The part where Alfred and Oracle plead with Batman to save the inmate population while he was heading to go save Talia as the music rises up never fails to give me chills. This game's score is simply amazing!
notice how arkham city batman chooses talia over gotham's people. and in AK he chooses to sacrifice in the ace chemicals building when it's about to blast in any minute. and then the roles are reversed, alfred insists batman to get out of there and save himself, he replies with; "it's what you taught me alfred, do the right thing. " and that moment was the one to make me feel emotional. man i love arkham series so much. RIP kevin ❤️
Only a Batman as powerful as Kevin Conroy could do this theme any justice. Though the man is temporary, his legend is eternal. From the hearts of anyone who ever loved Batman, thank you, Kevin, you will be missed.
Tyger Security Quotes: "Hits successful. Multiple inmate casualties." "Targets are all hit. Sector Four is lit up like a Christmas tree." "Thermal scans of the area are showing fifteen...no...seventeen casualties." "Boom! Scratch twenty more inmates." "Targets are all hit. Casualties in Sector One are topping one hundred." It still gives me goosebumps, because all of Batman's effort and his code of non-murder were being thrown away in front of his eyes and he can't do anything about it, only being able to eliminate the problem at the source of his origin.
True, I was 13 when I bought it for the first time, now I'm nearly 23 and still playing it, 10 years of batman, man, time flies very fast, awesome saga 🦇🦇🦇🦇
@@ettoregarozzo5206 I was 11 and remember parked out of GameStop with my mom for the midnight release, pre ordered a collectors edition and won a poster in a raffle they did. Still have the poster hanging up. So many good memories from this series and this game.
@flame_zzl The SSKTJ game says that he will come back. Also the game wasn't Kevin's last performance. There are more recordings and projects he's done before this that they're releasing.
@@flame_zzl I don't think it will. And even if it does, it won't change the story or what it's done. I love Kevin, and Kevin said he loved being an evil batman. Hating on those people isn't something Kevin would want you to do. He said he had a fun time and they also gave him 2 memoriams to show love for him.
We never got a casualty count for Protocol 10. Alfred estimates there to be around 1000 prisoners within Arkham City at one point, Hugo Strange at claims during the event that casualty rates were approaching 22%, and that's at least 10 minutes before Protocol 10 is stopped. If we estimate Prisoners were dying at around the same rate for that amount of time, we can probably estimate the total count to be around 25%. So Strange killed at least 250 people, probably more, in only about half an hour.
@@saltybox1019 Very little, I'm just speculating. Not enough actual data for any real calculations, and if there were, I'm certainly not the person to do them.
Arkham City is always going to hold a special place in my heart. Not only has it always been my favorite Batman game, it holds a little sentimental value to me now since October of last year. I was staying at my grandmother's due to her being in the hospital frequently over the previous 2 months. One evening before my mother and I had to help her get into bed, she was watching me play this. I was at the part where protocol 10 started and this music started playing. She was immersed into it. The next day, she died in my hands. She had been having heart problems amongst other health issues and her heart gave out that morning. Nowadays I can't bring myself to play this game often and only for short periods of time, because this game was one of the last things she saw. Everytime I listen to this, I only think of three things, my grandmother, Batman, and Kevin Conroy.
The idea of Protocol 10 still makes my skin crawl. Seeing the helicopters fire missiles at buildings across the city, like something out a person's worst fears. And the idea of just killing all the prisoners, machine gunning them down, blowing them up with missiles, or having them get crushed to death in rubble caused by the missiles is horrifying to think about. Yes, the population of Arkham City were criminals, but they were still human beings, that's why we get to hear their dialogue while roaming through the city. And some of them were just people who Hugo Strange unlawfully imprisoned without charge, political prisoners he would silence by any means necessary. Gotham City's crime problem needed to be dealt with, but this is appalling.
It's so difficult to explain to some people why Protocol 10 is wrong, almost as difficult as explaining why Batman shouldn't kill people. It's not his job, it's illegal, it's wrong. Strange is killing hundreds of people, up to a thousand, maybe a little more than that. He's ending lives that don't necessarily deserve to be ended. It's one thing to question mercy on a stone cold monster like the Joker or the Penguin, but these thugs are just hooligans without choices, nurtured to lack morals. That they've escaped prison so many times is purely due to the exploits of their bosses, and the corruption of Gotham's leaders. All of these things are interconnected. Strange was a fool for thinking gunning down hundreds of helpless thugs would somehow save Gotham.
Yeah Protocol 10 didn't solve Gotham's crime problem in the end. The leaders of the underworld still lived on. The rich and powerful crooks like The Penguin and Two-Face still were in every sector of Gotham by the time Arkham Knight came around. The Joker died from completely unrelated reasons. Strange was just killing the prisoners of Arkham City just to solve crime the quick and easy way. He and Sharp manipulated the public's wishes for crime to end in order to justify murdering hundreds of people, for an impossible cause of permanently stopping crime. Its no surprise that he would jail Bruce Wayne and anyone who spoke out against him. Hugo Strange never really wanted to save Gotham from crime. He just wanted to be known as the one who did it.
