A look at Arkham Origins so far

So with the new game in the Arkham series set to be released in just under 2 months (October 25th) and from all of the trailers and reports/ previews I've read it seems to be shaping up rather nicely compared to it's predecessors.

With the Joker's death at the end of Arkham City I was gutted at the thought that the newest game wouldn't involve everyone's favourite villain, however after finding out that this game will be set before Arkham Asylum tied into the fact that the Joker actually makes an appearance in the new instalment put my worries aside. Although Mark Hamill is no longer voicing The Joker and has actually been replaced with Troy Baker who voiced  Booker in Bioshock Infinite.

Joker isn't the only one to lose his original voice actors since Kevin Conroy, who voiced Batman over a number of different projects is also not reprising his role and is instead being replaced by Rodger Craig Smith. Personally I don't think that this is a bad thing since  it gives the younger batman a more unrefined nature led by emotions. So a good start to the game!

Next thing to look at is the villains. The fact that Black Mask seems to be the leading villain in this game is, in my personal opinion, a great thing since it allows for fans of just the game series learn a little bit more about a character who may not be known as well as he should be. This is also shown throughout the side missions in Arkham city as the player gets to meet such characters like Deadshot or Mad Hatter who they may not have initially recognised. Speaking of Deadshot, he is one of the many villains who are trying to collect the $50,000,000 bounty on Batman's head. Villains such as Bane and the Joker make a return to the game as well as the introduction of Copperhead and Deathstroke (Who I'm particularly excited about since it was announced that he will be a playable character) The strong set of villains, both old and new, will make this game awesome, hopefully game of the year.

Another pretty cool looking thing is the revamped detective mode. Shown in a number of first look videos is how Batman can recreate events such as the helicopter crash and then being able to piece it all together. As someone who is training to be a Forensic scientist that will be a very useful feature to have! However cool this maybe it does kind of take away the realism that the Arkham series has had the majority of the time. Saying this however, it will still be fun as fuck tracking down the bad guys whilst piecing all of the clues together.

Overall I think this is going to be a pretty freaking awesome game with new villains and effectiviely a new take on Batman/Bruce Wayne as a younger less experienced crime fighter. Hopefully it will make game of the year and I will definitely be queuing up for this as soon as it comes out.

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Comic Trivia Of The Day -Clayface

So today we will be looking at another aspect of Batman with this time looking at the villain Clayface. The original Clayface (aka Basil Karlo was introduced to the DC universe in 1940 by Bill Finger and Bob Kane.

But did you know that, so far, there have been a total of 8 people who have used the Clayface persona although the 6th Clayface, Peter Malley, actually went under the persona of Claything.

Clayface's malleable  skin allows him to morph into any object or person he wants with pin-point accuracy, well externally anyway. Due to his ever changing appearance,  Clayface does not actually have any bones as such and this can be discovered whilst playing Arkham City when Clayface portrays the Joker.

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Comic Trivia of the Day- The Joker

So this is a new thing that I want to do. I want to provide everyone with a bit of comic knowledge that they may not be floating around in normal nerdy conversations.  Hopefully you'll all enjoy it :)

It will be posted every weekday :)

So the first piece of trivia is about my personal favourite character in the whole of the comic-book land,  The Joker.

Introduced in the very first issue of the Batman Comics (Spring 1940), The Joker has been around constantly through all of the different periods and is still the most dangerous and unpredictable person that has ever been shown on the comic-book pages as well as in other media as well (notably his role in Arkham Asylum and Arkham City)

But did you know that according to one of the origin stories of the Joker (and regarded to be the most accurate one) Joker was the original Red Hood which was forced into committing the crime at the Ace Chemical Processing Plant where he worked. This is where he and Batman first encountered each other and this is also the site of the Jokers change from a bumbling frightened man into one of the most sadistic and dangerous villains of all time.

The Red Hood identity is now more famous by being portrayed by Jason Todd, the second Robin, who the Joker killed.

