Can You Avoid the Man-Bat Jumpscare in Arkham Knight..?

[@Adam-lw9xp]

Here's a little tip for the 60 tank battle at the end. First a little history lesson. In the Battle of Thermopylae, Leonidas I led 7,000 men, including 300 Spartans defended the area against an invading estimated of 120,000-300,000 Persian soldiers led by Xerxes. The 300 Spartans all died, except for 1 to tell how bravely they fought, but not before killing an approximate of 20,000 Persian soldiers. How did so few Spartans kill so many Persians? The answer is the layout of the battle field. Thermopylae, also know as The Hot Gates, is a narrow pass that forced the Persians to narrow their spread, allowing the Spartans take on few at a time instead of getting surrounded. The Persians' vast numbers didn't count for crap when they were forced into a small narrow pass. Anyway, there's a small narrow pass right next to the side of GCPD, where their vast 60 number tanks won't count for crap. Just exit out of the tunnel, slide to your left and back up. Get into that narrow area, force them to come to you and take out little at a time instead of getting surrounded. The downside is that it gives little room to dodge, but if you're skilled enough and quick enough to shoot, it should be a breeze.

[@OgBigNut]

10/10 comment.

[@batmanvsuperman_]

I agree … this would’ve helped 7 years ago - I honestly wish it wasn’t so easy anymore :(

[@smurfy2118]

This mf just put an ad in between his comment😭🙏

[@NerdyCatCoffeeee]

If you're skilled enough and quick enough, you don't hate the batmobile sections

[@violablecrab3858]

Ur my superhero

[@JPmoney99]

A KZbinr named the rad Brad went the whole game without getting the jump scare. I’m dead serious I was rewatching it and was surprised he never got it

[@emperorpalprotein4354]

love that guy sm

[@gibleyman]

That guy was too unbelievably chill, even Man Bat didn't want to ruin his vibe.

[@ManLikeEddy]

one of my playthroughs earlier this year I literally never got the jumpscare it's crazy

[@notaperson979]

I never got it either

[@RonnieDobbs.]

I actually just did a few days ago. I went back to get my platinum trophy after beating the game previously many times. I didnt even realize i didnt get jumpscared unyil coming across this video.

[@callmejacob3234]

Man Bat put the fear of god in me when I first encountered him. Now I am immune to the jumpscare.

[@RacingSnails64]

I think the jumpscare is still effective not because of his design (though he ain't pretty), but because his screech is so loud and so shrill. However, I have played the campaign so many times now that I've noticed that your UI disappears and the screen zooms in quickly just before it actually shows him, so I can literally see it coming now.

[@GreatCorbeenee_V2]

@@RacingSnails64yeah at some point you just get used to it

[@user-rk5cx2vu8l]

Yes you can even by doing the side missions, I caught manbat once flying around before the jump scare, tackled him and got his blood, never got jump scared, didn’t even use the Batmobile for this

[@owenjohnston33]

This is actually the method that is used in the 100% speedrun

[@user-rk5cx2vu8l]

@@owenjohnston33 is it? I didn’t know

[@comicfan1324]

I think there was one time where I avoided the jump scare for so long that the game somehow glitched and man bat was just flying around the island waiting to be jumped

[@KnightNinja277]

I doubt it but that could be intentional just in case someone doesn't see the scare

[@Th3RazieI]

He's always roaming the islands. Also possible to see him dive somewhere after leaving the Clock Tower the first time

[@AnalogueDDR5]

​@@KnightNinja277same shit is happening in my playthrough, at the Cloudburst fight and haven't seen a single man-bat but have heard him

[@RDSC_]

LETS SEE MORE BROTHER!!

[@thetacoking2309]

Ive gotten him to reliably show up after you first defend Ivy's plants.

[@elrincongeek1413]

Fun Fact: You can telegraph BOTH the Man Bat and Joker rooftop jumpscares. Man Bat is the more known one where immediately after Riddler talks on the screen you can directly grapple to the building and get it over with. Every playthrough I do this and it removes the dread of having to wait. The Joker one happens after you protect Ivy's first plant from the militia attacking it. After that's done, you have to grapple from the side to the building that got destroyed by the plant. That spot always triggers the second jumpscare.

