Check out the companion video where we discuss the game itself in more detail- ua-cam.com/video/3jsjDIIsHbY/v-deo.htmlsi=499pnjbelupu7gw_ Also, a quick correction: as some people have mentioned, the Scarecrow backstory tape is referring to the doctor's backstory, not Crane's.
44:20 I think it's important to remember what happens at the very end of the book when Batman gives Harvey his coin back. Harvey flips it to decide whether or not to let Batman leave alive. Ultimately, Batman is let go, but in a later panel, we see that the side the coin landed on was the scarred side, the side which indicated that he was supposed to die. In the end, Harvey didn’t rely on the coin to make that choice, he let Batman leave by his own free will. Turning to the deck of tarot cards, arranged in a house of cards he remarks, “Who cares for you? You’re nothing but a pack of cards,” before knocking it over, showing that he doesn't need these things to make decisions anymore. This is actually a rather hopeful ending, that even despite all of the horrors of Arkham, there is still a chance for rehabilitation. Overall though, great video, great game, and great comic. Cheers!
@@velloceti6898 Yeah. There are a lot of references like that throughout the book. Grant Morrison’s script in the back of the reissues helps a lot with finding them all.
@aliquidgaming1068 Yea, tbh I thought it'd be obvious that's his cell, the Arkham guards were taking him that direction, and everything Joker's ever done should definitely be an indicator that's where he'd be
Jokers cell was in maximum security. Which is the section of Arkham we don't bet access to. Joker rides the cell there after we first encounter the titan thug and it has a heart attack. Keep in mind how in the first game we go deeper and deeper into Arkham at the start when escorting joker to show how they want to ensure joker doesn't get out this time. Also in Arkham knight Bruce throws joker into a similar cell in his mind and locks him away in it. Joker was being sent to maximum security and going to be locked away deep and far.
Asad, your a spiritual successor to the heydays when Super Bunnyhop produced excellent gaming essays and commentary. Thank you for carrying that baton forward and kudos on the growth of your primary and second channels.
Fantastic video, I'm glad the algorithm brought me here! I've watched so many Arkham videos but there's always something new to say, truly a masterpiece.
I find it amazing how you and Monty Zander had such a similar outline of video, yet how extremely different each video is. Insane amount of detail and research in this man. Can’t wait to see more
@ddl3718 I'll be honest and say I became aware of the Monty video about halfway through scripting, checked it out out of curiosity and turned it off after about 5 min because I was worried it would effect the direction of mine too much. I'm glad you found there to be enough differences here, since I was a little worried about the overlap
Awesome video but just to put this out there, Batman simply doesn’t kill because it stoops to the level of his worst enemies but because he has to put faith in the system, as much as Batman can be blamed for his very callous nature torward the asylum it is also sort of not his job, he probably views himself even as unworthy given he fears he should be in there. I also think that this idea of Batman’s success being superficial comes with that bittersweet victory in city where he is able to save himself and lots of other inmates but not everyone like joker or Talia This video is awesome btw keep up the work
Definitely an important aspect of his whole psychology, although given his influence and direct contributions financially I still think he should be a little more aware of the goings on there, even if he doesn't get too directly involved And I appreciate that, thank you!
This video deserves more views. The atmosphere of Arkham asylum is truly what makes the game so great. I hope you gain more subscribers bcs you deserve it.
The atmosphere is the only thing that makes it great the story is bland and is blatantly ablest and shows a frankly insulting and stigmatizing view of the mental issues that many face.
This was a fantastic video! Albeit I would have to disagree with the idea that Batman was wrong in the comic when he disregarded the doctors choice to make two face go from a coin to a deck in order to “cure” him, when it’s shown there that all that has accomplished is that he feels so overwhelmed he can’t even go to the bathroom and soils himself constantly. Another default hat I really like is that even in such a bleak and hopeless comic, it’s Two Face himself the one that sees the hope in Batman and goes against his coin to let him be free at the end.
