Gotham Knights

 PlayStation 5
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4.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 586 Ratings

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  3. Negative: 266 out of 586
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  1. Psyclerk
    Oct 30, 2022
    4
    I'll break down why I give this game a 4.

    Graphics - There is a video in the wild that is gaining popularity comparing this game with Arkham Knight. It's pretty clear that the game from 7 years ago is graphically superior, which is odd. Beside the much ballyhooed lack of 60 FPS in a current generation game, there are a lot of quirks in the game's physics engine whose oversight is    I'll break down why I give this game a 4.

    Graphics - There is a video in the wild that is gaining popularity comparing this game with Arkham Knight. It's pretty clear that the game from 7 years ago is graphically superior, which is odd. Beside the much ballyhooed lack of 60 FPS in a current generation game, there are a lot of quirks in the game's physics engine whose oversight is baffling. Red Hood's hoodie drawstrings famously stick straight out at a 90 degree angle, Batgirl's cape hangs limply over one shoulder while she blasts down the road on the Batcycle, etc. You can't put out tripe like this and then also throw a $70 price tag on it. Further, Gotham City itself is devoid of almost all life. Civilians exist but you will likely only see 3-4 at a time, if that.

    Controls - I've been playing video games for just over 40 years now, and I can say that Gotham Knights' controls are some of the worst I've encountered. There's no way to lock onto enemies so you often end up attacking randomly. The camera gets stuck on objects so you end up attacking nothing. Your character will come to a full sudden stop if they come close to any object higher than their foot. Interacting with objects like computers or boxes requires that you be in a precise range and face the object square on, otherwise you only see that you can interact with the object but not do anything with it (despite the fact that it is only six inches to your left). You are often left traveling around using the grapple gun, and the game has almost no logic as to where you will fire. Want to go straight up? Maybe you can, maybe not. Want to jump across the street towards an objective? Maybe you fire backwards or straight up instead. Extremely frustrating.

    Game play - The basic game play loop is just that...basic. Light and heavy melee, light and heavy ranged attacks, and a dodge. That's it. No parry, no cool gadgets beyond your chosen characters' ranged weapon. You can grab enemies once you've weakened them for some strikes or a throw which does no damage on its own. You have "Momentum" moves that let you use new attacks, but are fairly useless as they often only delete one or two enemies. The gear system is nice for the character customization, but other than that, it is just another chore. Travel is done via either the aforementioned grapple gun, which is terrible, or by Batcycle, which is nearly as bad. You can run over the few citizens you see with no consequence. Hitting a wall or another vehicle has no consequence other than bringing you to a sudden halt. The Batcycle is what I would expect to see in a $5 shovelware title, not an alleged AAA game. There a lot of "challenges" to finish but they are virtually all the same thing. There are collectibles as well, but between how numerous they are, how lifeless the city is, and how bland the gameplay is, I don't know how anyone can stomach collecting them all.

    All in all, this one is a huge disappointment. There are a LOT of QOL improvements that could be made to maybe get this one another point, maybe two, but at its core, Gotham Knights is just not a good game. I don't know that I can recommend it even when it inevitably goes on sale.    … Expand
  2. 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
  3. PaulGR
    Oct 23, 2022
    4
    Unoptimized mess promoting the "woke" agenda.

    What could have been a good game is, once more, overshadowed by poor optimization, clunky controls, grindy missions, and an unhealthy dose of "wokeness". On PC: There is no true Full-screen mode. No matter the settings, the game fluctuates heavily between 20 and 140 FPS. I'd rather it's a stable 30 than getting a headache from these    Unoptimized mess promoting the "woke" agenda.

    What could have been a good game is, once more, overshadowed by poor optimization, clunky controls, grindy missions, and an unhealthy dose of "wokeness".

    On PC: There is no true Full-screen mode. No matter the settings, the game fluctuates heavily between 20 and 140 FPS. I'd rather it's a stable 30 than getting a headache from these sudden fluctuations dipping to 20, then rising to 100 with a simple camera turn. Graphics are mediocre at best without RayTracing on. Reminds me of old PS3 games (e.g., Infamous: Second Son). If you turn RT "on" the game is a stutter-fest (RTX3080Ti, R9 5900X).
    On PS5: You are locked at 30 FPS. Enough said.

    Side missions while on patrol become a big chore after the second time. It's always the same setup of enemies and things to do. Same locations. Same tactics. Same objectives. It gets old very quick.

    Combat doesn't help either. It gets monotonous very fast. Other than the nice finishers, there is not much to comment on. It's clunky and doesn't feel fluid. It's just spam "X" until the enemy sponge dies. You even forget that you have a ranged move (range is so short it doesn't matter anyway).

