how many Arkham fans are in the audience right now watching this video Batman's had a pretty solid
track record with video games way more consistent than some other superheroes like Superman who
can't get a good video game to save his life now when it comes to good superheroes for video
games Batman and Spider-Man are two of the big ones but Batman's dominance in the gaming world
has long since passed and even though the Arkham versus returning later this year the community's
confidence levels they're not very high welcome to the page everybody chaos here today we're going to
talk about the future of the Arkham verse that's right we're going to talk about Batman Arkham
what needs to change whether or not it's going to survive the next few years when the next actual
Arkham game could actually be coming so make sure you subscribe with those notifications on and
stick around for the entire video because we have a lot to go over now the first Arkham game dropped
in 2009 took the World by storm Not only was it the voice cast basically a giant Batman animated
series reunion but the gameplay it was unique it was Innovative feed featured this metroidvania
style map with some awesome counter-based combat and unique stealth sections that made you feel
like The Dark Knight in every way possible now the sequel Arkham City came a few years later
cranked everything up again featured a huge map much bigger much more elaborate story complete
with side missions gadgets all kinds of stuff a lot of people consider Arkham City to be the best
superhero game of all time I'll let you debate that out with Marvel Spider-Man when it comes
to influence in the gaming industry Arkham City is probably the biggest deal in the series then
the trilogy concluded with Arkham Knight in 2015 which featured this massive open world version of
Gotham in the introduction of the Batmobile but a lot of people they were let down by the game
because of its overly large size and over-reliance on vehicle sections now those are valid criticisms
but the game was really good it was when it comes to open world superhero games I think it's worthy
of the praise so the Arkham Trilogy was awesome and it set the gold standard for superhero
games to come but like most good things in the gaming industry three it didn't last forever so
after the Arkham series wrapped Warner Brothers struggled to keep the DC Universe relevant in the
world of video games Injustice 1 and 2 solid fighting games I enjoyed the story but also
admittedly kind of Niche and not exactly the Casual success story that the Arkham Trilogy
was Telltale Games comes into the mix had a couple Batman games that were they were good
just not exactly the kind of raging success that Warner Brothers was hoping for after Rocksteady
blew everybody's socks off was until the last few years that Warner Brothers actually started
putting effort into Reviving the DC Universe in the AAA gaming world that all started with
Gotham Knights Rocksteady was supposed to make this giant comeback to the world of DC and uh
well we'll talk about that in a couple minutes and I should mention that over the last year
or so there's been a lot of rumors floating around about a potential remaster of Arkham Origins which
has typically been seen as just I don't know the Oddball of the Arkham franchise it was the only
game to not be developed by Rocksteady while it had a good story and genuinely excellent open
world design it also had a lot of bugs on launch day which led to a lot of people writing it off
and never revisiting it or never going through it once because honestly it's a shame now that
it's been patched up it's a really really good Batman game arguably better than Arkham Knight
but due to the lackluster reviews and the lower than expected sales Arkham Origins was excluded
from the return to Arkham remastered collection it was also the only Arkham game to not get any
kind of performance enhancement on the later consoles why why why well let's talk about that
Warner Brothers basically forgot about the game after it came out but a little over a year ago
rumors started floating about a possible remaster which would actually make a lot of sense given the
fact that Arkham Origins teased The Suicide Squad at the end of its campaign and rocksteady's next
big game is long-awaited Suicide Squad spin-off that's right Arkham Origins had an Easter egg
in the campaign about the suicide squad now the rumors were a little inconsistent with some saying
it would be this full-fledged remaster similar to The Return of Arkham collection others said
it would be this big performance patch essentially just beefing up the frame rate maybe adding some
RTX support on the PC version some kind of Arkham Origins re-release or remaster would be a really
really good way to Hype up the Arkham verse I mean uh also giving love to a less appreciated entry in
the franchise and hyping up the universe's version of The Suicide Squad so the leading theory was
that Warner Brothers would drop the Arkham Origins re-release in the months leading up to the suicide
squad's release but with the suicide squad now being delayed and there's no official news about
Arkham Origins I'm gonna say that this rumor was just somebody being goofy on Reddit which is a
shame because honestly I think it would have been this super successful game great way to somewhat
reduce the suicide squad backlash now speaking of The Suicide Squad backlash I told you we'd come
back here rocksteady's return to the Arkham verse was supposed to be this awesome comeback story
but once we actually saw a gameplay of it the hype turned into anger Suicide Squad killed the Justice
League is nothing like previous Arkham games instead it's a full price live service game with
gameplay that I mean uh it's more like a third person shooter third person version of Destiny
focused on the guns the explosives melee combat stealth encounters I mean that's Rockstar's bread
and butter I guess the environments look nice but the gameplay is outdated in 2023 nobody wants to
pay full price for a live service game especially when it's attached to a single player franchise
that we've been waiting almost a decade to revisit Suicide Squad had this huge showcase during the
first day to play of 2023 and following intense player backlash it was indefinitely delayed uh
although Insider reports have come out and said that the game is very unlikely to be dropping
its live service aspects probably because they're integrated the game design and they can't needless
to say Suicide Squad kill the Justice League is Dead on Arrival probably in the Arkham versus
Revival hype train it's kind of been derailed so what happens next well the Arkham versus a
massive property that Warner Brothers does not want to wake or walk away from especially when
the previous games are so beloved I mean there's a lot of hype for the Arkham Origins remaster that
apparently doesn't even exist so needless to say there is money to be made for Warner Brothers they
just have to be aware of this Gotham knights was a really really bad way for gamers to be introduced
to the DC Universe I played through the whole game it wasn't good and now Suicide Squad seemingly
going to be dead on day one I mean I don't know that's not gonna completely stop the publisher
from trying something new it won't right not too long ago there were a handful of rumors about a
new Batman game but I don't know how legitimate those rumors actually weren't given how much time
Rocksteady has put into Suicide Squad I think even if another Batman game is coming we're three to
four years out now we have a rumor of a Superman game honestly I think the best course of action
right now for Warner Brothers is to quietly rework Suicide Squad as much as they can but also start
work on some kind of Arkham remastered collection maybe even a remake of the trilogy the 2020s have
had a lot of remakes already I don't think people would be upset about a remake collection of the
Arkham games Warner Brother needs a win they need it fast if they want to revive this franchise I
think the safest way to make it happen just remake the previous games with modern Graphics perhaps
some new gameplay mechanics include Arkham Origins and uh you're good I never thought I'd be begging
for a remake of Arkham Asylum in Arkham City but I think we can all agree at this point that if we
want the archiverse to continue into the future that's kind of really the only option or you
just let Insomniac make a Batman game and we'll all be good now the Arkham series is one of the
most important gaming history and if it weren't for Rocksteady we wouldn't have so many things
that we now consider commonplace and video games counter-based combat predator predator encounters
all of those things that every superhero game is basically just expected to have Rocksteady is the
one that gave them to us in the first place so it pains me to see what's become of them I really
don't think it's their fault suicide squad has been envelopment for a long time and at the time
that it started live service games were all the rage so I really don't think their situation is
entirely of their own making but with that being said the Arkham versus in a lot of trouble unless
Warner Brothers can course correct very soon and very effectively if they're not planning
on remastering anything they need to remake something quick Suicide Squad DOA as long as
that game is in development we're based know for a fact that nothing else is coming right I don't
want to see this franchise crash and burnt but that's the trajectory we're on right now and as
much as I hate it I can't deny it so what do you guys think about the future of the Arkham verse
do you think Suicide Squad actually looks bad or do you think we're overreacting maybe we are let
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