Gotham Knights

 PlayStation 5
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4.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 586 Ratings

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  1. Positive: 221 out of 586
  2. Mixed: 99 out of 586
  3. Negative: 266 out of 586
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  1. SeriousGameFan
    Oct 24, 2022
    0
    Not a very good game at full price of $70. It has a lot of grind in the beginning and several mechanics to extend the playtime. There are only several missions every night, and you need to go back to the belfry to advance a new night for more missions, and then you have to grind for every character. Missions are gated by level. Wait for this to go on sale for $20. This was a quickNot a very good game at full price of $70. It has a lot of grind in the beginning and several mechanics to extend the playtime. There are only several missions every night, and you need to go back to the belfry to advance a new night for more missions, and then you have to grind for every character. Missions are gated by level. Wait for this to go on sale for $20. This was a quick cashgrab of a game, that doesn't hold up to the older Arkham games.… Expand
  2. Rallianto_Rex
    Oct 24, 2022
    1
    We are on next-gen consoles, we are in 2022. And we just got a next-gen game, BARELY running 30fps.
    God of War Ragnarok is coming out soon, and it has a 120fps option. That is 4x the fps of Gotham Knights. And Gotham Knights is empty, no civilians or pedestrians, same copy-paste buildings. God of War has crazy amount of details. This is just not good enough.
    First they removed the PS4    We are on next-gen consoles, we are in 2022. And we just got a next-gen game, BARELY running 30fps.
    God of War Ragnarok is coming out soon, and it has a 120fps option. That is 4x the fps of Gotham Knights. And Gotham Knights is empty, no civilians or pedestrians, same copy-paste buildings. God of War has crazy amount of details. This is just not good enough.
    First they removed the PS4 released "because it's a next-gen game" they said. So I though WOW it's gonna have amazing graphics. But no......... the reason it's not out for last gen, is because it cannot run on last gen. It can only barely run 30fps on next-gen, it even dips to 25fps sometimes. This game is a mess    … Expand
  3. AAAgaming
    Oct 24, 2022
    2
    What's the point of new consoles, if new games are graphically worse and run worse than some older games? Even 2017 games like AC Origins look better than this. Nobody should defend this, because you are DC fan. I'm huge DC fan and that's why i don't support this, because i want better DC games.
  4. gmrdiaries
    Oct 24, 2022
    3
    This is backwards compatibility at it's finest! 30fps on next-gen console? Nice! Makes you feel, like playing 2013 game, but only available on Next gen consoles!
  5. Justafewwords
    Oct 24, 2022
    4
    Seems like people will defend any game at this point, no matter how generic and badly performing it is. And who could blame them? Gaming is at all time low. Gaming has never been as bad, as it is today and that's a fact. In 2000-2010, there were 5-10 masterpieces every single year. Every year. But now? You get lucky to have one or two Good Games. No originality, nothing incredibly new orSeems like people will defend any game at this point, no matter how generic and badly performing it is. And who could blame them? Gaming is at all time low. Gaming has never been as bad, as it is today and that's a fact. In 2000-2010, there were 5-10 masterpieces every single year. Every year. But now? You get lucky to have one or two Good Games. No originality, nothing incredibly new or innovative, awful performance, that's what Gotham Knights is. Hopefully 2023 will be better year for gaming.… Expand
  6. BeautifulDay
    Oct 24, 2022
    0
    Have you ever wanted to feel scammed? Look no further, buy Gotham Knights! It has a little something for everyone.
  7. modern_gamer_
    Oct 24, 2022
    1
    Peak of modern gaming is finally here. Huge respect to developers who are making these AAA masterpieces. Story so good, never seen in a game before. Combat, fast as lightning and graphics so good, that this masterpiece can barely run 30fps (mostly 20-24fps). So it's very similar experience to playing GTA 4 in 2008.
  8. imsobored
    Oct 24, 2022
    0
    Why are people still trying to defend stuff like this? Don't you feel insulted by absolute lack of care by the developers? If you pay 70 dollars for this, you are part of the problem. Developers start caring only when you stop paying. As long you pay for the badly made game, they are fine. They don't play these games anyway.
  9. Gothamlights
    Oct 24, 2022
    2
    30fps on NEXT GEN CONSOLES, poor graphics (would have been epic in 2012), some fun missions (thank god for these, am i right?), but overall nothing new, mediocre, been there-done that story. Overall very disappointing. Hopefully Suicide Squad game will be much better.
  10. RTXREFLECTIONS
    Oct 24, 2022
    0
    This is seriously bad. If i was involved in development of this game, i would change a job. It's very clear that none of these developers are actual gamers, because no gamer with actual dignity would release next-gen game that barely runs 30fps....
  11. logicalgamer25
    Oct 24, 2022
    1
    This might be one of the worst optimizations in AAA gaming, ever. You have all the power from PS5 and Xbox Series X and you can't make it run 60fps? Let me remind you, city has hardly any traffic, you are lucky to spot a car. Hardly any people walking around and it can barely run 30fps, if you drive fast it goes to 25fps and sometimes has random lag as well even just walking around orThis might be one of the worst optimizations in AAA gaming, ever. You have all the power from PS5 and Xbox Series X and you can't make it run 60fps? Let me remind you, city has hardly any traffic, you are lucky to spot a car. Hardly any people walking around and it can barely run 30fps, if you drive fast it goes to 25fps and sometimes has random lag as well even just walking around or fighting. Now compare this to Spider-Man Remastered, city full of thousands of people, easily 20-30 people on screen at once, lots of cars etc, and it runs flawlessly 60fps on new consoles and even better on PC. This game looks worse than countless of 2015-2021 games. This is pathetic, that's the only word to describe this game.… Expand
  12. ribizly
    Oct 29, 2022
    1
    30 FPS in 2022 on a Next-gen console because there are some compute heavy features haver been turned on? Really. No thanks.
  13. Agferreira
    Oct 31, 2022
    0
    Gameplay stuck, repetitive enemies, boring scenes and history. 2016 graphics.
    Only 30FPS.
    Not worth the price.
  14. Jlonzoe
    Nov 14, 2022
    2
    This could have been a great game, they have new characters and story to bring a refreshing new taste to dinner, but the studio ruined it. The very core fighting mechanics that makes a Batman game, a Batman game, is gone. No more counter and punch, its now a dull evade and punch. If Montreal studios would have done what Santa Monica studios did with God of War, they would have pure gold.This could have been a great game, they have new characters and story to bring a refreshing new taste to dinner, but the studio ruined it. The very core fighting mechanics that makes a Batman game, a Batman game, is gone. No more counter and punch, its now a dull evade and punch. If Montreal studios would have done what Santa Monica studios did with God of War, they would have pure gold. All Montreal had to do was leave the fighting mechanics and just polish it, they could have tuned the fighting for robin, batgirl, etc to give a different fighting experience for each, but instead they decided to give a grand theft auto fighting feel to it and changed the counter move Batman does with an evade move, they completely ruined the game. Read and watch gameplay before buying.… Expand
  15. Bzone
    Oct 30, 2022
    0
    This game is 30fps in 2022... How disappointing. Rather play the previous batman games.
  16. 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
  17. RageDriver
    Nov 5, 2022
    3
    Terribly designed game. It gets so many basics wrong, and opts for the most frustrating game design. The game gates story missions behind grindy fodder content, clearly designed for a live service game that was changed into a co-op one-off action adventure game late into development. The poor performance of this game across platform does not help matters.

