That iconic vehicle was an extension of the caped crusader and an evolution for the franchise formula.
BATMAN ARKHAM KNIGHT THE PERFECT CRIME UPGRADE
The Batmobile wasn’t shoehorned in, it was a vital upgrade for Rocksteady’s vision that blended Batman’s blockbuster arsenal with the man wielding it. Fans and critics alike had plenty of complaints to throw at the game, with some claiming that the inclusion of the Batmobile was a shoehorned extra that diminished the dark knight’s abilities in the field. Batman: Arkham Knight may not have been perfect (Those damn Riddler trophies being well worth some complaints), but the addition of the Batmobile did nothing but add value to Rocksteady’s magnum opus for a Batman saga that had begun so many years ago. It was beautifully designed, it roared with the passion of an alpha lion and it was a joy to drive.įor years, this rejection of the Batmobile has left me baffled.
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A criminal crushing speed machine that could barrel down the streets of Gotham in a glorious burst of speed, the Batmobile was also able to shift gear into a mobile weapons platform within seconds when heavy artillery came after it. It was an odds-evener, a tool in a war on crime that was without equal. It was rage and fury, monstrous and agile. Shown off for the first time at E3 a year prior, Rocksteady’s Batmobile was everything that you could possibly want from the legendary vehicle. “Here you go!” Rocksteady triumphantly declares.
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“Where’s the Batmobile?”, fans ask after being left out in the cold by Arkham Origins and its distinct lack of bat-themed motor-vehicle mayhem. “Where’s the Batmobile?”, fans ask once again as Rocksteady doubled down on making Batman himself the ultimate vehicle with a suite of augmented grapple abilities. That, and it had been used as a battering ram when Bane got a little too hands-on with Batman.
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“Where’s the Batmobile?”, fans ask Rocksteady games, not realising how difficult it would be to drive a massive car through the tight corridors of a mental institute.