In BTAS, at least, Batman is very intimately aware of the ongoings at the asylum and even advocated for the removal of Lyle Bolton (Lock-Up) from Arkham's payroll after it became apparent that he was abusive towards the inmates. He also is pretty supportive in a number of the "villain tries to reform" episodes and even successfully redeems Ventriloquist. So that's at least one iteration of Batman shown to care. I think generally, the animated Batmen do care. It only gets sketchier when you start getting into the grittier depictions. To go back to the game, I know you're not really supposed to think about the bad guys in Arkham Asylum as much of anything other than bad guys. They're pretty one-dimensionally evil when it comes to their actions, with Harley even trying to trick you and trap you if you wind up feeling pity for her. But, at the same time, seeing the environment they live in and hearing the Arkham staff talk about them as if they're not even human always kinda felt uncomfortable to me. Even Aaron Cash, a guy you're supposed to like. For example, it's wild that they just take Killer Croc and throw him in the sewers, just occasionally doing food drops. It's one of those things that I think makes Asylum feel a bit more like a standalone game rather than a part of its own universe, because Croc seems a lot more normal/curable in Origins and pitiable in Knight where he's shown helping the other inmates of Iron Heights in combat and even shown sympathy by others for the inhumane treatment he goes through on that airship.
In the game I always saw the Asylum as kind of a ticking time bomb because the place is literally falling apart with not much renovations done to it except for the new automatic doors and TV Screens and Cameras. That made me wonder if Batman knew the asylum would eventually stop being used altogether and the city might resort back to Blackgate Prison as we all know how bad that turned out in Arkham Origins.
Excellent analysis! It’s always been one of my favorite things about Asylum (and City as well to a similar extent), how much of the actual “story” of the game is baked into the scenery. You’ve done an amazing job covering it all here!
In arkham shadows they reveal how the Wayne's paid for the asylum to be built and then Wayne foundation pays for it to be reopen again after orgins. It's kinda funny how crucial batman and his family were for arkham but he doesn't really care that much about their treatment, only seems to care about Dr. Y young with bane but that's about it in asylum.
I have a problem with external noises and i sleep with headphones on. The amount of Arkham Asylum videos I've fell asleep to over the years is definitely in the double digits. Here's one for tonight. Thanks!
42:41 - 44:30 You've perfectly explained what I realized about Batman. What makes him pretty incompetent at his own self imposed mission of being a vigilante who "stops evil" isn't that he refuses to kill the bad guys, it's that he is very much okay with EVERYTHING else that can be done to those bad guys as long as they're kept alive, and we all know there are fates worse than death... I'm not sure if this has been explored in any iteration of this comic superhero, but it brings up an important question: Batman disagrees with killing villains, but does that mean he's a-okay with giving them other torturous fates as long as they're alive? If you know anything about "I have no mouth and I must scream", then you start to realize maybe Bruce SHOULD be taken somewhere far away from society like all the other villains.
No Batman is very much against torture and stuff along those lines. He might break some bones but he’s never gonna injure you in such a way that you won’t heal and recover
@@kylerpruitt1620That's good to know. I've seen some interpretations where he's actually very kind to those villains who do get redeemed or are trying to be, but those are mostly from the animated series (particularly with Harley Quinn and Ace). Meanwhile, darker interpretations don't give way to that comforting side of Batman/Bruce, and I think the one in Arkham Asylum (game) would fall into that category, since he sees through environment and audio log how many villains arent given proper treatment for true rehabilitation. We could make the assumption that he is affected by them and at the end of the game he forces changes to the asylum, but first of all, it's an assumption, and secondly, if he had made changes then I'm pretty sure we wouldn't see the exact same villains in the sequel games being just as bad as they always were (except for Ivy to an extent, she did sacrifice herself in Arkham Knight, but she only did it for the plantlife)
He is extremely against torture and is usually kinder to his enemies, the games just usually don’t elaborate that side of him. the Batman from the animated series is much closer to how he is in the comics than the Arkham games, although they are equally good adaptations of the characters in my opinion.
