Gotham Knights

 PlayStation 5
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4.9

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 586 Ratings

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  1. Benkingham
    Oct 25, 2022
    9
    I think alot of these low reviews are based on last minute last gen cancellation and i get the 30fps isn't great on a ps5 game but it looks great and plays great but suffers from "andromeda" syndrome where people compare it to what came before. its not an arkham game fighting is fun and diffrent you can't say arkhams fighting is great and this is repetitive because arkham was the same 3-4I think alot of these low reviews are based on last minute last gen cancellation and i get the 30fps isn't great on a ps5 game but it looks great and plays great but suffers from "andromeda" syndrome where people compare it to what came before. its not an arkham game fighting is fun and diffrent you can't say arkhams fighting is great and this is repetitive because arkham was the same 3-4 buttons to fight the same couple of guys cosplaying as Joe rogan and shouting "it's the bat". story is really good better than most games I've played this year all the members of the bat family feel diffrent in and out of combat, suits look great and as always they have nailed Alfred. the reveals and twists in the game you can see a mile away especially long time bat fans, stealth whilst in some areas is better than the arkham games in others it's not. if arkham games didn't exist this game would be up there with spiderman 2018 voice actors are good especially Alfred's and nightwing's, story has a great start and end it drops slightly in the middle villans look good and fit in with the twisted city that is gotham its nice to have cars and civilians on the streets no vague weather warnings or evacuations in this game and it has the balls to kill of batman and they did it. what they have done deserves alot of credit IGN gave this game a 5 and gave saints row 2022 a 6 it's strange because except for elden ring so far this year this is the only complete and working game I've played now let's all enjoy it untill Nov 9th when gow obliterates it.… Expand
  2. Jade600
    Oct 25, 2022
    0
    Gotham Knights Is Straight Trash Bags by any means necessary I rather stick to the Arkham Franchise.

    Batman Arkham Asylum Batman Arkham City Batman Arkham Knight The trilogies will always be the best it craps all over Gotham Knights by any means necessary everything about Gotham Knights it's straight garbage everything plays clunky and sluggish especially the combat system and    Gotham Knights Is Straight Trash Bags by any means necessary I rather stick to the Arkham Franchise.

    Batman Arkham Asylum

    Batman Arkham City

    Batman Arkham Knight The trilogies will always be the best it craps all over Gotham Knights by any means necessary everything about Gotham Knights it's straight garbage everything plays clunky and sluggish especially the combat system and also WB Montreal didn't have to add RPG elements in a Batman game totally straight trash.    … Expand
  3. Chadder88
    Oct 25, 2022
    8
    Its okay but not perfect game, the story is good. The fps is terrible for a next gen Game.
  4. Auttista
    Oct 25, 2022
    0
    Jogo full price que parece que foi feito com pressa, gráficos, gameplay, diálogos com impressão que tudo esta inacabado. Parece um jogo ruim de 2016.
  5. vjkratky
    Oct 25, 2022
    1
    One point for the interesting story, some good moments in combat and finally being able to play as nightwing, but man, this game blows... Repetive tasks to pad the runtime, a lot of glices with the transversal moviment, enemies are dull bags with a **** of ton of health, the generic rpg mechanics of the that makes ubisofts openworlds an A grade design. Why so many bad design choices?One point for the interesting story, some good moments in combat and finally being able to play as nightwing, but man, this game blows... Repetive tasks to pad the runtime, a lot of glices with the transversal moviment, enemies are dull bags with a **** of ton of health, the generic rpg mechanics of the that makes ubisofts openworlds an A grade design. Why so many bad design choices? Technical problems? For a 70$ game... The game industry its in a all time low, and i dont see it turning back, because any **** throw at the wall makes money (at least we got the masterpiece Elder Ring)… Expand
  6. Kmee0507
    Oct 25, 2022
    8
    This game is much better than reviews led me to believe which is why I’m glad I gave it a chance. The gameplay loop is oddly addicting and it’s fun going around Gotham stopping crimes and interacting with the villains. Some people enjoy playing games and some people just enjoy complaining about them. If you like open world games with a good combat system and interesting mechanics this isThis game is much better than reviews led me to believe which is why I’m glad I gave it a chance. The gameplay loop is oddly addicting and it’s fun going around Gotham stopping crimes and interacting with the villains. Some people enjoy playing games and some people just enjoy complaining about them. If you like open world games with a good combat system and interesting mechanics this is an easy recommend.… Expand
  7. Masanity24
    Oct 25, 2022
    10
    This game is one of the most fun I’ve played all year. And I’ve played Elden Ring and Horizon FW. There’s something nice about it’s simplicity and its combat system is just deep enough to be compelling but not tiring. Worth playing but maybe not at $70 if you don’t want to spend or rather spend on something else. Only giving 10 to counteract the bombing but it’s probably a 7-8 due to someThis game is one of the most fun I’ve played all year. And I’ve played Elden Ring and Horizon FW. There’s something nice about it’s simplicity and its combat system is just deep enough to be compelling but not tiring. Worth playing but maybe not at $70 if you don’t want to spend or rather spend on something else. Only giving 10 to counteract the bombing but it’s probably a 7-8 due to some technical issues… Expand
  8. Zbyte
    Oct 25, 2022
    8
    Good story, great action, an excellent environment, fantastic co-op play... and a bad frame rate on consoles somewhat lessen the quality of the experience. Overall, a great game.
  9. Cha0ticneutral
    Oct 25, 2022
    6
    Gotham Knights is a game that has lots of good ideas but performs on none of them well. In it's current form of release, it feels like a game that was rushed out the door without polish and time to make most of it's components work properly.

