Batman: Arkham Knight

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4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2658 Ratings

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  1. VortexDr
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    A super shady port....I wouldn't bother until Denuvo is cracked.Game isnt worth a dollar in its current state....Way to burn all the good will after the decent ports that were AA and AC.
  2. mweagle
    Jun 23, 2015
    2
    I find it amusing that I can run The Witcher 3 on high on a stable 60 FPS but cannot get over 20 FPS in this game. And in the few areas where I can actually get good frames, it is capped at 30.

    I've seen my share of bad console-ports, but this is a huge insult to PC gamers. After Watch_Dogs, AC:Unity and more crappy AAA devs trying to sell garbage in a shiny box, this one is the next in    I find it amusing that I can run The Witcher 3 on high on a stable 60 FPS but cannot get over 20 FPS in this game. And in the few areas where I can actually get good frames, it is capped at 30.

    I've seen my share of bad console-ports, but this is a huge insult to PC gamers. After Watch_Dogs, AC:Unity and more crappy AAA devs trying to sell garbage in a shiny box, this one is the next in that list.

    Concept is nice and I'm sure the console-versions are running nice and enjoyable, but the PC version is not worth 5 euros.    … Expand
  3. Tubey
    Jun 23, 2015
    2
    An utterly unplayable mess. Locked to 30FPS, but runs at around 15. Anyone giving this a positive score either hasn't played it, is outright lying, or has mistakenly left a review on the PC version Metacritic page when they in fact played it on console.

    The laziest port I've seen of a game in a long, long time. It takes some going to outdo Assassin's Creed: Unity in the "did you even    An utterly unplayable mess. Locked to 30FPS, but runs at around 15. Anyone giving this a positive score either hasn't played it, is outright lying, or has mistakenly left a review on the PC version Metacritic page when they in fact played it on console.

    The laziest port I've seen of a game in a long, long time. It takes some going to outdo Assassin's Creed: Unity in the "did you even playtest this thing before release?" stakes, but Arkham Knight comfortably achieves that and more.

    It is so unplayable that I can't actually review the game itself, as I can't get beyond 20 minutes of it before the constant frame rate stuttering gives you eye ache. It's a game that relies on fast paced fluid combat and hectic car driving sequences; both of which are an absolute nightmare at this frame rate.

    Utter garbage.    … Expand
  4. EdocRed
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    Worst PC port in a while, unplayable as it is now even on lowest settings and the 30fps cap is unforgivable on a PC game... i know that you can tweak the frame cap if you edit the ini file of the game.
  5. Nolfy
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    This game looks outdated (downgraded compared to trailers and does anyone see the AA?) and runs very very badly on a Gtx780ti. Combat is the only good thing in this game, but for this to enjoy we do need to be able to play this game. It's obviously a bad console port. Mouse sensitivity is not good. One thing that is really not good is the misleading gameplay trailers, embargo for pcThis game looks outdated (downgraded compared to trailers and does anyone see the AA?) and runs very very badly on a Gtx780ti. Combat is the only good thing in this game, but for this to enjoy we do need to be able to play this game. It's obviously a bad console port. Mouse sensitivity is not good. One thing that is really not good is the misleading gameplay trailers, embargo for pc reviews and the quiet change of system requirements a day before it came out.… Expand
  6. raistlin587
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    I'm trying to run the game on my Asus ROG Notebook ( GTX 980 8GB, 32GB Mem, i7-4860HQ ) with latest drivers and I can't even get the game started - all screens start flickering and I get single pictures. As long as the game is in this state I can only advise everyone to stay far away (and don't even get me started on the DLC).
  7. turtlefish
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Pc port is broken, plain and simple. Its unplayable and thus it deserves a rating all unplayable games do. And its rating is going to stay same until they fix their game (and malicious drm is taken out)
  8. Blackdragon666
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    First refund on Steam. I'm a big fan of the series, and they treat PC crowd like this? How incompetent is the studio behind this game, if they can release a steaming pile of **** like this?
  9. MetalJacx
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Another broken AAA game. When Ports were starting to get better you have this undo all the good will towards ports. Locked frame rates. Huge FPS dips to the point of unplayable, and sometimes an unresponsive bat mobile. The PC version of this game is broken to the point of unplayable. Do not waste your money.
  10. Veska
    Jun 23, 2015
    2
    Do you like extemely low frame rates even with very low graphics settings?
    No?
    Oh...