Very well-made video and I appreciate that it didn't simplify things down to Batman being bad because he doesn't kill. However, I have a few things I don't agree with and work was entirely too slow to prevent me from writing them out. Sorry in advance. Batman has to put limits on himself because he's already an illegal vigilante for just being Batman. Taking a more active role in how Arkham is run would probably spill over into something like terrorism if he did it it by force or make him Gotham's Lex Luthor if he just started buying facilities like Arkham. As much of a control freak Batman is, it's only with the illegal vigilante crap that can become Red Hood if left unchecked, while Batman would much prefer Gotham be able to make its own decisions and not be dependent on him forever. Batman's seen these villains commit horrible crimes for vague reasons, so I think his attitude towards the likes of Zsasz and his doctor are just telling the doctor that she's being too conventional or trusting of someone who needs extra vilgilance. Batman's paranoid enough to make contingency plans to take down his friends, so I don't see why he shouldn't be stern with his villains, especially when he's not saying they need to be lobotomized, etc. Batmam pours a LOT of money into the city and still can't sleep most nights because there's a new crime going on or the Justice League needs him. Why can't Gotham's own government and concerned citizens pick up the legislative end of things to make sure things are run better, especially after Batman already cleaned up the police and politicians? Just as Serious House depicts Batman out of character as being hypocritical, most other stories show him taking active interest in reforming the villains that try or are especially close to him, one commenter here even pointing out that Serious House ends with the coin Batman gave Two-Face ending bad-side up but Harvey lets Batman leave anyway. The guy who believed in himself enough to shoot Darkseid certainly believes in people enough to recover and live worthwhile lives.
Forgive me if I’m mismembering, but regarding Scarecrow’s first interview tape, wasn’t he testing his formula on a doctor in the asylum? The first and last tapes were him using the toxin and psychoanalyzing the fear of a doctor in the first, leading to a doctor and security guards in the last tape. From the context of the first tape, he was referring to his “test subject” to have lost a wife and child. Although, it still draws a connection to Amadeus Arkham and his insanity, albeit a literal sense with Scarecrow pumping gas compared to a series of unfortunate events.
You may be right, since the whole wife/daughter thing isn't a typical part of cranes backstory. I guess it still connects just not as directly as I remembered
Batman’s main purpose is to rid the streets of Gotham of the evil that took his parents. This leads me to believe that Batman has little care for how the criminals become rehabilitated or reformed. Batman just wants them gone. However, I also believe that Batman views rehabilitation as Bruce Wayne’s job. Not sure if it’s seen in the Arkham games, but I know in the animated series there’s a scene where Bruce visits Harvey in the hospital after Batman defeats him. Batman might want to criminals gone, but I think Bruce Wayne truly does care.
It's always a little strange to me how differently a character can be interpreted depending on the writer themselves. Since Batman isn't real he doesn't have a set personality. Plenty of iterations do show he cares for the rehabilitation of the villians he faces but yeah in the Arkham series not so much.
19:30 seems like you messed up here, in that interview it's actually Crane having his own twisted 'therapy session' with one Dr. Combs, who is the one with the dead wife and kids. I was also confused the first time i heard that interview tape, but once you realize the first person speaking IS crane it all makes sense lol
I think you hit the nail on the head, but take it one step further; it is not that Batman doesn't care how his enemies are mistreated in Arkham; he actively enjoys it. Batman wants his enemies to suffer, alive, as he does. That is his vengeance against the darkness, to make them fester and rot in it, rather than giving them the sweet release of death. That makes Batman much scarier.
Yes, this makes sense... if writers mischaracterize batman, good writers show batman as the character hes meant to be, intervening when the patients of arkham are mistreated and abused and actively funneling his own resources into helping him, the belief batman is as bad as his rogues is played out and false.
35:08 I just checked this bug in the game, and yes - it really happens in the game if you go outside with detective mode enabled. However, now another question arises - is this really a glitch in the game, or is there some kind of feature that Rocksteady did intentionally...
