Batman: Arkham Origins 2 - 10 Big Things It Can Fix From Knight
2. Introduce Another Hub In Wayne Manor
Arkham Origins took the first step in this regard, bringing fans a fully explorable Bat Cave complete with training room, computer, forensics lab and suit changer. It was a great little feature that helped break the pace of the story and let players interact with Alfred, whose snarky quips were always a fun thing to witness. The next logical step would then be Wayne Manor, right? Well, this shouldn't be such an unfeasible request, with the series having already delivered two Wayne Manor environments in the form of challenge maps in Arkham City and a small roamable area in A Cold, Cold Heart. Instead of having the game take place over the course of one night again, allowing players to return to Wayne Manor would be a fantastic way to speed up time, discover Easter Eggs and even interact with other characters too. It definitely deserves the next gen treatment, and would be the perfect successor to Knight's GCPD building.
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.
