Drizzt Do’Urden: Ultimate Video Game Hero

I watched Hellboy II last night.  If you haven’t seen it, do so.  It’s pretty good.  Particularly interesting is the villain, Prince Nuada: he’s not evil, he’s not intimidating, and he actually means well.  Plus, he’s a badass elf warrior, and badass elf warriors never get old.

Just look at Drizzt Do’Urden, trademark character of fantasy author R.A. Salvatore.  I first read The Crystal Shard trilogy in college, when I was supposed to be reading my assigned texts for my English classes.  I haven’t been able to get much into any other Drizzt books since, but those three really grabbed me.  They were heroic fantasy of the finest stock.

Of course, the whole time I was reading those books I was thinking “Man, Drizzt would make an awesome video game character.”  I still can’t help but think that.  Sure, he’s cameo’d in a few games, but I want to see one where he flows freely with twin blades, executing intricate combos against waves of enemies.  Imagine a mixture of Prince of Persia and God of War and you have an idea of what I’m getting at, or maybe a Ninja Gaiden II that’s less over-the-top with gore and more tactics-based than, well, utterly ridiculous.  A game with brutal combat wherein Drizzt moves like Prince Nuada from Hellboy II; I would buy the Overpriced Collector’s Edition of that one.

So come on Some Enterprising Developer/Designer Team: get on it.

Batman vs. The Infected

I have a touch of a fever, and when I have a fever I always have really weird dreams.  Last night, I had one of those dreams.  I dreamed that I was playing the newest Batman game.  No, not Arkham Asylum (I wish), but something far more…odd.

Batman vs. The Infected.

Yes, Batman fighting the Infected from Left 4 Dead.  How was it, you might ask?  It was shockingly awesome.  In my short dream-session with it, I had Batman use a batarang to pop a Boomer, he had a pretty wicked kung-fu battle with a Hunter, he took out a huge group of basic Infected with those awesome take-down moves from Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, and he went all stealth to run away from a Witch.  Then, in what has got to be one of the greatest boss battles ever, a Tank burst through a wall and had Batman hiding, running, striking from the shadows, and using some uncharacteristically big guns (namely, a Gatling gun) to take him down.

It was the greatest video game crossover ever, and I want somebody to make it and make it right now.