Can You Beat Batman: Arkham Asylum Without Detective Mode 

"Can you beat Batman: Arkham Asylum without exiting detective mode" is the challenge most people did the first time they played this.

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I don't know if anyone else knows this but years ago i discovered that after those guys come out of the elevator at around 6:34 you can just walk into the elevator and you will progress with the story without actually having to take the guys out

9:37 You just need to take a wide path to the left (near the Botanical Gardens) to avoid their lasers, and then get them from that side. If you grapple up to the narrow left side of that ledge, just wait until the far sniper is aiming forward, and the closer one is walking away from you. Then you can take them both down silently.

Actually, when you are going to intensive treatment later in the game, if you don’t go to Cash first, you don’t have to deal with the sniper on the roof.

Doing all the predator maps without detective mode would be a good challenge and it may make Arkham Knight a little more challenging-

Oh I did this once, of course using it when i was forced to progress, it gave me a deeper appreciation for the games artsyle and why I fell in love with it as a 4 year old

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The mansion snipers are quite easy once you know how. First get the left side guard tower. Then drop down and grapple to the right side guard tower. Then, approach the two balcony snipers on the left of the mansion and crouch behind the plants to avoid the sniper. Once below him grapple up and perform a ledge Takedown and shimmy around to the other and ledge Takedown him

Great content, man! I had an idea for one challenge. "To beat Batman Arkham (Any One) without ANY purchase able upgrades, on Hard Mode.

Can you beat Arkham Asylum without punching any clowns? All other forms of combat are applicable, you're just not allowed to fulfill the promise your username makes.

This makes me think of Dante Ravioli's Resident Evil challenges. And it's done just like his videos, minus the whole "accidentally deleting the original footage" thing. This is a great video!

"Oh a new ClownPuncher139 video I wonder if- ... oh yeah it's just an excuse to replay Arkham Asylum"

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Fantastic video. I am glad people are still playing this game in 2022. Now you've made me want to replay it!

Love your content man! Your so awesome for doing this even with the setbacks

Just found you recently and considering how much I love Arkham, I immediately subbed. Even though we have a few disagreements here and there, I still love your content. Also, I'm voting for the challenge maps next.

For those that didn't count: In total, 5 times the game forces you to use detective mode.

Fun fact: the game wants you to clean the room, but you can skip the second medication facility by just entering the elevator, even with the henchmen in the room. The game will just proceed as normal.

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First thing my mind went to was “nah, you can only find doc young’s titan formula in the book with it on”

I don't know if anyone else suggested this but thank you for trying this challenge I think this would make a great series

Arkham asylumn is also how my mom found out that my eyesight is degrading faster than the flying graysons

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8 times. Not bad! I would think City's predator rooms should be easier with more takedown options but I could be wrong about that.

I always stayed in detective mode so I could see when those Crazy patients were coming after me.. I hated being jump scared by them

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Justed watched the video mate, loved it! Keep up the good work! I got a good idea for a video "Ranking Every batman Upgrade." I think it would be such a good idea. Not counting any DLC ones though.

We all know the challenge won't be successful but we'll be fun as we go. And i'm going to be honest, I think snipers are worst in origins because I find that they never lose where I am if I'm spotted. It's like they begin tracking me through everything.

A little word of advice, the second Medical Facility predator section, you don't even have to take them out, you can just go right into the open elevator and it skips the whole segment.

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Good thing I gave you a batarang you used a lot of the. :) great content as usual

7:18 Would you believe there is something scarier ahead of us? *procceds to show a woman

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Detective mode really should have had a use / recharge time limit. Just say it was because it required too much battery power to run continuously, or that the high-intensity x-rays would kill enemies if left on too long. Or whatever other reason, it doesn't really matter. Purposefully limiting your use of detective mode makes the games _much_ more challenging and enjoyable IMO.

Great vid clownpuncher. If you plan on doing the other games. When doing challenge maps do custom and set detective mode jam on, because if you use smoke it automatically goes into detective mode. And I can personally say that doing the worst nightmare challenge wear you have to complete a room without detective vision without being seen was hard. So good luck

I was a little kid when I first played this, so I, of course, ran through most of the game in detective mode. But as I got older, I realized how much of the game's amazing atmosphere you miss by being in detective mode, I barely use it when I go back for subsequent playthroughs. Because I could literally navigate that map with my eyes closed, I don't even need it for the trailing missions.

Seems pretty fun, I'll try it. Nice video btw

Honesrly i counted and its 5 times You need to go in it whitch is less then a thought for a core mode of the Arkham series well done Clownpuncher.

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Amazing video

1:00 funny as heck 🤣 editor

I literally just got done doing a run without detective mode yesterday. Funny how this video gets recommended the very next day.

The title without a question mark is funny

Definitely try this. It is by far the most fun way to play the game

you don't have to take down the guys that come from the elevator right before the scarecrow encounter. You can just go into the elevator and leave them there

I'd like to mention, when in the medic building, when the inmates come out of the elevator after you clear the room, you can save time just by gliding down and going in the elevator behind them lol

Now you have me tempted to make the grapplw video for asylum even though I said i never would lol

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The answer is yes because the challenge is actually you not using detective mode when its most beneficial and not when it's forced. Same for all challenges like no grapple

Great vid. Just a suggestion, could you maybe consider doing another iceberg video but for each individual game?

