SDCC: ‘Watchmen’ the Game
Watchmen seems to be officially the big deal of Comic-Con so far, with long lines of people forming just to watch the upcoming film’s trailer at the Warner Bros. booth and to ogle the model of the Owl Ship.
Then there’s news that a tie-in videogame is in the works. The AP has a report.
Warner Bros. announced Wednesday it will release an episodic downloadable video game developed by Deadline Games that will prequel next year’s big-screen adaptation of the "Watchmen" graphic novel pegged to the film’s March debut. Another game that will take place following the first game will be released later in 2009 at the same time as the "Watchmen" DVD.
In the games, players will be able to combat foes as the pointy-eared Nite Owl (played by Patrick Wilson in the film) and inkblot mask-wearing Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley). The mature action-brawler will be released for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and Windows PC and will match the visual style of the film, which is being directed by "300" director Zach Snyder.
Having now seen full trailers for this and for Miller's Spirit, all i can say is that if both live up (or down) to their trailers, this will be a great film and, with luck, hardly anyone will see Miller's film.
I'm not sure if I understand the downloadable aspect. Typically downloadable games are extremely small, focusing on gameplay rather than graphics/production values. Maybe we'd have to pay for one episode at a time. Either way I expect a super-thin storyline…