@@arnoldrimmer960 Pretty cool that Jim Rash (Dean Pelton) would indeed voice Riddler in the Harley Quinn show. Nygma even gets to be dean of his own college campus in season 2.
I honestly don't mind those minigames but they are easy as hell, I mean ratchet and clank ps4 had those type of minigames and you could skip them and that game is made by Insomniac as well.
I've said from the start that they should have used the character switching mechanic as their big gameplay evolution instead of the Bat tank. Imagine Nightwing, Robin, and Catwoman having a substantial role in the primary narrative as well as gameplay. Working together as a team to solve puzzles and follow clues. Imagine Arkham Knight getting to interact with Nightwing and Robin.
@@smokey3504so what if it was in gta, getting to play as the bat family would have been wayyyyyyy better than the bat mobile having to be over utilized in so many situations
@@smokey3504 Except in GTA it was a gimmick in it's infancy. 'you can switch between characters!' ok but they all play exactly the same except in like 2 moments. meanwhile Catwoman can do things batman cant' and Robin and Nightwing have gadgets that batman doesn't. it's not just a reskin with a 5 second special move, they're new characters.
@@DBfan106 That's a good point, there's probably room to flesh the idea out. You just don't wanna be compared to GTA V 'cause you're never gonna win that fight
The tank battles were literal cancer to the game. Idk why they didnt use the batmobile more like they did in that beginning section when you go to ace chemicals and confront scarecrow the first time.
That could’ve been so good. Rocksteady didn’t even get that fight right. Can you imagine dodging a heaving sword and then hitting him as he’s picking it up. Or it could be like a Mr freeze battle.
I don't have a problem with it being Jason, but I HATED how telegraphed it was. I also hate how much they water down his motivations. Jason actually had some dimension and a legitimate argument against Batman in the Under the Red Hood film. Here, it all just boils down to a shallow, contrived revenge plot. Moreover, why wouldn't Jason have just put manned tanks in the city instead of drones? He KNOWS Batman won't kill, so wouldn't that make things way harder for him?
SolarDragon007 You know, I think I've finally found an answer for it. It's that Jason cares for his soldiers. He wouldn't really want his soldiers to face all the carnage of the Cloudburst, which is why there are so many soldiers stationed on the skyline.
well to be honest/granted it won't make any place for the batmobile and it's hard to write a well / perfectly executed game it'll probably take 2 or more / so decades
I think it would have been better if the Knight wasn't Jason but still have Jason as the Red Hood. In _Under the Red Hood_ Jason's entire beef with Batman is he didn't avenge his murder. Here though, the common belief is Batman killed the Joker in AC that that flips the notion. I'd have Red Hood appear killing crooks but being friendly to Bruce since he thinks he did kill the clown until the final encounter where Bruce admits he didn't and Jason loses his cool. Que boss fight!
If you think about it, the rocksteady arkham trilogy has the same reception as the Nolan batman trilogy. The first installment was spot on and launched its trilogy, the second vastly improved on its predecessor and is considered to be the best, and the third while not being bad is seen as sort of a let down
*Makes You Wonder If They Did That On Purpose...* Quick: Ask for another Nolan movie, tell them to make it a good one, then they'll make another good Arkham game!
@The Rue Morgue Well, Bane was kinda disappointing. And Catwoman's costume was also disappointing. The story I couldn't follow. But all-in-all? I still like that movie xD
Lol, you don't even have to examine the bios, imo, you can tell his identity from his physic and his expressions, it was just too damn obvious and was what held the game back from being the perfect, final masterpiece in this beloved franchise...
@@BatManBen I was depressed after Joker was gone and I had to continue doing side-missions by myself. Had the Catwoman missions to keep me busy afterwards, but I wasn't about to collect those 100+ Riddler trophies.
Story wise and mission wise it was the worst. But the suits were amazing, the combat was spectacular, the graphics were amazing too and the batmobile was very well designed. But goddamn there were way too many tank battles, I wish they never thought of adding a tank mode to the batmobile.
I've only played arkham knight and it's honestly in my top ten, i thought the story and the batmobile where excellent additions PS. I don't play games that much
@@megatron4466 you have to play the rest in chronological order. You're really missing out man. I played the batman games since batman begins that's why I enjoyed the arkham trilogy(ish) so much
@@anthonyj6092 not at all man. The arkham knight being jason Todd was so predictable if you know the backstory. Also the missions you were doing felt so random, there was no buildup to anything. And the boss fights were tank fights wtf, such a waste
I dont think the batmobile was inherently bad but they forced you in it too much. Along with the major disappointments of the boss battles and painfully obviously identity of the Arkham knight. Are what dragged this game down. They did polish the mechanics really nicely though.
Absolutely agreed, the same can be said with the "fear multi-takedown", cool initially and well executed at first but it then becomes far too overused and overpowered later in the game...
I loved the Batmobile, but God did most of the game revolve around it. And I miss the boss fights where you actually fight the villain, like in past games with Batman vs Bane or Batman vs Deathstroke. We literally fight Arkham Knight twice in the Batmobile before the third time we just sneak around and hippity hoppity grab onto him on the balcony.
Yeah, I remember when you'll need to fight gigantic jokers, bane, and the quick deathstroke, when I was fighting deathstroke it felt like I was batman myself.. That's why I loved arkham origins.
Not Machi It was easily my favorite one. Best story, boss fights, music, and I love that time in Batman's career. He's still a myth, not a guy walking around Police HQ.
I can't stop imagining how Batman felt like when he found out that he was gonna have to fight Deathstroke in a tank. Huh. Maybe that's why he decided to quit being Batman. He probably lost the will to do anything after that.
While I agree it isn't perfect, especially when it comes to the predictable story, you have to give credit to the largest, most dense Gotham, a perfected combat and predator system, and c'mon, battle mode was annoying but just driving around Gotham with the Batmobile was pretty cool. I also think they perfected gliding.
The combat is excellent, but the batmobile ruined the game for me. It made gliding around freely obsolete. I just wanted to fly around Gotham, but the game actively takes me away from that due to the batmobile's constant story importance. Also, Gotham was so boring. It was only filled with criminals and made the game feel lifeless. Sure, you could explore a lot of areas and find some interesting Easter eggs, but those didn't feel as interesting as exploring Arkham Asylum or even City.
Yeah, it would have been cool in Arkham Knight if you can wonder around the city as Robin, Nightwing, & Catwoman after the whole story was finished or something. I don't know why they didn't do it either since they did it with Catwoman in Arkham City. Really would have been cool if you could wonder around as Batgirl, Azrael, & Harley too since they were in the challenge modes.