I would have loved if AK explored the aftermath of this more. My least favorite in the series as its quality just isn't as good as the other three games. I came up with a fan fic idea I'd like to share. (SPOILERS BELOW) Batman is being hunted after AC due to him "killing" (which he honestly did imo) The Joker. Lex Luthor along with Scarecrow saved TYGER's ass by buying out and resetting the company. But in reality TYGER is now much more dangerous with better arms and more men, serving as the two's private army. The twist in AC regarding Ras al Ghul and Strange is null and void as I think Strange works better as a stand alone villain. There IS NO ARKHAM KNIGHT OR MILITIA HERE (the Militia just is stupid story wise to add in is why, TYGER makes more sense here). Mentioning him in AC or another game is fine but this is focused on Batman, Superman (I'll get to him here in a sec), Scarecrow, Hush, Two Face, and The Joker (postmortem wise). Jason Todd and what happened with him does help bring more conflict to Batman himself though. But anyway, Scarecrow is in control over Gotham City now in secret as its largest villain finally. TYGER controls the streets and skies along with cyberworld of Gotham. Gotham's cops have been discarded and lack funding along with resources. Batman is seen as a murderous villain due to AC's events (like in TDKR) and Superman has been imprisoned due to Scarecrow giving him Kryptonic Fear Gas that made him think that he was defending Krypton from invaders when in reality he killed many in Metropolis. And now the Toxin is poisoning Superman's blood, killing him, truly showing how powerful it really is. But Scarecrow at last has what he wants. Gotham as a city of fear. The Cloudburst is his backup plan here in case his plan for Batman vs Superman fails miserably. He wants to rule Gotham though besides that. Luthor isn't as focused on but I just thought he'd work here. Not a big Superman buff sorry! Two Face/Harvey I'm following the comic storyline where he gets surgery and becomes normal again but deep down doesn't want it and mutilates his face off in fromt of a mirror. Post Catwoman slashing (she's disappeared from Gotham here...or has she?), he has cut all of his ties regarding crime and has earned his license back as a DA along with becoming stable mentally. But the AC aftermath is pushing him and finally he snaps and flips his coin after Falcone, the man responsible for his scarring, gets off of his AC charges and is allowed to go scot free. While this occurs on TV, Harvey sets down the revolver he had pointed at his own head because his coin came up heads, knocking over the whiskey bottle next to him. And so he slices half of his restored face off and decides to get revenge once and for all on the final vendettas he desires to settle. You got Falcone, you got the US Marshal Fred Lackwitz who failed to stop Dent from being attacked, you got Hush (he restored his face for him but Dent thinks he "mangled" Two Face and Harvey), and finally you got Batman, the other guy who stood by while he was attacked. Along with maybe a random cop or two and Gordon. Hush meanwhile has been targeting Bruce Wayne by framing him for three murders of former servants of Gotham and he intends on destroying him once and for all. But he's also doing the Pyg storyline where he's killing foreigners that went missing in other states. This is part of why Barman returns here. Joker is a psychological threat here. No blood bullshit involving him and Gotham's hospitals. You can keep most of the stuff with him. Batman meanwhile has been in hiding while the Knightmare Batman which is a combination of Scarecrow and Luthor is out at night killing any criminals he can find and harming TYGER guards. Bruce is on trial and may lose his company and Gordon has gone silent regarding their communications along with Batman's other allies for miscellaneous reasons. But now he must be pulled back out into the spotlight to fight Superman or Gotham will truly become...a City of Fear. Sorry. I'm tired and this is long and took 30 minutes but it's the best that I could come up with and I feel like it works great! Better than the finale we got.
@@Resi1ience it kinda would plus let’s not forget that Ra’s Al Ghoul was the real mastermind behind Arkham city Strange was just his puppet and then when he didn’t need him anymore he killed him and cut his strings.Strange was just trying to live up to Ra’s Al Ghoul’s expectations.
Do you feel a nostalgia that can't be explained when playing this game for the first time too ? As if you were actually Batman and you visited the same place as him ?
I remember many moons ago when I first played the Arkham games. I was only 8 when Arkham asylum came out and I was actually scared at a few areas of the game. Mostly the morgue and the sewer. Then Arkham city of 2011 that shock the gaming world as everyone know it. I was ten and when I played this masterpiece of a game for the first time I remember feeling literally nothing. The music with the action tied so well that I don’t even remember the goosebumps I had.
You fucking kidding me, right ? Batman just stopped the Protocol 10 because he want to protect the Gotham’s people and the political prisioners. Batman is not a villain, he doesn’t care about criminals’s life.
Yes... But he actually wanted to save Talia before trying to stop Protocol 10. Had not been for Oracle and Alfred, there would have been way more dead people in Arkham City (not only prisoners and political prisoners, but also the infiltrated cops in the museum and the medical personnel and their security team).
God was this a powerful theme. I really wish the protocol 10 part of the game lasted for a bit longer. A second boss fight with Ra’s al Ghul would have been really cool, consider he’s actually the mastermind behind it all. He controlled Strange. Having to fight him again where it’s one on one combat like Deathstroke’s fight from Origins would have been amazing. City is already a near perfect game as it is though. Definitely my favourite of the Arkham series
@@bluejellybeancos honestly, the Mr Freeze Boss Fight was a boss fight that in my opinion, exceeded Origins Boss Fight Level. ( can’t say it tops Deathstroke, however.)
a second boss fight with Ra’s, imagine that! shortly after Ra’s literally stabs Strange in the back, he sends several of his ninjas to distract Batman, before appearing out of nowhere and throwing himself and Batman out of wonder tower - except, there is no explosion. Protocol 10 is still in full force, and there’s gunfire, explosions and death echoing across Arkham City; as Batman and Ra’s battle their way across rooftops, random thugs, TYGER guards and League of Assassins ninjas appear to either aid or attack, both Batman and Ra’s. after fighting their way across several rooftops, Batman throws Ra’s to the ground before grappling into a TYGER helicopter headed to check on Strange. Ra’s grabs onto Batman’s leg and they both grab onto the skis of the helicopter, as Strange activates Protocol 11. The entire wonder tower explodes, sending pieces of shrapnel all over the city and shredding the helicopters’ rotors - Batman loses sight of Ra’s as the helicopter loses control amidst the destruction of Arkham City, the end of Protocol 10, and the death of Strange. Batman then had to find the joker, hidden somewhere in the ruins of the social experiment that was Arkham City.
