Gotham Knights

 PlayStation 5
User Score
4.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 586 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 221 out of 586
  2. Mixed: 99 out of 586
  3. Negative: 266 out of 586
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  1. koli985
    Sep 11, 2023
    0
    Don't buy this. This game runs at 30fps barely, gameplay is awful, characters and voice acting is bad, story was the only thing acceptable in this game, if you're a big batman fan and Gotham in general, this game is a big trap for a bad experience.
  2. jerfound
    Sep 7, 2023
    0
    This game is fantastic, I love the story, graphics and game play. It's not like the Arkham games which I also love, it's different but not worse. It requires a lot more reading, there's a lot more to it and the game doesn't make it easy to just jump in and play, there's definitely a learning curve. Once you understand all the many categories and tabs of information it's a very engaging experience.
  3. caino79
    Sep 2, 2023
    3
    The previous chapters had a very funny combat system. Why change it? This game is boring, if you played the various Batman before. Tried but immediately returned to Steam.
  4. Southernhammer
    Aug 14, 2023
    2
    I played it hoping it'd be better than on release but this is the sort of bad game that can't be fixed with patches. Clunky fighting, boring dialogue and dreadful enemies. Boss fights are the worst part with them being pure damage sponges. Avoid at all costs
  5. Mclovin69
    Jun 7, 2023
    0
    It's like the creators wanted to kill batman, just for the sake of killing batman. Just really stupid.
  6. benprofessional
    May 29, 2023
    1
    Very bad game, even for free its unplayable in 30 fps , boring story boring combat, graphics are bad, even arkham knight look SOOOOOO much better than this, unrecommended.
  7. NJ7695
    Mar 30, 2023
    0
    Making Tim gay is a petty joke. But hey, go woke, go broke. Sick of this garbage.
  8. art1373
    Feb 19, 2023
    0
    Well this is developed by some high reputation companies like QLOC and Warner bros, but I expected so much more! I bought these with a discount and I am glad I did not pay full price! I deleted the game in a second! if PSN had a refund policy these game companies would think twice before releasing everything they see with false advertisement!
  9. CheeseWarlock
    Feb 7, 2023
    3
    This games has a weird aura of melancholic fatigue around it. Let me explain:

    The environment is empty. The combat is mediocre and EXTREMELY repetitive. The story is unremarkable. Everything about this game feels dull and lifeless. There’s no passion here. Bad games make you upset, frustrated, dissapointed, etc. etc., but the worst kind of game is the kind that leaves you feeling nothing    This games has a weird aura of melancholic fatigue around it. Let me explain:

    The environment is empty. The combat is mediocre and EXTREMELY repetitive. The story is unremarkable. Everything about this game feels dull and lifeless. There’s no passion here. Bad games make you upset, frustrated, dissapointed, etc. etc., but the worst kind of game is the kind that leaves you feeling nothing at all. That is, unfortunately, the case with Gotham Knights. I sat there for twelve hours feeling nothing whatsoever. I was on autopilot the whole time, because absolutely nothing pulled me in whatsoever.

    To give some praise, I will say that the character designs look nice. They feel modernized in a way that doesn’t feel over the top. The voice acting was also.. Average. Nobody did a bad job, at least.

