Batman: Arkham Knight - 10 Things DLC Must Include To Be Worth It

8. An Engrossing Narrative

Something needed for any story DLC to be successful, the Arkham series would be nothing without its narrative. It's fantastic then, to note that Rocksteady have such an amazing selection of source material to work with. By far the standout of the Season Pass announcement, 'Batgirl: A Matter Of Family' will have players don the mantle of Batgirl before Barbara Gordon faced her unfortunate run-in with The Joker that tragically left her paralysed below her waist. More surprising however, is the fact that Rocksteady have chosen to take the Arkham series before the events of Asylum - an era left largely untapped bar WB Games Montréal's Arkham Origins. One can only assume that the content will heavily impact on the events of Asylum, but tenuous links and universe-building aren't needed to ensure that the content will have a story worth caring about. After all, Batman stories always work best when they're character-driven, and a standalone adventure featuring Barbara's time as Batgirl will do much for a character left largely unexplored in the Arkham lore as of yet. Both City and Origins had only one piece of story DLC each, but Knight is really ramping it up with expansions set not just for Batman and Batgirl, but for their allies too. This means that the season pass is quite literally rammed with content, so let's just hope story quality doesn't suffer as a result.
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WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.