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honestly this video is how i learned you can use detective vision to get a heads up on the pyschos about to drop

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The flash to detective mode was bad to my eyes though, do wish they added different options to toggle it like one where instead of a flash the detective mode goes side ways across your screen until your in detective mode

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Okay but now play through Arkham Asylum with backwards controls while drinking and call it the "Scarecrow Challenge"

I was always in detective mode in my first playthrough because this game is lowkey a horror game and I would shit myself whenever I saw any enemies that I didn't know were coming at least 30 minutes ahead of time

Master Puncher139, I must say as a fellow Arkham Gamer, you've reignited my love for the game, Master Puncher. Shall I watch another? Yes. (I'm sorry in advance for the dumbass Alfred meme)

I've made it to that mansion balcony a few times safely, usually by gliding from a higher point north and ledge taking down the first guy, he usually doesn't alert the other.

8:37 Maybe it's a testament to the pollution level in Gotham

Nice video!

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The mansion snipers can be ambushed from above. You can get the high ground if you climb the mansion from the cemetery. The predator encounters in the gardens can be skipped. A lot of fights in Asylum can. You can exit almost any, until you alert the goons the mansionthe mansion.

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Okay, Clownpuncher. I just got done recording a “Can You Beat?” Video. And i am so, so much more appreciative for this. Because I never want to touch that game again!:D

It’s finally here let’s go

6:30 you could've just... walked in the elevator without doing the predator section... again

The second predator encounter in the medical building after you rescue the doctors can be skipped. Right as they get out of the elevator, you can just glide and walk right into the elevator without taking any of the thugs out and the doors will shut and you'll go down

aah good ol Batman Arkham Videos aka the only reason I beat the Riddler challenges lmao

Also had no clue you could batclaw crocs collar. Thats hilarious

try this on the other games

7:16 I threw a batarang at that window and the game over cutscene played as she flinched and looked at me

11:13 Young is not strong in the common sense department. Luckily, the inmates, I guess, have rocks for brains

This feels like a very bare-bones Batman. Maybe Detective Vision can only be used for following trails without seeing people through walls. That adds an extra challenge while still justifying its existence and use. Basically, in-Universe, Defective Vision can’t show what’s behind a wall or what someones heart rate is. It’s only used for detecting clues, such as finger prints, blood trails, etc. That would create a narrative reason why Batman doesn’t use it all the time, because it’s not designed for predator sections

These games wouldve been even better than they already are if detective mode was onna recharge. But then again, im notsure whether its a gadget or not. Its probably just Batman's next level perception of his surroundings (even though he shouldnt be able to see skeletons, heart rates, etc.,)

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So it begins.............

I tried to do this cause the detective mode is a legitimate flashbang

Now for the ultimate challenge! No glide, grapple, or defective mode!

Interesting video

"Unless your batman arkham videos" I copied them for those challenge missions in arkham city Also for the sniper only being able to see there lazer in detective mode made more sense but I think it was a way to make you use it less in the other games

If you didn't know on the second predator section in the sanatorium, you can just ignore the guys coming from the elevator and go down completely skipping the 3 guys and saving a good amount of time

Bro is about to beat the batman games without attacking

Challenge ideas: only quickfire gadgets, only explosive gel, only detective mode, least amount of enemies taken out, win by using your feet (or upside down controller) and the floor is lava

Ah this made me remember doing predator encounters wo DeM it was so fun

Ok ive gotta try this

Scanning a crime scene does not activate Detective Mode. It obviously state Evidence scanner in the corner.

Interesting video similar to your how many times do you have to grapple video as that what it seemed like to me watching it Would like to see this for the other games to see how many times you actually need detective mode in the Arkham games

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It’s probably just me bc Ik everything abt Arkham asylum like the back of my hand but not knowing how to handle every section in the game is blowing me

Not sure if it is ever explicitly stated, but I like to think that detective mode isnt a piece of tech or anything, but just his equivalent of a superpower.

Fun fact: At the first Titan boss fight, you don't need to fight at all. Walk up to the Titan thug and let him beat you up, and he'll drop before he can finish you off.

He could have skipped the second wave of hospital workers if he just walked into the elevator

Can't wait to watch this later. I'm sure it'll be great and it'll be interesting to see how much of a struggle it will be (if one at all). Of course its required when scanning for objects like Gordon's pipe and Boles' flask but other than that I think this is possible if you know the Predator sections well enough. Great to see another challenge run on Asylum as I think its the game that is left out the most, but that's because the gameplay options are limited here compared to the rest of the series. Edit: Also please do this on the other 3 games. Edit 2: I'm not sure if you know, but you don't have to visit Cash in the mansion before heading to intensive Treatment. If you go straight to Crocs lair the snipers don't spawn outside which is a nice bonus.

The answer is 7 if anyone wanted to know, you might say 8 but clownpuncher doesn't count things that the game does by itself

2:45 not sure if someone else already mentioned this, but on Easy mode you don't have to use detective mode because you can just barrel through the thugs and barely survive. I think it's still impossible on Normal and Hard though unless you upgrade your health partway through getting blasted with bullets (the Batsnack, as we used to call it)

9:22 you need the multi batarang. Either that or hit them both. Then go to the graveyard because it has plenty of cover and a spot for you to travel where no one looks. Just be careful because one sniper does check occasionally 😊

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I be watching BatmanArkham videos and I be so surprised he’s perfect bruh