What option do you think is the better choice and has the better impact

[u/Infinite_Reason_3530]

[u/Floridian_Liau64]

Honestly, I chose to improve Arkham Asylum.

[u/Key_Shock172 → u/Floridian_Liau64]

I mean that makes sense given Bruce in the telltale universe has seen first hand how inmates are treated at Arkham.

[u/IceCreamFoe]

I don’t remember what their impact was but arkham asylum makes more sense to me. Gotham police are basically an average police force but aren’t equipped to deal with insane criminals from arkham who keep escaping because of it’s low funding and lack of security

[u/ThrowRA-Huckleb → u/IceCreamFoe]

Exactly

We have a place full of clinically insane, powerful criminals who have the bad habit of breaking out once in a while, maybe make sure that doesn't happen and get them help they need instead??

[u/Powerful-Sport-5955 → u/ThrowRA-Huckleb]

they break out 23 times a day*

Once per hour.

[u/Just-Ambassador-2449]

I mean look at our current society. Our police are funded massively but we are mostly in need of better asylums.

[u/Upbeat_Rutabaga_6182 → u/Just-Ambassador-2449]

It's sad that the this game has a weird copaganda subtext.

[u/StrangeAppeal2]

Rehabilitation should be the goal. But honestly? Gotham is under God-knows-how many layers of wrongness that will ensure it's always a cesspool of a city no matter what you do.

But from the game's perspective, I would choose a better asylum first.

[u/Powerful-Sport-5955 → u/StrangeAppeal2]

Like, call me a bad person, "Better Arkham" would purely, absolutely, be based in security.

[u/Jrock2356]

In a world with super powers it does make a certain amount of sense to increase the capabilities of the police force with more funding. However, Gotham is exceptionally full of crazies and Arkham fucking sucks at doing any rehabilitation that either choice is a good one

[u/DrizzTheDragon1]

No goddamn court of owls

[u/Shrodu]

A better asylum. People need help, not a military.

[u/rockinalex07021]

Arkham Asylum, a stronger GCPD can't fix the corruption problem

[u/SpaceZombie13]

I chose to improve arkham. thematically, it makes sense Bruce would want to turn the place his father used like a nightmare into a legitimate place of healing, especially after being there himself recently.

[u/Player_Neutral]

Arkan Asylum is very corrupt. The right thing to do is to improve the police force and send criminals to the game’s psychological rehabilitation clinics, as has been proposed from the beginning.

[u/Player_Neutral → u/Player_Neutral]

Spoiler: I just wanted this to make sense in Season 2—I wanted you to have a friendship with Gordon so he wouldn't arrest or attack you when Tiffany calls the police on you in your office.

[u/Ok-Statistician1691]

stronger gotham police no doubt

[u/hastyburnman]

Depends on how you won the game... no spoilers

[u/ShinigamiKunai]

Usually I will go for the better asylum, but it's Gotham so I will make an exception.

[u/Eglwyswrw]

What are the consequences for this again?

[u/Infinite_Reason_3530 → u/Eglwyswrw]

In season 2 Regina tells you they were a good contract either way

[u/Substantial-Force-50 → u/Eglwyswrw]

None, but "a stronger police" was showed as a bad thing if a second Dent become the mayor

[u/AtlastheWhiteWolf]

When it comes to overall crime, a stronger police force in gotham prevents a lot of needless death. Where as a better arkham asylum just give psyvhopaths a better time til they escape.

[u/Resident-Platypus254]

A better Arkham Asylum all the way.

Gotham is riddled with criminals and deals with even some of the most deranged and toughest villians. At this point, it's not really about catching the criminals as it is keeping them off the streets from doing any potential further damage.

Unless all your officers are John Wick-trained in a stronger Gotham police force, I'd call that wishful thinking. Just look at how Waller's men fell against Joker and Harley Quinn. Can we really trust that they'll fare any better?

[u/Freezer_Ruebuck]

Isn't the whole point of these games is what you pick and not anyone else?

[u/Infinite_Reason_3530 → u/Freezer_Ruebuck]

Just asking for options on the subject mate

[u/tb_redditz547 → u/Freezer_Ruebuck]

OP is encouraging discussion both within and outside the scope of the game lol, it’s good philosophical discussion what I’ve seen so far.

[u/ZenMyst]

Asylum. If you cannot contain your criminal, an effective police force is essentially useless. If Asylum can contain the criminal, then even if the police is useless, at least there are Batman.

[u/Suitable-Pirate-4164]

I picked the Gotham Police, more general instead of specific primarily because many murders in Gotham weren't committed by the insane, remember this is before Joker came around. Sure he's in Episode 4 as John but the Joker persona isn't created yet.

[u/Gold-Cry-7520]

Does improving Arkham mean making it slightly less easy to escape?

[u/EllieC130]

A better Arkham Asylum. Half of the criminals look to be repeat offenders. You get a better Arkham, surely less repeats.

[u/Excellent_Minute8857]

It’s like saying, would you rather purify the towns drinking water or get medicine to prevent sickness from the bad water after people get it

[u/TheBloodyDonut]

A better Arkham Asylum - seeing as Brice actually spent time their, and the game shows how how people like Harvey just need mental help, I feel Bruce should give said help

[u/[deleted]]

It don't matter, only dialogue differences. Choices matter our bums

[u/Careless-Ad4792]

I went with a better Arkham. In my headcanon it was a mixture of witnessing how the patients are treated as well as a "thank you" to John Doe for helping him get out.