10 Genius Ways Video Games Fought Pirates
1. No Cape Or Grapple For You! – Batman: Arkham Asylum
Honestly, this is the one that prompted us to make this list in the first place since it’s so well-known, detrimental, and cunning.
After all, Batman is called the Caped Crusader for a reason, and regardless of whether he’s in a comic book, movie, TV show or video game, he needs his characteristic cloak and grapple hook to fly around Gotham City, reach great heights, and sneakily take down enemies without them knowing.
Therefore, you have to applaud Rocksteady Studios for depriving pirates of such quintessential abilities in 2009’s groundbreaking Batman: Arkham Asylum. If the Dark Knight tries to gracefully glide into a bad guy from a ledge or gargoyle, he’ll instead just flap his arms like a chicken until he lands. Likewise, he won’t be able to grapple into or onto anything.
Not only is this a frustrating way to play the game – and it forces the Caped Crusader to look like an inept fool – but it outright makes it impossible to beat Batman: Arkham Asylum since he needs those skills to enter specific areas and complete required tasks.
Better luck next time, evildoer.