    This game is Marvel's Avengers    Terribly designed game. It gets so many basics wrong, and opts for the most frustrating game design. The game gates story missions behind grindy fodder content, clearly designed for a live service game that was changed into a co-op one-off action adventure game late into development. The poor performance of this game across platform does not help matters.

    This game is Marvel's Avengers reborn in a bat family skin.    … Expand
  18. hexagron
    Dec 6, 2022
    0
    Gameplay suck, repetitive enemies, boring side charcacters and history. 2016 graphics.
    Only 30FPS.
    Not worth the price.
  19. TheWarrchitect
    Oct 23, 2022
    2
    Wow. Where to begin. Let me start off by saying what a massive disappointment this game was. Everything to the gameplay it the performance.

    The Gameplay: The gameplay in GK was a huge let down. We went from a smooth free flow combat system in the Arkham Games to….this. It feels clunky, slow, and unpolished. Not to mention the RPG elements in the game just don’t work. These type of Batman    Wow. Where to begin. Let me start off by saying what a massive disappointment this game was. Everything to the gameplay it the performance.

    The Gameplay: The gameplay in GK was a huge let down. We went from a smooth free flow combat system in the Arkham Games to….this. It feels clunky, slow, and unpolished. Not to mention the RPG elements in the game just don’t work. These type of Batman games don’t function well with RPG elements. Damage numbers and level scaling is absolutely ridiculous. This game loves to level gate players from certain missions. It almost forces you into “grinding” the open world to level up.

