10 Things You Didn't Expect To Happen When You 100% A Video Game

6. A New Vigilante - Batman: Arkham Knight

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You’ve either never heard of Complete Knightfall Protocol and probably won’t want to know any more about it after this entry or the words strike agony into your very soul because collecting all the darn Riddler trophies in Arkham Knight is a full game all on its own.

To achieve the true ending of Batman: Arkham Knight you need to apprehend every member of Gotham’s Most Wanted.

That includes the rotten Riddler who is a huge hassle to find given you have to find every single collectible in the game to get a one on one with him. There are hundreds of these things. Pull it off, though, and Batman does what he does in the original ending, that is, executing the Knightfall Protocol which seems to mean blowing up Wayne Manor with himself inside.

But you’ll also get a scene that plays out similarly to the story of his parents being mugged in the alleyway but this time the criminals accosting them are set upon by a pretty horrifying shadow of a bat in flames descending from the sky.

The implications here are massive and have been hotly debated, suffice it to say, certainly a shock for those with 100% Riddler Trophy fatigue.

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Jess has been a journalist and content creator in the games industry for over 15 years and has been WhatCulture's resident Australian import and sorry cop since 2020, upping the quotient of swearing and apologising in WhatCulture Gaming's annual blooper videos considerably. She previously worked at GameSpot for 10 years, most notably hosting GameSpot News in addition to E3 live shows, and PAX panels. She regularly livestreams a variety of games on her 'jessmcdonell' YouTube and Twitch channels and hosts the 'Do It On The Day' podcast. She has won awards for her news and feature work in gaming as well as an accolade for her comedic writing (likely an admin error). She can be found on X at @jessmcdonell and Instagram at @jessicamcdonell sharing her current videogame fixations, industry insights, and videos of her cat, Karma.