficed. Thanks for the compliment.

Originally Posted by Nemesis296

I know that other people have mentioned this before, but I'm really confused as to why you keep referring to the source of your posts as your OWN website. Your posts have no links to the "official" news, so how can you say that you have the Source of information?

It's very misleading and I frankly do not understand why you continue to refer to your site as the #1 source of information on this game.

I'm not trying to start anything, I think the site looks great; I just fail to understand why you're "advertising" for it in this manner.

[Nemesis296]

Originally Posted by LukeAC

Personally I don't think thats right and I don't think I have ever been on a forum where users don't credit the site they copied the info from.

So you're just not practicing what you preach?

The point is you write things like it's "official" and yet you have just a forum that you're posting threads and updating them with information or ideas about the game...just like this forum does. Don't get me wrong, it's a great idea, and the fact that it has caught on like wildfire, you deserve nothing but kudos for that. It's just that I was a little annoyed to see the post, then go to your website to see the exact same information without any links to outside sources where you *got* the information, or worse, you reported the information like it was news and it was purely ideas that were thrown about into a post.

Surely, as a blogger/online journalist you can understand this; articles need links. Anytime you see an article on IGN.com or Gamespot, the article is littered with links to outside sources and things so people know where the information came from.

All I'm saying is that it's hard for me to read your site or posts with any sense of concrete information because you don't reference your information that you then come and post here. If you look at the FAQ thread (which is kinda what this thread is) for Batman: Arkaham Asylum on this forum, it is full of Source links where all of the information came from.

When people say "Source?" they want to know where the official source is, not where the post came from. Stating that your site is the source of your post is pretty given my friend , now just give us links to the official information (even if it's just in parentheses like "from Game Informer article - September 2010") Otherwise, I have no way of knowing if you made something up, or if it's legit.

Reason why I didn't PM this: Public criticism is something that you have to be able to handle if you're handing out links to your own site. I know I'm not the only person on these forums who feels this way either, so I figured it was a community-worthy post.

[Out_Of_The_Shadows]

Originally Posted by Nemesis296

So you're just not practicing what you preach?

The point is you write things like it's "official" and yet you have just a forum that you're posting threads and updating them with information or ideas about the game...just like this forum does. Don't get me wrong, it's a great idea, and the fact that it has caught on like wildfire, you deserve nothing but kudos for that. It's just that I was a little annoyed to see the post, then go to your website to see the exact same information without any links to outside sources where you *got* the information, or worse, you reported the information like it was news and it was purely ideas that were thrown about into a post.

Surely, as a blogger/online journalist you can understand this; articles need links. Anytime you see an article on IGN.com or Gamespot, the article is littered with links to outside sources and things so people know where the information came from.

All I'm saying is that it's hard for me to read your site or posts with any sense of concrete information because you don't reference your information that you then come and post here. If you look at the FAQ thread (which is kinda what this thread is) for Batman: Arkaham Asylum on this forum, it is full of Source links where all of the information came from.

When people say "Source?" they want to know where the official source is, not where the post came from. Stating that your site is the source of your post is pretty given my friend , now just give us links to the official information (even if it's just in parentheses like "from Game Informer article - September 2010") Otherwise, I have no way of knowing if you made something up, or if it's legit.

Reason why I didn't PM this: Public criticism is something that you have to be able to handle if you're handing out links to your own site. I know I'm not the only person on these forums who feels this way either, so I figured it was a community-worthy post.

I find it ironic that all this information I gathered from posts on this site. Yes, I'm Dark_Omen over on Arkham City.co.uk.

Apparently you need links to sources, because obviously otherwise I could be *gasp* making up every word. Fair enough

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=113344

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=113283

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=113257

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=113223

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=112141

http://www.batmanarkhamcity.com/

http://www.computerandvideogames.com...icle&id=236948

http://forums.eidosgames.com/showthread.php?t=112303

[LukeAC]

Originally Posted by Nemesis296

So you're just not practicing what you preach?

The point is you write things like it's "official" and yet you have just a forum that you're posting threads and updating them with information or ideas about the game...just like this forum does. Don't get me wrong, it's a great idea, and the fact that it has caught on like wildfire, you deserve nothing but kudos for that. It's just that I was a little annoyed to see the post, then go to your website to see the exact same information without any links to outside sources where you *got* the information, or worse, you reported the information like it was news and it was purely ideas that were thrown about into a post.

Surely, as a blogger/online journalist you can understand this; articles need links. Anytime you see an article on IGN.com or Gamespot, the article is littered with links to outside sources and things so people know where the information came from.

All I'm saying is that it's hard for me to read your site or posts with any sense of concrete information because you don't reference your information that you then come and post here. If you look at the FAQ thread (which is kinda what this thread is) for Batman: Arkaham Asylum on this forum, it is full of Source links where all of the information came from.

