How Dr. Crane Ruined Harley Quinn’s Professional Career And Became Scarecrow - Batman Arkham Shadow

[@glp]

Batman: Arkham Shadow is an action-adventure video game played from a first-person perspective. In the game, the player assumes control of Batman who must stop a new villain called the Rat King from unleashing chaos in the city. The rhythmic, free-flow combat from the previous games returns in Shadow, allowing Batman to attack, stun and counter. Combining these three main abilities can keep Batman attacking while moving between enemies and avoiding being attacked himself. The stealth predator sections are also back. Batman can activate Detective Vision to identify the locations and the patrol patterns of all enemies in an area, and stealth tactics such as silent takedowns, inverted takedowns and hiding in grates can be used against armed enemies. He also has a large arsenal of tools, such as smoke bombs and batarangs to aid combat. The game's structure is similar to that of Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009), in which Batman explores a series of large but confined spaces. Batman can glide from heights using his cape, and use his grapple gun to climb onto higher ledges. As players progress, they will gain new gadgets and tools, enabling them to open up new paths to reach previously inaccessible areas.

[@Avenger85438]

I like the idea of Haley genuinely starting off as a compassionate, if slightly over-enthusiastic, therapist trying to help her patients make positive change, only to become frustrated and stonewalled by the still apathetic and corrupt Gotham personnel. It nicely fits her seeking support in the seemingly emphatic, Joker, who instead takes the opportunity to unlock her inner crazy.

[@savannahhague4989]

If Harley hadn’t have met Joker, she would still be a powerhouse in her field.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

Doesn't make sense for the arlham version but me too

[@greytakerrev7147]

@@savannahhague4989she is very empathetic in this so yeah.

[@ryankwon8785]

Harleen Quinzel's portrayal in this game is pretty much an homage to her story in the Harleen comic. One of the reasons she falls prey to Joker is because no one in Gotham found faith in her work. This made Batman feel so terrible for Harleen.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

What an amazing comic but doesn't fit the arkham harley

[@steve94183]

Scarecrow and Joker are basically behind everything that's gone wrong in the Arkhamverse

[@Luffy.9757]

In the aslum BWAHAHAHAHA

[@Chadorni]

And Ra's Al Ghul.

[@steve94183]

@@Chadorni Yeah, It's heavily implied that the Lazarus Pit under Gotham is why there are so many lunatics in the city in the first place.

[@steve94183]

@@Chadorni Yeah, it's heavily implied the lazarus pit under Gotham is why the people in the city are so messed up. It's basically lead poisoning on steroids.

[@geoffredston3523]

Kinda fitting, considering what big roles they played in Arkham Knight.

[@bellaclark4420]

This game makes the Suicide Squad worse. I mean the same compassionate Harley that even worked with Batman just gunned him down with no regret? I know she was crazy, but it seems very far fetched. Also in that game Harley says Jonathan told her how to make the toxin, although they hated each other according to this game. I think Arkham Shadow is the proof Suicide Squad isn’t canon.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

You all hate when suicide squad changes harley because arkhamharley is irredeemable but when this game makes her more likable then it's ok? Because this severely messes with canon.

[@bellaclark4420]

@@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259 I don’t think it messes the cannon, it is believable that she was good before becoming a monster. What it is not believable is that she suddenly loves poison ivy (no prior relationship) and kills Batman with no remorse (someone that actually helped her)

[@harleyquinn3346]

@@bellaclark4420her and Ivy have had a prior relationship and her killing Batman had to happen because of brainiac, also it’s what he would’ve wanted her to do

[@bellaclark4420]

@@harleyquinn3346 In the Arkham series they had no relation, and the problem isn’t the fact that she killed Batman, the problem is that stupid speech she gave and how she did with no second thought. SHE WAS EXITED TO KILL SOMEONE WHO HELPED HER. I don’t understand the need to justify Suicide Squad’s stupidity

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

@@bellaclark4420 in arkham origins, harley hates batman, i guess she doesn't treat the other criminals like she does him, because she is sympathetic to them. Fair enough. In Asylum she is still compassionate but after Asylum....not so much

[@ClxudTxny]

bruce: “i saw my parents get gunned down in front of me when i was a child” joe: “it’s over, he knows”

[@marianodiaz2946]

This game from the arkham verse explore the psychologie of criminals and how batman try to understand them. Great work

[@Knightfall1012]

15:10 That Arkham Origins reference though! 😊

[@derykjames620]

32:38 I am a shadow, the true self (Persona 4 reference)

[@Maikigai]

How he ruined Two-Face’s life, too, apparently. What an odd scene… *acid splash* No one moved, called the police/backup, or even batted an eye.

