Gotham Knights

 PC
User Score
3.5

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 229 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 229
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 229
  3. Negative: 148 out of 229

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  1. Armin4
    Nov 1, 2022
    7
    the game is totally fun and ok but everything you see here was done better in another games
    especially in arkham games
    the worst thing here is that the game is around 8 hours but main and side missions are locked behind randomly generated and repetitive missions so the game took 15 hours to complete

    so wait for a sale and then enjoy your half priced game
  2. Skyyfall
    Nov 7, 2022
    5
    The plot is more or less, but there are oddities. But the main thing here is the gameplay. Farm for the sake of farm, monotonous gameplay, constant loading of the map during the game and crashes on any settings. At the end of the game it was so uninteresting that I put the easiest difficulty. In principle, if we tightened up the gameplay, a little more than a normal plot, and withoutThe plot is more or less, but there are oddities. But the main thing here is the gameplay. Farm for the sake of farm, monotonous gameplay, constant loading of the map during the game and crashes on any settings. At the end of the game it was so uninteresting that I put the easiest difficulty. In principle, if we tightened up the gameplay, a little more than a normal plot, and without crashes, we would get a good game.… Expand
  3. iguuuuuuuu
    Nov 4, 2022
    5
    Gotham Knights is not a bad game, it's just mediocre, it has some good missions and some interesting ideas, I think it's slightly better than Avengers but not that this is a good comparison, you can feel that the project had a lot of changes and was poorly planned what left something unidentified and generic.
  4. M19Xisrupt
    Oct 23, 2022
    6
    The game is fun when it works, I feel like i'm the only one who enjoys the combat. My point is that the potential is there for this game to be great and enjoyable but it is covered in laziness. Instead of delaying the game for another 6 months, working on optimizing the game for consoles and PC. They decided to cash in on the release it on New Years trend to maximize sales. This is theThe game is fun when it works, I feel like i'm the only one who enjoys the combat. My point is that the potential is there for this game to be great and enjoyable but it is covered in laziness. Instead of delaying the game for another 6 months, working on optimizing the game for consoles and PC. They decided to cash in on the release it on New Years trend to maximize sales. This is the most unoptimized game I've played in the last 5-10 years. It runs well when indoors or while you're in Combat but free roaming is a nightmare. I can run Arkham Knight in 4K 120+ fps while this game struggles to keep 100fps and keeps dropping to 30-45 for no reason. I would understand if the visuals looked better than Arkham Knight but they dont, they even look worse in some cases. While free roaming, the textures reload for no reason which causes massive stutters. The cutscenes are like watching a movie, the music is great and I usually don't pay attention to it. Gotham City looks beautiful and the crime system makes the world feel alive. Being able to beat a few thugs and interrogate them about a full on Bank Robbery a few blocks away makes you feel like an actual hero.
    It's sad to see how the gaming industry prioritizes sale numbers and flashy trailers to get you excited but deliver clearly unfinished games. The game could've be an 8 and sometimes even a 9 out of 10 for me because it fills that "super-hero game" spot that the Arkham and Spider-man games filled, but not in this state. The devs deserve everything that's coming to them, especially for revealing the 30fps cap on consoles less than week before its release. I'm just glad that I had time to cancel my console pre order because I played it on a friends console and the fps drops to 15-20 sometimes.
    Another game added to the list of "released before ready" and i'll think twice before buying another game from WB again.    … Expand
  5. m1nja
    Nov 6, 2022
    6
    +graphic
    +the sound when you drive +4 characters
    +batgirl
    -performane issues
    -story
    -even on easy difficulty the „bosses“ are hard to defeat.
  6. KinimodYunmi
    Dec 18, 2022
    7
    Es war gut, aber ich habe etwas mehr erwartet.

    Für ein so angepriesenes Spiel, dass man in 20 Stunden durch haben kann und wir sind nicht die schnellsten, weil wir uns viel anschauen, recht lange in der Base mit dem Herstellen und Modifizieren von Ausrüstung verbracht haben und ab und zu mal ein paar min afk sind. Es gibt nämlich nur 8 Story Kapitel und nicht viel Nebenzeug, wir    Es war gut, aber ich habe etwas mehr erwartet.

