Gotham City Size

[sauce]

I am a casual fan of Batman at best, and I am not too familiar with the details of the Batman universe, but looking at the map of both Gotham and Arkham makes me wonder. Is Gotham City smaller than Arkham? Gotham city has 3 districts, and Arkham has 5. Granted that Arkham seems like an industrial island so it's size could make sense but I'm still left wondering.

Anyone with comic book knowledge know the answer?

[Steven Brattac]

it seems to have more districts (Zones) but its seems Large to me not smaller.It seems that it grew a bit also in heights and Dephts than his second Title.

[Yuoaman]

Even in this game we're only seeing a portion of the city, Gotham City in the DC Universe is on par with Metropolis and New York in size, Arkham Island is fairly small. Distances in the city in the game are made smaller just for ease of navigation - in the comics it would take much longer to traverse the same areas.

[sauce]

Originally posted by Ghost-Blue:

it seems to have more districts (Zones) but its seems Large to me not smaller.It seems that it grew a bit also in heights and Dephts than his second Title.

yeah arkham does seem to be scaled differently than I remember in arkham city.

Originally posted by Yuoaman:

Even in this game we're only seeing a portion of the city, Gotham City in the DC Universe is on par with Metropolis and New York in size, Arkham Island is fairly small. Distances in the city in the game are made smaller just for ease of navigation - in the comics it would take much longer to traverse the same areas.

Ah ok that makes sense. Thanks

[MadMax665]

Well, as a comic fan, I can safely say I have no idea what that city is, but it sure ain't the Gotham from the comics. Sure there's the iconic sights all over, but the layout isn't the one DC released a few years ago as "Official Gotham".

Edit: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Gotham_City_map.jpg for reference.

[sauce]

Originally posted by MadMax665:

Well, as a comic fan, I can safely say I have no idea what that city is, but it sure ain't the Gotham from the comics. Sure there's the iconic sights all over, but the layout isn't the one DC released a few years ago as "Official Gotham".

Edit: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Gotham_City_map.jpg for reference.

Nice, thanks.

do you know if there is a difference between Earth One, and Two Gothams? And I wonder which universe the Arkham games fit into? Or is it completely separate.

[daryldixon]

I thought the whole "make Arkham City" was the idea in the game only. Is there Arkham-related stuffs except for the madhouse in the comics that aren't based on the game series?

[MadMax665]

Originally posted by sauce:

Originally posted by MadMax665:

Well, as a comic fan, I can safely say I have no idea what that city is, but it sure ain't the Gotham from the comics. Sure there's the iconic sights all over, but the layout isn't the one DC released a few years ago as "Official Gotham".

Edit: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Gotham_City_map.jpg for reference.

do you know if there is a difference between Earth One, and Two Gothams? And I wonder which universe the Arkham games fit into? Or is it completely separate.

There could be differences. Earth One never really gave an idea how that Gotham looks like. Since events happened differently it could be a different layout (Arkham Manor for example, and we don't know if the Crime Alley of Earth One is in the same location as Earth Prime). If we go by Infinite Crisis then it would suggest the layout of the different worlds is generally the same but landmarks differ. But DC only ever mapped the main Gotham as far as I know.

My guess is that they shrunk Gotham down and changed it around a bit for the games, creating their own layout which works best for gameplay rather than comic canon.

[Yuoaman]

Originally posted by sauce:

Originally posted by MadMax665:

Well, as a comic fan, I can safely say I have no idea what that city is, but it sure ain't the Gotham from the comics. Sure there's the iconic sights all over, but the layout isn't the one DC released a few years ago as "Official Gotham".

Edit: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/ae/Gotham_City_map.jpg for reference.

Nice, thanks.

do you know if there is a difference between Earth One, and Two Gothams? And I wonder which universe the Arkham games fit into? Or is it completely separate.

The Arkham games take place in their own separate continuity that sort of blends the comics universe (at least from before the recent reboot) with the universe of the DC Animated Universe that Batman The Animated Series was a part of.

[Yuoaman]

Originally posted by daryldixon:

I thought the whole "turn certain part of Gotham into Arkham City" was the idea in the game only. Is there Arkham-related stuffs except for the madhouse in the comics that aren't based on the game series?

No Man's Land is sort of like that, with the entire city of Gotham being cut off from the rest of the world, this story directly influenced the plot of The Dark Knight Rises, to give you an idea of what it's like.

[Starvey]

Originally posted by Yuoaman:

Originally posted by daryldixon:

I thought the whole "turn certain part of Gotham into Arkham City" was the idea in the game only. Is there Arkham-related stuffs except for the madhouse in the comics that aren't based on the game series?

No Man's Land is sort of like that, with the entire city of Gotham being cut off from the rest of the world, this story directly influenced the plot of The Dark Knight Rises, to give you an idea of what it's like.

Plus the ruins and Superman being an a$$... :D