Batman: Arkham Knight

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4.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 2658 Ratings

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  1. Wraithbane01
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    This is where I draw the line in the sand. This is not O.K. We will not accept a 30 fps cap, when we are PC gamers. We will not condone this unforgivable unfinished product . Disclaimer, I did not purchase this game, I was over a friends house when he did. He purchased it through steam, and I stood and watched as he tried to load into game and constantly crashed. Every crash wasThis is where I draw the line in the sand. This is not O.K. We will not accept a 30 fps cap, when we are PC gamers. We will not condone this unforgivable unfinished product . Disclaimer, I did not purchase this game, I was over a friends house when he did. He purchased it through steam, and I stood and watched as he tried to load into game and constantly crashed. Every crash was cringe-worthy.

    I did not pre-order this and I am glad I didn't. I will never pre-order any game so long as this garbage is acceptable to people. This is an outrage. If they spent 30% less on advertising, and spent it on QA instead, they might have a legacy, or a name to go on. The Integrity of the market is dead. You won't see another dollar from me until this ends. Buggy, half-assed PC port? How bout I just wait for this to go on sale 6 months from now for $5.99 on steam. At the moment, you'd have to pay me to play through this game in its current sorry state.

    You have the audacity to RELEASE a "final" version in this state at $59.99? Oh hell no. Pass on this if you work for your money. If you make money from dividends on stocks and have never seen the inside of a 9-5, go ahead and blow the 60 dollars on a game you cant even really play. It's your money.    … Expand
  2. Urthor
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Basically a betrayal of all the customers who've pre-ordered it. Battles AC: Unity for buggiest AAA release of recent times, a truly terrible game release, and people are being charged full price for it? Insanity.
  3. sassquatch571
    Jun 28, 2015
    0
    This game might be a good game, im not really sure since i wasn't able to play the game at a frame rate higher than 25 fps due to the terrible PC port. It kills me that the port is this bad, Arkham Asylum and City are two of my favorite games, and i was really excited to play this game. I will revise my review if the new PC patch is able to actually make the game playable.
  4. 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
  5. giovanni
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    I don't understand how people ask for reviews to be held back for patches and then review. Since when are games judged by unannounced patches that might take 1-2 months to fix the issues they have? Games always have and always will be reviewed by their state at release.

    The truth of the matter is that they screwed up BIG TIME. They outsourced the PC port to "external partners" and they    I don't understand how people ask for reviews to be held back for patches and then review. Since when are games judged by unannounced patches that might take 1-2 months to fix the issues they have? Games always have and always will be reviewed by their state at release.

    The truth of the matter is that they screwed up BIG TIME. They outsourced the PC port to "external partners" and they didn't even bother to mention it to their customers and they also changed the system requirements previous day of release.

    The game is locked at 30fps, the textures are just plain bad in a lot of areas, the gameworks settings do absolutely nothing to the graphics, lights are flickering and the fps drops to mid 20s or even worse all the time. PC running the game, i7 4790K, GTX 970, 16gigs RAM and game is on an SSD.

    Truly disappointed, this could be the new worst PC port in existence.    … Expand
  6. Wonlee
    Jun 24, 2015
    1
    The PC version is unplayable currently and I am very disappointed with WB and Rocksteady who could not see this was going to happen. I would would wait a month or two if you plan to buy on PC
  7. J4MESOX4D
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Batman Arkham Knight will join the likes of Assassin's Creed Unity, Watch Dogs and Battlefield 4 as one of the most appalling console ports in PC gaming history. Rocksteady have lied, deceived and delivered a shambolic excuse of a game thanks to essentially offloading the product that people have invested heavily in, to a dreadful 3rd party company; Iron Galaxy.

    The game runs abysmally    Batman Arkham Knight will join the likes of Assassin's Creed Unity, Watch Dogs and Battlefield 4 as one of the most appalling console ports in PC gaming history. Rocksteady have lied, deceived and delivered a shambolic excuse of a game thanks to essentially offloading the product that people have invested heavily in, to a dreadful 3rd party company; Iron Galaxy.

    The game runs abysmally throughout with regular stutters in regards to framerate and audio on rigs that surpass even the recommended settings. The 30fps cap is a travesty for 2015 and even with framerate unlocked after modding the config file; the game still persistently wobbles. Visually, the game looks worse than the PS4 version which is beyond belief and the optimisation settings are virtually non-existent just to improve what is seemingly an old-gen title. The game even suggests to turn off many aspects to 'improve the performance' in the graphics menu which is ridiculous.

    Rocksteady's credibility has extinguished. It feels they couldn't even be bothered to make the PC version so they passed the buck onto a small and very weak company to do their dirty work. The fact people have bought the game with the season pass at a cost of £60 should demand the utmost care and attention but the 'developers' have given PC gamers the middle finger which is disgraceful behaviour and a complete disregard for an important market. Thank god Steam have the refund facility in place and Rocksteady will get their just-deserts in the end. Another AAA atrocity that isn't even worth holding onto for the patch. Despicable.    … Expand
  8. Oks4nen
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Basically a betrayal of all the customers who've pre-ordered it. Battles AC: Unity for buggiest AAA release of recent times, a truly terrible game release. Nvidia gameworks optimized game. Nvidia, rocksteady and 12 person group who did this **** SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!
  9. IiraniangameI
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    PC version shouldn't have been released!
    very very very bad released!
    This game was WAY to hyped!
    My dog can do better job.My dog can do better job.
  10. kyle7t7
    Jun 29, 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)
  11. Amigian
    Jun 24, 2015
    1
    Well, the Batman game franchise has become a bloated cash-cow, risk free game design makes for a pretty predictable experience...if you are new to the series you may garner enjoyment from it, but for me the format has become too stale even with the Batmobile shoehorned into the proceedings. Batman is in dire need of a clean slate.
  12. ManiacGamer
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    This game is obviously another **** port on pc to save couple bucks. The devs let another not well-known dev team port it to pc, and the same not well known team ported arkham origins to pc as well which we all know had lots of bugs. Idc if the game is day one or not. It should have been fine with no gimmicks right out of the box. It is nobody's fault but the developer's. The framerate isThis game is obviously another **** port on pc to save couple bucks. The devs let another not well-known dev team port it to pc, and the same not well known team ported arkham origins to pc as well which we all know had lots of bugs. Idc if the game is day one or not. It should have been fine with no gimmicks right out of the box. It is nobody's fault but the developer's. The framerate is locked at 30 and even then gets down to 15fps many times. Yes, you can make the fps higher in settings, but it wont go any higher really. The frame rate will drop suddenly and randomly if you do. The attention to detail is just not there. Nobody should buy this game, we need to boycott lazy products like this, or else we will always be fed **** and expect nothing less. No, we should expect our games to work day one. You don't buy a brand new car and expect there to be issues and problems with it . You don't buy a brand new phone and expect it to have problems with it day one either. Why should we settle for bull**** like this? There shouldnt have to be patches, the **** should work.… Expand
  13. edutra1976
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    Simplesmente não dá pra jogar. Versão PC deixada de lado. Acho que foi um tiro no pé da Warner, perderam muitos pontos nesse lançamento. Acredito que não conseguirão resolver o problema, se assim fosse já tinham resolvido.
  14. Kulkuri
    Jun 29, 2015
    0
    This is one of the few cases I consider it to be OK to give 0/10. The game doesn't work. It originally didn't even start. When I got it to run, it run like **** It has major performance issues, major visual glitches, major audio glitches and major input issues. It also regularly crashes.

