It's insane that even after all these years and playing all the Batman Arkham games multiple times I'm still learning new things about it. This just proves that the Batman Arkham games are one of if not the best solo games in the world.
My personal favorite little secret: if you use the special combo batclaw attack on an armored brute, it will take them down instantly even at full health
@@RigaTony7 In Arkham Knight, it's Special Batclaw Takedown. In City and Origins, it doesn't have a name. But the upgrade required for it is Freeflow Focus Gadgets. Both upgrades involve the same thing, but only Knight has a special animation for it.
Another mechanic that's never really mentioned to my knowledge is that if you hold the grapple button as you grapple you'll hang from the ledge that you grappled to. I've been playing these games for years and never could understand why sometimes id hang and sometimes I would climb up, and so I never utilized the ledge takedowns for that reason.
@RDSC_ I always thought it was hold down on the left stick too, but maybe it's by game. In knight you have to hold the rb/ r1 button. I haven't tested in city or asylum. I just know that holding the grapple button works the most consistently that I've seen. Holding down the left trigger more times than not would still have me climb up.
Healing Grundy is even useful during the first two phases, as it prevents him activating the machine to heal himself, allowing you easy access to all weak points without having to wait for an opening.
Slamming the knocked out thugs in number 9 may not look useful, but I figured this out on my own while doing AR challenges and it is actually useful for extending your combo and giving you time to think about your next move mid-combat without losing your combo (you can't get hit while doing the slam!)
It also helps if you weren't expecting a strike to knock out an enemy. If you knock them down, that slam move might save you from messing up your combo. Though, in my experience, pressing the pick-up buttons without there being a valid target is usually safe so long as you don't spend too long on it.
So like the batclaw where everyone kinda stops attacking the moment you activate it? I wish the slam mechanic worked on my ps4 though. 😢 it just works when it feels like it.
@luisgabrielayala6372 yes, and I believe it works on all platforms you just have to time it (I played on both PC and PS4). You only have around half a second to do it right after knocking out a thug.
One I find incredibly useful in knight is that you can use the forensic batmobile scanner you use to track the Arkham Knight's cobra tank as a detective mode of sorts in the Batmobile, allowing you to see the cobra tanks through the walls when you're hiding from them. Not sure how common this trick was but I never saw anyone use it after they tracked the tires in the main story, so
God created us in his own image but we sinned and broke that image so now we deserve hell but God wanted a way of forgiveness so he took on the form of man suffered on the cross for the forgiveness of sins that whoever repents of his sins and puts his faith in jesus christ can be saved to get that forgiveness u have to repent of ur sins put ur faith in jesus christ follow him and rely on his finished work on the cross and not ur own works to be saved repentence first means realising ur a sinner who needs Gods help then u change ur mind about sin realising its disgusting before God and u let him help u to stop doing sin putting ur faith in jesus means u do his commandments which u can know about in the bible loving jesus means to do his commandments but u have to be careful first of all u dont know when ur gonna die so come to God and repent today and that jesus is the only way to heaven the only truth and the only life and we can go to heaven bc of what he did on the cross not bc of our own works so ur good works dont get u to heaven its only bc if what jesus did on the cross but that doesnt mean u live a life of sin no u live a life pleasing to God having a true relationship with him but u trust in what jesus did on the cross and not ur own works that can get u to heaven jesus loves u and he can give u eternal life repent today@@justinharvey7398
You activate the cinematic glide kick by pressing R3 during it. Didn't know about the grapnels, though. Wonder if it works from other starting positions. Cinematic Batclaw is also compatible with Batclaw Super Stun and Batclaw Kick You can blind Cobras with the Remote Hacking Device and jam their guns with the Disruptor. I think you can also EMP them with two full bars of secondary weapon energy. What I still need to test is whether destroying them via jamming builds secondary weapon energy You can disrupt the drone controller's tablet to make it shock him when you hack the drone for a maximum of four simultaneous takedowns On KBM you can right click on the final thug in a fear chain to transition straight into a Silent Takedown and earn your fear token back. You can activate the Explosive Gel detonator during a fear chain without breaking from it. You can cancel a fear chain by pressing circle or waiting it out to use a different attack against the final target - useful for getting environmental takedowns You can infinitely stunlock tanky enemies by beating them down to build combo, popping a Special Combo Bat Swarm, Special Combo REC, Special Combo Whip Trip, Special Combo Staff Spin, or Nightwing's electrical shock to clear the surrounding area, then repeating the combo. For Weapon Specialists with shock gloves equipped, try Batarang, Cape Stun, repeat You can use Nightwing's smash attack to defend against unblockable attacks if you're quick - very useful for shields! You can interrupt every punch in a Beatdown with a combo gadget for some scary fast tool spam. See Fleaker's video for examples. You can also reset the Triple Batarang combo requirement with an REC for an infinite gadget combo, which is included in my Special Combo Moves guide for Arkham City Critical Strikes are faster if you don't touch left stick while inputting them, but their range is reduced. They'll automatically target enemies who are about to attack you so you don't have to counter. You can cheese a lot of 3-star requirements by getting a good rhythm going with this
Okay, you can only action cam grapple between dedicated (green reticle) vantage points. However, if you do this in or out of a pass-through grate it looks insanely cool. Make sure to hold right trigger the whole time while going up. Glide kick reversal does not work in Asylum, but it gave me action cam almost every time no matter what I did first
One more you didn't mention is the grapple cancel. If you press B while grappling towards a gargoyle, it will cancel the grapple and send you flying forward like spiderman. It's a much faster way to travel in predator encounters and is actually a thing I found myself.
