Batman: Arkham Knight

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  1. ozymandias79
    Jun 8, 2017
    5
    Batman tank game! The game looks great but needed a lot more non-tank blasting action. It's also too long! I avoided the side missions because the game was taking too long and then you have to complete them anyway to get to the end. Ripped off! Mark Hamil as Joker - superb, but some of batman's voice acting was a bit dodge at the beginning. Other voice actors were great. Some of theBatman tank game! The game looks great but needed a lot more non-tank blasting action. It's also too long! I avoided the side missions because the game was taking too long and then you have to complete them anyway to get to the end. Ripped off! Mark Hamil as Joker - superb, but some of batman's voice acting was a bit dodge at the beginning. Other voice actors were great. Some of the hand-to-hand or gun combat was a bit clunky. I played this after it was fully patched, so didn't have the trouble others did. This game could use a directors cut or something., but doesn't deserve the 2.6 score by users.… Expand
  2. TitaniumDragon
    Apr 19, 2017
    6
    Batman: Arkham Knight is (ostensibly) the final chapter in Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham X series. In it, Batman faces off against Scarecrow, who is seeking revenge for Batman throwing him to Killer Croc in the first game, and the titular Arkham Knight, whose identity you can guess without even playing the game if you are familiar with the comics, and whose identity becomes obvious somewhereBatman: Arkham Knight is (ostensibly) the final chapter in Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham X series. In it, Batman faces off against Scarecrow, who is seeking revenge for Batman throwing him to Killer Croc in the first game, and the titular Arkham Knight, whose identity you can guess without even playing the game if you are familiar with the comics, and whose identity becomes obvious somewhere in the middle of the game even if you’re not.

    This game continues on in the tradition of Arkham City and Arkham Origins in that you play Batman in an open-world city. The map is even bigger this time around, and you are given the Batmobile to drive around in.

    The Batmobile is the big new feature of this game, and is very similar to the one seen in the Dark Knight trilogy of movies. It can turn into a tank and move around in any direction while in tank mode. This is essential for fighting the army of tank drones, autonomous vehicles which attack you and the city throughout the game.

    Alas, while these sections are okay, they suffer from one major problem: it doesn’t feel very Batman-y. Given that these games are about feeling like Batman, this is something of an issue.

    Alas, the rest of the game has little meaningful innovation. The fights in this game are bigger than ever, with a fight in the Batmobile against 60 drones, and fights against large numbers of goons appearing at various points in the game, as well as even more complex predator encounters, where you sneak around and pick off armed guards, including medics who can revive their allies, people who you can’t see through walls with detective vision, and huge goons with miniguns. The biggest innovation in the predator sequences is the so-called fear takedown, where you can take down a whole group of goons in sequence from hiding without them being able to shoot you while doing so.

    Alas, this isn’t very innovative, and the predator sequences and the fighting with goons sequences don’t feel very fresh or new. And while that’s okay to some extent, the lack of really interesting new enemies is kind of discouraging.

    Added onto this are the boss fights, or rather, the lack thereof. This game is very obsessed with the Batmobile, and unfortunately, a lot of the new boss fights are Batmobile centric. And indeed, the main boss of the game is the Arkham Knight, who you fight over and over again in various guises. This isn’t so bad – the fights are actually all unique – but they’re big on flash and not so big on substance. Cool fights – like the Doctor Freeze fight from the second game – aren’t really on the menu here, and while some of the fights are okay, and sneaking around blowing up tanks in the Batmobile is kind of neat in its own way, in the end, it feels a bit repetitive at times after a while.

    The other villains are by and large much less interesting, sadly. Two-Face and Penguin make an appearance, but they’re just reskinned mooks, and are taken out in the same way. Deathstroke shows up again but is in a tank which is mostly a rehash of a previous fight in the game, Man-Bat is not really a boss at all, and while Firefly is a different take on the fight, it doesn’t feel terribly boss-like and is more of a racing sequence. Indeed, apart from the titular Arkham Knight, the only real boss-feeling enemy in the game is the Riddler, who pilots a gigantic mecha to take you out after you solve all of his riddles… again. This is actually a somewhat interesting fight, in part because it makes use of the switching mechanic which shows up in a few fights where you fight as two characters in the same fight, switching from one to another as you do team attacks, or just when you feel like it.

