Batman: Arkham Knight

 PlayStation 4
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 4988 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3,852 out of 4988
  2. Mixed: 654 out of 4988
  3. Negative: 482 out of 4988
Buy Now
Buy on

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. jiso
    Jul 23, 2019
    4
    This is an odd game. It has all the fun and enjoyment of the previous Arkham games but then it'll do a 180 and force you into batmobile missions. If I wanted to place a racing game or a tank battle game, I would've bought one of those instead.
  2. hughanderson
    Oct 1, 2019
    4
    This is probably the most disappointing game I have ever played.
    ............
  3. JhonMarston
    Dec 23, 2020
    4
    Gráficos horríveis comparado ao pc
    No origins tinha chefões pra matar, nesse não tem
    Repetitivo
  4. vegetto81248
    Jul 30, 2021
    4
    Esta bien pero llega un momento que medio aburre el doblaje le ayuda bastante pero bueno merece la pena
  5. arllda
    Feb 4, 2023
    4
    i hate batmobile in my opinion you are a very silly concept hero and you drive a car I think it is a terrible idea and in this game there are so many batmobiles we see more batmobiles than batman the name of the game should have been batman arkham batmobile an idea I didn't like when it appeared so much in a game I hated the game old i used to love batman games but this didn't happen
  6. desertofthereal
    Jun 26, 2015
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. When this game was announced I was looking forward to it and reserved the Special Edition PS4 with the game. At first it was fun, but the Batmobile kept popping up and needed to be used to complete parts of the story. It has lousy controls and drives like a brick. As a GT6 fan it reminds me of a Bugatti, very fast but not really driveable. I feel that the Batmobile gets the "starring" role in this game and Batman is just there to minor things. As with Batman Arkham Origins you quickly get put into situations that are frustrating too early in the game when you barely have started to play. As others have said, Batman does not use guns, he abhors them, but we are forced to use the Batmobile that is armed. I don't ever remember the Batmobile being a tank, except in Frank Miller's story( but he called it the Bat Tank).
    As I write this,I'm approximately 6% through the game and I'm completely frustrated by the over reliance on the Batmobile. During battle mode the controls are really clunky and fighting both aerial and ground forces at the same time is aggravating. The camera controls don't function well and the weaponry takes forever to reload. If Bruce Wayne really armed the Batmobile, this would not be how he would do it. It's supposed to be a Batman game , no a car / tank battle game. I really enjoyed the first 2 Batman games (Arkham Asylum and Arkham City) but this one leaves me not so happy.    … Expand
  7. Mastodon
    Jul 5, 2015
    3
    Other than a couple cool features which get watered down by the rest of the game's overall lack of quality... this has been a huge disappointment. It feels like an old gen game not a next gen game...
  8. EarlyBeef
    Jul 7, 2015
    3
    I'm going to start off by saying that if you are a strong fan of this series of games, that you should probably buy this game just to see how it ends, everyone else should avoid this title. Just finished 100%ing this game to get the "true ending" and I just have to say that this game is awful. First of all, hiding your "real end" behind total completion is a practice I don't agree with, itI'm going to start off by saying that if you are a strong fan of this series of games, that you should probably buy this game just to see how it ends, everyone else should avoid this title. Just finished 100%ing this game to get the "true ending" and I just have to say that this game is awful. First of all, hiding your "real end" behind total completion is a practice I don't agree with, it just causes players to drag themselves through tasks they may not be interested in to see a few seconds to get "the full story". Besides that, I have never been too much of a fan of the combat and Predator mode, just always felt gimmicky with difficulty increases by throwing a ton more guys at you. This game isn't different from that trend, however if you are a fan of the style, it is refined. As for the world, it looks good and all that jazz, sound is great, but it is a pretty forgettable Gotham in my opinion. You just run from one island to the next hearing the same audio from thugs with not too much really there. As for the story, oh the story.... its clunky, predictable, and very tacky. The end of the game had me happy, pissed, then actually laughing at how bad it was. Arkham Knight's identity is obvious from a MILE away and there is a not too surprising return of a certain villain... But the worst aspect of all is the Batmobile.... An addition that could have brought a breathe of fresh air to a series that I was starting to find quite repetitive, but instead the game had me dreading the idea of ever having to jump into the car. Which they had me do. A lot. This addition isn't showcased and given a great debut, rather its forced down your throat at every turn. Plus the drone combat gets very old, very quickly. Overall I would say to avoid this game altogether unless you are a huge fan of the series.… Expand
  9. Dickblasterson
    Jun 24, 2015
    3
    "We're going to make you play racing games in a tank with zero handling."