[@inendlesspain4724]

I never got the Joker jumpscare during my playthrough of the game, I had to look it up now to even know how it looked like.

[@lucasbeck1391]

That's not what telegraphing is

[@SilverWolf1ol]

A cool video would be a list of all the weird and unusual places Man-Bat can appear to jumpscare you, like possibly that Riddler thing outside the orphanage.

[@szynkacz1069]

now wee need to try 100% the game and do knightfall protocol without triggerring man-bat so it's technically not Batman's fault for not fighting him as they have never met

[@KevinValencia_]

Did it

[@Luffy.9757]

using playstation share's music is crazy

[@OgBigNut]

Goes pretty hard ngl

[@TheSpaceElement-h7e]

​@@OgBigNut fr

[@Johnarroa]

whats the song called?

[@TheMadHouse1939]

Yes i want the side missions videos this was amazing haha

[@OgBigNut]

Thanks man glad you enjoyed✌🏼

[@icecream4you161]

That was actually kinda scary! I wonder what side missions would have a wrench thrown in them with the looming threat of Man-Bat, all I can think of right now is Penguin's truck tracking...

[@batmanvsuperman_]

Ironic … Man-Bat first appearance is directly before meeting Nightwing about Penguin’s trucks (Part 1 of side mission)

[@Nghtcrawlr-ts4mh]

I was doing a timed riddler trophy and on the last rooftop with like 15 seconds left the jump scare happened and I had to redo the riddler trophy

[@ToothpasteJuice]

Long but decent story: I beat arkham asylum as a teen on release but kinda fell off of gaming after. Years later, I went to a friend's house and he was playing this, he said "dude, try this game" and handed me the controller. Ironically, he was driving around Gotham in the batmobile. I started driving and immediately knew I wanted this game. It was like driving a tank that felt as fast as a supercar; like a train when crashing through walls & enemies, but like a leopard when drifting corners. It seemed like I could always get it to do EXACTLY what I wanted it to do. The wall-climbing, roof traversal and tank mode was just the icing on the cake. I drove that thing for an hour at his house, then went out and bought a ps4 and arkham knight based off of that ALONE. Platinum(ing) this game was the spark that lit my excitement for gaming again. This entire game is a masterpiece and I was shocked to find that so many people hated the batmobile.

[@bleepblorbus]

People love the batmobile mechanics, just not the drone fights. The more you play the more those sections drag, thats the only reason people hate it so much. But driving around is sick as

[@Saladman45]

Out of the Arkham trilogy I feel like the boss fights were the weakest in this games main story, I kinda wish the Arkham knight battle was a fistfight and not a stealth mission.

[@calebbarnhouse496]

The arkham knight should have been a fight that moves between stages, give him a phase 1, where you fight him alongside a few thugs, his gimmick is guns, guns are littered around the arena, but they all start jammed, so your trying to take the thugs out before they get to many of them ready to shoot and able yo hit you, after you take out thugs, it moves to predator, as is, break up the predator sections with another fist fight, where batman breaks his mask, and allows him to make some leway with talking to him, enraged he goes back to take Gordon hostage, and batman gives Jason the chance to kill him, in exchange for Gordon going free, and when he sees batman throw his life away for his ally, he gets a chance to see through what was done to him

[@lppstudios3006]

Fun fact when In my play through I triggered the man bat jumpscare before riddlers announcement via when Batman investigates where oracle went to so I guess technically you can trigger the jumpscare before riddlers tv monologue Edit:I guess I was mistaken I forgot the Batmobile couldn’t get access to miagami island yet until after the riddler thing Lol 💀😭

[@OgBigNut]

I was gonna say something but I didn’t wanna start a controversy lol

[@lppstudios3006]

@@OgBigNut nah it wouldn’t it would’ve probably just been a small correction and it’s a good thing you mentioned it that the Batmobile wasn’t in miagami yet until after doing riddlers side mission 💀

[@TheMadHouse1939]

Im glad i got this recomended😅

[@CameronSmith-c7s]

A youtuber named Skyytea avoided it. A shame as her reaction would've been priceless

[@jebberjebberus8829]

10/10 content, very underrated channel, keep it up!!

