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INTERVIEW WITH BATMAN: ARKHAM ORIGINS
DIRECTOR, ERIC HOLMES
GameOn: In the demo we saw a new
bad guy, tell us a bit about him?
Eric Holmes: At gamescom we revealed
the new assassin, Firefly, for the first time.
He’s someone we’re pretty excited to be
designing in Batman: Arkham Origins, he’s
one of the more physically exotic characters,
so we had to design a flight suit, a realistic
jetpack and a flamethrower weapon for
him. We’re really proud of the results, we
think we’ve got a really cool version of that
character. There have been a bunch of more
quirkier versions of him, but we’re pretty
happy with what we’ve got. What we’ve
showcased at gamescom is a reflection of his
persona. At the occasion we’ve revealed he’s
dominated the scene - he’s set off a bunch
of explosives all across the bride, and he’s
threatening to collapse the whole thing and
kill everyone on the bridge, including all the
police officers and his own men. So Batman
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sneaks through the police perimeter against
the wishes of the police that are there to face
down Firefly. We see a very pyrotechnics
and ‘Michael Bay’ version of the bridge with
chunks of it being blown apart. Batman
facing Firefly is a big, explosive battle.
So you mentioned Batman had to
sneak past the police, why is that? Are
the police not on Batman’s side?
That’s right, at this point in the timeline
Arkham Origins takes place early in the
Batman timeline, he’s only been Batman for
two years and so right now he’s no friend to
the police, the police commissioner is a bad
man; he’s not a good man, a good cop like
James Gordon who’s currently captain.
Well, it sounds like Batman has a lot
to go up against, especially on his own
without any backup so how is he going
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