Batman : Arkham Origins (2013) Asylum Prequel

[ZaCHw117]

Oh gawd I hope not, that's the only thing I really HATE about that movie.

 

[Biojex]

Yeah, not a good performance. So bland.

 

[krec9]

Knew this game was going to bad guess since no Paul dini and conroy that seals the deal. Didn't know why people had high hopes for this.

 

[batfan08]

Knew this game was going to bad guess since no Paul dini and conroy that seals the deal. Didn't know why people had high hopes for this.

I still don't see why that'd make it a bad game. Am I a little disappointed? Kind of, for my own reasons (that I really like Dini and Conroy), but that doesn't mean it's going to be bad. Something being different from what you expected doesn't make it bad; people who think that way remind me of the same type of people (some, not all) who hated The Dark Knight Rises.

 

[JonD7]

Not even interested anymore... not buying.

 

[FQRizzo]

I could live without Conroy. I thought Bruce Greenwood voiced a good Batman in Under the Red Hood and Young Justice. Those showed me that there are other VAs out there that can voice an acceptable Batman.

More troubling is the loss of Dini...

 

[GasparZizou]

No Conroy doesn't make a bit of difference to me, providing the new guy's up to it, what worries me is the 2 new writers, I mean, Army of two? Did not like that.

But it's by no means a deal breaker , not until at least we start seeing the actual game.

 

[krec9]

I still don't see why that'd make it a bad game. Am I a little disappointed? Kind of, for my own reasons (that I really like Dini and Conroy), but that doesn't mean it's going to be bad. Something being different from what you expected doesn't make it bad; people who think that way remind me of the same type of people (some, not all) who hated The Dark Knight Rises.

I loved tdkr but lets face it the Batman games sucked before the arkham games it was great cause of rocksteady and the talent from btas.

 

[Biojex]

I think the game will be fine, the story is what I fear will be lacking.

 

[Dead-Man]

Michael Ironside, David Hayter, Kevin Conroy All Goodbye !

 

[Jameson Rook]

I get the impression it's not Conroy saying no, more them wanting someone else period.

Conroy did mentioned (I think in the Kevin Smith podcast) that he'll do Batman as long as people want him to be.

Conroy has proven in the past he can do a younger Bruce/Batman no problem.

In several BTAS episodes and the Gotham Knight movie.

Granted, Batman is infinitely more important than Harley, and getting his voice right makes or breaks it (I'm talking to you Ben McKenzie in 'Batman: Year One') but I'm still willing to wait and see first.

I'm sorry, but Ben McKenzie was laughably bad as Batman or Bruce Wayne.

While Conroy will always be The Batman, over the years I learned to greatly appreciate Diedrich Bader, as he gave all he can to the role and perhaps he can be the next best thing. (Listen to his Kevin Smith podcast, he's great).

 

[JonD7]

Well... Kevin Conroy said he was working on two big projects, I just hope one of those projects is Rocksteady's next game.

 

[darthconlan]

Is rocksteady still rumored to be working on a justice league game?

 

[RIDDICK]

Batman games sucked before the arkham games it was great cause of rocksteady and the talent from btas.

 

[synysterfox]

Now that you are talking about VAs, I must confess that I never liked Hamill as Joker. Best Joker for me is John Dimaggio's

 

[batfan08]

I loved tdkr but lets face it the Batman games sucked before the arkham games it was great cause of rocksteady and the talent from btas.

As far as I'm concerned, the VAs were what they used to draw us in; they got us by the ball$ with nostalgia as the vice, but, hypothetically speaking, let's say Conroy, Sorkin, and Hamill weren't involved. They were the same games, but with a different cast, would that somehow make them worse? It was all Rocksteady, the VAs were the sugar on top.

Now, assuming that WB Montreal has really revered and stayed true to Rocksteady's work, why would this game suck because of different voice actors? My biggest concern, really, is believability. Our voices are pretty distinct, and, though they might change a little bit over the courses of our lives, they are still inherently ours. The key isn't to find someone with a younger voice, the key is to find someone who has a voice that you believe can sound like Conroy's at some point.

However, I feel that the best course of action would be to just get Conroy. A friend of mine on another forum mentioned something interesting regarding Max Payne 3, in that Rockstar originally wanted someone different, with an "older" voice, for the bald, beer-gutted Max, but, after all the backlash, they relented and got the same voice actor. Theoretically, if the fans cried loud enough, I suppose that could get Conroy back.

My only issue with that, though, is "what if the other actor is good?" We might like the guy's interpretation, and wouldn't it be unfair to him to just drop him for Conroy? That being said, if they're still early enough into their build of the game that they don't have anyone cast yet, scream; scream as loudly as you've ever screamed.

 

[krec9]

As far as I'm concerned, the VAs were what they used to draw us in; they got us by the ball$ with nostalgia as the vice, but, hypothetically speaking, let's say Conroy, Sorkin, and Hamill weren't involved. They were the same games, but with a different cast, would that somehow make them worse? It was all Rocksteady, the VAs were the sugar on top.

Now, assuming that WB Montreal has really revered and stayed true to Rocksteady's work, why would this game suck because of different voice actors? My biggest concern, really, is believability. Our voices are pretty distinct, and, though they might change a little bit over the courses of our lives, they are still inherently ours. The key isn't to find someone with a younger voice, the key is to find someone who has a voice that you believe can sound like Conroy's at some point.

However, I feel that the best course of action would be to just get Conroy. A friend of mine on another forum mentioned something interesting regarding Max Payne 3, in that Rockstar originally wanted someone different, with an "older" voice, for the bald, beer-gutted Max, but, after all the backlash, they relented and got the same voice actor. Theoretically, if the fans cried loud enough, I suppose that could get Conroy back.

My only issue with that, though, is "what if the other actor is good?" We might like the guy's interpretation, and wouldn't it be unfair to him to just drop him for Conroy? That being said, if they're still early enough into their build of the game that they don't have anyone cast yet, scream; scream as loudly as you've ever screamed.

Well said I agree get Conroy but he might be I won't do it if a certain party wont be involved well see.

 

[RIDDICK]

Best Joker for me is John Dimaggio's

 

[batfan08]

New pitchas coitesy of the Arkham City/Origins forums:

 

[Platty]

Man batman looks class!