I will always love these Arkham City cover arts. They’ve always been and most likely will be my favorite game colors. The color splash mixed with the black and white is unbeatable
I think I speak for everyone that is a fan of the Arkham series. Origins, asylum, city, knight. We must find a way to force rocksteady and Warner bros to make suicide squad not canon to these platinum works of art
@@Xavier28200Thankfully, sales for SS are tanking even greater than the Marvel's Avengers game, and that game already had disappointing numbers. So, SS is bound to fail big time.
I love seeing how many people hold this game high for sentimental reasons. This game and it’s ending had me in love with the art of it. Storytelling. Shock factors. Dramatic scores. I was in my first year of high school and suddenly knew what I wanted to do with my life. I soon found a dog, adopted her, named her Harley after her oversized and floppy ears, and the fact she’d smile when excited. All these years later, I finally got a chance to pick up Arkham Knight. I beat it, collected all the riddles with my Harley in her urn by my side. Thank you, Batman. For showing me so much.
With me, this part played while I tried to go up the tower by the main entrance and the Turrets started shooting at me, so I planned to the area that the game demands, one word: epic
This to me is what Arkham knight was missing. It has its own version in a way I suppose but this just captures the feels of batman and the inmates desperation so much more. When I replay through Knight I put this on at 3:52 just as Batman and Oracle countdown during the siege on the GCPD so just as the shutter opens and the Bat-tank flies out to face the 62 drone the Brass kicks in! Goosebumps or what.
Invasion Is a dope OST too, but yeah, you don't feel the same. Arkham knight as many moments that gives you goodebumbs, but i think the story is so poorly written that It doesn't matter that much
@@haydenelse2502 It is there, it was simply slightly modified. You can briefly hear it during the predator sequences. You can also look for Vol 1. Arkham Knight Soundtrack: Invasion.
One thing that I don’t think gets enough cred in Arkham city is the promotional art that came with the game. Like this art right here screams you’re gonna have badass time in this video game.
1:45 At this point in the Soundtrack I started looking for the master code for the locked doors leading to Wonder Tower, and let me say, that when I saw the bodies of the inmates laying dead on the ground as the Choppers were raining fire from the sky. Is when this game became Legendary to me.
4:22 - 5:03 is just so damn gripping. You can literally hear the urgency and the tragedy in knowing that whichever choice he makes, someone will die. Even worse when you hear the callouts over the radio that inmates were being slaughtered en masse and there was nothing he could do about it.
This game’s score nearly perfectly captures Batman. In the same ways that Danny Elfman and Shirley Walker’s scores immediately come to mind when I think of Batman.
2:35 "Oracle, strange is launching missile strikes on arkham city from wonder tower. You shut this place down! Joker's taken Talia. I'm going after them." I love that when protocol 10 started
Arkham city is supposedly set in the middle of Gotham, if that's how bad the middle of Gotham city really looked than no wonder why they chose that place.
You've got buildup for Protocol Ten for the whole game, you tried to stop it, not even knowing what is it. Then it begins, while Joker basically kicks your ass and kidnap Talia. You can hear in the voice of Batman, bruised after whole night of fighting, that even he doesn't know what to do next. Up to this moment, he was always stonewall confident, but now he knows he's in the pile of shit. And then Alfred gets you back on track with the simple, most powerful quote in the game. When I played Arkham City first time like decade ago, that sequence determined this game is 10/10.
You know what… I find that Arkham Asylum and Arkham City have aged better than Arkham Knight. In terms of story, game play, and replay ability…. They are much better. Don’t know why. And the Arkham City music is amazing!!! The best for me
One of the best games I ever played to this day, I still think this game had the best story in the Arkham series. And after a long time of not playing, I forgot how good the music was. It gave me so much chills, first time I tried this at my cousins house. And I fell in love with it, and I just needed to have it. First console I played it on was Xbox 360, then I got it again on ps5 because the game was so amazing. Crazy how everyone in Arkham relies on only one man to save them all 4:23 my favorite part 😣🔥
For the past five years of my life I have only watched as people go through the Arkham games on TH-cam and now that I have control of that man oh my God it is Awsome!!!! Best game series ever
Out of all the Arkham games, I revisit this one the most each year. This game has a good soundtrack, just good enough balanced gameplay that’s not too over the top like in Arkham Knight, a decent story, and good characters.
The quote that best summarized how Batman saw himself "Deep down, Clark is a genuinely good person. And deep down, I'm not" He knows he's a "monster in a mask"
3:42 This....this right here captures where Bruce is racing.... grappling from helicopter to another...trying to get the "Tyger Master controller" to gain access to Wonder Tower ...his mind racing back and forth trying to figure out how to stop Strange and save Talia at the same time...the music in this game is something else
ikr, action adventure games are so good. You get to play as your heroes, your idols. You get to feel like you ARE them, all with sick graphics and gameplay.
"Batman can't let all these people die" It's crazy cause all these people were criminals well also innocent ones put in there by strange but man for alfred to say that is deep and batman knows it that it's the truth. Can't believe this game is basically ten years old fuck I feel older well I am 21 but crazy I was only 11 having a fun time with this game. To me this quadrilogy yes counting arkham origins was perfect lot of fond memories and nostalgia and really perfected the open world experience to me these games will always be up there for creative and best games of all time
Batman is not real but the inspiration he brings and the simbol he represent, that is real. And it breaks the line between the fiction and the reality. Keep going hard boys.
=THERE MUST'VE BE BALLS SIZED OF A JUPITER TO B ABLE TO DO SUCH A THING LIKE ROCKSTEADY'S BATMAN AT HOLLYWOOD .....BECAUSE OF......IT'LL BE STRAIGHT TO 21+ RATING........BECAUSE OF...... *_THAT_* KIND OF BATMAN WILL NOT STOP INTERROGATING UNTIL THERE'LL BE NO BONES LEFT TO BREAK AND ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT DEATH FROM PAIN SHOCKING
I love this so much, I understand why people like Arkham Asylum and don't understand the talltale games batman. This game was amazing and the score matched the pace.