Also a cool mechanic for the batclaw is that if you use the batclaw on a brute (with the super combo batclaw upgrade equipped) it can one shot them! Also if you use it on a brute without the upgrade, he will go spinning and knock any thug by him unconscious/stunned!
The cinemamatic camera for glide attacks in asylum uses the same button prompts as the dive attack from Arkham city. and while rotating your camera in city, origins, and knight batman does the pre fight animations from the challenge maps, if playing as Robin in knight do the same thing but you can do a glitch by holding gadget to make him hold the staff forever or until you trigger the holding animation again, was useful for photomode at the studio to get a shot of both Tim and Bruce holding weapons. Happy Thanksgiving!
I doubt any game or series of games will ever be better than this for me. This is truly the peak. From lore/story (omg, the story) and the voice-acting, over the gameplay to the smallest details 95% of the players will never even encounter, even in multiple play-throughs, put in there for the mega fanatics and just because. It is insane how great this series is.
@@pablosister2201 It was still led by Sefton who bolted when he realised her fucked up. He chose all the gameplay mechanics even before getting the SS IP. He had no idea what to do.
@@hazelcrisp yup. Sefton and the other higher ups kept changing their minds for suicide squad which messed with the development. In fact, he wanted to add more batmobile-esque vehicle segments in suicide squad! a lot of the lower end devs of suicide squad weren't blinded by their own ego and knew what they had on their hands was a stinker
Another secret mechanic is the drop attack takedown from arkham origins (maybe arkham city) which when pressing inverted takedown and drop attack at the same time, you're able to do a cinematic drop attack which instantly renders them unconcious and enemy's aren't notified. Great video btw
@@HOTD108_I think it happens when you hang upside down from a vantage point by pressing the middle mouse button,and then do the inverted takedown,don't remember much tho
As probably noted below (but just in case not): the directed aerial attack is required to beat the Riddler in ArkCity. Which I can rarely do properly, I just end up try-harding and do it by accident. (It helps that with the Catwoman add-on, you'll get a buffer of 20 extra requirements thanks to Selina -- only some of which are feasible, but still you can sub hers out to help reach the 400 needed to defeat Eddie. So I never have to do the direct aerial to win. But I do still try!)
I was playing Arkham City earlier today and got the cinematic mode to happen while using a grapple in the museum. I remembered thinking I’d never seen that before. This explains everything. Awesome!
Another cool thing about the punch drop attack is that its the pose Batman pulls on the cover of the Dark Knight Returns. Making for some hard af photo opps
Fun fact, using the freeze blast quick fire in Arkham Knight makes Brutes vulnerable to be attacked meaning you can chain hits with Brutes without having to stun them and go into a beatdown so long as you freeze them first. Have fun!
The secret drop attack is actually a reference to The Dark Knight Returns! It's also actually based on distance, meaning it can be done without ever going into a glide kick or drop if the thug is at the right distance.
dont know if anyone else knew this but something i found was that when u play as jason if u quickfire the flash bang and spam the attack button youll almost get like a gun-beatdown its rlly cool
Fun fact: if you replay Arkham knight a d reached to the point where you should get in Simon's staggs you will get in... Third island yes... So there is cobra tanks but you can destroy them by use the disruptor and the REC on them but you should use the REC twice on them to detect you and after a few moments of aim it will explode but no one will noticed it is lost which means no tanks will be after you
You can target downed enemies with regular melee attacks in Arkham Knight by holding crouch and using the regular attack button. You can also pull enemies out of the air after a super stun launch by using the ground pickup input, they get snatched down into a stunned state. The batarang throw for batman and azrael can be used to dodge. Throwing freeze pellets at big enemies allows you to hit them normally without having to stun them first. Just a few things I've discovered
One hidden combat feature not listed in this video is Red Hood's ability to Beatdown from a distance; first stun a medium-long range enemy with your quickfire flashbang grenade, then spam Strike to have him rapid fire his pistols in a really cool animation. The range of this move is actually crazy far too 😅
Wow he really did use all your footage. I watched your video a week ago and was watching his video and had this Deja vu I couldn’t explain. Then I saw your post and came back to watch this one again. Incredible. That’s gotta be frustrating as hell.
Even after 10 years of playing these games I am still, STILL finding new little hidden details that give me an exscuse to replay these games. God do I love the Arkham series.
Idk if this is a hidden mechanic but one thing I love to do is if Im using my grappling hook to reach a vantage point or swing from vantage point to vantage point and I press the cancel button mid grapple/swing, and you press the glide button right after, you’ll start to glide at full speed as if you were using the grapnel boost! It works even if you don’t have the grapnel boost yet!!