Knight by itself is fine but if you played the first two games it's understandable why many see Arkham Knight as an disappointment. It doesn't have the horror and fucked up lore of the first two games and instead it's more like...normal cartoon episode with bad writing.
I think arkham completely blows as a story, despite how good the game is, "batman bad" has always been a flimsy debate as its entirely dependant on the writer being extremely pessimistic and cynical and typically the people that portray batman as bad tend to be people that hate the mentally ill, batman is shown many times by actual good writers to genuine care and even intervene in abuse towards the asylum patients, to even in some stories take an active role in helping the patients recover, arkham has always been a very very bad story much like other gritty and "real" stories because its very negative towards the villains especially, Joker even has been very very badly exaggerated through the years and he needs a hard reset on his character
@SirenChats it's his backstory in this game based on the interview tapes. Although as someone pointed out, that may have been influenced by the toxin he was testing on the doctors. Either way, it's a connection that's made in the game itself
@ Uh…dummy, that was CRANE experimenting on HIS doctor. He had jacked the interview. It ends with guards breaking in, subduing Crane and horrified by what he had done to the poor guy.
@@AsadAnjum The first interview you collect for Crane is him experimenting on Dr. Combs. Only interviews two to four are interviews with Scarecrow himself.
Check out the companion video where we discuss the game itself in more detail- ua-cam.com/video/3jsjDIIsHbY/v-deo.htmlsi=499pnjbelupu7gw_
Also, a quick correction: as some people have mentioned, the Scarecrow backstory tape is referring to the doctor's backstory, not Crane's.
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44:20 I think it's important to remember what happens at the very end of the book when Batman gives Harvey his coin back. Harvey flips it to decide whether or not to let Batman leave alive. Ultimately, Batman is let go, but in a later panel, we see that the side the coin landed on was the scarred side, the side which indicated that he was supposed to die. In the end, Harvey didn’t rely on the coin to make that choice, he let Batman leave by his own free will. Turning to the deck of tarot cards, arranged in a house of cards he remarks, “Who cares for you? You’re nothing but a pack of cards,” before knocking it over, showing that he doesn't need these things to make decisions anymore. This is actually a rather hopeful ending, that even despite all of the horrors of Arkham, there is still a chance for rehabilitation.
Overall though, great video, great game, and great comic. Cheers!
The "who cares, you're nothing but a pack of cards" is also an Alice in Wonderland quote. Such a nice touch.
@@velloceti6898 Yeah. There are a lot of references like that throughout the book. Grant Morrison’s script in the back of the reissues helps a lot with finding them all.
Okay okay okay… you convinced me, I’ll replay Arkham Asylum
You aren't the only who'll be booting up soon.
Just did for Halloween. Best time to play it
for the 10th time
I replay all the games every year, so special
@@what-xn3lv same every December. But I'll be playing them sooner now.
Pretty sure Joker's dedicated cell is extreme confinement/solitary, aka the only place we can't go in the Asylum
I commented the same thing. It was the only place on Arkham we couldn't access
It's also the cell in Knight that batman locks joker in for good.
@aliquidgaming1068 Yea, tbh I thought it'd be obvious that's his cell, the Arkham guards were taking him that direction, and everything Joker's ever done should definitely be an indicator that's where he'd be
Jokers cell was in maximum security. Which is the section of Arkham we don't bet access to. Joker rides the cell there after we first encounter the titan thug and it has a heart attack. Keep in mind how in the first game we go deeper and deeper into Arkham at the start when escorting joker to show how they want to ensure joker doesn't get out this time. Also in Arkham knight Bruce throws joker into a similar cell in his mind and locks him away in it.
Joker was being sent to maximum security and going to be locked away deep and far.
Asad, your a spiritual successor to the heydays when Super Bunnyhop produced excellent gaming essays and commentary. Thank you for carrying that baton forward and kudos on the growth of your primary and second channels.
I really appreciate that, thank you!
