9 Video Game Guns That DON'T Kill

6. Grapnel Gun - Batman: Arkham Knight

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The Batman mythos is certainly a flexible one. Able to stretch from the campy excess of the '60s TV show to the gothic moodiness promised by the upcoming Robert Pattinson film, Batman is truly a hero for all seasons.

And while Rocksteady's Arkham trilogy tended towards the latter extreme, it's grapnel gun engendered the pure, giddy joy of a child sitting down on a Saturday morning to watch Adam West take on TV's wackiest rogues' gallery.

The grapnel gun is just an utter delight to use. Launching the caped crusader across Gotham like a pellet from a slingshot, the grapnel facilitates one of the most enjoyable open-world traversal systems ever created.

Flinging Batman from rooftop to rooftop, gargoyle to gargoyle, is just fun - a moment of pure escapist magic that never gets old no matter how many times you do it.

Altogether now - Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na - GRAP-NEL! GRAP-NEL! GRAP-NEL!

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