    - the makers of this unfun game

    Seriously, this is the worst part of the game for any completionist. Everything is Batmobile related. I'd like to finish please, and getting held up on this ridiculous nonsense is bull. The Souls series is easier than these racing minigames.
  10. markryan1989
    Jun 25, 2015
    3
    I had not played the other Arkham games in the series on PS3, so I was expecting something spectacular based on the hype and other reviews of this game. I purchased the game the day after launch and was excited to give it a shot.

    The original graphics were nice, but i found the gliding to be very clunky and the grappling hook not being able to hook onto anything even when you are next    I had not played the other Arkham games in the series on PS3, so I was expecting something spectacular based on the hype and other reviews of this game. I purchased the game the day after launch and was excited to give it a shot.

    The original graphics were nice, but i found the gliding to be very clunky and the grappling hook not being able to hook onto anything even when you are next to it. It seems there are fixed positions that you can grab onto, which is goofy.

    There are a lot of reviews on here complaining about the batmobile, and for the most part they are dead on the money. The car slides all over the place and the movements are awkward. The controls for the batmobile are so awkward, that they should have kept to the standard car racing controls of any other game in gaming history. Not sure why they changed something when there werent any issues with it to begin with. The attack mode on the batmobile seems so forced and just isnt a fun experience in my opinion.

    I played the game for about 30 minutes and was very disappointed and have sold the game already trying to get some of my money back.

    This is solely my thoughts of the game and each player expects something else from the games they buy, and this one failed my expectations.    … Expand
  11. zekepliskin
    Jul 4, 2015
    3
    I couldn't have been more disappointed with this game.

    It's nothing we haven't seen and done before in the series. It coasts by on a series of recycled elements and poorly executed new ones. Remember how Hugo Strange and Joker would taunt Arkham City to break the will of the inmates, or Batman? Here Scarecrow combines those two things… badly. Remember how stealth was challenging but    I couldn't have been more disappointed with this game.

    It's nothing we haven't seen and done before in the series. It coasts by on a series of recycled elements and poorly executed new ones.

    Remember how Hugo Strange and Joker would taunt Arkham City to break the will of the inmates, or Batman? Here Scarecrow combines those two things… badly. Remember how stealth was challenging but rewarding? Now skill has been taken out of the equation. The Batsuit is upgraded: the first time you use it you can speed takedown three armed thugs at once with no effort. Remember the clever Riddler puzzles? Now he's into underground death races – why? The first challenge you solve is pressing the circle button on the controller. The Riddler hostage missions have been swapped for the Firemen rescue missions so that's not particularly original or interesting either. I laughed at the contrivance of the Riddler creating a perfect Batmobile sized elevator for entrance to his death race track though!

    In previous games Batman would get on the Batphone just enough. Here, like a teenager, it seems he's never off the phone. He even gets into a conference calls! He relies on Oracle so much that I started to think he should use his "genius level intellect" to do his own detective work.

    Let's talk about the Batmobile. It's AWFUL. It handles appallingly and the controls are counter-intuitive to every driving game. The game forces it on you by having entrances only the Batmobile can open. There's a rooftop jump sequence that wants to be like Batman Begins, except it's clunky and frustrating because it's so hard to pilot. It feels like a cross between GTA IV and a tank/mech combat title which is not a nice mix. The game shills it on you by flashing up [L1] ENTER BATMOBILE at every opportunity yet if you weren't forced to use it you could get the job done just fine with Bats on foot. The game shills it on you again by having the criminals chat about how cool it is, how they'd joyride it. I read that the final third of the game relies upon it, and I have to say after an hour in the city and repeatedly trying the first Riddler challenge I never want to use it again. The tragedy is that the Batwing would work well in a city this big, but once again it's just drops plot items. The Batwing could have been fun. The Batmobile isn't.

    The new Batsuit makes ol' Bats tougher and faster despite being heavier. Lucius Fox technobabbles about how and why but it's irrelevant. The grapnel boost/gliding mechanic of Arkham City required finesse but was satisfying. Grapnel Boost Mk II requires no skill as it punts Bats so high into the air. Allied to the same old combat (now with a camera more likely to get in your way) it feels like there's no skill to it. Before, a few bullets could kill Batman easily so you had to be careful. Here you can blunder in and not worry - where's the fun in that? The thugs might as well have Nerf rockets coming out of their guns. Their AI isn't significantly better, either.