    The Performance: Don’t even get me started on this. 30fps CAPPED on console. Absolutely unacceptable for a “next gen” only title. That fact that there is no performance mode is disappointing. Even with the capped 30fps, the game still dips below into the low twenties, making the game feel like a slideshow.

    The Story: The story in this game was just “ok.” It certainly wasn’t memorable compared to any of the Arkham games. I won’t go further into this due to spoilers. Surprisingly the story is what carried me through the game.

    The Characters: Just to be clear, I love the concept of a bat family game. Robin, Nightwing, Redhood, and Batgirl are all cool characters, just not in this game. I think the biggest problem for me was their voice acting and their dialogue. A lot of it was very cringey and had terrible delivery. I’m disappointed as Batgirl and Robin are some of my favorite side characters in the comics.

    The Art Style: Once again we have another disappointment on our hands. Everything from the city to the outfits of the characters. Gotham city looks completely uninspired and boring compared to any other depiction we’ve seen in comics, video games, or movies. It just feels like regular city, not Gotham city with its dark gothic atmosphere and architecture. The character art style in this game is also bad. The coolest and most comic accurate skins are locked behind the deluxe edition paywall. In conclusion, I was massively let down with this game. I don’t recommend anyone buy this. Save your money. The performance, the gameplay, and several other factors just make this game so unenjoyable. I hope this review helps.    … Expand
  20. Truuuuth
    Oct 24, 2022
    3
    Whenever you feel bad about your life or things don't go well, just know that there are people out there who pay 70 dollars/euros for next-gen game that barely holds 30FPS.
  21. kancutberingas
    Oct 24, 2022
    0
    why people are still defending this sh!tt. This game is really **** overall, even the Arkham series which was released decades ago is better than this sh1t.
  22. nextgenpower
    Oct 24, 2022
    1
    I have only one question, why? Why would you treat your fans and customers like that? I'm speechless. There are streamers on twitch and youtube right now, playing your "masterpiece" and i asked some of them for honest opinion and let's just put it that way, they try to be nice about the situation, but truth is, this game sucks okay and they know that, i know that and you know that. It'sI have only one question, why? Why would you treat your fans and customers like that? I'm speechless. There are streamers on twitch and youtube right now, playing your "masterpiece" and i asked some of them for honest opinion and let's just put it that way, they try to be nice about the situation, but truth is, this game sucks okay and they know that, i know that and you know that. It's weak for 2022 next gen. Sorry, this is not even next gen, clearly not. Even, if some people have told me they like the story, overall everyone seem to agree that 30fps on next gen is not okay. This is not enjoyable experience by any means and to ask 70 dollars or euros for it is just disgusting.… Expand
  23. Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
    Oct 25, 2022
    1
    This game is actually way worse than i thought it could be. Story is very basic, game is very grindy. But that's not the biggest problem, biggest problems are world design and bad performance. Gotham in this game is so empty and boring and despite that, game runs barely 30fps, that's ridiculous. Anyone saying that 30fps doesn't matter, because last gen was also 30fps, misses the point. TheThis game is actually way worse than i thought it could be. Story is very basic, game is very grindy. But that's not the biggest problem, biggest problems are world design and bad performance. Gotham in this game is so empty and boring and despite that, game runs barely 30fps, that's ridiculous. Anyone saying that 30fps doesn't matter, because last gen was also 30fps, misses the point. The entire point of NEW CONSOLES, should be making things better. I would tolerate 30fps, if this game had amazing next-gen graphics, but that's not the case. This game has worse graphics, than many 2017-2020 games.… Expand
  24. Genexus84
    Oct 23, 2022
    0
    Terrible performance, boring boss fights.a lifeless open world. It has some fun moments but not to long. I had no motivation anymore for this game after 6 hours. But I finished it with no wow effects.
  25. Plain_Sight_Doc
    Oct 23, 2022
    0
    30 FPS max on next gen only, for 70$ . What a joke. Combats weak. 2 player max.
  26. Poni
    Oct 23, 2022
    0
    The fact that this game was supposed to be released on a PS4 and now can't even run 60 fps on a PS5 is unacceptable and I refuse to support this movement either with my money or a positive review. The upcoming God of War can run 120 fps. This is a developers issue, they are too lazy to properly optimize a game. There are some many examples, Elden ring can run 60 fps and has higherThe fact that this game was supposed to be released on a PS4 and now can't even run 60 fps on a PS5 is unacceptable and I refuse to support this movement either with my money or a positive review. The upcoming God of War can run 120 fps. This is a developers issue, they are too lazy to properly optimize a game. There are some many examples, Elden ring can run 60 fps and has higher requirements than this game.… Expand
  27. ArtificialG8D
    Oct 23, 2022
    1
    This game makes me question why the consumers love getting **** over by companies/devs with "TRipLE A GaMEs" and love to defend them for no reason.
    Before i talk about the game in general, i would love to state how despicable the devs are for hiding that the game was gonna run at 30fps ON CURRENT GEN CONSOLES (PS5/XBS X&S) something they know that may be the deal breaker was for some    This game makes me question why the consumers love getting **** over by companies/devs with "TRipLE A GaMEs" and love to defend them for no reason.
    Before i talk about the game in general, i would love to state how despicable the devs are for hiding that the game was gonna run at 30fps ON CURRENT GEN CONSOLES (PS5/XBS X&S) something they know that may be the deal breaker was for some (good thing i bought it, played it and immediately returned it) quite scummy and down right unexpectable, i bought a next gen console with the intent of playing games at 60fps NOT 30FPS, if i did then i would've plugged in my PS4. Arkham Knight looks better (a 7 year old game) than a 2022 NEXT GEN EXCLUSIVE GAME.

