The reason Riddlers sections never bothered me is because Arkham has one of the best adaptations of the riddler and Wally Wingert always nailed it and was consistently entertaining but annoying enough to make defeating Nigma very satisfying.
Gonna be honest, hearing Batman say “ *_No._* “ in the most disappointed tone, like a mildly irritated father on a Monday morning is the funniest fucking thing I’ve ever heard.
Hey if I heard a song about me that people sing millions upon millions of times I’d probably get pretty annoyed, your right tho he does say it in a way most find funny
Campaign for Disarmament needs to be higher for one reason “The bomb’s payload is exposed. I can use the power winch, to trigger a controlled explosion.”
I'm a bit confused though, you always fight Tyger soldiers with Bane as the climax to this mission (a cut scene with a Dodge and a batarang is so not a climax 😂). Is there another fight you can do during Protocol 10 with Bane? Thank you ❤️
I think the best part about Cold Call Killer for me personally was learning how Zsasz became the way he is. It’s honestly amazing what the VA did, how he went and counted and yelled “A damn seven” caught me off guard since he was super cold before in Arkham Aslyum. The quest itself was pretty fun but learning how Zsasz is the way he is is why I also consider it the best side mission.
I find it most interesting that a major contributor to the story is The Penguin. Out of all the other villains Zsasz could come across, I would never have expected Oswald. But the writers made it work (imo)! And as crazy as it may sound, I do feel an amount of sympathy for Zsasz. He lost his parents only to lose all of his money next. Then he comes across some asshole with a knife who tries to rob him No wonder he's so fucked up. He had a really bad day...
Line of Duty is my favorite Arkham Knight mission. The fact that it starts as just a normal search and rescue, only for it to develop slowly into a genuinely interesting story with an interesting villain who did a bad thing for a good reason. I loved it when I realized there was a story, especially when the guilty captain gets into the Batmobile and solemnly says “Wow, a ride in Batman’s car. My daughter would be jealous.” Just shows that he is a normal guy and feels bad for what he did. I think that mission is criminally underrated.
The most annoying thing with the side Missions in Knight is that you can find many things, including Pyg's location as soon as you're out of ACE (before that even gliding you are restricted to Bleake Island) but you can't do anything about it because either you can't get the Batmobile to the location or you need a gadget you don't have yet. It forces you to go back to the main campaign even if you want to focus on the side content, it's part of why I like the Two Face chain; you can complete the entire chain all in one go.
@@Facucorrea08 The point I was making is that there's so many side missions you can discover on Founders Island that you can't do because you need the Batmobile, I highlighted Pyg because all his victims are already there, you can go to all of them right after ACE and right away you will know where he is, but you can't go catch him because you need the Batmobile, and then only because you need it to drive him to GCPD. I didn't know how early the Azreal quest can be done, but it's irrelevant to my point since it ends in the clocktower, which you have access to almost straight away, and certainly before ACE
@@medafan53 I disagree with the two-faced being able to be done all in one go being a good thing. I think that makes him way more forgettable as a villain in the game as there's no constant reminder that he's still out there. It basically reduces him to a cameo. Like with aroham city it felt like you'd just stumble upon the different hush/deadshot victims as you progressed through the game. Which felt natural. Interrupting your whole city saving mission to stop 5 consecutive Bank robberies by two-faced doesn't exactly feel natural as there's no way batman would know about every single one of them instantly
It’s pretty tricky if you don’t get the animations down because it’s easy for me because I play Arkham Knight since it came out and I still play it today newgameplus and everything and the last part to Heir of the Cowl is still gets me everytime because you’re fighting ninjas and they’re fast plus I can never get their animations down
@@Randomrockred when I played knightmare mode and then went back to normal it was harder for me because I’m used to guessing when they’re going to attack before they actually do, making me lose my combo
17:47 I always wonder who Riddler is apologizing to in the scene. Part of me likes to think his day job was being a waiter and he just spilled a hot coffee on someone. He may be an egocentric narcissist but even he has to pay the bills.
Could've been pre-recorded. Either that or he wasn't even in Gotham at that time, just placing his puzzles there to test Batman's mettle. Knowing how far Nigma goes in these games to prove he's smarter, I could imagine him traveling to Gotham in his first outing JUST to prove he's better than the Bat (sorry for the long reply)
He's mockingly apologizing to Batman after making a static noise to try and startle him. You know this because he was talking about how it must take alot of concentration to use the remote batarang. He was trying to make you mess up and pretending to apologize afterwards.
It's night-time... on Christmas Eve... Riddler's not going to be working somewhere else. We see him in his headquarters, just sitting in some apartment while looking at the computer.
That's so funny and charming, but he was actually mocking Batman. He said it must take a lot of concentration to use the remote batarang, so he purposely makes a loud noise to distract Batman and make him fail.
