Batman: The 5 Best Suits Of The Arkham Games (& 5 Most Gamers Never Use)
Who wants to knock some sense into criminals while wearing the same thing every night? Batman certainly wouldn't, and gamers shouldn't, either. As a result, Batman was given a plethora of alternate skins across the Arkham games. These skins ranged from iconic designs from the comics and movies to obscure costumes, or even new designs altogether.
As with any wide selection, there are going to be ones that stand out from the others. On the opposite side, there are the skins that don't quite capture the essence of Batman or don't feel particularly compelling.
10 Batman Incorporated - Batman: Arkham City/Arkham Knight
The skins included in Arkham City had a wide variety of art styles and design choices. The Batman Incorporated suit's entire design and art style fit closer to that of the game itself, and this made the Batman Incorporated skin look like something that Batman would wear.
On top of that, the detail in the suit, with different armor pieces and linings, gives it a realistic look that retains what fans love about the iconic Batman visage, similar to Ben Affleck's Batman. This suit made a return in Arkham Knight as a free DLC that looked even better with the updated visuals.
9 Sinestro Corps - Batman: Arkham City
While far from awful, the Sinestro Corps suit just seems tacked on. For the most part, it looks like a basic Batman suit, but spray-painted yellow. Even the cowl seems to be the same cowl as the Batman Incorporated skin.
The Sinestro Corps suit simply needed something extra to really make it shine. A nice touch that could have enhanced it would be if Batman was glowing with the yellow power of fear. An example of well-done glowing armor can be shown in the upcoming Gotham Knights game.
8 XE Batsuit - Batman: Arkham Origins
If a player owns the Cold, Cold Heart story pack for Arkham Origins, they are treated to a great story about Batman's first encounter with Mr. Freeze. During the story, Mr. Freeze's ice and exo-suit prove too powerful for Batman, so he dons the Extreme Environment Batsuit, aka the XE Batsuit.
This suit is a powerhouse both in terms of strength and design. The orange glow gives it extra flavor, the mechanized armor makes it look imposing, and the new cowl with a mouth plate is like a cherry on top. The only thing holding this suit back is that it is only available in Cold, Cold Heart.
7 Zur En Arrh Batman - Batman: Arkham Knight
Arkham Knight features two skins that became free DLC in 2020. One was the Anime Batman skin, which received a mixed reception with fans, but the other one was hardly given a second thought: Zur En Arrh aka Alien Batman.
It's a very cartoonishly ugly design that does not fit with Batman's otherwise fierce exterior. The amount of detail put into the cloth is appreciable, but most gamers rarely ever touched this suit other than to get a slight laugh.
6 Arkham Origins Batsuit - Batman: Arkham Origins/Arkham Knight
Of all four games, the underappreciated Arkham Origins had easily the best base suit for Batman. It was armored and more realistic while still keeping the comic book elements that make Batman's look so iconic. The utility belt and other typically yellow pieces were given a new metallic black that was refreshing.
In a way, it was a better-realized version of what Christopher Nolan was going for with his movies. As a result, fans loved the suit so much that it returned in Arkham Knight, where it looked even better.
5 The Dark Knight 2008 Skin - Batman: Arkham Knight
Speaking of Christopher Nolan's Batman, Christian Bale's second suit was added to Arkham Knight. Unfortunately, the changes it makes to the Batman character model are awkward. Batman is much skinnier, his face is being smashed by the cowl, and the overall design of the suit did not fit.
Sure, it's an accurate replication of Christian Bale, but that look was designed for Nolan's hyper-realistic take on Batman. In Arkham Knight, it feels out of place, especially in the cutscenes.
4 Batman Beyond - Batman: Arkham Knight
Though there was a Batman Beyond skin in Arkham City, the revamped Batman Beyond skin in Arkham Knight is vastly different. That is a good thing, as everything about the suit in Arkham Knight feels like it could have been the model for a new Batman Beyond movie or videogame.
The armor is familiar to what fans know, but it's given an Arkhamverse upgrade. The facemask covers Batman's mouth, but one can see Batman's lips through the mesh. Fans gravitated toward this suit when Arkham Knight came out, with so many walkthroughs on YouTube having the skin through most of the story.
3 Dark Knight Of The Round Table - Batman: Arkham Origins
This one is just confusing; of all the skins to use, why this obscure and ugly thing? It's not as if the suit was given some flashy Batman elements to help it stand out. It's simply a medieval knight's armor with bat symbols super-imposed onto it.
Even the cowl is just a reused asset from another suit but given a blue recolor with red eyes. Overall, it's just an unappealing suit that could have been used for something more iconic. The best thing to come from it is a light chuckle of seeing a medieval knight running around Gotham City.
2 Justice League 3000 - Batman: Arkham Knight
Red and black suits seem to work with Batman. Exclusive for PlayStation users, the Justice League 3000 skin shows a futuristic Batman of the thirty-first century. This Batman features a hexagonal nanomesh pattern across the red bodysuit to give it some flair, the symbol is massive but well implemented into the suit.
The whole skin features a mechanized design that makes it look perfectly futuristic. With no reused assets, it's great to see a suit from top to bottom that balances that fine line between fresh and iconic.
1 Prestige Batsuit - Batman: Arkham Knight
Also known as Batsuit V8.05, the design of the suit is not bad. However, it is nothing all that special, which makes the requirements to obtain said suit frustrating. The player has to one hundred percent complete Batman: Arkham Knight on all modes to prestige to two hundred forty percent.
What is the great reward for prestige? It's the basic Batsuit from the story, but given a yellow symbol. A suit that basic is far from worth the arduous grind of completing the story three times, and this includes getting all of Riddler's tedious puzzles and trophies.
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