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What Happened to Zsasz in Batman: Arkham Knight?

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Ever wondered what Zsasz was doing in Batman Arkham Knight? Well, here's a theory explaining the mystery behind Zsasz and his secret side mission in Arkham Knight...

Batman Arkham Knight is an extremely detailed game, with many brief references and appearances such as Victor Zsasz showing up on the Clocktower footage. However, Zsasz's short appearance was originally supposed to be much much more, where he was going to have an entire side mission in Arkham Knight before it got cut from the game. What was this side mission, and how was it supposed to play out for us as the players? Well, I did some digging, and I think I uncovered the mystery behind Zsasz in Batman Arkham Knight.
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0:00 - Intro
0:35 - NordVPN
1:55 - Helicopter Crash
8:45 - Zsasz's path through the city
11:41 - The side mission
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@Knerd_YT Creator 3 years ago (edited) Pinned

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@Faeez_shorts_Real 2 years ago

Bro turned into batman himself.

@TheWaffleEdits 3 years ago

This is actually an extremely well put together theory. I hope someone could someday recreate the side mission

@Theeldestlid2733 2 years ago

Love the theory but could use a bit of tweaking.
I don’t think scarecrow would want a wild card like Zsasz out ruining the pace of his plans. I would say the bribe was actually to kill him. Make it look like a failure with the helicopter.

As for the side quest:
Batman would, like you suggested, find victims around the city posed. The commonality between them was the use of props. The one we can find uses a fishing pole. The props can be traced back to the movie studios. That’s how Batman would track him. In the boss encounter, it’s stealth like before. You sneak your way up and choke him out.

@ADayForeverGreen 2 years ago

Excellent detective work to everyone involved here. Bruce would be proud.

It's wild that think that Rocksteady ended up getting that far in development for a side mission just to cut it at the last possible second. And it's even wilder to think that they could have included it in the Season of Infamy DLC later and didn't.

I suppose they could claim “we couldn’t really think of a neat new way for you to combat Zsasz in Knight that wasn’t derivative of how you battled him in earlier games.” But I mean…you literally glide kick him and bop him with a batarang in Asylum. He’s a tutorial boss twice in that game. And in City, he’s a puzzle room that ends with a “Press Triangle to Fuck Zsasz Up”. They didn’t need to design much for a boss fight. Honestly, if they had just designed a room filled with hostages for Zsasz to kill and the confrontation was all done in a tense cutscene that ended with a Batclaw Disarm and a Beatdown, I’d have been happy.

@yessirskiG 3 years ago

Videos like this shows how amazing this game is. 8 years since it’s release and people are still coming up with great theories around this masterpiece.

@ShadowDemon_4 3 years ago

I wish developers would let the public see unreleased ideas. Anytime I see art or concepts of ideas that never make it to the full game (like the giant clayface drawing in B:AK) I always wonder what if, and what their idea at the time was.

@oliverthedum2129 1 year ago

14:25 this line is really ironic considering Zsaz lost all of his money gambling

@Maikigai 2 years ago

1. I think it’s a shame we didn’t get a final confrontation with Zsasz or Bane.
2. After being unmasked, I can hear Zsasz saying something about now needing to put two marks on his body - one for Batman and one for Bruce Wayne.

@AdamCronchey 2 years ago

Victor Zsasz Side Mission Name: Redslash. a name taken from Zsasz's plotline in Knightfall.

Description: Find out what Zsasz is up to in Gotham.

Joker's Lines: (when you lock Zsasz up) Be careful Batsy, if a man wants to kill so badly, they don't just need a knife to slaughter. He could straggle, he could snap their necks, and then he gets another couple of scars for his collection.

(after speaking to Zsasz in prison) A nihilistic killer with a penchant for scar tissue. A man after my own heart. When I'm in control, he's getting an early parole, and Gotham's getting a bloodbath!

@kwayneboy1524 2 years ago

Something I would like to add is according to some background info on Victor(something I found in the wiki) he's been cutting vital areas of his body too deeply causing damage to himself so maybe that's why he was checked into the hospital.

@KingDawkster 3 years ago (edited)

Victor Zsasz has always been an interesting villain to me. A true sociopath with no remorse at all, and the tally marks on his body. Cold Call Killer from Arkham City was masterfully done, and I really wish we got something with Zsasz in Knight too.

@serspritztomb 3 months ago

3:35 Batman was so into this story he started re-inacting the helicopter take off himself

@simonlegosson7082 2 years ago

I have been wondering what the purpose of that empty room was for so long. This theory actually makes a ton of sense. I always just assumed that the crashed helicopter was there to add atmosphere but now that you mention it, it absolutely looks like a half finished crime scene.

@gennix404 1 year ago

5:25 thats NOT the only place scarecrows symbol shows up, another is the area before you face scarecrow and get unmasked

@strickmamale2253 2 years ago

Even though this side mission was replaced with The Perfect Crime, I still think that Rocksteady could’ve included this in the Season of Infamy DLC to make it up to the fans.

@jacobgold 3 years ago

zsasz is one of my fave Batman villains, so it's finally nice to know what his side mission would have looked like. Still upset that they cut side missions, most probably because of running out of time from working on the batmobile.

@themanwiththegoldengooch9811 2 years ago

I think given its similarities with the Pyg mission it was cut by rocksteady in favour of introducing the new villain. it's a shame though because I think it definitely could have worked as an extra mission in season of infamy

@IreZico 2 years ago

Honestly when Zsasz never appeared i was kinda upset because he was one of my fav psychos in batman. Then the dlc side quests released and he still wasn’t apart of it i held out hope. Not long later i noticed someone saying he can be seen on the camera and when i saw it i was so excited…but then to have him cut from the game even tho the voicelines are already complete is extremely upsetting. I wish they would just add the cut dlc. I would give anything for it 😂

@SvanEsch123 2 years ago

Honestly if this is how the side mission would play out, it makes sense why they cut it, as finding a killer by investigating bodies and crime scenes is very similar to Pyg’s mission in the same game.

I love Pyg and his mission, but it’s a shame Zsasz ended up getting the Bane treatment in being one of two characters to appear in Asylum and not in the grand finale.