    This is more like early access type of thing, except that its the biggest AAA games of the year so    This is one of the few cases I consider it to be OK to give 0/10. The game doesn't work. It originally didn't even start. When I got it to run, it run like **** It has major performance issues, major visual glitches, major audio glitches and major input issues. It also regularly crashes.

    This is more like early access type of thing, except that its the biggest AAA games of the year so far. These releases shouldn't be tolerated.

    On the other side, if it did work it probably would be one of the better Batman games. If the issues were fixed I'd probably give it something like 8 out of 10.    … Expand
  15. EE061003
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Horrible PC release of the century. A total insult and disgrace to PC gamers around the globe, successfully dethrones AC;Unity as one of the most broken titles in recent memory. Avoid at all cost. they don't deserve your money. save it for good!
  16. aday55
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Worst PC port I have ever seen. SLI doesn't work. 30fps cap. ini tweaks are useless or cause instability. Game runs bad and looks bad. WB and Rocksteady should feel bad. Glad I got this free with my 970 because this game is an embarassment. The creators deserve 100% of the circulating negativity and should feel ashamed for distributing this piece of garbage. They chose to out-source theWorst PC port I have ever seen. SLI doesn't work. 30fps cap. ini tweaks are useless or cause instability. Game runs bad and looks bad. WB and Rocksteady should feel bad. Glad I got this free with my 970 because this game is an embarassment. The creators deserve 100% of the circulating negativity and should feel ashamed for distributing this piece of garbage. They chose to out-source the port. They chose to ship the game in this state. Nothing excuses this pathetic release. Sadly the problems with this game seem too profound to fix with a single patch or driver. I predict a long wait for proper fixes. And I doubt all or most of the issues people are having with this game ever get resolved. **** port. Wasted potential.… Expand
  17. 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
  18. Allvaldr
    Jul 13, 2015
    0
    Too bad 0 is the lowest score I can give. This deserves negative score at the least. PC port is completely and utterly broken and unplayable. In 3 short words, DO NOT BUY.
  19. JackFier
    Jul 17, 2015
    0
    I own a $2000 PC and the game can't stay above 50fps after manually unlocking the cap. This is a botch job on Iron Galaxy Studio and all involved. The performance is abysmal.
  20. Giantmonkey101
    Apr 28, 2016
    9
    Whatever problems Batman Arkham Knight PC had when it was released are officially gone, like locked frame rate which was a big one are gone thank god. Yes there are a few occasional crashes here and there still but probably no worse than any other game. Beside that this game is amazing, graphics are incredible, some of the best pc graphics ever produced, frame rate on my AMD Fury isWhatever problems Batman Arkham Knight PC had when it was released are officially gone, like locked frame rate which was a big one are gone thank god. Yes there are a few occasional crashes here and there still but probably no worse than any other game. Beside that this game is amazing, graphics are incredible, some of the best pc graphics ever produced, frame rate on my AMD Fury is running super smooth at 60 fps at MAX settings. Gameplay, combat etc remains the same from Arkham city which is fantastic plus you get the batmobile to add to that which is cool. Definitely one step above Arkham City.… Expand
  21. phi39582
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    First, thank God for G2A and my only paying $30.00 for the game.....better that WB on stole half of the intended take. I absolutely feel that this was no more or less than common theft. It's simple, all you must do is ask yourself if these problems were known to the people doing QA, followed by asking did the people doing QA report the findings. The answer can't be anything other thanFirst, thank God for G2A and my only paying $30.00 for the game.....better that WB on stole half of the intended take. I absolutely feel that this was no more or less than common theft. It's simple, all you must do is ask yourself if these problems were known to the people doing QA, followed by asking did the people doing QA report the findings. The answer can't be anything other than yes and yes. The game is unplayable, my machine is an I7-4XXX WITH SLI GTX780ti's, its a fairly strong desktop even being almost 2yrs old, it almost went to the grave with Batman. Frames slow enough whereas a person could almost get some tracing paper and hold it to the screen and copy the images. I was a huge fan of the series, and I'm sure that I will like it in the future....but not now, it's horrid.… Expand
  22. Leclerc
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Worst PC porting, Low number of graphic options, Cracked Textures. I can't run this Game with GTX970. wait. is this is the Game?
    Most HORRIBLE game ever. Rocksteady = Ubisoft?
  23. PhilTT
    Jun 26, 2015
    0
    Positive scores for this game are HIGHLY suspect! The PC port of this game is simply broken - period - and is currently not for sale on Steam. REPEAT! It is NOT FOR SALE on Steam! Multiple online articles are discussing the motivations and intentions of those in charge of this debacle. Just google all of this for yourself.
  24. Loriftw
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Unplayable piece of $hit! Even on a GTX980 it runs like $hit. Unplayable FPS sometimes even below 30! Clearly one of the worst PC-Version ever, even AC: Unity was better and that was a complete mess.
  25. kairock
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    dissapointing. given rocksteady's great track record of excellent games. raising the system requirements a day before the release date, especially to amd cards(3gb vram).

    luckily, steam refunds now. all is good.

    save your money, and go get the witcher 3 instead.
  26. aquiles1990
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    There is no much need to talk about this game . I will resume it in some words with my average English

    - Titan X oc 1400mhz 1080p Runs at 60- 29 Fps Drops with Stuttering - Sli configuration is broken = DUAL 970 1080p runs the game at 60- 15 fps with stuttering - Vram madness : 1440p eats more than 5gb vram - 1080p 4.3 depends how many hours are in to the game - Pc settings :    There is no much need to talk about this game . I will resume it in some words with my average English

    - Titan X oc 1400mhz 1080p Runs at 60- 29 Fps Drops with Stuttering

    - Sli configuration is broken = DUAL 970 1080p runs the game at 60- 15 fps with stuttering

    - Vram madness : 1440p eats more than 5gb vram - 1080p 4.3 depends how many hours are in to the game

    - Pc settings : Textures ( Low - medium ) Medium ??? - Resolution- Some shadows and ****

    - The game use Unreal engine 3 modified ( 2006 - A freaking 2006 engine )

    - Do you remember the visual parity marketing established some years ago ? : Welcome to a new Downgrade ( Where textures- rain - shadows looks worse on purpose than consoles )

