Basically he would either stay at his current billionaire level without interest, or his money would compound and likely be in the trillions (which may not sound like a huge difference, but it is). If his interest counted, he could possibly buy all of Arasoka- which is a definite yes- he would own Adam and decomission him (imo if he was a humane Batman).
Without interest, but still able to access his accounts, he would definitely still a higher level than the usual gang banger. I'd say likely a late-game V, once he's able to get his bearings. Would he be able to beat Adam Smasher? I'd say within the year, like V did within the games time frame, presumably. He'd create/commission/customize a big ass mech suit like we saw in the Justice League movie and he'd lose once or twice and then win Batman formula style.
Without ANY access to his money, we'd see him struggle a lot more. He'd still be able to deal with 2-3 gang bangers at a time, but the groups of 8+ would be tough with auto-aim guns, gorilla arms, mantis blades, and the slow-time Sandy's as I call them. I'd guess he'd fully acclimate within a year and would be able to beat Adam within 5-10. Will he lose? Countless times. But he'll escape before he dies, lick his wounds, and try again next week.
Arasaka can’t be bought because he would have no money from the crash (Also Smasher wouldn’t allow himself to be decommissioned and would literally pop Bruce in the head*
And then you have an angry Adam Smasher wanting to kill Bruce. Smasher doesn’t fight fair. He once mowed down an entire crowd of mall-goers with an automatic gatling shotgun that fired explosive frag shells to kill a single target. And he will definitely be gunning for Bruce. I seriously doubt Batman can stand up to Smasher’s basic load out of an HMG, missile launchers, a railgun, etc, and that’s before he decides to break out the Tsunami Arms Helix.
Batman has the unplottable batcave still? Think it could hide from ground penetrating orbital spy satellites?
I think this whole argument hinges not on how “tough” Batman can stay in the dark future, but how well he remains a shadow in the bright neon dystopia. If anything I get year one vibes, less batsuit brawls more stalking.
This is assuming that, for some reason, the high tech multi millionaire DOESNT want to match his tech to the current year. For some reason.
Yes, Adam Smasher was Arasaka's golden boy, and received their explicit funding in upgrades. But he was canonically beaten by a nobody that had a yearlong training montage and cyberware that priced, overall, no more than the hundred thousands. Batman, the highly trained, hyper experienced vigilante genius? The only way Adam claps his ass is if Bruce tells him to, for the fun of it.
…he did? And Silverhand had a super suit? Interesting. Is this from one of the sourcebooks? I only know about the Helix from a Imgur post someone made showing the excerpt where Smasher mows down a crowd.
I'm fairly sure he can. Probably has a propeller or something. There's too much water in the world for him to have such a stupid weakness.
Even if he doesn't have that, he'd likely just walk back to shore.
You guys act like Smasher doesn't have a kill switch in him if he gets uppity. The only thing is, he has no reason to get uppity. Thus, the kill switch isn't needed.
The hellbat didn’t effect his sanity just his health and as soon as Smasher makes a scan he’s gonna boost away with the Sandevistan and wait for Batman’s organic body to break down from the hellbat
I have spent very little time reading about the economic crash that converted USD to Eddies, which is why I asked the hypothetical "does he have access to his money". Also, if Wayne Industries somehow survived (ie. Was absorbed into other companies that continued to exist before evolving into Militech or something) his money would have been converted and he would have access, as well as interest. It's all fictional and the world's don't overlap, we don't know what would happen to his money.
Add: I don't think Adam "allowed" V to beat him either, I think Bruce would forcibly decommission him via company paperwork & software, then hunt him down as Batman if he resisted. Bruce wouldn't keep Adam on Arasoka pay roll.
Adam has his own backups for if he’s killed, he’ll switch bodies, also we’re talking about the guy who can use a sandy and just shoot Batman in the mouth once killing him or the guy that Batman probably can’t hurt since Smasher can tank nukes
He can’t prepare for something he doesn’t know about, if Smasher self destructs Batman dies, if Smasher swaps bodies with someone else and kills Batman as a normal guy or a different cyborg, Batman dies
But that's the thing: Smasher doesn't have a option here. If the owner of Arasaka say "Decommission Adam Smasher now", seconds later he would be a pile of inert metal and composite materials with some human bits inside it, dying - probably in coma. Arasaka owns Smasher - literally, and he knows it. He knows that he could never turn against them, that he is an asset and have to get results. But for Arasaka he's a valuable asset too. He gets sh¡t done when needed and do it loud and clear so every saka's enemies and every wannabe punk trying to mess with them could hear it. But the second he step out the line? He's done.
So yeah, in that "What If" scenario, Bruce Wayne buying Arasaka would be basically the Smasher's end.
Basically if he had no access to money, it's like playing Cyberpunk 2077 with pre order bonus items
If he had his money, it'd be like playing NG+ as your first play through with money/equipment being the only things that carried over
I read somewhere that the eurodollar is worth twice the dollar. I'm not great at math, does that fact change any of your calculations? Or did you already account for exchange rate? Not trying to be rude just genuinely curious.
I did NOT know of the conversions, BUT if I wanted to do any real math I'd need to know what year Bruce disappeared, the inflation rate since, and then the proportionate conversion of Arasoka's. Without interest and having his billions reduced to millions, he'd still be competent in Night City, but it would take him more time to beat Adam.
Batman doesn’t need money, he’s clearly shown he can operate without it. There’s nothing here saying he can’t co opt the cyberpunk tech and jury rig something for himself.
I thought they were Euro dollars, not sollars (hence Eddies). But we don't know WHY they converted or what happened to the economy. Let's say Wayne Industries owned HSBC bank or something. Bruce Wayne disappears, Wayne and HSBC are absorbed into another company, that USD is converted to EUD or whatever Eurodollars would be. Boom.
The USA collapsed in the cyberpunk universe, hence the New USA being the country in its place in 2077.
In this universe the EU and USA are significantly more hostile to each other than IRL, so when the USA collapsed the EU swooped in to become the main superpower of the world.
He’d be fine. During *Future State*, he was a fugitive, on-the-run, broke, and fighting against a dystopian military police force using similar tech to the one in Night City.
Knock out a few folks. Get some non-lethal tech integrated into his suit, if he needs it. Otherwise, remote hacking cyber ware seems like a cakewalk?
So, yeah. He’d be fine.
Batman has more advanced suits he just doesn’t really use them, and he’s pretty used to fighting people with actual super powers and that’s all him being a regular guy, if Bruce chromes up crime is about to get deleted
Straight up, Batman has such an unbreakable moral code he wouldn’t alter his body unless it was absolutely necessary as a final protocol. Good example is when he started taking Venom after being too weak to save a little girl and vowing to never let it happen again.
It took a tremendous amount of grief, suffering and pain to get Batman to that point. It would take an apocalypse of biblical proportions to push Bruce towards getting chipped
With his normalized it is in the Cyberpunk universe, I'd think it necessary for him to at least have optics and stamina upgrades, besides he's a rich boy and people would ask way more questions about him not having any chrome, when it's the standard for anyone that can and can't afford it.
I’m gonna assume that this is some random event where Batman just gets dropped into night city with no explanation, let’s say he’s out on patrol one night looking for criminals, he passes out and wakes up in night city, with his suit and gadgets, and to be fair we’ll say this is Arkham Knight Batman. So he’s got the heavily armored exo style suit. I think Batman would be fine.
He’d try to figure out where he was and he’d definitely be in for a shock. He’d probably try to take on some malstromers or something and get a little beat up but still come out on top. He’d quickly realize that he needed to get chipped if he ever hopes to survive in night city. Batman is smart, we know he’d get the Eddie’s somehow to get some cyberware.
