One of the main mechanics was that mid way through the match a door would become available and both criminal teams would race to the door. Whoever got their first would turn into either Bane or the Joker depending on the team they were on so everyone rushes to the door and either had a massive advantage or immediately started hiding from this massive threat. It was a great push pull because you had to get close to the door to try to claim it but failing to do so meant you were as close as possible to the biggest threat.
Then there was the threat of Batman and Robin. Typically the heroes wouldn't win as their job is actually super hard but their function as out of no where meddlers was actually super effective in making you constantly suspicious. Their grapple perches are high up so that you can only tell if they're up there if you look long enough but the focus you give to that is focus away from the other team. The best part is that periodically the game would have a fake bat shadow roll over you so you ended up super paranoid!
Giving the criminals gears of war controls restricted their movement and vision so that everything felt very deliberate which enhanced the tension. Splash Damage made a poor quality mode but man would it be something interesting if iterated on.
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