    What is better are the graphics: better lighting, sharper textures and more fluid animation. This doesn't mean much as the story and dialogue are so crummy - if you've played the others you'll notice how much is badly cookie-cuttered from them. You still get some framerate drops too. Like The Witcher 3 (a better game) the text is too small; game developers need to remember not everyone has a huge TV and perfect vision.

    Arkham Knight was built up a lot. It's one of the reasons I bought a PS4, that and for the new Deus Ex title. But it just feels tired. Apart from the Crapmobile nothing I've done is new, it's all just on a bigger scale. It's a blockbuster game which feels as formulaic as any Call Of Duty title, even with all of Gotham at your feet. Missions are: go to point A, beat thugs, stand there and press X to make Batman do a thing (rescue a hostage, pull off a control panel), go to point B, meet one of your allies, finish mission, do it all again.

    I'm in the minority being so critical. But Arkham City - close to perfect in so many respects - set such a high standard that it was always going to be tough to follow. Everything feels less polished here, graphics aside, as if Rocksteady were making it all things to all gamers but even with a huge team couldn't make the different styles and story twists work. Kevin Conroy's usually masterful voice acting as the Dark Knight sounds tired, hoarse and forced as the character is even more moody, broody and humourless than usual. In a way this mirrors the Nolan movies, in that it gets too dark and po-faced to be fun.

    I don't understand how this game is getting 80-100% reviews in respected magazines and on top rated websites. Chances are, I'm just wrong and this is a brilliant game. It just doesn't feel like it to me, sorry.
    In my opinion save your money and go play Arkham City again - or for the first time if you're lucky enough to not have played it yet, because it's fantastic.    … Expand
  12. judas_iscariote
    Jul 10, 2015
    3
    I hate the way they used the batmovil... i rather play mario kart (who plays mario kart against time qhen you can play with your friends anyway?).
    The plotline solved with a lame deus ex machina, Rocksteady promises a great game, but, they bring this on.
    combat system is great, references are great too, but after quite time you get bored about combat (like in the last batman games). if    I hate the way they used the batmovil... i rather play mario kart (who plays mario kart against time qhen you can play with your friends anyway?).
    The plotline solved with a lame deus ex machina, Rocksteady promises a great game, but, they bring this on.
    combat system is great, references are great too, but after quite time you get bored about combat (like in the last batman games). if this were a movie, i surely goes to the cinema three or 10 times to see it but as a game...    … Expand
  13. Empyrea
    Aug 15, 2021
    3
    Very overrated game! In one word: awful (especially because of the difficutly and repetitive feeling). I played Asylum some years ago and although this is not my kind of game I recognise that it was a good game so there were not any red flags, especially with so many reviews praising this game but from the beginning it felt repetitive. Also, don't expect having any help when you don't knowVery overrated game! In one word: awful (especially because of the difficutly and repetitive feeling). I played Asylum some years ago and although this is not my kind of game I recognise that it was a good game so there were not any red flags, especially with so many reviews praising this game but from the beginning it felt repetitive. Also, don't expect having any help when you don't know what to do (I don't know how many times I looked for help on Youtube!). I highly recommend to spend some points improving the defense and the cannon of the batmobile because if not it's going to be very very difficult and even doing that you are going to have to be skilled with the battles with the batmobile. I only did 3 sidequests and they were not much interesting. I don't like games were you have to do many sidequests to keep advancing with the main story and this game is made this way (like the latest Asssassin's Creed games are too). I like playing to be entertained and not for being stressed like in this. Plot is ok. Graphics are good. It could have been a better game if it was easier and if it would help you with hints when you needed them. The voice of Batman is horrible (he speaks like a robot), much better in Spanish.

    I would only recommend this game to people looking for "challenging" games or that want to do the sidequests (and then earn points to improve things). If not the case, you will end up dying again and again and again and getting frustrating. I bought it for a good price so I will probably get my money back. The main story must last about 16-19 hours but I think it would have last about 12 hours if it wasn't so difficult.    … Expand
  14. pasha4ur
    Dec 18, 2016
    3
    Very boring. I'm tired from batmobile. Missions = copy & paste. There is almost no story. Just copypasted missions.