If anyone is interested this is my ranking that I made a couple months back 😂 1. The Mad hatter AO 2. Enigma conundrum AC 3. Deadshot AO 4. Cold call killer AC 5. Riddlers Revenge AK 6. Identity theft AC 7. Shot in the Dark AC 8. A Perfect Crime AK 9. Heir to the Cowl AK 10. Two Faced Bandit AK 11. Anarky OC 12. Gunrunner AK 13. Occupy Gotham AK 14. Creature of the Night AK 15. Gotham on fire AK 16. Watcher in the wings AC 17. Own the roads 18. Fragile alliance AC 19. The tea party AC 20. Ar training AO 21. Ar training AC 22. The Line of Duty AK 23. Shiva AO 24. Black Mask AO 25. Friend in need AK 26. Lamb to the Slaughter AK 27. Campaign for Disarmament 28. Bird AO 29. Black gate prisoner AO 30. Hot and cold AC 31. Heart of ice AC 32. Remote hideaway AC 33. Acts of violence AC 34. Armored and Dangerous AK
Ok so I realized that I forgot some things and also changed my opinion on some after watching this sooo here is an updated list 1. The Mad hatter AO 2. Enigma conundrum AC 3. Deadshot AO 4. Cold call killer AC 5. Riddlers Revenge AK 6. A Perfect Crime AK 7. Shot in the Dark AC 8. Identity Theft AC 9. Crime scenes AO 10. Two Faced Bandit AK 11. Heir to the Cowl AK 12. Anarky OC 13. Gunrunner AK 14. Occupy Gotham AK 15. Creature of the Night AK 16. Gotham on fire AK 17. Watcher in the wings AC 18. Own the roads AK 19. Fragile alliance AC 20. The tea party AC 21. Ar training AO 22. Ar training AC 23. The Line of Duty AK 24. Enigma AO 25. Shiva AO 26. Black Mask AO 27. Friend in need AK 28. Lamb to the Slaughter AK 29. Campaign for Disarmament AK 30. Bird AO 31. Penguin AO 32. Black gate prisoner AO 33. Hot and cold AC 34. Heart of ice AC 35. Remote hideaway AC 36. Acts of violence AC 37. Armored and Dangerous AK
Here’s something that could’ve been pretty cool for Heart of Ice. Imagine if you had to go and interrogate joker thugs until they gave you Nora’s location. Then by using his comes he calls Mr. freeze and tells the cold hearted scientist where to meet him. Then you break into the base where, which is filled to the brim with joker thugs. Your first task is to silently take down the guards from outside the building. Then when you enter the strong hold you learned that it was a trap. Sure Nora is there but there are several armed gunmen, A few titans, and no clear escape route for the dark Knight is the all have their weapons trained on them and there’s no gargoyles to quickly grapple away to. But just when all hope is lost, you see one of the weaker walls of the building begin to freeze as victors smashes it open. Now instead of fighting Mr. freeze as you did earlier you’re fighting alongside him, as the two of you take down this huge cluster of goons. We know this is possible since a similar thing happens with being in his campaign, so I think this could be rather neat to see. Perhaps Victor could even freeze a few of the enemies to allow you to do quick take downs on them? In the end not only does this make the quest that much more interesting but it saves you the trouble of having to run all the way back to the old GCPD just to run all the way back to the amusement mile.
Fun fact about my first playthrough of Arkham City, I never knew you could move the thing to track him so I just listened, and if you get every phone without getting full tracking it just gives it to you
Anarchy is my favourite mission. His dialogues are just so good. He was a red hood of Arkham origins. Bombs are tense and the final battle is pretty fun with Molotov’s and final punch after defeating every enemy except anarchy
I agree. It's the only side mission in that game (unless I'm forgetting something else), and I think it should have been on the list. Listening to his commentary throughout the mission is so entertaining also.
Regarding "Remote Hideaway", the only good thing about it is trying to figure out who fixed the intricate glass floor that Penguin blew up before the Grundy fight.
@@emilykeepsmiling9465 I did it a few days ago, I literally waited for him to spawn, then just spammed missiles at him and the 40 mm cannon Boom, done, 2 hours of militia work, gone
You should rank every character in the Batman Arkham series That would be a sick video that you could use to give your full on opinion on all the characters but it would be a very long and difficult video to make so I can only hope I can see a video like this one day
This ranking is so much fun! (Much like most of your videos). Always love to revisit these games both in videos and by playing the games themselves. So glad you help keep it alive! I definitely might have to rank these missions myself someday. I gotta say my favorites include Mr Freeze in Knight, the Crime scene investigations in Origins, The Perfect Crime and Two Faced bandit as my all time favorite
Its funny you mention the deacon blackfire mission, Im replaying to 100% arkham knight for the last time and I noticed while standing around jack Ryder in gcpd if you listen to the radio, Ryder is interviewing a man whose a sewer worker hearing voices like chanting from the sewers that have been getting louder over about the course of a year. He figures its why the homeless of gotham have been going missing. At the time I was preoccupied listening to jacks mouth aftet barbra was kidnapped. but jack even ask at the end of it "what do you have going on now blackfire?"
I JUST recently completed the ‘A Friend in Need’ and while I was disappointed that Hush was reduced to this after such a cool reveal in City, and I did guess that Batman would unmask to reveal his identity, but I really liked that that actually happened and Hush was so shocked. Increasing the number of people who knows Batman’s identity adds a higher level of stakes since Batman tells Alfred he’ll have to lock up Hush himself. It was okay, but surprised to see it ranked where it was
I’m kinda surprised to see Cold Call Killer in number 1, definitely not one of my tops but it is a good mission. The Perfect Crime will forever be my favorite for how absolutely eerie it is from start to finish, and how you genuinely probably won’t know who the villain is even as a huge Batman fan.
I'm sad that they didn't put much thought into Deathstroke it's just a simple tank fight and when he finally wants to fight, batman somehow takes him down from one leap from his car
Thank you ClownPuncher, I’ve always looked for a ranking of all arkham side missions but you are the only RUclipsr I’ve found who made one. I will always appreciate your content regardless of what you make and I’m hyped for the slay sum of arkham knight this year.
To tell you how bad Bird was I did the mission a few months back, and I didn’t even realize I took down Bird almost right away until after the fight was over. I thought he was sitting back like Anarchy was, but then the cutscene started.
just firing it here for the escaped convicts in origins, I agree that there should have been fewer of them, but to make up for it, maybe they could have had their own unique stories with different situations? like as an example you could have one guy boasting about how he's free and he pretty much outs himself, while another keeps low key and you have to use detective mode to locate him something like that could have made things a bit more interesting imo, but the batman smells line always gets me lmao
This is just my take on some of the missions: 1.) Deadshot in City was improvising and therefore couldn’t get into an environment where he’d be able to take advantage of his skills. 2.) Azrael in Knight is just straight up using Batman’s fighting style, hence why there’s no real difference.