The batmobile would have been fine if it was just another option for transportation. When I first played I thought the batmobile was pretty cool to drive around in. The problem is that it's the bat tank not the batmobile.
If the BatMobile was just another option for transportation, I can absolutely 100% guarantee you, you would have been in this exact same comment section, and about the same time, saying: "After fans have been for a playable batmobile ever since the very first game, they finally put it here and they make it just another transportation option. What a let-down." I hope that one day you realize this about yourself so you can start changing and finally be able to just do what you enjoy and not do what you don't enjoy, without taking all of your opinions about entertainment products from hype and anti-hype trains.
enjoyed the graphics really good graphics but the short dlc ,force to over use the batmobile ,the lack of good boss fights (deadstroke one over all) idk man , it was a good game nonetheless but it wasn't the game everyone was expecting. If this was the first Batman arkham game it would've gotten such high praise but this game had to compete against its 2 past ones which led to high expectations but in the end of the day it's still a very fun game to play
I strongly think that the first half of the game was pretty strong. There was a fairly good balance between using the car and the classic Batman stuff we all love.
Lmao no the fuck there was not. Half the intro sequence before ACE chemicals is batmobile tutorials. Then as the story goes on, tank battles are inserted with no good reason as filler.
I honestly think the peak of what a superhero game should look like is Arkham city. Good plot, open world, great characterization, and just an all around good game.
@@DoratTheKiller No, he has a point. The "story" is basically unrelated events happening one after the other, barely being held together by the real star, the atmosphere of the game world.
@@spideydudenof7085its not a mess It just really feels like a wild goose chase for almost the whole game, but the characters and the relationship between the Batman and Joker are really what carry the story tbh
Here what I think Asylum: best atmosphere and great starting point City: takes everything from asylum make it better with some adjustments Origins: best bosses and story in my opinion at least Knight:alright but too much batmobile
Good observation Knight isn't bad but Batmobile seems too forced upon like there should have been boss battles with Arkham Knight and other enemies like Deathstroke in origins
Origins had an awful story it was literally just a bunch of Boss Gauntlet with a bunch of random villains that were never characterized. Arkham City was the only one that hit close to home for Batman I felt like the stakes were actually High
It's sort of unrelated to the video but I just got to the part where you talk about the stealth. I think the Mr Freeze fight in whichever one it was (can't remember if Asylum or City, sorry!) was an absolute highlight. It was probably my age at the time but it was SUCH a scary fight when I was like "heh heh I'll just blow him up from behind the three conveniently placed walls" but then he suddenly informs you "I won't fall for that again" and I was like wait WHAT and the sense of dread just got worse and worse as I exhausted the takedown options. Brilliant! The first villain that made you feel helpless and it was so good for that ice cold atmosphere.
@Cult_ to me The Batmobile was a pretty cool thing they added in the game The Tank Battles I do actually love It's a good thing they added it in it I mean he is Batman
I agree with this. I didn't like the batmobile, the getting the ending is a pain in the ass, and the riddler puzzles and races were the worst things to happen to the arkham games.
The ending isn't even satisfying since The Dark Knight Rises did something so similar a couple of years earlier... It would've been awesome if the game just ended with Batman winning (no identity revealed) and after the credits roll, the words "20 years later" pop up and it's a epilogue with Bruce in the Batman Beyond suit. It's the same mission he did in the first episode of the show, where after he takes out a bunch of thugs, his heart starts acting up and he barely manages to escape. The game ends with him putting the suit away and saying the same line from the show: "Never Again..", hinting that their next game would be Batman Beyond.
Well at first he is. If you haven't seen the show, he builds the suit to keep up with criminals since he's getting old. But once his heart starts acting up, he has to quit. Then years later, Terry McGunnis takes over as the new Batman.
The Gamer Who Does Life riddle puzzles are great. I dunno about in Arkham Knight as I haven't played it but ppl who hate them in the other games have no soul
Despite Arkham Origins being buggy at the beginning, I liked it very much. I liked the atmosphere, the right amount of expansion upon core mechanics, it was just good enjoyable fun for me. Ah, even the bug with not being able to get in one of the Riddler towers was kind of fun, because you had to use a very hard bug exploit to bypass this bug. I don't know, it's just very Riddler-y.
I agree entirely. I think the reason it's the worst one is because they got rid of Paul Dini (the writer for the excellent first two), so the quality in the writing dipped significantly. The first two Arkham games are made for die hard fans (while also being great for casuals). Arkham Knight is the opposite; it's made for casual fans. We all knew it was Jason the minute he spoke. They also didn't take advantage of having him. They could've given us iconic moments between Bruce and Jason, but there's no real closure between them, which is stupid. However, Rocksteady totally gets the dynamic between Batman and Joker. Everything about Joker fearing he'll be forgotten is fucking spot on. But at the same time, he shouldn't have been in this game so we can get something fresh.
Alex Love Well, taking a look back, I've noticed that this whole series isn't just about Batman fighting villains, it's an overall piece about Batman and Joker's relationship.
I always wondered why those Joker flashback segments are so out-of-nowhere and disconnected. Then I come to find out that Mark Hamill would only come back as the Joker if they reenacted a scene from The Killing Joke.
This game has some maddening elements like the over-reliance on the tank and the obvious identity of the titular Knight, but it’s still my favourite of the series. It just does so much well and refines what was done before.
GodzillaMendoza Oh I know, but it seems you have a whole list of games to cover, and Ultimate Alliance is next, I believe, and that might take as long as this one.
I want a Batman game like Origins again. During Christmas. Things that would be cool to see -Optional Batmobile just to get around that isn't forced -Batboat -Bat-Cycle or whatever the motorcycle -Going from Batmobile to Motorcycle like in The Dark Knight - Batcave, wayne manor, ad any other property he owns - Cool garage where you can own multiple cars that you can buy - Better Batmobile physics - More rooms - More boat fights (Like the penguin mission in Origins) And a small cameo of a different hero.
B l u r r y f a c e okay everything I agree on except the one about buying new drivables .... also they should include a daytime system where you can play as Bruce Wayne
Rocky Reuben lol no way. (It was ok, there's good and bad, but it's the worst arkham game and has a boring and lazy plot. The boss fights were pretty good tho. Overall tho it wasn't "AWESOME" but it had good things in it)
Great job Rocksteady, you took Redhood, gave him a new motivation, gave him a new name and pretended he was a new a mysterious character when he's still the same as he's always been. The Arkham Knight being Jason Todd is the EXACT same thing as him being Redhood despite the whole he didn't actually die. If Rocksteady wanted Redhood in the game they could've make Damian the Arkham Knight, take out the tank bomb sidemission, and replace it with Batman and Redhood trying to take down Deathstroke.