Man, this video is insane! I have played these games a lot and seen a million clips on TH-cam, but never have I seen other creators implement any of these tactics.
#5 really ought to have been highlighted more by the game itself. The system needed more freedom like this and cancels like the batclaw with ground takedown.
Another mechanic that people don't know about in AK, is that you can use the Batmobile's scanner to reveal Cobra tanks behind walls, making these stealth sections incredibly easy. You don't even have to press it manually all the time, you press it once and it'll scan continuously. By the way, the redirected aerial attack is worse in Arkham Origins for some reason. After this attack, Batman will stay on the ground for like 2 more seconds to slam an enemy with his fists, which makes him extra vulnerable.
Man I wish I knew about the ground takedown cancel mechanic sooner 😂 Years of playing the Arkham games over and over again, and getting hit while doing a ground takedown was always annoying 😂
Great video man, thank you. Also shows the level of creativity these guys have gone while making the game. They could just leave the normal attacks on, the game would still be fine, but they did pushed the bar and added the details that show their passion for what their project.
I know a cool mechanic with the ice grenade! First, if you use it on a brute, you can hit them normally without it being blocked! You have to do freeze grenade, strike, freeze grenade, strike, then after you could do an instant takedown to finish them off! You can also do this to shield and stun sticks enemies without getting hurt! Also if you freeze a thug, then use the batclaw or rec gun to get them unfrozen, they will fall down like a statue lol!
I played this games religiously and I’m shocked that I found SO many new mechanics I never knew of. I’m in disbelief and very impressed, you earned a subscriber
One of my favourites is to start a fight using the running slide. You can usually knock down a handful of thugs and do combo attacks directly out of it.
My favorite game series of all time. By far. I recently came back to the Arkham trilogy for probably my 6-7th playthrough. Man they just don’t make games like these anymore and it’s a shame. Great video too, I didn’t know about a handful of these useful tips
Mechanic 7 I’ve had happen on occasion without realizing what the actual triggers for each variation was. It’s cool to finally know the 3 different triggers for this instead of blindly believing that it was RNG. Definitely will help streamline the gameplay into an even smoother experience in the future. Although let’s be real, Arkham knight plays pretty darn smooth on newer hardware.
Bro, the tips and tricks here are insane! I knew maybe like 1 or 2 but so many of these were new to me and sorta shocked me that I never found these out sooner. Absolutely fantastic video!
I'm actually impressed. Most of lists like this include things that anyone knows or at least should when they don't rush through the games. Especially if the list has equal number like 10. But this list actually has things that you can totally miss. Good job.
One more: You can actually KO the brutes, like you do the normal enemies, who are weilding knives or who have no weapons using the freeze grenade. Just use them to freeze the brutes and attack them like you do the normal enemies.
After nearly 10 years, I still haven't discovered the effects of Remote Electrical Charge on vehicles and objects. Each Batman toy has something exciting that impacts the game world. I really appreciate the way players freely customize when using them and the developers are willing to provide interesting results for players. What a memorable experience with Batman and friends.
Really glad u talked about mechanic #9 cause I found it the first time I played the game years ago and felt like a crazy person when I tried searching everywhere for a video that talks about it but to no success
Random bonus fact I found: you can actually use the disruptor on cobra tanks if you have the drone sabotage upgrade; meaning that when they spot the Batmobile, they’ll just self-destruct. This is only really useful during the founder’s island encounter as that’s the only time the tanks are spawned in before you enter the Batmobile but it’s interesting nonetheless
In knight, hitting an enemy with a freeze grenade will give you a very short window for a free silent takedown from the front, don't think it alerts enemies either
If anyone is wondering what the the Action shot toggle is on PC (Mechanism #10, see 0:44) it's your cape stun button which by default is the Middle Mouse Button on PC. For the directed aerial attack (Mechanism #5, see 6:24) it's Cape stun + Evade (Twice) + Punch (immediately after hitting evade twice). So by default on PC it's Middle Mouse Button + Space Space + Left Mouse Button. Additionally you can use your movement keys (W,A,S,D) to direct in which direction Batman will aerial attack into.
