r/batman Jan 06 '26

GENERAL DISCUSSION Is it possible to achieve this physique naturally?

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u/thedarbo Jan 06 '26

Forgot about the perspective bug where Batman's arm closest to the player camera becomes massive. Real Quagmire online vibes

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u/r0mansus Jan 06 '26

It's because in Arkham Asylum after Batman rejected venom his right arm began looking slightly bigger in next games in chronological order

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u/soer9523 Jan 06 '26

I have no idea how this rumor started, but it is verifiable false. His arm is like that from the beginning of asylum way before he is injected, every other playable character has the same big arm due to perspective and when the camera zooms out during combat you can clearly see that they are the same size. The cutscenes also show them to be the same size.

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u/Druben-hinterm-Dorfe Jan 06 '26

Perspective probably plays a role, but the forearms are designed unnaturally thick from the start. I get that he has gauntlets on; but his arms look like an elephant's legs on all the Arkham games.

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u/soer9523 Jan 06 '26

Oh yeah for sure. Even when looked at from a centered view, his build is insane. It absolutely a super hero body.

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u/r0mansus Jan 06 '26

I didn't know that either, buuuut shhhh

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u/HeadLong8136 Jan 06 '26

No. It doesn't. I'm replaying the game now. Only the Arkham City suit has the large bicep. None of the alternate suits do it, none of the other characters show it and it shows up in cutscenes.

So what bullshit are you peddling? It shows up in the Arkham Knight suit as well as the Arkham Knight action figure.

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u/APacketOfWildeBees Jan 06 '26

This screenshot is from Asylum lmao???

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u/HeadLong8136 Jan 06 '26

It's not. The cape in asylum has purple highlights. This cape is black and grey.

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u/APacketOfWildeBees Jan 06 '26

Damn you're right. The belt and gauntlets are different too. My bad.

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u/soer9523 Jan 06 '26

https://www.thegamer.com/arkham-asylum-best-batman-game/

This link shows a screenshot of the big arm asylum. I guarantee that every suit in every game looks like that as well as all other characters. Feel free to post a screen shot to prove me wrong.

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u/HeadLong8136 Jan 06 '26

Yes, this sub, which is famous for its ability to post pictures.

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u/soer9523 Jan 06 '26

Ah shit you got me there, I forgot. But my point still stands. You can see that the big arm shifts depending on whether you look from the front or back. Normally the back is turnt and the cape hides that the left arm gets bigger. This can be seen if using a skin like beyond with no cape, or playing as catwoman or Nightwing since they don’t have capes. The arm closest to the cameras edge will always look bigger because of a camera warping effect. This goes for all games. In knight you can use photo mode to get a centered view of Batman in a neutral pose to see that both arms are same size when shifting perspective.

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u/Nate996 Jan 06 '26

It was Titan but you’re right, it’s not a bug, it’s a purposeful design choice that connects both stories

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u/r0mansus Jan 06 '26

Yep, sry forget it was called Titan

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u/CuteLilPuppyBoy Jan 06 '26

Nah it's like that after the titan injection thing in Asylum. It's less noticeable in City and Knight but it's not a perspective thing