Batman: Arkham Knight - 10 Big Story Moments Fans Will Debate For Years

Arkham Knight may only be a little over a month into its release, but its story is already proving to be one of the most divisive in all of Batman's media output yet. Its narrative themes - whilst exemplary in premise - are often executed poorly, and much discontent has arisen as a result of Rocksteady's vision moving against what many would consider to be the norms of the Bat-mythos. This isn't to say that the story is dire by any means, but it certainly wobbles in areas where previous titles had exceeded. On the other hand Rocksteady's writers actually reinvented and rectified a number of storylines from the comics medium, utilising tropes from different segments of Batman's many iterations to carve out their own unique vision for the World's Greatest Detective. This leaves critical consensus at somewhat of a crossroads, but this shouldn't have been too surprising for long time followers of the Caped Crusader. Whilst a feature of both Asylum and City, veteran Batman scribe Paul Dini (who first made waves in the industry on a little old show called Batman: The Animated Series) was all but absent from the writing process of Arkham Knight, and it certainly shows. Many of the loose threads established in City are relegated to small side-missions, or worse still, not explored at all. Indeed, the studio's decision to move 'in house' with the narrative process was never going to be something everyone could get on board with, and the debate it has inspired will last for many years to come.