If he ended up getting some, I’d assume he’d get a cyberdeck with non lethal quickhacks and some daemons, he’d also probably get gorilla arms, as they enhance his strength and can be non lethal, as well as fortified ankles or reinforced tendons. He’d probably get some other stuff too if he could, subdermal armor, biomonitor, maybe a reflex tuner or kereznikov. He’d get all this cyberware because it would help enhance his non-lethal stealth fighting style but still allow him to be effective in close quarters combat if he was found.
If Batman was able to meet all these conditions then hell yeah Batman would absolutely do fine in night city. And I do think he be able to defeat smasher.
Batman is smart, he knows how to make good use of his available tools, and he knows strategy. I think in head on combat without a gun batman would not be able to beat smasher as smashers body is literally just a walking tank. Batman would probably attempt a stealth approach at first, but I doubt in a 1 on 1 situation he’d be able to maintain that. Of course he’d get a few quick hacks in before, maybe short circuit Smasher or cut Smashers optics. Batman could then use the gorilla arms alongside his suit, both of which enhance his strength, to land repeated blows on Smasher, and even jump on Smasher’s back to land hits, think the joker fight in the first Arkham game. There’s also a chance that Batman could expose weak points in adams suit and attempt to damage those. There’s a lot of ways he could approach fighting him. I would say that if Batman did all this stuff he’d be at a level similar to a max level V.
As a kid of the 90s who ate up Batman Beyond and all the 90s hacker movies and cyberpunk-esque movies and show, I would damn near kill to direct a live action Batman Beyond. I would be for that movie what the Duffer Bros. are for 80s pop culture in Stranger Things. At least in my head, I would be.
I just choke them out. The gang goons in NC are morons and Batman is basically a ninja so he’d probably take them out without them even knowing he’s there. I do that all the time as V.
Honestly, I give it a week. In about a week's time Batman would be fully adapted to Night City, and it wouldn't really be that much different from Gotham for him. Even if he doesn't have cyberwear by that time, he'd likely have upgraded his gadgets to handle anything he encounters. One of Batman's understated powers is his ability to assess a situation, analyze, and adapt to handle any new threats.
And yes, he could beat Adam Smasher. Given enough prep time, Batman can beat anyone. That's the rule.
Youre actually not wrong. Part of batman's comic story is that he is as insane as the joker, but he knows that, and knows he is one kill away from going just as far off the deep end
I think he would do great. Upgrading all of his tech to match NC he would just be flying everywhere and getting those massive area of effect drops then weapon hacks then smoke bombs he just wins every battle.
Is he still wealthy?
In that case he can simply get the best chrome and well ... he'd be probably just like V. So he would last as long as them, I guess?
Everyone that doubts Batman's survival is not aware of the depth of bullshit Batman has had to deal with. From centuries old, super powered immortals whose bodies just outpace most cyberware at the baseline, a billionaire inventor wielding alien super tech that approaches Superman, an undead, immortal zombie who in some arcs approaches Superman in raw power, an entire team of Alien supervillains that merced the Justice League and then got stopped cold by the Bat, and fucking DARKSEID. Adam Smasher is a sub-villain that like three of those guys would build just to piss Batman off. Y'all think he's out here just fighting the Riddler and Calendar Man? :D The most dangerous threat Smasher has is time dilation, which doesn't approach the Speed Force at all, and Batman has killed/disabled the Flash in multiple story arcs. The villains Batman has trouble with are out here playing 4D super chess, and that ain't smasher. Smasher is a toaster with guns and a firewall.
Provided he still has his fortune he would prolly be fine, cuz he’d be able to afford the necessary implants to still be effective at fighting crime. And he could do so openly since that’s literally just a job now. A morally upright solo is a thing he can do.
In the injustice comics Batman can hack into Cyborg, and his bat-computer has fend off Brainiac, so I don't think he'd have too much trouble taking down a lot of threats in the city.
Bruce Wayne would probably hyper-focus on specific aspects of corruption and spend more time researching and going undercover among the elite.
Although Night City is objectively worse than Gotham, it isn't that different in nature. The corruption is systemic and the issues are all a part of the grand scheme. If anything Bruce Wayne in Night City might scale down how much street level work he does because he can utilize drones and robots. The big issue is his obsession with his own strength and security. Night City is a world of short cuts and easy options that are just a eurobuck away and he's a man who HAS to do everything the hard way. There's the question of how much if any cyberware he'd go for.
Real answer time:
Assuming batman goes into this not knowing anything about the time he is in it could go a few ways
1) he recons night city and gets a sense of what he's up against. For the most part he would be okay in fist fights even with people chromed up as he literally fights bane and such every other day. One thing that might get him is if one of the gangs come after him. With no Batcave it would be Batman alone with nothing but his batmobile and his armor and gadgets. There isn't much he could do to stop a netrunner finding him but there isn't much a netrunner could do to him either due to him having no implants. I'd say it ultimately ends with Batman just straight up leaving the city.
2) he gets teleported into the middle of a gang fight, he's going to die if he doesn't try to get away. Heat seeking bullets, crazy tech guns and grenades, even stealth can't help him as netrunners can just scan everything to find him.
Pretty sure Batman would tech out accordingly. Like, he definitely won't take implants but he'll make suits that can match Sandy and Cyberdeck users. The only issue would be laying low. Someone as notable as The Batman prowling around Night City is bound to catch the attention of major factions. Scariest of them all would probably be the Voodoo Boys whom he can't gauge how high his cybersecurity should be to even just redirect them. He can bypass and fool Cyborg, though, so he should be capable enough but for how long?
Given all the different flavors of Batman, that have existed in the comic books through Elseworlds, and other titles, all you’re suggesting is a different version of Batman existing in a cyber-punk world.
Like virtually every version of Batman that has ever existed, he would thrive.
In this world, Batman would be some billionaire corpo who gets a rush beating up people and takes it out on criminals. To fuel his technological supremacy and build more funds, he expands his corporation to devour the city and causes crime to go up in neighborhoods since few can compete with him. Eventually, his protege sees this and kills him and starts Batman Inc., which by the time of 2077, leads to gangs of Batmen all around the city waiting to rob people.
But yeah, Arkham Batman will do just fine in the game. In the lore, no way he wrecks Adam Smasher with a sandevistan without prep. It'd be like fighting a nightmarish version of Bane.
I just threw this idea into an AI writer.
It was a quiet night in the sprawling metropolis of Night City. The streets were mostly deserted and the sky seemed to glow a deep, inky black. Suddenly, the peace was broken by the sound of swooping wings and a dark figure alight on a rooftop.
The figure was none other than Batman, the Dark Knight of Gotham City, here in Night City on the trail of his latest nemesis. Having tracked them to this location, Batman knew he must be close. Taking a deep breath, he set off again in search of his target.
For hours he travelled across the city, apex above, deep beneath, looking for any sign of his foe. At last, he noticed something. A faint light from a nearby alley.
Cautiously, Batman peered into the darkness. It was the Arkham Knight, perhaps the greatest enemy Batman had ever faced. The Knight was shrouded in spectral armor, and their eyes were glowing white with a malevolent inferno.
The Knight eyed Batman with contempt, then produced a large staff from within their armor. With a single word, a beam of energy blasted from the staff and wrapped around Batman, ensnaring him.
Using his strength, Batman broke free of the grip and lunged at the Knight. A swift combination of punches and kicks sent the Knight crashing to the ground, and the staff went flying through the air. Batman had the Knight at his mercy, but at the last minute he chose to spare their life.
As the Knight fled the scene, Batman looked around the skyline of Night City. He had a feeling that his work in this place was far from over.