[@Seven-Seas-of-Baba-O-Riley]

Call me crazy, but I don't think Man Bat can jump scare you if there's a railing on the edge. I mean, what would that even look like? I think you could have just grappled up Wayne International Plaza at 3:10

[@OgBigNut]

You’re prolly right but I was just playin it safe

[@Seven-Seas-of-Baba-O-Riley]

@@OgBigNut That's fair. Also damn, dude, you replied quick!

[@mac1991seth]

I found a way easier method of skipping the jumpscare. It's called: completing the mission. Just find a decent spot, put on the detective vision and look for a suspicious, noisy red/orange flying around. As long as you see it, it shouldn't teleport to any building to jumpscare you, but it also gives you the opportunity to ambush the ManBat. And to be honest, I'm pretty sure even starting the most wanted mission by taking a blood sample of the creature should be enough to skip the jumpscare altogether. The game kinda assumes you two have already been introduced. Not sure if I went to his hideout first, but I know for a fact that the game didn't trigger the jumpscare for the rest of the game.

[@Gubbo8989]

Yeah, just do the mission. He’s flying around from the start of the first clock tower visit right at the start. If not before.

[@sakaiclips]

*“….The Famous Man-Bat Scare In Your Life…” 😂*

[@memerboi7128]

Skyytea: Hey you, what’s up man?

[@josephdent6825]

I was just about to comment her because she didn’t see Man bat at all until someone told her about it.

[@Tree_Branch]

I just recently replayed it for the third time and I always love getting jumpscared, but this time the ManBat mission activated before I even got jump scared. So I 120% it without even getting jump scared

[@Kingslayer75671]

I really don't know why people don't like the Batmobile. Like all people wanted during Asylum,City and Origins was the Batmobile and we get it and people get annoyed by it. Like come on

[@Speak22wastaken]

It’s massively overused for what it is

[@Blizzard58]

I like driving around with the batmobile but the tank combat is just extremely boring and it is used way too much in the puzzles.

[@ASingleSpaghetti]

It's the fact that the Batmobils is used for navigation, puzzles, the game's boss fights, the game's TANK fights, etc. If they just gave us the Batmobile but DIDN'T try to force it into EVERY aspect of the game, it would've been received much better.

[@Kingslayer75671]

@ASingleSpaghetti I appreciate your opinion, but I disagree. If the batmobile was just a means of transportation, that would've been so boring. While I do agree that some aspects were lacking, it's not just because of the batmobile. While I do think the tank battles get repetitive, i do still think they are really fun. I think after the Cloudburst Tank battle, there should've been a combat battle with the Arkham Knight. On the roof top you go to. And the same with Slade in the street.

[@ASingleSpaghetti]

@@Kingslayer75671 Again, it is possible to have the Batmobile in your game AND not have to use for EVERYTHING. Need to get somewhere quick? Batmobile. Puzzles? Batmobile. Can't access this area? Batmobile. Rocksteady needed to pad the game for length? Batmobile TANK FIGHTS oh boy. It retroactivelly makes the previous games weaker, as now for any situation I go back and play, I'm wondering "Why didn't he just use the Batmobile. He could end the game in five minutes." It didn't have to be "either have NO batmobile or the entire GAME is the batmobile." There IS a sweet spot here, Rocksteady just missed it by a wide margin with the actual game that they released. Not trying to sh*t on you here dude, but it's frustrating when there is an obvious and apparent flaw in a thing, and people handwave it by going "It's not THAT bad." Yes, it absolutely WAS.

[@fr34k09]

And then randomly forgets about it and then gets jumpscared by the man bat XD

[@Luna-light212]

First i would love to see you attempt doing the side missions two love your video new sub gained and theee i always thought if yiu didn't get jumpscared Alfred would just say. Master Wayne there have been reports of a winged bat creatur flying around the city. Or something like that

[@Smiiileyyy1]

The most spoiler Block respectfully from Arkham saga of the KZbinverse I'll say.- I'm the night, I'm the vengeance I am... Thank you! 💖

[@Phatpp420]

lol yea that thing gets me all the time!!! Scary bat!!

