Oh Rocksteady, how could you mess this one up? What should've been a great surprise inclusion from one of Origins' highlights turned into a borefest worthy of Dark Tomorrow proportions, and its conclusion was even more disappointing than Hush's. With a character that has such a physically intimidating presence like Slade Wilson it would be mad to not use him in a combat role against Batman, mano a mano, but Rocksteady decided to keep him inside a tank - a poor repeat of the already irritating Cloudburst boss fight featured earlier on in the game. Worse still, the moment players are presented with a brief glimmer of hope that they may actually get to square-off against Deathstroke hand to hand he is defeated by Bats within a cut-scene. Not only is this uncharacteristic of Wilson to face Batman in a machine that doesn't let him show off his combat prowess, it just felt like a major cop-out. Was a rooftop Battle using Origins' mechanics out of the question from the get go? In a title that strives to make the player feel like Batman, it sure does feature a lot of watching instead of 'doing'.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
