As mentioned in the intro, no other developer is ever going to give the Batman mythos this much spectacular treatment, not by a long shot. Where else could you go from tackling Scarecrow to teaming up with Nightwing and destroying Penguin's forces, darting off to tackle Firefly or Man-Bat out the sky, or facing off against Hush in Wayne Manor - all within a few minutes of each other? From Two-Face to Professor Pyg, Riddler to Deathstroke - Gotham positively pulsates with villainous life at every turn, and combined it forms the best backing to city actively reacting and relying on the Batman to save them. Side mission content in general is rarely given the appropriate treatment to make it a worthwhile diversion if you can tear yourself away from the main thread (more on that later), but the sheer number of "Holy s*** it's them!" moments make everything here all worth seeing.