    The worst PC port, that you can now buy on pc...Unity, go away, we have new king of pc ****
  11. TwoEars
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Bad and broken port at atrocious price and with dlc and all. Everything that is wrong with developers and publishers today. Do not buy for any reason.
  12. gimpshot22
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    This is by far the worst port I have ever attempted to play. There are serious framerate issues (dropping as low as 12 frames per second occasionally, and into the low 20's frequently, and by the way, this is after removing the 30fps cap that it comes with out of the box), crashes, and just all around horrible performance and optimization. As of now, this port puts "Assassin's Creed:This is by far the worst port I have ever attempted to play. There are serious framerate issues (dropping as low as 12 frames per second occasionally, and into the low 20's frequently, and by the way, this is after removing the 30fps cap that it comes with out of the box), crashes, and just all around horrible performance and optimization. As of now, this port puts "Assassin's Creed: Unity" to shame. These issues are most likely stemming from the fact that "vram" usage is reportedly going as high 5gb's and above on "Ultra" settings. What's worse, even Ultra doesn't look great by any means. I have no idea how the vram is getting taxed so hard when the textures look dated at best. In contrast, The Witcher 3 on Ultra settings would barely go over 2.5 gb's of vram even at 1440p, and it's graphics are incredible. My PC's specs perfectly match the "Ultra" requirements, except instead of one GTX 980, I have two, which believe it or not, seems to performance even worse. I had high hopes for this game as Rocksteady's take on the Batman series has been incredible and one of my favorite franchises of all time. I didn't just think, but knew it would be up to par with previous outings in the series...Boy was I wrong. Apparently Rocksteady outsourced the port to Iron Galaxy Studios, a 12 man team known primarily for console work. Makes sense now. But this flub isn't on Iron Galaxy Studios, no this is Warner Bros. and Rocksteady's fault all the way. These are both huge names in the industry and can easily afford to hire the best of the best when it comes to a pc port. But that is not what happened here, not by a long shot. WB and Rocksteady cut some corners looking to make a quick cash grab, and judging by the amount of pre-orders, it's already worked. Nvidia should be also ashamed to have their name on this piece of crap. This port is a disgrace to Rocksteady's all but untouchable namesake, and unless this game is fixed and fixed fast, you can be sure that many a pc gamer will have lost faith in Rocksteady and Warner Bros. indefinitely. Yet another bad port to add to the recent tarnishing of pc gaming. Here's to hoping this recent trend comes to a grinding halt. Unfortunately, signs don't seem to point in the direction of this happening anytime soon.… Expand
  13. MatheusSantos
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    I don't even write reviews, but this port is so trash that everyone needs to know the epic **** that rocksteady just made.

    This game ins simple unplayable, and buying it on the pre-order was one of the worst mistakes in my entire life.
  14. janjansen
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Very disappointing from Rocksteady. I was skeptical about this game after the problems that plagued Batman Origin but figured that was a different dev so give them the benefit of the doubt... unfortunately this is one of the lazier PC ports we've seen recently. The perf problems are even worse than I had with Origins, frame rate is locked to 30 either way, DLC is ridiculous.... It's a goodVery disappointing from Rocksteady. I was skeptical about this game after the problems that plagued Batman Origin but figured that was a different dev so give them the benefit of the doubt... unfortunately this is one of the lazier PC ports we've seen recently. The perf problems are even worse than I had with Origins, frame rate is locked to 30 either way, DLC is ridiculous.... It's a good job steam have introduced refunds! This will be my first.… Expand
  15. cdrwrecorders
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    30 FPS cap on PC. Dreadful performance. Request refund.
    This is so disappointing to see Batman game in this state. You can't enjoy the game that run this way. I feel like someone spat in my face or made terrible joke. The level of disrespect for consumers is outrageous. No money from my wallet.
  16. hein
    Jun 23, 2015
    3
    The first time I launched this game it crashed. The second time I launched this game it crashed. The third time I launched it, it stayed at the options menu while I was looking through stuff for about 3 minutes after which is proceeded to crash. I then proceeded to close down all other applications to see if it would help. I am running an i7 920 / GTX 970 / 24GB ram, it isn't the bleedingThe first time I launched this game it crashed. The second time I launched this game it crashed. The third time I launched it, it stayed at the options menu while I was looking through stuff for about 3 minutes after which is proceeded to crash. I then proceeded to close down all other applications to see if it would help. I am running an i7 920 / GTX 970 / 24GB ram, it isn't the bleeding edge but pretty damn close. After I shut down every other application, I ran the game...seemed to run find this time. I still don't know what caused it but I sincerely doubt it was due to a shortage of ram.