Carlos D Rodriguez well, that’s just my opinion. I feel like MK is actually one of the better written fighting games out there, but I respect your opinion.
@@lukethelegend9705 It has the POTENTIAL to be the greatest. Fascinating characters, an expansive world, and tons of potential stories that could be told. For me however, ever since to the 2011 reboot I feel that potential has been thoroughly squandered (the older games, while better imo, didn't always capitalize on it either). It's actually motivated me to write a novel of a fanfic about the series, so I definitely don't think MK's lore is bad by any means.
Carlos D Rodriguez good for you! I never said it was the greatest written, I feel like the best-written fighting game is probably killer instinct 2013.
When oracle says “kidnap me” I don’t know if she’s giving a threat or asking to be kidnapped and tortured again as it’s more interesting than the tank battles
I agree with the Batmobile being a little too central to the games events, but to say it nullifies all of the groundwork Batman does is simply untrue. Batman does just as much detective work in this game as others. Ultimately I enjoyed the game and it's story, probably one of my favorite games to this date. Who cares that they made Jason Todd the Arkham Knight? It was still a fun story and fun build up, not to mention having the Joker show up everywhere and giving Mark Hamill's commentary on everything. Come on, you CAN'T say that wasn't a great aspect of the game.
Too few detective mode sequences and its not good enough, too many detective mode sequences and its too much. Apparently there is no middle ground with you.
Batman's image as an intelligent detective is completely crushed when you can demolish and blow up half the city and cause more destruction than the villains ever could.
My dad's favorite Batman villain is The Riddler and his favorite iteration of Batman is Batfleck's, so those two skits you that you did made him laugh so hard that he literally ROFL'd. XD
@Shorty if some people liked it i think he should do them. Thats playing to your audience. Having said that i felt like cringy thinking about them doing the skit in public
It's not the same combat system. The only thing they have in common is the counter button. Spider-man 2 relies on combo-building and, if I'm being honest, feels stiff and unsatisfying and the Arkham combat relies on flow and jumping from enemy to enemy, which feels awesome. They are not the same combat just because they have a button that does the same thing. Is God of War combat the same as Souls combat just because they both have dodge buttons? If I was going to compare Arkham combat to anything, it would be either Prince of Persia: Warrior Within or Spider-man Web of Shadows. Spider-man 2 is nothing like it.
@@jarlbalgruuf7701 Are you really expecting a good batman game from WB Montreal? All their good at doing is copying Rocksteady, offering nothing new. We'll see though, I might be wrong
I love Arkham knight and although I wasn’t initially disappointed I prefer the story for city and rlly missed the boss battles. Tbh the batmobile might’ve been overused but I think they did use it less than the main combat mainly.
Honestly, if they simply hadn't made the Batmobile a literal tank, and just toned it down a bit, at least that aspect would have been better. Even in regards to other batmobile versions in the past, this was the most intense/overwhelming death machine I've ever seen in a Batman universe...and the Tumbler batmobile was literally an armored military vehicle so that's saying something.
Overall, I enjoyed Arkham Origins more than Knight. Don't get me wrong, AK was fun to play at times, but it's story was an overall disappointment. The batmobile was definitely overused and it's controls were shit. The Riddler challenges were stupid especially with the batmobile. The fact that the plot conveniently had all the citizens of Gotham evacuated just so the whole map looks more like a brighter Arkham City.... Lame! And of course the build up to the supposed rematch with Deathstroke ended up being ANOTHER tank battle which was exactly like the one we did with Arkham Knight in a previous mission before that. *smh*
Robby Bobby Yeah and then Deathstroke gets taken to the GCPD without fighting back. They made him into a bitch. I expected his fight with Jason Todd to be more climatic like in the movie.
23:11 yeah in the movie studio mission where you have to type in a passcode from looking at a security camera if you get it wrong enough times then Batman will just rip the keypad out and puzzle solved
Wait.. Barb looked at Joker.. And Joker looked at her.. Then she looked at Bruce like.. " You don't see dat?" By that logic BARB is dead.. Just like in Stranger Things...
@@ericjohnson7234or maybe the story just isn’t good. The most shocking moment where they kill oracle they just go back on making it pointless and the revelation of the Arkham knight being Jason Todd is not only obvious but horribly developed to the point it has no impact. Nearly every major story beat is just poorly developed and or poorly written
The boss fights in this game were a big waste of potential and the batmobile was overused to a certain extent, but the combat, stealth and gameplay were executed pretty well. Mainly when you're not in the batmobile of course.
You know what, after a few years after it came out. I was happy with the game, but it does has flaws in compression to city and asylum. Most of these were due to the batmoblie but oh well.
Toxic Hazard I used the first thing I could find in my mom's makeup kit. It was also really hard to wipe it all off after filming. The behind the scenes video for that sketch is coming out soon on David's channel. You can watch me struggle with it there.
@@jacobvalerio5290 Those bank robberies were cool at first, but the final one where Two Face joins in was a huge let down. I ended up accidentally taking out Two Face by hacking the escalator, meaning to only take out one of his goons. I wanted to do something special with Two Face, or I thought he'd be a mini boss, but nope, the dude gets KO'd instantly. He was just another enemy NPC but with a different model and voice lines.
As a HUGE batman fanatic, I appreciate you bringing up the overall lameness of the BatTank. It wasn't fun after the 100th time requiring it and not being able to use 1989 batmobile through whole thing, or BTAS batmobile.
I’m years late but I’m finally getting to playing “Knight”. I miss Paul Dini. That is all. (Also Rocksteady way overestimated how fun they thought the Batmobile would be)
Some of the fighting was cool, but I hated having the use the Batmobile for everything. I would rather glide around the city like you could do in Asylum and City.
The main reason this games was so bad writing wise is asylum and city were written by legendary Batman writer Paul Dini and for knight rocksteady got a big head on there shoulders and decided they didn’t need him. He was never invited back even though he had this series planned as a trilogy since he finished asylum. It’s really sad cuz this was one of my favorite game series and not to mention I’m a huge Batman fan. It still makes me mad to this day we will never see dini’s original vision for how the trilogy would end. Changing major voice actors and drastic redesigns didn’t help either nor did removing boss fights almost all together. Gordon looked like he was 20 years younger than in asylum and city, scarecrow didn’t look or sound at all like the other games tbh origins felt more like it belonged than knight did. I personally think origins was one of the best entries. It certainly had the best character design of any of the games and best boss fights (my opinion of course) hopefully some day dini will share his plans for the 3rd game I’ve asked him twice at cons and once again when I was fortunate enough to speak to him on my podcast and he said he’s saving it Incase he decided to do a “what if book with his ending to the arkham series or just use it for a stand alone story”
J Jaden yes. I remember that being the first thing about this game that I didn’t like. It literally made me worried for the story of the game. He said he was willing to help in any other way with the game however
I agree with the majority of your points, however John Noble is a great Scarecrow imo. Anyways, Arkham Knight was just a cash grab for rocksteady. Soon as Paul Dini dropped out, it was doomed in terms of story
Yea, its not as perfect as the first two original games, but it is still a solid game, imo, and is worth buying and playing through to gain the finale of the beloved series...