    Unfortunately, the Scarecrow himself doesn’t show up in any meaningful capacity as an enemy – gone are the cool sequences from Arkham Asylum, replaced by and large with cut scenes. There are a couple of neat sequences, particularly towards the end of the game, but ultimately the game doesn’t do a whole lot with Scarecrow.

    And indeed, this leaks over into the story as well – Scarecrow and the Arkham Knight are both pretty generic and uninteresting, and the game as a whole is a mostly bland revenge plot with one real twist which is kind of neat and involves the (deceased) Joker. Indeed, the Joker is again the highlight of this game, which is kind of sad because he’s, well, dead the whole game. On the whole, the plot isn’t terribly interesting or exciting, and it feels very much like you’re just bludgeoning your way through, rather than taking control of the situation in the way that it felt like you were doing in Arkham Asylum.

    The game as a whole isn’t tight. I 100%ed the game and took about 70 hours doing it according to my Steam play time, though I suspect it was less than that and I just left the game running for a while a few times while alt-tabbed out. And unfortunately, this game felt long.    … Expand
  3. risingpheonix
    Jul 3, 2017
    7
    AK is rather faded than the other batman games. It has improved graphics which is to be expected and a very immersive city .. I mean this is the best gotham ever created. It also has some improved gameplay options ... and the FEAR TAKEDOWN is just amazing ... there are also nice addition to gadgets like voice simulator, new and improved disruptor and also digital hacker this is just wellAK is rather faded than the other batman games. It has improved graphics which is to be expected and a very immersive city .. I mean this is the best gotham ever created. It also has some improved gameplay options ... and the FEAR TAKEDOWN is just amazing ... there are also nice addition to gadgets like voice simulator, new and improved disruptor and also digital hacker this is just well thought by the creators and of course batmobile . The joker taking over batman is just pure evil and so good... I actually stopped every time to hear what the joker has to say. The dual take downs and working with other characters (mainly cat woman) is nice edition to the gameplay.
    Now this game has issues and rather big ones .. first NO BOSS BATTLE!! ........are you kidding me ! a weak antagonist and of course the ARKHAM KNIGHT was himself a disappointment. And the hell with all those tank and drones battle ... very UNBATMAN thing to do .. blowing up drones ... what!!! and they are just around every corner.
    All in all this game misses the essence of being a Arkham game .. but it can be played due to some good gameplay.    … Expand
  4. Errtai
    Jun 27, 2017
    7
    I'm playing this after the unplayability issues were fixed, so I won't go into that. Arkham Knight is a really great game, probably one of the best in the series in terms of its complexity and possibilities. I really enjoy how they integrated the batmobile and it feels really seamless switching between game modes.

    That being said, I'm only giving it a 7 because there are some major    I'm playing this after the unplayability issues were fixed, so I won't go into that. Arkham Knight is a really great game, probably one of the best in the series in terms of its complexity and possibilities. I really enjoy how they integrated the batmobile and it feels really seamless switching between game modes.

    That being said, I'm only giving it a 7 because there are some major flaws with the PC port, mostly related to the absolutely abysmal control scheme. Controls can be modified, but unfortunately they grouped certain actions together so that changing one really awkward control changes a whole host of other ones. For example, MOUSE3 continues to be the button used for cape stun, but now they've attached whichever cape stun button you use to "cancel grapple" or "drop down", when for all the other games in the series it was left ctrl. That means the only way to set the controls to the same as previous games, you need to make ctrl your cape stun. Entering grates is no longer space+ctrl, but is now space+MOUSE3. It's very frustrating when you're used to playing with one set of controls and they randomly change it on you for absolutely no reason. Another good example of terrible control schemes is making "Enter" the exit challenge button, and "Esc" the retry challenge button, rather than the other way around.