The part where Alfred and Oracle plead with Batman to save the inmate population while he was heading to go save Talia as the music rises up never fails to give me chills. This game's score is simply amazing!
Batman cant let all those people die...batman must save gotham
I Am.............Iron Man ;D
Moser und bōck, I Am BATMAN!!!
i..............am iron man
@@themadtitan7603 Are you talking about 2:16? That's nothing but chills and it also reminds me of Azrael's theme
Alfred: “Batman must save Gotham, I’m sorry but deep down you know I’m right”
Music Intensifies
2:16
4:22
notice how arkham city batman chooses talia over gotham's people.
and in AK he chooses to sacrifice in the ace chemicals building when it's about to blast in any minute.
and then the roles are reversed, alfred insists batman to get out of there and save himself, he replies with;
"it's what you taught me alfred, do the right thing. "
and that moment was the one to make me feel emotional. man i love arkham series so much.
RIP kevin ❤️
@@RaptorRoyale I noticed it just now after 8 years of AK
Only a Batman as powerful as Kevin Conroy could do this theme any justice. Though the man is temporary, his legend is eternal. From the hearts of anyone who ever loved Batman, thank you, Kevin, you will be missed.
He was an amazing Batman, yes, he will be missed, thank you and rest in peace Kevin.
I don’t usually comment sir but you have earned my respect well said sir
If you see this comment do not play or even look at the suicide squad game man
This hits too hard
Corny ahh
The worst time for doing Riddler Trophies.
I collected 200 on Arkham knight my save corrupted and now I need to collect 400
@@amadeus4438 nice try detective
😂
I laughed my balls off this comment lol
Agh but it's right there come on
Tyger Security Quotes:
"Hits successful. Multiple inmate casualties."
"Targets are all hit. Sector Four is lit up like a Christmas tree."
"Thermal scans of the area are showing fifteen...no...seventeen casualties."
"Boom! Scratch twenty more inmates."
"Targets are all hit. Casualties in Sector One are topping one hundred."
It still gives me goosebumps, because all of Batman's effort and his code of non-murder were being thrown away in front of his eyes and he can't do anything about it, only being able to eliminate the problem at the source of his origin.
Yep. These guys were very effective in there measures.
After scanning the wrong helicopters a couple times it gets annoying but its nostalgic
Fire 'non lethal' rounds from the batwing on the helicopters
Saw this when the Arkham City theme ramped up later in the song. It was perfect.
It's quite horrific when the Black Helicopters start carpet bombing Arkham City prisoner population as Batman oversees it all.
wait Gotham is real?
Chicago be like
Boom! Scratch 20 more inmates!
@@Robert-qg6gi Targets are all hit. Sector four is lit up like a Christmas tree.
@@rubensalcido9464 just racked up fourteen, no. Seventeen casualties
Crazy how this year, Arkham City will be 10 years old.
True, I was 13 when I bought it for the first time, now I'm nearly 23 and still playing it, 10 years of batman, man, time flies very fast, awesome saga 🦇🦇🦇🦇
@@ettoregarozzo5206 I was 11 and remember parked out of GameStop with my mom for the midnight release, pre ordered a collectors edition and won a poster in a raffle they did. Still have the poster hanging up. So many good memories from this series and this game.
Yes, i just realized it has been ten years, i was just planning to play it for a second time.
I remember playing it the first time when I was seven. I was so mesmerized by the atmosphere and gameplay. It will always be one of my favorite games.
I was 4 I played it in 2015, now I'm 10
There's a reason this video is getting more views.
That other game is not canon. You'll know what that other game is.
It is canon, because he will return.
@@BlueSlurpy no he won't, kevin isn't with us anymore, and so is batman
@flame_zzl The SSKTJ game says that he will come back. Also the game wasn't Kevin's last performance. There are more recordings and projects he's done before this that they're releasing.
@@BlueSlurpy don't care, SSKTJL will shut down in a year
@@flame_zzl I don't think it will. And even if it does, it won't change the story or what it's done. I love Kevin, and Kevin said he loved being an evil batman. Hating on those people isn't something Kevin would want you to do. He said he had a fun time and they also gave him 2 memoriams to show love for him.
We never got a casualty count for Protocol 10. Alfred estimates there to be around 1000 prisoners within Arkham City at one point, Hugo Strange at claims during the event that casualty rates were approaching 22%, and that's at least 10 minutes before Protocol 10 is stopped. If we estimate Prisoners were dying at around the same rate for that amount of time, we can probably estimate the total count to be around 25%. So Strange killed at least 250 people, probably more, in only about half an hour.
geez, how much calculating did that take?
@@saltybox1019 a lot
@@saltybox1019 Very little, I'm just speculating. Not enough actual data for any real calculations, and if there were, I'm certainly not the person to do them.
Strange is a sick bastard but he’s also very smart, he knew what he was doing, he’s good at this but you cant stop batman, no one can.
"Riddler's Gambit" (a tie-in novel for Arkham Knight) claims that "hundreds" died in Protocol 10
Arkham City is always going to hold a special place in my heart. Not only has it always been my favorite Batman game, it holds a little sentimental value to me now since October of last year. I was staying at my grandmother's due to her being in the hospital frequently over the previous 2 months. One evening before my mother and I had to help her get into bed, she was watching me play this. I was at the part where protocol 10 started and this music started playing. She was immersed into it. The next day, she died in my hands. She had been having heart problems amongst other health issues and her heart gave out that morning. Nowadays I can't bring myself to play this game often and only for short periods of time, because this game was one of the last things she saw. Everytime I listen to this, I only think of three things, my grandmother, Batman, and Kevin Conroy.