I'd disagree since the story was still really weak. If they didn't use the batmobile as much and worked the story to be a bit better the game would have worked
@@user-cm4op2kz3y i think the story was nice especially in the end but i didnt like the filler in the main story. it would ne nice but the story has to many fillers
I was always leaning towards hating the batmobile in this game but then when you had to fight deathstroke a master martial artist in a tank it drew the line it didnt help it got my hype up when deathstroke jumped out just to be punched in the face once by batman
AK was had several problems. 1) Plot-hole filled writing. This script was badly in need of Paul Dini to write it. 2) It relied far too much on the Batmobile which is sad because I really enjoyed it but it should have been used better. 3) The art-style and character designs being hyper realistic made this game lose its comic book charm to make it "grounded". 4) Despite being billed as the "final" _Arkham_ game, very few characters got a proper send-off that respected their history. 5) The Arkham Knight identity was way to predictable and really should have been his own character instead of *SPOILER*. 6) While the cinematography is beautiful, it does try too hard to be grand and epic instead of being fun and interesting.
just imagine an older Bruce Wayne before entering out of his prime kind of like the dark Knight returns this is the Bruce Wayne you have in this story before he starts to retire a little bit after his 39th Birthday. plus The tank battles were annoying but they kind of opened a better perspective of how batmans combat skills can be used in his plot agendas which is a huge 10+ compared to Asylum and City . Let's also forget how Azrael was one of the best side missions, let's also ignore that the fear toxin of scarecrow also had a sample of joker's blood and Titan he had stolen from Asylum and Origins. He also used the scarecrow toxin to become a smarter Batman in the future Batman went into retirement and he hid his identity.
Shit was too goddamn shiny in that game tho. Everything looked really slimy and metallic in a really odd way. Especially the characters. It was just grose looking.
I love just how hard Rocksteady was trying to hide the fact that the AK was Jason. Lying before the game’s release, playing off everyone’s suspicions, even _having his reveal disable the built-in DVR systems for the Xbox and PlayStation._ I also love how much they try to make it so that it seems like Batman doesn’t kill. For example, at the start of the game after you take out the Militia Vehicle (this can only be done on NG+ cuz you can’t access Battle Mode this early in NG) and push it into the water before the guy gets out, you get a game over because you killed someone.
I honestly believe that this game is amazing because of its story. The gameplay can get repetitive with the Batmobile and the identity of the Arkham Knight everyone saw a mile away. The story slows down a lot because of the re-introduction of the Joker, but that was the point. The story was meant to close the relationship between Batman and the Joker. This game’s story has a deeper meaning to it that nobody seems to see
LMAO this shit is so corny...... ARKHAM KNIGHT is the best game next to CITY. stop being weirdos... or trying appeal to everyone with some "cool" opinion lmfao. only thing bad was the wack DLCsz.
Just a quick feedback on your statement on whether or not Rocksteady forgot about Warden Sharp being possessed in Arkham Asylum, it is actually explained in City that Strange was manipulating him through mind control tactics he obtained from Mad Hatter to convince him to give Strange more control over the prison system, you can find further details in the bio audio logs you obtain from doing the riddler trophies and collectibles.
I like how in the arkham games you can be as clever as you want while fighting mobs of people, specially in this one since there's a lot of weapons. You don't have to resort to punches and kicks only.
Am i the only one who feels like this is Kevin Conroy's worst performance? He came off overly stoic and believe it or not overly Batman compared to Orgins where the weight of the world was on Batman and you felt it. In his animated performances he's a lot more subtle and conveys more emotion. In AK, from watching Barbara die to finding out about Jason Todd and dealing with the effects of the Toxin his reactions are really dry and flat, there's was no sense of stress, grief, anger or that he was being pushed to the edge, driving that tank all night must really calm him down
I think what makes him almost emotionless is the fact of what’s going on in his head and what happened to joker. He feels guilt from it. I’d suggest watching Clownpuncher139’s one amazing scene video where joker says, “news flash! You killed me!” If you want to hear a better version of what I said.
A quote from TheRussianBadger, “ If you don’t like the Bat-mobile, you better start liking the bat-mobile”
I thought it made sense for the circumstances, but I can see how it could me annoying for some people
Hell yeah
The bat tank is what I hate the combat in the bat tank is the worst most autistic part I have ever done any video game
Yeah the batmobile was a great addition but it did not to be used so much..
Like batman didnet need it before why does he need it now so much
Yo Russian badger
Whoever played the Riddler was waiting for that role their whole life
It was DAVID
Riddle me this, what's dead?!? YOU!!!
He sounds so much like the dean from community when he's doing announcements, but it's not him
@@arnoldrimmer960 Pretty cool that Jim Rash (Dean Pelton) would indeed voice Riddler in the Harley Quinn show. Nygma even gets to be dean of his own college campus in season 2.
He walked so Paul Dano could run
"Next you'll be including a cheat button that lets players skip the puzzles incase they get too hard for everyone!"
_Looks at Spider-Man_
I read this right when he said this on screen
Never used it but to be fair that minigame is useless as hell.
I mean, you're not wrong xD
I skip all the puzzles in Spiderman, not bc they're hard, bc they're boring and tedious
I honestly don't mind those minigames but they are easy as hell, I mean ratchet and clank ps4 had those type of minigames and you could skip them and that game is made by Insomniac as well.
I've said from the start that they should have used the character switching mechanic as their big gameplay evolution instead of the Bat tank.
Imagine Nightwing, Robin, and Catwoman having a substantial role in the primary narrative as well as gameplay. Working together as a team to solve puzzles and follow clues.
Imagine Arkham Knight getting to interact with Nightwing and Robin.
Fantastic idea. Let's hope the next game uses that mechanic since the bat family are rumored to have a big role.
It'd feel way too GTA V-ish. I feel like everyone already got that gimmick out of their system with that game
@@smokey3504so what if it was in gta, getting to play as the bat family would have been wayyyyyyy better than the bat mobile having to be over utilized in so many situations
@@smokey3504 Except in GTA it was a gimmick in it's infancy. 'you can switch between characters!' ok but they all play exactly the same except in like 2 moments. meanwhile Catwoman can do things batman cant' and Robin and Nightwing have gadgets that batman doesn't. it's not just a reskin with a 5 second special move, they're new characters.
