Gotham Knights Review

Gotham Knights reviewed by Travis Northup on Xbox Series X/S. Aslo available on PlayStation 5 and PC.

"Gotham Knights is a consistently disappointing return to Batman’s troubled city and a distinct step backwards from the past decade-plus of Batman games. Even if running around Gotham in two-player co-op can be decent fun and each of the four playable crime fighters are well executed in their dialogue and distinctive moves, too many of the fundamentals fall short for me to recommend it. From the inconsistent frame rates, to the weak story, to one-note combat that rarely feels good, there was virtually always something going wrong to make sure I wasn’t experiencing the triumphant return with my friends at my side I had envisioned."

[ThisguyQuake]

This game was in development for 8 years…. And they tore it apart in 10 minutes

[stevej]

perfect example when game development is run by businessmen and not gamers

[austinbond]

Crazy that Arkham Knight is 8 years old and looks better than the next gen - shows how great the art design was

[Wol]

They should have never tried to turn it into an action RPG, almost every game is trying to be that.... So many are failing to do that.

[rominkun]

When we saw those health bars on enemies we knew something was wrong

[thepreacher]

This perfectly displays why only RockSteady should develop Batman games.... They knew what fans wanted and just gave us more

[amgcadence]

It amazes me how developers can have a perfect foundation and blueprint, but manage to absolutely create a terrible experience

[Iroquois]

Goes to show how Arkham Knight was a near perfect videogame, even 7 years later it still looks and plays amazingly.

[saturncrush]

Knowing that Rocksteady was not involved said everything that needed to be said.

[samk]

It’s like a Batman game if the Arkham games never existed. It’s crazy how well Rocksteady did them.

[bane]

if they somehow simplified a already simple combat system then thats impressive. what made it great in arkham is the smoothness and a little bit of skill.

[bleuuming]

Well this is definitely going to be a “wait for it to go on sale” kind of game

[Duckmoose]

You could see this coming from a mile away

[THEKRATOS]

Respect to The IGN for a honest review

[OfAkatsuki]

Watching this game, made me appreciate Arkham Knight for some reason, even though the batmobile missions became overwhelmingly repetitive.

[thomasvanlaren]

It really make you feel like replaying the arkham games again

[samwhite]

As far as I'm concerned the pinnacle of the Arkham series is Arkham knight that game was phenomenal.

[reduxboi.]

Can’t wait for people to say this game’s underrated a few years later.

[SirDave]

Cyberpunk 2077 taught me never to pre-order games ever again, and this just further reinforces that was the right call going forward.

[Tweakey]

*The fans:* We liked the Arkham games.
*Developer:* We hear you, so we decided to stray away from the Arkham games.