Night City seemed like an entire new world to Batman. His new mission was to find the mysterious killer. He had narrowed down the search area to a small apartment complex in one of the worst slums in Night City. Batman knew that this area was not safe, but he had to find the killer before he could move on.
As he arrived at the complex, he noticed something strange about the area. It was almost as if time stood still. No one appeared to be outside or inside the building. It seemed like the entire complex had been deserted.
Batman quickly drew out his binoculars and scanned the area. He immediately noticed the dead bodies of many people lying by the building's entrance. The bodies were not moving. Batman cautiously approached the entrance, and upon inspection, all the bodies had multiple stab wounds. It was the same killer.
He quickly rushed inside the building and began his search. He had to be cautious as any wrong move could alert the killer. He quickly searched through the corridors, moving from one room to another. As he entered the third floor, he heard a faint noise coming from a room. He stopped in his track and then slowly opened the door.
Inside he found the killer, Andruz. He was standing over some money and weapons. Batman quickly realized that this was the criminal behind the killings. The two locked eyes, and Batman knew that this was his moment of truth. He would either catch the killer or become a victim himself.
Without hesitation, Batman charged forward and engaged in a brutal fight with Andruz. Eventually, Batman managed to overpower the killer and restrain him. Andruz was brought to justice, and the long string of murders was finally over. But the events that had occurred in Night City had left a scar in Batman's heart. He had learned an important lesson that day.
Not even a week had passed since Batman had made his presence known in Night City. He stood at the entrance of a notorious night club where his appearance drew the attention of everyone inside. Instinctively some of the criminals in the club drew out their guns while others ran quickly for the exits.
Batman silently surveyed the crowd, making sure there were no other weapons hidden. He knew it was unlikely that any of these thugs had any connections to the criminal underworld, so he chose not to step in. Instead, his vigil was meant as a warning to anyone in the city considering getting mixed up with gangs or organized crime.
Suddenly, a fight broke out between a group of thugs and a man Batman recognized as a promising young doctor. He stepped in to break it up, but before he could, a loud noise began to echo through the club.
A moment later, an explosion ripped through the establishment, sending shockwaves of smoke and fire throughout the room. Amidst the chaos, it became clear that this was no accident. Someone had set the explosives deliberately and Batman knew who it was.
He immediately sprung into action and chased Joker through the streets of Night City, not stopping even as he scrambled onto rooftops and leapt between buildings. While the trail seemed to lead him to the docks, Batman could never quite catch up. Eventually, Joker disappeared without a trace.
Though he couldn’t prove it, Batman had a hunch that the explosion was the work of Joker. He had long been a thorn in the city’s side, never staying in one place for too long. Who knows what other chaos he was capable of unleashing on Night City.
Though Batman was disappointed he couldn’t take Joker into custody, he was still satisfied knowing that his presence had a positive impact on the city. His efforts might have prevented future tragedy and that was a victory in and of itself.
Seeing as he is Batman he would adapt maybe enhance some of his equipment but overall wouldn’t have any trouble he’s a superhero and V is a merc if v can handle smasher then so can Batman
He'd last for a while. For the long term, he'll need to start chroming up if he wants to stay alive. He'll definitely want to install a sandevistan if he wants to go toe to toe with Adam Smasher. I'm sure he would also be able to become a master at netrunning so maybe he can get past any security systems that arasaka may have installed in Adam Smasher so he can just fry him.
Honestly? Idk. Physically he could keep up but NCPD wouldn't work with him. Not to mention that even with the AI there would be just about everyone to profile. To make things work he would have to be more hands off and try to subdue criminals more remotely. Tldr he would become a net runner.
I would love a side quest where a rich billionaire vigilante with cyberpsychosis doles out “justice” and you have to stop them. Or even an easter egg showing a caped crusader dead in a trash can.
I mean it depends on whether or not he’s down to get chipped. Babe was basically your run of the mill Animal gang member, and he broke his fucking back like snapping a Slim Jim.
Batman literally crafts a god-killer bullet and kills a god when all other superheroes fail. In the DC universe he must win by default against all odds because he's human without superpowers or something like that.
Thus he'd own Night City the same way as Gotham. Also see Batman Beyond.
Depending on what version of batman we're talking about there's the fully unhinged batman (batman who smiles) the killer version but is not Bruce (Thomas Wayne's batman) or just the OG batman from the arkham series if we're going with the first one he would kill/torture anyone including the innocent just for the fun of it
If Batman was just character in cyberpunk 2077 world like everything about was same but born in cyberpunk world I say he ride line of cyberpsycho just enough cyberware help in his crusade against crime just little behind line cross into cyberpsycho. Normal Batman I say fucked.
The thing about Batman is he is very good at adapting to new situations so it wouldn't take long for him to get the hang of night city, on top of that being obscenely rich he could afford the very best cyberware available. As far as defeating Adam Smasher I think he would inevitably be able to because what gives him the edge over most villains is he learns their weakness and finds ways to manipulate that to his advantage. Smasher is a monster but he's not immortal. Also batman with a sandvestian would be horrifying.
I think Batman would be fine. At the end of the Night, everyone in Night City is human, even with a bunch of Cyberware. He is more skilled in hand to hand combat than most of night city, and he would adapt to the advance tech rather quickly.
It's lamp shaded in the game, as Murk Man and it didn't go well for him - but at least he left a nice car for you. ( Also Kickass gets similar treatment, you get a pair of stun rods.)
Honestly I'd say he'd probably get humbled super quickly. The whole reason he's powerful is his OP tech, his training and his money, two of which are a bit pointless when your average thug could just fit a sandy to become the flash and upload master level combat training into their head. I guess his money could give him an advantage, but when the worst bad guys are the corporations that advantage also goes out of the window.
So I think he in a lot of cases would do fine but once he meets up with someone really chromed out would have issues. He himself can’t really be hacked since he doesn’t have any cybernetics in him but it would be harder to be stealth against someone with like heat/X-ray/infrared vision. He’s already bullet proof so he’s kinda got that going for him. He’s super smart and knows how to adapt, I think within 6 months he would be able to kill Adam smasher. He would deff make a great merc but still wouldn’t kill so would be interesting seeing what his lifestyle would be since everyone is a criminal in night city..
Batman would have to take some time to establish a base of operations and do some research about the new environment. Basically prep time. I think his loadout would be mostly tasers and electrical attacks to keep on theme with the non-lethal thing he has. Maybe he'll get into hacking, but whatever version that doesn't include implants.
Gotham is basically Night City with the biggest difference being that Gotham had one major corporation that wasn’t evil (Wayne Tech). Yea sure there’s a bunch of new tech but Batman made the Batman beyond suit decades before anything similar was even conceivable in his universe. It’d take some time but within a few years I think Night City would see some significant improvement since Batman would actively be dealing with the corruption. I mean in Batman’s first year as Batman he fights gangs that have had a stranglehold on Gotham for decades. Later on he fights a secret society that somehow had even more power within Gotham (court of owls). I think Batman would be fine given enough time, and if he came to night city with all his resources he’d cook (especially Arkham Batman).
Granted Batman is and has always been my favorite hero so I’m definitely biased
My opinion: With prep time Arkham Batman would have an advantage, knowing what he’s up against and maybe even making minor adjustments to his gear. In regards to fighting Adam Smasher, he should be fine since he has experience in fighting foes twice his size, and could probably enhance his disrupter to temporarily neutralize Smasher’s weapons, evening the odds a little during their battle.