Wow I miss Super Bunnyhop, love to see this comparison
Agreed they’re amazing ❤❤❤
@@PuffPuff903same. 🐰 bunnyhop was amazing and it’s a great comparison 🎉❤❤ to asad!! 🎉
Fantastic video, I'm glad the algorithm brought me here! I've watched so many Arkham videos but there's always something new to say, truly a masterpiece.
I find it amazing how you and Monty Zander had such a similar outline of video, yet how extremely different each video is. Insane amount of detail and research in this man. Can’t wait to see more
@ddl3718 I'll be honest and say I became aware of the Monty video about halfway through scripting, checked it out out of curiosity and turned it off after about 5 min because I was worried it would effect the direction of mine too much. I'm glad you found there to be enough differences here, since I was a little worried about the overlap
Arkham Asylum breakdown? I'm here for it.
I think this is the best video ever made
Facts ❤❤🎉
Agreed!
Awesome video but just to put this out there, Batman simply doesn’t kill because it stoops to the level of his worst enemies but because he has to put faith in the system, as much as Batman can be blamed for his very callous nature torward the asylum it is also sort of not his job, he probably views himself even as unworthy given he fears he should be in there. I also think that this idea of Batman’s success being superficial comes with that bittersweet victory in city where he is able to save himself and lots of other inmates but not everyone like joker or Talia
This video is awesome btw keep up the work
Definitely an important aspect of his whole psychology, although given his influence and direct contributions financially I still think he should be a little more aware of the goings on there, even if he doesn't get too directly involved
And I appreciate that, thank you!
This video deserves more views. The atmosphere of Arkham asylum is truly what makes the game so great. I hope you gain more subscribers bcs you deserve it.
The atmosphere is the only thing that makes it great the story is bland and is blatantly ablest and shows a frankly insulting and stigmatizing view of the mental issues that many face.
Great game & great comic. Both have got such amazing aesthetics.
The comic has some of my favourite comic art ever hands down
@@AsadAnjum Same! Also forgot to say this but the section on Comicstorian was much appreciated.
This was a fantastic video! Albeit I would have to disagree with the idea that Batman was wrong in the comic when he disregarded the doctors choice to make two face go from a coin to a deck in order to “cure” him, when it’s shown there that all that has accomplished is that he feels so overwhelmed he can’t even go to the bathroom and soils himself constantly.
Another default hat I really like is that even in such a bleak and hopeless comic, it’s Two Face himself the one that sees the hope in Batman and goes against his coin to let him be free at the end.
Terrific video. Cant believe I didnt find this channel earlier.
17:00 jokers cell is in the the intensive treatment where the first titan fight is, you see his sell in knight its one of the hanging ones
In BTAS, at least, Batman is very intimately aware of the ongoings at the asylum and even advocated for the removal of Lyle Bolton (Lock-Up) from Arkham's payroll after it became apparent that he was abusive towards the inmates. He also is pretty supportive in a number of the "villain tries to reform" episodes and even successfully redeems Ventriloquist. So that's at least one iteration of Batman shown to care. I think generally, the animated Batmen do care. It only gets sketchier when you start getting into the grittier depictions.
To go back to the game, I know you're not really supposed to think about the bad guys in Arkham Asylum as much of anything other than bad guys. They're pretty one-dimensionally evil when it comes to their actions, with Harley even trying to trick you and trap you if you wind up feeling pity for her. But, at the same time, seeing the environment they live in and hearing the Arkham staff talk about them as if they're not even human always kinda felt uncomfortable to me. Even Aaron Cash, a guy you're supposed to like.
For example, it's wild that they just take Killer Croc and throw him in the sewers, just occasionally doing food drops. It's one of those things that I think makes Asylum feel a bit more like a standalone game rather than a part of its own universe, because Croc seems a lot more normal/curable in Origins and pitiable in Knight where he's shown helping the other inmates of Iron Heights in combat and even shown sympathy by others for the inhumane treatment he goes through on that airship.