"All it takes is one bad day to reduce the sanest man to lunacy. That's how far the world is from where I am. Just one bad day" - Joker

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Greatest Comic Book Villain Ever Series- Batman part 2

So here is the second part of the Batman series. The winner of this post will join Carnage, Magneto  and the Joker as well as more villains in the upcoming days and weeks.  

The link for the Greatest Comic Book Villain Ever Series- Batman Part 1 is below.
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 To check out the other posts in the series you can find the links at the bottom.

Okay so the list of villains for this post is: The Riddler, Raz al Guhl, Bane and the Penguin. These guys were left out of the first part to create a more dynamic and diverse selection at the end. Okay so here we go

The Riddler

Edward Nigma is a genius whose obsession with riddles makes him one of the most theatrical Batman villains of all time. Giving a riddle to his victims, in which getting it wrong means instant death (the fate which happens to most of the unfortunate people the Riddle comes into contact with).Riddler isn’t really the type of person to use guns or go in a fist fight but he does have his custom made ‘?’ cane which he can use to beat his victims if he so chooses. The cane can also be used for setting off his traps if Batman gets to close.

Raz al Guhl

Leader of the league of shadows and master of several martial art techniques means that Raz al Guhl is probably the most deadly fighter that Batman has ever come across. Raz al Guhl was also Batman’s mentor, training him, improving his fighting technique and increasing Bruce Wayne’s potential to fight crime. This proves a real problem for the dark knight because R.A.G knows Batman’s moveset and will possibly be able to predict his offensive attack. Raz al Guhl also has a serious hatred for crime which is shown in both the comics and the first and last films in the Dark Knight series. This hatred will prove very useful in the fights against the other competitors in this series.

                                                          Penguin

Penguin is a mob boss through and through, just with added psychosis to help him achieve his extreme goals with an ‘any means necessary’ attitude. He is extremely ruthless and an unforgiving person as if you fail him you are likely to get killed. Wielding nothing more than a gun and his ‘special’ umbrella, Penguin is the type of person who doesn’t and will just kill you now just to get you out of the way rather than interrogating his victims first.

Bane

A venom fuelled behemoth with amazing strength that even Killer Croc was overpowered by. The venom turns Bane into a monster with destruction on his mind, be it people or places. All though juiced up with venom, Bane is also intelligent which helps him in fight situations. Bane wields nothing more than his fists as he needs no other weapon, showing you how strong he is. Finally Bane will always be known as the man(/monster) who ‘broke the bat

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FIGHT 1 The Riddler VS Raz al Guhl

In a random encounter with no previous preparation the Raz al Guhl would be able to slice The Riddler into two almost instantly. However if it were a planned scenario with The Riddler setting traps then he would have a much needed advantage of the leader of the League of Shadows. All though these riddles and traps would prove to be a much harder task for Raz al Guhl, he would still be able to pass them all, running his blade through the chest of The Riddler. WINNER: Raz al Guhl.

FIGHT 2: Bane VS The Penguin

This fight would just be the pure strength of Bane against the sheer aggressiveness of The Penguin. Although Penguin would fire shot after shot into the rampaging Bane, Penguin wouldn’t be able to stop the leviathan from charging at him. Bane would easily lift and throw The Penguin through a wall, severely crippling him. WINNER: BANE

FINAL FIGHT: Raz al Guhl VS Bane

It would be a student vs teacher fight to the death between these two, Raz al Guhl would have speed on his side where as Bane would obviously have the strength advantage over his enemy. Hitting Bane with multiple kicks, punches and sword strikes, Raz al Guhl would be able to slow the venom induced beast down but not be able to stop him. Bane would be able to grab his former master and break him into two just like he did with Batman. Raz al Guhl wouldn’t die but a little trip to a Lazarus pit may be in order.

WINNER: BANE

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My Batman Villain.

So for a while now I have had this idea for a new Batman villain which I wanted to share with people. I know that there is no way in which it will be commissioned as an actual villain in the comics, it's just a bit of fun.

Bio /Backstory

·         Name: Dr Jack Franco aka  The messiah

·         Height: 6foot 6inches

·         Appearance: normally-short black hair, hazel eyes, clean shaven, no tattoos, no visible scars.  Messiah- Long black hair (wig), black eyes, Tattered white mask covered in blood.