    Nothing, like, SUCKED, but there’s really no reason to go out of your way to play it, honestly. This game will be forgotten quickly by those who played it, and the industry in general. It’s so depressingly lifeless and forgettable.    … Expand
  10. Alphieri
    Feb 5, 2023
    3
    I bought this game as a big fan of DC. Ok, I can forget about the bugs or fps, it’s a new game, blah blah blah. But please give me the interesting storyline! Dear developers, have you ever played Arkham games? Please do. Where are the villains and Easter eggs I want to see? Why the characters are acting like a clowns? Why they suddenly became that stupid? This is not a Gotham I’m payingI bought this game as a big fan of DC. Ok, I can forget about the bugs or fps, it’s a new game, blah blah blah. But please give me the interesting storyline! Dear developers, have you ever played Arkham games? Please do. Where are the villains and Easter eggs I want to see? Why the characters are acting like a clowns? Why they suddenly became that stupid? This is not a Gotham I’m paying for. Don’t worth playing if you are a fan of comics, movies & Arkham games. PS and where the hell is a full moon?… Expand
  11. Inen
    Feb 3, 2023
    0
    Exceeded my dangling earrings. Very Christen-Mode and very halal and the same time. A most thrown in a bin
  12. Pepemarques01
    Jan 27, 2023
    3
    Como fan de la serie de Gotham, esperaba muchísimo más. No hay nada a destacar, todo muy flojito.
  13. A467806h
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    For the lack of a Russian language! Ordinary people have nothing to do with it! You behave like fascists. Russian is spoken by 300 million people worldwide. Children can't learn the language so quickly or so quickly to read and translate playing the game! Reconsider your views and be more human! Developers of other games do not behave like this. Every game has and must have Russian!!!
  14. herele
    Jan 23, 2023
    3
    Its a game that tried its best to be a good batman game but failed in every way, the open world is repetitive and the missions lack meaning, the combat is the worst, its stiff, boring, repetitive and doesnt have the flow other batman games had. they tried to populate the city with random crimes but its so boring that the game never made me want to explore gotham at all, the story is prettyIts a game that tried its best to be a good batman game but failed in every way, the open world is repetitive and the missions lack meaning, the combat is the worst, its stiff, boring, repetitive and doesnt have the flow other batman games had. they tried to populate the city with random crimes but its so boring that the game never made me want to explore gotham at all, the story is pretty good but with the other flaws this game is far from a triple A title, tried to be batman and ended up being boring af, really disappointing.… Expand
  15. dahurtbizness
    Jan 9, 2023
    0
    game so bad that it looks like it belongs on a ps2 while being a next gen only. what a disgrace, even batman rise of sin tzu that this game tries to copy from looks better and plays better than this game. the acting, the writing/dialogues is just as bad as saints row (2022). made me wish cw's gotham knights tv show that has the same plot would've came out so we could've compared which isgame so bad that it looks like it belongs on a ps2 while being a next gen only. what a disgrace, even batman rise of sin tzu that this game tries to copy from looks better and plays better than this game. the acting, the writing/dialogues is just as bad as saints row (2022). made me wish cw's gotham knights tv show that has the same plot would've came out so we could've compared which is actually worst and they killed batman/Bruce Wayne twice at the end of the game when he commits suicide for no reason and the start of the game when he was stabbed and pronounced dead before the plot twist of him being the last boss after being resurrected by the Lazarus Pit after Talia al Ghul stole his body to mind corrupt hi and used him to fight the bat family. everyone in this game is out of character and the jokes is mcu level cringe and unfunny and never lands where it leaves u scratching ur head.
    wanna play as the batfamily do urself a favor and just play batman rise of sin tzu it's a tie in to btas and Jim Lee was involved in making that game and the creation of sin tzu u have a better time playing that over this repetitive, clunky, stale gameplay and mobile game mechanics to make progress and hit sponge enemies.    … Expand
  16. Pfd123
    Jan 9, 2023
    0
    Made an account just so someone can see this and not waste their money on this game. It is by far the worst game I played in years. It is nothing like the Arkham games. Feels like a mobile game. The storyline is boring. Gotham
    Itself is completely empty. There is nothing going on. Even the npcs look wierd. Also the woke agenda is everywhere through this game. Every gang had to have its    Made an account just so someone can see this and not waste their money on this game. It is by far the worst game I played in years. It is nothing like the Arkham games. Feels like a mobile game. The storyline is boring. Gotham
    Itself is completely empty. There is nothing going on. Even the npcs look wierd. Also the woke agenda is everywhere through this game. Every gang had to have its share of female bad guys. Don’t buy or waste your time.    … Expand
  17. jbkeller77
    Jan 6, 2023
    4
    I am a huge fan of the Arkham series games and the world of Batman in general. I paid 35 dollars for this game while on sale and it feels like I paid too much. It looks and feels cheaply made in comparison to previous Arkham games I’ve loved. Everything about it feels like less; The visuals. The details. The UI. The movement and fighting. The wash and repeat of how you go out each night.I am a huge fan of the Arkham series games and the world of Batman in general. I paid 35 dollars for this game while on sale and it feels like I paid too much. It looks and feels cheaply made in comparison to previous Arkham games I’ve loved. Everything about it feels like less; The visuals. The details. The UI. The movement and fighting. The wash and repeat of how you go out each night. The city and its emptiness. The repeated bad guy skins and audio. I’d rather replay Arkham Knight from 2015 again honestly. I really thought I’d appreciate this one with the discount I paid but it’s just not a good game. It’s as average as it gets and that’s a tragedy since the Arkham series was so great. Pass.… Expand
  18. halobreaker
    Dec 29, 2022
    3
    I REALLY wanted to like this game. I loved the Arkham games, especially Arkham Knight. The combat was fluid, and the character progression and storytelling was well paced. The city actually felt ALIVE! In Gotham Knights, the city feels dead and hollow. The combat is clunky, repetitive and not intuitive whatsoever. Basic skills which are available straight out of the gate in Arkham KnightI REALLY wanted to like this game. I loved the Arkham games, especially Arkham Knight. The combat was fluid, and the character progression and storytelling was well paced. The city actually felt ALIVE! In Gotham Knights, the city feels dead and hollow. The combat is clunky, repetitive and not intuitive whatsoever. Basic skills which are available straight out of the gate in Arkham Knight are locked behind skills which require skill points in Gotham Knights. The side missions are basic and all of them feel lazily scripted and very copy paste with little to no variation between the similar types (I did two investigation scenes back to back and they were the exact same clues and setup for both). There isn't very much incentive to switch between characters, as they all play basically the same with very slight variances (you can cape glide with Batgirl but not with anyone else, you can stealth takedown enemies from Gargoyles as Robin but not as anyone else). The voice acting gets annoying very quickly, as there only appears to be a small selection of recordings for each character when you're out exploring. The concept of this game was very promising, and had they spent more time on developing the individual characters, their skills and move set, it could have been a really fun game to play. Instead, it feels like they've taken a giant step backwards in the franchise.