[@leafyishereisdumbnameakath4259]

And that means batman even in disguise poured acid on someone. Tf???

[@Andrewshafer2005]

Poor harley needs a hug 🫂 🥺

[@CatKun-2000]

Dr Crane is kind of a jerk I guess he needs to take a chill pill lol

[@JasonCan-wp2fu]

This dude literally tried to poison the eastern seaboard of the United States just to spite Batman, calling Crane a jerk is a massive understatement

[@Garbageman28]

Or a whiff of the ol’ fear gas

[@greytakerrev7147]

@@Garbageman28Crane isn’t crazy. He is just evil.

[@robertkenny1201]

​@greytakerrev7147 In thus universe anyway, the comics not so much.

[@chavadx]

This game needs to be remade to arkham origins 2 for consoles.

[@sustelsuk]

The thumbnail are ai lie

[@pugtie4695]

I currently look at Arkham Harley with disdain for what she did to Arkham Bat Man

[@TinaShabks]

“Maybe I should wear a mask like you and people will know who I am “ poor baby spoke her descending into darkness over herself basically 🥲

[@Animeguy300]

Thanks for the video and I honestly didn't know about that

[@Jabba-le-feminist-hating-Hutt]

It's a shame this was VR it could have been a really cool game if it was just normal like the other arkham games, i appreciate the attempt to do something different but I just wanted to hide in grates and sit on vantage points like in arkham knight

[@redfire1186]

You can do that, tho

[@Jabba-le-feminist-hating-Hutt]

@ yeah but the angle is weird Like I meant I want old school gameplay Though I appreciate that they were being creative I just won’t get to play the game because of this VR stuff

[@PrestonTheSooza]

same harley that agreed to work with the same scarecrow in arkham knight

[@Maikigai]

Yeah I thought about that, too. So did Harvey, didn’t he?

[@albertocruzado2899]

The game seems to have some interesting ideas to include in the arkham universe in one hand, but in the other hand it has problems to integrate itself into it for some odd decision making. Why make Crane so antagonistic or important in the downfall of Harleen and Harvey if you know thats never mentioned after that?

[@cole6843]

I guess their mutual hatred of batman brought them all together 😊

[@user-hq9pv6iu5j]

I think Harley and Harvey's relationship with Crane in Batman Arkham Shadow explains their poor teamwork in Arkham Knight. Two-Face just robs banks, and Harley doesn't tell Scarecrow about Batman's base at the movie studio. Even when Scarecrow breaks in, he doesn't free Harley

[@shadowx2122]

Harley says in the DLC that she was only helping the scarecrow to kill the batman

[@emberashes6809]

Crane: makes smart arse remarks Harley: go back into your tiny house hobbit

[@batmanlord5474]

funny how everyone go down

[@adamH.1]

The problem is, even in Arkham Origins, Harley actually caused the riot breaking joker out

[@ryankwon8785]

I don't think so. I think it's because Bane attacked the prison to deal with Joker. There is no way Joker caused a massive wide prison breakout by himself. On the other hand, Bane had his own militia so him causing a second prison breakout in Blackgate is plausible.

[@neo-warkid4edwards222]

there's no evidence that said she did free him in Origins. she only deliberately freed him from ARKHAM after officially becoming Harley Quinn, as told in her patient tapes in Asylum which reenacted the Mad Love flashbacks

[@greytakerrev7147]

@@neo-warkid4edwards222nope if you look up online developers notes he got out by having a security keycard slipped to him by one of the staff. It could have been Harley or it could have been one of his men undercover.

[@neo-warkid4edwards222]

@@greytakerrev7147 interesting, I never knew that

[@thirdeyedmarie2722]

@@greytakerrev7147I remember it being Harley but i could be wrong

[@lucasthegamemasterporterfi84]

Who’s Melone?

[@diolukegil712]

Vr game only

[@ericrolando7911]

Put all the video games of lego Sonic the Hedgehog on PlayStation 5 on the next year of 2025 with all characters all sagas characters like Aosth, Satam,ova, underground,x, boom, the Sonic movie and Sonic prime on PlayStation 5 on the next year of 2025

[@damaniqphillip2756]

Wow

[@MrLeerolljankins]

What is it with every Arkham game changing Gordon’s voice actor?

[@thelonewolf7443]

Basically because he got annoyed by Batman asking all the time: “Harvey Dent… can we trust him?”

[@mikehenry1698]

😊

[@ZBlinkZ]

Two reasons I don't give money to homeless people. 1) They are going to spend it all on drugs and alcohol 2) I am going to spend it all on drugs and alcohol.

[@neonxraven99]

it looks so lame in VR