    I got into the game, I was fully aware of the fact that it was capped at 30fps. I wanted to play it just as is first before messing with the ini file. Naturally turned up everything to the highest settings and the result was extremely poor performance, frame drops and tons of stuttering. It is not playable. I then turned down the settings which does not help it much. The astonishing thing is that even with settings turned up high the game graphically does not look good. When I went around searching for the issues on the internet, there are clear images showing the astonishing amount of detail on the PS4 version of the game and the surprising lack of texture detail on the PC version. Stuff like shadows, rain physics are extremely poor on the PC on the PC version.

    I proceeded to fiddle around in the ini file to set the framerate to 60fps/120fps to see if it would help anything. Nope still broken. The game is an unoptimized mess and until it is patched unplayable.    … Expand
  17. Rivers233
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    Awful PC port, this is what you get when you support Nvidia Gameworks which is ruining the gaming busines. Nvidia and Rocksteady should be ashamed of themselves. The sad part is, the game is just as awful on Nvidia, who have worked with developers for motnhs, as with AMD who only saw the game code for the first time yesterday. I hope AMD sues both of you.

    Next, the game size is too    Awful PC port, this is what you get when you support Nvidia Gameworks which is ruining the gaming busines. Nvidia and Rocksteady should be ashamed of themselves. The sad part is, the game is just as awful on Nvidia, who have worked with developers for motnhs, as with AMD who only saw the game code for the first time yesterday. I hope AMD sues both of you.

    Next, the game size is too big, you're just being lazy with compression. Secondly, the minimum requirements are joke. I have a laptop whose hardware is just as strong as the PS4 and I can't even cosider running the game.

    Thirdly, you've turned a Batman game into War Thunder and World of tanks. You've casualized the game with your ''press X to win combat''. Again, shame, shame, shame on you.    … Expand
  18. GreyKnight
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    FPS capped to 30 for a PC port, absolutely unacceptable. Even though you can change it by going into the files yourself, what were they thinking. Very little option control, bad performance, stuttering, huge FPS drops, graphics don't look that good. Any Gameworks feature enabled will cripple performance even more. Good game buried underneath atrocious performance. Sometimes the game willFPS capped to 30 for a PC port, absolutely unacceptable. Even though you can change it by going into the files yourself, what were they thinking. Very little option control, bad performance, stuttering, huge FPS drops, graphics don't look that good. Any Gameworks feature enabled will cripple performance even more. Good game buried underneath atrocious performance. Sometimes the game will completely freeze when using the grappling hook, and drop to below 10 frames, unacceptable.… Expand
  19. Timotheeee
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Hey look, all the positive reviews are from empty accounts, totally not developers or anything. The port is awful, game barely runs on high-end systems, crashes all the time and has massive amounts of stuttering.
  20. SebastianD
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Wort PC port I've ever seen. It's a disaste, game barely runs on high-end systems, crashes all the time. I just want my money back. People, please do yourself a favor and don't buy this game.
  21. Rickin10
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    WORSE than AC UNITY. Yes THAT bad! Dire performance even on my 290 and textures that would look bad for a ps2 game. Genuinely, staggeringly terrible. AVOID until it gets patched.
  22. MRxTheta
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    It is the worst conversion ever. Hello it is 6.2015 - Using DX9 as a default DX for game? Lol! Even on 980Ti there are slowdowns. No way of disabling blur and fps cap without editing ini files....

    I do not understand how it is possible to do a conversion from weak PC (ps4 is not just a console it is a PC with different API) to strong PC. A band of monkeys would do this conversion    It is the worst conversion ever. Hello it is 6.2015 - Using DX9 as a default DX for game? Lol! Even on 980Ti there are slowdowns. No way of disabling blur and fps cap without editing ini files....

    I do not understand how it is possible to do a conversion from weak PC (ps4 is not just a console it is a PC with different API) to strong PC.

    A band of monkeys would do this conversion better. It is just an awfully ported game because it should run smoothly 60fps on 980ti... And this not!    … Expand
  23. rodga
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Another prime example of why we shouldn't be supporting NVIDIA Gameworks and this pre-ordering nonsense. Not only are there pre-order exclusives and a $40 season pass , there are retailer exclusive missions and skins. What a freaking joke. You can't even get all the content if you purchased their $100 Premium Edition because you didn't buy it from the right retailer. This game is runningAnother prime example of why we shouldn't be supporting NVIDIA Gameworks and this pre-ordering nonsense. Not only are there pre-order exclusives and a $40 season pass , there are retailer exclusive missions and skins. What a freaking joke. You can't even get all the content if you purchased their $100 Premium Edition because you didn't buy it from the right retailer. This game is running
    This game is absolutely a piece of trash on PC and if you have less specific than minimum dont try to run this garbage. Rocksteady almost disappointed us with this PC version of Batman Arkham Knight . maybe i change my score when the issues solved but honestly this is a crappy game.    … Expand
  24. hazy7687
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Once again we are shown why we shouldn't pre-order (especially on PC), and how little some companies care about their PC audience. If we were smart we would learn to avoid ports altogether, but I know what a tough pill that is to swallow. I hope this gets a fix, but I'm not holding my breath.
  25. Zexus
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    This is pretty much an equivalent of AC Unity. The port is utter garbage.