This comment should get more attention.
My deepest condolences to you, bro! At least you brought her happiness.
Reading this makes me feel like this guy is the new batman
Im so sorry
Dunno bro looks kinda fake
The music that makes men cry
So True....
It’s true
This moment of the game was what turned boys into men........ no turning back now.
Men, but not bat-men
@BLXXDRXSE "This moment of the games was what turned boys into BATMAN....... no turning back now"
Rest in peace Kevin Conroy. You were the Dark Knight.
Legends never die. They will live in our hearts forever. ❤🦇
The man is temporary, the Legend is eternal
Today we lost a legend, a legend who couldn't be more worthy of this theme.
Thank you, Kevin Conroy ♥️
R.I.P
"I can't do that. I realize it is difficult sir. But you need to decide if one life is worth sacrificing to save a thousand."
“Batman must save Gotham.
I’m sorry, but deep down…
…You know I’m right.”
What cult pussy does to a mfker…
@@mikeyevenson5591 Alfred is what keeps Bruce in check if times are darkest.
I used to intentionally get seen by choppers when protocol 10 started, just to hear this.
Same
The music should've played the whole time.
80 years of Batman... I can't help but bring myself to this video. Everything I love about him represented in one song. Is just amazing
Happy 80th to the Caped Crusader!
The idea of Protocol 10 still makes my skin crawl. Seeing the helicopters fire missiles at buildings across the city, like something out a person's worst fears. And the idea of just killing all the prisoners, machine gunning them down, blowing them up with missiles, or having them get crushed to death in rubble caused by the missiles is horrifying to think about. Yes, the population of Arkham City were criminals, but they were still human beings, that's why we get to hear their dialogue while roaming through the city. And some of them were just people who Hugo Strange unlawfully imprisoned without charge, political prisoners he would silence by any means necessary. Gotham City's crime problem needed to be dealt with, but this is appalling.
It's so difficult to explain to some people why Protocol 10 is wrong, almost as difficult as explaining why Batman shouldn't kill people. It's not his job, it's illegal, it's wrong.
Strange is killing hundreds of people, up to a thousand, maybe a little more than that. He's ending lives that don't necessarily deserve to be ended. It's one thing to question mercy on a stone cold monster like the Joker or the Penguin, but these thugs are just hooligans without choices, nurtured to lack morals. That they've escaped prison so many times is purely due to the exploits of their bosses, and the corruption of Gotham's leaders. All of these things are interconnected. Strange was a fool for thinking gunning down hundreds of helpless thugs would somehow save Gotham.
Yeah Protocol 10 didn't solve Gotham's crime problem in the end. The leaders of the underworld still lived on. The rich and powerful crooks like The Penguin and Two-Face still were in every sector of Gotham by the time Arkham Knight came around. The Joker died from completely unrelated reasons.
Strange was just killing the prisoners of Arkham City just to solve crime the quick and easy way. He and Sharp manipulated the public's wishes for crime to end in order to justify murdering hundreds of people, for an impossible cause of permanently stopping crime. Its no surprise that he would jail Bruce Wayne and anyone who spoke out against him. Hugo Strange never really wanted to save Gotham from crime. He just wanted to be known as the one who did it.
There was also sum political prisoners that could have died too
I would have loved if AK explored the aftermath of this more. My least favorite in the series as its quality just isn't as good as the other three games.
I came up with a fan fic idea I'd like to share. (SPOILERS BELOW)
Batman is being hunted after AC due to him "killing" (which he honestly did imo) The Joker. Lex Luthor along with Scarecrow saved TYGER's ass by buying out and resetting the company. But in reality TYGER is now much more dangerous with better arms and more men, serving as the two's private army. The twist in AC regarding Ras al Ghul and Strange is null and void as I think Strange works better as a stand alone villain.
There IS NO ARKHAM KNIGHT OR MILITIA HERE (the Militia just is stupid story wise to add in is why, TYGER makes more sense here). Mentioning him in AC or another game is fine but this is focused on Batman, Superman (I'll get to him here in a sec), Scarecrow, Hush, Two Face, and The Joker (postmortem wise). Jason Todd and what happened with him does help bring more conflict to Batman himself though. But anyway, Scarecrow is in control over Gotham City now in secret as its largest villain finally. TYGER controls the streets and skies along with cyberworld of Gotham. Gotham's cops have been discarded and lack funding along with resources. Batman is seen as a murderous villain due to AC's events (like in TDKR) and Superman has been imprisoned due to Scarecrow giving him Kryptonic Fear Gas that made him think that he was defending Krypton from invaders when in reality he killed many in Metropolis. And now the Toxin is poisoning Superman's blood, killing him, truly showing how powerful it really is. But Scarecrow at last has what he wants. Gotham as a city of fear. The Cloudburst is his backup plan here in case his plan for Batman vs Superman fails miserably. He wants to rule Gotham though besides that.
Luthor isn't as focused on but I just thought he'd work here. Not a big Superman buff sorry!
Two Face/Harvey I'm following the comic storyline where he gets surgery and becomes normal again but deep down doesn't want it and mutilates his face off in fromt of a mirror. Post Catwoman slashing (she's disappeared from Gotham here...or has she?), he has cut all of his ties regarding crime and has earned his license back as a DA along with becoming stable mentally. But the AC aftermath is pushing him and finally he snaps and flips his coin after Falcone, the man responsible for his scarring, gets off of his AC charges and is allowed to go scot free. While this occurs on TV, Harvey sets down the revolver he had pointed at his own head because his coin came up heads, knocking over the whiskey bottle next to him. And so he slices half of his restored face off and decides to get revenge once and for all on the final vendettas he desires to settle. You got Falcone, you got the US Marshal Fred Lackwitz who failed to stop Dent from being attacked, you got Hush (he restored his face for him but Dent thinks he "mangled" Two Face and Harvey), and finally you got Batman, the other guy who stood by while he was attacked. Along with maybe a random cop or two and Gordon.