·         Clothes: White tattered mask covered in blood, black trousers, tight black top, a long, black leather jacket.

·         Weapons: metal gloves with retractable spikes which would be optional. Also  contains a hidden section on the palm of the glove which shoots out poisonous darts, shutting down the victims immune system almost instantly. The messiah also carries a staff which the tip of it is also dipped in the same poison as the poison in the darts.

Dr Jack Franco was a well-known doctor and surgeon in Gotham general, dealing with the most important cases and had a 500:0 life to death ratio which earned him a high end position on the board of directors and eventually led him to become chief of medicine. The problem arose when Franco was present on the medical team which was present on the rehabilitation of Harvey Dent/ Two-Face. As Franco was prescribing Dent with his medication, the hospital was ransacked by Hush, Black Mask and the Scarecrow. Unwilling to let Dents death ruin his perfect medical record, Franco grabbed one of the security guards gun and fired in the direction of the three villains. Inexperienced in using firearms, Franco accidently shot of his interns. Consumed by guilt for causing the death of two innocent people, Franco began to plan his revenge on the villains, becoming obsessed and on the brink of insanity in order to get his revenge.

Franco constructed a white mask and then covered some of it in his own blood (to signify the blood that was on his hands). Franco also attached a black wig to the mask and added black contact lenses so that his new alter ego bore no resemblance to the once great doctor. Now the Messiah was born to save Gotham City forever.

The messiah went on a killing spree in order to get the whereabouts of the Scarecrow. In his opinion, Franco saw the Messiah as a completely different person from himself creating a fractured mind of schizophrenia. The Messiah finally tracked down the Scarecrow to an old wood mill in which the Scarecrow was using as a base. Just as Franco was about to defeat the Scarecrow, Batman burst through the window causing an opportunity for the Scarecrow to escape. This allowed the Scarecrow to flood the mill with his fear gas. Franco saw his victims as he inhaled the gas, haunting his mind and finally pushing him over the edge of insanity. Blaming Batman for his failure to kill the Scarecrow, the Messiah went on the hunt for him as well, torturing young medical interns to lure the bat out.it worked and during the middle of a fight, The Messiah poisoned Batman with a hidden dart fired from his hand. Unfortunately for Franco, Nightwing got hold of an antidote in time preventing the poison from taking effect.

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Batman Game Number 3

Yeah so this is my first blog, doubt anyone will read it but hey-ho.

So basically what I want to write about is whether or not there will be another Batman game to continue the Arkham series. With the death of the Joker at the end of Arkham city it seems as if the series wont carry on due to the fact that they lost the main  protagonist. Also there is no way that they will bring him back since Mark Hamill won't be voicing the Joker any more. 

So why is there any suspicion of a new game? 

Well like with Arkham Asylum hinted at Arkham City with an Easter egg in the form of blueprints, found in the secret room in the Wardens office. This hinted at the plans for the next game. 

So now with Arkham City. 

The big hint  is that there maybe a new game being planned is when you complete the 'identity theft' side mission. As Hush leaves Arkham city, he has the face of Bruce Wayne. This raises the question about what's going to happen between Bruce Wayne and Hush.

So the next piece of potential evidence. Hidden messages discovered using the cryptographic sequencer come up with number sequences. each number represents a letter and the messages spell out ' I will return Batman', 'You will pay for what you have done to me' & 'Fear will turn Gotham city to shreds'. Using other ciphers you can also come up with the word 'Scarecrow'. This shows that it is likely that the Scarecrow will return in the next game if it happens. 

My Final point for a new game is after you complete the watcher in the wings side mission. Azrael says 'Dark days are coming Batman. The prophecy is coming true.' and 'From the ashes of Arkham, the fires will rage and Gotham will burn and you will burn too', 'We will meet again'. All these things suggest that we'll see Azrael again in the next game. 

So yeah with all of this evidence you can see that it is likely that there will be a new game out, and hopefully this is true.