    Playing in this game is very hard and boring work.
  15. Man0fste3l
    Jun 28, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Man, this game was a major disappointment. Story does not make sense, very sloppy, and extremely predictable. Didn’t mind the batmobile like most, bc it was cool and brought something different. However, the boss battles and missions are EXTREMELY repetitive. Honestly, the best parts of this game are the challenge maps and the “Arkham Episodes”. The main story, however, is pretty terrible. Definitely the worst/weakest out of the Arkham games, including Origins. Guess it was hard without having Paul Dini to write an amazing story.… Expand
  16. MisterMorry
    Dec 22, 2022
    3
    Probably my least favourite of the series, did not enjoy it, found that after about 10 mins the batmobile got boring. Certain missions were annoying and irrelevant, The Riddlers voice just irritated me, Azrael was pointless. The Joker showing up after dying seemed stupid PLUS the indentity of the Arkham Knight was spoiled almost immediately.
  17. M1sfiT
    Sep 3, 2023
    3
    Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamessss!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! batman ak
  18. kaen
    Jul 13, 2015
    2
    Ok. This is not a Batman game. I just quit after 3? 4 hours? since fighting tanks with another tank is not what I'm looking for in a Batman game. I wonder how it looked like in the studio... - "We need an enemy for a night-crawling, sneaky detective with martial art skills. Any ideas? - TANKS! - But... - TANKS! - I don't think... - TANKS! MEETING OVER!
    The game does not use the    Ok. This is not a Batman game. I just quit after 3? 4 hours? since fighting tanks with another tank is not what I'm looking for in a Batman game. I wonder how it looked like in the studio... - "We need an enemy for a night-crawling, sneaky detective with martial art skills. Any ideas? - TANKS! - But... - TANKS! - I don't think... - TANKS! MEETING OVER!
    The game does not use the Batmobile. It is Batmobile. It forces you to use it in missions and assumes you are using it all the time between them (i.e. It's faster to glide and fly through the city to the next mission marker, but when you get there you usually have to enter the batmobile to start it AS IF YOU DROVE THERE. You use batmobile to blow up tanks, stun guys, open doors, beat time challenges and do boss fights. Don't buy this. It's overhyped and plain bad    … Expand
  19. manchitas0103
    Jun 23, 2015
    2
    the game is tedious because only change the batmobile also the combat is normal and iclude the weapons that use the others is similar to arkham city nothing new
  20. Lepmontog
    Jun 23, 2015
    2
    Bought this game with the hope of something new, something exiting, something enthraling. This game did not deliver in any sense whatsoever (except the graphics, which frankly fail to make the game any better). For anybody looking to buy this game, I'd suggest not. I cannot say for sure you'll be dissapointed, but it's just the same from the past games with an added (and extremely overusedBought this game with the hope of something new, something exiting, something enthraling. This game did not deliver in any sense whatsoever (except the graphics, which frankly fail to make the game any better). For anybody looking to buy this game, I'd suggest not. I cannot say for sure you'll be dissapointed, but it's just the same from the past games with an added (and extremely overused vehicle), so maybe try and be cautious with whether you buy this game or not.… Expand
  21. zaga78
    Jun 26, 2015
    2
    I played this game only 3 hours is boring... Is the same of the others arkham game series with better graphics The only change is the batmovile don't waste your money.
  22. EpiquePhael
    Jun 29, 2015
    2
    Constantly having the Batmobile shoehorned into mission, some of which are pure **** in terms of mechanics, ultimately ruined this game for me. Compare to Arkham City, this was a huge disappointment.
  23. Onceinawhile
    Aug 21, 2015
    2
    Button combos don't work and especially frustrating and action spots don't work either that well. It gets to the point that the game is not worth playing.
  24. Puffer2002
    Oct 19, 2015
    2
    Pros:
    Great Characters
    Respect for source material
    Looks Amazing

    Cons:
    **** on PC
    Batmoblie is awkward and overused

    PS4: 8/10
    XBOXONE:8/10
    PC:4/10 (Do NOT play this on PC. The graphics are bull**** and there are technical bugs EVERYWHERE!)
  25. MarcusBeetroot
    Jun 21, 2021
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The Batman could not have hoped for a worse send-off than the one he got in Arkham Knight. This game's story is pointless, the missions are annoying, the map is awful to navigate and the most of enemies are so bad. How could you make Batman's rogue gallery (and in particular, the scarecrow) boring? Yes the joker is incredible this game, but having a good antagonist is only half of the battle. Also, the Arkham Knight? What the **** Okay, we know that he is Jason Todd, yes, very predictable, but his character makes no sense. How, the actual **** did this kid manage to develop an army, military level equipment and reputation from nothing? He was left for dead by the joker, and he's just fine? Who helped him when he was bleeding out and dying on the floor? Pointless game, pointless story, pointless send-off. I also just want to clarify that this coming from a fairly big Batman fan in general, I just wish that this game was as grounded as the others in the series.… Expand
  26. phoeniix23
    Nov 30, 2017
    1
    If you're not a Batman fan, don't like simplistic button mashing combat, hate open world mini-chores, not into rainy grimy dark atmosphere, hate driving simulators, this is NOT for you, as it is also NOT for me.

