Grant Morrison is one of the most well respected men in comics and he’s currently working on a relaunch of the Batman franchise for the comics in Batman, Inc. As it turns out, one of his biggest influences is Batman: Arkham Asylum.
One of the things I wanted to do was capture the feeling of the Batman: Arkham Asylum game that came out in 2009, said Morrison. When I played that game, it was the first time in my life where I actually felt what it is like to be Batman. It was very involving. The way the game and Paul Dini’s story was created, crafted and shot made you actually feel like Batman.
People don’t want to pay money to watch some guy pretending to be someone else when they could be doing it themselves, he added. In games, anyone can be a superhero or a soldier, and the gaming experience doesn’t follow strict narrative rules. You can do things on your own, and move in directions you choose. So I wanted to follow that concept: We are now the heroes, and we can look through their eyes.
Source: Wired