    Do you really think we need to support this madness? This is not a video games. Is a strategic move to destroy pc gaming out of this market. People are wasting tons of money to justified their **** consoles by paying developers to broke their pc games. I have never been so frustrated in my Whole life. The meaning of pc gaming is dying. If you people don't defend our Platform, Pc will be doomed . Just remember this was elaborated by companies . Never forget this day

    Thanks for reading    … Expand
  27. Masterace303
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    move over ubisoft, we have a new king in town.

    a f***ing 25fps on a GTX970? what kind of fu**ed up s**t is that? this is even f***ing worse than AC unity.
  28. PcExpert
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    One of the worst game i ever played, i cant play it whit My Gtx980 G1 @1545mhz, lag and Fps issues.. and it seems that i need more than 12Gb ram.. Dont buy this game.. if u buy im sure u want to return it.
    And dont care Fake +10 Reviews..
  29. bluehorse
    Jun 27, 2015
    0
    Horrible port. do not waste money on this version. However, get console version. It is a good game. I can't believe they messed up this bad. This review is for pc port. Not console versions.
  30. WNxWind
    Jun 24, 2015
    2
    214 hours in The Witcher 3 and still counting.... The Batman is dead, fallen into darkness BUT WAIT BUY OUR DLC PACK FOR 60 BUCKS!

    lulz good game warner brothers / Rocking-unsteadily
  31. CardinalStorm
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    TO ALL OF THOSE IDIOTIC PEOPLE STATING THINGS LIKE, "IT'S ONLY BEEN OUT FOR 24 HOURS, GIVE THE DEVS A CHANCE", DON'T BE SO BLOODY RIDICULOUS. IF YOU THINK IT'S NORMAL FOR A "FINISHED" GAME TO BE RELEASED NEEDING IMMEDIATE RECTIFICATIONS TO WORK PROPERLY, YOU'RE EITHER A MUG OR OF THE GENERATION OF KIDS WHO THINK BROKEN GAMES UPON RELEASE ARE THE NORM!

    Would you pay to take your family    TO ALL OF THOSE IDIOTIC PEOPLE STATING THINGS LIKE, "IT'S ONLY BEEN OUT FOR 24 HOURS, GIVE THE DEVS A CHANCE", DON'T BE SO BLOODY RIDICULOUS. IF YOU THINK IT'S NORMAL FOR A "FINISHED" GAME TO BE RELEASED NEEDING IMMEDIATE RECTIFICATIONS TO WORK PROPERLY, YOU'RE EITHER A MUG OR OF THE GENERATION OF KIDS WHO THINK BROKEN GAMES UPON RELEASE ARE THE NORM!

    Would you pay to take your family to the cinema and say nothing when the film starts stuttering and cutting out? Would you accept it if some prat stood up and shouted, "but it's only been out 24 hours, give the film makers a chance"? Would you find it acceptable when the manager of the cinema stated that the film was currently being looked at and should be fixed within a month or two? Would you happily sit and wait indefinitely while the cinema keep hold of your money?

    If you answered 'yes' to any of the above, then you're part of the problem, the problem of why the games industry release unfinished games and then, maybe, fix them.

    This game, like PCARS, is unfinished and should not be for sale until completed. When a 4770K @ 4.4Ghz / 980Ti / 8GB 2400Mhz RAM can't run a mediocre looking game smoothly, there's a problem.

    Disgusting.    … Expand
  32. lectrolux
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    For months the game showed Tuesday June 24th as the unlock date. I was excited to play this and so I decided to use 4 paid leave days from work so that I could put some decent hours into the game. I went to bed on the 23rd with "13 hours remaining" and my preload all downloaded and ready to play. Woke up and "5 hours remaining" on the clock.

    Suddenly, and without any explanation so    For months the game showed Tuesday June 24th as the unlock date. I was excited to play this and so I decided to use 4 paid leave days from work so that I could put some decent hours into the game. I went to bed on the 23rd with "13 hours remaining" and my preload all downloaded and ready to play. Woke up and "5 hours remaining" on the clock.

    Suddenly, and without any explanation so far, WB/Rocksteady decided to change the Japan launch date to July 16th - 3 weeks away. It's too late to move my paid leave and so I have basically wasted them for nothing due to the absolute bulls**t business decision.    … Expand
  33. Captiosus
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    This is what happens when you outsource your game to a company who is guilty of making several shoddy ports on both PC and console. Namely: Iron Galaxy. They were responsible for the broken PC version of Arkham Origins and responsible for the poor optimization of Borderlands: The Handsome Collection on XBO and PS4.

    So here we are again, with Rocksteady handing off their BIGGEST IP to a    This is what happens when you outsource your game to a company who is guilty of making several shoddy ports on both PC and console. Namely: Iron Galaxy. They were responsible for the broken PC version of Arkham Origins and responsible for the poor optimization of Borderlands: The Handsome Collection on XBO and PS4.

    So here we are again, with Rocksteady handing off their BIGGEST IP to a studio utterly incapable of handling the work, resulting in a really bad port with performance problems, frequent crashes, terrible memory optimization, hard capped frames per second, texture bugs, and other issues. Rocksteady and WB have said they're aware of the problems and are supposedly working on getting them sorted but bear in mind they said similar things about the problems with Arkham Origins, most of which STILL exist.

    I'm just thankful it was a freebie for picking up a newer nVidia card. Had I paid for this by itself, I'd be absolutely livid. I honestly don't know why I expected better, most AAA devs could give less than a damn about PC gamers, as we've repeatedly seen this generation (Watch Dogs, Titanfall, DeadRising 3, Ryse, Assassin's Creed, and now Batman, just to name a few).    … Expand
  34. Kriss_A
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    This is the exact same game as before. It is absolutely identical.
    At least Asylum had interesting level design, both City and Knight are just the exact same thing over and over again, what garbage.
    At least City was a functional product, never mind the greedy as **** and obnoxious DLC practices, at least it worked and was decently optimized, this piece of crap doesn't even run right,    This is the exact same game as before. It is absolutely identical.
    At least Asylum had interesting level design, both City and Knight are just the exact same thing over and over again, what garbage.
    At least City was a functional product, never mind the greedy as **** and obnoxious DLC practices, at least it worked and was decently optimized, this piece of crap doesn't even run right, not to mention that their newest gimmick is even more boring than their combat engine.
    This is literally Assassin Knight Arkham Rehash 7, DO NOT BUY.    … Expand
  35. Shyroma
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    So basically Rocksteady has said that they aren't going to fix this game. I have a PC that exceeds the requirements and because of the horrible f*cking motion blur, my framerate is so awful that the game is pretty much unplayable! And if you try turning off the motion blur in the .ini files? The game crashes.

    I built a brand new PC for the Witcher 3, just this year! I had that game    So basically Rocksteady has said that they aren't going to fix this game. I have a PC that exceeds the requirements and because of the horrible f*cking motion blur, my framerate is so awful that the game is pretty much unplayable! And if you try turning off the motion blur in the .ini files? The game crashes.

