Batman: Arkham Knight review

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Arkham Knight opens with a spoiler, and it sets the tone for what is to come. This is that rare beast: a blockbuster game with plot twists that matter and narrative flourishes you'll want to experience rather than skipping every cut scene.
That first spoiler is open season, though, since it's a spoiler for 2011's Arkham City and if you've not even played that, why are you reading this?
So, we open on The Joker's dead body, and the game wastes no time in reassuring fans that this isn't a fake out. The very first thing that happens when you touch the controls is that the furnace fires up to cremate the Crown Prince of Crime. That's it. He's ash. Gone for good. The next thing you do is step into the first-person shoes of a Gotham beat cop who stops at a diner for waffles and bacon - "Don't tell my wife" he pleads with the waitress - before Scarecrow turns the scene into a nightmare with a souped-up version of his toxic fear gas.
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