    Traveling also feels like a big chore:
    - The bat-bike mechanics are out of a game released in the early 2000s. Physics are entirely off. To make the world feel "big," they tweaked the bike to go at 40Kmh, while simulating a "wind" effect around the edges of the screen so as to appear that you are going at 350Kmh. The scam is visible as you can barely overtake a bus. Getting anywhere is so sluggish and boring.
    - The hook that you grapple is hit-n-miss. You can use it on specified spots in the world which becomes very annoying when it auto-targets at a place that you are clearly not aiming at. Still, this is probably the only decent way to move around.
    - Gliding/flying is even slower than the bat-bike, which makes it a joke. It also forces your short cape to turn long, which is very ugly.
    - Navigating on foot is weird. There is no jump button and you can only move on objects that the game wants you to.

    Customization is pure marketing. They allow you to craft suits, yet it's basically just 6 different models that simply recycle their stats each time you craft them. You have the option to change the look of some body parts (hands, boots, mask) between 3 options that are so similar you won't even notice. it's there just to promote "character customization". At least you can change colors, if you manage to unlock them before finishing the story. If you unlock the glide ability the game forces on you long capes. There is no option to change them and this has already been an issue on Reddit as people are frustrated not being able to revert it back. Many consider not even unlocking the glide ability to avoid the long cape.

    To top it off, instead of spending time polishing and serving us a finished product, they decided to spent time injecting their "woke" propaganda in the game. It has it all. "Pride" parades and rainbow flags. There are text-messages between the characters in the context of: "Omg the Pride parade is in town. We are bad people if we don't go. We are OBVIOUSLY GOING!!" Paraphilia is being promoted plenty once more. Your politics have no place in our games.

    Overall: The game needs serious patching to optimize it. If it is stable it might be worth half the asking price (~30$). Since nothing else will change (e.g., combat/driving won't change) I can't recommend this unless you get it at 20$-max in a few months if you REALLY want it. By then, it will hopefully be stable and run at AT LEAST 60 FPS.    … Expand
  4. andy_indierock
    Oct 23, 2022
    4
    Waiting for it to be on Xbox game pass if this game low in sales. Can play with my kid.
  5. ColdHand
    Nov 10, 2022
    4
    The mission that was given to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment was pretty simple : as they did back then with Batman Origins, they just had to take the last Batman Arkham game, copy it, reskin it and sell it. Unfortunately, they barely achieved this, despite how relatively easy the goal was to reach. It's painful to travel across Gotham and the combats are extremely... meh. If you'reThe mission that was given to Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment was pretty simple : as they did back then with Batman Origins, they just had to take the last Batman Arkham game, copy it, reskin it and sell it. Unfortunately, they barely achieved this, despite how relatively easy the goal was to reach. It's painful to travel across Gotham and the combats are extremely... meh. If you're a Batman lore die hard fan, wait for sales, Otherwise, don't bother with this game.… Expand
  6. vsiddireddy
    Oct 27, 2022
    4
    Unfortunately the game has one of the worst UI I have ever seen. The combat gets boring towards the middle.
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. dingas
    Nov 11, 2022
    4
    this game is really disappointing. it has pretty cutscenes but gameplay is lacking. two combat buttons and the combat trees dont feel that rewarding to invest all your time into. i wouldnt bother unless you are a really big fan of these characters.
  10. Sarav123
    Oct 24, 2022
    4
    Mediocre gameplay.
    **** design choices.
    Abilities take hours of grind to unlock.
    Story is badly structured. Should just have copied Rocksteady’s approach, would have been a far better game.
  11. 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
  12. Panchosama
    Oct 26, 2022
    4
    Dejando fuera comparaciones con la trilogia de batman arkham ya que este juego no fue desarrollado por rocksteady studios, me pareció una decepción, bajo rendimiento en consolas, caidas de fps, todos los personajes se controlan igual y jefes que mas que suponer un reto parecían esponjas de dañó, lo unico rescatable podría ser la historia y las integraciones entre los personajes.Dejando fuera comparaciones con la trilogia de batman arkham ya que este juego no fue desarrollado por rocksteady studios, me pareció una decepción, bajo rendimiento en consolas, caidas de fps, todos los personajes se controlan igual y jefes que mas que suponer un reto parecían esponjas de dañó, lo unico rescatable podría ser la historia y las integraciones entre los personajes.
    Recomendaría probar el juego cuando los problemas de rendimiento se arreglen con futuros parches y por supuesto cuando este a un precio menor. 70 dolares por un juego como este es una estupidez.    … Expand
  13. Anansismeerkat
    Oct 27, 2022
    4
    It’s… at best fine on the whole. But fine shouldn’t cost 70$. I wouldn’t be as bad if the game wasn’t just so mediocre. The voice acting is grating for a lot of main characters, the traversal is so unsatisfying, jumping down usually results in landing somewhere potentially 100 feet away from where you logically should land, even the combat feels somehow both bloated and overly simple.It’s… at best fine on the whole. But fine shouldn’t cost 70$. I wouldn’t be as bad if the game wasn’t just so mediocre. The voice acting is grating for a lot of main characters, the traversal is so unsatisfying, jumping down usually results in landing somewhere potentially 100 feet away from where you logically should land, even the combat feels somehow both bloated and overly simple.