    Game is great, but they could have taken one extra day to not **** up the control scheme.    … Expand
  5. Mahdiar
    Aug 18, 2016
    7
    Gameplay : 7
    Graphics : 9
    Story : 7
    Sound : 8
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    Overall : 7
  6. jamessamuel
    Apr 6, 2016
    5
    There are allot of issues with this game. Lets start with optimization, you can't run this game on normal or high with a gtx 960 i54690k, you have to set graphics option to low across the board. There are allot of screen tearing issues, huge frame rate drops in some missions. But my biggest problem with this game is the missions, they are very amateurish boring story mode. You will killThere are allot of issues with this game. Lets start with optimization, you can't run this game on normal or high with a gtx 960 i54690k, you have to set graphics option to low across the board. There are allot of screen tearing issues, huge frame rate drops in some missions. But my biggest problem with this game is the missions, they are very amateurish boring story mode. You will kill over 100 dumb AI tanks. You will go across the map to retrieve something only to then go all the way back to where you started. There is allot of potential in this world you play in but its not taken advantage of. Overall i was very bored and wanted this game to end.… Expand
  7. Umur
    Aug 23, 2023
    7
    The bugs have been fixed on the pc port and it is a good game if you like batman.
  8. xspidermanx322
    May 13, 2016
    6
    To be clear, I played this game after they fixed the horrible initial port version. It's a Batman game. The voice acting is superb, fighting is fun. Your typical Arkham game. However, one of the things that made Arkham Asylum great was playing as Batman in enclosed areas and stalking your prey. This game has this, but I never really felt like that super cool Bat in the dark type feeling.To be clear, I played this game after they fixed the horrible initial port version. It's a Batman game. The voice acting is superb, fighting is fun. Your typical Arkham game. However, one of the things that made Arkham Asylum great was playing as Batman in enclosed areas and stalking your prey. This game has this, but I never really felt like that super cool Bat in the dark type feeling. That's what the first game nailed so well, you were Batman. This game relies too heavily on awful tank battles. Nearly every notable boss battle was in the Bat-Tank. Really disappointing because one of the strong suits of the previous two games was the intuitive and really cool boss fights. This game makes the boss fights probably the least fun part of the game, when it used to be one of the strongest aspects. I mean, you fight Deathstroke in a tank. Deathstroke, the world's greatest assassin, uses a freaking tank to fight Batman. Pretty lame if you ask me. Get it on sale if you want, it's an okay end to the series. Oh and don't you dare buy the season pass. Absolutely awful. Some of the worst DLCs I've ever seen.… Expand
  9. Lucas5000
    Aug 14, 2015
    5
    All the hate is just ridiculous. Without editing anything it ran fine on my pc. Graphics and gameplay are great, as is Arkham tradition. Great story as well. Perhaps not as good as Arkham City, but still a damn good game
  10. Agentbb007
    Jun 24, 2015
    7
    I'm revising my original rating from 1 to 7. I originally scored it a 1 because I couldn't play for more than 5 minutes without crashing. Last night and this morning I have played with only 1 crash so maybe something got patched. So far I am really enjoying this game the story is interesting and driving the batmobile is really fun. I like the fighting better in Arkham Knight thanI'm revising my original rating from 1 to 7. I originally scored it a 1 because I couldn't play for more than 5 minutes without crashing. Last night and this morning I have played with only 1 crash so maybe something got patched. So far I am really enjoying this game the story is interesting and driving the batmobile is really fun. I like the fighting better in Arkham Knight than Arkham Origins.
    I would have rated it an 8 but not until they are able to optimize it enough to remove the 30 fps lock.
    My PC is able to maintain a constant 30 fps.
    PC Specs:
    SLI Titan X's
    Windows 7
    353.30 drivers    … Expand
  11. Notger
    Oct 6, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. AK wants to be more of everything, and this is where it fails.

    The basis of the game is solid and where this game simply is an additional version of its predecessors, it works fine: Flying through the city, hand-to-hand-combat, voice-acting and especially the over-arching joker-related parts are superb.

