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[SCB3]

Seriously, I picked this up for 50% off and I've been impressed for the first 2 hours in, if you're a Batman fan at all, its definitely worth a look at,

My only real faults with it that that fact that on PS5 its locked to 30FPS and runs kinda slow in places (I noticed it more in the Batcycle driving, it doesn't feel fast enough) and the combat tries to be like Arkhams but kinda feels like a offshoot of it, its hard to describe

Oh and the vibration seemed to turn itself off, its one of those games where its fun to blast through but not at full price, AA is where I'd put it so far

 

[GymWolf]

Solid AA made me laugh.

 

[MidGenRefresh]

No, thanks.

 

[Ozriel]

Seriously, I picked this up for 50% off and I've been impressed for the first 2 hours in, if you're a Batman fan at all, its definitely worth a look at,

My only real faults with it that that fact that on PS5 its locked to 30FPS and runs kinda slow in places (I noticed it more in the Batcycle driving, it doesn't feel fast enough) and the combat tries to be like Arkhams but kinda feels like a offshoot of it, its hard to describe

Oh and the vibration seemed to turn itself off, its one of those games where its fun to blast through but not at full price, AA is where I'd put it so far

It’s an AAA game. That designation is usually dependent on budget and/or production values. Independent of reviews or personal sentiment.

 

[Kenneth Haight]

 

[b0uncyfr0]

It really isnt. You'd be better off playing any of the older titles than GK.

 

[DragoonWalker]

The combat and what driving/riding there is looks absolutely awful from videos I've seen, like a huge step down from the 2015 Arkham Knight.

 

[Black_Stride]

Its AAA.
and

 

[Fart Knight]

Yeah Im a Batman fan. Not a Robin fan.

 

[IDKFA]

No thanks, OP. The game looks gash, especially when compared to the Arkham games.

It's a hard pass from me.

 

[Luipadre]

Everytime i watch a video about it, it kinda looks great with the combat and stuff but then i see the mobile UI and all those damage numbers and crafting shit popping out of enemies and im like "nope"

 

[STARSBarry]

As someone who owns this so I could play with a friend who is really into the Batman stuff... no just keep sleeping, it's super generic and feels like a movie tie in game.

 

[Rendered Tangent]

So, I bought Gotham Knights yesterday on Steam because it was on sale.

My opinion is that it's terrible.

The visuals are ugly, the combat is boring, the controls are awful, and the U.I is a cluttered mess.
Ironically, the only thing that wasn't an issue was performance.
After enabling DLSS I had a 110fps max dropping to 75-80 in the most obvious areas.

Personally, I feel like it's one of the worst AAA games I've played in a long time.

Ultimately, the two core gameplay elements are combat and exploration - and neither are interesting or original.

I got a refund and won't be going back even it ends up free on Game Pass or something.

 

[rofif]

I will sooner play new Saints Row rather than game with robin

 

[hemo memo]

Maybe as a PS Plus game I would give it a try.

 

[Rendered Tangent]

Maybe as a PS Plus game I would give it a try.

You'll end up disappointed even then.

I can't imagine it at 30 FPS to be honest.

 

[SJRB]

Moving goalposts, lol.

It's marketed as an AAA-title, it's priced as an AAA-title. Yet it looks, feels and plays like an AA-title.

So no, it's not worth your money. Fuck this game.

 

[Skifi28]

 

[TintoConCasera]

I'd rather go outside or clean the house.

 

[Strider7]

Too much hyperbolic criticism. Game was great (on PC).

 

[DavidGzz]

Will prob cave when it's $20, almost did at $30 but I'll wait a little longer. PC version for sure, not doing 30fps.

 

[Kurotri]

I also got it for cheap and it's a very "alright" game but sometimes that's really just enough imo. Enjoyed my time with it.

 

[Certinty]

I had fun with it. The story is a good length and all the characters are different and fun to play with.

It's just everything else isn't great. The open world is incredibly dead, the game doesn't run great and after a while the combat kind of becomes a bore.

It's actually a shame because it's pretty evident they did a huge 180 on this game just from playing it. You can see everything the game was originally meant to be before they changed their vision and focused on a mostly single-player game. If they actually had this vision from the beginning this game could have ended up being just as good as the Arkham games.

What a shame.

