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My favorite game of the Arkham trilogy. Combat and predator sequences remain just as fun as in previous games, and even sport some minor improvements. The addition of the Batmobile was a welcome one, and in general it feels great to use. There is something magical about remote-piloting the Batmobile to sneak up on an unsuspecting gun emplacement or group of enemies blocking your path.

The biggest standout in this iteration is the story. I considered the story in the previous games adequate - it kept things moving, introduced fun characters and set up the action sequences. However, the story in this game is significantly more interesting - it gripped me from beginning to end and really delivered on its emotion moments. The twists were satisfying and exciting, and the storytelling and writing are top-notch. I felt like the ending didn't deliver as full a resolution as I had hoped, but it was still worth the ride.

Overall a great capstone for the series, very much worth playing.

If you like piloting tanks this is the game for you

Degna conclusione della saga, ma molti villains sfruttati malissimo.

I would have preferred less time in the Batmobile and more time landing punches as Batman.


Batman: Arkham Knight is an amazing game but with tons of missteps and missed potential. In many ways this is the apex of the series with probably the best Batman has felt, some really great side quests, and a great Batman story. Like my god the ending with the Joker was amazing but in order to get to all of these great things there's soo much padding and CAR. LIKE THERES SO MUCH BATMOBILE. The Batmobile is fun to control but it never feels implemented in fully satisfying or coherent ways. For general traversal just gliding is better and in missions it just feels like you're always hitting a roadblock until you open a door for your car or something.
This game reveals who the most insidious Batman villain is and no its no the Joker its the FUCKING RIDDLER. LOCKING THE GAMES TRUE ENDING BEHIND GETTING EVERY RIDDLER TROPHY IS GENUINLY THE WORST DECISION EVER. Imagine if in order to get the true ending of BOTW you had to get ever Korok Seed and shrine and so on. Thankfully it's just a cutscene so I just looked it up after but it's so demoralizing having done literally every other side quest and DLC in the game only for it to be "Riddle me this Batman where do you keep your Little Caesars and lukewarm water?" 200 times to get the true ending.
The writing is also all over the place at times. For every great moment like the Joker scene at the end there's the mishandling of Red Hoods character and it just leaves an inconsistent story with high highs and low lows. I wish there was more Scarecrow as despite being the main antagonist of this game and always stealing the show when on screen in both this and Asylum, he just feels so underutilized.
I think I would have liked this game more than I did City if this game just had a little more focus on what it wanted to do and less padding with Car and Riddler and random militia outpost.

Why is BatGuy scared of Scarecrow? Is he also CrowGuy or is he just stoopid?

Batman: Arkham Knight is a bittersweet finale to the series. Fighting hordes of baddies feels as tight and satisfying as ever, the story has some genuinely shocking twists, and Gotham looks incredible. But man, the Batmobile stuff gets SO old SO fast. It's great for traversal, but those tank battles are tedious. If you can push through the weaker sections, the core Batman experience is still awesome, but be prepared for some frustrations along the way.

muito legal eu gostei, minhas criticas são a gameplay de batmovel e o robin careca

I don't know why I give Batman games such a high rating, I'm not even that much of a Batman fan, but the games awaken something in me, it seems like all the games are extremely fun

sigma but sometimes too much sigma?

es mejor que el anterior en casi todo lo único en lo que flaquea es en los bosses el resto 10/10

10/10 se nao fossem as 1000 missoes de carro 😭🚩🚩

No great game is without its flaws, so allow me to start off by ranting before getting to the good part. Something that's been bugging me since the earlier few games is the lack of button-mapping for controller, which I thought and hoped would be available on this game. You can on keyboard but not on controller, which is a shame, it would've been nice to at least be able to remap combat buttons as those are the ones you'll use most.
I have software that lets me remap my controller, though I preferred not to touch that as I had problems just to get the controller working. Speaking of which, if you're on steam and your controller isn't working, go to the library page and click on the controller button on the right side of the screen. Rarely, some games don't use your controller as default, which would in turn block all input from said controller without it being selected as the main input.

Now, the riddler. Where does one even begin? The story is excellent, BUT, having to collect ALL 243 riddles just to complete the MAIN story?! Is this a joke? Because even Joker wouldn't find that funny. Absolute disgusting game design. The riddler trophies deserve all the hate it gets. It's fun in the beginning, but quickly gets repetitive and boring. My stubbornness is the only thing that made me 100% everything.

Anyway, with the rant out of the way, this is still an amazing game for one that came out in 2015. A lot of recent games don't even hold out to this. The graphics and the whole setting is stunning. I also prefer the new over-the-shoulder view. The jumpscares here and there when you turn around is a nice touch. The combat is smooth and feels like jelly. Also love the new fear multi-takedown, it's not only badass but also very practical when you've already cleared a room, but with only a few enemies left together closely. The Batmobile and all the new features are also very cool, you really start feeling like Batman with all these gadgets and technology.