I actually really like the riddler challenges bc I’m a bit of a completionist, and the puzzles are actually fun, and the dialogue/interaction with riddler are fantastic. (Great voice acting)
Man-Bat had an Easter egg where if the date was Halloween he’d be seen scaring you again on Miagani Island and then you can go back to the station and see he escaped from the cell.
in my opinnion, the Victor Zsasz mission is placed Way lower on my own scale. I also would have put the Riddler trophies missions higher as well, but that's just me. I absolutely LOVED the Perfect Crime Mission which is why I would place it at number 1
Great Video, as always! I really liked how high you put the Riddler missions. They’re phenomenal missions and deserve more credit for how well they portrayed the Riddler.
Cold call killer always terrified me when i first played arkham city, being that I was not that old. I ran away every time i heard the phone ring it was so creepy.
I love the Azreal one cause it's literally Joshua Graham ( the amazing voice talent Keith Szarabajka) telling you you can't expect god to do all the work.
Awesome list dude, agree with for the most part, theres a few i'd shift around based on persoanl preference. for example I'd put The Line of Duty and Gotham on Fire a little higher cause I really like rescuing the Firefighters after Firefly attacked them and allowed them to be kidnapped, also showing us why Firefly was specifically attacking the fire stations, and the driving around waiting for Firefly to run outta fuel. And I like firefly's summer outfit, the pyromaniac wearing a tank top because of the summer is endlessly funny to me. Also loved the sponsor part man, it's hella funny
I got to be honest I think the man bat mission is kind of overrated. Yes the jump scare is great and sometimes if I’m not paying attention while replaying the game it can still make me jump a bit. However at least to me there’s really no challenge in catching the flying rat. Maybe if your last encounter with him had some sort of mid air bottle of some kind it would be cooler. I will ever I do give it bonus points for the secret Easter egg in which if you play Arkham Knight on Halloween after you’ve finish his side quest you can get jumpscared once again and when you go back to GCPD he’s escaped. I don’t know if it’s Canon Batman that escaped but I like to think it is just so I can imagine Red Hood or Robin having to deal with that creature sometime in the future
Just to point out that the AR Glide challenges in Origins are required for the Dark Knight challenges, so if you want the Dark Knight costume (which is the best costume in the series, fight me), you need to do them.
Azrael's Arkham Knight mission will forever be somewhere in my heart purely for the scene where you break the sword which leads to Azrael getting to dap up Batman before he leaves
I noticed that in Line of Duty if you have Season of Infamy installed any rescued firefighters will disappear after the GCPD Assault. The only way to keep the firefighters with season of Infamy installed is rescue ALL OF THEM after the assault on GCPD.
honestly i loved armored and dangerous. I found ramming them into eachother and blowing them uo and running straight through them like Christian Bale Batman so fun. It never got old for me.
It makes me wish the Batmobile skins had combat mode to allow them to be used through the whole game. If nothing else the 2016 one should, it was also a Bat Tank.
I really enjoyed this video. And I like the varying opinions. For me Cold Call Killer is the reason I don’t get over 90% in Arkham City because I don’t even start the mission because of my disdain for the mission. 😂
Thing that annoyed me about perfect crime was that 300 people that were missing had been bitten by a shark and had a third nipple and then had to scan their fake ear to narrow it down to 1 person.
I mean, with 8 billion people in the world (a lot less because of race/gender, but not the point), it’s not impossible that 300 people have a third nipple and got bit by a shark, but the chances fall exponentially with each new deformation
I've come a long way in Arkham. From getting lost in the Headquarters of GCPD in Knight, to being able to beat the rest of the game. and in City, I was getting trophies by fighting.
The Deathstroke mission in AK would've been WAY better if destroying Deathstroke's tank leads to a deadly game of hide-and-seek across the rooftops where you have to find Deathstroke before he finds Batman.
I would say the reason you don't like line of duty as much is why i like it. I like in arkham we see so many aspects of whats left of gotham have been destroyed or taken and batman alone is trying to undo all of that by himself. I think its really engaging, hearing chatter about the firefighter then pinpointing that. I really did enjoy it, along with the predator sections, and generally when you are starting the game you find a few of the easier fights here and there which helps you get used to the combat. well, thats what happened to me anyway.
Honestly, I agree with Deathstroke's tank battle being ranked so low. It feels like a lazy repeat of the Cloudburst tank battle. you take out a few Cobra tanks, then shoot the main tank while dodging its shots
I don't know who the VA is for Zsasz but fucking hell he has a hell of a lot to do with why the Cold Call Killer mission is so good. He's creepy. He's deranged. But gives the impression he's in full control of his actions and is fully aware of what he's doing
Something great about the Origins Hatter Mission is the ending with the hostage. Batman: "It's going to be okay." Hostage: "No... no it isn’t." Chilling.
For me Pyg would be over Szazz, I hate timed events, it makes my chest tighten with nervousness, even if I had plenty of time. I love hearing things for side missions, like man bats screeches, the talking on the radio or the opera music so the Pyg’s side mission is elite for me. I also don’t love any of the riddler’s side missions, same with the trophies, i find them a pain in the ass, the 1st time around they're fun but on replay, nah.
