Batman: Arkham Knight

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  1. TheLastColossus
    Jun 23, 2015
    5
    The hype got me again, this game felt like its more about Joker than anybody else, the Batmobile combat is not great at all, the sound effects in the while fighting thugs feels weird, the graphics are the best for a 3rd party game, MGS V TPP will own any game that was and is going to be released this year.
  2. lethalchicken56
    Jun 24, 2015
    7
    In my opinion, so far the game is nothing special compared to other Arkham games. It is more or less the same as the other Arkham games with a new story, better graphics and now you can drive a car.

    The driving is a bit 'Clunky' but then again, the game isn't really about the driving. That is more of a side thing. I think it would have been better to focus on other things and forget    In my opinion, so far the game is nothing special compared to other Arkham games. It is more or less the same as the other Arkham games with a new story, better graphics and now you can drive a car.

    The driving is a bit 'Clunky' but then again, the game isn't really about the driving. That is more of a side thing. I think it would have been better to focus on other things and forget about the car driving.

    Overall its still decent but nothing we haven't seen before.    … Expand
  3. cas514
    Jul 18, 2015
    6
    Update: Dam Biggest Disappointment of 2015

    No Challenge Maps. (before you say it, the Ar missions are not Challenge maps they are watered down bullshyt) No Real Boss Battles (except for Riddler sorta after you get the 300 riddler trophies).. Unsatisfying Ending. The Arkham Knight Identity was lame. Arkham Knight fight was terrible Side quest were so lame. There was no depth to the    Update: Dam Biggest Disappointment of 2015

    No Challenge Maps. (before you say it, the Ar missions are not Challenge maps they are watered down bullshyt)
    No Real Boss Battles (except for Riddler sorta after you get the 300 riddler trophies)..
    Unsatisfying Ending.
    The Arkham Knight Identity was lame.
    Arkham Knight fight was terrible
    Side quest were so lame. There was no depth to the sidequest example: Hush sidequest was a quicktime event such a let down.
    Robin and Nightwing cameo sections were so short
    Can't Free Roam with Robin and Nightwing after you beat the game
    Cant even play as robin in the ar missions.smh
    Too many Tank Battles.
    Penguin and Two Face were throw away villains.    … Expand
  4. djnicey
    Jun 23, 2015
    6
    If this game wasn't associated with Batman the scores would be much worse, its OK, just another mediocre Batman game. Witcher 3 is a much better game in every way, better story, better graphics, better gameplay.
  5. YessirKilla
    Jun 23, 2015
    6
    Well, since everyone is losing their virginity over this game, I might as well review it:

    It was okay. I won't lie, the graphics are phenomenal, the story is good, and the controls aren't bad. HOWEVER! The game does have some problems: There are times when the game wasn't running that well on my PS4 and I sometimes felt that the game didn't really add much new. I also felt that the    Well, since everyone is losing their virginity over this game, I might as well review it:

    It was okay. I won't lie, the graphics are phenomenal, the story is good, and the controls aren't bad. HOWEVER! The game does have some problems: There are times when the game wasn't running that well on my PS4 and I sometimes felt that the game didn't really add much new. I also felt that the Batmobile was a little overpowered at times, as you can just shoot people and run them over.

