Thu, Jul 24, 2008 | 18:39 BST

Watchmen is prequel, has two playable characters

According to this 1UP preview, the now-announced episodic Watchmen game is a prequel story that contains two playable characters, Rorschach and Nite Owl. From the piece:

Watchmen (the game) dials back the years to when the game’s dual playable characters, Rorschach and Nite Owl, are younger, trimmer, more physically fit versions of their older graphic-novel counterparts. In the demo we saw behind closed doors at E3, both Rorschach and Nite Owl were playable, either as a single-player game with an A.I. partner (whichever character you’re not playing is controlled by the CPU) or as a co-op splitscreen venture. Since the game takes place before superheroes were outlawed in the graphic novel’s timeline, it allows both characters to do what they do best – fight crime.

Lots more through the link.

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6 comments

Blerk
24/07/08, 8:18 am

Hmm.

patlike
24/07/08, 9:01 am

Yep.

Blerk
24/07/08, 9:04 am

Given that there’s very little ‘action’ in the comics and neither of them actually have any super powers, I’m wondering how they’re going to make a viable game out of this.

Whizzo
24/07/08, 9:08 am

Nite Owl and Rorschach did used to kick some bottom before vigilantes were banned so I can see this actually working. Batman has no super powers either but does ok.

And then the Dr Manhattan and The Comedian win Vietnam game will happen I’m sure. Probably a bit easy as Jon has god mode built in.

Blerk
24/07/08, 9:26 am

glol!

SticKboy
24/07/08, 10:27 am

This actually sounds like a viable proposition.