Although I don’t agree with every placement on this list, I absolutely agree with the #1, listening to Zsasz never gets old on replay and is responsible for turning him from a villain I knew absolutely nothing about to honestly up there for my favourite Batman villain
Fun Fact I found while playing Fragile Alliance in Arkham City: If the Titan is destroyed before Wonder Tower is destroyed, Tyger Guards ambush Bane and Batman. If after, a bunch of Joker thug prisoners ambush you and Bane instead. Fun little thing I realized while playing recently.
I don’t know if you’ve done it but could you rank every first and final mission in the Arkham games? Like for example in Asylum, the Asylum escapades in Asylum and Guard Titans and Titan Joker, Bruce being escorted through AC and Joker The Immortal, Blackgate and Blackgate, Officer Owens and saving the officer and the final confrontation with Scarecrow
I HATE armored and dangerous for how damn fast the APCs are; if you fudge a few turns they just get miles ahead of you and you end up desperately eeking out a few drops of boost to try and catch up. APCs are heavy armored vehicles designed to protect troops as they travel around, they aren't built for speed and certainly shouldn't be able to outpace a custom built rocket propelled vehicle designed for pursuit, like the batmobile.
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Batman: *breathes*
Riddler: My Intellect is FAR superior than yours Batman.
Lol
Batman: *presses B and mashes X with malicious intent*
"Im not gonna sugar coat it"@@maux9175
Funfact: to replicate the Riddlers personality as well as possible Rocksteady took inspiration from Reddit mods.
@@violablecrab3858 i see the vision
This channel has singlehandedly revived my intense passion for the Arkham series.
same!
Same
Whenever I get bored I watch him then start non stop playing although the passion is always there
I’ve always had that passion, but I love to be able to see other Arkham fans in one place cuz it seems no oone k ones what the Arkham games are
Nice
The reason Riddlers sections never bothered me is because Arkham has one of the best adaptations of the riddler and Wally Wingert always nailed it and was consistently entertaining but annoying enough to make defeating Nigma very satisfying.
Bro the riddler in these games made me want to skin him alive but it was a great portrayal
@@frogglen6350 it’s just so much more satisfying being able to actually beat the crap out of him and throw him into the gcpd
@@frogglen6350 na, I rather 100% all the Arkham games, oh wait, I already did
@@THEAmericanMann21 good for you I also did 100% the Arkham games except for origins
@@martin-from-mongolia3190 Sick, big achievement, must have felt good
Gonna be honest, hearing Batman say “ *_No._* “ in the most disappointed tone, like a mildly irritated father on a Monday morning is the funniest fucking thing I’ve ever heard.
Hey if I heard a song about me that people sing millions upon millions of times I’d probably get pretty annoyed, your right tho he does say it in a way most find funny
*_N O._*
Batman being disappointed in me would be more heartbreaking than my actual father being disappointed of me
He's so tired at this point. He just wants to go home and enjoy his Christmas ham.
Campaign for Disarmament needs to be higher for one reason
“The bomb’s payload is exposed. I can use the power winch, to trigger a controlled explosion.”
"Jingle bells, batman smells"
"N O"
Another great thing about Bane's City sidequest is that if you visit Bane during Protocol 10 you'll get to fight some Tyger soldiers with him
Dang I wish I tried that
I’ll try that
I'm a bit confused though, you always fight Tyger soldiers with Bane as the climax to this mission (a cut scene with a Dodge and a batarang is so not a climax 😂). Is there another fight you can do during Protocol 10 with Bane? Thank you ❤️
@@emilykeepsmiling9465 yep, there's actually a chance you'll fight inmates instead of guards.
@@Smiley0.1 you'll only fight inmates if you complete the mission after the story
I think the best part about Cold Call Killer for me personally was learning how Zsasz became the way he is. It’s honestly amazing what the VA did, how he went and counted and yelled “A damn seven” caught me off guard since he was super cold before in Arkham Aslyum. The quest itself was pretty fun but learning how Zsasz is the way he is is why I also consider it the best side mission.
He was very interesting, and a lot of that was his amazing voice actor. The emotions his voice conveyed were so psychotic and unpredictable.
I find it most interesting that a major contributor to the story is The Penguin. Out of all the other villains Zsasz could come across, I would never have expected Oswald. But the writers made it work (imo)!
And as crazy as it may sound, I do feel an amount of sympathy for Zsasz. He lost his parents only to lose all of his money next. Then he comes across some asshole with a knife who tries to rob him
No wonder he's so fucked up. He had a really bad day...
Zsasz almost had a side mission in Arkham Knight.
@@DrDolan2000 the "dad day" stuff is all wrong, Joker even failed to put that in work. But i do agree with the rest
But the gameplay itself going from phone to phone isn't really fun when doing it over again.
i remember azreal and hush’s side missions in city gave such an anticipated mystery of what could be next, it was so exciting back in the day
Fr bro!!
And then Arkham Knight was made 😐
@@StudMacher78 Worst game in the series fr fr. Totally killed Azreal and Hush’s hype.
@@jacks910 Exactly. They were both ruined so badly with Arkham Jaso- I mean Knight.
@@jacks910 Nah they were both done excellently
Line of Duty is my favorite Arkham Knight mission. The fact that it starts as just a normal search and rescue, only for it to develop slowly into a genuinely interesting story with an interesting villain who did a bad thing for a good reason. I loved it when I realized there was a story, especially when the guilty captain gets into the Batmobile and solemnly says “Wow, a ride in Batman’s car. My daughter would be jealous.” Just shows that he is a normal guy and feels bad for what he did. I think that mission is criminally underrated.
My one problem is that the dialogue from the firefighters basically means nothing as you can find them in any order
It's also nice how the chief plans on taking responsibility for his actions after he's done serving time
I’d like it more if there weren’t so many firefighters, like jesus christ, so much of the side content of that game feels like a checklist.