@@DBfan106 That's a good point, there's probably room to flesh the idea out. You just don't wanna be compared to GTA V 'cause you're never gonna win that fight
I hated that instead of a boss battle with Deathstroke we got...
A TANK BATTLE!!!!!
Even Deathstroke wanted a real fight like let me fight him Jesus
Yeah I they could have done,Tank battle then a Stealth part then finally combat part
The tank battles were literal cancer to the game. Idk why they didnt use the batmobile more like they did in that beginning section when you go to ace chemicals and confront scarecrow the first time.
That could’ve been so good. Rocksteady didn’t even get that fight right. Can you imagine dodging a heaving sword and then hitting him as he’s picking it up. Or it could be like a Mr freeze battle.
Tank Trouble but the 3D version
I don't have a problem with it being Jason, but I HATED how telegraphed it was. I also hate how much they water down his motivations. Jason actually had some dimension and a legitimate argument against Batman in the Under the Red Hood film. Here, it all just boils down to a shallow, contrived revenge plot. Moreover, why wouldn't Jason have just put manned tanks in the city instead of drones? He KNOWS Batman won't kill, so wouldn't that make things way harder for him?
SolarDragon007 You know, I think I've finally found an answer for it. It's that Jason cares for his soldiers. He wouldn't really want his soldiers to face all the carnage of the Cloudburst, which is why there are so many soldiers stationed on the skyline.
well to be honest/granted it won't make any place for the batmobile and it's hard to write a well / perfectly executed game it'll probably take 2 or more / so decades
How about putting hostages on the tanks then?
I think it would have been better if the Knight wasn't Jason but still have Jason as the Red Hood. In _Under the Red Hood_ Jason's entire beef with Batman is he didn't avenge his murder. Here though, the common belief is Batman killed the Joker in AC that that flips the notion. I'd have Red Hood appear killing crooks but being friendly to Bruce since he thinks he did kill the clown until the final encounter where Bruce admits he didn't and Jason loses his cool. Que boss fight!
wdcain1 Yo. That would have been so much better
If you think about it, the rocksteady arkham trilogy has the same reception as the Nolan batman trilogy. The first installment was spot on and launched its trilogy, the second vastly improved on its predecessor and is considered to be the best, and the third while not being bad is seen as sort of a let down
*Makes You Wonder If They Did That On Purpose...*
Quick: Ask for another Nolan movie, tell them to make it a good one, then they'll make another good Arkham game!
Creepy Closet right it was really like that.
Gameree 96 one can wish
@The Rue Morgue Well, Bane was kinda disappointing. And Catwoman's costume was also disappointing. The story I couldn't follow. But all-in-all?
I still like that movie xD
Everybody says the worst Arkham game was origins, but when u think about it, Arkham knight was the worst game out of all Arkham games
I went into character bio and saw Arkham night and Jason tod were 6 ft 200 lb and I was like aihgggggt
Exactly, from that moment i knew he was the knight even before the game was released
To be fair that’s like the most basic weight/height combo for a fit grown man but it was still obvious in many other ways.
@@xShotgunSurgeryx Exact same numbers.
Lol, you don't even have to examine the bios, imo, you can tell his identity from his physic and his expressions, it was just too damn obvious and was what held the game back from being the perfect, final masterpiece in this beloved franchise...
@@Luke-xi2pq The batmobile didn't do the game any favors
Be honest tho Jokers dialogue is funny if anything he's good for comic relief!
Isaiah Gay everybody else was so depressed and the game needed some sort of comedy
Eventhough he was basically in every scene he needed more like maybe he could fight with you
@@BatManBen I was depressed after Joker was gone and I had to continue doing side-missions by myself. Had the Catwoman missions to keep me busy afterwards, but I wasn't about to collect those 100+ Riddler trophies.
Macanada Same although I’ll admit smashing in Riddler’s face made me feel a bit better
WHERE DID YOU COME FROM? (Its me mrenderkidplushboyos)
being ran over by the batmobile:
best case sceneario: never being able to walk again.
worst case scenario: closed casket funeral.
> Implying all these guys will get funerals
Best case scenario: open casket funeral.
Worst case: limbs and organs scattered.
Lmfao!
@@Lugbzurg Assuming there’s anything left to bury.
the only thing i hate about this game is the arkham knight's identity was predictable and THERE IS NO FREE ROAM FOR ALL THOSE CHARACTERS WE BOUGHT
slcmof best youtber Theres a glitch you can do to free roam, but the whole city would be vacant.
Desmond Auditore i know
YES
blackorean
Whatchu doin whatchin an arkham Knight video?
Yup your right
**batman arrives at the orphanage**
" WHAT'S UP IM HERE TO STOCK UP ON ROBINS"
You read the Comics? There are 4.
Only 3 made it into the game.
@@philboom9136 r/woooosh
@@philboom9136 There are actually 5 robins but I'm not sure about Stephanie's canonicity as robin.
lol haha
@@SiddharthShenoy not in new 52 she's damins babysitter I think I forgot
Story wise and mission wise it was the worst. But the suits were amazing, the combat was spectacular, the graphics were amazing too and the batmobile was very well designed. But goddamn there were way too many tank battles, I wish they never thought of adding a tank mode to the batmobile.
warfighter1988 Agree with all of this
I've only played arkham knight and it's honestly in my top ten, i thought the story and the batmobile where excellent additions
PS. I don't play games that much
@@megatron4466 you have to play the rest in chronological order. You're really missing out man. I played the batman games since batman begins that's why I enjoyed the arkham trilogy(ish) so much
This game was great story wise wtf. Especially since Scarecrow was the main villain and Joker was sort of like your side kick.
@@anthonyj6092 not at all man. The arkham knight being jason Todd was so predictable if you know the backstory. Also the missions you were doing felt so random, there was no buildup to anything. And the boss fights were tank fights wtf, such a waste
I dont think the batmobile was inherently bad but they forced you in it too much.
Along with the major disappointments of the boss battles and painfully obviously identity of the Arkham knight. Are what dragged this game down.
They did polish the mechanics really nicely though.
Absolutely agreed, the same can be said with the "fear multi-takedown", cool initially and well executed at first but it then becomes far too overused and overpowered later in the game...
Patrick O'Connell Yea I feel like the story, side missions, and even the main villains were a huge dissapointment
this game has no bosses
@@SilentSnake1998 it has 2
@@Koichi-Kun Glorified stealth sections don't count as bosses.