    But where it tries to add onto the tried and true formula, it fails horribly:
    - The new story is just too much of everything. Does it really have to be such a doom scenario?
    - The character of the Arkham Knight is shale and stereotypical. Plus, his vast arsenal of mercenaries and resources going unnoticed is just silly.
    - Technology always was a bit too over-the-top in the Batman universe, but this time, it is just too much to be still believable. The voice imitation device? Instant hacking of everything?
    - Logical flaws (like being allegedly unable to hack a number-pad, because it contains no electrical parts ... wtf? ... just to make you use some admittedly nice surveillance camera trick).
    - The worst offender now is the Batmobile. Sure, it is fun driving around, but it is so grossly overpowered and this whole drone-thing that comes with it is just lame. Reminds me of the old C&C days, where the soldiers (in Germany) were allegedly only robots with green blood. Sure.
    - Framerate drops and stuttering as soon as you call the Batmobile.
    - During an extended and repeated chase scene, you fall through the ground and have to drive for five minutes to make up the lost distance because apparently every tank can drive as fast as the Batmobile.
    - Batman does not kill, but he rams people while going over 100 km/h, be they on foot or in a car. Very meh.
    - Far too many riddler riddles. 247 or so. Artificially bloated gameplay.

    So while the basics are ok and the Joker-Batman-thing is great and the real core of the game, the rest is a major game-design fail.

    And don't get me started on the port.

    This should have been so much better.    … Expand
  12. Hseeker25
    Aug 11, 2015
    6
    Bad port, outsourcing, screwing over the pc community.
    Time of con'ing people is over since refunds has been introduced.

    Maybe they will change there tune this time.
  13. Gohenko
    Sep 30, 2015
    7
    After the latest patches, the game seems to be running just fine. With my gtx 970 and i7-4790k I get 50-90fps on max settings. Some minor hitches still occur randomly when driving the batmobile, though.

    The game itself is fine, it has everything you'd expect from an Arkham game. Everything from the previous games has been refined, but sadly the game doesn't really invent in any    After the latest patches, the game seems to be running just fine. With my gtx 970 and i7-4790k I get 50-90fps on max settings. Some minor hitches still occur randomly when driving the batmobile, though.

    The game itself is fine, it has everything you'd expect from an Arkham game. Everything from the previous games has been refined, but sadly the game doesn't really invent in any interesting ways. The only really new thing is the batmobile, and it is fun to drive in small doses, but it's definitely overused. There are lots of boring drone fights and there are even car race tracks made by Riddler that make no sense whatsoever.
    The story is alright, but quite predictable. The character Arkham Knight is more annoying than anything else and his identity becomes clear far before it's actually revealed. In the end, he doesn't really even contribute anything to the main story overall, he just kinda hangs around and wants to kill Batman (like every other Batman villain ever).