    I built a brand new PC for the Witcher 3, just this year! I had that game running maxed out with hairworks, and with added .ini tweaks that made the graphics and details even better! And yet... I can't play Batman: Arkham Knight....

    f*ck you Rocksteady! I agree with what another person said: Hell is too nice of a place for you as$h*les!    … Expand
  36. dedobuho
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    burla de juego sin duda alguna, graficos buenos pero un rendimiento por demas pobre, mi pc/ intel i7-950 4x 3.2ghz, 12gb ram y una placa de video xfx amd 280x de 3gb, con esto witcher 3 en ultra me da 45-55 frames, en este batman me da 25 maximo con tirones de hasta 9 fps, injugable, port malisimo. les voy a pedir a torrentspy mi tiempo perdido bajando 35 gb, insulto total.
  37. zotune
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    I don't understand how they could possibly port it this horribly. I have a 980 and I get 35-60 fps on lowest settings. Very disappointed, worse than unity.
  38. The_Icon
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    The final game of the epic series is probably right up there with one of the worst ports in the history of gaming, simply atrocious. WB and Rocksteady makes you think that the game is didrectly from Rocksteady, but little after starting the game, it was revealed that the game was actually ported and handled on PC by an external studio called 'Iron Galaxy Studios'. If that doesn't piss youThe final game of the epic series is probably right up there with one of the worst ports in the history of gaming, simply atrocious. WB and Rocksteady makes you think that the game is didrectly from Rocksteady, but little after starting the game, it was revealed that the game was actually ported and handled on PC by an external studio called 'Iron Galaxy Studios'. If that doesn't piss you off, well get this, that studios is made up of 12 people...that's right...12...more than 11...less than 13! They gave this monumental task of making the game on PC to 12 amatuer developers with a horrible track record.

    I really don't know what to say. This is the last game I am gonna buy from WB and Rocksteady broke my trust. Not long ago I used to compare them with the greatest developers out there.

    Ladies and Gentleman, this is how Batman died...    … Expand
  39. Rhey
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    An unplayable game deseserves less than zero, deserves money back. This game is a scam, producers should be persecuted by law.
    What a bad follow up, what a bad end, what a bad threatment for your players. Is that the same software house who made Arkham Origins? No it's impossible, because that was a nice title.
    Oh yeah this is really the end of Batman, it sucks, no more a cent for the    An unplayable game deseserves less than zero, deserves money back. This game is a scam, producers should be persecuted by law.
    What a bad follow up, what a bad end, what a bad threatment for your players. Is that the same software house who made Arkham Origins? No it's impossible, because that was a nice title.

    Oh yeah this is really the end of Batman, it sucks, no more a cent for the possible follow up, you can swear it.    … Expand
  40. slikk66
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    I'm reviewing game at it's current state: 0 - I can't play it. I don't think I've ever given a game a 0 before, and I'm usually pretty lenient on the game developers because it's not easy. I'm really bummed after being very excited for long time about this game. I've played Asylum and City on the PS3, then took a chance on Origins for PC.. and you know what it ran great! So, II'm reviewing game at it's current state: 0 - I can't play it. I don't think I've ever given a game a 0 before, and I'm usually pretty lenient on the game developers because it's not easy. I'm really bummed after being very excited for long time about this game. I've played Asylum and City on the PS3, then took a chance on Origins for PC.. and you know what it ran great! So, I cancelled my PS4 pre-order and bought the complete PC title assuming it would also work well. It doesn't.. you've heard all the details so I'll just say that my system is probably mid-range, i5 2500k overclocked, gtx 680 2gb + 8GB ram.. I can't play it at 720p on all low/off.. it just is too slow and stops and stutters to be playable. It's pretty obvious there was a big deception going on with the Nvidia videos showing great gameplay at high frames, and no one obviously thinking that the PC version was AAA quality at this rate, so they pulled a fast one and delivered a poor product. Hopefully in a few months it will be playable.. until then if you want it get it on a console but I don't advise anyone to buy it on PC.. Disappointed. Zero.… Expand
  41. xVehemencityx
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    What a garbage port. I got this for free for buying an Nvidia GTX 970 and very much looked forward to playing it as I greatly enjoyed the first two games. However, it is unplayable on my pc. 30fps is not acceptable for games anymore, and it won't work on anything higher. I wish I could get a refund on part of my GTX 970 purchase due to the game being awful.
  42. Nerghal
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have a feeling there might be a decent game behind the slideshow, unfortunately I will never know. Good thing Steam refunds arrived just in time :-)… Expand
  43. Sir_Trigg
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Wost PC port I've ever seen. Thank god for the Steam refunds. 30fps cap which can be turned off outside of the game but causes the game to run even worse than before. It's not acceptable to release games like this, especially a AAA game. Don't go near it.
  44. Sh4rkill3r
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    One of the worst port I ever seen with GTA4. Why we need to wait for a patch? This is ridiculous. How Nvidia promotes this garbage? So sad I preordered this and can't refund it.
  45. Tadian
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    This console port is a mess and needs to be fixed. Until then, zero points.
    You can't even disable the excessive motion blur because there is no real graphic options menu.
    It's capped at 30 fps and the only way to fix this is to change the INI file manually. For me it runs acceptable though but that doesn't change that it is still a mess. DO NOT BUY IT ...unless you know exactly    This console port is a mess and needs to be fixed. Until then, zero points.
    You can't even disable the excessive motion blur because there is no real graphic options menu.
    It's capped at 30 fps and the only way to fix this is to change the INI file manually.

    For me it runs acceptable though but that doesn't change that it is still a mess.

    DO NOT BUY IT
    ...unless you know exactly what you can expect and don't have a problem with it.    … Expand
  46. 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
  47. BearHug
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Absolute **** port. Rocksteady and WB basically tells us that PC gamers can suck a D.
    Game is capped at 30 fps, no ambient occlusion, you cant switch method of AA. Low res textures.
    No communication or appology from devs.
  48. XenonQ
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    This is intended not as a genuine review, but as a message to the developers. We, PC gamers, are sick and tired of your never ending console porting **** You, Rocksteady, have no excuse. You pushed the game's release back for about 4 months, and this is not your first game. Arkham City had the exact same issues. You didn't learn squat. And that is why we are all getting refunds.
  49. Grimfalcon
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    This is the poster-child for what's wrong with console ports. Game simply doesn't work on the PC and shouldn't have been sold in the state it was. Either a complete failure by Rocksteady and their QA department, evidence of a lack of QA completely or what is more likely, the dangers of devaluing a consumer segment so much that you'd outsource it's development and release it for fullThis is the poster-child for what's wrong with console ports. Game simply doesn't work on the PC and shouldn't have been sold in the state it was. Either a complete failure by Rocksteady and their QA department, evidence of a lack of QA completely or what is more likely, the dangers of devaluing a consumer segment so much that you'd outsource it's development and release it for full retail without even testing it.