The most annoying thing with the side Missions in Knight is that you can find many things, including Pyg's location as soon as you're out of ACE (before that even gliding you are restricted to Bleake Island) but you can't do anything about it because either you can't get the Batmobile to the location or you need a gadget you don't have yet. It forces you to go back to the main campaign even if you want to focus on the side content, it's part of why I like the Two Face chain; you can complete the entire chain all in one go.
Azrael quests can also be done after the ACE Chemicals explosion
@@Facucorrea08 The point I was making is that there's so many side missions you can discover on Founders Island that you can't do because you need the Batmobile, I highlighted Pyg because all his victims are already there, you can go to all of them right after ACE and right away you will know where he is, but you can't go catch him because you need the Batmobile, and then only because you need it to drive him to GCPD. I didn't know how early the Azreal quest can be done, but it's irrelevant to my point since it ends in the clocktower, which you have access to almost straight away, and certainly before ACE
@@Facucorrea08 No Azrael's mission will be unlocked after investigating the car crash oracle was in
@@medafan53 I disagree with the two-faced being able to be done all in one go being a good thing.
I think that makes him way more forgettable as a villain in the game as there's no constant reminder that he's still out there. It basically reduces him to a cameo.
Like with aroham city it felt like you'd just stumble upon the different hush/deadshot victims as you progressed through the game. Which felt natural. Interrupting your whole city saving mission to stop 5 consecutive Bank robberies by two-faced doesn't exactly feel natural as there's no way batman would know about every single one of them instantly
I disagree with the annoying part, I only see it as building anticipation (for better or worse) for when you'll be able to follow up the side stories.
The heir to the cowl is probably one of the hardest side mission when you’re playing on knightmare/new story+
It’s pretty tricky if you don’t get the animations down because it’s easy for me because I play Arkham Knight since it came out and I still play it today newgameplus and everything and the last part to Heir of the Cowl is still gets me everytime because you’re fighting ninjas and they’re fast plus I can never get their animations down
Something I’ve noticed about the ninjas is that their sword have some sort of red trail when they are about to strike
knightmare wasn't that hard to get used to after a while honestly with the no counter icon
@@Randomrockred when I played knightmare mode and then went back to normal it was harder for me because I’m used to guessing when they’re going to attack before they actually do, making me lose my combo
I’ve started my first knightmare play through recently and I can confirm I hate azrael.
17:47 I always wonder who Riddler is apologizing to in the scene. Part of me likes to think his day job was being a waiter and he just spilled a hot coffee on someone. He may be an egocentric narcissist but even he has to pay the bills.
Doesn't make sense because every place in the city is closed
Could've been pre-recorded. Either that or he wasn't even in Gotham at that time, just placing his puzzles there to test Batman's mettle. Knowing how far Nigma goes in these games to prove he's smarter, I could imagine him traveling to Gotham in his first outing JUST to prove he's better than the Bat (sorry for the long reply)
He's mockingly apologizing to Batman after making a static noise to try and startle him. You know this because he was talking about how it must take alot of concentration to use the remote batarang. He was trying to make you mess up and pretending to apologize afterwards.
It's night-time... on Christmas Eve... Riddler's not going to be working somewhere else.
We see him in his headquarters, just sitting in some apartment while looking at the computer.
That's so funny and charming, but he was actually mocking Batman. He said it must take a lot of concentration to use the remote batarang, so he purposely makes a loud noise to distract Batman and make him fail.
If anyone is interested this is my ranking that I made a couple months back 😂
1. The Mad hatter AO
2. Enigma conundrum AC
3. Deadshot AO
4. Cold call killer AC
5. Riddlers Revenge AK
6. Identity theft AC
7. Shot in the Dark AC
8. A Perfect Crime AK
9. Heir to the Cowl AK
10. Two Faced Bandit AK
11. Anarky OC
12. Gunrunner AK
13. Occupy Gotham AK
14. Creature of the Night AK
15. Gotham on fire AK
16. Watcher in the wings AC
17. Own the roads
18. Fragile alliance AC
19. The tea party AC
20. Ar training AO
21. Ar training AC
22. The Line of Duty AK
23. Shiva AO
24. Black Mask AO
25. Friend in need AK
26. Lamb to the Slaughter AK
27. Campaign for Disarmament
28. Bird AO
29. Black gate prisoner AO
30. Hot and cold AC
31. Heart of ice AC
32. Remote hideaway AC
33. Acts of violence AC
34. Armored and Dangerous AK
Ok so I realized that I forgot some things and also changed my opinion on some after watching this sooo here is an updated list
1. The Mad hatter AO
2. Enigma conundrum AC
3. Deadshot AO
4. Cold call killer AC
5. Riddlers Revenge AK
6. A Perfect Crime AK
7. Shot in the Dark AC
8. Identity Theft AC
9. Crime scenes AO
10. Two Faced Bandit AK
11. Heir to the Cowl AK
12. Anarky OC
13. Gunrunner AK
14. Occupy Gotham AK
15. Creature of the Night AK
16. Gotham on fire AK
17. Watcher in the wings AC
18. Own the roads AK
19. Fragile alliance AC
20. The tea party AC
21. Ar training AO
22. Ar training AC
23. The Line of Duty AK
24. Enigma AO
25. Shiva AO
26. Black Mask AO
27. Friend in need AK
28. Lamb to the Slaughter AK
29. Campaign for Disarmament AK
30. Bird AO
31. Penguin AO
32. Black gate prisoner AO
33. Hot and cold AC
34. Heart of ice AC
35. Remote hideaway AC
36. Acts of violence AC
37. Armored and Dangerous AK
@@BullyMaguire314 to be honest I really agree with yours more than the vids only because you understand me
@@maxjaredtaylor6969 heeeeeyyy thanks man!!!