    Für ein so angepriesenes Spiel, dass man in 20 Stunden durch haben kann und wir sind nicht die schnellsten, weil wir uns viel anschauen, recht lange in der Base mit dem Herstellen und Modifizieren von Ausrüstung verbracht haben und ab und zu mal ein paar min afk sind.

    Es gibt nämlich nur 8 Story Kapitel und nicht viel Nebenzeug, wir haben auch die Secure, Motorbike und Jump Aktivitäten gemacht, falls ich etwas vergessen habe, auch das haben wir gemacht. Richtig dämlich ist, dass man immer so 2-3 Kopf-Symbole auf der Map hat, die einem gegenseitig die "Wächter-Herausforderung" überschreiben... hätte man auch über den jeweiligen Charakternamen im Reiter Herausforderungen laufen lassen können, dann würde es mehr zu tun geben, anstatt, dass man immer zurück in den Glockenturm muss oder ausversehen eine andere Wächter Herausforderung annimmt und wieder von vorne anfangen darf!

    Die Dialoge sind cringe af, so richtig schlecht, also das sind Z-Sprecher und die Charaktere acten wie nach dem Motto "Ich mach das hier zum ersten Mal!" Die Szene mit den Schurken hingegen sind echt gut, aber alles in der Bathöhle und im Glockenturm ist ein absolutes Cringefestival und echt zum Fremdschämen :S

    7/10 -> Es hat mir echt Spaß gemacht, das Gameplay ist nämlich wirklich super, die Fähigkeiten mit 1, 2, 3, 4 drücken und sie jeweils gedrückt halten für eine zweite ist eine gut durchdachte Umsetzung!
    Von den Mapaktivitäten würde ich jeweils immer nur empfehlen die weißen zu machen und alle anderen zu ignorieren, da man die für die Storymissionen sowieso machen muss, sonst macht man die, startet dann die nächste Story Mission und darf genau die selbe Art der Aktivitäten nochmal machen.

    Sorry, aber das Game ist definitiv keine 60 € wert, für mich ist es höchstens 30 € wert, da es wirklich kurz ist und nicht viel bietet, ehrlicherweise ist es wahrscheinlich 40 €, war ja schon eine Menge Arbeit, aber ich würde trotzdem nciht mehr als 30 € zahlen, muss man ja auch mit sich selbst vereinbaren können!    … Expand
  7. nomad1326
    Apr 23, 2023
    6
    As a big fan of Arkham-series (Origins included) I think that Gotham Knights is a good evolution of previous ideas. Yes, this game has problems, has roughness in gameplay, has technical issues and has not the most interesting gameplay core loop, but it has a powerful atmosphere, animations, level art / design and interesting characters and cut-scenes. But the most importantly for me, thisAs a big fan of Arkham-series (Origins included) I think that Gotham Knights is a good evolution of previous ideas. Yes, this game has problems, has roughness in gameplay, has technical issues and has not the most interesting gameplay core loop, but it has a powerful atmosphere, animations, level art / design and interesting characters and cut-scenes. But the most importantly for me, this game has its own soul.… Expand

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66

Mixed or average reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 17 out of 26
  3. Negative: 2 out of 26
  1. INVEN
    Nov 14, 2022
    59
    A Batman family that couldn't get out of Arkhamverse's shadow. The game design structured around Co-op shows a lack of motivation. So many problems with monotonous combat, empty Gotham city, insufficient hero abilities, optimization issues and so on. A screenshot of Gotham city from photo-mode is the only thing that comforted me.
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  2. GameSpace
    Nov 7, 2022
    80
    Overall, Gotham Knights plays very well on the PC, once you figure your Steam settings. Playing as the Knights instead of Batman is a change for this style of game based in Gotham.
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  3. Ragequit.gr
    Nov 6, 2022
    71
    The main problem with Gotham Knights is not its level of quality. It's that it could have been far superior, comparable to the past titles in the series. The key ingredients for the success of the franchise are here too, but either in a limited or undermined form, by the commercial direction the title has taken towards the looter territories and indeed, the more mundane ones at that.
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