Hush meanwhile has been targeting Bruce Wayne by framing him for three murders of former servants of Gotham and he intends on destroying him once and for all. But he's also doing the Pyg storyline where he's killing foreigners that went missing in other states. This is part of why Barman returns here.
Joker is a psychological threat here. No blood bullshit involving him and Gotham's hospitals. You can keep most of the stuff with him.
Batman meanwhile has been in hiding while the Knightmare Batman which is a combination of Scarecrow and Luthor is out at night killing any criminals he can find and harming TYGER guards. Bruce is on trial and may lose his company and Gordon has gone silent regarding their communications along with Batman's other allies for miscellaneous reasons. But now he must be pulled back out into the spotlight to fight Superman or Gotham will truly become...a City of Fear.
Sorry. I'm tired and this is long and took 30 minutes but it's the best that I could come up with and I feel like it works great! Better than the finale we got.
@@Resi1ience it kinda would plus let’s not forget that Ra’s Al Ghoul was the real mastermind behind Arkham city Strange was just his puppet and then when he didn’t need him anymore he killed him and cut his strings.Strange was just trying to live up to Ra’s Al Ghoul’s expectations.
Climbing wonder tower with this playing and explosions going on was the best gaming experience ive ever had.
Do you feel a nostalgia that can't be explained when playing this game for the first time too ? As if you were actually Batman and you visited the same place as him ?
@@Eliott2410 SAME
so damn true. this game was easily the best gaming experience period.
I remember many moons ago when I first played the Arkham games. I was only 8 when Arkham asylum came out and I was actually scared at a few areas of the game. Mostly the morgue and the sewer. Then Arkham city of 2011 that shock the gaming world as everyone know it. I was ten and when I played this masterpiece of a game for the first time I remember feeling literally nothing. The music with the action tied so well that I don’t even remember the goosebumps I had.
Salemchevy Gaming same dude I was the exact same age lmao had to beg my parents to get asylum at GameStop
batman saving criminals from getting exterminated is the coolest thing ever for this character
And innocent political prisoners
Unlike u 47 killing people
You fucking kidding me, right ? Batman just stopped the Protocol 10 because he want to protect the Gotham’s people and the political prisioners. Batman is not a villain, he doesn’t care about criminals’s life.
@@vanillaiceicebaby7427 batman values life, doesn't matter whose that's why he said he'd give joker the cure if he could in spite of everything...
Yes... But he actually wanted to save Talia before trying to stop Protocol 10. Had not been for Oracle and Alfred, there would have been way more dead people in Arkham City (not only prisoners and political prisoners, but also the infiltrated cops in the museum and the medical personnel and their security team).
God was this a powerful theme. I really wish the protocol 10 part of the game lasted for a bit longer. A second boss fight with Ra’s al Ghul would have been really cool, consider he’s actually the mastermind behind it all. He controlled Strange. Having to fight him again where it’s one on one combat like Deathstroke’s fight from Origins would have been amazing.
City is already a near perfect game as it is though. Definitely my favourite of the Arkham series
Just imagine City but with Origins boss fights, 11/10 game right there.
@@bluejellybeancos honestly, the Mr Freeze Boss Fight was a boss fight that in my opinion, exceeded Origins Boss Fight Level. ( can’t say it tops Deathstroke, however.)
@@nobleshad I remember being so scared of the Mr Freeze boss fight when I was little lol
@@dragos8839 i was TERRIFIED of the Titan Bane in Origins back in the day. I was so scared, I dont remember if I even beat him
a second boss fight with Ra’s, imagine that!
shortly after Ra’s literally stabs Strange in the back, he sends several of his ninjas to distract Batman, before appearing out of nowhere and throwing himself and Batman out of wonder tower - except, there is no explosion.
Protocol 10 is still in full force, and there’s gunfire, explosions and death echoing across Arkham City; as Batman and Ra’s battle their way across rooftops, random thugs, TYGER guards and League of Assassins ninjas appear to either aid or attack, both Batman and Ra’s.
after fighting their way across several rooftops, Batman throws Ra’s to the ground before grappling into a TYGER helicopter headed to check on Strange. Ra’s grabs onto Batman’s leg and they both grab onto the skis of the helicopter, as Strange activates Protocol 11. The entire wonder tower explodes, sending pieces of shrapnel all over the city and shredding the helicopters’ rotors - Batman loses sight of Ra’s as the helicopter loses control amidst the destruction of Arkham City, the end of Protocol 10, and the death of Strange.
Batman then had to find the joker, hidden somewhere in the ruins of the social experiment that was Arkham City.
anyone else see the hidden bat symbol in the sky on the left?
wow good eye!
Red Hood ye
Batman simbol.
How did I not see that
I see it
I will always love these Arkham City cover arts. They’ve always been and most likely will be my favorite game colors. The color splash mixed with the black and white is unbeatable
I think I speak for everyone that is a fan of the Arkham series. Origins, asylum, city, knight. We must find a way to force rocksteady and Warner bros to make suicide squad not canon to these platinum works of art
Simply boycott that piece of garbage of a game
@@SpaiceCowboy Already am but they know gamers will buy anything
@@SpaiceCowboy Already am but they know gamers will buy anything
Just don't acknowledge it.
@@Xavier28200Thankfully, sales for SS are tanking even greater than the Marvel's Avengers game, and that game already had disappointing numbers. So, SS is bound to fail big time.