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@@BullyMaguire314 Armored and dangerous is funny
Here’s something that could’ve been pretty cool for Heart of Ice. Imagine if you had to go and interrogate joker thugs until they gave you Nora’s location. Then by using his comes he calls Mr. freeze and tells the cold hearted scientist where to meet him. Then you break into the base where, which is filled to the brim with joker thugs. Your first task is to silently take down the guards from outside the building. Then when you enter the strong hold you learned that it was a trap. Sure Nora is there but there are several armed gunmen, A few titans, and no clear escape route for the dark Knight is the all have their weapons trained on them and there’s no gargoyles to quickly grapple away to. But just when all hope is lost, you see one of the weaker walls of the building begin to freeze as victors smashes it open. Now instead of fighting Mr. freeze as you did earlier you’re fighting alongside him, as the two of you take down this huge cluster of goons. We know this is possible since a similar thing happens with being in his campaign, so I think this could be rather neat to see. Perhaps Victor could even freeze a few of the enemies to allow you to do quick take downs on them?
In the end not only does this make the quest that much more interesting but it saves you the trouble of having to run all the way back to the old GCPD just to run all the way back to the amusement mile.
I would've loved that!
Fun fact about my first playthrough of Arkham City, I never knew you could move the thing to track him so I just listened, and if you get every phone without getting full tracking it just gives it to you
Anarchy is my favourite mission. His dialogues are just so good. He was a red hood of Arkham origins. Bombs are tense and the final battle is pretty fun with Molotov’s and final punch after defeating every enemy except anarchy
Origins did Red Hood better than Knight lmao.
RIP for Kevin Conroy. Truly a legendary man and the true batman.
I know it's not a proper side mission, but I was a little upset to not see Asylum's Riddler on this list.
I agree. It's the only side mission in that game (unless I'm forgetting something else), and I think it should have been on the list. Listening to his commentary throughout the mission is so entertaining also.
I mean the spirit of arkham is kinda a side mission because the last scan is not part of riddler
@@laszlopencz1187 For sure I count it as it’s own because not even Riddler could solve it. It’s in my top 3
He's technically a side mission since it's canon that Batman sent the GCPD to arrest Riddler while he was stuck on Arkham Island.
When riddler had a better boss fight than deathstroke in Arkham knight…
Regarding "Remote Hideaway", the only good thing about it is trying to figure out who fixed the intricate glass floor that Penguin blew up before the Grundy fight.
You don’t even have to destroy the Cobra tanks with Deathstroke, just wait for him to spawn, boom boom, done
😳😳😳😳😳 seriously?!?!?! I never knew this!! I honestly don't know if I'm annoyed or relieved cz I've always hated that battle 😂
@@emilykeepsmiling9465 I did it a few days ago, I literally waited for him to spawn, then just spammed missiles at him and the 40 mm cannon
Boom, done, 2 hours of militia work, gone
@@DayumTypeshi 😂😂😂 thank you!! I am definitely going to do this on my next play through 😁
@@DayumTypeshi shi
While having the most riddler trophies, Arkham City’s was by far the most enjoyable Riddler experience
Nah. Knights was way more fun and the stuff going on with catwoman was the icing on the cake.
@@franklinclinton6313 I gotta disagree, knights riddler trophies were depressing
@@A.H.goose1not really, you could do them fast, and there weren't actually that much, since there were so many breakable objects.
THERES MORE RIDDLES TO SOLVE IN PANESSA STUDIOS BATMAN
@@A.H.goose1As in bad or the actually depressing easter eggs of his deteriorating mental state that are shown in some trophy locations?
You should rank every character in the Batman Arkham series
That would be a sick video that you could use to give your full on opinion on all the characters but it would be a very long and difficult video to make so I can only hope I can see a video like this one day
This ranking is so much fun! (Much like most of your videos). Always love to revisit these games both in videos and by playing the games themselves. So glad you help keep it alive! I definitely might have to rank these missions myself someday. I gotta say my favorites include Mr Freeze in Knight, the Crime scene investigations in Origins, The Perfect Crime and Two Faced bandit as my all time favorite
Its funny you mention the deacon blackfire mission, Im replaying to 100% arkham knight for the last time and I noticed while standing around jack Ryder in gcpd if you listen to the radio, Ryder is interviewing a man whose a sewer worker hearing voices like chanting from the sewers that have been getting louder over about the course of a year. He figures its why the homeless of gotham have been going missing. At the time I was preoccupied listening to jacks mouth aftet barbra was kidnapped. but jack even ask at the end of it "what do you have going on now blackfire?"
I JUST recently completed the ‘A Friend in Need’ and while I was disappointed that Hush was reduced to this after such a cool reveal in City, and I did guess that Batman would unmask to reveal his identity, but I really liked that that actually happened and Hush was so shocked. Increasing the number of people who knows Batman’s identity adds a higher level of stakes since Batman tells Alfred he’ll have to lock up Hush himself. It was okay, but surprised to see it ranked where it was
I’m kinda surprised to see Cold Call Killer in number 1, definitely not one of my tops but it is a good mission. The Perfect Crime will forever be my favorite for how absolutely eerie it is from start to finish, and how you genuinely probably won’t know who the villain is even as a huge Batman fan.
That jingle bells exchange with Batman in Origins had me CACKLING. Probably one of the funniest things in the entire series
I'm sad that they didn't put much thought into Deathstroke it's just a simple tank fight and when he finally wants to fight, batman somehow takes him down from one leap from his car
Thank you ClownPuncher, I’ve always looked for a ranking of all arkham side missions but you are the only RUclipsr I’ve found who made one. I will always appreciate your content regardless of what you make and I’m hyped for the slay sum of arkham knight this year.