    So do I recommend it? Only at your own risk. I suggest waiting until the price drops to $40 or something before buying it. At its current state, I feel as if Rocksteady has tricked me out of my money. Go ahead, dislike this comment for not loving this game, I'm just stating my opinion here.    … Expand
  6. Dukemang
    Feb 13, 2016
    7
    I've played all of the Arkham games to date, and I have to say that Arkham Knight was ok to say the least. I did enjoy playing the main story but it got way too predictable as the game went on. Scarecrow is an excellent villain and was portrayed well for the majority of the time. Having a massive Gotham at your disposal was fun too, and you could do a lot in your free time when not doingI've played all of the Arkham games to date, and I have to say that Arkham Knight was ok to say the least. I did enjoy playing the main story but it got way too predictable as the game went on. Scarecrow is an excellent villain and was portrayed well for the majority of the time. Having a massive Gotham at your disposal was fun too, and you could do a lot in your free time when not doing any main quests. I will say this though, the game still has the same repetitive fighting style and the bat-mobile is awful at controlling. Many of the side quests can get tedious as well, on top of trying to deal with enemy vehicles that pack a huge punch. I will say that this game isn't the best Arkham game but it is worth buying. It may not have a ton of replay value, but it's a nice game that wraps up the series.… Expand
  7. PhilipBlake
    Sep 12, 2019
    7
    Welcome to World of Tank Gotham Edition! Kind of...
    Batman Arkham Knight is overall a pretty good game, the visual aspect is really well done, this is a great open world in Gotham, the voice acting and music score was really awesome and the main story is well conceived. Most of the main mission are really interesting and nice to play. The wrong part came from the side mission, most of    Welcome to World of Tank Gotham Edition! Kind of...
    Batman Arkham Knight is overall a pretty good game, the visual aspect is really well done, this is a great open world in Gotham, the voice acting and music score was really awesome and the main story is well conceived. Most of the main mission are really interesting and nice to play. The wrong part came from the side mission, most of them are really annoying and absolutely unnecessary, most of them does not feet the main story at all. And the very wrong part came from the Batmobile mission, and there's really a lot of them. This looks like an eternal battle with stupid tanks and all these parts are exactly the same. Just boring as a World of Tanks game was. That's sad since this is really about reduce the quality of the game, and even if you choose to do not do the side mission you have anyway a lot of them in the main arc missions too. And what is really wrong is you need to do all the side missions if you expect to have to correct complete ending and that's a shame since as I've said the game is really good otherwise.    … Expand
  8. TableofJapan
    Jul 11, 2015
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. In all honesty, the game really isn't even that good anyway, the game itself to me anyway, did not live up to the hype., Its nowhere near the levels of the first two games. The only good thing about it this game is the hand to hand combat, every thing else is horrible. There are spoilers in what I'm about to say, so do not read if you haven't beaten the game yet.

    The boss fights are horrible, the only good Boss Fight in the game, is in the Redhood DLC and thats because Black Mask can't be taken down with one hit...he actually has a life bar and its actually a challenge,

    The Batmobile is extremely annoying because its used for 90% of everything, You spend a good majority of times fighting tanks, which gets annoying and bothersome.

    you HAVE to find all 200 something RIddler challenges and such to even fight the Riddler to actually beat the game. I'm sorry, I did it in A.A and when I saw the weak pay off in that, I didn't bother collecting the riddler stuff in A.C, I literally beat every villain in that game, Including saving Gotham from Scarecrow and I have yet to get the ending because I didn't collecting all the Riddler Trophies, So it really looks like I wont be beating the game, because im not wasting my time collecting Riddler crap. I did the first 9 Riddler Revenge challenges, I should have been able to fight him and beat him then. So since I didn't do the riddler trophy crap, I just resorted to watching the ending on youtube instead.

    They built up Hush in Arkham City like something big would happen annnnnnnd....what happened? Lucius Fox hits him with a Lamp and Batman knocks him out with one punch. Whhhhhhhhhhhhy?

    They made Deathstroke such a joke in that game., He always called Batman out for hiding behind his armory, what does Deathstroke show up in? Why a Tank of course.....and after you beat said tank, Deathstroke just hops out of his tank and blindly jumps at Batman, to get knocked out with one punch.....something Deathstroke would never do because he isn't a bumbling villain.....

    You dont even fight Scarecrow, you walk around as The Joker in Batmans head, doing absolutely nothing most of the time, then you watch a cutscene of Batman over coming the fear toxin and he makes Scarecrow inject himself with his own fear toxin...I couldn't even get yet another boss fight that consisted of waves of enemies and atleast do that to Scarecrow afterwards?

    Whats the point of putting the entire Batfamily in the game, when you can't even play as any of them for more than 5 minutes? Seriously? Like, after I beat this game, I can't just freely roam around Gotham as anyone? I could do that in Arkham City and I actually enjyed that different pace of playing as Catwoman, so why would you take out an awesome feature like that? You know how fun it would be for people to run around Gotham after they beat the game as Nightwing? or Robin? or the Readhood? or Catwoman?

    OH.....and speaking of Redhood. Rocksteady said the Arkham Knight would be a completely NEW CHARACTER CREATED SPECIFICALLY FOR THEIR GAMES UNIVERSE.....Guess who the Arkham Knight is? Why its one of the oldest characters in Batman history of course, Jason Todd! That is...not a new character....that is a character that was created in 1983.....