    Short conclusion (review below) - Wait for a sale or until they've fixed, patched, and improved on the issues described below. It's not as terrible    Gotham Knights is a game that has lots of good ideas but performs on none of them well. In it's current form of release, it feels like a game that was rushed out the door without polish and time to make most of it's components work properly.

    Short conclusion (review below) - Wait for a sale or until they've fixed, patched, and improved on the issues described below. It's not as terrible as some say but there are valid points all around.

    Character control
    A big issue this game has is with it's most basic elements, immedietly I noticed that character movement just feels "off". It feels weightless and like it's too fast for the input you're giving it, not being able to jump in a superhero game outside of contextual situations is very strange and is hard to adjust to. Moving around the city does not feel fluid, it feels very awkward most of the time and as a result a large part of the game is not enjoyable. Obstacles I think I can jump over I find out I cannot, sometimes there is a strange slowdown/delay after hopping over a table where the character just awkwardly doesn't move for a couple of seconds, which can be very bad for stealth sections.

    It feels almost as if nobody actually played this game before they released it because it doesn't feel good to play most of the time, which for a superhero game is not good I'm afraid.

    Combat
    The combat is not as bad as some other's have said, but it doesn't hold a candle to the Arkham series this game picks up from (whether the devs like it or not I'm afraid, it will be judged on that series). It introduces momentum abilities which are a good idea in themselves, the problem is sometimes pulling them off can be very hit or miss, for instance sometimes the inputs do not work when expected and it ruins the flow of combat. You do start with a basic moveset which feels crappy but you unlock more as you go, so you do have to give it a chance before you judge too soon.

    Another gripe I have is the tutorial for the timed combat, it is not actually a tutorial, it doesn't teach you anything. It doesn't tell you how you can know if it's a timed strike or not, you just hit the target until it says 5/5 hits. It feels unfinished and it's frustrating that such a big element of the combat is just left to you shrugging your shoulders going "adunno?".

    UI
    The amount of confusing menus and choices made by the devs on this one are strange to contemplate. Lots of menus and popups where I look at them and I actually don't understand them or why they're there. The text is so big it feels like I'm playing a game meant for the visually challenged most of the time, along with pop up boxes taking up a 5th of the screen.

    Framerates/graphics
    Look, it's basically a ps4 game parading itself as a ps5 game. It's locked a 30 FPS and even after the day 1 update it still lags below that sometimes. That might a dealbreaker for you. The graphics themselves are decent, I believe game design beats graphics anyday, look at Elden ring for example.
    It's not going to blow you away but some of the design and art choices are nice.

    Ultimately Gotham knights atm feels like a good game being held back by strange choices and a severe lack of polish and fixes. With patches and large updates this can be the great game it could be, I just hope they continue to make changes it needs. It's not a bad game by any stretch, but it needs serious work moving forward. I would wait for a sale or until they've fixed and improved the feel and fluidity of everything.    … Expand
  10. 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
  11. Alexandr1
    Oct 25, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cool, bad and bad........................................................... ...… Expand
  12. MegaGamer_01
    Oct 25, 2022
    8
    Personally I was extremely close to cancelling my pre-order just hours before launch because of my doubts with everything shown and everything left disclosed and possibly hidden in order to get the game released. And while issues like frame rate, specific story beats and enemy variety, I really enjoy playing this game. The characters different play-styles are fun to swap between, story wasPersonally I was extremely close to cancelling my pre-order just hours before launch because of my doubts with everything shown and everything left disclosed and possibly hidden in order to get the game released. And while issues like frame rate, specific story beats and enemy variety, I really enjoy playing this game. The characters different play-styles are fun to swap between, story was interesting since I knew nothing about the Court of Owls before playing.