    Thank god for Steam refunds.    … Expand
  50. crazyalexal
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    The worst port of any game i've ever played. the game looks good but if you try and change any of the graphics options the game dies if you try and play the game it drops to 3-13 fps and it has image and sound problems. Thank god for steams refunds.
  51. JoWyne
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Do not even think about buying this unfinished port, I paid around 90$ for the premium edition can't even pass the game opening cutcene. Many people around the world are expressing alot of performance issues with this disaster unfinished PC port.

    Add to that "fails advertisement" which reminds me of the star wars: the old republic lunch when they claimed that the high res textures    Do not even think about buying this unfinished port, I paid around 90$ for the premium edition can't even pass the game opening cutcene. Many people around the world are expressing alot of performance issues with this disaster unfinished PC port.

    Add to that "fails advertisement" which reminds me of the star wars: the old republic lunch
    when they claimed that the high res textures people saw in the ad and was in the game folder
    wasn't suppose to be there ! and that's why people were unable to use them !!!

    I'd say WB along with rocksteady and nvidia should get sued and be an example for other companies so they don't even think about fooling video gamers in future.

    Thank You.

    you can't even pass the
    opening cutscene with a super pc. Stay away and warn you're family and friends.    … Expand
  52. Inex
    Jul 3, 2015
    1
    I can see how PC Master race playing this game with hugest pleasure now. 16k resolution with 120 fps available only for PC users! Consoles peasants can suck dick, only this version for real gamers! Awesome optimization, just like GTA IV for PC in 2008.
  53. wukagames0391
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    Bought the game off steam and noticed right away this game was not optimized properly. Thank goodness for Steam refunds... and to top it WB suspended the sale of this game until they address the issue. Hopefully we send a message to the retards at WB that a game that runs like **** at launch is unacceptable. HOOORAHHH
  54. psx
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    WORST PORT EVER 30 fps on my 2000 $ pc ultragaming hardware is a joke... i will not support WB anymore until a patch will come, the story of the game is ok but the game is unplayable
  55. KillerEyeDoc
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Terrible port, textures are as ugly as sin, forced motion blur for that nauseating effect and completely unable to run smoothly on dual 770s (even though SLI is working!). DO NOT BUY.
  56. kurtheil
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Broken console port. Don't buy it and if you bought it then refund it. Maybe then publishers/devs will start listening to the gamers (or at least to commons sense)
  57. pascher24
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Give a team of 12 people 8 weeks to port a pc version, this is the result...
    The game is great, but the pc version is horrible. Combined with the massive pre order deals releasing a beta version is ripping off every pc gamer. It's unacceptable.
  58. raminxxx
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    fu&k rocksteady
    Now that Steam issues refunds it should make companies think twice about releasing shoddy ports; we now have a way of fighting back....
  59. Krokodille
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Game developers should show at least some respect to a consumer. How can one make a game that lags THAT MUCH with any setup - even on 640x480... Most epic fail I have seen so far.
  60. vikingvampire
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    this garbage is a disrespecting to pc gamers community. i did not expect Rocksteady to perform like this. they worked very hard all time day and night on console version but gave the pc version to a 12 person team! this is the point that we should understand rocksteady does not care about us. rocksteady promised to fix this situation but I dont think few updates will fix this garbage. justthis garbage is a disrespecting to pc gamers community. i did not expect Rocksteady to perform like this. they worked very hard all time day and night on console version but gave the pc version to a 12 person team! this is the point that we should understand rocksteady does not care about us. rocksteady promised to fix this situation but I dont think few updates will fix this garbage. just a miracle will fix it.… Expand
  61. Tatar
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Yes its disappointment of the year so far for me. I have this game for free - bonus for buying GTX 970 and this is only good new in this review. I have i5-4490 GTX 970 8 GB RAM and on this configuration Witcher 3 is flying on Ultra and this sh.... is so slowwww, freezes 0,5 - 3 seconds are very often, fraps are decreasing even when I do nothing, its crashing every time i try to quitYes its disappointment of the year so far for me. I have this game for free - bonus for buying GTX 970 and this is only good new in this review. I have i5-4490 GTX 970 8 GB RAM and on this configuration Witcher 3 is flying on Ultra and this sh.... is so slowwww, freezes 0,5 - 3 seconds are very often, fraps are decreasing even when I do nothing, its crashing every time i try to quit game, every TIME !! This port on PC it,s a joke, Killing Joke yeahhh I think it's a last Joke of the RIP Joker. I play every game in Batman universum but this is too much for me ..… Expand
  62. manval
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Broken and bad PC port. Horrible frame rate drops. 30f-ps cap. Do not buy. Steam download the game in five times, and the worst purchase you've ever made, do not pay more than $ 5 for this bad port
  63. ksenoa023
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    "Unity" 2? I hope they fix that fast as possible. Why do we need paper , wet hat , scattering droplets , smoke from the barrel of the machine , etc. Why not just make a game designed for a wide audience on the possibilities of iron ? I have no titanium , and many do not. I do not have 24 RAM , and many do not have . By the way , the same goes for the new Witcher fairly high settings , or"Unity" 2? I hope they fix that fast as possible. Why do we need paper , wet hat , scattering droplets , smoke from the barrel of the machine , etc. Why not just make a game designed for a wide audience on the possibilities of iron ? I have no titanium , and many do not. I do not have 24 RAM , and many do not have . By the way , the same goes for the new Witcher fairly high settings , or the Inquisition , at least take the same origin , was also high . So what's the problem to make a game designed for a wide audience (preferably iron ) ?… Expand
  64. slowtempo13
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    No rain drop, No HBAO+, No Ambient Occlusion. WTF.
    This game is the worst game ever in my entire game life.
    I had to refund the PC version and get PS4 version because of it.
    Graphic performance of PS4 version is much better than PC.
  65. dexter11
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    I had so many expectations for this game... I'm really sad to see the results of this long wait. The PC version is just... not finished. I guess that is what happens when you give a f**k about your clients, you don't even test your product.
  66. Muskasauraus
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    I've played for under an hour and already uninstalled it.

    I got this game free with my 980Ti Hybrid and maxed out the game achieves somewhere around 50-70fps, big drops while driving the bat-mobile and performance in general is not acceptable for a game of this caliber. Other annoyances: To get away from being locked at 30fps I have had to edit an ini file. Seriously... Specs    I've played for under an hour and already uninstalled it.

    I got this game free with my 980Ti Hybrid and maxed out the game achieves somewhere around 50-70fps, big drops while driving the bat-mobile and performance in general is not acceptable for a game of this caliber.

    Other annoyances:
    To get away from being locked at 30fps I have had to edit an ini file. Seriously...

    Specs upped at the last minute, while they don't affect me I can see no reason why this is necessary as you can't even select anything beyond 'Normal' textures in the graphics options.

