Batman: Arkham Knight

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  1. bearbishop
    Jun 26, 2015
    3
    Thankfully I didn't pay for this game. It came with my graphics card. The game seems pretty cool, but the PC port blows. I guess I'm going back to the Witcher 3.
    The only PC port of a game I've seen that can be considered worse than this one is the PC port for Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth.
  2. safteygamerpro
    Jun 26, 2015
    0
    10/10 would pay $60 again. Once again we are shown why we shouldn't pre-order , and how little some companies care about their PC audience. I hope this gets a fix. I can imagine rocksteady just giving up on the pc and never selling this game again.
  3. ButPutKut
    Jun 26, 2015
    10
    Clearly on the the best Batman games out there. A true masterpiece. I truly feel like Batman when playing this amazing game. Definitely the best Arkham game out there. Do yourself a favor and buy this game. You wont regret it!
  4. BoydofZINJ
    Jun 26, 2015
    0
    The Batmobile - is it Batman style or is it video game style?
    Then there is the whole: BATMAN does not use guns - but its okay to use a batmobile that has the following:
    A Vulcan Machine Gun on unarmed people, run over unarmed people, use rockets on unarmed vehicles and people, electrocutes unarmed people who touch the vehicle (even if Batman runs them over), and this is the first 5    The Batmobile - is it Batman style or is it video game style?
    Then there is the whole: BATMAN does not use guns - but its okay to use a batmobile that has the following:

    A Vulcan Machine Gun on unarmed people, run over unarmed people, use rockets on unarmed vehicles and people, electrocutes unarmed people who touch the vehicle (even if Batman runs them over), and this is the first 5 minutes of using the Batmobile.

    Then it also has a 60mm Cannon - is this a lie, am I making this up, or is this in game?

    Sure some of the weapons can not directly hit the people on the street but the shock waves, explosions, and debris would.

    Is this how BATMAN handles criminals? Runs them down, shoots them, electrocutes them and shoots high caliber cannons, shells, and rockets at them? Is this the real Batman and how the Batmobile is... or is it the way the comics and movies would handle batman or just a video game thing?

    At least Arkham Knight will NOT get GOTY (Game of the Year) Last I checked the metacritic

    I played the game 97 minutes of ARKHAM KNIGHTon the PC AND.... What a let down.

    At first, it felt good and looked great until the BATMOBILE scenes.

    Without tweaks the benchmark had me average out at 30 FPS, but the fog and smoke made it lower at one point to 15 FPS. I am thinking they did something really bad and screwey with that dynamic smoke thing. On or off - it tanked my system and dropped the frame rate to such a level - especially with the Batmobile that i wanted to VOMIT. With tweaks it was averaging about 55 to 59 frames per second - except near smoke.

    After playing Arkham Knight I just wanted to vomit... the motion sickness and the drop in frame rates made me ill and I do not get motion sickness or such - but it was that bad... ugh....

    Info gathered using the DxDiag:

    Operating System: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (6.1, Build 7601) Service Pack 1
    Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3930K CPU @ 3.20GHz (12 CPUs), ~3.2GHz
    Memory: 16384MB RAM
    Available OS Memory: 16336MB RAM

