History Awesome / BatmanArkhamCity

* The opening of the game after Catwoman's intro: not Batman, but ''Bruce Wayne'', is arrested and sent to Arkham City just for trying to lead a campaign to close the place down. Bruce stages an escape with [[IntrepidReporter Jack Ryder]], then ''breaks the Penguin's hand while he's still handcuffed]]'' before giving a beat down to Penguin's mooks. And that's '''before''' Bruce even puts on the Batsuit!

** Not only is he capable of beating people up while still handcuffed, but Bruce beats people up so hard, ''it eventually breaks the handcuffs.''

* The opening of the game after Catwoman's intro: not Batman, but ''Bruce Wayne'', is arrested and sent to Arkham City just for trying to lead a campaign to close the place down. Bruce stages an escape with [[IntrepidReporter Jack Ryder]], then ''[[{{Badass}} breaks the Penguin's hand while he's still handcuffed]]'' before giving a beat down to Penguin's mooks. And that's '''before''' Bruce even puts on the Batsuit!

* After you complete the main quest, do all the sidquests, save all the political prisoners, solve all the riddles, and do every AR challenge, the loading screens will no longer nag you about what's left to do. Instead they will say, [[spoiler: "Arkham site secured and ready for shutdown."]] It's a little touch, but it give you an amazing sense of accomplishment.

** Plus, if you're quick, you ''can'' han one of the mooks from the ceiling[[note]]Get to the third gargoyle on the left fast enough and string 'em up.[[/note]]

* Hearing a TYGER Helicopter pilot reporting in on your activities: ''"Batman sighted. He's kicking all kids of ass down there." (fight finishes) "Batman wins."''

* Poison Ivy's ''very'' thorough BadassBoast on how she plans on killing Catwoman during her boss fight, even boasting that the latter woman is powerless against nature.
---> ''"You can't outrun nature, Selina. My spores will fill your lungs and kill you from within."''
---> ''" A billion micro-organisms will enter your bloodstream. Spores will grow, enter the blood in your veins, and when I'm done, your skin will be replaced with bark. I've spent weeks perfecting the toxins that will destroy your pathetic meat sack of a body. Do you really think you can beat mother nature?"''
** Then came this exchange:
---> '''Catwoman:''' Are we done yet, Ivy? I just want to talk. That's all.
---> '''Ivy:''' If you're still breathing, it's not over.

-->'''Strange''': ''You're '''both''' at a loss for words.''

---> '''Ivy:''' If you're still breathing, it's not over.

* Poison Ivy's ''very'' thorough BadassBoast on how she plans on Catwoman during her boss fight, even boasting that the latter woman is powerless against nature.

---> '''Ivy:''' If you're still breathing, it's not over.

** Plus, if you're quick, you ''can'' han one of the mooks from the ceiling[[note]]Get to the third gargoyle on the left fast enough and string 'em up.[[/note]]

* "Are you supposed to be playing with knives, Bats?" [[note]][[spoiler:Batman takes up Talia's Katana for the climactic fight with Clayface.]][[/note]]
* You start off Catwoman's rescue by dropping into a room full of thugs looking to join Two-Face's gang. Said gang numbers at forty-nine (forty-seven unarmed, with Two-Face and a guard in the balcony both armed). The second Batman touches down on the main floor, all but six of the mooks run away out of fear.

* A small one for the developers. Many games that allow you to play as more than one person just make the alternative characters seem like clones of the original, same fighting style but different moves. Rocksteady gave every character you can play as in this game's DLC's, (namely, Catwoman, Robin, and Nightwing) their own distinct fighting styles , looks, and gadgets, so all of their playing bits feel like fresh, new experiences.

* A subtle one for Mr. Freeze: he manages to [[spoiler:create a cure for the Joker's condition, when all of the other people that had been brought in hadn't been able to do more than slow down its progress. To top it off, he says creating it was ''simple'', and the only reason Batman wasn't cured then and there was because Freeze needed a stabilizing component, which he did not have, that was found in Ra's Al Ghul's blood.]]

* You start off Catwoman's rescue by dropping into a room full of thugs looking to join Two-Face's gang. Said gang numbers at forty-nine (forty-seven unarmed, with Two-Face and a guard in the balcony both armed). If you take out the armed guard first, the second Batman touches down on the main floor, all but six of the mooks run away out of fear.

* The ending of Zsasz's "Cold Call Killer" side-mission [[spoiler: being an AntiClimaxBoss. After all those wild goose chases across the City under time limits, it's remarkably satisfying to drag him through the window he's standing in front of and deck the unpleasant wanker in the face]].