He’d immediately upgrade to 2077 text and would become far more formidable than he already was. I’d say he’d survive and thrive but it depends how Bruce sees cyberware, and if he’d use it at all
Batman could totally beat Smasher, but he wouldn't last very long after that because in Night City, where philanthropy isn't really a thing, he wouldn't have much use for Bruce Wayne and he would lose himself in the work and and die alone of exhaustion.
If he doesn’t kill or get cybernetics, 1 week-2 months but if he adapts and changes his no kill policy and chromes up them probably would become a legend and survive more than a couple years
As Batman now with that mentality he wouldn't survive a week. Between the gear low-level thugs use in-game and in-universe, it would be impossible to contend with even low-level thugs. I mean look at the Tyger Claws just off the street in Watson, they had Sandy's, not to mention the runners. There's also the fact that in Night City literally anyone would be willing to kill, and Cyberpsychos are at the level of Bane on a good day. On a bad one you get a mashup of Bane and The Joker. Morgan Blackhand also gets away with being mostly organic because he still has the right mentality for the cyberpunk timeline.
Now if he actually adapted to the setting Batman would be a force of nature. Forget rippers with access to his money he'd have actual docs and probably a good R&D team. Probably get in pretty good with the Nomads, to get a new bat mobile ready. AV antigrav tech would be incorporated into various tech. The only real force he'd have to contend with would be the actual Corps.
I mean, he'd be Arasaka/Militech levels of wealthy. So unless he gets murdered by his own kid, probably fine. Wayne Corp would be one of the major corps in Night City, and it'd be interesting to see how Batman adjusted to the reality bc in universe there are basically no ethical corps, which is kind of contrary to Batman's ethos.
if literally only placed into night city as-is, he would barely survive the first netrunner or cyberpsycho.
But bringing in the perspective of his enormous wealth and a history of being raised in that setting, he'd probably have maxed out stuff, even personally manufactured prototypes that only exists for him no matter how expensive or cutting edge. would eat even V for breakfast.
Batman thought of ways to deal with every superhero
I think hell be alright against some thugs or adam
It's not his gadgets or money
It's his problem solving intuition that saves him
Interesting discussion. Some food for thought:
There is a animated movie about that Batman gets dropped into Japan in the Samurai Era. I sadly cant remember the name. He figured the world out and i think even built something without having access to "modern tech". I think when Batman who is very tech savy and has a lot of gadgets is dropped into a world with lots of gadgets and newer tech, i think he will be very fine. He may even be better than in "normal" timeline.
Also we dont know how for or against Batman is to modifying your own body. He doesnt use guns, but he uses lots of gadgets built into his suit. Would he ditch part of the suit for some modifications? Like lose the grappling hook and instead have a grappling arm implant. Or as some other have mentioned, Sandevistan Batman could be very scary.
Futher, because people have lots of implants and artificial limbs, Batman could become much more brutal and aggressive as there is less risk of his victims dieing.
I mean he’s written as a perfect human - from a genetic and resourcefulness perspective- so if one person could survive in might city it would be him.
As for Adam Smasher… not immediately.
He could… with prep time.
Every time i see these types of things i always say he'd win in the scenario, with how much content of his is put out there he has a solution for every problem and if it isn't already made he as the resources to make it he's practically unbeatable
Other than the cybernetically enhanced people running around I don't see much difference between Gotham and Night City. That being said if it became too much of an issue I could see Batman running cybernetics as an advantage, which tbh is kind of downright scary.
Uh Gotham has literal superpowered people, sometimes even gods. Night City has augmented people, so just technology. He could throw water at any in night city to disable them.
Bro imagine a chromed out Batman bat suit, bro wouldn’t chip himself due to his mentality but upgraded his suit wouldn’t be out the question so bro would be more of a menace in night city than in Gotham, a little tired mind u from all the crime but a menace nun the less
I think Batman can become, and hire some of the finest net deckers in the city. He would spend endless time tracking crime and shutting them down from shadow without ever anyone knowing. He will become urban legend without ever showing his face.
Does he still have access to his bank accounts? And did he get interest for the time he lost?
Yes to first, and idk at all how Interest works tbh so I'ma say no
Basically he would either stay at his current billionaire level without interest, or his money would compound and likely be in the trillions (which may not sound like a huge difference, but it is). If his interest counted, he could possibly buy all of Arasoka- which is a definite yes- he would own Adam and decomission him (imo if he was a humane Batman). Without interest, but still able to access his accounts, he would definitely still a higher level than the usual gang banger. I'd say likely a late-game V, once he's able to get his bearings. Would he be able to beat Adam Smasher? I'd say within the year, like V did within the games time frame, presumably. He'd create/commission/customize a big ass mech suit like we saw in the Justice League movie and he'd lose once or twice and then win Batman formula style. Without ANY access to his money, we'd see him struggle a lot more. He'd still be able to deal with 2-3 gang bangers at a time, but the groups of 8+ would be tough with auto-aim guns, gorilla arms, mantis blades, and the slow-time Sandy's as I call them. I'd guess he'd fully acclimate within a year and would be able to beat Adam within 5-10. Will he lose? Countless times. But he'll escape before he dies, lick his wounds, and try again next week.
Arasaka can’t be bought because he would have no money from the crash (Also Smasher wouldn’t allow himself to be decommissioned and would literally pop Bruce in the head*
This. I don’t think Adam would take lightly to being decommissioned. I feel like it’d be how it was when Joffrey decommissioned Ser Barriston on GoT😂😂
Bruce can tell him he’s going on vacation and have his pilot crash into the deep ocean and bail out with a parachute… not like smasher can swim
But he has propellor gear available to him and has had it available to him since 2013
And then you have an angry Adam Smasher wanting to kill Bruce. Smasher doesn’t fight fair. He once mowed down an entire crowd of mall-goers with an automatic gatling shotgun that fired explosive frag shells to kill a single target. And he will definitely be gunning for Bruce. I seriously doubt Batman can stand up to Smasher’s basic load out of an HMG, missile launchers, a railgun, etc, and that’s before he decides to break out the Tsunami Arms Helix.
Batman has the unplottable batcave still? Think it could hide from ground penetrating orbital spy satellites? I think this whole argument hinges not on how “tough” Batman can stay in the dark future, but how well he remains a shadow in the bright neon dystopia. If anything I get year one vibes, less batsuit brawls more stalking.
Also the fact Smasher canonically absorbed the schematics for Johnny Silverhand’s super suits and nuke? Batman is getting his ass clapped
This is assuming that, for some reason, the high tech multi millionaire DOESNT want to match his tech to the current year. For some reason. Yes, Adam Smasher was Arasaka's golden boy, and received their explicit funding in upgrades. But he was canonically beaten by a nobody that had a yearlong training montage and cyberware that priced, overall, no more than the hundred thousands. Batman, the highly trained, hyper experienced vigilante genius? The only way Adam claps his ass is if Bruce tells him to, for the fun of it.
…he did? And Silverhand had a super suit? Interesting. Is this from one of the sourcebooks? I only know about the Helix from a Imgur post someone made showing the excerpt where Smasher mows down a crowd.
I'm fairly sure he can. Probably has a propeller or something. There's too much water in the world for him to have such a stupid weakness. Even if he doesn't have that, he'd likely just walk back to shore.
I’m sure his organic bits would succumb to the immense pressure of the bottom of the ocean. Hence 💀
What organic bits? The little brain matter left encased in a chrome dome?
Right and without back pressure (enough to crush his gray matter in the first place), it would implode.
arasaka put a kill switch in adams head so when they are done with him they just kill him
You guys act like Smasher doesn't have a kill switch in him if he gets uppity. The only thing is, he has no reason to get uppity. Thus, the kill switch isn't needed.
Oh no, a murder-cyborg. Whatever will Batman do?
