The absence of Arkhamverse heroes in Batman: Arkham Shadow is felt

Batman: Arkham Shadow is for what Blackgate prison Batman: Arkham Asylum is for Arkham Asylum. As Irving “Matches” Malone, the player can observe or interact with the many prisoners and people who were put in there. Batman: Arkham Origins SY Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgateand the pool of opponents or bosses players encounter is taken by force from fellow inmates or people who work in the prison. Hold it Batman: Arkham ShadowThe story of Matches and Batman hunting the Rat King, and the famous villains are not made more important than fan service.

Of course, it will be interesting to see what origin SY Origins of BlackgateThe nature of travel since Batman: Arkham Shadow is direct control of these processes. Hearing Lonnie Machin's Anarky talking to Vic Sage is enlightening, for example, and the absence of Oswald Cobblepot's Penguin is explained as a modus operandi and exchange of incriminating evidence. Carmine Falcone. However, an antagonist who has made at least some kind of appearance in every Arkhamverse game so far – the Riddler, is nowhere to be seen, which makes his absence palpable.

Batman: Arkham Shadow takes another well-deserved break from the Riddler

Before Batman: Arkham ShadowThe Riddler is undoubtedly the most famous Arkhamverse villain besides the Joker and has permeated every game—besides Batman: Arkham Origins Blackgate— with his collection of greens and challenges, both of the physical and physical variety. He's the easiest Arkhamverse villain to ignore by a mile, overrated even, but his importance to the franchise is hard to overstate.

Batman: Arkham Origins begins a tender story of the emergence of a conundrum artist, known as Enigma. Here, Enigma presents Batman with a compromised GCR comms tower to get back online, network equipment to destroy, and data packets to capture, but his threat level is very low compared to his plot later in the schedule. interesting, Batman: Arkham Shadow It's only been half a year since then and Enigma himself is nowhere to be seen or heard of other than faint references in the Minotaur phone puzzle and Gotham Herald newspaper reports, or even the crafts and environmental puzzles are a clear inspiration for Rat King's. extensive catalog of destructible collectibles.

Batman: Arkham Shadow puts the collectible-oriented Arkhamverse antagonists into perspective

Batman still has a lot of treasure to collect to hunt down Batman: Arkham Shadowbut without a bowler hat-wearing egomaniac like the Riddler to taunt and insult him all the time seems like a difficult or depressing task. Indeed, the radio can be torn up and destroyed before most of the Rat King's propaganda reaches the player's ears, and even then it is appreciated that it does not mock Batman or the Rat King voice actor.

Batman: Arkham Shadow is proof that a full Arkhamverse title doesn't need the Riddler to fill a game with collectibles, and it's an exciting prospect as it opens the door for many other villains to take it on. it's a responsibility. The Rat King's rodent-shaped idol replaces a stack of question mark-shaped stacks while radios, bombs, and maps scatter the map with lots of things to collect or destroy (all before considering Echoes of the Past, ancient runes , or audiotapes for patients), diversify the pool. of oddities, puzzles, and things players can look forward to in the future.

Therefore, there is more than enough evidence to suggest that it was the Riddler's incessant rants and abuse that caused him to become a distraction, not a massive hoarder. Riddler will eventually respawn if there are more Arkham game in the works, but shadow shows that collectibles don't have to be exclusive, and it's a boon to the franchise's longevity and ingenuity.