Learning the aerial attack switch up was SO useful for crowd control and keeping my combos going. I felt like a GOD when I discovered it on complete accident. Aside from the quick fire gadgets, that attack is soooo damn useful in tough crowded fights
Arkham Knight specifically nerfed the Batclaw to not do over ledge takedowns from the previous games BUT you can still pull enemies down from ladders if they're almost over the ledge
So I’ve been playin Arkham religiously for YEARS when starting this I really thought there’d be nothing new for me to learn or at least not all that valuable I’ll even say that there were a couple things I knew about but forgot like the rotating stick for a glide attack action shot but I gotta say you got me by surprise with one or two especially that last one holy shit 🤯
I didn't know about the Dropped Charged Attack and the different Batmobile calls despite the fact that, for the latter, I noticed different interactions that didn't stop the momentum of the car when engaging different sections or challenges. It's the little stuff... ;-)
Electricity mechanics is amazing. There is a quest of riddler. You need to use batarang through electricity, but you simply can use reg gun or smash by batmibile
most hidden mechanic videos are mechanics that players already know but this video i only knew number 3 and the rest was a mystery to me, definetly replaying the game with these in mind thanks so much
Something that isn’t really a mechanic but I found really helpful is that in the last Azreal challenge in Arkham night if you aim well enough and as soon as it starts you can freeze all of the ninjas with a cluster bomb and beat down most of them before they get free
Subbed! What a great video! The Arkham games have been one of my favorite game series/franchises ever since I first played the damn Arkham Asylum demo on xbox 360 😆 I hold them in super high regard, like, up there next to Witcher and Red Dead. I replay them year or two but even then I had no idea about most of this list. I just never really expected these games to be so full of details this small. The sheer confidence of a studio to put in IMPORTANT and VIABLE mechanics without having them displayed on a tutorial or skill tree is... Something else. I'm fresh off of playing Spider-Man 2, finished it a couple of weeks ago, I was hoping this would be the one that would dethrone Batman Arkham from its #1 super-hero genre game, but it just hasn't reached that spot just yet. Now that I know that there's even more little details and hidden mechanics in these games that I had no clue about, that bar has only increased.
This video was great. I love all of these different mechanics and think it's so cool when they put stuff like this into a game. I haven't playedany of the Arkham games a while but they're among my favourites and this makes me feel like I missed stuff from my previous playthroughs
Idk if the algorithm found this video or what, but man what a great video. Informative and I've never heard of any of these, i can see speedrunners using this to their advantage. I gotta play the arkham games again lol
Accidentally discovered the Action Shots while doing Predator Challenges in Asylum a couple of days ago. Immediately booted up City and noticed it also worked! Little stuff like that is why I still love these games
It's insane that even after all these years and playing all the Batman Arkham games multiple times I'm still learning new things about it. This just proves that the Batman Arkham games are one of if not the best solo games in the world.
For tho
Not sure about best lmao.
RDR2.
@@reaperleviathan1550 w opinion.
@@sofla1rr Bro said one of if not, also it's an opinion that is shared by many others that aren't you.
My personal favorite little secret: if you use the special combo batclaw attack on an armored brute, it will take them down instantly even at full health
In Arkham Knight or City/Origins?
You can only do Special Combo Batclaw in AK
@@DarknessXX77 It exists in Arkham City and Origins, just without the special animation with it.
What's the combo
@@RigaTony7 In Arkham Knight, it's Special Batclaw Takedown.
In City and Origins, it doesn't have a name. But the upgrade required for it is Freeflow Focus Gadgets.
Both upgrades involve the same thing, but only Knight has a special animation for it.
Another mechanic that's never really mentioned to my knowledge is that if you hold the grapple button as you grapple you'll hang from the ledge that you grappled to. I've been playing these games for years and never could understand why sometimes id hang and sometimes I would climb up, and so I never utilized the ledge takedowns for that reason.
Damn never knew that
I thought that was triggered by holding crouch or down on the left stick
@RDSC_ I always thought it was hold down on the left stick too, but maybe it's by game. In knight you have to hold the rb/ r1 button. I haven't tested in city or asylum. I just know that holding the grapple button works the most consistently that I've seen. Holding down the left trigger more times than not would still have me climb up.
I think in arkham city its stated
FINALLY I KNOW HOW
Healing Grundy is even useful during the first two phases, as it prevents him activating the machine to heal himself, allowing you easy access to all weak points without having to wait for an opening.
Slamming the knocked out thugs in number 9 may not look useful, but I figured this out on my own while doing AR challenges and it is actually useful for extending your combo and giving you time to think about your next move mid-combat without losing your combo (you can't get hit while doing the slam!)
It also helps if you weren't expecting a strike to knock out an enemy. If you knock them down, that slam move might save you from messing up your combo. Though, in my experience, pressing the pick-up buttons without there being a valid target is usually safe so long as you don't spend too long on it.
Yeah, same. I just assumed it was a safeguard to let you keep your combo if you didn’t realize they hit was already down
Can you hit someone with it?
So like the batclaw where everyone kinda stops attacking the moment you activate it? I wish the slam mechanic worked on my ps4 though. 😢 it just works when it feels like it.
@luisgabrielayala6372 yes, and I believe it works on all platforms you just have to time it (I played on both PC and PS4). You only have around half a second to do it right after knocking out a thug.
One I find incredibly useful in knight is that you can use the forensic batmobile scanner you use to track the Arkham Knight's cobra tank as a detective mode of sorts in the Batmobile, allowing you to see the cobra tanks through the walls when you're hiding from them. Not sure how common this trick was but I never saw anyone use it after they tracked the tires in the main story, so
I used that but I never thought about hacking them! Now with both at my disposal those fights will be nothing!
This isn't really a secret. The game even gives you hints to do this
I've used this, I'm not sure if I learned this from Arkham Videos or just figured it out on my own but it is a life saver
Doesn’t the game outright tell you it can be used like that?