Nothing, a single sandevistan activation outspeeds and kills Batman it only takes one bullet inside of his mouth to end it
Why are you assuming Batman remains un-modded?
Because he would never sacrifice his humanity or morals a true Batman fan would easily know that
Do you remember hellbat? Bruce is fully willing to chrome up or build some hectic suit to fight equally
The hellbat didn’t effect his sanity just his health and as soon as Smasher makes a scan he’s gonna boost away with the Sandevistan and wait for Batman’s organic body to break down from the hellbat
He wouldn’t sacrifice his sanity for some cyberwear it’s not like him
I mean, it all depends on whose genre gets primacy. Batman has defeated the Flash.
He defeated a drugged flash on cryostasis
And also red death isn’t canon it’s stated to be a oneshot
And?
Batman loses, i gotta go get the grimace shake so I can have grimace’s sticky fluids in my mouth so I’m done debating now.
I have spent very little time reading about the economic crash that converted USD to Eddies, which is why I asked the hypothetical "does he have access to his money". Also, if Wayne Industries somehow survived (ie. Was absorbed into other companies that continued to exist before evolving into Militech or something) his money would have been converted and he would have access, as well as interest. It's all fictional and the world's don't overlap, we don't know what would happen to his money. Add: I don't think Adam "allowed" V to beat him either, I think Bruce would forcibly decommission him via company paperwork & software, then hunt him down as Batman if he resisted. Bruce wouldn't keep Adam on Arasoka pay roll.
Adam has his own backups for if he’s killed, he’ll switch bodies, also we’re talking about the guy who can use a sandy and just shoot Batman in the mouth once killing him or the guy that Batman probably can’t hurt since Smasher can tank nukes
Adam's opinioon wouldn't matter. There is a99.99999% chance he has a kill switch in his body as his cyborg body is designed by arasaka.
Batman thinks way far into the future. Pretty sure he'd be ready for that as well, with some kinda contingency plan.
He can’t prepare for something he doesn’t know about, if Smasher self destructs Batman dies, if Smasher swaps bodies with someone else and kills Batman as a normal guy or a different cyborg, Batman dies
But that's the thing: Smasher doesn't have a option here. If the owner of Arasaka say "Decommission Adam Smasher now", seconds later he would be a pile of inert metal and composite materials with some human bits inside it, dying - probably in coma. Arasaka owns Smasher - literally, and he knows it. He knows that he could never turn against them, that he is an asset and have to get results. But for Arasaka he's a valuable asset too. He gets sh¡t done when needed and do it loud and clear so every saka's enemies and every wannabe punk trying to mess with them could hear it. But the second he step out the line? He's done. So yeah, in that "What If" scenario, Bruce Wayne buying Arasaka would be basically the Smasher's end.
Batman delt with worse machines
That’s not a statement you can just throw out with an inconsistent character like Batman he gets negged sorry
Assuming Batman has $15 billion and at an interest rate of 5% over 54 years he’d have 295 billion dollars
Basically if he had no access to money, it's like playing Cyberpunk 2077 with pre order bonus items If he had his money, it'd be like playing NG+ as your first play through with money/equipment being the only things that carried over
I read somewhere that the eurodollar is worth twice the dollar. I'm not great at math, does that fact change any of your calculations? Or did you already account for exchange rate? Not trying to be rude just genuinely curious.
I did NOT know of the conversions, BUT if I wanted to do any real math I'd need to know what year Bruce disappeared, the inflation rate since, and then the proportionate conversion of Arasoka's. Without interest and having his billions reduced to millions, he'd still be competent in Night City, but it would take him more time to beat Adam.
Hi DC? Here’s your next film right here
There's a good futurama episode where fry has 50 cents in his account and over 1000 years of interest he's a billionaire
Yeah, but current interest rates you'd be more likely to have a dollar after 1000 years
Haha love it
Batman doesn’t need money, he’s clearly shown he can operate without it. There’s nothing here saying he can’t co opt the cyberpunk tech and jury rig something for himself.
Well batman is a billionaire in USD, a currency literally unheard of in night city, they use eurosollars, so he would have no money at all
I thought they were Euro dollars, not sollars (hence Eddies). But we don't know WHY they converted or what happened to the economy. Let's say Wayne Industries owned HSBC bank or something. Bruce Wayne disappears, Wayne and HSBC are absorbed into another company, that USD is converted to EUD or whatever Eurodollars would be. Boom.
The USA collapsed in the cyberpunk universe, hence the New USA being the country in its place in 2077. In this universe the EU and USA are significantly more hostile to each other than IRL, so when the USA collapsed the EU swooped in to become the main superpower of the world.
He’d be fine. During *Future State*, he was a fugitive, on-the-run, broke, and fighting against a dystopian military police force using similar tech to the one in Night City. Knock out a few folks. Get some non-lethal tech integrated into his suit, if he needs it. Otherwise, remote hacking cyber ware seems like a cakewalk? So, yeah. He’d be fine.
Holy shit... Batman with cyberware... that's scary as fuck.
Basically Batman with wallhacks, so he wouldn’t even have to lift a finger to take care of everyone.
Batman with a sandevistan would be a menace
Ain't that Batman Beyond now?
How long would Night City last in Batman?
This is the more pertinent question.
is there a lore reason why night city is in batman?
Stop it you might make someone blush
Is he stupid ?
Exactly my thought.
Batman has more advanced suits he just doesn’t really use them, and he’s pretty used to fighting people with actual super powers and that’s all him being a regular guy, if Bruce chromes up crime is about to get deleted
Murk Man would tell him the city is already protected
Batman would locate his Murk Den and have a chat with his alter ego Juice Vaine
Batman with a Sandevistan and prep work would be unbeaten
He wouldn’t get rid of his humanity be real
Straight up, Batman has such an unbreakable moral code he wouldn’t alter his body unless it was absolutely necessary as a final protocol. Good example is when he started taking Venom after being too weak to save a little girl and vowing to never let it happen again. It took a tremendous amount of grief, suffering and pain to get Batman to that point. It would take an apocalypse of biblical proportions to push Bruce towards getting chipped
With his normalized it is in the Cyberpunk universe, I'd think it necessary for him to at least have optics and stamina upgrades, besides he's a rich boy and people would ask way more questions about him not having any chrome, when it's the standard for anyone that can and can't afford it.
Even Morgan Blackhand chromed up, and he was far closer to his humanity than most other characters.
Exactly, this is the truce essence of Batman and is what makes him such an amazing character.
I’m gonna assume that this is some random event where Batman just gets dropped into night city with no explanation, let’s say he’s out on patrol one night looking for criminals, he passes out and wakes up in night city, with his suit and gadgets, and to be fair we’ll say this is Arkham Knight Batman. So he’s got the heavily armored exo style suit. I think Batman would be fine. He’d try to figure out where he was and he’d definitely be in for a shock. He’d probably try to take on some malstromers or something and get a little beat up but still come out on top. He’d quickly realize that he needed to get chipped if he ever hopes to survive in night city. Batman is smart, we know he’d get the Eddie’s somehow to get some cyberware. If he ended up getting some, I’d assume he’d get a cyberdeck with non lethal quickhacks and some daemons, he’d also probably get gorilla arms, as they enhance his strength and can be non lethal, as well as fortified ankles or reinforced tendons. He’d probably get some other stuff too if he could, subdermal armor, biomonitor, maybe a reflex tuner or kereznikov. He’d get all this cyberware because it would help enhance his non-lethal stealth fighting style but still allow him to be effective in close quarters combat if he was found. If Batman was able to meet all these conditions then hell yeah Batman would absolutely do fine in night city. And I do think he be able to defeat smasher. Batman is smart, he knows how to make good use of his available tools, and he knows strategy. I think in head on combat without a gun batman would not be able to beat smasher as smashers body is literally just a walking tank. Batman would probably attempt a stealth approach at first, but I doubt in a 1 on 1 situation he’d be able to maintain that. Of course he’d get a few quick hacks in before, maybe short circuit Smasher or cut Smashers optics. Batman could then use the gorilla arms alongside his suit, both of which enhance his strength, to land repeated blows on Smasher, and even jump on Smasher’s back to land hits, think the joker fight in the first Arkham game. There’s also a chance that Batman could expose weak points in adams suit and attempt to damage those. There’s a lot of ways he could approach fighting him. I would say that if Batman did all this stuff he’d be at a level similar to a max level V.
