Just Saw the Trailer for Ep. 4 (Trailer Analysis Incoming)
It looks bloody amazing! Already in the second episode things started going to crap and then said crap hit the fan in the third episode. This is a wee bit surprising for me as most of TTG's games didn't start with the severe conflicts until the third episode in a 5 episode series. Regardless of that, I can't wait to see what else awaits in Guardian of Gotham!
So, the analysis of the trailer: from what we've seen, it looks like Bruce will either only serve a temporary amount of time in Arkham or, since the Joker has finally been introduced (and I think that Joker may be a victim of what Thomas had done), Bruce could break out of Arkham Asylum. But what else is the Joker there for? He could very well be ending up as just another villain, or he could end up as a valuable asset. And (speaking of villains) a lot of people are thinking that Scarecrow may be involved in the toxins that were concocted, but I don't think it was him. Scarecrow's toxins were meant to inject fear into people, not courage to do whatever they wanted. Granted, his toxins could be fooled around with but let's just go with the flow here a moment. We're just getting introduced to villains and Scarecrow's scare-gas would always be breathed in through the air (there was the exception in Batman: Arkham Knight) so I doubt that he could've had any involvement in the creation of the toxins. Of course, I could be wrong. Moving on.
When Bruce mentioned (in the trailer) that Vale had wanted him to experience/see what his father had done, that made me think; what kind of connection does Vale have to all of this? There's no way she could've just developed her persona as Lady Arkham just because of the hatred for Thomas. I'm thinking that something personal might've happened to someone close to her and she wanted revenge.
In one sequence we see that both Bruce and the Commisioner are being taken down and threatened. So, that tells us something: now since Dent is Mayor he can call the shots, he basically can control the GCPD and any other sort of law enforcement. In an earlier sequence we see Bruce'a car getting smashed in but a shotgun is fired to make it stop. Why is it that later we see Bruce brought to his knees and guns to his head? Maybe Dent thinks that both Bruce and Gordon are somehow linked to Batman (since we see Bruce confronting Dent about stopping "this" and we also see Dent's henchmen just shooting at Batman) and he either wants answers or wants for them to be taken down. Or they could've just been getting arrested. Who knows?
Now, one of the (in my opinion) most important sequences in the trailer is when we hear Ozzie stating that "The Children of Arkham are going to walk all over the city and there isn't anyone who can stop us, not even you!" - we see that Ozzie had found the little secret hideout in Bruce's old office and we see him fighting with Batman with some gauntlets on his hands. What I find most prominent, however, is that there were these purple circles around Ozzie's eyes. Did he get tortured, beat up, or is there something more going on? Could Ozzie possibly have been hit with a dose of the serum? And since Ozzie found the secret area, what the heck happened to Lucius?
As a final analysis, the statement that Lady Arkham said: "They lit the fire, we're just here to stoke the flames." -- who is they? The citizens of Gotham, the inmates at Arkham, who is it that Lady Arkham is referring to? Could she possibly be referring to Ozzie and Harvey? After all, Lady Arkham is the head of the Children of Arkham, so she could very easily just be using Oz and taking advantage of Harvey's impending and almost-there insanity.
Anyways, that's just kinda what I see from what the trailer had shown us and my predictions from what was revealed.
Comments
Good analysis.
It was most likely the beating he took from Bruce at the press conference.
I heard her say "Wayne". But if she said "they", it was probably a general "they": Wayne, Falcone, Hill and all the other corrupt people.
1) Okay, I only remember Ozzie getting hit in the face once (determinant) Of course, at the end of the episode Bruce runs at Ozzie but I doubt he got so many punches in, especially in just the eye area. He would've had bruises on more than just his eyes.
2) Most likely.
The fire line is reused; it appears in episode 3 while the timer goes for the choice when Lady Arkham told batman he needed to face the truth sometime.
I believe this follows with
"You can't protect Gotham from itself, there's nothing you can do to stop it. They lit the fire, we're just here to stoke the flames... saddest thing is, they don't even see the smoke."
Joker can't be a result from Thomas Wayne, he's to young. I also originally thought Bruce was going to get out of Arkham with help from Catwoman, but now Im starting to think that Joker may be our buddy who is going to help break us out, however the episode description almost makes me think we are going to get something similar to Tales from the Borderlands involving picking our team, which would honestly be really cool, choosing a bunch of villains in order to escape. Selina will probably still help us out of Arkham, but Joker is probably going to be our biggest ally for breaking out.
I think he's probably going to play some role in breaking Bruce out of Arkham as well, though of course out of self-interest. A consequence of that is likely that the Joker gets out too.
I'm hoping that is a setup for Season 2. The Joker gets out of Arkham, and emerges as Season 2's main villain, with Batman having also conveniently removed any villain who might stand in the way of the Joker seizing control of Gotham's underworld. Presumably the game ends with The Penguin and Lady Arkham arrested or institutionalized, leaving a vacuum for the Joker to fill.
How could Selina help, though? Arkham can have some high security on the outside.
Well Selina likes to prove how she can break into anything, and now she would have some kind of motive to break in. After the trailer I don't really think she will have the biggest role breaking us out, she probabaly will in some way, but Joker is probably going to be our main way out.
One of the main ways, anyways. We've only seen Joker, but who knows who else is in Arkham?
Okay, thanks for the clarification!
You don't know where did Ozzie's get those beautiful purple eyes from? He was beaten by Bruce at the end of 3rd ep. Simple.
I don't think Gobblepot has discovered the hideout. I think he's cyborg. High tech optic thing, bionic arm, fightning skills. We don't know much about his past, Celina said penguin is a big name in crime world.
Joker in my theory is a genetic experiment. Thomas Wayne wanted perfect son so he did transfer everything bad/evil/wrong from Bruce in to another body - Joker's. They may even be brothers, like Schwarzeneger and DeVito in "Twins". Joker says "I can tell there's something darker in you". He's ironic, of course.
Why do I feel as if you're not being serious about this? =_=
Okay the trailer hints at Alfred dying and we will have the choice of saving either him or Selina. I can feel it.
Yeah. Why?
Poisoned Bruce lost control. I wonder who stopped him. Penguin is lucky he's alive.
There were robots in Batman comics I red. Also I remember a man with mechanical legs. Robots do appear in "Arkham City" game. Clayface is serious but bionic arm isn't?
I tried to tie Joker with the main story. Guest appearance (alone) is forced imo. TTG wants to be original here, what's original with their Joker then?
How do you know they did nothing original? The ep ain't even out yet.
Question mark = I was asking! Fchs...
No one spotted Victor Zsasz? I didn't watch all trailers to not spoil that much but I saw him, héhé.
There's also the guy with the muppet, scarface.
Zsasz killing the orderly was ducked up
I clearly saw Blockbuster, Zsasz and The Ventriloquist.
What is this fanfiction you've created?
You gotta remember, TTG is making their own story with the Dark Knight, they aren't going by what the comics say or the books.
You think Ventriloquist was there? All I saw was the guy with a sock on his hand.
Joker is finally here, but not as a major charecter it seems. And yet another Selina x Bruce scene. So damn hyped! Batman's hundreds of companions, the bats were with him in a scene. Wow wow wow! HYPED
Well, a guy with a sock on his hand is probably the ventriloquist. He looks just like him.
??? I know that.
I know Telltale wants Batman to be original. These were theories. Just theories. Everything is possible right now; bionic arms, genetic experiments in AA and even Joker related to Bruce.
And I never said TTG did nothing original! I was wondering what so special about Joker because trailer didn't reveal much.
Communication is... hard in this place sometimes.
Episode 4 released today! Watching it on YouTube to see how accurate I actually was XP