God created us in his own image but we sinned and broke that image so now we deserve hell but God wanted a way of forgiveness so he took on the form of man suffered on the cross for the forgiveness of sins that whoever repents of his sins and puts his faith in jesus christ can be saved to get that forgiveness u have to repent of ur sins put ur faith in jesus christ follow him and rely on his finished work on the cross and not ur own works to be saved repentence first means realising ur a sinner who needs Gods help then u change ur mind about sin realising its disgusting before God and u let him help u to stop doing sin putting ur faith in jesus means u do his commandments which u can know about in the bible loving jesus means to do his commandments but u have to be careful first of all u dont know when ur gonna die so come to God and repent today and that jesus is the only way to heaven the only truth and the only life and we can go to heaven bc of what he did on the cross not bc of our own works so ur good works dont get u to heaven its only bc if what jesus did on the cross but that doesnt mean u live a life of sin no u live a life pleasing to God having a true relationship with him but u trust in what jesus did on the cross and not ur own works that can get u to heaven jesus loves u and he can give u eternal life repent today@@justinharvey7398
You activate the cinematic glide kick by pressing R3 during it. Didn't know about the grapnels, though. Wonder if it works from other starting positions. Cinematic Batclaw is also compatible with Batclaw Super Stun and Batclaw Kick
You can blind Cobras with the Remote Hacking Device and jam their guns with the Disruptor. I think you can also EMP them with two full bars of secondary weapon energy. What I still need to test is whether destroying them via jamming builds secondary weapon energy
You can disrupt the drone controller's tablet to make it shock him when you hack the drone for a maximum of four simultaneous takedowns
On KBM you can right click on the final thug in a fear chain to transition straight into a Silent Takedown and earn your fear token back. You can activate the Explosive Gel detonator during a fear chain without breaking from it. You can cancel a fear chain by pressing circle or waiting it out to use a different attack against the final target - useful for getting environmental takedowns
You can infinitely stunlock tanky enemies by beating them down to build combo, popping a Special Combo Bat Swarm, Special Combo REC, Special Combo Whip Trip, Special Combo Staff Spin, or Nightwing's electrical shock to clear the surrounding area, then repeating the combo. For Weapon Specialists with shock gloves equipped, try Batarang, Cape Stun, repeat
You can use Nightwing's smash attack to defend against unblockable attacks if you're quick - very useful for shields!
You can interrupt every punch in a Beatdown with a combo gadget for some scary fast tool spam. See Fleaker's video for examples. You can also reset the Triple Batarang combo requirement with an REC for an infinite gadget combo, which is included in my Special Combo Moves guide for Arkham City
Critical Strikes are faster if you don't touch left stick while inputting them, but their range is reduced. They'll automatically target enemies who are about to attack you so you don't have to counter. You can cheese a lot of 3-star requirements by getting a good rhythm going with this
Okay, you can only action cam grapple between dedicated (green reticle) vantage points. However, if you do this in or out of a pass-through grate it looks insanely cool. Make sure to hold right trigger the whole time while going up. Glide kick reversal does not work in Asylum, but it gave me action cam almost every time no matter what I did first
@@icarusgaming6269do you have a video demoing all this? A bit too much for me to take in via text. 😅
@@RaulNigli Leave me a comment and I can send you a few I know of, but we might have to talk somewhere else to get more in depth
@@RaulNigli Leave me a comment
@@icarusgaming6269 sorry, do you mean on your channel?
0:25 You didn't have to do him that dirty... 😭
One more you didn't mention is the grapple cancel. If you press B while grappling towards a gargoyle, it will cancel the grapple and send you flying forward like spiderman. It's a much faster way to travel in predator encounters and is actually a thing I found myself.
Plus if you cancel a grapple while holding glide and not holding a direction you can go at insane speeds
You can actually use this to make really unique attacks too
I dont think this is possible in Asylum, but is one of the best mechanics in City, because there isnt a skill to extend glide after grapling.
this is a technique for arkham knight speedruns wihtout the upgrades for the grappler boost
@@gogorecords89 if you do the AR stuff you can get one
Also a cool mechanic for the batclaw is that if you use the batclaw on a brute (with the super combo batclaw upgrade equipped) it can one shot them! Also if you use it on a brute without the upgrade, he will go spinning and knock any thug by him unconscious/stunned!
The cinemamatic camera for glide attacks in asylum uses the same button prompts as the dive attack from Arkham city. and while rotating your camera in city, origins, and knight batman does the pre fight animations from the challenge maps, if playing as Robin in knight do the same thing but you can do a glitch by holding gadget to make him hold the staff forever or until you trigger the holding animation again, was useful for photomode at the studio to get a shot of both Tim and Bruce holding weapons.
Happy Thanksgiving!
so how do you get the cinematic glide kick angle in arkham asylum?
press the middle mouse button and on controller press b or circle@@moonsets-on_you
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I've been playing these games for years and I still managed to learn something new from this video. Great Job
Great job and great games☝
I doubt any game or series of games will ever be better than this for me. This is truly the peak. From lore/story (omg, the story) and the voice-acting, over the gameplay to the smallest details 95% of the players will never even encounter, even in multiple play-throughs, put in there for the mega fanatics and just because. It is insane how great this series is.
I refuses to believe this team has made Suicide squad
It wasn’t the same creative team. Completely different Creative Director, different writers, etc.