    Im happy Rocksteady is done with Batman, I feel they just fell victim to doing the same franchise and not working on anything else other then Batman. Hopefully their next game will let them set the bar in what an action game should be.    … Expand
  9. psychomaniac
    Aug 13, 2015
    7
    Pros: The story of this game was very enjoyable. It wrapped up the series perfectly. The best part of this game was, without a doubt, the Joker's commentary during the main storyline. I could honestly listen to the Joker commentate about batman doing his job all day. The human combat scenes were fun and pretty enjoyable and similar to the last Arkham games while still seeming new andPros: The story of this game was very enjoyable. It wrapped up the series perfectly. The best part of this game was, without a doubt, the Joker's commentary during the main storyline. I could honestly listen to the Joker commentate about batman doing his job all day. The human combat scenes were fun and pretty enjoyable and similar to the last Arkham games while still seeming new and interesting. Completing storylines and missions was incredibly fun and mostly not tedious, with the exception of the riddler's storyline.

    Cons: When the batmobile was initially introduced I was excited. The batmobile had a really cool combat system and was a lot of fun for the player. This combat system and the tank combat time, however, was COMPLETELY overused. In fact, it went from the point where I absolutely loved the tank gameplay to almost quitting the game because of it's repetitiveness. Another large con that brought this game down was the lack of boss battles. The tank boss battles were very anticlimactic, tedious, and, for a lack of better words, stupid. Death stroke beaten in a tank boss battle? Really? The last con is the lack of free roaming with catwoman. Catwoman free roaming in Arkham city was possibly the best idea in the entire Arkham series. With catwoman it feels like your playing a new game entirely while being just as fun. For some reason, though, game developers couldn't continue that in Arkham Knight, even though they let you play as catwoman in the riddler challenges.

    Despite the three large cons, everything else about this game was really enjoyable. You really can't go wrong with a game in the Arkham series, especially considering that this is probably the worst out of the series and is still really enjoyable.    … Expand
  10. GamergodsFail
    Jun 30, 2015
    7
    If I were to sum up this game in 5 words, it would be "It's a good, FLAWED game." I liked it and hated it at the same time. I LOVED the story and the characters.

    The gameplay has some bad problems though...I hated the batmobile, how it was overused compared to everything else, and don't get me started on the sloppy movement. And the controls! Hold square for reverse??? I also don't    If I were to sum up this game in 5 words, it would be "It's a good, FLAWED game." I liked it and hated it at the same time. I LOVED the story and the characters.

    The gameplay has some bad problems though...I hated the batmobile, how it was overused compared to everything else, and don't get me started on the sloppy movement. And the controls! Hold square for reverse???

    I also don't like how the pre-planned season pass seperated content that should have been in the game to begin with. There was great variety in side missions, but some of them went on for too long that it became a tedious grind to complete. And I think it's absolutely stupid how you need to 100% everything to get the best ending even if it makes sense for the sake of concluding the story.

    And lastly, the riddles...some of the trophies are unattainable if you don't have the correct upgrade, making them missable if you sucked all the XP you can get out of the current playthrough, thus locking you out of the real ending, thus forcing you to play through New Game+ to get everything right. That is f***ing harsh, and something that should be patched immediately. Perhaps Rocksteady should let us players continuously earn XP from street fights, like in the previous games?

    Despite my subjective and personal hatred towards this game, it is still a decent game in general that should keep you busy for at least a week. But it is a HUGE disappointment after what we got from Arkham Asylum and Arkham City. I am sad that this fantastic series is over...but at the same time, after playing this game, I also can't help but think - good riddance!    … Expand
  11. Captiosus
    Jun 30, 2015
    7
    I'm torn because I feel like I should rate the game higher since I played it so much but I found Arkham Knight to be like a meal that looks great but isn't entirely satisfying. Graphically, yes, it looks pretty amazing; HOWEVER, I am left wondering how much is being obscured by the dark, rainy ambiance. Unreal Engine 3 is aging and it hasn't really aged well, not into this new generationI'm torn because I feel like I should rate the game higher since I played it so much but I found Arkham Knight to be like a meal that looks great but isn't entirely satisfying. Graphically, yes, it looks pretty amazing; HOWEVER, I am left wondering how much is being obscured by the dark, rainy ambiance. Unreal Engine 3 is aging and it hasn't really aged well, not into this new generation at least, so I think rocksteady is getting away with hiding the blemishes with the setting. Whatever the case, they did it well and it looks really good.