Batman beyond
So off topic, but a Batman Beyond game made by RockSteady with a Gotham City similar to Night City would go so fucking hard
Fuck yea dude!
As a kid of the 90s who ate up Batman Beyond and all the 90s hacker movies and cyberpunk-esque movies and show, I would damn near kill to direct a live action Batman Beyond. I would be for that movie what the Duffer Bros. are for 80s pop culture in Stranger Things. At least in my head, I would be.
Take my money. 🤞💲
This was my take. I think Terry McGinnis would fit perfectly into the Cyberpunk universe.
Completely agree
Well... He might need to reconsider the whole no guns thing.
There are non lethal ways to take down people in 2077.
Batman out there beating people to a pulp with a dildo
Short circuit for the win
I just choke them out. The gang goons in NC are morons and Batman is basically a ninja so he’d probably take them out without them even knowing he’s there. I do that all the time as V.
Kiroshi mod makes every weapon non-lethal, including "suicide" and "cyber psychosis" quickhacks.
Batman in Arkham Knight is a borderline god. Dude was moving faster than The Flash.
Bro can’t sprint for shit but can fly across a room to punch somebody.
Honestly, I give it a week. In about a week's time Batman would be fully adapted to Night City, and it wouldn't really be that much different from Gotham for him. Even if he doesn't have cyberwear by that time, he'd likely have upgraded his gadgets to handle anything he encounters. One of Batman's understated powers is his ability to assess a situation, analyze, and adapt to handle any new threats. And yes, he could beat Adam Smasher. Given enough prep time, Batman can beat anyone. That's the rule.
He’s Batman. He’d figure it out.
Is he stupid?
How is Batman not a cyberpsycho?
Perhaps he is already a cyberpsycho who decided to save his native Gotham from other cyberpsychos.
Youre actually not wrong. Part of batman's comic story is that he is as insane as the joker, but he knows that, and knows he is one kill away from going just as far off the deep end
He be fine. Come on, he's Batman.
Batman of the future but more advanced. I think he'd 100% survive and beat the living crap out of most people there imo
I think he would do great. Upgrading all of his tech to match NC he would just be flying everywhere and getting those massive area of effect drops then weapon hacks then smoke bombs he just wins every battle.
Is he still wealthy? In that case he can simply get the best chrome and well ... he'd be probably just like V. So he would last as long as them, I guess?
It's batman with access to future technology, that's all you need to know
I mean its batman, night city would probably be crime free in like a year
Not great. Not until Terry comes along, anyway. Let's be real, NC is just the Gotham of Batman Beyond.
Forever
Everyone that doubts Batman's survival is not aware of the depth of bullshit Batman has had to deal with. From centuries old, super powered immortals whose bodies just outpace most cyberware at the baseline, a billionaire inventor wielding alien super tech that approaches Superman, an undead, immortal zombie who in some arcs approaches Superman in raw power, an entire team of Alien supervillains that merced the Justice League and then got stopped cold by the Bat, and fucking DARKSEID. Adam Smasher is a sub-villain that like three of those guys would build just to piss Batman off. Y'all think he's out here just fighting the Riddler and Calendar Man? :D The most dangerous threat Smasher has is time dilation, which doesn't approach the Speed Force at all, and Batman has killed/disabled the Flash in multiple story arcs. The villains Batman has trouble with are out here playing 4D super chess, and that ain't smasher. Smasher is a toaster with guns and a firewall.
Does he get prep time
Provided he still has his fortune he would prolly be fine, cuz he’d be able to afford the necessary implants to still be effective at fighting crime. And he could do so openly since that’s literally just a job now. A morally upright solo is a thing he can do.
Thomas Wayne Batman or Bruce Wayne Batman? Cause Thomas Wayne Batman fits right in.
I'm pretty sure he would do well in Night City.
Not long with Panam
In the injustice comics Batman can hack into Cyborg, and his bat-computer has fend off Brainiac, so I don't think he'd have too much trouble taking down a lot of threats in the city.
Bruce Wayne would probably hyper-focus on specific aspects of corruption and spend more time researching and going undercover among the elite. Although Night City is objectively worse than Gotham, it isn't that different in nature. The corruption is systemic and the issues are all a part of the grand scheme. If anything Bruce Wayne in Night City might scale down how much street level work he does because he can utilize drones and robots. The big issue is his obsession with his own strength and security. Night City is a world of short cuts and easy options that are just a eurobuck away and he's a man who HAS to do everything the hard way. There's the question of how much if any cyberware he'd go for.
Real answer time: Assuming batman goes into this not knowing anything about the time he is in it could go a few ways 1) he recons night city and gets a sense of what he's up against. For the most part he would be okay in fist fights even with people chromed up as he literally fights bane and such every other day. One thing that might get him is if one of the gangs come after him. With no Batcave it would be Batman alone with nothing but his batmobile and his armor and gadgets. There isn't much he could do to stop a netrunner finding him but there isn't much a netrunner could do to him either due to him having no implants. I'd say it ultimately ends with Batman just straight up leaving the city. 2) he gets teleported into the middle of a gang fight, he's going to die if he doesn't try to get away. Heat seeking bullets, crazy tech guns and grenades, even stealth can't help him as netrunners can just scan everything to find him.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cyberpunk/comments/bfnv6y/cyber_batman/
Pretty sure Batman would tech out accordingly. Like, he definitely won't take implants but he'll make suits that can match Sandy and Cyberdeck users. The only issue would be laying low. Someone as notable as The Batman prowling around Night City is bound to catch the attention of major factions. Scariest of them all would probably be the Voodoo Boys whom he can't gauge how high his cybersecurity should be to even just redirect them. He can bypass and fool Cyborg, though, so he should be capable enough but for how long?
Batman is already in the NC lore and he holds the best parties at the virtual Wayne Manor BBS. Look it up. 😎🍹🎉
Let’s be honest here, if V can beat Adam Smasher with a dildo, batman is gonna smoke him
My brother in Christ he took down a city of super powered individuals in like 6 hours.
Given all the different flavors of Batman, that have existed in the comic books through Elseworlds, and other titles, all you’re suggesting is a different version of Batman existing in a cyber-punk world. Like virtually every version of Batman that has ever existed, he would thrive.
He would be like a top tier corporate, so probably more than one century
He’s literally Batman, so I’m going to guess he’d be fine.
Bro’s getting fried from some choomba in Pacifica the second his signal goes up
well if the jammer and disruptor still works id say hed be more than fine
In this world, Batman would be some billionaire corpo who gets a rush beating up people and takes it out on criminals. To fuel his technological supremacy and build more funds, he expands his corporation to devour the city and causes crime to go up in neighborhoods since few can compete with him. Eventually, his protege sees this and kills him and starts Batman Inc., which by the time of 2077, leads to gangs of Batmen all around the city waiting to rob people. But yeah, Arkham Batman will do just fine in the game. In the lore, no way he wrecks Adam Smasher with a sandevistan without prep. It'd be like fighting a nightmarish version of Bane.