You’re right it has been a whole decade majority of the team aren’t the same
I didn't i hope wb gathers the team together under a new rocksteady and makes a new arkham game
@@pablosister2201 It was still led by Sefton who bolted when he realised her fucked up. He chose all the gameplay mechanics even before getting the SS IP. He had no idea what to do.
@@hazelcrisp yup. Sefton and the other higher ups kept changing their minds for suicide squad which messed with the development. In fact, he wanted to add more batmobile-esque vehicle segments in suicide squad! a lot of the lower end devs of suicide squad weren't blinded by their own ego and knew what they had on their hands was a stinker
Another secret mechanic is the drop attack takedown from arkham origins (maybe arkham city) which when pressing inverted takedown and drop attack at the same time, you're able to do a cinematic drop attack which instantly renders them unconcious and enemy's aren't notified. Great video btw
How does that work by pressing both inverted takedown button and the drop attack button???
Now, that's truly something unknown.
You can't just mention that and not tell us how to do it. Don't leave us hanging man.
@@HOTD108_I think it happens when you hang upside down from a vantage point by pressing the middle mouse button,and then do the inverted takedown,don't remember much tho
As probably noted below (but just in case not): the directed aerial attack is required to beat the Riddler in ArkCity. Which I can rarely do properly, I just end up try-harding and do it by accident. (It helps that with the Catwoman add-on, you'll get a buffer of 20 extra requirements thanks to Selina -- only some of which are feasible, but still you can sub hers out to help reach the 400 needed to defeat Eddie. So I never have to do the direct aerial to win. But I do still try!)
Amazing stuff, man. Actually never knew about some of these. Great to see niche mechanics like these being documented in such a well-edited video!
I was playing Arkham City earlier today and got the cinematic mode to happen while using a grapple in the museum. I remembered thinking I’d never seen that before. This explains everything. Awesome!
Another cool thing about the punch drop attack is that its the pose Batman pulls on the cover of the Dark Knight Returns. Making for some hard af photo opps
You just gave me a video idea lmao
2:45 if you do r2 + O very quickly after throwing the enemy, batman can catch him in full flight and put him back on his feet. It’s quite funny
Fun fact, using the freeze blast quick fire in Arkham Knight makes Brutes vulnerable to be attacked meaning you can chain hits with Brutes without having to stun them and go into a beatdown so long as you freeze them first. Have fun!
Didn't know about this one
The secret drop attack is actually a reference to The Dark Knight Returns! It's also actually based on distance, meaning it can be done without ever going into a glide kick or drop if the thug is at the right distance.
Excellent detective work. Rocksteady is much more thoughtful about these games than I ever realized. 👏👏👏👏👏
The mechanic to not have your main character brutally murdered in a future game was definitely missing…
Great video Knerd! It’s almost surprising how many “hidden” mechanics there are in the Arkham series lol.
After all these years and you can still find amazing details. Great job highlighting this hidden mechanics. The Arkham series is truly the best!
dont know if anyone else knew this but something i found was that when u play as jason if u quickfire the flash bang and spam the attack button youll almost get like a gun-beatdown its rlly cool
Fun fact: if you replay Arkham knight a d reached to the point where you should get in Simon's staggs you will get in... Third island yes... So there is cobra tanks but you can destroy them by use the disruptor and the REC on them but you should use the REC twice on them to detect you and after a few moments of aim it will explode but no one will noticed it is lost which means no tanks will be after you
You can target downed enemies with regular melee attacks in Arkham Knight by holding crouch and using the regular attack button. You can also pull enemies out of the air after a super stun launch by using the ground pickup input, they get snatched down into a stunned state. The batarang throw for batman and azrael can be used to dodge. Throwing freeze pellets at big enemies allows you to hit them normally without having to stun them first. Just a few things I've discovered
One hidden combat feature not listed in this video is Red Hood's ability to Beatdown from a distance; first stun a medium-long range enemy with your quickfire flashbang grenade, then spam Strike to have him rapid fire his pistols in a really cool animation. The range of this move is actually crazy far too 😅
Red hood basically just has a sniper, it's OP
Wow he really did use all your footage. I watched your video a week ago and was watching his video and had this Deja vu I couldn’t explain. Then I saw your post and came back to watch this one again. Incredible. That’s gotta be frustrating as hell.
Even after 10 years of playing these games I am still, STILL finding new little hidden details that give me an exscuse to replay these games. God do I love the Arkham series.
Idk if this is a hidden mechanic but one thing I love to do is if Im using my grappling hook to reach a vantage point or swing from vantage point to vantage point and I press the cancel button mid grapple/swing, and you press the glide button right after, you’ll start to glide at full speed as if you were using the grapnel boost!
It works even if you don’t have the grapnel boost yet!!
Man, this video is insane! I have played these games a lot and seen a million clips on TH-cam, but never have I seen other creators implement any of these tactics.
2:48 I will use this on enemies who gave me pain
#5 really ought to have been highlighted more by the game itself. The system needed more freedom like this and cancels like the batclaw with ground takedown.
