10 Video Game Moments We Were All Waiting For (That Didn't Happen)

10. Battling Hugo Strange - Batman: Arkham City

Bait-and-switch villains can be a great literary tool if executed properly but, more often than not, they leave gamers seething with rage. We were annoyed when Final Fantasy IX did it. We were infuriated when Far Cry 3 pulled a last-minute switcharoo. And for many, it was anticlimactic how the antagonist of Batman: Arkham City, Hugo Strange, was axed off before you had a chance to fight him.

Now, you could defend this decision if the central villain wasn't physically threatening, like the Riddler or the Penguin. However, anyone familiar with the comics knows Hugo Strange is among the few members of Batman's rogue gallery who knows how to fight. He may not look intimidating, but the neck-bearded scientist has gone toe-to-toe with the Bat Family on many occasions.

If the developers wanted to swap Strange out at the eleventh hour, that would be fine, if we saw the Dark Knight go head-to-head with the bespectacled foe. Considering Strange had been at the forefront of the story from the very beginning, it would've been deeply satisfying to kick the crap out of him before he was killed off.