I love seeing how many people hold this game high for sentimental reasons. This game and it’s ending had me in love with the art of it. Storytelling. Shock factors. Dramatic scores. I was in my first year of high school and suddenly knew what I wanted to do with my life. I soon found a dog, adopted her, named her Harley after her oversized and floppy ears, and the fact she’d smile when excited. All these years later, I finally got a chance to pick up Arkham Knight. I beat it, collected all the riddles with my Harley in her urn by my side. Thank you, Batman. For showing me so much.
4:22 love that part as I used the sequencer to enter the facility
Me too bro
With me, this part played while I tried to go up the tower by the main entrance and the Turrets started shooting at me, so I planned to the area that the game demands, one word: epic
Jajaja me too
Thought I was alone
2:17-2:29 give me the chills
The part after 2:29 gives me chills
When that beats drops at 4:10, you know shit is about to happen
This to me is what Arkham knight was missing. It has its own version in a way I suppose but this just captures the feels of batman and the inmates desperation so much more. When I replay through Knight I put this on at 3:52 just as Batman and Oracle countdown during the siege on the GCPD so just as the shutter opens and the Bat-tank flies out to face the 62 drone the Brass kicks in! Goosebumps or what.
ikr man. i wish they brought this theme back. would of made the game a lot better imo
Invasion Is a dope OST too, but yeah, you don't feel the same. Arkham knight as many moments that gives you goodebumbs, but i think the story is so poorly written that It doesn't matter that much
@@haydenelse2502 It is there, it was simply slightly modified. You can briefly hear it during the predator sequences. You can also look for Vol 1. Arkham Knight Soundtrack: Invasion.
@@manueldelbono202story was better than City’s imo
This is probably one of the best soundtracks in the game, it shows that everything has officially gone to shit and Gotham needs batman more than ever.
"Multiple targets identified. Annnd neutralized!"
One thing that I don’t think gets enough cred in Arkham city is the promotional art that came with the game. Like this art right here screams you’re gonna have badass time in this video game.
Apparently the art was made simpler and more striking in an attempt to make the game appeal to a wider audience; I’d say it was a remarkable success.
2:15 IS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BATMAN THEME
To be honest, I prefer this one to Hans Zimmer's
4:22 to 5:07
1:45 At this point in the Soundtrack I started looking for the master code for the locked doors leading to Wonder Tower, and let me say, that when I saw the bodies of the inmates laying dead on the ground as the Choppers were raining fire from the sky. Is when this game became Legendary to me.
This game would always hold a special place in my heart. I don’t think there’s gonna be any better game for me than this
Same here.
I got something called "nostalgia"
I agree reminds me of 2012
I don't have it yet cuz I still play it
Can’t get nostalgic if you never stopped playing
4:22
4:22 - 5:03 is just so damn gripping. You can literally hear the urgency and the tragedy in knowing that whichever choice he makes, someone will die. Even worse when you hear the callouts over the radio that inmates were being slaughtered en masse and there was nothing he could do about it.
4:23 “Batman must save Gotham! I’m sorry but deep down you know I’m right. *disconnects*”
4:22*
"Well done. Protocol Ten is progressing beautifully."
This part of the game was absolutely one of the best moments in the franchise
Batman must save Gotham
@@Salemchevy "I'm sorry, but deep down, you know I am right"
This game’s score nearly perfectly captures Batman. In the same ways that Danny Elfman and Shirley Walker’s scores immediately come to mind when I think of Batman.
2:14 - When you finally unlock Arkham City's platinum trophy with all DLC included on PlayStation
Music that motivates men to stand up to everything that is wrong in thier own gotham city
The sequence of taking on the tiger guards is one of the best moments in the franchise.
One of the best games of all time. Pure masterpiece. Arkham Asylum was brilliant, but Arkham City is like 10 Asylums
even Arkham Knight couldn't top it imho, City had that Edge..
Arkham city is great but it's the worst of the arkham games
@@ethanfullerton1620 no
@@sizar9003 yeah it is
@@ethanfullerton1620 no
*"It makes you feel like Batman."*
2:35 "Oracle, strange is launching missile strikes on arkham city from wonder tower. You shut this place down! Joker's taken Talia. I'm going after them." I love that when protocol 10 started
You can’t I can’t do this by myself I need ur help
Batman must save Gotham, I’m sorry but deep down you know I’m right
Was volunteering in a rescue operation... This music was playing in my head
How did it go?
“He’s dead Jim.”
2:35 - 2:44 is the most Batman thing ever
You mean 0:00 to 5:16
Hardest level people know the real struggle and hearing that symphony come and feeling heroic 🦇
This is definitely up there with the Danny Elfman and Shirley Walker theme! It’s soooo damn good! ❤️
“Let Protocal 10 Commence”
-Hugo Strange
*gets headbutted like a lil bitch*
you must think if one life is worth saving over 1000 lives
dont do this to me Alfred
Batman must save Gotham
One of my top 5 video game moments of all time
Top video game moment of all time
@@jordanhatter564 100% have u platinumed the remaster bro
Legendary theme to a legendary game. I was in awe playing this masterpiece. Very good edit, congrats.
Just finished the game yesterday, and hearing this as protocol 10 was issued was EPIC!
Arkham city is supposedly set in the middle of Gotham, if that's how bad the middle of Gotham city really looked than no wonder why they chose that place.
Actually it's on the coast of New Jersey; new Gotham is across from Arkham City.
@The Oak Knight I'm talking about how bad Old Gotham looked.
Is it middle or the northern side ?
You've got buildup for Protocol Ten for the whole game, you tried to stop it, not even knowing what is it. Then it begins, while Joker basically kicks your ass and kidnap Talia. You can hear in the voice of Batman, bruised after whole night of fighting, that even he doesn't know what to do next. Up to this moment, he was always stonewall confident, but now he knows he's in the pile of shit.
And then Alfred gets you back on track with the simple, most powerful quote in the game.