    It's a refreshing release compared to the same old titles that often get released with a multitude amount of bugs and ends up ruining any momentum the game might have had. I 100% thought this game would show many bugs but didn't happen to run into any. Surprising to say the title I had the least faith on actually delivers on a bug free experience, which is something most developers seem to love not doing.

    The only two complaints I have for the game is of course the stupid frame rate and traversal. Either the frame cap happened because of the quality of the textures and the amount of things on screen for the game to render or just a total lack of optimization. Either way if in a future update they can patch a 60 or even stabilize the frame rate further, I'll be happy. Traversal from the beginning of the game is SLOW to the point that when I unlocked fast travel, that would end up being the main way I got around the city. Grappling is fine but can get a little smoothed out in animations, the main problem comes from the bat-cycle which gets even worse when grouped up with the locked frame rate. Used it only for the first quarter of the game until I got my hero's movement ability's, only ever touching it again for challenges.

    This game is very difficult to recommend due to the vastly different type of game this is in comparison to the games that are being released today. I had much fun playing this and most certainly would love to possible DLC or more game modes apart from the four players PvE experience we get in a month. To those who play this game, try to enter it as if it’s a completely new game that has nothing to do with the batman games that came before it, even if it seems impossible to.    … Expand
  13. Mgue
    Oct 25, 2022
    8
    My expectations for this game were low based on many different things, it surpassed my expectations though. Yes, the 30 fps (if it makes it there) can be pretty annoying but I’m sure they will update it eventually, the story is great and combat is fun. If you are not into this type of game then obviously you won’t like it, it is not the Arkham games! Try for yourself with an open mindMy expectations for this game were low based on many different things, it surpassed my expectations though. Yes, the 30 fps (if it makes it there) can be pretty annoying but I’m sure they will update it eventually, the story is great and combat is fun. If you are not into this type of game then obviously you won’t like it, it is not the Arkham games! Try for yourself with an open mind before hating on it.… Expand
  14. 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
  15. DanteYoda
    Oct 24, 2022
    8
    Its solid, ran fine on my older 5 year old system at 1080p and has a lot of fun characters to enjoy.. Not a fan of Batman myself but like the Bat family a lot. The systems are fun the loot is fun and the world feel just right. The combat feels deeper than Arkham series and looks a lot nicer as well, and finally less Rain 24/7..

    Solid 8/10 for me.
  16. 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.
  17. WolfDog
    Oct 24, 2022
    10
    Amazing and fun, Gotham Knights looks visually beautiful & stunning. Had a lot of fun playing the Co-op with my little brother. This was definitely a different take from the arkham Series. Some people may like it and others won't. But don't listen to reviews and go give it a try for yourself.
  18. Twon3OOO
    Oct 24, 2022
    9
    I’m in love with the game. It’s has its glitches, very few but they do happen, but the crimes all over the city and 4 playable characters with single or coop is what the Batman games always needed and never got. The different costumes and enemy types keep me busy and the story and the rpg elements are a nice touch. Looking forward to wants in store for DLC!
  19. Tesseract
    Oct 24, 2022
    10
    Once again, there has never been a more easily triggered, crybaby group of hypocrites as the review bombers on MetaCritic, who cry about literally any mention of anything they don’t like, as “wOkE”. The bar for them pissing their pants is equivalent to the Taliban and middle eastern theocracies at this point. Someone mention a gay person? WOKE! Have a random tiny bit of dialogue andOnce again, there has never been a more easily triggered, crybaby group of hypocrites as the review bombers on MetaCritic, who cry about literally any mention of anything they don’t like, as “wOkE”. The bar for them pissing their pants is equivalent to the Taliban and middle eastern theocracies at this point. Someone mention a gay person? WOKE! Have a random tiny bit of dialogue and wandering around a pride parade? WOKE! You will be stoned with dozens of 0s and 1s by the Morality Police. You can literally see the froth forming around their agape mouths. The best part is that it’s the same ones rushing in on any movie, music album or video game, regardless of whether they actually watched, listened or played it (spoiler alert: they haven’t). 95% of them have zero experience with whatever they’re wailing about and just parrot the same vague crap over and over again. I’d love for MC to take some responsibility and IP ban these scrubs, but alas, clicks are king.

