In this post we take an in-depth look into the relationship between Batman and Catwoman in the new Batman Arkham City game expected out in November 2011.
Batman is a character based and defined by many relationships but it tends to be the weird and strange relationships that turn out to be the most interesting in the story. When you see Batman beating up criminals we tend to forget that there is a real person under that bat mask who is vulnerable, fearful and feels pain just like any other person.
“The amazing concept of batman means that he has deep and interesting relationships with every other character in the game,” said Sefton Hill. Sefton Hill is the director of Batman Arkham City and has made sure that he fully understand Batman’s mind by really getting in his head.
One of the most interesting relationships that Batman has is that of his love interest Catwoman. Catwoman isn’t the most sincere character in the batman series, in fact she can be deceptive and manipulative but Batman doesn’t want to give up on Catwoman and is convinced that he can change the way of the wayward feline. “Batman looks for the best in people, including Catwoman,” says Sefton Hill. “He would like her to be good but at the same time he knows that there is a dark side to her.”
At the beginning of Batman Arkham City, Batman goes in to Arkham City to save Catwoman’s execution that Two-Hand’s is trying to carry out but not everything it always the way it looks with Catwoman.
Catwoman can make Batman act like a childish schoolboy in love who can forgive her for anything. This is what makes Batman real as although we all know what he is doing is wrong, we can all relate to being in love and doing strange things that we wouldn’t usually do.
Next we see Hugo Strange the villain of Batman Arkham City. He is the mayor of Arkham City and he has a hand in everything that is going on in the game.
“Hugo Strange’s relationship with Batman is a weird one and one that thought we could explore a lot,” said Sefton Hill. Hugo Strange is one of the very few people that knows who Batman is; he has known this since being Bruce Wayne’s psychiatrist.