Having the uncle J stuck in my head throughout the game was quite enjoyable and humorous, crazy as it may sound. His comical inputs here and there adds a lot, it makes me think of Johnny Silverhand. Bruce slowly going insane overtime is very appropriate to the game's settings. It really brings out and shows the dark side of this story and the other characters.

Arkham Knight was a great villain. His militia and adaptability makes you rethink your strategies that you're normally used to. His drill boss fight was also very nerve-wracking, chasing you down in a closed area. Kinda reminded me of Croc.

I used to think Crane was a strange villain to choose as the final boss, but it kinda made sense thanks to the massive glow-up he's had since the last games. The concept of fear was very well portrayed.

All in all, a masterpiece of a game.

Um jogo que cumpre um ótimo trabalho finalizando a franquia...

I don’t care what people say I loved the batmobile and the story even though I predicted the twist from the start. The lack of boss fights was disappointing (especially that one tank fight with that mercenary) however the gameplay makes up for it with a variety of gadgets to make every stealth section my personal sandbox. Also locking the true ending behind riddler trophies is ridiculous and i’m not proud to say i’ve spent hours collecting them. Rest in peace Kevin Conroy.

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Oh my god the "who's the real scarecrow" scene legit almost made me drop this game right there. The last time I've seen writing this bad on an AAA game was on Horizon Zero Dawn. Also Joker is REALLY annoying and really shouldn't have been in this game.

Two Face to a thug as he's being arrested: "Save your breath, we'll get our chance."

Batman: "Not anytime soon".

LMAO I can't believe this, not even Batman believes they'll stay in jail and not get out and do the same shit all over again. What a shitty superhero.

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Always love the Arkham games, especially this one since Tod is in it. Only complaint is that the tank battles are not too fun. I do not have anything against bat mobile gameplay, but the battle mode bat mobile fights were repetitive at times.

Why is he dressed like that? Is he stupid?

This is a game that really can't help being a game, as much as it tries to offer immersion and distance itself (and failing at it) from the Ubisoft open-world formula. Playing it is a constant battle between the premise of 'Be the Batman' and its annoying gamey contrivances.

Early into the game there's a mission where you have to rescue a hostage from 5 armed goons inside a locked room. You attract two goons outside, take them out, and then the mission pratically stops dead on its tracks to give you an upgraded suit and along with it 5 tutorials that don't feel at all connected to the suit and more to Batman own physical capabilities.

Later there's a mission where you have to scort Gordon through the streets on a flimsy police car for...some reason. And then in the middle of it Batman remembers, hey, I have a passenger seat in my nigh-indestructible tank, maybe I should put it to use? Rocksteady did a nice job with the maneuvering of the batmobile, but it gets stale really fast, especially when they're this blatant about shoving it into the game.

The fact that the map doesn't give you all its locations on a plate from the start and you have to explore while listening to radio frequencies and interrogating goons to fill it sounds like a good idea at first. Until 1 hour in and you realise there's almost nothing really interesting to find, it's just the same checklist open-world gameplay that you've seen a hundred times already.

The combat is flashy to try and guise the button mashy reality of it, and it requires a certain level of suspension of disbelief and immersion to truly have fun with it, which becomes difficulty when you consider how constantly the game breaks its immersion.

The story is...bad, to say the least, and it constantly sacrifices narrative and concision for its gamey contrivances. Also, they cared so much about the secret identity of the Arkham Knight that you can get spoiled by just looking through the skins selection menu (and not like you can't guess who it is as long as you have the most basic knowledge of Batman lore -- the death scene that plays with him basically shoves it in your face).

I understand this is more of a first impression (I'm four, five hours in), but I'm already struggling terribly with it. The game is beautiful to look at, but that's all there is to it. I don't feel invested in any of its mechanics or the story.

el mejor juego de super héroes de la historia


Fav from the series but asylum is quite good too. City is fine but feels a bit primitive once you play this.