    Card name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770
    Manufacturer: NVIDIA
    Chip type: GeForce GTX 770
    Display Memory: 4038 MB    … Expand
  5. AnthoNYC
    Jun 26, 2015
    1
    Not only did I get a refund, but I think they should pay me for my time wasted. I thought I would get the PS4 version but I don't want to endorse this horrible release.
  6. 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
  7. piresplayer
    Jun 26, 2015
    4
    Batman is an amazing game, since the first (Asylum Arkham) and because that I bought on pre order. I have a geforce gtx 970 and hd ssd. I can say is enough to run without many problems, EXCEPT to play with batmobile...I wished to play since ever with batmobile man! The car there's no much details like on ps4 and drop frame many times. I'm disappointed and rate 4 is fair like you haveBatman is an amazing game, since the first (Asylum Arkham) and because that I bought on pre order. I have a geforce gtx 970 and hd ssd. I can say is enough to run without many problems, EXCEPT to play with batmobile...I wished to play since ever with batmobile man! The car there's no much details like on ps4 and drop frame many times. I'm disappointed and rate 4 is fair like you have tested for ps4.… Expand
  8. Ballsack
    Jun 26, 2015
    0
    Its broken. Everytime you drive the batmobile the frame rate drops to 30. Its one of the first games I bought after getting a titan x. Almost crapped myself out of excitement when the game finished downloading, played for one hour and immediately proceeded to ask steam for a refund.
  9. TitanT3K
    Jun 26, 2015
    2
    Il gioco ĆØ magnifico, ma la parte tecnica su PC ĆØ completamente da rifare. Gioco cappato a 30fps quando da una configurazione di 2000 euro mi aspetto 1080p @60fps STABILI. Non si riesce neanche a tenere i 30! Il menĆ¹ delle opzioni grafiche ĆØ orrendo e non permette di selezionare i vari tipi di antialiasing o occlusione ambientale. Insomma ĆØ tutto da sistemare e dubito che Remedy se laIl gioco ĆØ magnifico, ma la parte tecnica su PC ĆØ completamente da rifare. Gioco cappato a 30fps quando da una configurazione di 2000 euro mi aspetto 1080p @60fps STABILI. Non si riesce neanche a tenere i 30! Il menĆ¹ delle opzioni grafiche ĆØ orrendo e non permette di selezionare i vari tipi di antialiasing o occlusione ambientale. Insomma ĆØ tutto da sistemare e dubito che Remedy se la cavi con una patch. Come minimo, da acquirente D1 che ha dato soldi e fiducia, mi aspetto il season pass.… Expand
  10. raadick
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    Even if Arkham Knight is one of the most spectacular video games created in the last ten years (I wouldn't know since I am waiting for WB to patch my already purchased game to a playable state), there SHOULD be negative reviews of the PC version of the game, because customers have been blatantly ripped off with a faulty product.

    The history of this game's disastrous PC launch should be    Even if Arkham Knight is one of the most spectacular video games created in the last ten years (I wouldn't know since I am waiting for WB to patch my already purchased game to a playable state), there SHOULD be negative reviews of the PC version of the game, because customers have been blatantly ripped off with a faulty product.

    The history of this game's disastrous PC launch should be preserved, recognized and reflected by the user reviews regarding the playability of the game when it was first sold to customers.    … Expand
  11. crazayman123
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    Gotta love that single digit framerate on a GTX 970. Don't get me wrong. This is a good game on consoles. But the PC version is literally unplayable on launch. Don't buy this game on PC right now until it is patched. If you have one, pick this game up on consoles. it is a great game on consoles. And the only game I would say is better on consoles.
  12. BLOGER
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
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  13. 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
  14. coltergiest
    Jun 25, 2015
    4
    My two cents on the game has nothing to do with the performance issues some people are having, as that has been made abundantly clear by many of the reviewers.

    It's unfortunate that they have not been able to play the game (or maybe just refuse to play out of protest) so that they could give a fair review on the game itself instead of using metacritic as an outlet to air frustrations    My two cents on the game has nothing to do with the performance issues some people are having, as that has been made abundantly clear by many of the reviewers.

    It's unfortunate that they have not been able to play the game (or maybe just refuse to play out of protest) so that they could give a fair review on the game itself instead of using metacritic as an outlet to air frustrations about the way it performs.

    That being said, I was fortunate enough not to have game breaking glitches and crashes, and found out how to unlock the 30 FPS lock through the .ini file (quite simple to do and takes a whole 2 minutes to accomplish) so I was able to play the game to (near) completion.

    I have to hand it to the story writers of the game, as writing the story for this game was clearly a labor of love, and they had to have some talented people working for them that really have respect for the batman universe, and I personally have no objections with the way they've wrapped up this series (as far as the story is concerned...more below!).

    On the other hand though, the mechanisms they used to deliver this story (gameplay) was something that I have serious problems with. This title is loaded with anti-climactic non-engagements with many of the main villains, and has absolutely ZERO boss fights.

    Some will argue that the vehicle battles with the Arkham Knight leading up to the final encounter with him would count as a boss fight, or that the final vehicle battle with Deathstroke is a boss fight (which is exactly the same tank battle as the one with the Arkham Knight). Those people would be missing the point entirely. There is absolutely no direct engagement with any of Batman's rivals WHAT. SO. EVER. Not in any way that should be considered a "boss fight" anyway.

    It's almost kind of cruel that the game is designed for you to go through the "Most Wanted" quest lines, which are basically side quests that have the player going after the various major villains that are central to the Batman stories, and once the player completes the quest line, they might be rewarded with a pseudo-boss fight (as with Deathstroke), or get to make a "life-or-death" decision (as with the Azrael quest line), but no actual fight or battle takes place that presents the player with anything that resembles a challenge.