    Locked at 30 fps but still manages to stutter, insane amount of pop in regardless of graphical fidelity, nvidia game works straight out breaks the game even on an nvida card. I cant even imagine how bad it must be for AMD users.

    DO NOT purchase until the game is fixed, they dont deserve your money.
  26. EvilBlizz
    Jun 23, 2015
    3
    game runs very bad, lots of hiccups, stuttering, textures pop in, low res textures, DENUVO, wait another month or two, maybe this game will be fixed, from my experience, main reasons of bad performance:

    - streaming textures system

    - denuvo (confirmed by devs from LotF that its consuming 5-10% CPU power)

    - Iron Galaxy (12 people did this port?? rly?? u can see their names in the credits)
  27. djnicey
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    WB doesn't give out test copies to reviewers, cancels an expensive collectors edition (possibly because of probable refunds), changes minimum system requirements just before the launch, charges a ridiculous amount of money for season pass that you know nothing about, while also baiting you with a bazillion pre-purchase exclusives.
    Did you pre-order their next game yet?
  28. matticusiv
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    I generally hate the idea of giving games 0's or 10's, especially for reasons outside of the game itself. But I think the PC user rating should stand as it is, the consoles ratings and critic reviews can tell you how good the actual game is. The PC port should be refunded by all who can. I was starting to think AAA broken releases was just a hot topic, and not as big of an issue as peopleI generally hate the idea of giving games 0's or 10's, especially for reasons outside of the game itself. But I think the PC user rating should stand as it is, the consoles ratings and critic reviews can tell you how good the actual game is. The PC port should be refunded by all who can. I was starting to think AAA broken releases was just a hot topic, and not as big of an issue as people make it out to be. I was wrong. This is getting ridiculous, and we need to vote with our wallets. Pulling a third of their sales should wake them up. Rocksteady decided to push the responsibility of the entire PC version to a third party. And that was a huge mistake. There is no way that any QA team played this game and thought it was fit for release. That means they intentionally took money from PC fans knowing full well they would be selling them an unplayable product. It's a shame...… Expand
  29. mordecai35
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    You would think, that in 2015, after public humiliation and lessons learned from the likes of EA, and Ubisoft that maybe, just maybe, Rocksteady and WB might have their s%^& together, especially when publicly announcing PC specific features. But this... this is sort of a set in stone example of what NOT to do with your PC port. The game is a broken mess, missing BASIC features such asYou would think, that in 2015, after public humiliation and lessons learned from the likes of EA, and Ubisoft that maybe, just maybe, Rocksteady and WB might have their s%^& together, especially when publicly announcing PC specific features. But this... this is sort of a set in stone example of what NOT to do with your PC port. The game is a broken mess, missing BASIC features such as Ambient Occlusion (which actually IS in the console versions), the lock at 30 fps is nauseatingly inexcusable, but somehow, even still, on an i7 5960x OC'ed at 4.7, and 2 GTX 970's I'm getting hitching and stuttering in cut-scenes. This is a disgrace on so many levels. This is a DO NOT BUY Title on the PC. DO NOT BUY THIS. DO NOT SUPPORT DEVELOPERS who outsource studios to port PC versions.… Expand
  30. Sidious78
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    What can I say?
    The game is unplayable on my capable pc, which has a gtx 970 under the hood.
    The game does not have frame rate issues, but stutter issues. During the twenty minutes I was able to endure, these stutters came frequently and were in the 0.5-4 second range(!). Game crashes when trying to quit, and will crash again if you try to restart. This phenonoma I haven't seen    What can I say?
    The game is unplayable on my capable pc, which has a gtx 970 under the hood.

    The game does not have frame rate issues, but stutter issues. During the twenty minutes I was able to endure, these stutters came frequently and were in the 0.5-4 second range(!).

    Game crashes when trying to quit, and will crash again if you try to restart. This phenonoma I haven't seen since the Win 98 era.

    I've requested my refund, and can only warn any potential buyer of the disappointment ahead. I'm feed up about giving money to companies that ship **** out on the marked.    … Expand
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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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