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after playing the other 2 games I decided to replay this one
finally complete the arkham trilogy for the first time
and yes I did say arkham trilogy because I don't own arkham origins and while I would like to play it one day tim sweeney decided not to bless me with the game for free on the epic games store unlike the other arkham games

anyways
Arkham Knight!

this game is super interesting
out of the 3 games its very easily the odd one out
the other 2 games were dark and gritty but still had that comic book flair

this game is just dark, gritty, semi realistic and a whole lot of sci-fi robo shit to go along with it

I mean look at his new suit
looks like a mcu suit

but thats not to say thats a bad thing
its atmosphere and visuals is the best in the series I think and hold up really fucking well to this day

everything about this game is practically the best in the series
the combat? perfection
the gliding and overall movement? fantastic
the stealth? amazing

ironically its all the new shit that ends up being pretty bad
aka
the batmobile

now I don't hate it as much as everyone else
and hell I think being able to drive the batmobile at all is pretty damn cool

it looks cool as hell and the overall idea isn't even that bad
the execution just wasn't very good...

the thing I imminently noticed when using it is that it controls like shit
I try doing a high speed chase and just crash into literally fucking everything

now I saw another review either on this site or on youtube saying how
its supposed to control like shit
you're controlling a big heavy tank

and you know what
fair enough
it does feel like im driving around a absolute fucking beast
it just gets really annoying at times

battle mode for the batmobile however is the exact opposite
it controls so smoothly
its perfect

whats not perfect is the whole reason for battle mode
aka the shooting

you see ive been playing these games on controller since I feel thats what these games were made for

and I don't know if its the PC port or what but I swear there is no aim assist when shooting any of those guns

I know thats a corny complaint but trying to aim on a joystick is horrendous plus the whole combat loop with the batmobile is boosting/dodging out of the way of incoming fire while also accurately shooting targets especially since the main gun has to reload after every damn shot

so yeah not being able to aim properly is pretty damn annoying

also there really only is 3 things to do with the damn car

1. the chases
2. the races
3. the combat encounters

the first 2 suck cause of the car controlling like ass and the last one sucks because of aiming the gun plus the encounters starting to feel repetitive due to there only being like 3 or 4 enemy types and their idea of game design is to just throw them all at you at once

yeah the batmobile kinda sucks

another new thing the game tried was a more grandiose story
and while its probably my favorite in the series
its not without flaws

the biggest and most obvious one is the arkham knight aka jason todd

now I didn't get to experience the marketing for this game and rocksteady lying about his identity

and on my first time playing this game I already knew who the arkham knight was cause its a hard to avoid spoiler

and this is a replay so obviously I knew who he was

but even if I didn't this game spells it out for you like crazy
there is no mystery

the whole game the arkham knight just goes on and on about how much he knows about batman and taunts him about being a old man and knowing all of his tricks

and then out of nowhere joker is just like "hey wanna know a story about a robin who has never been mentioned once in any of the previous games who I kidnaped and killed and also maybe has an extreme hatred for you cause of me?"

wow the game really does make me wonder who the arkham knight is

ok whatever
the twist sucks
but I still think the overall story told with him isn't that bad
I actually liked the more batfamily story this time around
tbh I just wish they got more screen time
I mean hell nightwing is basically only shown off in the side missions
and tim gets treated like shit in all of these games (rip btw)

to briefly mention scarecrows involvement in the story
he was good
he felt very different from asylum but I do prefer his appearance here more

and now for the other controversial part of this story
the joker!

listen
I know hes overused like crazy
but dammit man not only is he the best part of this story
hes the best part of this game
hell this is also his best performance in the whole series!

hes so good in fact that I beat almost every notable villain before actually beating the main story just to get extra joker dialogue

keyword being "almost"
I did all of the riddler missions just for him to tell me to fuck off and don't come back until I do all 243 riddles

yeah no fuck that shit

however this is a good time to go into side quest!!

also probably the best in the series

I mean no way in hell am I doing the 3 quest lines dedicated to taking down the militia cause thats boring as hell

and I also don't feel like doing 243 riddler shits

but the rest of them are pretty damn good!

I mean another on here review pointed out how they can be kinda repetitive
and gave man bat as an example
how you just glide into him and play the exact same animation 3 times over

or firefly where you do the same chase sequence like 3 or 4 times

and like yeah
thats fair

but I still had a ton of fun with all of them

also the man bat jump scare was awesome
and exploring his lab was haunting
so I overall disagree with the man bat hate

oh and pyg was also so damn good that I just feel a need to mention it here

oh and the hush one was good but kinda expected more from his build up in city

I also love how all of these quest lines including the main story and dlc play into the ever evolving GCPD building

so fucking cool
I love it

the big thing this games missing is boss fights
they were great in city and just no where to be found here

why?????

the combat here is the best yet but decided to remove the best way to show it off (also the best parts from city) in favor of more batmobile shits

this is why im giving this game a 4 stars while city is a 4.5

I think I prefer this game and this game is the best in the series at a lot of things
but a lot of it comes with some really lame downsides

oh and I guess I should quickly mention that apparently there is 2 knightfall endings and one is mid and one is good but the good one requires 100% the game

kinda lame

overall however
good game!

had fun playing through the whole trilogy of games