Arkham City Interview Tapes EXPLAINED

strange isn't just wrong about freeze, he's basically straight up gaslighting him in order to get under his skin. it's actually super terrifying how he hits every mark of a professional gaslighter throughout these tapes, but especially victors.

What I love about the Joker/Strange tapes is that it’s the closest we’ll ever get to hear Luke Skywalker interacting with Count Dooku lol

Mister Freeze: “Do you know what it's like to love someone?” Hugo Strange: “No.” 🙃

Truly, the Mad Hatter is the most important character in all of Arkham.

I believe it's important to recognize that Mr. Freeze did not freeze these pets out of malice, curiosity, or general joy in killing, but out of a child's genuine compassion and an inability to deal with death in a healthy manner. Sure, the result is equally horrific, but I think it's nontheless important to distinguish between the reasons as one happens from a lack of empathy, while the other is rooted in empathy for the pets and the owners who have to live through the feelings of loss. Victor is disturbed, yes, but in a much different way than the other rogues who, for the most part, are very much devoid of compassion. Really makes me think that Victor suffered a loss early on and had no one who could've given him the tools to cope... ;_;

I prefer Richard Molls individual voices for both the good and bad side of Harvey but was disappointed that once he became two face he only ever spoke in the gravely voice. I really love how Troy Baker goes back and forth and even seems to have a mixed version when they are both unified. Really wish he got more time in the spot light. I think an Origins sequel game that shows the Arkham series’s long halloween equivalent that’s mentioned a couple of times could be great

Fun fact, if you go to the Church after the end of the story, you see Vicki Vale interviewing Sharp. If you talk to both, you get two tapes for Sharp. The tapes aren't too special, but they do confirm that the Huntress and Creeper exist in the Arkhamverse.

Freeze and Two Face: start of very defiant but Strange plays mind games with them and takes apart their characters piece by piece Catwoman and Riddler: start off very smug and overconfident but Strange puts them in their place, stumps them and gets them to beg Penguin and Mad Hatter: are far more cooperative and enter mutually beneficial partnerships with Strange Joker: the only one who doesn’t fall for Strange’s mind games and actually gets Strange to ask for more to the point where he gets Strange to basically sentence doctors to death just so Strange can get more info. And Joker manages to get through the whole thing unscathed and gets to have some fun along the way.

It's a crying shame how neglected the tapes in this game are (or any of the games for that matter, I love the origins ones and the scarecrow/Jason ones in knight especially). They give you the backstory of the character, which is obviously great, but there are so many questions people may ask as they play the game that are answered by these tapes and what strange says about what goes on. Edit: something else fascinating about the tapes is what he says to catwoman. He explains how she knows so little about batman and that she can try to win his heart but he believes she never will. And looking at knight, she tried but batman felt they couldn't do it. Strange was right.

I'm so happy you're so fixated on Hugo Strange's "no" because I am too The way he admits that, it's like he knows how sad it sounds but couldn't care less about it

There's something about Asylum and Hugo that nobody talks about and it took me a while to realize. In one of Arkham's spirit stones Sharp mentions a friend who share the same views and even says they'll make a good team, and it was Strange all along

It's interesting to have further insight into how dangerous Strange can be, being able to break down each of Batman's rogues piece by methodical piece.

The Arkham games are amazing and have so much detail

Gotta say, Hatter is my favourite Batman villain. I love his hypnosis gimmick and how he can be easily overlooked as one of the most important villains in the Arkham Universe, as he is the one who helped Strange mind control Sharp.

Adding onto the Two-Face point, Troy Baker is consistently excellent throughout the entire series. He's basically Hamill level as Joker in origins, very good in the limited moments as Tim Drake's Robin, and regardless of what people think of Arkham Knight/Red Hood, Troy did a phenomenal job in that game too. Kevin Conroy and Mark Hamill get the plaudits (and rightfully so, they're amazing) but I feel like Troy Baker, Nolan North as Penguin, Cory Burton as Hugo Strange, Dee Bradley Baker as Ra's and Grey DeLisle as Catwoman all have very good performances that aren't spoken about enough.

I really like the riddler tapes in knight it's interesting how riddler and Catwoman talk to each other

If you're looking for some media of two face I'd recommend the animated series there are a bunch of episodes featuring dent the ones I can think of are Two-Face – Part One Two-Face – Part Two The Strange Secret of Bruce Wayne Almost Got ‘Im Shadow of the Bat – Part One Shadow of the Bat – Part Two Trial Second Chance Sins of the Father Judgement Day On Leather Wings (cameo as Harvey Dent) Pretty Poison (cameo as Harvey Dent) Dreams in Darkness (cameo) Fear of Victory (cameo) Fire From Olympus (cameo) besides that I could recommend some comics featuring him if you want

Strange one-upping Edward was probably the most satisfying part of the tapes

Troy baker also voiced red hood/ Jason Todd in knight, robin in city, and was Jason in Arkham VR. He was also (obviously) joker in origins. He is pretty damn talented

Even after a decade, the Arkham series is still generating content for videos & contributing to batman universes, that's signify how passionately Rocksteady made those games & how amazing there are even till date.