Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-121.219.140.170-20140306014544/@comment-25622445-20161002171734

This is two years after this thread was posted, but I don't care either way:

The Joker comes back as a hallucination in Batman's mind trying to wrestle control of his mind away from Bruce, trying to coax him to kill his enemies and generally taunting Batman throughout the game while all you can do is try to ignore his remarks. The game focuses on the aftermath of the Joker's death, with crime rates in Gotham at an all-time low, leaving the only thing Batman can do is to upgrade his gadgets, vehicles, and Batsuit.

However, this has lead to Batman's Rogues Gallery to unite against him under the banner of Scarecrow, who definitely took a level in badass since the last time he appeared in the Arkham series. Scarecrow recruits the Arkham Knight, a vengeful Jason Todd who didn't die at the Joker's hands and had recruited a private army in Venezuela, invading Gotham and forcing a city wide evacuation, leaving only criminals, cops, villains, and the Bat Family in Gotham City.

Side missions include tracking down and apprehending Professor Pyg, dealing with Riddler (again), Azrael, and you also have a falling out with Gordon over his discovery that Barbara works for Batman. Eventually Batman beats the army and nearly rescues Barbara, but surrenders to Scarecrow, Scarecrow unmasks Batman in front of the whole world, leading to Batman to initiate "Knightfall Protocol", leading to Batman's and Alfred's apparent suicide.