Your secrets remind me of the days I'd read something interesting in a gaming magazine and be excited to get home to try it myself. 😊
After all these years I'm still discovering stuff about the arkham series that shows how these games were ahead of their time amazing video knerd
Funniest thing is, you think "Yeah, I knew that. " Then Knerd says "no... Theres more... "
i really didnt think thered be anything new here. but i was super suprised that i only knew 2 of these. great video
Dude I’ve seen dozens of videos about arkhams and they’re all the same but you actually found new things!
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For getting the car you could also use the remote Batmobile gadget and try to run over batman and he'll hop in instead. Def takes more time
I consider myself a pro/expert at these games and even I learned a thing or two from this video! Well done!
Another mechanic that people don't know about in AK, is that you can use the Batmobile's scanner to reveal Cobra tanks behind walls, making these stealth sections incredibly easy. You don't even have to press it manually all the time, you press it once and it'll scan continuously.
By the way, the redirected aerial attack is worse in Arkham Origins for some reason. After this attack, Batman will stay on the ground for like 2 more seconds to slam an enemy with his fists, which makes him extra vulnerable.
Lol, the AO one actually makes sense. He's younger and inexperienced.
I love when there’s actually one or two of these that I still didn’t know, or at least fully understand until now.
11:00 Penguin actually taunted you during the fight when you hit Grundy with REC.
Cannot believe I’ve 100% this game, beaten it multiple times through, and never discovered the action shots. Bravo brother
I have hundreds of hours with these games and had NO clue about any of these. Really cool. PLUS the comments with all the extra tips and tricks.
Man I wish I knew about the ground takedown cancel mechanic sooner 😂 Years of playing the Arkham games over and over again, and getting hit while doing a ground takedown was always annoying 😂
Great video man, thank you. Also shows the level of creativity these guys have gone while making the game. They could just leave the normal attacks on, the game would still be fine, but they did pushed the bar and added the details that show their passion for what their project.
That is amazing. Aside from the REC gun on cars thing, I didn't know any of these even after over a decade of playing these games
I know a cool mechanic with the ice grenade! First, if you use it on a brute, you can hit them normally without it being blocked! You have to do freeze grenade, strike, freeze grenade, strike, then after you could do an instant takedown to finish them off! You can also do this to shield and stun sticks enemies without getting hurt! Also if you freeze a thug, then use the batclaw or rec gun to get them unfrozen, they will fall down like a statue lol!
I was actually gonna include that in my next hidden mechanics video lol
Great cheese combo
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I discovered the last one by accident while goofing around with the random encounters- turning thugs into fainting goats is hilarious
this is a speedrun tactic for brutes in arkham knight by speedrunners without using the takedowns
The gadget cinematic in Origins with the remote grapple is always fun. For Batman and Slade.
Ive played Arkham knight so many times and im gonna have to do another run just to use these. I genuinely thought I knew all the moves lol
I played this games religiously and I’m shocked that I found SO many new mechanics I never knew of.
I’m in disbelief and very impressed, you earned a subscriber
One of my favourites is to start a fight using the running slide. You can usually knock down a handful of thugs and do combo attacks directly out of it.
I came into this video thinking I'd hear mechanics I'm already aware of. Little did I know I was about to get stunned 😅. Thank you!
That secret drop punch has Batman in the same pose as his silhouette on the cover of The Dark Knight Returns. Very cool catch!
My favorite game series of all time. By far. I recently came back to the Arkham trilogy for probably my 6-7th playthrough. Man they just don’t make games like these anymore and it’s a shame.
Great video too, I didn’t know about a handful of these useful tips
The arkham games were way ahead of their time. Just when I thought knew everything about these games i still end up learning new things about them.
Wow! Arkham is my favourite game franchise but I didn’t know about a lot of these like the action shots!
Mechanic 7 I’ve had happen on occasion without realizing what the actual triggers for each variation was. It’s cool to finally know the 3 different triggers for this instead of blindly believing that it was RNG. Definitely will help streamline the gameplay into an even smoother experience in the future. Although let’s be real, Arkham knight plays pretty darn smooth on newer hardware.
Bro, the tips and tricks here are insane! I knew maybe like 1 or 2 but so many of these were new to me and sorta shocked me that I never found these out sooner. Absolutely fantastic video!
I'm actually impressed. Most of lists like this include things that anyone knows or at least should when they don't rush through the games. Especially if the list has equal number like 10. But this list actually has things that you can totally miss. Good job.
I only knew one of these. The one when Bats picks up the KO'd enemies and throws them over his head. Thank you for showing all these unknown features.
Fun Fact: the directed aerial attack is actually part of a Riddler physical challenge in Arkham City :)
One more: You can actually KO the brutes, like you do the normal enemies, who are weilding knives or who have no weapons using the freeze grenade. Just use them to freeze the brutes and attack them like you do the normal enemies.
Arkham series is such a treasure. You can still learn a lot of new things after all these years.
After nearly 10 years, I still haven't discovered the effects of Remote Electrical Charge on vehicles and objects. Each Batman toy has something exciting that impacts the game world. I really appreciate the way players freely customize when using them and the developers are willing to provide interesting results for players. What a memorable experience with Batman and friends.