In the game I always saw the Asylum as kind of a ticking time bomb because the place is literally falling apart with not much renovations done to it except for the new automatic doors and TV Screens and Cameras. That made me wonder if Batman knew the asylum would eventually stop being used altogether and the city might resort back to Blackgate Prison as we all know how bad that turned out in Arkham Origins.
Excellent analysis! It’s always been one of my favorite things about Asylum (and City as well to a similar extent), how much of the actual “story” of the game is baked into the scenery. You’ve done an amazing job covering it all here!
i’ve watched 15 years worth of videos about this game and this is easily top 3. fantastic analysis my friend!
Cool video. Just that, if a patient is happy he's quiet, that's what they mean, not the opposite.
Cannot wait for the Arkham City video now!
great vid, loved the take mixing the comics with the game
Really well-produced and thought provoking video. I’d love to see your take on other Arkham games.
This is incredibly well made both in pacing and creativity
In arkham shadows they reveal how the Wayne's paid for the asylum to be built and then Wayne foundation pays for it to be reopen again after orgins. It's kinda funny how crucial batman and his family were for arkham but he doesn't really care that much about their treatment, only seems to care about Dr. Y young with bane but that's about it in asylum.
not much time for actual treatment when they keep breaking out every single time
This video is so underrated i hope it blows up in the algorithm
COMICSTORIAN DIED NO WAY
Yeah, other people have continued the channel since but Ben Potter (who ran the channel throughout the years) passed away over the summer
@AsadAnjum my day was ruined
Yea, it was really sad to find out but im glad his memory will never be forgotten.
okay, you conviced me to read the comic in just a few words
I have a problem with external noises and i sleep with headphones on. The amount of Arkham Asylum videos I've fell asleep to over the years is definitely in the double digits. Here's one for tonight. Thanks!
Excellent video man!!!!
Shout out to Ben ... Rest easy
This videos editing gives me goosebumps
Please, make more videos like this. Absolutely great video my man
Excellent work on this. Good job!
Wtf this is soo good. The quality is insane
Best Batman Lore video ever made
new batman retrospective for me to watch, HELL YEAH
This video is top notch. Keep it up.
42:41 - 44:30 You've perfectly explained what I realized about Batman. What makes him pretty incompetent at his own self imposed mission of being a vigilante who "stops evil" isn't that he refuses to kill the bad guys, it's that he is very much okay with EVERYTHING else that can be done to those bad guys as long as they're kept alive, and we all know there are fates worse than death...
I'm not sure if this has been explored in any iteration of this comic superhero, but it brings up an important question: Batman disagrees with killing villains, but does that mean he's a-okay with giving them other torturous fates as long as they're alive? If you know anything about "I have no mouth and I must scream", then you start to realize maybe Bruce SHOULD be taken somewhere far away from society like all the other villains.
No Batman is very much against torture and stuff along those lines. He might break some bones but he’s never gonna injure you in such a way that you won’t heal and recover
@@kylerpruitt1620That's good to know. I've seen some interpretations where he's actually very kind to those villains who do get redeemed or are trying to be, but those are mostly from the animated series (particularly with Harley Quinn and Ace). Meanwhile, darker interpretations don't give way to that comforting side of Batman/Bruce, and I think the one in Arkham Asylum (game) would fall into that category, since he sees through environment and audio log how many villains arent given proper treatment for true rehabilitation. We could make the assumption that he is affected by them and at the end of the game he forces changes to the asylum, but first of all, it's an assumption, and secondly, if he had made changes then I'm pretty sure we wouldn't see the exact same villains in the sequel games being just as bad as they always were (except for Ivy to an extent, she did sacrifice herself in Arkham Knight, but she only did it for the plantlife)
@100lovenana the games sadly don't rlly elaborate on any of this.
He is extremely against torture and is usually kinder to his enemies, the games just usually don’t elaborate that side of him. the Batman from the animated series is much closer to how he is in the comics than the Arkham games, although they are equally good adaptations of the characters in my opinion.
