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Batman: Arkham City will not feature an online multiplayer mode. In fact the game won't have any multiplayer or co-op modes and will only have a single-player experience. When designing the sequel to 2009's Batman: Arkham Asylum Rocksteady Studios Game Director, Sefton Hill told IGN, "If we use all of the energy that is required to create multiplayer and instead focus this on the single player, would that deliver a better overall game?"
Batman: Arkham City is now reaching its final stages of development. Hill is positive that Batman: AC wouldn't be the game they hoped to create if they had divided their efforts between both a single player and multiplayer experience. According to Hill, multiplayer is a common and often unnecessary add-on to games. It can also extend a game's lifespan and add to replayability. Hill hopes gamers will see they made the right choice once they beat Arkham City.
In my opinion some games like BioShock 2 and even Uncharted 2 didn't need a multiplayer mode to be a complete gaming experience. Batman: Arkham Asylum was a fantastic game that did well critically despite not offering multiplayer gameplay. Do you think not adding multiplayer will help or hurt Batman: AC? Are you as crushed as I am there won't be a Batman and Robin co-op mode?
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totalkinggodo
Its good that they didnt add a huge MP experience, i always love the lone wolf type of game.If Rocksteady wants to add a MP system then they could make a DLC for it (i still dont know how it would work anyway) but i really dont even mind it.
m0ccha
I was really hoping for co-op stealth modes and special team takedowns in brawling. That's too bad. But, a tacked on multiplayer competitive mode would have been lame. If that is what they mean when they talk about how it's unnecessary, then I do see their point.
KillerGreenBud3
I played Arkham Asylum Start to Finish about 5 or 6 times,getting & doing absolutely everything,done anywhere from 24 to 36hrs,it needed more story at least 48hrs,at least...Amazing game,combat was intense when fighting dozens,whether in-game or on a combat challenge,Batman's weapon's was the icing on the cake when it came to the fighting,& my absolute favorite,along with everyone else i'm sure,Hunting,Stalking your prey,listening to them talk about you,just before you drop down & string one up in front of everybody & disappear in to the shadow's,catch a straggler as there goin to check-out the guy you just strung-up & break his neck!Excellent Game & as much as I & everyone else would love Multiplayer & or co-op,Its to early to introduce Robin,dosent mean that there cant be multiplayer though?
ninjamatt52
There's sooo few co-op games I like. Some of my friends and I hate to play against each other, but there just aren't many co-ops that we are interested in. I needed this, at least we have Portal. Which reminds me, all you have to do is schedule a release date that gives you enough time to finish the game.
ninjamatt52
But co-op would be part of the campaign and would improve it. Joker was a playable character on the PS3 in AA, wouldn't take much more than that work to add a co-op playable character.
Custnam
This is great news. I wrote a blog awhile back on the game industry and how it seems like every game maker thinks that they need to add MP too their games, and Batman Arkham City was my main example of a game series that shouldnt add it. And what Rocksteady Studios Game Director Sefton Hill said is exactly the point I was trying to make in that if they just use the resources and time they would have used to add MP to the single player game it would be all the better.
topgamer101
Never just put together a MP to have a tick on the back of the box. I'm looking at you Dead Space 2.
Completist
I'm OK with this news. I'd rather concentrate on a single player game.
Puking_Goombas
Batman and multiplayer!? I thought batman was a loner? (besides Robin, cuz he ain't in this game. lol.) seriously. stop wasting multiplayer on games that don't need it. so thank you guys for keeping your path to the single-player experience
CptToushiro
Rocksteady are gods. First they don't jump on the completely stupid 3D bandwagon like every other developer out there and they are doing the same with not adding multiplayer to a game that doesn't need it. Excellent
TheSlowFlash
Thank the Gods! I am worried that the night-vision mode will be ruined by some kind of time limit or the need of batteries still though. I hate when they ruin games because some people don't want me to play a certain way, (like I was Batman). It takes me out of the game when the do this.
CloneofBlade
I say good move Rocksteady, I was disapointed with multiplayer in Bioshock 2 but loved the single player. Give me another great single player Batman game and challenge maps just like before. This is one game that does not need a multiplayer,if there was a multiplayer what would it be, one person Batman and the other Robin and you both are doing stealth time trials and close combat challenges?
balto85
It doesn't matter what any other developers think of adding multiplayer to their game. If Rocksteady says it will hurt their game, that's good enough for me. Don't do anything that will detract from the game because the first one was great. There's only a handful of games out there that are really decent at multiplayer, so to waste time and resources just so you can say you have it is pointless.
XwingVmanX
This game does not need a multiplayer. And neither did Uncharted 2, BUT I am glad they put it in Uncharted 2 because it was something different I had never experienced before, and was a lot of fun
shadowofthetoaster
THERE IS A GOD!
Hitman_Mr.47
Thank god
Duskulblaka
Glad to see they're doing this. Arkham Asylum was a solid single-player experience, and at no point did I find myself thinking "multiplayer would be a good addition." I'm hoping Rocksteady will pave the way for more developers to realize multiplayer isn't necessary to add-on to every game that is released.
I totally agree about Bioshock 2 as well. Especially since my experience with its multiplayer was pretty much crap. It would take literally upwards of twenty minutes to find a match (during which time I would read a book or something), and when it finally did, I was lucky if I didn't get lagged out after a few minutes.
KulasDevorn
GOOD! I like this news. Not every game needs multiplayer, in fact we need more games that do not have it. Multiplayer Achievements/Trophies are extremely annoying. I prefer those type of things to be done alone without the hassle of other people.
dz99ls
Crushed, hell no this is the best news in ages!!! Thank you, finally a developer that realizes that not every game needs multiplayer or co op.
cwbys21
Does this means no leader boards for combos in a room full of enemies and what not like what was in Arkam Asylum? Also, I love the multiplayer in Uncharted 2. Yes it didn't need it, but it is better for it. And no I am not going to miss a coop mode with Robin.
Another thought, I think Nikole needs to watch the Sessler's Soapbox about adding in unnecessary multiplayer.
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