When people say "Source?" they want to know where the official source is, not where the post came from. Stating that your site is the source of your post is pretty given my friend , now just give us links to the official information (even if it's just in parentheses like "from Game Informer article - September 2010") Otherwise, I have no way of knowing if you made something up, or if it's legit.

Reason why I didn't PM this: Public criticism is something that you have to be able to handle if you're handing out links to your own site. I know I'm not the only person on these forums who feels this way either, so I figured it was a community-worthy post.

ArkhamCity.co.uk have never claimed anything non official, official. People that were going all crazy about the multiplayer article didn't read half of it considering the first paragraph stated clearly that everything in it was pure suggestion from users on the site; this was then stated again at the end.

All of that information has come from countless articles from the web and magazines. This is just a huge round up of all the confirmed info so far. Source of the round up being ArkhamCity.co.uk Source of the info; OXM, OPM, GI and every other creditable news site.


Also you mention IGN and other major sites; There have been a few times where they have included information from ArkhamCity.co.uk and not sourced. Credit to Team Xbox, CVG and GamesRadar for doing it though.

The site prides it self on giving credible information to users that want to be up to date on Arkham City news and if you believe it will be better with more sources being added to the original post then I will 100% look into it.

[Nemesis296]

Well at least you handled my criticism without too much salt

Anyways, I wasn't trying to be too critical. It was just a suggestion for how to improve your site. There will always be people of course that believe every single thing they read on a website, it's just how the Internet works. I just won't be one of them if I can't see that the information is credible.

Now, that is not to say that I needed 20 links to pages on these forums either, I think you took it a little more literal than intended. But then again, this is the Internet.

Hopefully you just get the concept behind what I said and see that there actually might be some value to it. Having confirmation of information for people is something that I would consider a crucial component of a website if you want people (more than just die-hard fans) to take an interest in what you write about.

[Batman:THE DARK KNIGHT]

Shouldn't this be on the off topic forums since it has nothing to do with Batman: Arkham Asylum...

[butterskenny]

Originally Posted by Batman:THE DARK KNIGHT

Shouldn't this be on the off topic forums since it has nothing to do with Batman: Arkham Asylum...

It has to do with its Sequel, and besides every other Arkham City forum is in this section

[Nemesis296]

Originally Posted by Batman:THE DARK KNIGHT

Shouldn't this be on the off topic forums since it has nothing to do with Batman: Arkham Asylum...

You really should re-read your posts before you *post* them. If you realize how dumb this comment is you probably never would have said it.

Where have you been for the last 2 months when we have received TONS of news about the sequel, and it is all over this forum?

[Batman:THE DARK KNIGHT]

Originally Posted by Nemesis296

You really should re-read your posts before you *post* them. If you realize how dumb this comment is you probably never would have said it.

Where have you been for the last 2 months when we have received TONS of news about the sequel, and it is all over this forum?

Maybe because it should go in the off topic forum....No need to be disrespectful about it..It has nothing to do with the first game...

[Nemesis296]

Originally Posted by Batman:THE DARK KNIGHT

Maybe because it should go in the off topic forum....No need to be disrespectful about it..It has nothing to do with the first game...

So why don't you post this exact post into about 75 threads in the "General Discussion" forum. Not to be 'disrespectful' as you so delicately put it...but the first official news thread about the sequel was created by a moderator. If it was "off-topic" material, I think it would be moved there already, don't you?

There are no official forums for Arkham City, so I think they're just letting things go into the General Discussion because it relates to the series.

If you really want to be a pain about it though, none of us can stop you from copying and pasting your post into about every thread on the first two pages of this forum.

[Batman:THE DARK KNIGHT]

Originally Posted by Nemesis296

So why don't you post this exact post into about 75 threads in the "General Discussion" forum. Not to be 'disrespectful' as you so delicately put it...but the first official news thread about the sequel was created by a moderator. If it was "off-topic" material, I think it would be moved there already, don't you?

There are no official forums for Arkham City, so I think they're just letting things go into the General Discussion because it relates to the series.

If you really want to be a pain about it though, none of us can stop you from copying and pasting your post into about every thread on the first two pages of this forum.

Your mouth is doing that talky thing again you my want to tend to that...

[The Caped Crusader]

Mods close this...

[LukeAC]

Originally Posted by The Caped Crusader

Mods close this...

There is 1 Arkham City thread in the Off-Topic section and thats due to it being a wallpaper thread.

In this forum there are 24 on the first page.

[The Caped Crusader]

Ah sorry luke i wrote the wrong post.
i wanted the mods to close the thread bout the guy sayin arkham city is to repetative.
My mistake