Very well-made video and I appreciate that it didn't simplify things down to Batman being bad because he doesn't kill. However, I have a few things I don't agree with and work was entirely too slow to prevent me from writing them out. Sorry in advance.
Batman has to put limits on himself because he's already an illegal vigilante for just being Batman. Taking a more active role in how Arkham is run would probably spill over into something like terrorism if he did it it by force or make him Gotham's Lex Luthor if he just started buying facilities like Arkham. As much of a control freak Batman is, it's only with the illegal vigilante crap that can become Red Hood if left unchecked, while Batman would much prefer Gotham be able to make its own decisions and not be dependent on him forever.
Batman's seen these villains commit horrible crimes for vague reasons, so I think his attitude towards the likes of Zsasz and his doctor are just telling the doctor that she's being too conventional or trusting of someone who needs extra vilgilance. Batman's paranoid enough to make contingency plans to take down his friends, so I don't see why he shouldn't be stern with his villains, especially when he's not saying they need to be lobotomized, etc.
Batmam pours a LOT of money into the city and still can't sleep most nights because there's a new crime going on or the Justice League needs him. Why can't Gotham's own government and concerned citizens pick up the legislative end of things to make sure things are run better, especially after Batman already cleaned up the police and politicians?
Just as Serious House depicts Batman out of character as being hypocritical, most other stories show him taking active interest in reforming the villains that try or are especially close to him, one commenter here even pointing out that Serious House ends with the coin Batman gave Two-Face ending bad-side up but Harvey lets Batman leave anyway. The guy who believed in himself enough to shoot Darkseid certainly believes in people enough to recover and live worthwhile lives.
Forgive me if I’m mismembering, but regarding Scarecrow’s first interview tape, wasn’t he testing his formula on a doctor in the asylum? The first and last tapes were him using the toxin and psychoanalyzing the fear of a doctor in the first, leading to a doctor and security guards in the last tape. From the context of the first tape, he was referring to his “test subject” to have lost a wife and child.
Although, it still draws a connection to Amadeus Arkham and his insanity, albeit a literal sense with Scarecrow pumping gas compared to a series of unfortunate events.
You may be right, since the whole wife/daughter thing isn't a typical part of cranes backstory. I guess it still connects just not as directly as I remembered
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Batman’s main purpose is to rid the streets of Gotham of the evil that took his parents. This leads me to believe that Batman has little care for how the criminals become rehabilitated or reformed. Batman just wants them gone. However, I also believe that Batman views rehabilitation as Bruce Wayne’s job. Not sure if it’s seen in the Arkham games, but I know in the animated series there’s a scene where Bruce visits Harvey in the hospital after Batman defeats him. Batman might want to criminals gone, but I think Bruce Wayne truly does care.
Why did i find out thru this video comicstorian died?? :( dude was my childhood
Same, he was also the reason I started to read comic books
Bro imagine the Devs of the Outlast games making a Batman game.
That'd sell like hotcakes
Awsome video!
this video was amazing
Creepy batman video game
I JUST BOUGHT IT AN HOUR AGO
Hopefully you enjoy it!
Incredible video !!! Loved watching it! Also will you maybe an arkham city one?
Absolutely, although it's probably gonna be a yearly Halloween thing so you'll have to wait some time 😅
@@AsadAnjum cannot wait for more Arkham content videos then!
It's always a little strange to me how differently a character can be interpreted depending on the writer themselves. Since Batman isn't real he doesn't have a set personality. Plenty of iterations do show he cares for the rehabilitation of the villians he faces but yeah in the Arkham series not so much.
19:35 pretty sure the loss of wife & daughter were referring to Dr. Murphy, crane previous doctor, not crane himself
There is a reason the latest Arkham game took inspiration from Asylum most of all.