    The problem, at least for me, is that the gameplay is more of the same Arkham series stuff with an (arguably) inferior control scheme. If you've played any of the games in the series, then you already know what the combat is like. Mash the right combos for the right enemies, hit evade when the warning prompt shows up over enemies' heads, pick up a weapon and free flow into using your gadgets. If you're a huge fan of the series, then you won't be disappointed except, maybe, for how Batman feels sluggish more than in the past. If you're looking for something new, you're in for a disappointment. EXCEPT FOR...

    The Batmobile is finally here! Unfortunately, it's way overused to the point of frustration (looking at you, 7+ Cobra Tanks at once) and, really, it's just the same combat situation as on ground: Evade missiles when you see the prompts, fire your vulcan cannon and 60mm gun to build your combo meter, unleash your combos when you've built up enough. Different song but same dance. The camera following the Batmobile when in car mode is novel at first as it gives you a real sense of movie action hero gameplay but, because the Batmobile is used for way too many elements in the game, the camera starts to become a bothersome hindrance.

    If you want the FULL ending, you MUST 100% the game. I will openly admit that I did not as I ended at 95.4% completion. I did everything BUT collect all 243(!) of the Riddler Trophies. I have better things to do with my time than collect 243 obscure trophies. Sorry Riddler, I have YouTube. The side quests are fun distractions that bring out a bunch of other super villains but some of them border on way too long - especially those gated by the story missions (watchtowers and road checkpoints, specifically).

    All in all, I do feel I got my money's worth but I have a bit of buyer's remorse because I doubt I'm ever going to touch it again. The AR missions do give it a good bit of replay value, as does the New Game+, but after trekking through the main story and all the side missions, I really can't see myself going back to do it again or wanting to challenge myself in AR missions for minimal (or no) reward. It's better than most games have been of late, so there's that.. but most games of late have set the bar pretty low (Witcher 3 not withstanding).    … Expand
  12. RuslanDZE
    Jul 30, 2015
    7
    I'm a big fan of Arkham Series and I think Arkham City one of the greatest games ever.
    BUT
    I'm honestly disappointed in third part. Now we have whole Gotham to explore,better graphics, some improvements and main thing is batmobile which screwed everything ! Seriously where is normal boss battles? Game is relying toooo much on batmobile. Do not misunderstand me I like batmobile but its    I'm a big fan of Arkham Series and I think Arkham City one of the greatest games ever.
    BUT
    I'm honestly disappointed in third part. Now we have whole Gotham to explore,better graphics, some improvements and main thing is batmobile which screwed everything ! Seriously where is normal boss battles?
    Game is relying toooo much on batmobile. Do not misunderstand me I like batmobile but its way too much.
    Villains are not that great and Arkham Knight not deserves to be on title of the game. I like psychological aspect.    … Expand
  13. LordMorgoth
    Aug 13, 2015
    7
    This game would be a 10 but for the god-awful forced inclusion of the batmobile. It feels like innovation for innovation's sake. The traversal and combat is as good as ever and if anything, it's been refined to near-perfection, and the visuals are beautiful but the BatTank feels out of place. it's large role in every mission makes it so you can't overlook it either. Overall, playable butThis game would be a 10 but for the god-awful forced inclusion of the batmobile. It feels like innovation for innovation's sake. The traversal and combat is as good as ever and if anything, it's been refined to near-perfection, and the visuals are beautiful but the BatTank feels out of place. it's large role in every mission makes it so you can't overlook it either. Overall, playable but skippable.… Expand
  14. riley794
    Jul 29, 2015
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This game was so close to being legendary but did everything it could to mess it up. The story is great, the side quest are plentiful and the game makes you feel like the world's greatest detective. However, the game decides to ruin everything. All of Batman's enemies are free following the disaster of Arkham City but your only able to fight against a handful of them. To add insult to injury the boss battles are by far the weakest of the series. Several of the boss battles consist of Batmobile fights, aka and generic tank battle. I love the addition of the batmobile but not when I am fighting a featured villain. It is hard not to blame Warner Brothers for the missed connection of this game. I can almost picture Rocksteady telling Warner they need to delay the launch for a couple months to put in the final touches and Warner saying "screw that, release whatever you got and sell the fans the rest over the next six months. Very disappointed by still a good game.… Expand
  15. megapro
    Aug 25, 2016
    5
    This game kinda requires that you have played the previous games. I get it, it makes no sense for Batman to forget all his moves from the previous game, only to relearn everything again. But for a newcomer to the series, it was overwhelming number of button combinations to learn. And no tutorial.

