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. 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
  2. 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
  3. Pepemarques01
    Jan 27, 2023
    3
    Como fan de la serie de Gotham, esperaba muchísimo más. No hay nada a destacar, todo muy flojito.
  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. 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.
  6. Lother
    Oct 30, 2022
    2
    Batman - dead
    Tim telling Oracle "I'm not talking about Oracle, I'm talking about BARBARA FREAKING GORDON"
    Activist graffitii all over the city
    wke af
  7. Daniel2009
    Oct 23, 2022
    2
    The characters were good but the Gameplay and story wasn't anything interesting or fun
  8. lanrek
    Nov 22, 2022
    2
    So much to say, but the main issue for me is the lack of 60fps on a latest gen game. Completely unplayable unless you like eye strain and headaches. If you have an older tv then this might be the game for you.
  9. Klaus0405
    Oct 30, 2022
    2
    Das ist positiv:
    optisch ansprechende Open World
    grundsätzlich interessante Heldentruppe spannender Story-Ansatz spaßige Action Das ist negativ:nur ein Grafikmodus (30 fps/4K) Charakteren und Story fehlt Tiefgang Kann atmosphärisch nicht mit Batman-Spielen mithalten zu wenig Variation bei Kämpfen zu viel Grind und zu repetitive Aufgaben Fazti: Definitiv keine 70€ Wert. Wenn der Preis bei    Das ist positiv:
    optisch ansprechende Open World
    grundsätzlich interessante Heldentruppe
    spannender Story-Ansatz
    spaßige Action

    Das ist negativ:nur ein Grafikmodus (30 fps/4K)
    Charakteren und Story fehlt Tiefgang
    Kann atmosphärisch nicht mit Batman-Spielen mithalten
    zu wenig Variation bei Kämpfen
    zu viel Grind und zu repetitive Aufgaben

    Fazti:
    Definitiv keine 70€ Wert. Wenn der Preis bei maximal 20 € liegt greife ich zu.
    Ich weiß nicht warum DC immer wieder ins Fettnäpfchen tritt?
    Die letzten Spiele waren so gut.
    Echt sehr schade!    … Expand
  10. 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
  11. 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.
  12. 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.
  13. JoanCG88
    Nov 5, 2022
    2
    Una decepción. Soy fanático de los Arkham y del universo Batman y este juego es un insulto a lo creado en los tres anteriores. Repetitivo, simplón y sin carisma. Coge lo mejor de la saga Arkham, los combates y la exploración, y lo hace aburrido, monótono y repetitivo. Dejé el juego a mitad y lo vendí.
  14. ProGamer1010
    Oct 29, 2022
    2
    They took the Arkham formula and ruined every aspect. Even the story is predictable and awful. If you like the Arkham series, skip this game.
  15. dany7630
    Oct 29, 2022
    2
    Really feels like a last gen title. EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 ultra, and the stuttering is unbearable! Game lacks any sort of polish to it and feel like another generic rushed out cash grab. And to top it off, pre-rendered cut scenes?!!!! Come on WB Montréal, you should know better.
  16. 7thRider
    Nov 3, 2022
    2
    Uninspired, repetitive, a lot Inferior on graphs, animations and feel than Batman 7 years old Games.
    Another corporate money grab
  17. 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
  18. pioslik
    Oct 23, 2022
    1
    Combine greedy publisher and lazy developers and puff, you'll get Gotham Knights. Defective game with no 60fps and terrible optimization that even doesn't hold 30fps and has many technical problems. This could easily work at 60fps but it would require for the devs more time and money for publisher to make necessary optimizations. But they are so arrogant that they believe that playersCombine greedy publisher and lazy developers and puff, you'll get Gotham Knights. Defective game with no 60fps and terrible optimization that even doesn't hold 30fps and has many technical problems. This could easily work at 60fps but it would require for the devs more time and money for publisher to make necessary optimizations. But they are so arrogant that they believe that players won't mind and buy the game anyway.… Expand
  19. Kenms
    Oct 23, 2022
    1
    Bad controls, bad gameplay feel in general, a city without life our a sensation of progress and a lack of options in PC and specially consoles, no 60fps option, or VRR option.

    Bad product in general and horrible legacy for BA games.
  20. D3M0N07
    Oct 27, 2022
    1
    Trash. . .if u don't believe go buy and play. . .Batman: Arkham Knight much more better than this sh*t. . .
  21. movielover86
    Oct 30, 2022
    1
    One official review opens with the game is up their with elden ring
  22. GustavoCOD
    Oct 26, 2022
    1
    Jesus Cristo, impeçam a WB Montreal de produzir jogos da DC. Este jogo consegue ser inferior em TODOS os quesitos comparado ao Arkham Knight de 2015.

    Que vergonha, pedi reembolso desta bomba!
  23. Baggy11
    Nov 10, 2022
    1
    What a poorly made batman game, story and graphics are ok in parts but overall game play and level design is extremely poor and repetitive.
  24. Drreester
    Oct 26, 2022
    1
    Was totally put off when i saw villans smashing a crate while shouting **** smash smash"

    Seriously? this insulting my intelligence
  25. Alexandr1
    Oct 25, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cool, bad and bad........................................................... ...… Expand
  26. 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.
  27. Sukin
    Oct 30, 2022
    1
    45€ burned for nothing .
  28. 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
  29. Octobierg
    Nov 3, 2022
    1
    Please don't buy this **** game. Story is trash. Gameplay is trash. 30fps experience with this trash graphics(worst than Gotham Knight).
  30. 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
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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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