* The ending of Zsasz's "Cold Call Killer" side-mission [[spoiler: being an AntiClimaxBoss. After all those wild goose chases across the City under time limits, it's remarkably satisfying to drag him through the window he's standing in front of and deck the unpleasant wanker in the face]].

* Hearing a TYGER Helicopter pilot reporting in on your activities: ''"Batman sighted. He's kicking all kids of ass down there." (fight finishes) "Batman wins."''

** [[spoiler: You can punch out Penguin as he's cowering from you right after beating the thugs down.]]

* Alfred playing MoralityChain for Batman once Protocol 10 starts, which is revealed to be a massive missile strike to wipe out the criminals in Arkham City. Batman decides to go and save Talia instead of stopping it and Alfred cuts off his access to [=WayneTech=] satellites and outright refuses to allow him access, firmly stating that Batman cannot let those people die and he must save Gotham.

* A moment for Rocksteady: After Arkham Asylum expectations were amazingly high and they not only delivered, but blew the Batmobile out of the water.
** Metaphorical, until the Arkham Knight trailer came out and they actually blew it out of the water

* Much like VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum, the game is "Throw Franchise/{{Batman}} into a closed circle and watch him take out each member of his RoguesGallery one by one." If it was a comic miniseries, it would have been pretty cool, but being a video game and giving ''you'' the controls to Batman, it gives you a real sense of how big that accomplishment is. Batman isn't awesome just because he's a cunning badass, he's awesome because [[{{Determinator}} he refuses to give up]]. The much larger scale of the game and just how battered he is by the end really drives it home.

-->'''Cash''': I can go ''all night,'' Riddler!
-->'''Riddler''': I'm sure you can, but let's see if you still feel that way tomorrow.

* Alfred playing MoralityChain for Batman once Protocol 10 starts, which is revealed to be a massive missle strike to wipe out the criminals in Arkham City. Batman decides to go and save Talia instead of stopping it and Alfred cuts off his access to WayneTech satellites and outright refuses to allow him access, firmly stating that Batman cannot let those people die and he must save Gotham.

** [[spoiler:There was one spoiler video showing that you can punch out Penguin as he's cowering from you right after beating the thugs down.]]

* The lead-up to the [[spoiler:Demon Trials. Batman needs Ra's al Ghul's blood as a stablizer for the cure to the poison that is affecting both himself and The Joker. He ends up chasing a member of the League of Assassins throughout Arkham City (a CMOA for the woman herself; before that, she was in the Penguin museum as a trophy because she managed to kill ''8'' men by herself and Penguin kept her alive because he was impressed by her). After catching up to the woman, Batman places a tracer on her just before she ambushes Bats with the help of more assassins. Batman is saved by Robin -- who leaves after giving Batman the Line Launcher to go work on Joker's poisoning scheme -- then resumes following the assassin all the way to Arkham City's underground. All of this occurs as Batman becomes sicker and sicker from Joker's blood poisoning.]]

* The sidequest to rescue some political prisoners from being [[spoiler:executed by Strange]]. Batman takes out a veritable ''[[ZergRush 20 or more]]'' EliteMooks in very close quarters who are wielding stun batons and guns, using shields, and are prone to throwing explosive items at him. And [[spoiler:Strange is taunting you the entire time]]. It's an MOA for the ''player'', too, because that fight on anything other than Easy is ''button-destroyingly difficult'', but it feels amazing when you pull it off. The people you rescue are suitably awestruck.

* A small one for the developers. Many games that allow you to play as more than one person just make the alternative characters seem like clones of the original, same fighting style but different moves. Rocksteady gave every character you can play as in this game's DLC's, (namely, Catwoman, Robin, and Nightwing) their own distinct fighting styles , looks, and gadgets, so all of their playing bits feel like fresh, new experiences.

* You start off [[spoiler:Catwoman's rescue by dropping into a room full of thugs looking to join Two-Face's gang. Said gang numbers at forty-nine (forty-seven unarmed, with Two-Face and a guard in the balcony both armed). If you take out the armed guard first, the second Batman touches down on the main floor, all but six of the mooks run away out of fear.]]
* Assuming you didn't unlock Catwoman via a DLC code, the ''other'' "vanilla" start of the game is just as awesome: not Batman, but ''Bruce Wayne'', is arrested and sent to Arkham City just for trying to lead a campaign to close the place down. Bruce [[spoiler:stages an escape with [[IntrepidReporter Jack Ryder]], then ''[[HolyShitQuotient breaks the Penguin's hand while he's still handcuffed]]'' before giving a beat down to Penguin's mooks. And that's '''before''' Bruce even puts on the Batsuit!]]

