Why I Couldn`t Give Less of a Crap About The Batmobile

The Batmobile makes its Arkham debut in Rocksteady's incoming Batman: Arkham Knight but for some reason it's armed to the teeth

For those of you even fleetingly aware of ‘Batman’, you’ll realize he is defined not by his penchant for airborne rats, but instead a zero tolerance stance on killing. He adheres to this with the same kind of zealous intent with which he tackles his training regime. It’s kind of what makes him so heroic. Superly heroic, you might argue. And it’s also what made Arkham Asylum and Arkham City such tremendous achievements. Rocksteady tapped into the very essence of The Batman.Speaking of which, Batman also adheres to a secondary policy, but no less strictly… ‘No Guns!’

You could see how that might tie into the first one. A bit.And so, to the Batmobile…For those of you even fleetingly aware of the concept of ‘traffic’, you’ll understand the detractors of driving a sodding tank around the under-maintained roadways of a decaying urban centre. Even if the population is comprised entirely of police and outlaws. Especially if, in fact.Why Bats doesn’t drive an armoured dirt-bike is forever beyond me. But that’s not even my principal beef with the Batmobile, or more specifically, Rocksteady’s misguided inclusion of the Batmobile in their incoming next-gen exclusive Arkham Knight.In “Battle-Mode”, the Batmobile positively bristles with guns!