    It's nice that the game is finally in a good enough condition to play at least mostly properly. The game doesn't surprise and it definitely doesn't like feel like a grand finale to the Arkham series. It's good, even great sometimes, just not great enough.    … Expand
  14. meediocre
    Mar 21, 2016
    7
    The problem with a third-iteration of what were already two great games (Arkham Asylum/City), is how do you take the gameplay and/or story in new or improved direction? The developers were standing on tall shoulders, faced a bit with the dilemma that Oasis must have had, after banging out two great first albums. So what we have here, then, is Arkham Knight - a new villain, a bigger city,The problem with a third-iteration of what were already two great games (Arkham Asylum/City), is how do you take the gameplay and/or story in new or improved direction? The developers were standing on tall shoulders, faced a bit with the dilemma that Oasis must have had, after banging out two great first albums. So what we have here, then, is Arkham Knight - a new villain, a bigger city, more gadgets and, of course, the batmobile. On paper it sounds great, and for much of the time, I found myself having a lot of fun. The only trouble is that not so long ago I had played Arkham Origins ... so despite all my best efforts at once again being able to play my favourite comic book character in a beautiful-looking and technically marvellous game, I actually found myself suffering from Batfatigue. I couldn't help thinking that I was playing a game I had played before, a million times. Initially I loved the Batmobile, but after a few tank encounters, it became a chore. Didn't play the game til it was patched, and can confirm I had zero technical issues playing at 4k. Definitely would recommend this to a mad fan, or someone who hasn't played Arkham City.… Expand
  15. EpicKris
    Sep 2, 2015
    5
    Same old, same old. Arkham Knight is way overrated, I seriously couldn't get past the first two hours due to pure boredom. Tank is a nice addition, but this isn't a shooter! This is not what people want. The rest, well, if it's your first Batman game in Arkham series you'll have ton of fun but otherwise it's not worth it.
  16. kheas
    Jun 26, 2015
    5
    I gave this game 6 hours of my time in hopes that I could get past the issues with the lazy port and sadly I could not. The game has some great potential but with the issues such as, frame rate slowdown, bad lip syncing, wonky camera and more, I never found myself completely enjoying the game. Gave up. Refund Obtained. Hopefully it will be fixed and I can once more Be the Bat but II gave this game 6 hours of my time in hopes that I could get past the issues with the lazy port and sadly I could not. The game has some great potential but with the issues such as, frame rate slowdown, bad lip syncing, wonky camera and more, I never found myself completely enjoying the game. Gave up. Refund Obtained. Hopefully it will be fixed and I can once more Be the Bat but I doubt it will happen.… Expand
  17. DaGleese
    Jun 25, 2015
    5
    Giving it a 5 for now, and there it shall stay until Rocksteady fix the game. They should have called in a delay for a month and optimised the game properly before release. I am shocked at the quality of this release, Origins was released badly but we were all expecting that considering it was a WB cash grab. Rocksteady's previous games were solid, and this is very disappointing. ThroughGiving it a 5 for now, and there it shall stay until Rocksteady fix the game. They should have called in a delay for a month and optimised the game properly before release. I am shocked at the quality of this release, Origins was released badly but we were all expecting that considering it was a WB cash grab. Rocksteady's previous games were solid, and this is very disappointing. Through the laggy mess of blurry broken textures, some very unique and solid gameplay mechanics coupled with excellent story can be found, and had this game released in it's proper state, it would be looking at more of an 8/9 score. Will revise score when the game is playable. Rocksteady better fix this fast, as they now have a very large focus group of bug testers; the poor consumers who put faith in them and bought this game.… Expand
  18. Jinx
    Jun 23, 2015
    5
    The game is a wreck for a lot of people on launch day. If you haven't purchased it yet, I would wait to see whether the developer fixes all the issues. As it is, some people can't get it to run and for the rest the performance isn't very good.
  19. trikk86
    Jun 24, 2015
    5
    So I have a laptop with 8GB RAM and GTX 860m (i7) so except the GPU I have recommended settings. I bought the game as I decided to buy a new PC/Laptop soon.

    I got screen flickering during the logo videos some people had. I renamed the movies so I don`t have htem now. After that I managed to get into the settings and if I set borderless window I can play the game in 1920x1080 with    So I have a laptop with 8GB RAM and GTX 860m (i7) so except the GPU I have recommended settings. I bought the game as I decided to buy a new PC/Laptop soon.

    I got screen flickering during the logo videos some people had. I renamed the movies so I don`t have htem now. After that I managed to get into the settings and if I set borderless window I can play the game in 1920x1080 with low-med details (without nvidia stuff) and it has around 30-20 fps. There are stutters but not that bad.

