Watchmen: The End Is Nigh
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| Developer(s) | Deadline Games |
| Publisher(s) | Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment |
| Director(s) | Søren Raadved Lund |
| Designer(s) | Uffe Friis Lichtenberg |
| Writer(s) | Peter Aperlo Len Wein |
| Composer(s) | Tyler Bates |
| Series | Watchmen |
| Engine | Kapow PhysX |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows PlayStation Network Xbox Live Arcade |
| Release |
Download March 4, 2009 (Part 1) July 30, 2009 (Part 2) Disc version |
| Genre(s) | Action, beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Watchmen: The End Is Nigh is an episodic video game series that serves as a prequel to the film adaptation of the DC Comics graphic novel Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. The game was originally announced for release in downloadable installments on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Network, and Xbox Live Arcade, with the first one released on March 4, 2009 to coincide with the film's theatrical release. The second episode was released on July 30, 2009.
Both episodes were released together on disc on July 21, 2009 for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. A limited edition of the PlayStation 3 version was released billed as "The Complete Experience", which also included the extended Director's Cut version of the film in Blu-ray format.
The game allows players to take on the roles of either Rorschach or Nite Owl in single player or cooperative multiplayer. Rorschach and Nite Owl are the only playable characters in the game's first episode, which comprises six "chapters." Cutscenes that look like animated comic panels, similar to those seen in the Watchmen motion comics released on iTunes, bookend each chapter. Two of the film's actors, Patrick Wilson and Jackie Earle Haley, provide their voices for their characters Nite Owl and Rorschach, respectively. The game features a mix of beat-em-up and puzzle gameplay, with the two characters having different strengths and abilities. Rorschach is faster with unconventional attacks and makes use of improvised weapons like crowbars and baseball bats; Nite Owl is slower but has a solid martial arts method and uses technological devices, such as "screecher bombs", and the grappling gun. The characters must work cooperatively to pass puzzles and defeat enemies.
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