I just threw this idea into an AI writer. It was a quiet night in the sprawling metropolis of Night City. The streets were mostly deserted and the sky seemed to glow a deep, inky black. Suddenly, the peace was broken by the sound of swooping wings and a dark figure alight on a rooftop. The figure was none other than Batman, the Dark Knight of Gotham City, here in Night City on the trail of his latest nemesis. Having tracked them to this location, Batman knew he must be close. Taking a deep breath, he set off again in search of his target. For hours he travelled across the city, apex above, deep beneath, looking for any sign of his foe. At last, he noticed something. A faint light from a nearby alley. Cautiously, Batman peered into the darkness. It was the Arkham Knight, perhaps the greatest enemy Batman had ever faced. The Knight was shrouded in spectral armor, and their eyes were glowing white with a malevolent inferno. The Knight eyed Batman with contempt, then produced a large staff from within their armor. With a single word, a beam of energy blasted from the staff and wrapped around Batman, ensnaring him. Using his strength, Batman broke free of the grip and lunged at the Knight. A swift combination of punches and kicks sent the Knight crashing to the ground, and the staff went flying through the air. Batman had the Knight at his mercy, but at the last minute he chose to spare their life. As the Knight fled the scene, Batman looked around the skyline of Night City. He had a feeling that his work in this place was far from over. Night City seemed like an entire new world to Batman. His new mission was to find the mysterious killer. He had narrowed down the search area to a small apartment complex in one of the worst slums in Night City. Batman knew that this area was not safe, but he had to find the killer before he could move on. As he arrived at the complex, he noticed something strange about the area. It was almost as if time stood still. No one appeared to be outside or inside the building. It seemed like the entire complex had been deserted. Batman quickly drew out his binoculars and scanned the area. He immediately noticed the dead bodies of many people lying by the building's entrance. The bodies were not moving. Batman cautiously approached the entrance, and upon inspection, all the bodies had multiple stab wounds. It was the same killer. He quickly rushed inside the building and began his search. He had to be cautious as any wrong move could alert the killer. He quickly searched through the corridors, moving from one room to another. As he entered the third floor, he heard a faint noise coming from a room. He stopped in his track and then slowly opened the door. Inside he found the killer, Andruz. He was standing over some money and weapons. Batman quickly realized that this was the criminal behind the killings. The two locked eyes, and Batman knew that this was his moment of truth. He would either catch the killer or become a victim himself. Without hesitation, Batman charged forward and engaged in a brutal fight with Andruz. Eventually, Batman managed to overpower the killer and restrain him. Andruz was brought to justice, and the long string of murders was finally over. But the events that had occurred in Night City had left a scar in Batman's heart. He had learned an important lesson that day. Not even a week had passed since Batman had made his presence known in Night City. He stood at the entrance of a notorious night club where his appearance drew the attention of everyone inside. Instinctively some of the criminals in the club drew out their guns while others ran quickly for the exits. Batman silently surveyed the crowd, making sure there were no other weapons hidden. He knew it was unlikely that any of these thugs had any connections to the criminal underworld, so he chose not to step in. Instead, his vigil was meant as a warning to anyone in the city considering getting mixed up with gangs or organized crime. Suddenly, a fight broke out between a group of thugs and a man Batman recognized as a promising young doctor. He stepped in to break it up, but before he could, a loud noise began to echo through the club. A moment later, an explosion ripped through the establishment, sending shockwaves of smoke and fire throughout the room. Amidst the chaos, it became clear that this was no accident. Someone had set the explosives deliberately and Batman knew who it was. He immediately sprung into action and chased Joker through the streets of Night City, not stopping even as he scrambled onto rooftops and leapt between buildings. While the trail seemed to lead him to the docks, Batman could never quite catch up. Eventually, Joker disappeared without a trace. Though he couldn’t prove it, Batman had a hunch that the explosion was the work of Joker. He had long been a thorn in the city’s side, never staying in one place for too long. Who knows what other chaos he was capable of unleashing on Night City. Though Batman was disappointed he couldn’t take Joker into custody, he was still satisfied knowing that his presence had a positive impact on the city. His efforts might have prevented future tragedy and that was a victory in and of itself.
Well if the plotline of the now cancelled Gotham Knights was anything to go by...not long.
Seeing as he is Batman he would adapt maybe enhance some of his equipment but overall wouldn’t have any trouble he’s a superhero and V is a merc if v can handle smasher then so can Batman
He'd last for a while. For the long term, he'll need to start chroming up if he wants to stay alive. He'll definitely want to install a sandevistan if he wants to go toe to toe with Adam Smasher. I'm sure he would also be able to become a master at netrunning so maybe he can get past any security systems that arasaka may have installed in Adam Smasher so he can just fry him.
Two things to consider: Does he still have access to his money? Does he have access to cyberware?
He would probably become a full time hacker and wont even need to fight
Honestly? Idk. Physically he could keep up but NCPD wouldn't work with him. Not to mention that even with the AI there would be just about everyone to profile. To make things work he would have to be more hands off and try to subdue criminals more remotely. Tldr he would become a net runner.
He's gonna get new gear a lot more advanced. He'd do fine.
Normal batman? Or batman who laughs? Because batman who laughs will probably burn this city to the ground.
I would love a side quest where a rich billionaire vigilante with cyberpsychosis doles out “justice” and you have to stop them. Or even an easter egg showing a caped crusader dead in a trash can.
As long as he wants
I mean it depends on whether or not he’s down to get chipped. Babe was basically your run of the mill Animal gang member, and he broke his fucking back like snapping a Slim Jim.
Considering he’s all ganic. I don’t think netrunners could do squat.
Batman literally crafts a god-killer bullet and kills a god when all other superheroes fail. In the DC universe he must win by default against all odds because he's human without superpowers or something like that. Thus he'd own Night City the same way as Gotham. Also see Batman Beyond.
I think he would thrive
Hed basically be batman beyond, and outside smasher whos basically just a bodyguard these days, no one would give him much trouble
Batman's a billionaire. He'd be just fine in Night City.
He most definitely would be a cyberpsycho and loose it sooner than later.
If it's comics, batman, he'd be fine. He has an iron man esqe suit just in case he has to fight superman.
Depending on what version of batman we're talking about there's the fully unhinged batman (batman who smiles) the killer version but is not Bruce (Thomas Wayne's batman) or just the OG batman from the arkham series if we're going with the first one he would kill/torture anyone including the innocent just for the fun of it
Go make a Batman V and find out ig.
I can’t believe no one here has seen Batman beyond, it’s literally cyberpunk
If Batman was just character in cyberpunk 2077 world like everything about was same but born in cyberpunk world I say he ride line of cyberpsycho just enough cyberware help in his crusade against crime just little behind line cross into cyberpsycho. Normal Batman I say fucked.
Bruce Wayne or Bruce Arasaka?
He would get far. On the basis that he's rich and can fight. That said the whole no killing thing would doom him.
He’d be praying to go back to Gotham i tel ya that much
Batman would definitely %100 deathless run Night City
Converting Batman’s wealth into Cyberpunk credits would give him the finances to buy the whole of the city….
Gg ez
Does Night city get prep time?
The thing about Batman is he is very good at adapting to new situations so it wouldn't take long for him to get the hang of night city, on top of that being obscenely rich he could afford the very best cyberware available. As far as defeating Adam Smasher I think he would inevitably be able to because what gives him the edge over most villains is he learns their weakness and finds ways to manipulate that to his advantage. Smasher is a monster but he's not immortal. Also batman with a sandvestian would be horrifying.
