Batman Arkham Asylum success wasn't assured, says developer

by Gaetano Prestia Featured 7 Comments 16 Votes 1652 Views 30/04/2012 Back to News

The success of Batman: Arkham Asylum came as no surprise, even if the game's developer, Rocksteady, wasn't sure as to just how well it would do.

The game's director, Sefton Hill, said the focus was to simply make a good game, and that the development team didn't know, nor focus on, how successful it would end up being.

""When we were making Arkham Asylum, we had no idea how successful it would be. We just wanted to make great games and we were trying to figure out the best way of doing that," he explained.

Mr Hill said he was "proud of the work the team had done", and that following the game's eventual success, it gave them the confidence to expand the series and, eventually, develop the critically acclaimed sequel, Batman: Arkham City.

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this asylum was meh and repetive but was entertaining to some dgree ..im actualy in the middle of arkham city and its exactly the same. I thought it would have evolved where asylum fell short but hasnt ... still entertaining that keeps me playing untill i grow tiresom before i clock it just like asylum.
I'm on the short list of people who liked Asylum more than City. [Derp]

Kerosanak said: I'm on the short list of people who liked Asylum more than City.


Yes.. I liked AA a lot better

Kerosanak said: I'm on the short list of people who liked Asylum more than City.



I did too, although I think AC is the better game. It just wasn't as fresh or exciting.
i too liked arkham asylum better.. sometimes less is more
I liked Arkham City more. The game told a more nuanced story.
I like bananas :)

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