"Arkham Knight takes the gameplay ideas we loved from previous games"
Shows batman teabagging an unconscious thug
He is the hero gaming deserves
@@SaintsBro217 But not the one we need right now. Lol
Lols
Yeah "unconscious" sure
PFFFTH HAHAHAHAHA
I loved the Batmobile, but God did most of the game revolve around it.
And I miss the boss fights where you actually fight the villain, like in past games with Batman vs Bane or Batman vs Deathstroke. We literally fight Arkham Knight twice in the Batmobile before the third time we just sneak around and hippity hoppity grab onto him on the balcony.
Yeah, I remember when you'll need to fight gigantic jokers, bane, and the quick deathstroke, when I was fighting deathstroke it felt like I was batman myself.. That's why I loved arkham origins.
@Cpt Froza Arkham knight didn't have boss fights
They were basically QTE
Damn. Rhyme
I’m replaying Arkham knight right now and don’t understand where this idea came from
In terms of half the game being in the bat mobile
"Oh shit! The hostages!" That had me laughing and replaying that moment for 5 minutes
same
Yeah that was awesome
I will never understand why arkham origins is so hated.
People are mad that it had a slightly different art style and different voices. I love the game but people ruin it by talking shit
Not Machi
It was easily my favorite one. Best story, boss fights, music, and I love that time in Batman's career. He's still a myth, not a guy walking around Police HQ.
@@thebalder9634 same bro same.
I never hated Origins, but I found the whole “Haha Joker is actually Black Mask!” bit to really drag the game down story-wise.
@@Bleh391 understandably. They always had to have him in the games, could get annoying to some degree
Kid: daddy I need to pee
Godzillamendoza: DO IT IN THE TANK!
Also are you going to do ultimate alliance
ZigmintGames ok that sounds fucking badass
ZigmintGames
Batman. I need to beat the joker
Godzilla Mendoza: DO IT IN THE TANK
I can't stop imagining how Batman felt like when he found out that he was gonna have to fight Deathstroke in a tank. Huh. Maybe that's why he decided to quit being Batman. He probably lost the will to do anything after that.
While I agree it isn't perfect, especially when it comes to the predictable story, you have to give credit to the largest, most dense Gotham, a perfected combat and predator system, and c'mon, battle mode was annoying but just driving around Gotham with the Batmobile was pretty cool. I also think they perfected gliding.
Best comment on here. Nailed it.
The combat is excellent, but the batmobile ruined the game for me. It made gliding around freely obsolete. I just wanted to fly around Gotham, but the game actively takes me away from that due to the batmobile's constant story importance. Also, Gotham was so boring. It was only filled with criminals and made the game feel lifeless. Sure, you could explore a lot of areas and find some interesting Easter eggs, but those didn't feel as interesting as exploring Arkham Asylum or even City.
yeah because city and asylum had many civilians and you do know you can summon the batmobile, you dont have to drive it
Complete with your lack of civilians and lack of interactions with other bat-vehicles as well as people..! Every fanboy's wet dream!
RCBM Mines I didn’t like the map. It was boring
what I want from a Batman game:
the ability to free roam as other characters or DLC thats free roam centered them. LET ME BE AZRAEL OR RED HOOD FFS
Get Batman Arkham City and download the catwoman dlc then go to the campaign and then u can free roam as catwoman 😱🙄I like tacos
Mods on PC do that.
Yeah, it would have been cool in Arkham Knight if you can wonder around the city as Robin, Nightwing, & Catwoman after the whole story was finished or something. I don't know why they didn't do it either since they did it with Catwoman in Arkham City. Really would have been cool if you could wonder around as Batgirl, Azrael, & Harley too since they were in the challenge modes.
You want to play as a different character in a game about 1
Billy Bean you should be allowed to after you’ve finished the game to give you more to do
The batmobile would have been fine if it was just another option for transportation. When I first played I thought the batmobile was pretty cool to drive around in. The problem is that it's the bat tank not the batmobile.
It is you idiot its only used in the main story and some of the side missions
If the BatMobile was just another option for transportation, I can absolutely 100% guarantee you, you would have been in this exact same comment section, and about the same time, saying: "After fans have been for a playable batmobile ever since the very first game, they finally put it here and they make it just another transportation option. What a let-down."
I hope that one day you realize this about yourself so you can start changing and finally be able to just do what you enjoy and not do what you don't enjoy, without taking all of your opinions about entertainment products from hype and anti-hype trains.
@todorstoynov2362 Okay, buddy 👌
@@todorstoynov2362 wow you actually believe that I wasn't joking wow
@@DominicVance-qm1sf I was responding to the @velocityrapture dude. Who are you?
The fact that this review acknowledges the combat system being improved upon from Spiderman two is the best.
It's cause he now what he is talking about when it comes to these awesome games ;)!
Yea, it’s pretty clear how similar they are if you see them side by side
lts 100% nonsense like his whole video
@@realcrunchy6572 troll.
enjoyed the graphics really good graphics but the short dlc ,force to over use the batmobile ,the lack of good boss fights (deadstroke one over all) idk man , it was a good game nonetheless but it wasn't the game everyone was expecting. If this was the first Batman arkham game it would've gotten such high praise but this game had to compete against its 2 past ones which led to high expectations but in the end of the day it's still a very fun game to play
I strongly think that the first half of the game was pretty strong. There was a fairly good balance between using the car and the classic Batman stuff we all love.
Yeah I agree, but then the second half is heavily batmobile centred and the dreadful ending where it just turned into a first person shooter segment.
Lmao no the fuck there was not. Half the intro sequence before ACE chemicals is batmobile tutorials. Then as the story goes on, tank battles are inserted with no good reason as filler.
Should've called it Batman: War of the tanks.
Batman: Arkham Tank
Kilani Playstation world of tanks: batman dlc
What's worse is how health doesn't regenerate and it was pure bollocks how you have to win a fight to do that!!!
Batman: Twisted Metal Addition
😫😫😫💀💀💀
I wish Paul Dini did the story then the game would have probably been a lot better even with the batmobile and boss fights
I honestly think the peak of what a superhero game should look like is Arkham city. Good plot, open world, great characterization, and just an all around good game.
Arkham City’s story is an absolute mess
@@spideydudenof7085 How so?
@Thanos is Retired I like to refer to next-gen games, as having a beautiful girlfriend who's horrible in the bedroom...
@@DoratTheKiller No, he has a point. The "story" is basically unrelated events happening one after the other, barely being held together by the real star, the atmosphere of the game world.
