Batman: Arkham Knight Reviews

Batman: Arkham Knight is ranked in the 95th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Andy Kelly
Top Critic
70 / 100
Oct 30, 2015

An entertaining superhero power fantasy, let down by awful Batmobile combat, a laughable villain, and serious performance issues.

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Jul 6, 2015

Batman: Arkham Knight is a fitting end to Rocksteady Studios' trilogy with a mature story and gorgeous visuals, but one flaw holds it back from being perfect

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Dan Stapleton
Top Critic
9.2 / 10.0
Jun 19, 2015

Batman: Arkham Knight is an impressive game on almost every level, with non-stop variety and great action.

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Recommended
Jun 22, 2015

The gameplay is good, and very often great, but we knew that already. It's a known quantity. As a Batman story, this is something else. It dares to tackle not just the surface details of the character, but explores his psyche. It portrays him as, frankly, kind of a dick and also as a man of unflinching honour. The Batman of Arkham Knight is a complex, contradictory figure, a hero with real depth and dimension, and we get to wear the iconic cowl for one last mind-boggling night of mayhem. Miss out on that? You must be joking.

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7 / 10
Jun 23, 2015

Less consistent than the previous games, and the Batmobile is a surprisingly unwelcome addition, but even as the worst of the Arkham titles this is still a superior superhero adventure.

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Jun 19, 2015

An ambitious and successful end to Rocksteady's trilogy, with a standard-setting open world you must experience. A superior main story and less Batmobile combat would've made a huge difference.

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9.5 / 10.0
Jun 19, 2015

Outside of a couple of irritations, this is one of the most enjoyable Batman stories I've experienced

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7 / 10
Jun 18, 2015

Arkham Knight is another slick and enjoyable Batman adventure, though what it brings to the series' table is not always for the best.

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10 / 10.0
Jun 18, 2015

Arkham Knight is Batman perfected

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Kotaku
Top Critic
Unscored
Jan 31, 2017

Arkham Knight almost certainly won't be the last great Batman video game, nor must it be. But after watching Bruce Wayne and his clown-faced nemesis wink out of existence one last time, I feel I've seen what I came to see. I can crinkle up my ticket stub and shrug into my winter coat, exiting the theater without a look back for whatever secrets or teases may await after the credits. It's over. This was the story of Batman, and it was good.

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Jun 26, 2015

Rocksteady's gorgeous-looking third Arkham game refines its open-world format a bit and lets you drive a whole hell of a lot of Batmobile.

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Yes
Jun 22, 2015

A great Batman story that keeps everything that has made this series great, while adding something less great.

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Jun 19, 2015

Rocksteady brings the story of its version of Batman to a satisfying conclusion. There's some moments of tedium to be found, but if you want to be the Batman, this is one of the best experiences available.

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7 / 10.0
Jun 25, 2015

Arkham Knight is a solid, if uneven send-off for Rocksteady's trilogy. Combat and predation are still satisfying. The narrative mixes unsurprising, but well done segments with unsurprising and uninteresting elements. It's full of nods, winks, nudges for batfans, even if certain super villain side missions feel needlessly tossed in. It makes me worried about what will happen with Batman in a new developer's less comfortable hands, and excited for what Rocksteady might do, itself free of the Batman myth.

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Jun 28, 2015

Unfortunately, Arkham Knight doesn't deliver the Batmobile in small doses, and it turns out to be the most intrusive part of the experience. At least the rest of the game makes up for the Batmobile and the occasional narrative misstep.

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95 / 100
Jun 19, 2015

‎Rocksteady has achieved it again and signs an unforgettable story and reinvents its own style of play with the perfect integration of the Batmobile in the development. And, as if that were not enough, all adorned with heart attack graphics.‎

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9 / 10.0
Jun 26, 2015

We can't tell you if Arkham Knight is indeed the end of this Batman's career, but if it is the last time Rocksteady works on the franchise, they've ended their era with a bang. Arkham Knight tells a mature story that cares about its characters. The missions are a little over-committed to showing how much the Batmobile can do, but it also feels like the car completes Rocksteady's vision of a living, breathing Gotham City; a war zone with lots of problems to solve and lots of fun ways to solve them.

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8 / 10
Jun 25, 2015

Batman: Arkham Knight isn't the crown jewel in the Arkham series, that remains in Asylum's honour, but it is still a good game in its own right.

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Erik Kain
Top Critic
7 / 10.0
Jul 20, 2015

For my part, I'm glad to have played it and had quite a fun time doing so, though I think I would be happier if I'd purchased at a discounted rate. I give the game a Hold on my Buy/Sell/Hold rating scale. Even though I do believe the strong story and slick graphics make up for many of the game's problems, the disappointing Batmobile is very nearly a deal-breaker. Certainly it means I will likely not be playing the game a second time.

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7 / 10
Jun 24, 2015

However, every positive–the twisting storyline, the iconic villains, and the superb combat–are undermined by other factors. Mediocre acting, rough dialogue, and overuse of the Batmobile, leave Batman: Arkham Knight that much less cohesive than its predecessors.

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