    I really tried to get into the game but nothing clicked for me. I just find Batman, as a character, not appealing at all. In fact, the villains and enemies, are all..i    If you're not a Batman fan, don't like simplistic button mashing combat, hate open world mini-chores, not into rainy grimy dark atmosphere, hate driving simulators, this is NOT for you, as it is also NOT for me.

    I really tried to get into the game but nothing clicked for me. I just find Batman, as a character, not appealing at all. In fact, the villains and enemies, are all..i dunno..cheesy is the word i guess. Yeah the whole game world feels cheesy, I just could not get into it. If you're looking for a realistic, atmospheric and immersive game, this isnt it.

    I gave up on the game after the point where I had to save 5 or 8 officers using the batmobile. Argh, so exasperating. And the combat is, i cant believe that people are gushing abt it, but OMG the combat is boring. It's like the complete opposite of Bloodborne/Dark Souls..tooooo easy.

    Story wise, lame. I really hated how they made it so convenient that the whole city had to be evacuated, just to fit in their gaming development constraints. I mean come on! The Witcher 3, Fallout, Mad Max, AssCreed, had living worlds with NPCs moving about with daily routines. This world is just full of criminals running amok and supervillains leading them. Its lazy writing is what it is.

    The ONLY batman game i really enjoyed was the very first one, Arkham Asylum cos that game was tight! Quality instead of quantity. Speaking of which, the true ending of this game is hidden behind The Riddler's endless tasks. Absolute wank.

    In conclusion, play this ONLY IF you're a Batman fan..or if this ends up on PS+ one day.    … Expand
  27. 10mooses
    Jun 25, 2015
    1
    The parts where you're playing as batman are fine. More of the same and there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is the batmobile. It's forced into the gameplay at every turn. Even the stealth sections!
    You're sneaking around and there's three guys behind the wall. What are you going to do?
    Maybe drop in on them from the roof? Maybe you if explode the wall you could take them out    The parts where you're playing as batman are fine. More of the same and there's nothing wrong with that. The problem is the batmobile. It's forced into the gameplay at every turn. Even the stealth sections!
    You're sneaking around and there's three guys behind the wall. What are you going to do?
    Maybe drop in on them from the roof?
    Maybe you if explode the wall you could take them out along with it?
    What if you sneak in through the grate or under the floor?
    Oh what's that batman? You won't be able to do anything at all here unless you can get the car into the compound to pull the wall down?
    You need the car in the stealth section batman? Your car?

    **** off batman    … Expand
  28. Rebelarch
    Sep 12, 2017
    1
    The game is a mess of unorganized content thrown at you at without any design. It's a far cry away from the clever level design of Arkham asylum that actually asked you to problem solve.
  29. BatmanIsBad
    Jun 26, 2015
    1
    Overall the game is bad. The graphics are horrible and the game play is **** I think that Assassins greed rogue is better. The bat mobile which is supposed to be a genre defining feature ends up being pointless and repetitive. This game was WAY to hyped!
  30. beanofwar
    Jul 6, 2015
    1
    Endless drones. Extremely repetitive batmobile/tank gameplay. Horrible batmobile handling (sliding all over the place). You don't feel like the batman in the batmobile. The boss fights involving the batmobile are really boring/repetitive. Also, the load times on this game are terrible.

    If the batmobile sections could be purged, this would be a great game. As it stands, I am sad    Endless drones. Extremely repetitive batmobile/tank gameplay. Horrible batmobile handling (sliding all over the place). You don't feel like the batman in the batmobile. The boss fights involving the batmobile are really boring/repetitive. Also, the load times on this game are terrible.

    If the batmobile sections could be purged, this would be a great game. As it stands, I am sad for my purchase.    … Expand
Page:

Awards & Rankings

12
#12 Best PS4 Game of 2015
6
#6 Most Discussed PS4 Game of 2015
14
#14 Most Shared PS4 Game of 2015

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
87

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.
    Read full review
  3. Games Master UK
    Aug 18, 2015
    90
    A million different elements blended seamlessly into one brilliantly cohesive experience. [Summer 2015, p.64]
See all critic reviews »