Batman: Arkham City/Awesome: Difference between revisions

* Batman and {{spoiler|Bane. Fighting ''back to back against an arena of mooks''. Hello, [[Curb Stomp Battle]].}}

* Batman {{spoiler|punches a ''shark'' until it swims away and never bothers him again.}} [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEk0xaG0T7o See it here.]

* The lead-up to the {{spoiler|Demon Trials. Batman needs Ra's al Ghul's blood as a stablizer for the cure to the poison that is affecting both himself and The Joker. He ends up chasing a member of the League of Assassins throughout Arkham City (a CMOA for the woman herself; before that, she was in the Penguin museum as a trophy because she managed to kill ''8'' men by herself and Penguin kept her alive because he was impressed by her). After catching up to the woman, Batman places a tracer on her just before she ambushes Bats with the help of more assassins. Batman is saved by Robin -- who leaves after giving Batman the Line Launcher to go work on Joker's poisoning scheme -- then resumes following the assassin all the way to Arkham City's underground. All of this occurs as Batman becomes sicker and sicker from Joker's blood poisoning.}}

* Beating the crap out of the Penguin. He may not be a formidable hand-to-hand combatant, but after [[Cold-Blooded Torture|what he did to those cops]], he definitely deserved it. Beating down a [[Complete Monster]] is ''always'' satisfying.

* After making it to the top of the tower and taking out a few more guards, {{spoiler|Batman meets with Hugo Strange, who tells Batman that he "did what you could not," and has saved Gotham}}. Batman [[Shut UP, Hannibal|responds]] by ''headbutting him and kicking him across the room.''

* The final battle against {{spoiler|Clayface. Scimitar-wielding Batman, anyone?}}

** When one guy attacks, you press the button and Batman stops him. When two guys attack, you press the button twice and Batman stops them both at the same time. When three guys attack, you press the button thrice and Batman stops all three at the same time. When ninety-nine guys attack...

** Another great moment is how Batman finally defeats {{spoiler|Ra's}}: Punching him repeatedly in the face, taking his sword, stabbing it into the ground, and slamming his nose ''into the hilt''.

* Mastering the Gliding system, especially with the Grapnel boost upgrade. Once you've gotten the hang of it, you can travel to nearly anywhere, almost never touching the ground.

** And according to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvP4eQxNjQ4 this], you can actually go a step further and actually ''leave'' Arkham City to explore the outside.

** Heck, this is referred to by the Bat himself in an episode of Justice League as his one and only superpower. ''[[Heart Is an Awesome Power|Because it's the only one he needs.]]''

* More of a Crowning Moment of [[Creepy Awesome]], but {{spoiler|Hush managed to essentially cut his own face off, harvest Bruce Wayne's facial features from the other inmates, and then operate on himself.}}

* The fight with Freeze. Pretty much the [[Best Boss Ever]] for the game. You have to use many tricks in your arsenal because Freeze won't let you try it again.

* Batman scanning Tyger helicopters to find the master program.

* {{spoiler|Beating Mad Hatter and his thugs while fighting the influence of one of his mind control devices.}}

* Batman vs. Solomon Grundy. A normal human being managing to take down a 8 ft tall zombie man who's clearly in one of his "Superman would have a bit of trouble here" incarnations

* One for Riddler, who hacks into Strange's feed for no reason other than ''taunt'' him. Keep in mind, he ''knows'' what Strange did at Arkham and he ''knows'' what he did to Sharp, but he also knows that the doctor won't be able to trace the broadcast. He's the [[Insufferable Genius]] poster boy, and it's ''glorious''.

** Strange then responds by revealing that he actually knows Batman's secret identity, and Riddler is left flustered and infuriated because Strange won't tell him.

'''Strange:''' Interesting. Tell me, Edward, how is the Riddler like a blank dictionary? ''You're both at a loss for words.'' *disconnects* }}

* The Penguin himself gets one. Multiple times, guards, officers and the like tried to get into the Iceberg Lounge to prepare him for transfer to Arkham. They couldn't touch him. When they developed Arkham City, they had to build it ''around him'' because he proved completely immovable.

* The sidequest to rescue some political prisoners from being {{spoiler|executed by Strange}}. Batman takes out a veritable ''[[Zerg Rush|army]]'' of mooks in very close quarters who are wielding stun batons and guns, using shields, and are prone to throwing explosive items at him. Please note that by 'army' I mean 'at least twenty at once, maybe more'. And {{spoiler|Strange is taunting you the entire time}}. It's a CMOA for the ''player'', too, because that fight on anything other than Easy is ''button-destroyingly difficult'', but ''damn'' does it feel amazing when you pull it off. The people you rescue are suitably awestruck.

* After you complete the main quest, do all the sidquests, save all the political prisoners, solve all the riddles, and do every AR challenge, the loading screens will no longer nag you about what's left to do. Instead they will say, {{spoiler|"Arkham site secured and ready for shutdown."}} It's a little touch, but it give you an amazing sense of accomplishment.

* It's a rather disturbing [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]] or [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], but Harley in Arkham City, especially in "Harley Quinn's Revenge", has proved herself to be very competent, {{spoiler|managing to capture ''Batman'', of all people.}}

 

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