    The real **** part is: this game doesn`t look a lot better than previous Batman games but the FPS or requirements went up BIG TIME    … Expand
  20. rolando2501
    Aug 17, 2015
    6
    once they release the pc version they better give it everything the Xbox one and ps4 have like the skins and DLC cause it wouldn't be fair for us pc gamers
  21. tarn_iv
    Jun 24, 2015
    5
    There appears to be a good, maybe great game underneath all of the issues. Of course there is the very obvious PC port issue, that may or may not get fixed, but there is also the issue of all of the pre-order bonuses and season passes and retailer exclusive content. This game doesn't deserve a 0 or a 1 because it still functions as a game and has some good things about it, but theThere appears to be a good, maybe great game underneath all of the issues. Of course there is the very obvious PC port issue, that may or may not get fixed, but there is also the issue of all of the pre-order bonuses and season passes and retailer exclusive content. This game doesn't deserve a 0 or a 1 because it still functions as a game and has some good things about it, but the negatives outweigh the positives here.… Expand
  22. NewYears1978
    Jun 23, 2015
    5
    Obviously, I don't have enough game time to create a valid review, however I have experienced enough to know that this port is horrible and should not have been released.

    It deserves to be ratedly poorly so that people are aware and saved from spending money on this game. Graphically, the game is beautiful, and when the game DOES work properly it is easy to see how fun it will but.    Obviously, I don't have enough game time to create a valid review, however I have experienced enough to know that this port is horrible and should not have been released.

    It deserves to be ratedly poorly so that people are aware and saved from spending money on this game.

    Graphically, the game is beautiful, and when the game DOES work properly it is easy to see how fun it will but. However, evne on beast rigs the game cannot maintain any amount of constant FPS. It's locked to 30 FPS because even the developers knew upon release there was trouble.

    Even unlocking to 60 fps though, doesn't help. When moving around the city from high above (regardless of game settings) you will have 15-30 FPS drops (no matter what your usual max is) and when driving the bat mobile you will actually have drops down to 5-10 fps (even on a high end computer like myself)

    Save the money...show devs this is not cool.

    The only reason I gave it a 5, and not a 1 like everyone else is because I still think this game is good, and the console versions are probably nice..but as for PC port...no...just no. Can't believe Rocksteady let this happen.    … Expand
  23. Spookydarren
    Jun 23, 2015
    5
    Hmmm I'll start by saying that I have cancelled my Mad Max pre-order never getting caught out again and not just by Warner Brothers.

    Anyway I saw what people were saying and started the game with some trepidation. I went straight to the Benchmark and "Maxed" everything out which was funny as there are no Ultra settings and only minimal changes can be made. I've never seen a game where    Hmmm I'll start by saying that I have cancelled my Mad Max pre-order never getting caught out again and not just by Warner Brothers.

    Anyway I saw what people were saying and started the game with some trepidation. I went straight to the Benchmark and "Maxed" everything out which was funny as there are no Ultra settings and only minimal changes can be made. I've never seen a game where dialing down the settling made the FPS worse but Heyho. I managed an average of 46 FPS at 1080P with AA and V-Sync on running:

    i7 4770 3.4, GTX 970, 16 GB Ram and installed on an SSD. Maybe I was better off due to the SSD. I cap my FPS at 60 anyway cos I'm using a Sony TV (don't hate me) I never got lower than 30 fps on the BM. I don't know where this thing about capping at 30 fps is coming from. I could have got about 52 without Volumetric Smoke but screw that its the best feature.

    Anyway I fired up the game and the real world playtest went ok, yep just Ok. Textures look low quality and some movement stutters and its a real shame. Had high hopes for this. Regretting buying on PC even with the low cost as the PS4 version is probably better optimised. I thought PC users deserve better and can't understand why this was so poorly put together, WB/R* changing the minimum AMD GPU the night before release says it all. They knew there was a problem. Mines playable but I might come back to this after a few patches. Shame on you R*.    … Expand
  24. framadn1
    Jun 23, 2015
    5
    solo una parola Rockstedy. come Ubisoft
    Scaffale..come si può lanciare un gioco in queste condizioni? in più è un porting della versione console, con frame bloccato a 30 fps, e 4 opzioni di numero per le impostazioni grafiche..
    peccato d'avvero perchè il gioco è molto bello,in più ci tenevo a giocarlo, visto che ho giocato i primi 3 capitoli, ma di certo non lo giocherò in queste    solo una parola Rockstedy. come Ubisoft
    Scaffale..come si può lanciare un gioco in queste condizioni? in più è un porting della versione console, con frame bloccato a 30 fps, e 4 opzioni di numero per le impostazioni grafiche..
    peccato d'avvero perchè il gioco è molto bello,in più ci tenevo a giocarlo, visto che ho giocato i primi 3 capitoli, ma di certo non lo giocherò in queste condizioni, non lo prenderei nemmeno a 9,99 euro    … Expand
  25. eRKingslayer
    Jun 27, 2015
    7
    When the game gets fixed I might come back and rewrite the review