    That’s not even to say about the tacked on leveling and crafting system. It feels very obvious they were just trying to pad out the game. Other poor decisions were the absence of any local multiplayer and making single player less fun to play. When you die you still have to have a count down for no reason waiting to be revived by an nonexistent party member.

    This game feels like it was trying to do the Arkham series without doing anything Arkham was known for stripping it of perfected mechanics. Like the gliding and grappnel that felt smooth is replaced with jerky jumps and grapples that stop you dead each time , stealth has been all but cut with previously stated imprecise landings, overly long stealth take downs, no gadgets, poor hiding, and enemies that can’t even be taken down stealthily or not which makes the whole thing moot.

    All in all a poor showing especially for a game with so much potential and a previous legacy that had already perfected it. I’d say don’t waste your money and just replay Arkham City with mods. You get something a bit new and you don’t have to pay $70.    … Expand
  14. Salmonellaa
    Oct 28, 2022
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s embarrassing how much the game feels like a complete downgrade to Arkham Knight, which came out in 2015, 7 years ago. Hell, even Arkham Origins is miles better than this game and it’s by the same development Team. Everything feels slow and clunky, especially the Combat and the Batcycle. The stealth system feels so bad and stiff and is downright broken sometimes. An Enemy can be literally right down below or in front of you, but because the game is bugging out, you cannot silently take down the Enemy and since the silent takedown Button is the same as… Expand
  15. Gsth
    Nov 13, 2022
    4
    Es un juego repetivo, lo mejor del juego es su narrativa pero lo demas es repetitivo y aburrido incluso los controles son aburrido solo hay 2 botones de ataque y no existen combos practicamente el juego se basa en pegar x x x x x y ya
  16. rookie009
    Nov 10, 2022
    3
    I see what it could be with more love and at least a year of serious coding and optimization. And that makes it even worse. Because I must say, this is a piece of sad **** and they know it. They knew that this game was not ready to be published. This would be a good game when they published it like "Early Access" but as a full price "Our game is so good" game? Hell no. Don't buy it. Wait aI see what it could be with more love and at least a year of serious coding and optimization. And that makes it even worse. Because I must say, this is a piece of sad **** and they know it. They knew that this game was not ready to be published. This would be a good game when they published it like "Early Access" but as a full price "Our game is so good" game? Hell no. Don't buy it. Wait a year and then look at it again. Perhaps they will get it done but I don't believe that they can or even want to. It feels like they had marked it as a fail and are trying to squeeze every bit of money out of it as long as it sells before they will give it up completely.… Expand
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. 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.
  20. murguia13
    Nov 1, 2022
    3
    I wasn't that bothered with the frame rate or graphics. The city looked nice, the story is OK, and I actually enjoyed the different suits you can craft for each character. It was a fun premise to play with the bat family. The problem for me was the gameplay and combat which felt clunky, slow, and repetitive. I'm not sure why they decided to do a button smasher vs the incredibly fun thatI wasn't that bothered with the frame rate or graphics. The city looked nice, the story is OK, and I actually enjoyed the different suits you can craft for each character. It was a fun premise to play with the bat family. The problem for me was the gameplay and combat which felt clunky, slow, and repetitive. I'm not sure why they decided to do a button smasher vs the incredibly fun that was free flow combat from the arkham games. Couldn't finish it yet as it gets so boring.… Expand
  21. 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
  22. 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!
  23. 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.
  24. tonton_yoyo
    Oct 25, 2022
    3
    It feels obvious that this was gonna be the WB "avengers" and they tried to transform it into not-a-GaaS at the last minute...
    The game runs poorly on PS5/XSX and extremely boring to play with artificial content, limiting your progress in the game by forcing you to go through repetitive side missions. Stealth mechanics from Arkham series have been removed almost entirely and combat is    It feels obvious that this was gonna be the WB "avengers" and they tried to transform it into not-a-GaaS at the last minute...
    The game runs poorly on PS5/XSX and extremely boring to play with artificial content, limiting your progress in the game by forcing you to go through repetitive side missions. Stealth mechanics from Arkham series have been removed almost entirely and combat is now depending on gear level and color (cause we love that sooooo much)
    Play the original trilogy or wait for suicide squad, either way, stay away from that mess...    … Expand
  25. sgermanier01
    Nov 11, 2022
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boss fight are too repetitive and it can get really annoying sometimes. The one against clay face or Bruce for exemple.… Expand
  26. 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
  27. 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
  28. Pepemarques01
    Jan 27, 2023
    3
    Como fan de la serie de Gotham, esperaba muchísimo más. No hay nada a destacar, todo muy flojito.
  29. 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
  30. DanielOsterne
    Oct 27, 2022
    2
    Esse jogo mostra claramento o caminho errado que parte da indústria está trilhando. Jogo online mediocre, feito para assinatura. Triste! Não jogarei nem de graça.
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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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