History Headscratchers / BatmanArkhamOrigins

** If the Black Spider of the Arkhamverse is anything like the one from Assault on Arkham (and he should be seeing as AoA is set in the Arkhamverse), then chances are, he was rejected for basically being someone who only killed murderers and other criminals, and Black Mask probably did not think he would go after the Batman. While he was in Suicide Squad, IIRC we do not actually see him kill any of the guards and he only fights Batman because the guy dropped out of nowhere and started to kick their asses, not to mention failure was a one way ticket to boom town.

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* At one point the the game Batman threatens Black Mask by saying he will over beat his pace maker (to 250 beats per minute) won't that kill him?
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*** Legal or not it would still be pretty freaking hard for a "civilian" to get their hands on a M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, and not have the FBI, CIA, NSA, and BATFE come knocking on your door.

** Why exactly can't Bane be acting alone [[spoiler: during his attack on Wayne Manor]]? He'd be strong enough to do it alone, and could bring the necessary equipment to [[spoiler: invade the Batcave]] himself. Besides I seriously doubt [[spoiler: Alfred]] could actually be able to fight off Bane on his own, and given the news about Firefly attacking the bridge, he would know where Batman would be. Alternatively, Bane's men [[spoiler: helped him ransack Wayne Manor, but he attacked the Batcave alone]] and his men didn't know that [[spoiler: Bruce Wayne is Batman]] because while their is little reason to not tell them that, their also isn't much of a reason to tell them either. Or I could just echo what the above troper is saying and guess that Alfred killed everyone except Bane.

** An out of character character explanation is that they're they're working with a pre-assigned budget when it comes to animation and so on. While female skins do exist within the game notice how they have very specific animations in combat (sword use, lots of kicks, etc). The vast majority of work would have already gone into the motion capture for male models (a great deal of which has been carried over from the previous two games after all), making the extra clothing options fairly negligible in terms of the effort needed. Unless you're an independent developer there's not an awful lot of freedom as to what you can spend your money and time on, so lumping a bunch of men together in the multiplayer is more to do with that than anyone in the group wanting to disrespect women.

** Maybe Blackgate has a more secure unit for more serious offends that are awaiting trail but haven't been sentenced yet. In comic arc ''ComicBook/BruceWayneFugitive'' Bruce and Sasha await there trial inside Blackgate so there is precedence for it.

*** Maybe the killer, a known friend/acquaintance himself might have lured them towards Crime alley. As it's a nice secluded spot for a murder. Also, since everyone knows how Bruxe Wayne's parents died, especially those who know him and with the press he attracts. Maybe the killer was taking a little but of petty revenge with that as well after being kicked out of the Wayne manor party. Though I doubt that that guy thought that far ahead.

** If the Black Spider of the Arkhamverse is anything like the one from Assault on Arkham (and he should be seeing as AoA is set in the Arkhamverse), then chances are, he was rejected for basically being someone who only killed murders and other criminals, and Black Mask probably did not think he would go after the Batman. While he was in Suicide Squad, IIRC we do not actually see him kill any of the guards and he only fights Batman because the guy dropped out of nowhere and started to kick their asses, not to mention failure was a one way ticket to boom town.

*** Legal or not it would still be pretty freaking hard for a "civilian" to get there hands on a M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tank, and not have the FBI, CIA, NSA, and BATFE come knocking on your door.

** Bane probably doesn't want to risk trusting his mercenaries with that kind of information. Yes, they ''seem'' devoted to his cause, but they're still ''mercenaries''. And if Batman's head is worth $50 million to somebody, then Batman's true identity has got to be worth at least a few million. And not just to Black Mask/Joker, either: a smart merc could sell the same information to Penguin, Enigma, Falcone, and pretty much anyone else with money and a grudge against the Bat.

** Bane probably doesn't want to risk trusting his mercenaries with that kind of information. Yes, they ''seem'' devoted to his cause, but they're still ''mercenaries''. And if Batman's head is worth $50 million to somebody, then Batman's true identity has got to be worth at least a few million. And not just to Black Mask/Joker, either.