    So after 12 hours of playing the game I think I have a good idea of what to say So after being a fan of the batman franchise since I was a kid – comics, animated films, motion pictures and video games this feels like a low blow to us batman fans like what batman and robin was like aka being kicked in the balls . The    When the game gets fixed I might come back and rewrite the review

    So after 12 hours of playing the game I think I have a good idea of what to say

    So after being a fan of the batman franchise since I was a kid – comics, animated films, motion pictures and video games this feels like a low blow to us batman fans like what batman and robin was like aka being kicked in the balls .

    The port was horribly done with alot of graphics options taking away and not being that great in general.

    The story itself is a good story but if you have followed the batman comic franchise then you wil know right away who the arkham knight is and sadly that will bring the anticipation right down but it’s still awesome to see at the same time the voice acting as well is great with Kevin Conroy coming back to play the voice of batman.

    Gameplay is the exact as past arkahm games have been so thankfully that’s a good thing to see
    Overall the game is great for story and for batman fans in general but I would hold off buying the pc version until the fix it or buy it on the consoles but hopefully they will have these problems fixed    … Expand
  26. FalloutEnclave
    Jun 25, 2015
    6
    PC port worked great for me only had slight frame rate drops and slight frame tear and voice sync fallout. The game as a whole with out the PC port being broken for most is above average at best. The combat is the same as before and is worth less on any difficulty below hard. Enemies are numerous and varied but it is Arkham City all over again just tweaked slightly. If I wanted to playPC port worked great for me only had slight frame rate drops and slight frame tear and voice sync fallout. The game as a whole with out the PC port being broken for most is above average at best. The combat is the same as before and is worth less on any difficulty below hard. Enemies are numerous and varied but it is Arkham City all over again just tweaked slightly. If I wanted to play Arkham City again i would have instead. Story is boring and you can see all the twists coming for a mile away even if you aren't a batman comic or cartoon fan. Joker is the only saving grace for the story the voice acting for him is wonderful absolutely amazing. He is the only reason i kept playing this game to the end. He kept me laughing and entertained throughout. The Arkham Knights identity is spoiled half way through the game without being intentional as far as I could tell. The big reveal at the end isn't that great since you know who it is by then. I don't want to spoil it for you since the game does it nicely all by its self. The game takes about 17 hours to finish the story with little to no side quests and that is awesome value for the money. If this came out and Arkham City never did this would have been an amazing game but it is the same and that is a shame. If you want a game to spend the money on get Witcher 3 and wait for this game to come down in price.

    Graphics 6/10
    Game-play 8/10
    Story 5/10
    Voice Acting 6/10
    Sound 8/10
    Joker 10/10    … Expand
  27. lanky78
    Jun 24, 2015
    5
    I don't get what everyone is saying about the 30 fps. Is this an AMD thing? I started up the game and it pointed to the latest nvidia driver. After installing that i did the PC performance test and was getting between 75 and 28 frames averaging about 45-50 on an old gtx770. Admittedly this was while it was still on low settings but it was at 1080p.

    At 720p i was getting similar results    I don't get what everyone is saying about the 30 fps. Is this an AMD thing? I started up the game and it pointed to the latest nvidia driver. After installing that i did the PC performance test and was getting between 75 and 28 frames averaging about 45-50 on an old gtx770. Admittedly this was while it was still on low settings but it was at 1080p.

