James Gunn’s proposed DCU plan is exciting since it seemingly suggests that a linear throughline is being crafted for storytelling. This means there will be live-action, animation, and games that belong to the DCU in particular, with any other DC properties belonging to the non-canon DC Elseworlds classification. How this will truly affect upcoming DC games has yet to be seen, and it will likely still be a few years until any DCU-centric games are revealed or released, but that should not stop DC Elseworlds properties from having their own tie-in games.

Game adaptations based on movies or shows have a stigma of being cash-grabs with little to no quality or merit on their own. That said, there have been many beloved game adaptations that players adore to this day, such as Spider-Man 2, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, and The Matrix: Path of Neo. Matt Reeves’ The Batman could do well with its own game adaptation, and would not necessarily need to tie into the movies at all. Either way, it would be great to see Robert Pattinson reprise the role in a game akin to The Amazing Spider-Man so fans can further enjoy his take on the character.

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Reeves’ Batman Could Fill a Hole in Games Left by the Character

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Batman has become such an integral part of why fans love superhero games. Now that it has been eight years since fans had a single-player action-adventure game centered around Batman as its playable protagonist, there is obviously going to be a lot of reminiscing happening when a superhero game fails to live up to the unenviable standards that Rocksteady has set.

WB Games Montreal’s Gotham Knights was marketed as if it was the latest attempt in trying to step out of Batman’s shadow, though it failed remarkably in doing so since the game was received poorly and Batman’s presence is felt in every corner. If DC games were to truly step away from the character that would be for the better, but as long as he is still popular in games, it would be great to see Reeves’ interpretation have his own game.

Likewise, Batman is then a central villain figure in Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League. But because this iteration in particular has a rich history from the Arkham games, it will be impossible not to have players drawn to Batman fully, even when there are other Justice League affiliates that Rocksteady fans have been waiting to see since Batman: Arkham Asylum.

What Reeves’ Batman Could Offer in Gameplay

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Robert Pattinson’s Batman is one of the most brooding and antisocial takes on the character, and it would be fantastic to see that particular Batman have his own series of games. It would be especially fun to play as a Batman with limited resources and gadgets, as well as rudimentary technology such as recording contact lenses or a wingsuit that he is inexperienced with.

This would satisfy the desire fans have to play as Batman again, but it could belong outside Rocksteady’s seminal Arkhamverse franchise to be its own canon, and that canon would not even need to tie directly to The Batman and its related properties. The Amazing Spider-Man was an example of how an in-game universe could be shared with a movie with its characters and world, but have a sequel story that is unbound from anything the source material had already established.

Reeves’ Batman is the least stealth-oriented of his Caped Crusader counterparts—especially Rocksteady’s seminal Batman—and that could bode well for fans who are maybe tired of the character’s predatory gargoyle-grappling antics. It is highly unlikely that Reeves’ Batman ever crosses over into a game that is meant to coincide with the character directly outside a cosmetic skin promotion, though that would be a great way to branch out and offer fans a Batman game to be excited for.

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