    Poor AMD owners, again short changed with reported performance problems on release.

    Combat is simply a case of mashing the left mouse button while Batman flies around a 20-30m radius dishing out the weakest feeling punches 90% of the time with the occasional press of the space bar to dodge a charging enemy. Even with 7-8 enemies all carrying guns not one thought to fire at me. Next gen indeed!

    Batmobile sections are terrible, it's handling is awful and the stutters to game play are annoying.

    I am unable to change the mouse sensitivity in the menu at all, it's far too sensitive to my tastes right now.

    I really can't recommend this game right now, even getting it for free it's yet another sub standard release, what looks to be a direct port from consoles with nothing extra for the PC gamer, except the performance issues.

    Why why why are we missing ambient occlusion and rain textures that the console versions have?!

    Originally I said to wait for patching or a Steam sale where this might be a price more befitting of it's caliber but now, after seeing more of the truth come to light, like the fact this was farmed out to a company to port to PC who usually make crap mobile games & the DRM, I don't feel buying this game helps us as the end user in gaming one bit. boycotting rubbish like this is the best we can do to stop it happening again in the future.    … Expand
  67. Gargantis
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    I have used metacritic for many years now to help gauge reception for new releases, as well as the state of a new release at launch. Over the years there has obviously been a number of controversial instances of certain games being absolutely slammed at launch by users. While I have certainly been disappointed by the state of certain games at launch, Batman: Arkham Knight has seemingly setI have used metacritic for many years now to help gauge reception for new releases, as well as the state of a new release at launch. Over the years there has obviously been a number of controversial instances of certain games being absolutely slammed at launch by users. While I have certainly been disappointed by the state of certain games at launch, Batman: Arkham Knight has seemingly set a new precedence for poor quality control. WB Games and Rocksteady haven't just lowered the bar, they've essentially set it into free fall. As a result I finally felt the need to sign up to metacritic to put my opinion out as well.

    The alarm bells began ringing when on the night before release, the minimum system requirements were updated for AMD users. Fortunately beign an Nvidia user this did not affect me, though I was already questioning what would happen with AMD users that had preordered the game and had initially met the minimum requirements but did not meet these updated requirements. This was already a totally unacceptable step on the part of Rocksteady/Warner Bros.

    Despite the strong criticism the game was already receiving, I decided not to judge until I had played it myself. While my PC didn't quite meet all of the recommended requirements, I more than passed the minimum requirements and had been able to run both The Witcher 3 and GTA V at high settings with an average FPS over 30. As a result, hearing that the game was capped at 30FPS did not concern me greatly, but when I learned there was no proper method of removing this cap without editing the game files, I again was amazed at the lack of consideration that had gone into making this port.

    Due to the storage requirements for the game I left the Steam download running while at work, and on two occasions I came back to find that upon completion, the download had just restarted itself. I am not sure whether this particular point can be blamed on Rocksteady or Steam, but in 10 years of using Steam as a platform I have never encountered this issue before.

    Having finally managed to start the game I immediately adjusted my settings to match those recommended for computers only meeting the minimum requirements. I was a little surprised to find that on the lowest settings and with all gameworks options disabled, I was still only averaging just over 30FPS with notable stuttering issues and seemingly random drops in framerate. On a whim I changed all the settings to their highest and restarted the game only to find that my average FPS only dropped but 3 or 4, with all the previous issues still present.

    At this point the game is PROBABLY in a playable state, but not the kind of state a AAA game that has already been delayed by 8 months should be in. In all honesty these optimization issues make the game feel more like it is still in development and the experience is not wholly different to an Early-Access game on Steam. Graphically the game is less impressive than other games released in 2015, and even with its own optimization issues, the vastly bigger Witcher 3 still outperforms Arkham Knight by leagues.

    I cannot fathom how a product with such a large budget and reasonably long development time could be released in such a state on one of only three platforms. It has now been confirmed that Rocksteady outsourced the development of the PC version to Iron Galaxy, the same studio behind the similarly problematic launch of the PC version of Arkham Origins. While I can understand the need for outsourcing, I do not understand how such a poorly polished product could ever have passed QA and testing.

    There appears to be a worrying precedence now to release poorly optimized, borderline unfinished PC ports. While a delay in the PC release would have been irritating, I cannot fathom the fallout being anywhere near as bad as what has occurred at this point. I can understand the difficulty in making a game run well across the huge range of PC hardware out there, but to sell this as a finished product is truly unacceptable. It's about time developers began to take PC more seriously as a platform, or just stop developing multiplatform titles for PC altogether if the release version does not come close to matching the console counterparts.    … Expand
  68. gatoray
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Game keep crashing at the start and I have not been able to play it. At the start of when cop walks in to the dinner game crash with the following error.
    I have tried everything I can thing. Verified the game data is fine via steam. All my drivers are up to date. disabled steam overlay and cant think of anything else.
  69. TheEvilDrCube
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    This game is awful in its current state. Hopefully they patch it to fix it, but the way they are talking to the community it's our fault for not having "good enough" computers. I also guess these high-end computers aren't as good as consoles either. The PC version is missing textures and effects.

    On foot I'm lucky to get 30fps, get into the Batmobile and the game becomes a slideshow    This game is awful in its current state. Hopefully they patch it to fix it, but the way they are talking to the community it's our fault for not having "good enough" computers. I also guess these high-end computers aren't as good as consoles either. The PC version is missing textures and effects.

    On foot I'm lucky to get 30fps, get into the Batmobile and the game becomes a slideshow simulator.

    The state in which this game was released for PC is completely unacceptable.    … Expand
  70. shingen78
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Worst PC port EVER!!! bad bad bad bad ... but very very very bad. Burn your money in others things. Don't Buy!!!!!

    Fly, you fools!
  71. angryfor
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    What can i say? It is the WORST PORTING TO PC EVER! And some serious information was hidden! No one knew the porting was outsourced to crappy studio until launch. It is not just a huge failure, it is a dirty SCAM!! You know what? The minimum system requirements was modified just 1 HOUR BEFORE LAUNCH!
  72. JohnKapusya
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Avoid this crap, I just bought powerfull AMD rig and can't even play on it. very low fps, lots of crashes, Worst optimaliztion than GTA IV (when it came).
  73. jjsuperbadger
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Unplayable, lazy port. This can't have been tested. Running this on a GTX980 and it drops into a slideshow every few minutes. WB/Rocksteady should be ashamed.
  74. Krs
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    i never see something published in this "state", this is how a game company can easily steal money. Frame rate problems, installation problems, download problems.
  75. mortikaye
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Slightly less fun than a diagnosis of bowel cancer. I've got a bad tummy and the prospect of emptying my bottom is more appealing than playing any more of this awful, awful game.
  76. itsnotcory
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    There's no reason the game should have been released in this broken state. The fact that the game looks decent on consoles means that someone messed up the PC development process and pushed it out the door anyway.
  77. egonio
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Mortal Kombat X have bad performace on PC (Its Unreal Engine 3 for jesus Christ!) and now u totaly copy this in new Batman. I dont know what to say... just shame on you. Game will be refunded, hope other PC players will do same.
  78. crisisinlondon
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    The worst... The absolute worst. Broken from top to bottom with no fix even remotely expected. This is an absolute pile of trash. DO NOT BUY IF YOU LIKE GAMES THAT WORK.
  79. eavens
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Very bad game
    Don't buy it
    Waste of money
    Capped
    Not full option
    **** studio
    Never buy WB game again crack them'all
    you loose a ery old client by making this ****
  80. Manbadreview
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    I was hope look forward to buy this game but after heard that this game is crap on pc i not buy this broken game until game dev fixed from the start and Delayed eight months & still released broken that i don't want.
  81. RASMUScm
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    I feel cheated. I paid 50€ for this very low quality, unplayable PC port? What is this?
    Graphics is really similar to Arkham City, but I prefer AC engine, cause it works better, more stable and have more graphics options.