To tell you how bad Bird was I did the mission a few months back, and I didn’t even realize I took down Bird almost right away until after the fight was over. I thought he was sitting back like Anarchy was, but then the cutscene started.
just firing it here for the escaped convicts in origins,
I agree that there should have been fewer of them, but to make up for it, maybe they could have had their own unique stories with different situations?
like as an example you could have one guy boasting about how he's free and he pretty much outs himself, while another keeps low key and you have to use detective mode to locate him
something like that could have made things a bit more interesting imo, but the batman smells line always gets me lmao
This is just my take on some of the missions:
1.) Deadshot in City was improvising and therefore couldn’t get into an environment where he’d be able to take advantage of his skills.
2.) Azrael in Knight is just straight up using Batman’s fighting style, hence why there’s no real difference.
1) yeah but the boss still could have been way better with that in mind
2) yeah, though more variety woulda been nice
I actually really like the riddler challenges bc I’m a bit of a completionist, and the puzzles are actually fun, and the dialogue/interaction with riddler are fantastic. (Great voice acting)
Cold Call Killer actually had me nervous all the time and creeped out man. Every time I would hear that phone rang, I’d get chills and not pick it up
9:48 i might not know who rat king is yet in arkham shadows, but deacon's outlast vibes fit the bill perfectly
Man-Bat had an Easter egg where if the date was Halloween he’d be seen scaring you again on Miagani Island and then you can go back to the station and see he escaped from the cell.
You don't need to tell him
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I always found it funny how Enigma became self-aware and apologized when he literally broke down the 4th wall XD
in my opinnion, the Victor Zsasz mission is placed Way lower on my own scale. I also would have put the Riddler trophies missions higher as well, but that's just me. I absolutely LOVED the Perfect Crime Mission which is why I would place it at number 1
Great Video, as always! I really liked how high you put the Riddler missions. They’re phenomenal missions and deserve more credit for how well they portrayed the Riddler.
A part of what made me love Cold Call Killer was the inmates talking and being scared of answering the phones
Cold call killer always terrified me when i first played arkham city, being that I was not that old. I ran away every time i heard the phone ring it was so creepy.
I played the game when I was little. I would run from the phones, I thought they were haunted.
probably the most underrated channel on youtube, please keep it up i always look forward to your videos man!
“Pyg: Don’t… Don’t give Pyg second, mother won’t be pleased…”
When he said it’s punchin time I really felt that
I love your content, clownpuncher, I’m always excited when I see you’ve uploaded a video
I love the Azreal one cause it's literally Joshua Graham ( the amazing voice talent Keith Szarabajka) telling you you can't expect god to do all the work.
Awesome list dude, agree with for the most part, theres a few i'd shift around based on persoanl preference.
for example I'd put The Line of Duty and Gotham on Fire a little higher cause I really like rescuing the Firefighters after Firefly attacked them and allowed them to be kidnapped, also showing us why Firefly was specifically attacking the fire stations, and the driving around waiting for Firefly to run outta fuel.
And I like firefly's summer outfit, the pyromaniac wearing a tank top because of the summer is endlessly funny to me.
Also loved the sponsor part man, it's hella funny
Arkham Knight set in Halloween so it's fall.
I got to be honest I think the man bat mission is kind of overrated.
Yes the jump scare is great and sometimes if I’m not paying attention while replaying the game it can still make me jump a bit. However at least to me there’s really no challenge in catching the flying rat. Maybe if your last encounter with him had some sort of mid air bottle of some kind it would be cooler.
I will ever I do give it bonus points for the secret Easter egg in which if you play Arkham Knight on Halloween after you’ve finish his side quest you can get jumpscared once again and when you go back to GCPD he’s escaped. I don’t know if it’s Canon Batman that escaped but I like to think it is just so I can imagine Red Hood or Robin having to deal with that creature sometime in the future
I also will say that I’ve tried the no glide challenge with it and I think that makes the level a little more interesting.
Holy CRAP Clownpuncher! every side mission ranked, amazing job. You’re one of my favourite creators, so underrated.
I was having the worst day at work, immediately cheered up after getting home and seeing you upload this king of a video :)
I was just searching for this the other day. Thx
Just to point out that the AR Glide challenges in Origins are required for the Dark Knight challenges, so if you want the Dark Knight costume (which is the best costume in the series, fight me), you need to do them.
“I swear it’s not my City bias.”
(Proceeds to rank #1 based of his City bias)
Agreed. Pyg > Zsasz. Anarky > Zsasz.
I am always impressed on how you consistently make such well-made and entertaining videos! Keep up the amazing work.
Azrael's Arkham Knight mission will forever be somewhere in my heart purely for the scene where you break the sword which leads to Azrael getting to dap up Batman before he leaves
Fun fact in the bane side mission if you complete it before hugos death you get tyger henchmen but after you get jokers crew
Oh god, he’s been sponsored by raid! Run for your lives!
I noticed that in Line of Duty if you have Season of Infamy installed any rescued firefighters will disappear after the GCPD Assault. The only way to keep the firefighters with season of Infamy installed is rescue ALL OF THEM after the assault on GCPD.
The same also happens to Pyg's dollotrons
Season of infamy gives some new missions but ruins some aspects like you can't even do some speedrun glitches with it installed
@@laszlopencz1187 That's bullshit
@@crazyperson3812 What happens with them? Are they locked up in GCPD?
@@TheFirstCurse1 They get locked up next to the cop working for riddler.
19:53 I had an easy time finding his location. Never felt like a goose chase.
honestly i loved armored and dangerous. I found ramming them into eachother and blowing them uo and running straight through them like Christian Bale Batman so fun. It never got old for me.
