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[analog_future]

What a predictable, safe, boring decision after Suicide Squad.


I would've loved to see them return to single player games with a different character or a new IP altogether.

 

[AJUMP23]

Batman will now seek out those that do not use people's pronouns.

 

[Roman Empire]

Good luck Rockbottom, you'll need it.

 

[nial]

The fact that this guy is already bullshitting on Sony on top of this bullshit rumor is surely something.

 

[Katajx]

I think a lot of the people that made Batman good are gone, and I don’t like Rocksteady’s recent art direction.

 

[N0S]

GAASman Forever

 

[Hookshot]

Suicide squad: kill the Justice league wasn't as bad as it could have been so the only way I'll be interested in this, is if they poach the talented Professor from Firesprite to turn them around.

 

[proandrad]

Smart move would be a Batman beyond game, the WB move would be a Gotham Knight sequel with the new character being Batman reborn as Batperson.

 

[The Skull]

Can't wait to lock up the criminals of Gotham for using incorrect pronouns.

 

[mansoor1980]

 

[kyussman]

Who fucking cares.

 

[DR3AM]

I will only play if it's a live service hero based extraction shooter.

 

[N0S]

 

[Zacfoldor]

Why would Sony try to moneyhat it? Xbox is dead and they already got Batman, just with another skin.

My brother, Spider-Man is not Batman in another skin. Spider-Man is a shitty super hero that got bit by a radioactive spider. Spider-Man is anybody who gets bit just randomly wearing the mask after not earning it. Batman is a man who has a code.

If Sony had The Punisher, I could see you saying that, but Spider-Man? Well I'm sure he's popular and all, but he ain't shit in Batman's world(a capable kid but still just a kid, at best a good Robin). Furthermore, meh Sony Spider-Man games are okay but nothing compared to real Rocksteady Batman. Nothing....but perhaps you meant Wolverine. Better than Spider-Kid but still not quite 1 to 1. True 1:1 would be like Punisher or Tony Stark and even they are simply shadows of the one true man.

On topic, lol, we won if true.

Unless....
...
...
ROBIN GAME INCOMING

 

[RedC]

Batman will now seek out those that do not use people's pronouns.

 

[AJUMP23]

Is this a real thing?

 

[jm89]

Speshal nick?

I'll ask my 2 year old niece to corraborate.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Brace yourself for Transman and hes crew of diverse friends.

What even is this? People who never played Suicide Squad retconning that it's some super woke game because Sweet Baby wrote NPC barks for it in the last 3 months of development. Get your shit together.

Suicide Squad was a bad game, but it's because they turned it into a live service shooter. WB are the villains here, don't lose the plot.

 

[Punished Miku]

What a predictable, safe, boring decision after Suicide Squad.

I would've loved to see them return to single player games with a different character or a new IP altogether.

The old Rocksteady leads are making a new IP I'm assuming. MS is publishing.

 

[VulcanRaven]

They should make this:

 

[U n i o n 0015]

The old Rocksteady leads are making a new IP I'm assuming. MS is publishing.

When this happens, the old studio is effectively dead in my mind.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

Wasn't the leadership responsible for SS. I remember reading that the leadership for Arkham knight and SS was the same for the most part( the founders left in 2022, when SS was mainly complete).

Yep it was 90% the same leads

 

[RedC]

Is this a real thing?

I just created it using Dall-e 3

 

[Punished Miku]

When this happens, the old studio is effectively dead in my mind.

Yeah, maybe so. To me it kind of reminds me of Team Ninja during the Japanese Hamburger phase. Still a big question mark on if the new studio can actually get everything together with the old leads. New studios are always a huge risk. And a big question mark on if Rocksteady can eventually rebound. Personally, I didn't think Suicide Squad looked that bad, and they are doing the safest thing possible so maybe they'll pull it off and get a few years to get their mojo back and then pivot into their own thing. Hopefully they both pull it off.

 

[RCX]

Wonder how they'll make Harley Quinn the focus of the story this time?

Get ready for a wacky team-up where Batman becomes the sidekick in his own game

 

[AJUMP23]

I just created it using Dall-e 3

It looks like something DC would draw.

 

[RedC]

It looks like something DC would draw.

I told it to use the artstyle of Jim Lee

 

[Zacfoldor]

Robin Robin Literature Club Plus - A new Robin graphic novel walking simulator from Rocksteady

 

[Robb]

What even is this? People who never played Suicide Squad retconning that it's some super woke game because Sweet Baby wrote NPC barks for it in the last 3 months of development. Get your shit together.

How can you even write this and look at this at the same time?