    Having a great story is a very important part of a great game, but robbing your customers and fans of any sort of finality or closure by not giving them any engagement whatsoever with any villain in the game other than vehicle fights and skirmishes with henchmen is, at least in my mind, extremely lazy and unforgivable.

    The script for this game would have been better off being sold off to an animation studio for another animated Batman movie because that's essentially what Rocksteady gave us with this title...an interactive animated movie.

    It's unfortunate because up to this point, I really enjoyed the blending of a great story with an action packed games through the Arkham titles, with boss battles that while not the most difficult in the world, presented some challenge and kept me engaged with the story that was being conveyed. The formula for Arkham Knight just fell way too short for me.

    I would strongly recommend waiting to find this game in the bargain bin, or on one of the crazy awesome sales on Steam. Definitely do yourselves a favor and don't make the same mistake I did by paying full price for this "game."    … Expand
  15. ldub
    Jun 25, 2015
    1
    Greed and Iron Galaxy are to blame for this abortion. Iron Galaxy screwed up the port of Origins, and they screwed up this one too. As for Warner Bros. Discrimination against PC gamers has to end with terrible, rushed, buggy, broken console ports to PC. WB is now on my boycott list along with EA.
  16. DoctorExinum
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    It's a shame that I can't even play this game without a crash. I purchased this on steam for $59.99 CDN and opted to get a refund due to it being such a crappy port. Shame on WB.

    After this debacle I'll be waiting for it to be $9.99 because they don't deserve $60 after what they pulled. Fail, what a failure.
  17. KRAZYD0NUT
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    Is it playable? Sure.. jack all the setting to min, lower resolution to the stone age and you get a ps3 game that still runs like dog poop, with slow down and shutter all over the place.
  18. 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
  19. SofaTrooper
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    So disappointed with this mess of a port. This game on PC is beyond a joke and is insulting to the PC gaming community. Awful frame rates, terrible textures and crashes is all that you will find with this port. Even the graphics are lower on PC than the console versions.

    The fact they allowed this garbage to be released and sold is insulting, they deserve the negative reviews for this    So disappointed with this mess of a port. This game on PC is beyond a joke and is insulting to the PC gaming community. Awful frame rates, terrible textures and crashes is all that you will find with this port. Even the graphics are lower on PC than the console versions.

    The fact they allowed this garbage to be released and sold is insulting, they deserve the negative reviews for this port. One of my most anticipated games of 2015 as been destroyed by the poor practises of third party port making. Don't buy this game on PC or get a refund quick, absolutely shameful.    … Expand
  20. chemical
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    What a disappointment this game is. I've played some pretty terrible games in my day but this takes the cake. I thought LA Noire's port was shoddy but this makes LA Noire's port playable and actually enjoyable by comparison. This is a prime example of why you must have a QA staff ready to put your game through a battery of tests to ensure that it works properly. Warner Bros. is a multiWhat a disappointment this game is. I've played some pretty terrible games in my day but this takes the cake. I thought LA Noire's port was shoddy but this makes LA Noire's port playable and actually enjoyable by comparison. This is a prime example of why you must have a QA staff ready to put your game through a battery of tests to ensure that it works properly. Warner Bros. is a multi million dollar company. There is no excuse for this. They have the money, they just chose the lazy route of not testing their software before release. I've had a decent amount of faith in Warner Bros as a game publishing company over the years but this really leaves a bad taste in my mouth and makes me question whether or not I should invest in their products in the future. Also, the fact that they put more work into their console versions just annoys the crap out of me. I'm sorry to say, but PC gaming is rapidly becoming something people would rather invest in than console gaming because while we may have to wait a while on the PC side of things, at least, for the most part, we get the better version. This makes me kinda want to get a console just to play the less terrible version of this game, but I refuse to sell out to consoles just to play a game that should be ACTUALLY working on the system it was released on (PC in this case). Anyway, don't bother with PC if you have a console. Just get the console version and save yourself the frustration.… Expand
  21. hornetpix
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    Aunque tengas la mejor computadora de la historia no podras correr este juego de manera optima, ni siquiera sera "jugable" con suerte llegaras a 30 fps, pero quizas ganes la loteria, ya que serias realmente un afortunado.
  22. Silverquick85
    Jun 25, 2015
    1
    As a big fan of the Batman franchise that I am I can only say one thing, very very bad for parrte of studios rocksteady and Nvidia to give its image, the game is a clear example of a console port and shoddy only including nvidia effects on pc