    As for button combinations... When you spend experience points to improve a skill, what    This game kinda requires that you have played the previous games. I get it, it makes no sense for Batman to forget all his moves from the previous game, only to relearn everything again. But for a newcomer to the series, it was overwhelming number of button combinations to learn. And no tutorial.

    As for button combinations... When you spend experience points to improve a skill, what happens is that you get a new button combination for the improved version. Way too many combinations to keep the game fun.

    Finding to your next objective is confusing. Story is underwhelming. The game is just not fun to play, and no amount of fast loading times, great graphics and sound is going to make up for that.

    If you've played the previous games and liked them, you'll most likely like this one. Otherwise, skip it.    … Expand
  16. BassGuru82
    Jul 8, 2015
    7
    It really all comes down to one thing. If you love the Batmobile, this game is a 9 or 10. If you don't, it's a 7... I didn't. I think there is generally too much racing/chasing and too many repetitive tank battles. I also thought that the stealth tank parts were absolutely brutal. On top on that, this game seriously lacked good Boss Fights. It's not a bad game and anyone giving itIt really all comes down to one thing. If you love the Batmobile, this game is a 9 or 10. If you don't, it's a 7... I didn't. I think there is generally too much racing/chasing and too many repetitive tank battles. I also thought that the stealth tank parts were absolutely brutal. On top on that, this game seriously lacked good Boss Fights. It's not a bad game and anyone giving it less than a 5 is a troll but I didn't enjoy Knight nearly as much as City. Like City, the combat and predator parts are excellent but I personally feel that the Batmobile was Subtraction by Addition.… Expand
  17. Franky3121
    Aug 18, 2019
    5
    Batmobile sucks
    Boss fights suck
    Arkham Knight talks so much crap
    Scarecrow isn't even the main villain
    Side Missions are terrible and repetitive

    Worst way to end a good series
  18. commando41
    Jun 25, 2015
    6
    Game is beautiful...but it just feels so disjointed...the ebb and flow of the game just isn't there like the previous Batman games. The fact the game forces the Batmobile onto you on a few occasions isn't all that great as well..unlike the previous Batman games this one just doesn't feel polished. Still has the same mechanics that made this franchise great...but all in all I find thisGame is beautiful...but it just feels so disjointed...the ebb and flow of the game just isn't there like the previous Batman games. The fact the game forces the Batmobile onto you on a few occasions isn't all that great as well..unlike the previous Batman games this one just doesn't feel polished. Still has the same mechanics that made this franchise great...but all in all I find this version to be a bit bloated...it's a great rental gang don't waste your money on buying it.… Expand
  19. ScarecrowJames
    Jun 25, 2015
    6
    Batman Arkham Knight still has the fluid and great combat that the Batman series has always done while adding in some new features, Sadly some features are hardly ever used such as gliding and using gadgets because you must purchase an upgrade and even when you do its...not that rewarding. It does give you options. Batman has a huge arsenal of gadgets so the game does give you several wayBatman Arkham Knight still has the fluid and great combat that the Batman series has always done while adding in some new features, Sadly some features are hardly ever used such as gliding and using gadgets because you must purchase an upgrade and even when you do its...not that rewarding. It does give you options. Batman has a huge arsenal of gadgets so the game does give you several way to take down enemies. So its up to the player to explore those options. The Arkham Knght character was billed as being a brand new character and some of its key plot points were pointed out before the games release despite Developers told players they were wrong. There is some disappointment in this game. The batmobile is a fun addition which quickly soon turns in to a crutch. Where you must take the Batmobile just about everywhere, including inside buildings to solve puzzles, Riddler or not. Riddler is back and quite possibly boring more then ever. Side quest are reduced to instead of adding extra story elements to enrich the story to defeat soldiers x amount of times(10+) or disarm mines to engage in Bat tank vs Tank combat over x times(10+) and so on with no reward other than..its done. The games Story how ever is fully engaging despite Arkham Knight's identity is quite predictable Scarecrow and his Fear toxins puts you on a fun ride but sadly the batmobile quite possibly starts to ruin you experience. The game looks great and sounds better than ever.

