"Batman: Return to Arkham" Announcement Trailer Touts Remaster of Acclaimed Games

[CBR News]

WB Games has announced the "Arkham" remaster collection, which will go on sale July 29 for $49.99 USD.


Full article here.

[Panfoot]

Kind of a shame that Origins got snubbed, that was a fine addition to the series.

[Carabas]

Now with extra tank levels?

[Clark_Kent]

The tank missions were fine in AK. It's not like they were hard or anything. I felt it added a new dimension to the game after several iterations of basic freeflow combat. But, to his his own.

[Maxpower00044]

The tank missions were fine in AK. It's not like they were hard or anything. I felt it added a new dimension to the game after several iterations of basic freeflow combat. But, to his his own.

Agreed. Tank battles were fine.

I've beaten both Asylum and City both a combined 20 times. I'll still probably grab this game eventually.

[byrd156]

It's about time the trailer dropped. The remastered editions weren't a very well kept secret.

[Carabas]

The tank missions were fine in AK. It's not like they were hard or anything. I felt it added a new dimension to the game after several iterations of basic freeflow combat. But, to his his own.

The problem was that they forgot to put any non-tank missions in the game.
You can't even crawl through some ducts in a sewer or get an elevator to work or fight a boss without needing the bloody Battank.

[Derek Metaltron]

Origins' exclusion is pretty stupid, especially since it had the most additional content of the three and is in canon. Really it was simply a case of RS asking Warner Montreal for the core code and working on updating it to next gen. It's practically their games anyway. Its exclusion means the game with the best story and a strong amount of side missions and Mister Freeze DLC is absent. I guess we'll have to hope for a Return to Arkham 2 with Origins and Blackgate then?

[ispacehead]

Great news for anyone that hasn't played the game.

The list of things I haven't done once is too long for me to be excited about this.

Origins was made by another company, hence it's exclusion here.

[Carabas]

Origins' exclusion is pretty stupid, especially since it had the most additional content of the three and is in canon. Really it was simply a case of RS asking Warner Montreal for the core code and working on updating it to next gen. It's practically their games anyway. Its exclusion means the game with the best story and a strong amount of side missions and Mister Freeze DLC is absent. I guess we'll have to hope for a Return to Arkham 2 with Origins and Blackgate then?

Not that simple at all, I think.
Lots of legal red tape in all probability.

[Bukdiah]

I liked the first two games a lot. AC was probably my favorite. The rest were OK, but I thought AK was a bit underwhelming. Did not like having to handle the damn tank all the time (tons of missions were bull crap tank fights as well as boss battles) and there was barely any improvement to the gameplay. The multi-takedown was a cool feature though.

[Derek Metaltron]

So apparently Rocksteady haven't even made this, instead it's developed by the company who did the Uncharted Trilogy update? Which makes the Arkham Origins exclusion even more idiotic. Red Tape can be sorted out easily, most likely it's due to selfishness and whiney fanboys who couldn't consider Origins as 'canon' because RS didn't oversee it, even though it had the best story and in many aspects the best DLC.

This will still be a great set but no one should call it the complete Arkham experience without Origins.

[Lady Nightwing]

The problem was that they forgot to put any non-tank missions in the game.
You can't even crawl through some ducts in a sewer or get an elevator to work or fight a boss without needing the bloody Battank.

They seriously overused the Tank. The Riddler challenges were one of my favorite aspects of AA and AC, AK was really disappointing because most of the puzzles involved the tank. Also the Deathstroke battle was really disappointing.

So apparently Rocksteady haven't even made this, instead it's developed by the company who did the Uncharted Trilogy update?

If it's any consolation the remastered Uncharted Trilogy was really well done.

[byrd156]

So apparently Rocksteady haven't even made this, instead it's developed by the company who did the Uncharted Trilogy update? Which makes the Arkham Origins exclusion even more idiotic. Red Tape can be sorted out easily, most likely it's due to selfishness and whiney fanboys who couldn't consider Origins as 'canon' because RS didn't oversee it, even though it had the best story and in many aspects the best DLC.

This will still be a great set but no one should call it the complete Arkham experience without Origins.

Most companies that make the games don't do their own remasterings. It's pretty common that different companies do it.

[byrd156]

They seriously overused the Tank. The Riddler challenges were one of my favorite aspects of AA and AC, AK was really disappointing because most of the puzzles involved the tank. Also the Deathstroke battle was really disappointing.

The Deathstroke fight sucked but I don't get the complaints for the tank fights. I loved them and they were super easy and fun.