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Gothic Batman title "Gotham By Gaslight" was considered, cancelled
Posted: 15.01.2012 07:27 by JonahFalcon Comments: 22
At some point, an Xbox 360 game based on the 1989 graphic novel Gotham By Gaslight, which put Batman in the Victorian England of 1889, was considered for development. Some UI screens were shown off by artist Julie Farrell.

 
"This was a game I was really looking forward to working on. Unfortunately it was just a pitch. I had a blast creating the menus for this game, as steampunk is really quite unique, interesting and something I love to design. I created the bat logo from scratch and used a variety of different clockwork pieces and other metal pieces to construct it." said Farrell.

Some of the screenshots give some hints about what the game would have featured, such as "Slo Mo". The overall configuration seems to indicate it had first person shooter-styled controls.

A Batman game where Bruce Wayne is convicted of being Jack the Ripper and sentenced to death, and must investigate the murders as Batman, is a high concept that might have made a fantastic game. One must wonder what killed it.
Source: Kotaku

Comments

By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Jan 15, 2012
SirRoderick
Steampunk batman?

That's either genius or a disaster waiting to happen :)
By djole381 (SI Elite) on Jan 15, 2012
djole381
It would be interesting to see a Steampunk Batman.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Jan 15, 2012
JonahFalcon
@SirRoderick: People loved the graphic novel.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jan 16, 2012
herodotus
I'm not much into the altered Universe/Timeline streams the Comic Books and Graphic Novels seem to delight in. Whatever rocks your boat, but I'll stick to the original every time. The Mirrored Universe and Terran Fleets worked well in "Star Trek", but that was Lore as they were written for television seasons in production.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Jan 16, 2012
JonahFalcon
I like the Elseworlds stories.
By Kres (SI Elite) on Jan 16, 2012
Kres
Not the fan of steampunk theme too much in general. But obviously there are people that are, oh well.
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Jan 16, 2012
JonahFalcon
This is more Sherlock Holmes than steampunk, actually.
By Kres (SI Elite) on Jan 16, 2012
Kres
Well, I don't like that either :p
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jan 16, 2012
herodotus
The old Sherlock obviously, not the new one set in present day London. Biffing good show that, simply called "Sherlock".
By PyrettaBlaze (SI Veteran Member) on Jan 16, 2012
PyrettaBlaze
Sherlock Holmes with a grappling hook. Lol, jk
By JonahFalcon (SI Elite) on Jan 16, 2012
JonahFalcon
Well, I think Sherlock Holmes meets Batman/Bruce, if I recall.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jan 16, 2012
herodotus
With Moriarty as "Jack"? Don't see it myself.
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Jan 16, 2012
SirRoderick
I love that modern Sherlock, they did a fantastic job of it.

Never was much into comics though.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jan 16, 2012
herodotus
Just started watching Season Two of "Sherlock", and he's even sharper with, naturally his love interest (she puts quite a twist on things - literally).
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Jan 17, 2012
SirRoderick
Literal twist? I appear to have forgotten that bit :P

But yes, that first episode was magnificent;
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jan 17, 2012
herodotus
Dominatrix? Twist, as in twisting your arm till you cry "Mummy"?
Yes, it was a cracker.
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Jan 17, 2012
SirRoderick
Downloading the second one right now. An evening of intellectual entertainment!
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jan 17, 2012
herodotus
Watching the second now, and the third "The Reichenbach Fall" is sitting there waiting for me.
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Jan 17, 2012
SirRoderick
I finished the third one, I was clever enough to see everything coming. Which is rather sad of Holmes in one instance, but I do get more information I suppose. Despite that, enjoyed it immensely.

The ending I saw coming as well, it's how I'd have done it. (I'm feeling quite proud of myself, please tell me you didn't see it :D ) Smashingly done. I'd love another season, but that seems unlikely with such a fitting end.

PS
One thing I would like to point out though that frustrated me to no end: YOU CANNOT SEE CHEMICALS IN A MICROSCOPE, what the hell are you doing man?!
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jan 17, 2012
herodotus
Look at the final "battle" between Holmes and Moriarty in the very avaerage and disappointing "Game of Shadows" and tell me that's not just as silly. Still, anything to keep the punters happy.
[Brings me to my biggest rage in EVERY show ever made involving a hospital visit - the IV line "drip" is never, ever turned on. Bleedin' 'eck!].

Anyway, I swear they're turning Holmes into Batman more and more each day, which is prabably why the game mentioned here might just have worked.
By noobst3R (SI Core) on Jan 17, 2012
noobst3R
I love Steampunk, but I don't see it fit into the "batcave".
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Jan 17, 2012
herodotus
Getting really off track here, sort of.
Most folk think of those streets in Whitechapel wrapped in London Fog (and it is reinforced by the cinema). In fact there was little fog at all (pretty much how it is now), but the blanket that shrouded the city was SMOG - it was the Industrial Age remember.