    Challenge Modes have also been removed. No longer can you pick Cat Woman, Nightwing, Robin/etc in predator missions or horde style map challenges, its just Batman with less stealth and more tank. For that reason I give a game that could have been the best, a 6 out of 10. It could have been a great game but it was ruined by weak side quest, Boss fights are all reduced to Bat Tank fights or cheap clone fights from previous games and the over abundance of the Batmobile is annoying.    … Expand
  20. betelgeus
    Jun 30, 2015
    7
    after getting about 30% through,i can't but help think rocksteady have lost the love they had for this ip.arkham asylum had remarkable production values and pushed the boundaries for physics at the time.this just dosent have that love maybe some of the original designers have moved on.as to the game too much batmobile and who in their right mind thought cobra tanks where a good idea,i amafter getting about 30% through,i can't but help think rocksteady have lost the love they had for this ip.arkham asylum had remarkable production values and pushed the boundaries for physics at the time.this just dosent have that love maybe some of the original designers have moved on.as to the game too much batmobile and who in their right mind thought cobra tanks where a good idea,i am currently in a basement the same size as my living room fighting about 40 tanks and too be honest i dont want to load it up.
    i really hope they spend time on the pc version,this is wht we all want to see:_arkham knight in full glory.
    still a lot of game 7/10    … Expand
  21. Viperspider
    Aug 18, 2015
    7
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 7/10 -> Combat and city traversal as batman are great, but the dependence on the batmobile brings the game down.

    Finished the game 100%, it could have been a lot better.

    + The combat has a few new tricks to it, and overall feels more polished.

    + The gliding mechanics were greatly improved since Arkham City, it is a joy to glide throughout Gotham.

    + Lots of quests and collectables throughout the game. Keeps you interested.

    + Graphically it's quite nice. The new bat-suit is amazing.

    + Apart from the boss fights, the story is pretty decent.

    + There are large groups of goons scattered throughout the city which allow you to engage in "1 VS Many" fights at any time.

    - Bat-mobile tank functions/sections aren't very fun.

    - The game centres far too much around the batmobile. It is required for nearly every mission and to be honest it feels very forced and lazy.