When I played Arkham City first time like decade ago, that sequence determined this game is 10/10.
You know what… I find that Arkham Asylum and Arkham City have aged better than Arkham Knight. In terms of story, game play, and replay ability…. They are much better. Don’t know why. And the Arkham City music is amazing!!! The best for me
as the 7.7k liker, i completely approve of the introduction of this musical masterpiece
wtf after all these years, I still get goosebumps
One of the best games I ever played to this day, I still think this game had the best story in the Arkham series. And after a long time of not playing, I forgot how good the music was. It gave me so much chills, first time I tried this at my cousins house. And I fell in love with it, and I just needed to have it. First console I played it on was Xbox 360, then I got it again on ps5 because the game was so amazing. Crazy how everyone in Arkham relies on only one man to save them all 4:23 my favorite part 😣🔥
guys why am i crying... I can't stop. THIS SOUNDTRACK IS AWESOME!!!
I haven't stopped crying since 2011
For the past five years of my life I have only watched as people go through the Arkham games on TH-cam and now that I have control of that man oh my God it is Awsome!!!! Best game series ever
Batman looks as if he’s about to curbstomp harley
This is the definitive Batman theme IMO.
Out of all the Arkham games, I revisit this one the most each year. This game has a good soundtrack, just good enough balanced gameplay that’s not too over the top like in Arkham Knight, a decent story, and good characters.
Oracle, strange is launching missiles strikes on Arkham city from wonder tower. You shut this place down. Joker has taken Talia, I’m going after them.
You can't. Hundreds will be killed. I need your help to stop the attack.
America needs the Batman, now more than ever.
god the thing is you wouldn't be wrong
General Grievous Do you think our police could borrow some of those extra lightsabers in your collection?
@@thelastroman7791 Take em' all as long as i get them back
I’d take up the cowl, but I wouldn’t be like batman, I’d be packing akimbo desert eagles and 2 combat knives.
Plays game like Batman. Enemies have guns.
Batman: Anyway I just started blasting
Amazing work this is.
The quote that best summarized how Batman saw himself
"Deep down, Clark is a genuinely good person.
And deep down, I'm not"
He knows he's a "monster in a mask"
The amount of anxiety felt from each passing hour….
The GOAT Batman game.
Worst of the arkham series
@@ethanfullerton1620why do you think that
@@Fat_Boy_500 the story is not good, the side missions are short and poor, and the entire plot was avoidable
4:22
2:15 "arkham city is us" sounds like a cry for help from criminals to Batman
This game was perfection. Chills at 2:18.
RIP Kevin Conroy
3:42 This....this right here captures where Bruce is racing.... grappling from helicopter to another...trying to get the "Tyger Master controller" to gain access to Wonder Tower ...his mind racing back and forth trying to figure out how to stop Strange and save Talia at the same time...the music in this game is something else
Batman must save gotham. I know this is tricky, but you know I'm right.
*Starts video* AHH! WHY WAS THAT SO LOUD?!
Ask Nick Arundel!
Dat Harley Quinn ass thou
It has jiggle physics in Arkham Knight
people like to forget how fucked the premise of arkham city and protocol 10 really was.
Uncharted, Batman Arkham, and Insomiac's Spider-Man.
The Holy Trinity of Action Adventure Games.
ikr, action adventure games are so good. You get to play as your heroes, your idols. You get to feel like you ARE them, all with sick graphics and gameplay.
This game make me happy and now I fell so nostalgic I played this with 6 years old
There a few sound and music tracks that scream Batman to me and I feel like this is the one that does it best between all the Arkham games
4:03 - 4:09 is the most heroic thing ever
R.I.P Kevin Conroy 🖤🦇🖤 2:15
I got to play arkham city only this year, and I'll never forget this part of the game.
"Batman can't let all these people die"
It's crazy cause all these people were criminals well also innocent ones put in there by strange but man for alfred to say that is deep and batman knows it that it's the truth. Can't believe this game is basically ten years old fuck I feel older well I am 21 but crazy I was only 11 having a fun time with this game. To me this quadrilogy yes counting arkham origins was perfect lot of fond memories and nostalgia and really perfected the open world experience to me these games will always be up there for creative and best games of all time
Arkham city is still the best superhero game I played until now.
This will always be the theme of Arkham batman...
“Protocol Ten? *gasps* Never heard of it.”
Batman is not real but the inspiration he brings and the simbol he represent, that is real. And it breaks the line between the fiction and the reality. Keep going hard boys.
One of the best video game climax-es ever, story wasnt that great, but third act was badass, felt like something out of animated series/comics
Bro the story was 🔥
"I've got the codes. I'm heading to wonder tower"
who else would love to hear this in a batman movie...
ME!
@@0Seekhim0 AND ME!
@@retriet me as well
Everyone I guess, but live action movie with this kind of fight-scene is really a challenge.
=THERE MUST'VE BE BALLS SIZED OF A JUPITER TO B ABLE TO DO SUCH A THING LIKE ROCKSTEADY'S BATMAN AT HOLLYWOOD
.....BECAUSE OF......IT'LL BE STRAIGHT TO 21+ RATING........BECAUSE OF...... *_THAT_* KIND OF BATMAN WILL NOT STOP INTERROGATING UNTIL THERE'LL BE NO BONES LEFT TO BREAK AND ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT DEATH FROM PAIN SHOCKING
Happy 10 years Arkham City!
When Protocol 10 hit I was really feeling the rush of the moment like "IT'S HUGO OR DIE"
“Look what you’ve done strange”
"it's gorgeous isn't it"
(Gurgles) protocol 11 password Wayne
2:16 to 2:30 is just perfection.
I love this so much, I understand why people like Arkham Asylum and don't understand the talltale games batman. This game was amazing and the score matched the pace.