[@Jaboukii]

1:05 I'm saying, Batmobile is The Sht 💯🙌

[@lukehannah4554]

Literally just don’t grapple to a building if you want to avoid the jumpscare

[@Rocknfreeworld]

I played all of Arkham without getting the jumpscare

[@DrRedPool]

its so funny that I always heard about Man-Bat's jumpscare but during my first playthrough I never came across it bc I caught him flying before it could happen

[@middlyboss2792]

I literally just went through a whole play through without getting the jump scare. I was waiting for it but then I heard him flying in the air and I took him down. So no jump scare for me

[@Nix-Man]

that 60 tank battle near the end is one of the must unbearable things i have ever had endure in order to finish a video game

[@Zalacans]

Skill issue

[@seancrosby6837]

​​Literally. It's really not that bad. Do these guys know you can one shot every tank with the machine gun by hitting the glowing spots? ​I will never understand the hate for the batmobile when everyone wanted to drive it back in Asylum @@Zalacans

[@Nix-Man]

@@seancrosby6837 I actually think the batmobile was an overall positive addition to the game, and feel it gets a lot of needless hate considering the effort the devs put into its implementation. Just not a fan of that last tank battle. Dont know what to tell ya guys

[@pepnol]

4:01 Why does he sound like RoyalPear?

[@dr.osicran3379]

I beat the game today and also never got the jumpscare.

[@dorememe8548]

I found myself asking when I would get the jump scare the other day, the first time I’ve played the game. A few seconds later, I got the jumpscare. So I didn’t even get startled. I was like, oh, there it is.

[@SyNDiKaTa]

In my 3rd playthrough i heard manbat and immediately took down him down twice, with the help of detective view, so i wasn't surprised by the jumpscare.

[@ipis9738]

The funny thing about man bat jumpscare is it makes you go “the hell is that? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT?!?”

[@awad9169]

Actually first time i played ak I only used the batmobile After the game ended i think man bat glitched and the mission just appeared and activated without even getting the jumpscare I got jumpscared in ng+ for the first time.......an man i peed myself......

[@cappella264]

I just finished Arkham Origins (Unless you count the Enigma stuff but I might get to it) and I’m going to be playing the other 3 games, Can’t wait to see this nightmare creature

[@Pseudo_Notfound]

And another KZbinr who hates the batmobile* . Can you at least explain what's wrong with the batmobile? Because just saying he has a lot of them isn't enough. * read the comment

[@OgBigNut]

I don’t even hate the Batmobile tbh but it’s pretty heavily relied on in this game for missions & boss battles so I understand why people hate it.

[@mathewreich8979]

Oh, trust me, there are a lot of reasons

[@mathewreich8979]

​@OgBigNut when I first played arkham knight some arkham knight fans tried to tell me that the batmobile was not used has much has people said it was and then I played the game and I felt lied too by those arkham knight fans because it's used way too damn much, the game should have been called batman arkham batmobile

[@Permafrost1]

Damn you kinda funny, keep up, big bro, good shit 🙏🙏💯💯

[@OgBigNut]

Thanks broski 🤙🏼

[@Sylve700]

Ok so I actually did a lot of grappling there in to building and it never happened

[@redhood7184]

2 much complaining about the batmobile, otherwise good video

[@punkdoggo211]

I actually didn't even get the Manbat jumpscare on my first playthrough, I only got it my second time through when NG+ 240%ing the game.

[@kilook5990]

I FUCKING LOVE THE BATMOBILE IN ARKHAM KNIGHT!!! RAHHHHHHH!!!!!