    It's funny I thought the Arkham Origins will be worst.

    DON'T BUY
  82. SoulBrand93
    Jun 25, 2015
    1
    the first time in my life I put a negative to a game analysis, gives the impression that rocksteady not give importance to the public have returned pc steam game and want nothing more than any game WB, less danuvo and more make better optimizations so sure there would be less piracy
  83. Discaciate
    Jun 25, 2015
    0
    And I thought the trend of bad PC ports was gone...
    Great game with a abysmal port. I have my doubts that they will be able to fix this.
    Do not give your hard earned money to them.
  84. Quimet93
    Jul 2, 2015
    0
    Worst port, i've never played. I can run The Witcher 3 on ultra, at 60fps and it's unable to hold 30fps. Only "Normal" texture quality. The Game runs like a race of bricks. Good combat, as always, the Batmobile quests doesn't fit quite good. Good Game, bad PC port.
  85. kiubier
    Jul 9, 2015
    1
    You know how back in the day you were able to return an open game because it was a bad game? Well you can't do that no more. **** right? Well I decided to return my copy of Arkham Knight for pc because the game is BROKEN. B R O K E N
  86. Amazingguy12
    Jul 24, 2015
    3
    The concept of the game is good but what really slows down the game is bad fps optimization,example:combat and driving the Batmobile are almost impossible because of the bad fps optimization,that really slows down the game,which could easily be one of the best games of 2015
  87. Sinstrad
    Jul 27, 2015
    0
    I would like to be able to give this game higher than a zero but I can't actually play it without constant stuttering. Not even with 2 video cards (7950's sure they're older but still decent) can I play the game at 1024x768....yeah not even a wide screen resolution.

    I'm holding out that Rocksteady can fix the game that Iron Giant ruined before I request a refund from Steam.
  88. danstew
    Feb 15, 2016
    9
    OK, this is the third review I am writing... as I progressed through the game, I deleted the previous one, and I believe this will be the final version.
    Before I go on: I am very well aware that a lot of people are still having trouble with the game. Yes, it was one of the worst game launches in a long time, shouldn't have happened that way.However, I will not let that influence my    OK, this is the third review I am writing... as I progressed through the game, I deleted the previous one, and I believe this will be the final version.
    Before I go on: I am very well aware that a lot of people are still having trouble with the game. Yes, it was one of the worst game launches in a long time, shouldn't have happened that way.However, I will not let that influence my rating, as the review and rating are based on the way the game works TODAY (for me), and the game itself. I didn't get the game until September or so, and it worked perfectly well almost immediately

    I do have an i7-4790, 16 gigs of Ram, a GTX 960 with 4 gigs of Ram, using the settings suggested by GForce experience.

    After the patches/fixes that have been released (today's the 7th of Nov), the game works absolutely fine for me, no reasons to complain. The performance is great, no frame rate issues at all.

    Gotham looks beautiful, and I love the atmosphere of the game. Basically, it's another No Man's Land type situation, which kinda makes sense because otherwise, you'd run over citizens by the hundreds in your batmobile.
    Which leads me to the biggest innovation of AK, the batmobile/battank.

    I admit it is fun to race around Gotham in that thing. Driving is nice, the thing is pretty tough, like a tank, so you can run into walls etc, destroy fences etc. In battle-mode, there are some nice tricks you can do, and the controls are totally different. It somehow reminds me of that DaVinci-tank in AC: Brotherhood... and I wonder whether the handling and "style" of the battle mode was inspired by this.

    Melee is fun as well, blocking works great, so do special combos. Eventually, you will need to use them to handle enemies with stun batons, shields, swords etc. It can be rough, but I never thought it was unfair. In some cases, like bank robberies, you should approach it tactically.

    The boss fights are fun as well. They can be rough, but again, not unfair. Yes, it took me quite some time to take out the Arkham Knight's imba vehicles, but boy, was it satisfying.

    Where the game absolutely SHINES is atmosphere and writing. I love the story. I am sure most of you know the big reveals in the game, but still, I'll try not to mention them. The state Batman is in, which kinda makes it harder for him, is extremely well done (with a certain villain talking to you a lot), and the end of that state is TOTALLY great.
    There are some very very cool throwbacks to "A Death In The Family", which, to me as a fan of the comics, was a very special treat.

    There are some very surprising twists in the story, not only the two big reveals I mentioned. Up until the very end, I felt entertained, and I thoroughly enjoyed the story and working my way through it...the boss fights were harrowing, but ultimately satisfying.

    Now, for the negative parts (IMO):
    - There is too much focus on using the mobile. Yes, I can understand they put a lot of work into the mobile, but it felt TOO much... fighting gazillions of drones, driving around, having to find ways of getting your batmobile into a certain area or building to use it to progress... it is ok, but I wish they had cut the amount of driving, drone fighting and "need to find a way to get the mobile in here" by about 30-40%. YMMV

    - The "after death teases". They are part of the series, sure, but they eventually got more than frustrating. They were tiring, especially with stuff like the Riddler challenges (races, riddles, etc.) which I didn't enjoy at all.