I’m sure the writing is filled with woke b/s as well though.

 

[SF Kosmo]

How can you even write this and look at this at the same time?

I’m sure the writing is filled with woke b/s as well though.

Don't buy DLC you don't like? You would never see this in the game if you didn't want to.

Live services turn into storefronts for all the dumb accessories and outfits you can name. That's their whole thing.

 

[YOU PC BRO?!]

Sadly, the current Rocksteady are incapable of making an authentic Batman game. I wonder if Mrs Freeze will be making an appearance in the upcoming debacle?

 

[Darkkahn]

BatPerson, if you will.

 

[The Skull]

Don't buy DLC you don't like? You would never see this in the game if you didn't want to.

 

[Robb]

Don't buy DLC you don't like? You would never see this in the game if you didn't want to.

Yeah, what a great solution to not buy add on content to a GAAS game..

That said I won’t even buy the game to begin with. You’re the one who asked why people thought the developer and/or game was woke. Writing is just one part of it.

And it’s not like they haven’t included stuff like this in the original package already.

 

[AW_CL]

 

[DryvBy]

Didn't they kill Batman in the last Gotham Knights? I hate lazy comic book stuff.

 

[Gambit2483]

So in the know he has to "think" what a mega corp may be "trying" and let us know of those thoughts (which are different to something he "heard").

But sure, it makes some sense the studio that made most of the games, even with some devs gone, is making the next one too, even after the Suicide Squad dud. Getting back to what worked etc...

Batman didn't work with a new studio either given Gotham Knights anyway.

People like making a big deal of devs leaving a studio but that happens constantly, it was also said when Retro Studios leads moved on to form Armature (which hasn't done any equally great original work yet, Recore being the closest they ever got) but Metroid Prime 3 still turned out ace even if it's not people's most favorite in the trilogy, as did the Prime Remaster and their Donkey Kong games too, so hopes are actually high for Metroid Prime 4 as well now that they're back to working on that instead of a different studio doing it. Maybe Rocksteady can bounce back too.

The difference being RETRO Studios works under Nintendo and Nintendo is known to highly value employee retention and knowledge transferring between their devs. This is why RETRO can maintain quality games despite having lost some staff. Rocksteady, and most western development studios don't seem to understand how important this is, especially with their obsession with contract workers.

 

[ResilientBanana]

something tells me that they want to make money again. We will have to wait and see.

 

[Toots]

Is this a real life ?

It is just (your) fantasy

They should make this:

I remember the movie adaptation.
Oscar worthy performance from Bruce Wayne !

 

[Majormaxxx]

Fools me once etc

 

[Gambit2483]

What even is this? People who never played Suicide Squad retconning that it's some super woke game because Sweet Baby wrote NPC barks for it in the last 3 months of development. Get your shit together.

They turned this

Into this

Fuck SBI. They need to stay far Far away from all established pre-existing IP.

 

[SF Kosmo]

Fuck SBI. They need to stay far Far away from all established pre-existing IP.

SBI didn't do shit on the game, they were brought on in the last few months to write NPC barks and logs and shit. They weren't even involved in the game when any story writing or character design took place.

 

[reektann]

I hope M Freeze is in it as a lift and shift from Suicide Squad.

 

[Perrott]

They aren't really Rocksteady anymore though, are they?

All the original Rocksteady leads and directors led the development of Suicide Squad from inception up until debugging phase. So essentially, Suicide Squad is as much of a genuine Rocksteady game as the Arkham trilogy, which makes the end result all the more disappointing.

But maybe now that their leaders are gone - they've formed a new studio, currently working on a new IP for Xbox Game Studios - the remaining staff at Rocksteady can be restructured in such a way that they'd be able to deliver a worthy Batman game.

I hope so.

 

[Bernardougf]

That's what it's all about man, they are going for that PC gamer 10/10.

Wtf... this people are crazy

 

[semiconscious]

so, random tweet = 'rumor'?...

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

Just look at this fucking garbage. Why would you trust these people ever again? It’s pretty obvious that the clowns running the show now have no idea what made the older games good and have no idea what good writing is.

 

[Bernardougf]

 

[VulcanRaven]

I hope we finally get living breathing Gothan City with normal people in it. Also would be great to drive from Batcave to the city.

 

[Plague Doctor]

If you really, truly believe the current incarnation of Rocksteady on the heels of SS:KTJL will give you anything close to the games of over a decade ago, you are objectively fucking dumb and deserve to be parted with your money. You are the mythical rube of a consumer/easy scam mark that these companies dream of. Please go for the preorder of the ultra edition when it finally goes up on sale whenever in 2026/2027.