    As for those who actually have money to purchase things and come looking for real reviews, I apologize you have to dig through this muck. There are some good ones sprinkled amongst the dredge, so I’ll be brief. The experience you’ll have with this game is inversely proportional to what your standards were going into it. Don’t compare it to the Arkham series; it ain’t that. Combat isn’t as engaging, and it’s not as sprawling and developed as you’d expect for a AAA “open world RPG”. The story develops nicely but the experience as a whole doesn’t feel fully complete. On the technical side, there are legitimate issues and gripes to be had, especially if you’re on a current gen console (PS5/XBOX Series X/S), in particular the frame rate hovering around 30 or less. I’d recommend this for someone who is a big DC/Batman fan, but waiting for some patches and updates to smooth out problems as well as a price drop, isn’t a bad idea. 7/10 game. 10/10 score to do my minuscule part in offsetting the fundamentalists posing as buying customers.    … Expand
  20. ronchek
    Oct 24, 2022
    10
    great game, I can't tear myself away from the premiere! Gotham looks wonderful, the fight is fun and you can't get enough. engaging quests and missions. do not listen to those crazy people who do not tailor but spam because the game has 30fps. on ps5 stably.
  21. 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
  22. 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.
  23. 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....
  24. kstud1
    Oct 24, 2022
    10
    I’ve never gave any game a 10 in my life, because no game is perfect, but I will today because all the 5 year olds are giving the game 0 and 1’s just because it runs at 30fps, which is highly unfair, granted the game shouldn’t cost $70.00 but that’s the world we live in, the game runs flawlessly, the speed of the fighter is determined by who you choose, Red hood is a power fighter and isI’ve never gave any game a 10 in my life, because no game is perfect, but I will today because all the 5 year olds are giving the game 0 and 1’s just because it runs at 30fps, which is highly unfair, granted the game shouldn’t cost $70.00 but that’s the world we live in, the game runs flawlessly, the speed of the fighter is determined by who you choose, Red hood is a power fighter and is slower than Night wing and the rest.… Expand
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  27. LasseRon
    Oct 24, 2022
    5
    I'm gonna compare this to the Arkham series because it has a kinda similar loop, but where Arkham gets things right, this game fails in every way.

    So starting off we have the combat. It's such a downgrade from what we had in the Arkham games, and all the Knights feel the same. It feels kinda clunky. Stealth: the stealth part of the game is so dumbed down I just don't understand.    I'm gonna compare this to the Arkham series because it has a kinda similar loop, but where Arkham gets things right, this game fails in every way.

    So starting off we have the combat.
    It's such a downgrade from what we had in the Arkham games, and all the Knights feel the same.
    It feels kinda clunky.

    Stealth:
    the stealth part of the game is so dumbed down I just don't understand. All you can do is sneak up on enemies and silently take them down. You can also take them out via gargoyles if you play Robin and have an ability. Its such a massive downgrade in every way.

    Open world:
    This game looks good if you stand still but in motion it's very rough. You can no longer glide around Gotham, except if you play Batgirl. The glide ability is so bad, and no fun to control.

    Story:
    the story is alright nothing more. Court of Owls are kinda cool, but feel wasted in this game.

    I don't understand how a game that came out 7 years ago, can be so much better in every possible way. Rip Arkham series. :,(    … Expand
  28. 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.
  29. userlatte
    Oct 24, 2022
    0
    Traversal is slow. For a game that encourages "patrols" you would think the bike would be able to go faster than 25 MPH. The driving mechanics are also laughably bad, no better than an NES game. You can traverse via grappling but it is hard to aim and not fluid.

    Combat is so much clunkier than Arkham or Spiderman. The camera is all over the place! I was so hyped for this game but was    Traversal is slow. For a game that encourages "patrols" you would think the bike would be able to go faster than 25 MPH. The driving mechanics are also laughably bad, no better than an NES game. You can traverse via grappling but it is hard to aim and not fluid.

    Combat is so much clunkier than Arkham or Spiderman. The camera is all over the place! I was so hyped for this game but was severely disappointed after the long wait.    … Expand
  30. 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.
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Metascore
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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