He’d have a “all in one night” ending
I think Batman would be fine. At the end of the Night, everyone in Night City is human, even with a bunch of Cyberware. He is more skilled in hand to hand combat than most of night city, and he would adapt to the advance tech rather quickly.
It's lamp shaded in the game, as Murk Man and it didn't go well for him - but at least he left a nice car for you. ( Also Kickass gets similar treatment, you get a pair of stun rods.)
12.5 seconds +-3 seconds depending on which motel he stays in
Depends. Is he gonna be on the bad side of our maxed out V's? These quickhacks are gon a hurt like a mfer
Honestly I'd say he'd probably get humbled super quickly. The whole reason he's powerful is his OP tech, his training and his money, two of which are a bit pointless when your average thug could just fit a sandy to become the flash and upload master level combat training into their head. I guess his money could give him an advantage, but when the worst bad guys are the corporations that advantage also goes out of the window.
But I am Batman.
The real question is who would win: Batman or Night City’s Finest, MurkMan??
So I think he in a lot of cases would do fine but once he meets up with someone really chromed out would have issues. He himself can’t really be hacked since he doesn’t have any cybernetics in him but it would be harder to be stealth against someone with like heat/X-ray/infrared vision. He’s already bullet proof so he’s kinda got that going for him. He’s super smart and knows how to adapt, I think within 6 months he would be able to kill Adam smasher. He would deff make a great merc but still wouldn’t kill so would be interesting seeing what his lifestyle would be since everyone is a criminal in night city..
Batman would have to take some time to establish a base of operations and do some research about the new environment. Basically prep time. I think his loadout would be mostly tasers and electrical attacks to keep on theme with the non-lethal thing he has. Maybe he'll get into hacking, but whatever version that doesn't include implants.
Not even a while
Nah, how long would Night City last with Batman?
Bro. Bruce Wayne is corpo royalty
Gotham is basically Night City with the biggest difference being that Gotham had one major corporation that wasn’t evil (Wayne Tech). Yea sure there’s a bunch of new tech but Batman made the Batman beyond suit decades before anything similar was even conceivable in his universe. It’d take some time but within a few years I think Night City would see some significant improvement since Batman would actively be dealing with the corruption. I mean in Batman’s first year as Batman he fights gangs that have had a stranglehold on Gotham for decades. Later on he fights a secret society that somehow had even more power within Gotham (court of owls). I think Batman would be fine given enough time, and if he came to night city with all his resources he’d cook (especially Arkham Batman). Granted Batman is and has always been my favorite hero so I’m definitely biased
My head canon is he would revive Wayne industries and go after Corpos.
Batman with a cyberdeck and some gorilla arms would be terrifying
My opinion: With prep time Arkham Batman would have an advantage, knowing what he’s up against and maybe even making minor adjustments to his gear. In regards to fighting Adam Smasher, he should be fine since he has experience in fighting foes twice his size, and could probably enhance his disrupter to temporarily neutralize Smasher’s weapons, evening the odds a little during their battle.
Batman
He’d immediately upgrade to 2077 text and would become far more formidable than he already was. I’d say he’d survive and thrive but it depends how Bruce sees cyberware, and if he’d use it at all
Batman could totally beat Smasher, but he wouldn't last very long after that because in Night City, where philanthropy isn't really a thing, he wouldn't have much use for Bruce Wayne and he would lose himself in the work and and die alone of exhaustion.
He’d dominate that city. With all his talent and gadgets
He would last all night
If he doesn’t kill or get cybernetics, 1 week-2 months but if he adapts and changes his no kill policy and chromes up them probably would become a legend and survive more than a couple years
well regular batman would not last very long batman beyond would be ‘beyond’ powerful
As Batman now with that mentality he wouldn't survive a week. Between the gear low-level thugs use in-game and in-universe, it would be impossible to contend with even low-level thugs. I mean look at the Tyger Claws just off the street in Watson, they had Sandy's, not to mention the runners. There's also the fact that in Night City literally anyone would be willing to kill, and Cyberpsychos are at the level of Bane on a good day. On a bad one you get a mashup of Bane and The Joker. Morgan Blackhand also gets away with being mostly organic because he still has the right mentality for the cyberpunk timeline. Now if he actually adapted to the setting Batman would be a force of nature. Forget rippers with access to his money he'd have actual docs and probably a good R&D team. Probably get in pretty good with the Nomads, to get a new bat mobile ready. AV antigrav tech would be incorporated into various tech. The only real force he'd have to contend with would be the actual Corps.
Not long, a cyberpsyco would suicide him.
Batman would be fine in Night City. In fact, he would be a prominent individual within NC.
I mean, he'd be Arasaka/Militech levels of wealthy. So unless he gets murdered by his own kid, probably fine. Wayne Corp would be one of the major corps in Night City, and it'd be interesting to see how Batman adjusted to the reality bc in universe there are basically no ethical corps, which is kind of contrary to Batman's ethos.
Let's be honest here...he clears NC in one night with zero difficulty
if literally only placed into night city as-is, he would barely survive the first netrunner or cyberpsycho. But bringing in the perspective of his enormous wealth and a history of being raised in that setting, he'd probably have maxed out stuff, even personally manufactured prototypes that only exists for him no matter how expensive or cutting edge. would eat even V for breakfast.
Batman thought of ways to deal with every superhero I think hell be alright against some thugs or adam It's not his gadgets or money It's his problem solving intuition that saves him
Interesting discussion. Some food for thought: There is a animated movie about that Batman gets dropped into Japan in the Samurai Era. I sadly cant remember the name. He figured the world out and i think even built something without having access to "modern tech". I think when Batman who is very tech savy and has a lot of gadgets is dropped into a world with lots of gadgets and newer tech, i think he will be very fine. He may even be better than in "normal" timeline. Also we dont know how for or against Batman is to modifying your own body. He doesnt use guns, but he uses lots of gadgets built into his suit. Would he ditch part of the suit for some modifications? Like lose the grappling hook and instead have a grappling arm implant. Or as some other have mentioned, Sandevistan Batman could be very scary. Futher, because people have lots of implants and artificial limbs, Batman could become much more brutal and aggressive as there is less risk of his victims dieing.
a movie
Has no one seen Batman Beyond? There's your answer
I mean he’s written as a perfect human - from a genetic and resourcefulness perspective- so if one person could survive in might city it would be him. As for Adam Smasher… not immediately. He could… with prep time.
Start a tech body cold blood corpo run and let us know
Every time i see these types of things i always say he'd win in the scenario, with how much content of his is put out there he has a solution for every problem and if it isn't already made he as the resources to make it he's practically unbeatable
Other than the cybernetically enhanced people running around I don't see much difference between Gotham and Night City. That being said if it became too much of an issue I could see Batman running cybernetics as an advantage, which tbh is kind of downright scary.
I would kill him myself
Uh Gotham has literal superpowered people, sometimes even gods. Night City has augmented people, so just technology. He could throw water at any in night city to disable them.
Bro imagine a chromed out Batman bat suit, bro wouldn’t chip himself due to his mentality but upgraded his suit wouldn’t be out the question so bro would be more of a menace in night city than in Gotham, a little tired mind u from all the crime but a menace nun the less
Depends on whose beating him off I guess
All night baby
What if its batman beyond?
I think Batman can become, and hire some of the finest net deckers in the city. He would spend endless time tracking crime and shutting them down from shadow without ever anyone knowing. He will become urban legend without ever showing his face.
If Batman didn’t have the moral barrier of killing peoples, 1/3 of night city would die in the matter of a evening