10 MASSIVE Missed Opportunities In Video Game Stories
7. Focusing On The Wrong Conflict - Batman Arkham Knight
The reveal of the Arkham Knight being a re-skin of the Red Hood has been talked about to death. What hasn’t been talked about as much is the missed opportunity of having a game where Batman has to deal with the ramifications of the Joker’s death.
Arkham Knight opens with Commissioner Gordon talking about how Gotham braced itself for the inevitable power struggle that never came.
But what if it had?
Instead of pushing some of Batman’s greatest villains into a few side-quests (that all played basically the same), the game’s story could have focused on the Bat Family as it fights to save Gotham.
Players could have swapped between the best of Batman's team as they tackle missions all over Gotham, the Asylum, and Arkham City. Areas visible in the game but not accessible.
This would have allowed the story of the Arkham games to come full circle as players would have traveled back to locations previously seen and explored them with the changes made as the story for the games went on. Plus it would finally give all the members of the Bat Family a chance to spread their wings.