Let's all admit it, Arkham Knight's story is terrible

[76561198041896520]

It is easily the weakest story out of all Arkham games. There was shoehorning the Joker into the story because the writers were too scared to come up with anything original despite Batman having a massive rogue gallery. Remember when the premise of the trailers was that Scarecrow was gonna be the one pulling the strings? And all of the villians were working together? Nah. Lol. Penguin, Two face and Bane for i.e didn't do jack and we didn't see any of that. The Scarecrow takes a backseat in comparison to the Joker. Jason Todd being the Arkham Knight instead of someone like Hush? Also incredibly lazy and safe writing.

And if you won't listen to me for a second, remember that this is the 1st game to mention Superman or the Flash. Even if the Scarecrow won, I would give him 11 minutes max before Superman/The Flash/ Martian Manhunter(he is mentioned by reference) would end the show. Thus removing the entire sense of 'danger'.

[Who_NemeZ]

yes it was pretty average,(tho the voice acting etc was great, so it was passible), but the gameplay was great compared to other titles.

[Mišmil]

I enjoyed the series, it felt so melodramatic and "majestic", especially getting the Knightfall protocol and making Scarecrow scream like a little girl seeing fire bats. It would have been cool if there was a new Bat game but more horror oriented because Bats is "dead" and uses Scarecrow's fear gas so it is all very spoopy.

The Joker was fun at first, seeing him around town. The Man-Bat thing genuinely scared me when it popped out. I enjoyed Arkham Knight, very cool design. Those giant tanks you have to take out from the back were the most annoying thing.

Batman honestly has the best gallery of villains... I hope we see some rarer villains in the future.

[El Breado]

Too many tank segments, probably the weakest boss battles in the series, Deathstroke and Hust are absolutely wasted, the Arkham Knight twist was insultingly obvious, otherwise, it's a fun game I enjoyed overall. In retrospect, I'd give it 7.5/10

[Hexagoros]

The thing is, even if the story was terrible (which I don't think it was), the gameplay and overall game experience was fantastic (despite the regrettable batmobile areas).

Personally, I thought City and Origins had better stories, but that really doesn't matter.

Also, Arkham Knight's story is miles better than Suicide Squad's.

[Krypto]

Claiming the Joker was "shoehorned" into the story shows you misunderstood WHY Joker was included in the story and it had nothing to do with the writers being too scared to feature anyone else from Batman's selection of villains.

Batman was infected with Joker's blood back in Arkham City, and then with fear toxin in Arkham Knight. The Joker hallucinations are Joker's blood affecting Batman psychologically. Batman knows that Joker's blood is slowly starting to change him, which is why he has those people in the movie studios. He's trying to find a cure for them, as well as himself. There's a condition for this said by Batman, that I forget the name of - something Yakob syndrome.

Throughout the entire story, Batman is fighting Joker's influence on his mind. That's why the final interaction with Joker has Batman push him into a cell and send him away. It's him beating the influence of the Joker from taking over him permanently.

You completely missed this because you were too focused on Joker being there just for the sake of having Joker there.

Also, Scarecrow wins. His entire plan was to break Batman down to just a man and forced him to unmask himself to reveal that he is indeed just a man. Unfortunately for Scarecrow, Bruce became stronger from beating the Joker and his toxin no longer had any effect.

Your entire post is missing the point of the story for the sake of complaining about something you didn't understand.

[MASTAN]

Postat inițial de Krypto:

There's a condition for this said by Batman, that I forget the name of - something Yakob syndrome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disease

[Krypto]

Postat inițial de MASTAN:

Postat inițial de Krypto:

There's a condition for this said by Batman, that I forget the name of - something Yakob syndrome.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disease

Yeah, that's the one.

[F]

I dont need to admit anything. Its Rocksteady that needs to admit it.

[Ryu Hayabusa]

Not the best story in the series but way better than Suicide Squad story by a mile.

[DC2Dixon]

Just started a new game after 3 years of not playing. I don't mind the story, its not the best but its not bad IMO.

The worst thing for me is how much the game relies on the tank battles. Personally think this games hate comes from that more than anything else.

I loved all 4 games (origin was good IMO) but this is the only one where I feel the gameplay let it down. I would say nearly 50% involves using the batmobile for something. Everything else I enjoyed.

[Sgt. Pepper]

I mean this is the general consensus already, at least it was 9 years ago upon release. Not sure what kind of damage control is being applied now that Gotham Knights has failed and SS Kills JL is known trash.

It's the graphics and game mechanics that keeps AK at the top of it's class.

[Mr. No_Effs_Given]

Postat inițial de Ryu Hayabusa:

Not the best story in the series but way better than Suicide Squad story by a mile.

Yep, 1000 times better at least.

[Blood & Thunder]

I think it was great and Joker wasn't shoehorned because the Arkham Trilogy is about joker after all. This concluded the story nicely.

Batman's greatest fear was turning into the Joker thanks to his infection in Arkham City. Batman's constant exposure to fear toxin in this game only strengthen that fear allowing the Joker personality to emerge. When Scarecrow injects Batman with the fear toxin it causes Batman's greatest fear to come true which is the Joker personality taking over him. And that's when the Scarecrow screws up because when he injects him a second time he is actually exposing the Joker personality to it's greatest fear which is being forgotten. Which allows Batman to overpower the Joker personality and make that fear come true locking the Joker personality away inside his mind never to be free again.

[Ceriss]

Postat inițial de alumlovescake:

Terrible? I don't think so.

But it was stupid and not that great



Everyone has completely forgotten that this game was not liked back in 2015, its not even like people went "oh its not that bad!" everyone just pretends the game was never hated

I remember, I avoided it because I was broke and it had massive performance issues. I just wanna finish the series honestly, now that I can run it.

[BlackWater]

I thought the story and lore were a good continuation of the series. But while were arguing over whether Batman sucks or not, anyone play the Stasis series? Theres a sale and I'm thinking of jumping on it.