It makes me wish the Batmobile skins had combat mode to allow them to be used through the whole game. If nothing else the 2016 one should, it was also a Bat Tank.
I really enjoyed this video. And I like the varying opinions. For me Cold Call Killer is the reason I don’t get over 90% in Arkham City because I don’t even start the mission because of my disdain for the mission. 😂
I’m sick and I’m so glad you uploaded today
You deserve more sub's love your content
Thing that annoyed me about perfect crime was that 300 people that were missing had been bitten by a shark and had a third nipple and then had to scan their fake ear to narrow it down to 1 person.
Yeah some parts of it like that are kinda stupid lol but it's still one of my favourites
I mean, with 8 billion people in the world (a lot less because of race/gender, but not the point), it’s not impossible that 300 people have a third nipple and got bit by a shark, but the chances fall exponentially with each new deformation
Your channel single-handedly made me get all the Arkham games. 😊
YES! THANK YOU FOR PUTTING THE AR CHALLENGES AT THE BOTTOM! I HATE THEM SO MUCH!
I've come a long way in Arkham. From getting lost in the Headquarters of GCPD in Knight, to being able to beat the rest of the game. and in City, I was getting trophies by fighting.
These videos never fail to respark my love for these games
The Deathstroke mission in AK would've been WAY better if destroying Deathstroke's tank leads to a deadly game of hide-and-seek across the rooftops where you have to find Deathstroke before he finds Batman.
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I would say the reason you don't like line of duty as much is why i like it. I like in arkham we see so many aspects of whats left of gotham have been destroyed or taken and batman alone is trying to undo all of that by himself. I think its really engaging, hearing chatter about the firefighter then pinpointing that. I really did enjoy it, along with the predator sections, and generally when you are starting the game you find a few of the easier fights here and there which helps you get used to the combat. well, thats what happened to me anyway.
I loved the azrael mission in arkham city and when i got that call from Alfred about the burning bat signal it made me so happy
City's riddler mission is my favorite riddler in terms of story and trophies. I loved rescuing hostages
Honestly, I agree with Deathstroke's tank battle being ranked so low. It feels like a lazy repeat of the Cloudburst tank battle. you take out a few Cobra tanks, then shoot the main tank while dodging its shots
25:53 screw you for not putting a warning before that
aint no way I just watched 46 minutes of this without realizing how long it was
"Take your best shot, Tommy." has got to be one of the hardest lines in the arkham franchise
Some nice editing at 27:55. I see you improving you little rascal
With the prisoners, I''m pretty sure Gordon sought Batman's help because he didn't have the manpower due to the Joker's actions.
i was hyped for this video
Props to the thug with the balls to sing that version of Jingle Bells to Batman's face.
I don't know who the VA is for Zsasz but fucking hell he has a hell of a lot to do with why the Cold Call Killer mission is so good. He's creepy. He's deranged. But gives the impression he's in full control of his actions and is fully aware of what he's doing
Fun fact actually if you throw a baterang at Azrael you get and achievement and he catches it.
I just got this achievement a few days ago after reading a similar comment. It says something like "Find someone to play catch with" and I love that 😂
Yep! I was going for the Platinum Trophy and this was a fun one! I did it when he was on top of the ferris wheel.
Love the Bill Cipher shirt at the talking about Raid part.
Amazing video yet again.
Just replayed Arkham knight a few weeks ago thank u for satiating my needs of Arkham related content
Something great about the Origins Hatter Mission is the ending with the hostage.
Batman: "It's going to be okay."
Hostage: "No... no it isn’t."
Chilling.
For me Pyg would be over Szazz, I hate timed events, it makes my chest tighten with nervousness, even if I had plenty of time. I love hearing things for side missions, like man bats screeches, the talking on the radio or the opera music so the Pyg’s side mission is elite for me.
I also don’t love any of the riddler’s side missions, same with the trophies, i find them a pain in the ass, the 1st time around they're fun but on replay, nah.
Although I don’t agree with every placement on this list, I absolutely agree with the #1, listening to Zsasz never gets old on replay and is responsible for turning him from a villain I knew absolutely nothing about to honestly up there for my favourite Batman villain
I honestly wonder how he feels knowing that he makes many people smile
And if he doesn’t know that he does, he does now
When you talked about two faces mission I literally locked him up in the GCPD
Fun Fact I found while playing Fragile Alliance in Arkham City: If the Titan is destroyed before Wonder Tower is destroyed, Tyger Guards ambush Bane and Batman. If after, a bunch of Joker thug prisoners ambush you and Bane instead. Fun little thing I realized while playing recently.
I believe this is only if done during protocol 10
I don’t know if you’ve done it but could you rank every first and final mission in the Arkham games? Like for example in Asylum, the Asylum escapades in Asylum and Guard Titans and Titan Joker, Bruce being escorted through AC and Joker The Immortal, Blackgate and Blackgate, Officer Owens and saving the officer and the final confrontation with Scarecrow
Sad to see the post game/DLC side missions didn't make the list. I like Catwoman's in City and Freeze's in Arkham knight the most personally.
I HATE armored and dangerous for how damn fast the APCs are; if you fudge a few turns they just get miles ahead of you and you end up desperately eeking out a few drops of boost to try and catch up. APCs are heavy armored vehicles designed to protect troops as they travel around, they aren't built for speed and certainly shouldn't be able to outpace a custom built rocket propelled vehicle designed for pursuit, like the batmobile.
Zsasz is my all time favourite Batman rogue, nice to see the ranking you gave him.
Another ClownPuncher classic. I binge these videos all the time when I’m getting ready for work, gym, etc x