    - Most of the boss fights are tank battles, it is incredibly boring and underwhelming. The boss fights that aren't tank battles are simple predator sections. The only real boss fight is VS The Riddler and even then you spend most of the boss fight battling robots (his goons).    … Expand
  22. carsonccc
    Jul 2, 2015
    5
    I was really excited for Batman Arkham Knight, and really tried to like it. However, the game is absolutely drug down by the fact that you literally spend 2/3 of the game driving and battling it out in the batmobile/tank. I loved when you actually were able to play as batman, such as fighting and doing detective work, but the game focused too much on the batmobile, and even the sideI was really excited for Batman Arkham Knight, and really tried to like it. However, the game is absolutely drug down by the fact that you literally spend 2/3 of the game driving and battling it out in the batmobile/tank. I loved when you actually were able to play as batman, such as fighting and doing detective work, but the game focused too much on the batmobile, and even the side missions generally required it as well, such as the Riddler Missions. Honestly, the game creators should have titled it Batman: The Batmobile. Further, the DLC released for the game, such as the Harvey Quinn and Red Hood dlc were completely underwhelming. Also, the game has some issues/bugs, which impairs game play. If you love just driving around and battling it out in a tank then I recommend, but if you are actually wanting to play an actual batman game, I would choose Batman Arkham Asylum or Batman Arkham Knight, or at least wait until the game has dropped to $20.… Expand
  23. gamernorcal
    Jul 5, 2015
    5
    +Great Graphics, Good Story, Batman Universe
    -Batmobile gameplay ruins this game. Repetitive gameplay destroying drones and tanks which increase every level you advance. Gets ridiculous at times.
    -Other gameplay gets repetitive and old. It's a feeling of more of the same if you've played the other 2 games on 360/ps3.
  24. psychobudgie
    Jul 3, 2015
    7
    A potentially fantastic game ruined completely by a complete overreliance on using the batmobile. If I wanted to play a tank game I'd have bought a tank game. The 30% of the game that actually features Batman is great though.
  25. rdekoch
    Aug 27, 2015
    5
    I understand some of the decisions made in this game but wtf with heavy reliance on the Batmobile. I loved Arkam City. This feels tedious. I'm disappointed in this game.
  26. AnimeKing
    Jul 29, 2015
    6
    Its a fun game but the car parts in the game are just bad, also some of the combos in the game are kinda if'y. like the shield guys, my combo sometimes works and sometimes he just jumps right past them or runs oup there shield but no slam, but thats a small issue i worked around.
    Its really not bad but the car is just not needed.
  27. Proctorious
    Jul 6, 2015
    7
    Batman: Arkham Knight is a game that I wanted to blow me away, did it? not really, it's a same that is rushed, sloppy and overall, an impressive game but a complete mess. The story isn't very impressive, the Arkham Knight is just a ridiculous let down and the ending is just stupid, Scarecrow isn't really used at all and you meet him like twice, I adored the previous three games but thisBatman: Arkham Knight is a game that I wanted to blow me away, did it? not really, it's a same that is rushed, sloppy and overall, an impressive game but a complete mess. The story isn't very impressive, the Arkham Knight is just a ridiculous let down and the ending is just stupid, Scarecrow isn't really used at all and you meet him like twice, I adored the previous three games but this one did not do much for me, except for the environment, graphics and gameplay, story wise was just a big no.… Expand
  28. GreyAllan
    Jul 8, 2015
    7
    A little bit of the same, but that doesn't make this a game you don't want to play. Bigger, not especially better. As a fan of Arkham City, play this if you want more of the same with a nice storyline.
  29. ccward1993
    Jul 9, 2015
    6
    Okay so i had very high hopes for this game for a number of reason, first of all the release was pushed back several times to allow the developers to make sure that this game was all that it could be. Also this game was advertised as all of Gothams worst villains coming together to take down the bat with Scarecrow being the leader and then the arkham knight as well. However it was not thatOkay so i had very high hopes for this game for a number of reason, first of all the release was pushed back several times to allow the developers to make sure that this game was all that it could be. Also this game was advertised as all of Gothams worst villains coming together to take down the bat with Scarecrow being the leader and then the arkham knight as well. However it was not that at all. I was expecting it to take me some time to get through the game but the main story is very short and I finished this game in 3 days which is a little disappointed given all the hype about it. People are complaining about the Batmobile and while yes it is a bit much at times that was this games big selling point, the thing that the developers pushed the most so it would make sense that you would have to use it more in the game, I personally think they should have had it in the game but not made it such a bug part of the gameplay snd story line. I would have loved to go back to the bat cave since that element was introduced in Arkham Origins (yes i know different developers). I was expecting this game to rival Arkham City with its game play, intricate story line, multiple interesting side missions, new gadgets but it fell short of mu expectations, I personally think this game was way to over hyped. I did not enjoy it as much as I thought I would and I have enjoyed all of the other games even Origins. One user wrote that is wasn't Batman: Askham Knight it was Batmoble: Arkham Knight which is entirely true. There is so much more I could say but it would border on spoilers and if you love the franchise you should play this game and form your own opinion.… Expand
  30. Ignas10
    Jul 12, 2015
    7
    A batman game never felt so weirdly predictable and lazy.The PC version is awful that failed at release and still is a pain in the ass,but the game is fairly enjoyable and has awesome graphics.Overall,the game just felt weak.
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 89 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 82 out of 89
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 89
  3. Negative: 0 out of 89
  1. Pelit (Finland)
    Sep 1, 2015
    87
    Batman: Arkham Knight presents a technically proficient and overall satisfying ending to the Arkham series, but suffers from overuse of the novelty item Batmobile and extremely repetitive tank battles. [Aug 2015]
  2. Level7.nu
    Aug 26, 2015
    70
    Batman: Arkham Knight is the best looking game in the series so far, and includes a lot of cool stuff for fans of Batman. But at the same time it’s starting to feel like Rocksteady is almost too comfortable. It lacks new content, except the pretty bad designed Batmobile parts. If you haven’t played the previous games that much you will probably think that this is one of the best games this year.
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  3. Games Master UK
    Aug 18, 2015
    90
    A million different elements blended seamlessly into one brilliantly cohesive experience. [Summer 2015, p.64]
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