    - Set LOCKED at 30fps - Few graphics options - Dips constant fps - Dubbing of very poor quality of the worst I have encountered in the past    As a big fan of the Batman franchise that I am I can only say one thing, very very bad for parrte of studios rocksteady and Nvidia to give its image, the game is a clear example of a console port and shoddy only including nvidia effects on pc

    - Set LOCKED at 30fps
    - Few graphics options
    - Dips constant fps
    - Dubbing of very poor quality of the worst I have encountered in the past decade

    People who play on PC just hope that we correct the game via patches, powder **** moment stays in the bottom of the steam library    … Expand
  23. G4MeSta3000
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    PC Port is ridicolous **** YOU ROCKSTEADY AND WB
    DONT SUPPORT THIS CRAP STUDIOS doesnt even work on high end systems and just crashes all the time "!!!!!!!
  24. Apparentn00b
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    the port is **** awful

    are you kidding me rocksteady this is ridiculous

    worst port of this year by a thousand miles do not buy under any circumstances
  25. D00medExistence
    Jun 25, 2015
    2
    This game is in no way acceptable. It uses **** for AA! Jagged edges everywhere! I can't help but laugh at the 30fps cap, how out of touch with PC gamers do you have to be to think that is gonna fly?!? The textures take forever to load, if they load. The lighting sucks bawls and makes this look like a last gen Batman game. The only reasons I gave this game any points is because I gotThis game is in no way acceptable. It uses **** for AA! Jagged edges everywhere! I can't help but laugh at the 30fps cap, how out of touch with PC gamers do you have to be to think that is gonna fly?!? The textures take forever to load, if they load. The lighting sucks bawls and makes this look like a last gen Batman game. The only reasons I gave this game any points is because I got it for free, and because I am blessed to not have any crippling FPS drops. I am not getting anywhere near the frame rates I should with SLI 970s but nothing as bad as some are reporting.… Expand
  26. tolle28
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    10/10 would buy another early access game agaĆ­n. .
  27. Robin360cz
    Jun 25, 2015
    4
    I set graphics on low = 40 fps, i set graphics on high = 40fps, "horribly optimized", also, you have to dig into ini file to break 30fps lock. The graphics feel old style - like 6 years back in time, no modern shader effects in pc version, no SSAO or higher, which means no ambient occlusion, graphics settings in game menu are very minimal, you cant even set any anisotropic filtering thereI set graphics on low = 40 fps, i set graphics on high = 40fps, "horribly optimized", also, you have to dig into ini file to break 30fps lock. The graphics feel old style - like 6 years back in time, no modern shader effects in pc version, no SSAO or higher, which means no ambient occlusion, graphics settings in game menu are very minimal, you cant even set any anisotropic filtering there :-D The result = plastic looking old style graphics… Expand
  28. goodOctor
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    30 fps lock ? hahahahahah

    This is garbage ... what a **** port ! Nvidia WTF happened here ? I just dont get it.

    Rocksteady shame on you. STEAM REFUND.
  29. CFidRun
    Jun 25, 2015
    9
    Apparently the game has problems on the PC. I have not experienced a single one. I ran the PC benchmark, averaged 56 FPS. The game itself is absolutely outstanding, the Batmobile is a big addition that help mix up the gameplay from the usual brawl/predator cycle that the Arkham games follow. The graphics are beautiful and character models look great so far. I feel lucky that I haveApparently the game has problems on the PC. I have not experienced a single one. I ran the PC benchmark, averaged 56 FPS. The game itself is absolutely outstanding, the Batmobile is a big addition that help mix up the gameplay from the usual brawl/predator cycle that the Arkham games follow. The graphics are beautiful and character models look great so far. I feel lucky that I have somehow avoided all of the issues I have been hearing all about, and hope they get fixed for others soon. When they do get ironed out, definitely give the game a chance, for when working as intended, it is well worth your time, and is a worthy conclusion to the outstanding Arkham trilogy.… Expand
  30. glood1
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    Rocksteady and warner are blacklist for ever
    the game is **** on sli 980 gtx
    bad and no good poor bug and lot
    B U L C H I T marketing Batman, arkan knight
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Metascore
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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