    - The ending of the game, IMO, ROCKED; but... I didn't like the fact you have to complete ALL of the side-stuff in order to see the ultimate ending (Knightfall protocol). I loved playing the main-storyline, but when I realized I still had to finish ALL the side stuff to see that final part, I didn't like it. It DOES make sense that you need to do all that, considering what Knightfall is, but... I LIKED the fact that I didn't HAVE to do all the side stuff. Some of them were fun, but I liked that I had the freedom to leave out some of them. However, if you want to see the final ending, you will have to.
    I wouldn't mind this, if not for the final, very frustrating Riddler challenge. I thought that some of his challenges (hint: glide and final race) were WAY harder than anything I had to do in the main-storyline. Add his very repetitve teasing and ridicule, it kinda sucks the fun out of stuff

    So, PROs:

    - GREAT storyline
    - Some killer twists and surprises in the story (even without the Arkham Knight stuff, which at some point became predictable)
    - Great atmosphere
    - Graphics
    - Sound/Music
    - Some of the Batmobile related stuff
    - New gadgets and moves
    - Appearance of some lesser known villains, sometimes in a surprising way
    - Duo fights...a ton of fun. they could have put in more of that, but thats a minor complaint

    Cons:
    - Too much batmobile (way too much)
    - Need to do every single side-quest to get the final ending
    - Riddler challenges..frustrating,not fun    … Expand
  89. Bamfer1602
    Jun 23, 2015
    1
    Эта игра хуже, чем Unity. Такого кривого порта я в жизни не видел. Я не представляю, как можно было так подводить игроков, которые платили честно заработанные деньги на сырую и не готовую поделку. Не знаю, чем мы заслужили эту кару. Долбаноиды, одним словом.Эта игра хуже, чем Unity. Такого кривого порта я в жизни не видел. Я не представляю, как можно было так подводить игроков, которые платили честно заработанные деньги на сырую и не готовую поделку. Не знаю, чем мы заслужили эту кару. Долбаноиды, одним словом.
  90. NetQvist
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    This is worse than Assassin's Creed Unity when it comes to the PC port, if you want to play this get it on a console. There is of course hope that they'll fix the game but in its launch version it's just unplayable for most people. I have gotten it to a playable state with better fps than on a console but it's still missing some graphical features compared the consoles and itsThis is worse than Assassin's Creed Unity when it comes to the PC port, if you want to play this get it on a console. There is of course hope that they'll fix the game but in its launch version it's just unplayable for most people. I have gotten it to a playable state with better fps than on a console but it's still missing some graphical features compared the consoles and its underperforming like crazy!… Expand
  91. markossi
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    TRAGIC OPTIMIZATION! i i run on ultra witcher 3 witch such a beatiful graphic ! and arkham is like 2 times worst but still they manage to make this totally unplayable... worst game optimization this decade
  92. sinadoom
    Jun 24, 2015
    0
    Glad I didn't buy this game. I'm adding my "review" here to bring this game's Metascore down. More negative reviews should hopefully serve as a sufficient warning. Even though I haven't tried this game, I think everyone that bought the game on Steam should refund the game before the 2 hour limit. DO NOT PAY FOR UNFINISHED GAMES AND POOR PORTS!! DO NOT RATE GAMES ON POTENTIAL!

    Why do    Glad I didn't buy this game. I'm adding my "review" here to bring this game's Metascore down. More negative reviews should hopefully serve as a sufficient warning. Even though I haven't tried this game, I think everyone that bought the game on Steam should refund the game before the 2 hour limit. DO NOT PAY FOR UNFINISHED GAMES AND POOR PORTS!! DO NOT RATE GAMES ON POTENTIAL!

    Why do critics ignore performance issues? It's a good job user scores and reviews exist.    … Expand
  93. Serenityinaz12
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Warner Brothers seems to keep vying with EA and some others for worst publisher in existence. The amount of content cut from this game and repackaged through DLC, season passes, pre-orders, etc is absolutely sickening.
  94. AlKappaccino
    Jul 15, 2015
    0
    Excessive Pre-Order exclusive garbage (so no one can actually !buy! the full game), gameworks and on top a terrible pc port. Not only is it locked to 30 fps, it has also worse graphics than ps4 on a pc and runs like crap. This game is horrible and the studio should get punished for this. No one should every buy this!
  95. Takeda
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Wow! Who would have thought such poor optimization would be possible for a company with such a decent track record. I am thinking the PC version did not get a lot of attention obviously.
  96. Vindly
    Jul 20, 2015
    0
    Do not ever buy a game in early access from WB

    It just does not describe in words ... This product is perfectly shows attitude large companies to consumers and fans

    Playability - 0/10
    Settings - 0/10
    Promises additions - they do not exist 0/10

    The result - 0/10
  97. 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
  98. AlKost
    Jun 23, 2015
    0
    Выглядит немногим лучше прошлых частей, залочена на 30 фпс, управление бэтмобилем не удобное, много багов, невозможность поставить некоторые настройки выше средних, в бою бывают странности, вроде подката от одного врага к другому на расстоянии 10 метров, город кажется довольно пустым. 0 за плохой порт.Выглядит немногим лучше прошлых частей, залочена на 30 фпс, управление бэтмобилем не удобное, много багов, невозможность поставить некоторые настройки выше средних, в бою бывают странности, вроде подката от одного врага к другому на расстоянии 10 метров, город кажется довольно пустым. 0 за плохой порт.
  99. maceh
    Jul 10, 2015
    0
    A zero score, not for being a bad game (although I have not played) but the treatment to be given to PC users. I feel sorry to me and other users who reserved the game months before its release to offer us a lonely port, lack of communication when making a patch (to date took three weeks waiting) ... shame .

    Un ceraco de puntuación, no por ser un mal juego (aun no lo he jugado) sino por    A zero score, not for being a bad game (although I have not played) but the treatment to be given to PC users. I feel sorry to me and other users who reserved the game months before its release to offer us a lonely port, lack of communication when making a patch (to date took three weeks waiting) ... shame .

    Un ceraco de puntuación, no por ser un mal juego (aun no lo he jugado) sino por el trato que se nos ha dado a los usuarios de PC. Siento pena hacia mi y el resto de usuarios que reservaron el juego meses antes de su lanzamiento para que nos ofrezcan un cutre-port, ausencia de comunicación a la hora de realizar un parche (a fecha de hoy llevo tres semanas esperando)... vergüenza.    … Expand
  100. ultraviper
    Apr 26, 2016
    10
    It's a good game. It's an Arkham game. If you like Arkham games, you'll like this game. A lot of people have trouble getting it to run well. I didn't, and I'm reviewing it based on my own experience. The attention to detail is amazing. Batman's armor, face, and cape get more damaged as the story progresses. Raindrops land on and stream down your cowl. They use this cool camera trick a lotIt's a good game. It's an Arkham game. If you like Arkham games, you'll like this game. A lot of people have trouble getting it to run well. I didn't, and I'm reviewing it based on my own experience. The attention to detail is amazing. Batman's armor, face, and cape get more damaged as the story progresses. Raindrops land on and stream down your cowl. They use this cool camera trick a lot where things (or even entire rooms) change when they're just out of view. When Batman starts losing his mind at one point in the story the game does a lot of little fun things to mess with you. Nothing extreme like pretending the game is crashing like they did in a previous game, but stuff like billboards changing subtly after you look away. The combat is just as great as ever, with even more animations added. The batmobile has been a debated feature but I like it, it adds a lot to the game including new mechanics to be used in puzzles. Speaking of puzzles, there are a lot of them. 243. The Riddler has a lot of free time.… 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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