@@spideydudenof7085its not a mess It just really feels like a wild goose chase for almost the whole game, but the characters and the relationship between the Batman and Joker are really what carry the story tbh
"Those guys will be fine, it was a NON lethal crushing"
😂😂😂
You know it's bad when the best boss fight in the game is riddler
it really wasnt
@@emmanuelswaby6621 crocs aight if u got the dlc
Only boss fight
The best boss fight is Hush
@@someone0 you must be joking
Here what I think
Asylum: best atmosphere and great starting point
City: takes everything from asylum make it better with some adjustments
Origins: best bosses and story in my opinion at least
Knight:alright but too much batmobile
city had the best story
Ohh that deathstroke fight, it's amazing. Bane to.
Good observation Knight isn't bad but Batmobile seems too forced upon like there should have been boss battles with Arkham Knight and other enemies like Deathstroke in origins
@@titangamerhd9215 unpopular opinion: City is the most overrated Arkham game.... Like it's a good game but it's not THAT good story wise
Origins had an awful story it was literally just a bunch of Boss Gauntlet with a bunch of random villains that were never characterized. Arkham City was the only one that hit close to home for Batman I felt like the stakes were actually High
It's sort of unrelated to the video but I just got to the part where you talk about the stealth. I think the Mr Freeze fight in whichever one it was (can't remember if Asylum or City, sorry!) was an absolute highlight. It was probably my age at the time but it was SUCH a scary fight when I was like "heh heh I'll just blow him up from behind the three conveniently placed walls" but then he suddenly informs you "I won't fall for that again" and I was like wait WHAT and the sense of dread just got worse and worse as I exhausted the takedown options. Brilliant! The first villain that made you feel helpless and it was so good for that ice cold atmosphere.
antlerflax Mr. Freeze Boss fight was in Arkham City.
I was literally stuck on it for MONTHS as a kid
antlerflax same I had always got really anxious.Brings back memories
@@jacksonelh 😂😂😂😂
@@godofwar234regi5 he was the best fight of the entire series.
It was one of my favorite ps4 games, the graphics immediately blew me away
@Cult_ to me The Batmobile was a pretty cool thing they added in the game
The Tank Battles I do actually love
It's a good thing they added it in it
I mean he is Batman
@noah ahhhhhhhh. Tbh that really did suck. It would've been badass if it was a Normal Fight
I know it's a little old but personally the only problem with the game was boss battles and dlc
@@Chrome2105 that would be cool at first but let's be honest that would get a lot more boring.
@@Chrome2105 my bad I sounded rude.
I like the game. I would love it if they didn't force the Batmobile down our throats, especially in the climax
tropicAces
For real. I hate having a climax shoved down my throat.
Ah anyone who remembers the original thumbnail and title gets a food🍉🍉🍰🍿🎂
And also turkey sandwiches for all, paid for by Robert Cortez
Dude I was so confused trying to find these videos and then I realised they had been changed
GamerMoo Arkham knight is a giant disappointment
So true
Hm I choose pizza then
Why did he change them? Also I'll taks pasta with bacon lardons and chicken plz.
I agree with this. I didn't like the batmobile, the getting the ending is a pain in the ass, and the riddler puzzles and races were the worst things to happen to the arkham games.
The ending isn't even satisfying since The Dark Knight Rises did something so similar a couple of years earlier...
It would've been awesome if the game just ended with Batman winning (no identity revealed) and after the credits roll, the words "20 years later" pop up and it's a epilogue with Bruce in the Batman Beyond suit.
It's the same mission he did in the first episode of the show, where after he takes out a bunch of thugs, his heart starts acting up and he barely manages to escape. The game ends with him putting the suit away and saying the same line from the show: "Never Again..", hinting that their next game would be Batman Beyond.
Alex Love well Bruce Wayne isn't batman beyond though right?
Well at first he is. If you haven't seen the show, he builds the suit to keep up with criminals since he's getting old. But once his heart starts acting up, he has to quit. Then years later, Terry McGunnis takes over as the new Batman.
Alex Love I forgot
The Gamer Who Does Life riddle puzzles are great. I dunno about in Arkham Knight as I haven't played it but ppl who hate them in the other games have no soul
Despite Arkham Origins being buggy at the beginning, I liked it very much. I liked the atmosphere, the right amount of expansion upon core mechanics, it was just good enjoyable fun for me.
Ah, even the bug with not being able to get in one of the Riddler towers was kind of fun, because you had to use a very hard bug exploit to bypass this bug. I don't know, it's just very Riddler-y.
"the right amount of expansion upon core mechanics"
So pretty much none?
@@nathanfortin5800 dude they didn't have time to add none thanks to wb rushing them
@@taskforcekillah9722 don't care dude the concession grenades and electric gloves combined with the best arkham story makes it a worth addition
@@MGrey-qb5xz same it wasn't a knock I love orgins
I agree entirely. I think the reason it's the worst one is because they got rid of Paul Dini (the writer for the excellent first two), so the quality in the writing dipped significantly. The first two Arkham games are made for die hard fans (while also being great for casuals).
Arkham Knight is the opposite; it's made for casual fans. We all knew it was Jason the minute he spoke. They also didn't take advantage of having him. They could've given us iconic moments between Bruce and Jason, but there's no real closure between them, which is stupid.
However, Rocksteady totally gets the dynamic between Batman and Joker. Everything about Joker fearing he'll be forgotten is fucking spot on. But at the same time, he shouldn't have been in this game so we can get something fresh.
Alex Love Well, taking a look back, I've noticed that this whole series isn't just about Batman fighting villains, it's an overall piece about Batman and Joker's relationship.
Alex Love Also, he didn't "get rid" of Paul Dini, he just stopped writing Batman stories and the team continued.
No, he would've came back if Rocksteady had asked. They never approached him. I asked him on Twitter back when the game was announced.
Alex Love Really? Huh.
I always wondered why those Joker flashback segments are so out-of-nowhere and disconnected. Then I come to find out that Mark Hamill would only come back as the Joker if they reenacted a scene from The Killing Joke.
This game has some maddening elements like the over-reliance on the tank and the obvious identity of the titular Knight, but it’s still my favourite of the series. It just does so much well and refines what was done before.
Exactly how? It's a tank simulator
@@craftymojo5882 i thought the tank wasn't THAT overused, and also i think it's pretty fun
Oh, and you mentioning inFAMOUS gives me hope for a review one day, in the far future.
I can guarantee my future reviews won't usually take this long to make. This one just happened to be something I had a lot to say about.
GodzillaMendoza Oh I know, but it seems you have a whole list of games to cover, and Ultimate Alliance is next, I believe, and that might take as long as this one.