    The driving on the Batcycle is also horrendous. It doesn't give any sensation of speed, it handles like something from a late 90s Sega game and the character animations when you're driving are non -existent. It may as well be a large piece of ham on the bike with the throttle taped open.

    Overall, I don't believe this is a AAA title worthy of a $90 price tag. It feels and plays more like a made-for-mobile game. Maybe it's more fun in multiplayer but I gave up on the game before giving that a chance. With a campaign that's just over 10 hours, I'd say wait until this comes out free as a PS Plus title.    … Expand
  19. Harry2P
    Dec 27, 2022
    1
    Literal **** game. 30 FPS on Xbox Series X and blaming Xbox for that is just stupid, maybe your developers suck at optimizing a game lmao. Put your game in a dumpster either way
  20. Fire-typhoon123
    Dec 25, 2022
    0
    Trash ass game. WB Montreal has got no talent whatsoever. They should've instead just remastered Arkham origins lol.
  21. Oncep
    Dec 21, 2022
    1
    Ни слова по Русски! Хотябы субтитры добавить это не дорого для бюджета игры.Pls add Russian subtitles.
  22. LokiPokis
    Dec 20, 2022
    0
    There are 300 million Russian languages in the world, why aren't there at least subtitles
  23. Loki93
    Dec 18, 2022
    0
    why is there no Russian language, I'm from Kazakhstan . Please add rus sub.
  24. Attila68
    Dec 16, 2022
    1
    Add Russian. Russian is spoken in 17 countries. 250 million people speak Russian
  25. Attila94
    Dec 12, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No Rus sub ! Ни слова по русски, игроки хотят играть… Expand
  26. hexagron
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Gameplay suck, repetitive enemies, boring side charcacters and history. 2016 graphics.
    Only 30FPS.
    Not worth the price.
  27. ram_1941REG77
    Nov 29, 2022
    0
    How could this shame be released after the godlike arkham knight??? AA, they did Rockstady, they know how to make games