[@OgBigNut]

I DONT NECESSARILY LOVE THE BATMOBILE BUT I DONT HATE IT EITHER RAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

[@inkedthedemon]

I like it to traverse the map but it’s overused in my opinion

[@thealexriveraa]

I avoided it once but it was replaced by the joker

[@bigbadbat7559]

lowkey just had this exact question 2 weeks ago ty bro fir answering my question

[@OgBigNut]

Sick pfp

[@bigbadbat7559]

@@OgBigNut thanks 😊

[@30puns]

speedrun any%

[@VazeTheUnhinged]

Yeah. I did it

[@jaffinator2166]

4:49 wait can Man-Bat still happen during City of Fear?

[@OgBigNut]

Not sure tbh but I definitely wasn’t tryna find out lol

[@gibleyman]

I'm gonna take a wild guess and say probably no? Every side mission is disabled, and the game treats that section like one continuous mission.

[@jaffinator2166]

@@gibleymanexcept for the Miltia Watchtowers and Mines

[@Arkham_Edits913]

PLS DO A SIDE MISSON BRO PLS PSLSPSL

[@apetrick]

I played through the game twice and never got it, I was so frustrated to the point where I played through it again and actively searched for it which led to my crapping my pants 😭

[@SavkeSavicevic-bl8ql]

BRO I LOVE BATMOBILE but i hate cobra tanks

[@OgBigNut]

Same

[@cole-rf7bq]

Nice vid bro

[@yomama7195]

Impressive

[@МемеГоя37]

Just found this Channel, new favorite channel

[@gamerdomain6618]

Is there a lore reason why he doesn't use grapple cancelling to gain height while gliding without coming into contact with the ledges? Is he stupid?

[@ajv1437]

need that pt 2

[@zahone001]

I always closed my eyes each time i grapple the building, at least when you've finally encounter twice with Man Bat and the joker one. Once i experienced those two, i can finally glide in peace 😂

[@doomtoast8520]

My first playthrough I never got the man-bat jumpscare, not to flex but yea never happened to me

[@GrandpaGibble69]

I recently completed my second 100% save and I didn't see the Man-Bat Jumpscare.

[@evanwirth7881]

I would like a video on the side missions. This was a good video and I want to see more of it

[@goldendragonplays5601]

THIS STUPID JUMPSCARE HAPPENED WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO IDENTIFY ON OF THE BODIES FOR THE PYG SIDE QUEST😭😭

[@KnightAster]

I didnt see it.. WHAT THE HAPPENING IS GOING

[@yigitakln]

i didnt got manbat jumpscare even though i wanted to finished the game still didnt got it...

[@JPrimeAnimation]

I am surprised that there's actually a Man Bat jumpscare. I've been playing the game for a month now (Without watching YT videos about the plot) and I never had a jumpscare of the Man Bat. I just saw it flying through Founder's Island and thought, "What if I ride this guy?" lol

[@OgBigNut]

Pause

[@freebatman4everyone]

That's cool! I seem to remember ManBat would eventually just pop up flying over Miagani like he does after the jumpscare. I'm surprised he didn't show up at all.

[@LoneHermit]

I think the Man-Bat jumpscare is only random if you don't get called by Riddler immediately And just spend time grappling to roofs At least that's how I always experience the jumpscare whenever I start a new game of Arkham Knight, when it is time to visit Miagani I want to get jumpscared first so I don't get my heart turn into an explosive later.

[@RacingSnails64]

Yes you can! I did it in a recent playthrough, but I'm not fully sure why it happened. I never used the grapple boost on Miagani island, and eventually I just noticed him flying around and screeching as he usually does. I tried replicating this on another replay, but then he did the jumpscare despite me never grapple boosting. So, I'm not fully sure what exactly I did wrong that second time. I guess just try avoiding grappling on Miagani completely and see if he spawns for you lol

[@deathablack-hole1138]

Nah, unless you 240% the game, then you can't say the Bat-tank is overused. You dont know the meaning of the word. I feel for those who've gotten everything, including the stars on all the challenges and the other content. You gamers know the true definition of "a gamer of sheer fucking will and determination".

[@lucaraimew]

Now can you trigger the Manbat jumpscare during the Cloudburst explosion?

