10 Most Underrated Moments From The Batman: Arkham Video Games

6. The Mad Hatter - Arkham City

Mad Hatter Batman Arkham Origins
Warner Bros.

If you’re like me, you played through Arkham City and didn’t even realise that there were any side-missions, let alone missions that are more interesting than some of the main game. One of which is the Mad Hatter.

Insane characters are Batman’s bread and butter, and the Mad Hatter's section is easily one of the most insane of them all.

One minute, Alfred says they have a cure, and the next Batman is pretending to be the rabbit from Donnie Darko. Sitting at the tea party with the thugs alongside you in the twisted, freaky masks before descending into a swirling vortex, fighting the freakish goons is amazingly trippy. The moment when you are told to struggle and suddenly Batman's face is warped into a twisted rabbit creature with glowing green eyes is weird and unsettling. But delightfully brilliant.

The fact that one of the best designed areas with one of the most trippy set pieces’ is hidden away as side content, is beyond me. Not to mention that the Mad Hatter is just insane.

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