Batman: Arkham Knight - Review Thread
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Gah those gifs are positively pornographic.... we need some more.
Having watched a video review though, I'll agree that many of the driving scenes look crappy. Just wheeling around in the city is awesome but the whole underground obstacle course sections look dumb and like they undermine the series' (usually) plausible level design.
Having watched a video review though, I'll agree that many of the driving scenes look crappy. Just wheeling around in the city is awesome but the whole underground obstacle course sections look dumb and like they undermine the series' (usually) plausible level design.
UnrealEck
Member
Yep. There's a reason why Witcher 3 doesn't run as well as Batman.
PR Hype Machine.
In all seriousness though, maybe they did like it. People enjoy different things, it happens.
But ... but... muh sunsets...
keltickennedy
Member
Of course they were told to say that crap. lol.
But I will tell you personally, I am loving the batmobile. There is so much cool stuff you can do with it.
Anything in the any of the upgrade trees that's surprising or unseen in the series?
keltickennedy
Member
I don't fully understand the question. Sorry. Like are there new upgrades?
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
This is good news. What were your thoughts on the other Arkham games, just as a frame of reference?
keltickennedy
Member
In short. Loved AA and AC. Really like AO for the story. AC is my favorite all around. (Still playing through AK)
Yeah, like how disarm and destroy in AC was a new move.
Orthogonal
Member
Have yet to play any of the Batman games, but got this free with my GTX970. Glad to see the positive reviews. Looking forward to playing it now.
BlackNinja
Banned
Right. I was actually questioning the rain vs. no rain.
keltickennedy
Member
Yes, there are a bunch of new moves. Don't want to spoil anything really so be warned.
Combat batclaw takedown
Charged batarang attack
Weapon pickups
A variety of different stealth takedowns now. Pretty much all the "loud" moves in previous games, now have a silent option
smoke can now be used in combat and you can also shoot small amounts of explosion gel at enemies in combat and detonate
counters now have two variations, the basic counter and also if you counter and push the stick in the direction of the attacker you will do a more brutal counter attack
In a nutshell the great combat and stealth is still there, but they made it even deeper for players who really mastered it in previous games.
BlackNinja
Banned
Witcher 3 is basically the only open-world game right now that is doing a shit load of brute force rendering techniques. It's expected that GPUs will struggle in the areas that have overlapping alpha sprites (where you really can't cull geometry and shading) simulated by fog, and grass along with SSR reflection for water. Sure they can try to improve the performance, but we have to give CDPR credit. W3 is very very complex.
TheStruggler
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lmfao you can tell in his face the struggle is real to not look down
How did none of her colleagues advise her she was looking a little exposed in those high chairs? Seems a weird choice of clothing for E3.
lol at the comments.
When is the pre-load available on Steam? Just got this today! Can't wait for some 5K madness! 
Meanwhile, some Arkham Origins in Cinema 4K (4096x2160): Batman Arkham Origins in 4K
Meanwhile, some Arkham Origins in Cinema 4K (4096x2160): Batman Arkham Origins in 4K
Shin Johnpv
Member
Yup, I don't play a Batman game to drive a fucking tank. Lame shit Rocksteady.
Golgo 13
The Man With The Golden Dong
You. I like you.
It's more likely to go down than it is up. The normal trend for limited reviews in the beginning is for the score to go down rather than up. Review embargos have stipulations about scoring -- for instance, if your review is 8.5 or more, you can publish your score on X date, if it's lower, you can post it on Y. Certain sites aren't willing to accept stipulations like this (Gamespot is one) so there you have lower scores leaking. Weird, I know, but true. Whether or not that's what's happening here remains to be seen.Metascore is sitting at 91 with 16 reviews. Still a whole lot to come I'm assuming (Witcher 3 has 74 critics for reference). What are the chances it can reach 95 before it settles? Taking over AC's score is likely not happening
FutureZombie
Banned
On the one hand, I feel vindicated in my skepticism. On the other hand, I wish the batmobile didn't suck so much. I knew it would...I just hope the Riddler challenges aren't overbearing.
shocked
That's interesting. Although from what I've seen, other sites like Forbes didn't even receive review copies yet and they are mostly excited about playing it, which is strange. Either WB really doesn't want spoilers getting out till the last minute or the major sites were given favor.
Hopefully they don't bash the game cause of that lol.
mumbles365
Banned
Why the fuk doesnt Sony give us the option to preload much earlier. Xbox bros have had it preloaded a month already and we're only given 2 days at the most? That's absolutely retarded.
My internet and Sony's crappy download speed, I think I'll need at least a 4 day preload to get 48 gigs done. Why cant they announce a preload date either.
My internet and Sony's crappy download speed, I think I'll need at least a 4 day preload to get 48 gigs done. Why cant they announce a preload date either.
neogaffer1
Banned
Source? That doesn't seem legit.
Spring-Loaded
Member
We were right the whole time. That validation.
Should've given Bats a jetpack instead.
Rocksteady destroyed the game. Enjoy your Batmobile: Arkham Knightmobile, brehs.
Chobel
Member
What the hell? Is that legal?
SocksAndShoes
Banned
Uh what? So the reviewers have finished and assigned a score for a game like a week before it comes out? And then they turn that into the publisher? I highly doubt that's the way it works. Why would a publisher let a review out that was going to be less than ideal if this was the case? They could just keep track of those websites and deny them a review copy.
EDIT: The more I think about this, the less sense it makes. Gonna need receipts.
TheSpaceBetween
Member
Metascore is sitting at 91 with 16 reviews. Still a whole lot to come I'm assuming (Witcher 3 has 74 critics for reference). What are the chances it can reach 95 before it settles? Taking over AC's score is likely not happening
In general, the more scores that come in, the lower the average will be.
Wait.. what? I'm never heard of anything like that. Doing a google search only brings up something about Halo 4 that ended up being a hoax.
Proof or you are wrong.
Mick Stagger
Member
Hmm so broadcasting gameplay is not currently available with this application, ok.
Crossing Eden
Hello, my name is Yves Guillemot, Vivendi S.A.'s Employee of the Month!
Oh shit they found a way to prevent leaked gameplay streams. :O
Intheflorsh
Banned
Good.
bobawesome
Member
Bruce Wayne is Batman? Wow, I can't go in a single Arkham thread without being bombarded by spoilers.
Mick Stagger
Member
I was wondering why no one was streaming, This game is out all over.
This is hilarious to read knowing that Gamespot is the one site I know of that has been proven to willingly adjust a review score for incentives (K&L debacle) and yet you seem certain they are one of the few that don't.
I am expecting in like 2 years to hear about some ousted person at Rocksteady or WB that really pushed for the Batmobile sort of like how it broke about how behind the scenes of Firefall crashing and burning because of things like pursuing Esports and that ridiculous bus being attributed to a lone person with power.
Honestly I assume the batmobile's purpose was to differentiate this game a bit. Arkham Origin's was getting flak for not being ambitious or different enough from prior games, there's only so much that can be done with the Batman formula.