** Not only is he capable of beating people up while still handcuffed, but Bruce beats people up so hard ''it eventually breaks the handcuffs.''
** Though even if you do have the Catwoman DLC, the way it starts with Catwoman's intro before cutting to Bruce Wayne being arrested is just as cool, like a prologue before the credits in a movie.
* Batman and [[spoiler:Bane. Fighting ''back to back against an arena of mooks''.]]

* Also, this is a moment for Rocksteady. After Arkham Asylum expectations were amazingly high, and they not only delivered but blew the Batmobile out of the water.

* Much like VideoGame/BatmanArkhamAsylum, the game is "Throw Franchise/{{Batman}} into a closed circle and watch him take out each member of his RoguesGallery one by one." If it was a comic miniseries it would have been pretty cool, but being a video game and giving ''you'' the controls to Batman, it gives you a real sense of how big that accomplishment is. Batman isn't awesome just because he's a cunning badass, he's awesome because [[{{Determinator}} he refuses to give up]]. The much larger scale of the game and just how battered he is by the end really drives it home.
** Funnily enough, Arkham City ''does'' get it's own comic miniseries.
* More of a Crowning Moment of CreepyAwesome, but [[spoiler: Hush managed to essentially cut his own face off, harvest Bruce Wayne's facial features from the other inmates, and then operate on himself]].

* The final fight with Two-Face as Catwoman. It's NintendoHard but damn, is it not rewarding. Taking out the goons without them finding the bodies. You can even use a Ledge take down on Two-Face while he's on the bridge in the middle of the room.
* Batman vs. Solomon Grundy. A normal human being managing to take down a 8 ft tall zombie man who's clearly in one of his "Superman would have a bit of trouble here" incarnations

-->'''Strange''': Interesting. Tell me Edward, how is the Riddler like a blank dictionary?

* The sidequest to rescue some political prisoners from being [[spoiler:executed by Strange]]. Batman takes out a veritable ''[[ZergRush 20 or more]]'' EliteMooks in very close quarters who are wielding stun batons and guns, using shields, and are prone to throwing explosive items at him. And [[spoiler:Strange is taunting you the entire time]]. It's a CMOA for the ''player'', too, because that fight on anything other than Easy is ''button-destroyingly difficult'', but it feels amazing when you pull it off. The people you rescue are suitably awestruck.

** Strange then responds by revealing that he actually knows Batman's secret identity, and Riddler is left flustered and infuriated because Strange won't tell him.

* More of a Crowning Moment of CreepyAwesome, but [[spoiler: Hush managed to essentially cut his own face off, harvest Bruce Wayne's facial features from the other inmates, and then operate on himself.]]
* The fight with Freeze. The BestBossEver for the game. You have to use many tricks in your arsenal because Freeze won't let you try it again.

* ''Finally'' finishing all of the Riddler's challenges and nabbing that condescending bastard. All those frustrating hours are made up for it when you see [[LaserGuidedKarma what happens to him.]] Before that, you get the oh-so satisfying chance to [[spoiler:step on his face and then punch him out.]]

* The final fight with Two-Face as Catwoman. Its NintendoHard but damn is it not rewarding. Taking out the goons without them finding the bodies. You can even use a Ledge take down on Two-Face while he's on the bridge in the middle of the room.

* "Are you supposed to be playing with knives, Bats?" [[note]][[spoiler:Batman takes up Talia's Katana for the climactic fight with Clayface.]][/note]]

* Assuming you didn't unlock Catwoman via a DLC code, the ''other'' "vanilla" start of the game is just as awesome: not Batman, but ''Bruce Wayne'', is arrested and sent to Arkham City just for trying to lead a campaign to close the place down. Bruce [[spoiler:stages an escape with [[IntrepidReporter Jack Ryder]], then ''[[{{HSQ}} breaks the Penguin's hand while he's still handcuffed]]'' before giving a beat down to Penguin's mooks. And that's '''before''' Bruce even puts on the Batsuit!]]

* The battle with the Joker[[note]][[spoiler:or rather, Clayface-masquerading-as-Joker]][[/note]] is very fun and satisfying.

** Room 4 features Batman [[spoiler: ziplining over a crusher, grabbing the hostage (who's hanging from the ceiling) and smashing through a window.]]