    this product is not for the players, but for the developers themselves, so that they make money! First they removed Denuvo (due to an error, it's not clear HOW you can make a mistake and not the first time and not the first developer) The farther we roll, the deader    How could this shame be released after the godlike arkham knight??? AA, they did Rockstady, they know how to make games

    this product is not for the players, but for the developers themselves, so that they make money!
    First they removed Denuvo (due to an error, it's not clear HOW you can make a mistake and not the first time and not the first developer) The farther we roll, the deader the games become! Soon we will call to ignore this or that developer. These are the current realities, that due to the fact that LGBT and other BLM would not be offended by the studio, they will do **** and sell you for your money! I have already stopped buying games because of this, I took this one on a torrent!    … Expand
  28. Rich33
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    NO 60FPS = UNPLAYABLE.
    This game looks and runs like a bad PS4 game. Very poor.
  29. RanGom007
    Nov 25, 2022
    0
    I'm not going to talk about how terrible this project is, but what pissed me off the most was the lack of any Russian localization in the game. no matter how good the project is, but such a bestial attitude towards Russian-speaking players is lousy
  30. colt45z
    Nov 23, 2022
    4
    A beautiful game and fun for the first several hours but thats about it. The combat is repetitive until nealy the end. The enemy level scaling is pretty steep which makes it very grindy to play even on medium difficulty. They lock you out of any means od travel through the air at the beginning and you think, ok ill just have to unlock it. But once unlocked, its extremely disappointing.A beautiful game and fun for the first several hours but thats about it. The combat is repetitive until nealy the end. The enemy level scaling is pretty steep which makes it very grindy to play even on medium difficulty. They lock you out of any means od travel through the air at the beginning and you think, ok ill just have to unlock it. But once unlocked, its extremely disappointing. The only mode of travel that was decent was nightwing. Basically that prevented me from using any of the other characters since traveling the maps felt like such a slooog otherwise. Final boss fight was completely lackluster. The ending sucked... hard. Dumbest and least rewarding payoff in a video game that I've ever seen. Such a joke. Arkhame origins was sooo much better. They really mucked this on up.… Expand
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67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 80 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 34 out of 80
  2. Mixed: 40 out of 80
  3. Negative: 6 out of 80
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 25, 2024
    60
    The game is not bad and serves you a lot. You want a hero? You have four. Want big missions? Usually you have about three going at once. You want side missions? You've got a city full of them. Which doesn't mean it's a great game. Just good and solid. [Issue#323]
  2. Cubed3
    May 30, 2023
    40
    Not being content with being one of the most soulless products released under the Warner Bros. label, it is also extremely underwhelming from a technical point of view. Gotham Knights was originally developed as a multi-gen title, but PlayStation 4 and Xbox One versions got cancelled. Despite this, the visuals underwhelm and fail to impress and manage to look worse than the last major Batman instalment released seven years prior. Capping at a mere 30fps might be excusable if this boasted the most cutting edge visuals on the market, but it manages to look cheap and dated. For a AAA production from Warner Bros., this should have been a visual tour de force, with top writing talent, and have evolved the gameplay to compete with its contemporaries. Maybe it can be salvaged over time with updates, but currently it's one of the most droll and sloppily designed triple-A products of 2022.
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  3. PSX Extreme
    Dec 16, 2022
    74
    Gotham Knights would be a great game, its sandbox approach to exploring Gotham is top-notch and its story keeps you just engaged enough to keep playing. The problem lies in the game’s lackluster combat and endless fighting cycles of beating up the same factions over and over and over with little to no variation to dialogue.
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