    The Game:
    Now i know i was diving into the game knowing this had nothing to do with the Arkham Games and the story was OK, the opening was long but was fun to watch (u know batman dying), then everything else was quite forgettable.
    The gameplay was SO **** BORING, The Arkham games had best ways to combat different styles of enemies like if any enermy had a shield you would (jump over them, slide over them, stun them) or enemies with a blade u would (evade them, creating an opening to attack them). This defined the combat standard in videogames (which games like Spider-man 2018, Shadow of Mordor copied) Unfortunantly, the combat in Gottham Knights feels like a god damn MMORPG, the enermy types are the god damn same with a big shield enermy which feels like i need to hault to fight him. "but... BuT ITs NoT An ArKaM Title" YA BUT GOD DAMN IT'S IMPOSSIBLE NOT TO COMPARE IT, because those games were a masterpiece. With the amount of crafting u do, my god it's a literal mobile game. But the thing i will give this game is that the grind isn't bad at all.

    Exploring the world feels DEAD, where are the NPCs?, bro was this during COVID 19 period? my god LMAO. i can walk outside rn and see people, see cars.

    BUT MY GOD WHAT'S WORSE IS THE PERFORMANCE.
    Since i used the PS5, this couldn't keep at a stable 30fps (it dipped as low as 24fps) and many people blaming the Series S for this LMAO. It's just the DEVS BEING INCOMPETENT, they are AAA publishers and you're telling me this couldn't be runned at 60fps, **** **** Give me a reason why this couldn't be on the last gen consoles (no someone tell me why???)
    i cannot speak for PC users, but (from what i've seen) the performance is all over the **** place.

    This game is just soulless, unoptimised mess
    erm 1/10 why??? because batgirl got a nice a$$.

    If you really want to play the game, just wait until it goes on sale if not JUST DON'T BUY THE GAME, this is a game that is $40 MA, $60-$70 (YOU MUST BE OUT OF UR MINDS) or just buy the Arkham Collection

    THIS GAME JUST HIGHLIGHT HOW BAD MODERN GAMING HAS BECOME.    … Expand
  28. Benjy5045
    Oct 24, 2022
    0
    Wow this game is really a hard pill to swallow. Everyone had so much hope for this but one way or another these companies will start listening to fans or they will go out of business. The only reason they are able to creat video games is due to fans so if you screw the consumer it will come back to bite you. Stop with cookie cutter boring half ass games.
  29. AntiReviewBomb
    Oct 22, 2022
    0
    9 year wait for this garbage! Terrible performance issues, bugs, shallow gameplay, loot/Grind gameplay is horrible, dialogue is horrendous. Boring lifeless open world. Beaten by every single Arkham game from decades ago.
  30. rrkwarmonger
    Oct 22, 2022
    4
    Doesn't even proper 30 fps on consoles, run in 25 fps on my 3960. The game is optimized like crap. Devs shouldn't get away by putting such a crappy game out there
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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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