    At 720p i was getting similar results with normal to high settings. Never saw anything locking it to 30 fps. It even hit well over 30 fps average with v sync on...

    I will reserve judgement on the game until i have played more but in terms of the actual GAME it seems to follow the same fantastic formula of the previous games in the series. The fighting and exploring are as good as ever, not had experience with the batmobile but if it is anything like gta or saints row then I'll be happy.

    Overall if you like the other games in the sites you will like this BUT the launch has been marred by poor performance. Even without the 30fps issue i think a gtx770 should produce better results, i have 12gb ram and 2 x quad Xeon processors at 3ghz so I'm comfortably in the recommended system requirements! However it will probably be fixed quickly with an update based on the poor responses all over the Internets. Then it will be an 8 or 9 game at least.    … Expand
  28. Rabidprimate
    Jun 23, 2015
    6
    The game itself is good. People are giving it scores under what they should because of horrible optimization that will be fixed in a few patches but that dosent forgive rocksteady for putting out a game that obviously needs some serious tweeking. That said the game is fun and the storyline is gritty like it should be after they fix what they should have fixed before they decided to releaseThe game itself is good. People are giving it scores under what they should because of horrible optimization that will be fixed in a few patches but that dosent forgive rocksteady for putting out a game that obviously needs some serious tweeking. That said the game is fun and the storyline is gritty like it should be after they fix what they should have fixed before they decided to release the game i'd say its a solid 8/10 but until then i have to give it a 6. Im running this on a gtx 980 ti with 16 gigs of ram on a 4770k on 1080p i should have no problems running this maxed with fps to spare but sad to say i am not.… Expand
  29. theantonlolz
    Oct 17, 2015
    7
    The negative reviews are due to its initial low performance. Atm if you get a decent enough computer it will perform perfectly, a couple of glitches aside. That being said, the game itself is underwhelming, but worth the money.
  30. Polmanteer
    Aug 20, 2015
    7
    Overall the game is very good and a joy to play. If you're reading this you likely already know about the port issues so I'll leave those and address only things that are not platform specific. There are a few glaring bugs still present in the game which is why I scored it as a 7 where it could have been higher. One of my personal pet peeves is when my control over my character is takenOverall the game is very good and a joy to play. If you're reading this you likely already know about the port issues so I'll leave those and address only things that are not platform specific. There are a few glaring bugs still present in the game which is why I scored it as a 7 where it could have been higher. One of my personal pet peeves is when my control over my character is taken away or diminished, something this game does often. I could overlook it if not for the many unskippable cut-scenes and activities where I'm stripped of all my control and gadgets save one for some specific action that must be taken. It's this mechanic that has caused one of the more troublesome glitches where you become stuck because the game has again limited your ability to control Batman but hasn't provided the object you are supposed to interact with, thus leaving you stuck forever with no choice but to start over or quit. Despite these flaws the game is still enjoyable and I'd say if you're a fan of the series the game is very much worth picking up, though I'd look for it on sale as it's not worth full price in it's current somewhat buggy state. If not for the bugs I'd give it an 8 or 9. If not for all the times in game where I lose control of my avatar for nothing more than a cut-scene or one of the several times I'm forced to stand around and watch scenes play out while I'm restricted to doing nothing but watching (with no way to skip ahead) I would score it higher still.… Expand
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70

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 8 out of 14
  3. Negative: 1 out of 14
  1. PCWorld
    Jan 19, 2016
    60
    Playing as Batman? Awesome. Playing as Batman through repetitive, empty missions? Less awesome. Playing as the Batmobile? Awful.
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  2. PC Invasion
    Nov 2, 2015
    60
    Porting issues aside, Batman: Arkham Knight is a decent enough game. It's not the spectacular swansong we hoped for from Rocksteady, but it's another solid - if predictable - slice of Arkham gameplay, with a couple of great sections along the way.
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  3. PC Gamer
    Oct 30, 2015
    70
    An entertaining superhero power fantasy, let down by awful Batmobile combat, a laughable villain, and serious performance issues.
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