Ontwikkelaar Batman: Arkham Origins voelt de druk van fans

Ontwikkelaar Warner Bros. Montreal heeft druk gewerkt aan Batman: Arkham Origins, maar de ontwikkeling ging zeker niet zonder slag of stoot. Ze voelen de constante druk van fans om een topgame af te leveren, mede doordat dit het eerste deel is dat niet door Rocksteady is gemaakt.

Senior producer Ben Mattes vertelde:

There were fans who said: ‘They’re not Rocksteady, they can’t make an Arkham game.’ And there were concerns within the organisation that we weren’t going to be able to deliver the special sauce of a Rocksteady game.

And there were concerns within our team, like – ‘Maybe we’ve bitten off more than we can chew? Are we sure we’re able to dance with these guys? Do we deserve to be in this same hallowed ground?’ – but we wouldn’t have continued through the years if we didn’t feel we had a shot. I’m really proud of what we’ve done.

You don’t want to be the guys who messed up and ran into the ground one of the absolute, top-rated franchises of all time. You don’t want that at the top of your CV. ‘Yeah, I’m the guy who turned a 96 into a 60, that’s my claim to fame.’ So I think there was an extra desire to create something really great as we were fully aware of the opportunity that we had.