How could in game footage give away more than this video? That is a poor excuse.

CGI instead of live action regardless, it’s still misleading. I really liked the trailer but it isn’t the game. However, this is better than the Call of Duty Black Ops trailer that showed Jimmy Kimmel and other people as if they wre in the game.

I feel ya bro! All the game commercials are B.S.! they show you the “story” part for 58 seconds with like 4 1/2 second shots of actual gameplay.

Always hated that shit!
now I go and watch youtube gameplay videos to really see what’s up.

And yes, Arkham gameplay was visually great.
sad to say most other games aren’t though!

Makes me want to reply the 1st game.

The Unreal engine is capable of rendering that quality of image in real-time.

There is a 720p video on youtube named “2010 Unreal Engine 3 Trailer” with far more sophisticated graphics than used in the Batman trailer.

While you’re correct that it is not in game footage, this is not “live action”. This is CGI. Live action is when they use real people.

I still think this a good way to advertise the game. It’s an awesome video that gives a taste of what the game will be about. Which is used to get the consumer hooked and wanting to check it out. After awhile they will start releasing gameplay trailers on sites such as Gametrailers.com. They usually show ingame screen shots in game magazines first though.

They won’t change over 100% because the public loves to see real actors up on the screen. They like to see actors physically embody a character. They won’t to see the actor’s take on an icon comic character.(Heath Ledger’s take on the Joker comes to mind) Total CGI only seems to work on animated fare because those worlds are often filled with talking animals and what not. The public doesn’t expect a semblance of realism in animated movies. They do expect it when dealing with Superhero’s because many of the stories are placed in our world.