Really glad u talked about mechanic #9 cause I found it the first time I played the game years ago and felt like a crazy person when I tried searching everywhere for a video that talks about it but to no success
This is amazing. About to replay this game. Great video bro!
The directed Aerial attack can be a curse in Arkham Origins if you're playing as Batman.
Random bonus fact I found: you can actually use the disruptor on cobra tanks if you have the drone sabotage upgrade; meaning that when they spot the Batmobile, they’ll just self-destruct. This is only really useful during the founder’s island encounter as that’s the only time the tanks are spawned in before you enter the Batmobile but it’s interesting nonetheless
You can do this to the tanks when they come to destroy the GCPD and you're on the roof too
4:43 I knew you could call it when running, but wow I didn't know you could do that. That just adds to why Arkham Knight is my favourite game
In knight, hitting an enemy with a freeze grenade will give you a very short window for a free silent takedown from the front, don't think it alerts enemies either
2:24 NO, I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS. WHAT THE HELL.
I have 240%, the platinum, and only knew about the hacking Cobra drones, this series is just too good, great video you earned a sub
If anyone is wondering what the the Action shot toggle is on PC (Mechanism #10, see 0:44) it's your cape stun button which by default is the Middle Mouse Button on PC.
For the directed aerial attack (Mechanism #5, see 6:24)
it's Cape stun + Evade (Twice) + Punch (immediately after hitting evade twice).
So by default on PC it's Middle Mouse Button + Space Space + Left Mouse Button.
Additionally you can use your movement keys (W,A,S,D) to direct in which direction Batman will aerial attack into.
thank you
Learning the aerial attack switch up was SO useful for crowd control and keeping my combos going. I felt like a GOD when I discovered it on complete accident. Aside from the quick fire gadgets, that attack is soooo damn useful in tough crowded fights
The action shots are actually told to the player in Arkham Asylum. One of the loading screens tells you about that feature.
Arkham Knight specifically nerfed the Batclaw to not do over ledge takedowns from the previous games BUT you can still pull enemies down from ladders if they're almost over the ledge
So I’ve been playin Arkham religiously for YEARS when starting this I really thought there’d be nothing new for me to learn or at least not all that valuable I’ll even say that there were a couple things I knew about but forgot like the rotating stick for a glide attack action shot but I gotta say you got me by surprise with one or two especially that last one holy shit 🤯
I didn't know about the Dropped Charged Attack and the different Batmobile calls despite the fact that, for the latter, I noticed different interactions that didn't stop the momentum of the car when engaging different sections or challenges.
It's the little stuff... ;-)
i love this franchise. i literally just discovered that you can use the batclaw combo to knock down a brute
Electricity mechanics is amazing. There is a quest of riddler. You need to use batarang through electricity, but you simply can use reg gun or smash by batmibile
Ok have to say, that air attack is definitely clutch. So damn helpful for the big guys, am gonna for sure try and remember that one thank you!
entertaining video, also thank you kindly for the shout out on mechanic 2 👍
i have finished this game 12 times over the years all 100% and never knew some of this, you my dear sir got yourself a like
broooooo how have i been playing these since city launched and didn't know more than half but now i know why people are so good at the game. thank you
most hidden mechanic videos are mechanics that players already know but this video i only knew number 3 and the rest was a mystery to me, definetly replaying the game with these in mind thanks so much
Quality video my Friend 🙌🏿
Thoroughly enjoyed by me!
Something that isn’t really a mechanic but I found really helpful is that in the last Azreal challenge in Arkham night if you aim well enough and as soon as it starts you can freeze all of the ninjas with a cluster bomb and beat down most of them before they get free
Damn. This kind of makes me want to play the series again!
Wow! I only knew about the 9th mechanic, and I've over 500 hours into the game. Good job mate!
So trippy seeing all these "new" animations
Subbed! What a great video!
The Arkham games have been one of my favorite game series/franchises ever since I first played the damn Arkham Asylum demo on xbox 360 😆 I hold them in super high regard, like, up there next to Witcher and Red Dead. I replay them year or two but even then I had no idea about most of this list. I just never really expected these games to be so full of details this small. The sheer confidence of a studio to put in IMPORTANT and VIABLE mechanics without having them displayed on a tutorial or skill tree is... Something else.
I'm fresh off of playing Spider-Man 2, finished it a couple of weeks ago, I was hoping this would be the one that would dethrone Batman Arkham from its #1 super-hero genre game, but it just hasn't reached that spot just yet. Now that I know that there's even more little details and hidden mechanics in these games that I had no clue about, that bar has only increased.
Thanks for sharing these 🫡
This video was great. I love all of these different mechanics and think it's so cool when they put stuff like this into a game. I haven't playedany of the Arkham games a while but they're among my favourites and this makes me feel like I missed stuff from my previous playthroughs
Idk if the algorithm found this video or what, but man what a great video. Informative and I've never heard of any of these, i can see speedrunners using this to their advantage. I gotta play the arkham games again lol
Accidentally discovered the Action Shots while doing Predator Challenges in Asylum a couple of days ago. Immediately booted up City and noticed it also worked! Little stuff like that is why I still love these games