You also need to do one on City and Origins
Rip comicstorian such a tragedy 😢
love the video, but trust me pal, the last thing we need in Suicide Squad is sexy, zesty joker 😂😭
This is the one youtuber whose handsomer than his animated pfp lol
19:30 seems like you messed up here, in that interview it's actually Crane having his own twisted 'therapy session' with one Dr. Combs, who is the one with the dead wife and kids. I was also confused the first time i heard that interview tape, but once you realize the first person speaking IS crane it all makes sense lol
What’s the music at around the 14 minute mark?? Is that RE7?? It’s driving me insane that I can’t pinpoint it
The whole video is just like monty zanders but shorter
I think you hit the nail on the head, but take it one step further; it is not that Batman doesn't care how his enemies are mistreated in Arkham; he actively enjoys it. Batman wants his enemies to suffer, alive, as he does. That is his vengeance against the darkness, to make them fester and rot in it, rather than giving them the sweet release of death. That makes Batman much scarier.
Yes, this makes sense... if writers mischaracterize batman, good writers show batman as the character hes meant to be, intervening when the patients of arkham are mistreated and abused and actively funneling his own resources into helping him, the belief batman is as bad as his rogues is played out and false.
Dead wrong
Love this! Please do Arkham knight! ☺️♥️🥰💕 what’s your thought on Arkham shadow? 🎉❤😊
Haven't played arkham shadow but I want to at some point, it looks really damn good. And definitely gonna do one on knight eventually
35:08 I just checked this bug in the game, and yes - it really happens in the game if you go outside with detective mode enabled. However, now another question arises - is this really a glitch in the game, or is there some kind of feature that Rocksteady did intentionally...
Even though City is the best
Asylum is my favorite.
Knight by itself is fine but if you played the first two games it's understandable why many see Arkham Knight as an disappointment.
It doesn't have the horror and fucked up lore of the first two games and instead it's more like...normal cartoon episode with bad writing.
They're not gargoyles, but rather grotesques.
19:30 that wasn't crane's backstory but the other doctor whom crane kidnapped
Happy Halloween
He’s pogging
IDK, I think Asad has a nicer voice than Lando, although I resent being made to pick 😤
What are your thoughts on Arkham Shadow? people are saying that it's the best VR game of recent memory.
Haven't played it, but reeeeally itching to. Thinking of maybe renting out a quest 3 just for that game
You deserve a lot more views than this brother
I think arkham completely blows as a story, despite how good the game is, "batman bad" has always been a flimsy debate as its entirely dependant on the writer being extremely pessimistic and cynical and typically the people that portray batman as bad tend to be people that hate the mentally ill, batman is shown many times by actual good writers to genuine care and even intervene in abuse towards the asylum patients, to even in some stories take an active role in helping the patients recover, arkham has always been a very very bad story much like other gritty and "real" stories because its very negative towards the villains especially, Joker even has been very very badly exaggerated through the years and he needs a hard reset on his character
Is this A true story about arkhamverse?
You misspelled Aslume
Heh.. breakdown
I don't especially love this game but that was a cool and interesting video :)
nerd
You just watched an hour long video on a game you don't even like who's the real nerd
@@AsadAnjum shit that's true
Uh…where the fuck did you get the idea Scarecrow went nuts because he lost his wife and daughter? That’s not his backstory in any continuity.
@SirenChats it's his backstory in this game based on the interview tapes. Although as someone pointed out, that may have been influenced by the toxin he was testing on the doctors. Either way, it's a connection that's made in the game itself
@ Uh…dummy, that was CRANE experimenting on HIS doctor. He had jacked the interview. It ends with guards breaking in, subduing Crane and horrified by what he had done to the poor guy.
@@AsadAnjum The first interview you collect for Crane is him experimenting on Dr. Combs. Only interviews two to four are interviews with Scarecrow himself.
@@AsadAnjumyou might need to listen to those tapes again.
@@SirenChatsdude you don't need to call people dummies to get your point across. You just come off like an obnoxious nerd. No one likes those people.
We already have a sexy Joker. Her name is Harley Quinn
Harley Quinn is a sexy clown/jester, she is not the Joker. We need a sexy Joker.
Don't forget about batman arkham origins. Its 11-year anniversary was 7 days ago
I love arkham origins i can't wait to cover it in detail eventually