6. Perfect - Realising What It's Like When Batman Does His Thing
There are a few moments in AK where Rocksteady play with narrative conventions and player agency to a very effective degree - a standout moment being the Hush reveal, for example - although a truly great scene that no creative team has even gone close to (as this sort of thing is impossible on film) is putting you in the shoes of another unaware character when Bruce appears as if from nowhere. We've seen countless depictions of scenes where Batman drops in mid-conversation to finish a sentence, or disappears without saying anything only to leave someone talking to thin air - and by letting you play as Jim Gordon during a very mysterious part of the story, the sudden appearance of Bruce right next to you is startling to say the least. Rocksteady actually managed to make all of us react in that "WHAT THE FU-oh, it's you" way everyone else does. It's damn-near magical in pulling you in, and in itself is absolute genius.
