We’ll come back to Scarecrow and his fear toxin bomb in a bit, but for now, let’s switch gears and discuss another aspect of Arkham Knight’s plot. Scarecrow didn’t care if everyone fled from Gotham because he was keenly aware that they had virtually no place on that side of the country to which they could safely escape. It has the capability to form a cloud of toxic gas over the entire East Coast of the United States. Crane has been working on is so massive that it won’t simply envelop Gotham in fear toxin. It turns out that the chemical weapon Dr. Shortly before this takes place, however, we learn the real reason for Scarecrow’s otherwise particularly peculiar decision to give local officials time to turn Gotham into something resembling a ghost town. Batman briefly apprehends Scarecrow, but is ultimately forced to release him because Crane claims to have Commissioner Gordon’s daughter, Barbara Gordon, in his clutches. Batman manages to track down Scarecrow to the central mixing chamber of the Ace Chemicals building, the only facility in Gotham that would have the equipment Scarecrow needs for this purpose. It then falls, (as always) to Batman to stop the deranged former physician from detonating his chemical device and dooming Gotham to eternal panic. Scarecrow manages to convince Gotham’s officials to evacuate the entire city by threatening to detonate a massive fear toxin bomb which would cover the whole of Gotham and turn it into (as he calls it) his personal “city of fear.” I know that doesn’t sound like much, especially for such a major adversary of Batman, but the chaos at the hands of the mad Dr. That is, of course, until a couple of nights before Halloween, when Scarecrow decided to strike by releasing a small amount of his trademark fear toxin inside a small diner. On the other hand, I can’t help but be a bit surprised that there was a drop in crime when there were so many other gangs, like those led by Two-Face and The Penguin, biding their time until the Clown Prince of Crime was no more. On one hand, I guess that’s to be expected when one of Gotham’s most prominent maniacs is suddenly removed from the picture without much pomp and circumstance. In fact, Gordon states that crime in Gotham actually fell.
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However, according to Gordon, such a power struggle never came to pass. Gotham City and its residents then braced for the inevitable power struggle that would surely rush in to fill the vacuum left by Joker’s absence. Commissioner Gordon knows this rather intimately, as he is quick to tell us that he personally oversaw Joker’s cremation. Gordon explains that nine months ago, The Joker died, referencing the end of Arkham City. Having said that, let’s get started by discussing the events that set the game’s stage.Īrkham Knight begins with a narration by Gotham City Police Commissioner Jim Gordon. If you don’t want the events of any of these games spoiled for you, I understand.
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This review will contain major story spoilers for not just Arkham Knight, but two of its predecessors, Arkham City and (to a lesser extent) Arkham Asylum as well. Jonathan Crane, better known as Scarecrow.īefore we get to the main event, I must include a word of warning. That’s primarily because the game’s main antagonist is one of my personal favorites from Batman’s rogues gallery, the maniacal, fear-obsessed psychiatrist-turned-psychopath Dr. So today, I’ll be taking a look at Rocksteady Studios and Warner Brothers Interactive Entertainment’s 2015 title, Batman: Arkham Knight. It is no secret that I’m a huge fan of all things Batman.