[@zyntale]

What, I literally played the Arkham Games for the first time in my life (blind, I might add) this month, literally just finished Arkham Knight 2 days ago with the true ending, and I never even knew this was a thing.

[@Bingo440]

Didn't Batman's parents teach him manners? poor Man-Bat having to follow him all over Gotham just to say hi. Very inconsiderate smh.

[@-SG--]

Yeah one time I was playing and without Getting jumpscared I saw him just flying and got him like that without getting jumpscared

[@robertmatthias]

I tried avoiding it my last playthrough. Eventually he just shows up anyway without the jump scare. Funny enough though is Joker comes in and scares you still even if you dont get the manbat scare.

[@MateoFink]

I was playing arkham knight for the first time without knowing anything about the game, got hit by that jumpscare 10 minutes ago, opened youtube and this is the first video i saw LOL

[@LitSamtheLitEnby]

My Knightmare playthrough. Saw it in the first run but never saw it when I went back through in Knightmare/Story+

[@Point5_]

95% through the story with arkham knight and scarecrow (which I assume is the main story) and didn't know about it before this video

[@joekori6998]

I was so anxious about the jump scare my first play through of Knight that I did the opposite of this, I stood in front of buildings and grappled up with my eyes closed until I heard the cuntscene trigger, then I opened my eyes and never thought about it again lol

[@brunoluna5076]

I thought it was rare in my first play through (4 days ago) I never got jump scared. Maybe it was a glitch or something.

[@Batemanfilmzjqe]

Ain't no way they are going choke for choke 💀

[@OgBigNut]

Kinky fr

[@sethchild522]

I tried to avoid the jump scare once, and it still had Man-Bat flying around and shrieking in the distance. I only tried it once, but it just activated the side mission wo the jump scare

[@cancercell206]

i recently finished playing batman arkham knight did the true knightfall protocol ending and then saw this video and i realized i never got the man bat jumpscare

[@pianobiscuit]

i have a save that is 120% completion and i have never gotten the manbat jumpscare edit:i did it by complete accident because it was my first playthrough i just flew past him and it let me do his mission

[@steven_gt1178]

As a personal experience is yes, i remember going around with the batmobile and doing the main story until i unluck the funder island and i was going around waiting for the jump scare but never got it and after going out of the clock tower i heard the manbat sounds

[@christianfrost8660]

Have I missed something? I was under the impression that ManBat will only appear on a building on Miagani Island?

[@ponczos_2293]

That was a pretty neat video, maybe a different challenge for a side activity? Btw, this is nothing compared to the many stupid fetchquests in this game, such as the mines, I hated them so much I only destroyed one in the entire game since the game forced me to.

[@truegamer_007]

Can you do the Freeze dlc mission last? That way you can trigger manbat while it's snowing!

[@qu33fchief]

so, i am playing the game first time ever.. im 80% of the way through and im still yet to encounter man bat, ive finished the whole story.

[@quasiKB]

I didn’t even know it was a jump scare cause I never ever got the jump scare, I’m saying this seriously

[@Farmeryeti]

The last time I played the game, I put in a mod that gave me infinite batmobile super juice so I just spammed the missiles button to delete the 60 tank fight and that shit was so satisfying.

[@Zemik8]

i played arkham knight few months ago and i finished the game and i somehow never gotten this jumpscare. i didnt even know it existed until now.

[@muchtoodog]

me with my 500 mods active literally unable to go far enough in the game for the jumpscare:

[@spiderwithoneeye]

I like this guy I want him to be famous

[@OgBigNut]

🥲

[@TetrologyGamingBattlefield]

on my new game + run i took him out first so i didn't get jump scared

[@h_X_f-]

First time played this game I never got this jumpscare until I was done City of Fear 😂

[@andrewtaffinder]

hell yeah more main mission challenges and stuff both technical and gameplay would rock

[@ryangoodrow8829]

I had to play for over 100 hours beating the story for the 2nd time before getting the jump scare

[@lucasdunn5462]

I saw someone who did a ton of side quests at the beginning so the jumpscare never happened with the man bat side mission popping up later in the game with him just flying around