 

[Mr Reasonable]

I'm sleeping so hard on it, I've made it into a sort of memory foam mattress that is exactly contoured to my body.

 

[Puscifer]

It really isnt. You'd be better off playing any of the older titles that GK.

Yeah pretty much. Why on earth would you want to play a busted GAAS game when there's 4 extremely solid experiences had for a few dollars each.

 

[GenericUser]

I hate capeshit

 

[DenchDeckard]

I got it for free and haven't even loaded it yet....I'll pass.

 

[winjer]

 

[01011001]

maybe if they patch it and it doesn't run like shit anymore... MAYBE then I'll give it a chance... at a steep discount of course

 

[Spaceman292]

Have you ever heard of 'damning with faint praise'?

 

[Ev1L AuRoN]

That's just a coping mechanism helping you to deal with the fact that you bought Gotham Knights.

 

[EDMIX]

Respect.

I might check it out later next year on sale.

 

[xrnzaaas]

- release a crap AAA game
- game doesn't get great reviews and doesn't sell good
- call it an AA game to make people interested now that AAA pricing is no more

 

[Mister Wolf]

I've never cared about Batman's sidekicks in comic or videogame form. Batman being dead was the death's kiss for this game. Montreal should have been allowed to make another Batman game.

 

[Rendered Tangent]

Anyone else notice there's a strange weight to the movement on controller?

It's like there's this awkward momentum when you move the camera or your character, and it means you constantly end up moving too far in the direction you want to move - which means you have to correct it by moving in the other direction and it creates this frustrating pendulum, fish tail weirdness that gets annoying very quickly.

Plus, the on-screen prompts kept showing as keyboard and mouse despite being on controller.

It was just another thing that immediately left a bad impression on me.

 

[SkylineRKR]

The combat already looked awful and slow in the developer footage. I was never interested in this, rather I would play a remaster of Arkham Origins.

 

[Dick Jones]

- release a crap AAA game
- game doesn't get great reviews and doesn't sell good
- call it an AA game to make people interested now that AAA pricing is no more

You need to grift when you make an utter fuck up of a Batman game.
Step 1: Option to play as Batman
Step 2: Start developing rest of game

 

[Lucifers Beard]

There are so many genuinely good games available that buying this seems like a massive waste of time. Even at £30 this looks like a joke.

 

[Drizzlehell]

Nah, man, I'm good thx.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

It's great and I'm still having a lot of fun with it since day one.

Everytime i watch a video about it, it kinda looks great with the combat and stuff but then i see the mobile UI and all those damage numbers and crafting shit popping out of enemies and im like "nope"

You can turn off damage numbers, did so from the start, and progression is natural, there's no grinding.

maybe if they patch it and it doesn't run like shit anymore... MAYBE then I'll give it a chance... at a steep discount of course

It was patched several times rather quickly and runs pretty much flawlessly on pc.

 

[Kadve]

Maybe if i get it for free with EGS. Otherwise no thank you.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Sleep sounds better.

 

[nani17]

You know I hear Anthem is pretty good too 100 million players

 

[demonstr8]

It’s not a AA game and I’m not sure why you put that in the title.

 

[FloopCookiefix]

I'm not personally interested in this game, but what's the deal with the replies? Everybody in here sounds like OP is hyping the game like crazy, instead of literally just saying "not AAA, not at full price, and it definitely has issues, but I'm enjoying it myself"

 

[The Cockatrice]

In a few months its going to be an indie game.

 

[Cyborg]

There are so many better games why would you waste your time on this?

 

[Revolutionary]

I had a decent time with it playing solo at launch. Then my friend bought it earlier this month and I had a blast going through it again in co-op. It also helped that I've been reading the New 52/Rebirth run of Batman so I appreciated the story and references a lot more the second time around.

The 4-player Starro thing they added kinda sucks, however. Super grindy and we got bored of it on the 15th floor (out of 30).

 

[Arenafighter]

This game is .

 

[EDMIX]

I'm not personally interested in this game, but what's the deal with the replies? Everybody in here sounds like OP is hyping the game like crazy, instead of literally just saying "not AAA, not at full price, and it definitely has issues, but I'm enjoying it myself"

Thats GaF for you.

Even someone just giving their views, the replies will exaggerate what is being said just to attack OP as if THEY ALONE made the game or something. All I read is that they enjoy the game, simply not at full price.....thats it.