GodzillaMendoza k
I love the infamous games
James McGuinness
Same :D
I want a Batman game like Origins again. During Christmas.
Things that would be cool to see
-Optional Batmobile just to get around that isn't forced
-Batboat
-Bat-Cycle or whatever the motorcycle
-Going from Batmobile to Motorcycle like in The Dark Knight
- Batcave, wayne manor, ad any other property he owns
- Cool garage where you can own multiple cars that you can buy
- Better Batmobile physics
- More rooms
- More boat fights (Like the penguin mission in Origins)
And a small cameo of a different hero.
B l u r r y f a c e this isn't gta
B l u r r y f a c e Going from Batmobile to Batcycle The Dark Knight style would destroy the Batmobile.
B l u r r y f a c e okay everything I agree on except the one about buying new drivables .... also they should include a daytime system where you can play as Bruce Wayne
Ad the batwing and it's perfect
Rocky Reuben lol no way. (It was ok, there's good and bad, but it's the worst arkham game and has a boring and lazy plot. The boss fights were pretty good tho. Overall tho it wasn't "AWESOME" but it had good things in it)
Great job Rocksteady, you took Redhood, gave him a new motivation, gave him a new name and pretended he was a new a mysterious character when he's still the same as he's always been. The Arkham Knight being Jason Todd is the EXACT same thing as him being Redhood despite the whole he didn't actually die. If Rocksteady wanted Redhood in the game they could've make Damian the Arkham Knight, take out the tank bomb sidemission, and replace it with Batman and Redhood trying to take down Deathstroke.
if yours was in the game, you would've said it makes no sense not having Jason Todd as Arkham Knight.
@@alextorres4667 No I wouldn't
Damian would've made 0 sense. He wasn't even referenced until City when it could be assumed he was either never born, or he was a baby.
@@tezknowsball And Jason being the Knight does?
@@Whisper-md9hs At least he's actually a grown adult whereas Damian may not even fucking exist
"What can I say that hasn't been said already?"
*Says everything that's been said already*
Lol!
Yes, that's what "what can I say that hasn't been said already" means
That dude hated so much the game i think it was the best Batman game
@@marcelocv786 it's just his opinion
@@-Teague- there Is a difference beetwen disliking a game and Hating it
"and I'll save those hostages"
Two seconds later
"Aw shit, the hostages!"
“Nothing makes sense, everyone suddenly decides to act like a moron.”
Are you sure Netherrealm Studios didn’t write this game’s story?
I feel like Netherrealm’s writing is way better than Rocksteady’s after seeing MK 11 and MK 9.
@@lukethelegend9705 I would personally disagree, I cannot stand their writing.
Carlos D Rodriguez well, that’s just my opinion. I feel like MK is actually one of the better written fighting games out there, but I respect your opinion.
@@lukethelegend9705 It has the POTENTIAL to be the greatest. Fascinating characters, an expansive world, and tons of potential stories that could be told. For me however, ever since to the 2011 reboot I feel that potential has been thoroughly squandered (the older games, while better imo, didn't always capitalize on it either).
It's actually motivated me to write a novel of a fanfic about the series, so I definitely don't think MK's lore is bad by any means.
Carlos D Rodriguez good for you! I never said it was the greatest written, I feel like the best-written fighting game is probably killer instinct 2013.
When oracle says “kidnap me” I don’t know if she’s giving a threat or asking to be kidnapped and tortured again as it’s more interesting than the tank battles
*’If you don’t like the Batmobile, you better start liking the Batmobile.’*
-RussianBadger
I agree with the Batmobile being a little too central to the games events, but to say it nullifies all of the groundwork Batman does is simply untrue. Batman does just as much detective work in this game as others. Ultimately I enjoyed the game and it's story, probably one of my favorite games to this date. Who cares that they made Jason Todd the Arkham Knight? It was still a fun story and fun build up, not to mention having the Joker show up everywhere and giving Mark Hamill's commentary on everything. Come on, you CAN'T say that wasn't a great aspect of the game.
i agree an awesome game with a fitting end to the arkham games
Evonic If I can count the amount of pure detective sequences batman does with one hand in the main game then that's pathetic
Too few detective mode sequences and its not good enough, too many detective mode sequences and its too much. Apparently there is no middle ground with you.
Batman's image as an intelligent detective is completely crushed when you can demolish and blow up half the city and cause more destruction than the villains ever could.
Joker in anything is immediately amazing. At least if it's Mark Hamill
My dad's favorite Batman villain is The Riddler and his favorite iteration of Batman is Batfleck's, so those two skits you that you did made him laugh so hard that he literally ROFL'd. XD
If Batfleck was in this game, he'd have machine gunned Riddler and ran over his shredded corpse with the Batmobile
Evan Filarca hey evan, didnt know you watched GodzillaMendoza
+SolarDragon007 That's actually quite true.
Holy Shit, we need a Batfleck game where you can kill.
That sure as hell would be something.
But... Batman doesn't kill people.
Oh wait you mean Batfleck. Ok, but I doubt they'd do that.
With all the folk I hit in AK, I doubt Batman has no blood on his hands.
You need to make more comedy skits. The riddler one was hilarious. I lost it at Batman saying "Ah shit, the hostages!" XD
Shorty nah
@Shorty if some people liked it i think he should do them. Thats playing to your audience. Having said that i felt like cringy thinking about them doing the skit in public
Imagine if arkham knight: didnt have tank mode and a good story, bro we d have a masterpiece of a game
Also more fleshed out character arcs. I wish alot of the villains had a ending
@@alchemistofsteel8099 i wish a lot of the villains had a boss fight
4:00 lol FINALLY someone besides me noticed that spiderman 2 really started the combat system the arkham games use today.
Now that he mentioned it, yeah.
Yeah I noticed that too. But everyone only remembers Spider-Man 2 for the web swinging
ikr
It's not the same combat system. The only thing they have in common is the counter button. Spider-man 2 relies on combo-building and, if I'm being honest, feels stiff and unsatisfying and the Arkham combat relies on flow and jumping from enemy to enemy, which feels awesome. They are not the same combat just because they have a button that does the same thing. Is God of War combat the same as Souls combat just because they both have dodge buttons? If I was going to compare Arkham combat to anything, it would be either Prince of Persia: Warrior Within or Spider-man Web of Shadows. Spider-man 2 is nothing like it.
Dro'yla Jarhir The Feline Thief so the game plays you you don't play it?
"Naturally I sucked at this in the 4th grade."
I think I was like 6 or 7 and it took me so long to beat this game
Don l Mytherna the croc part scared the shit out of me and I haven't finished to this day
20:40 Did Nightwing just RKO Killer Crock? I don't remember doing that before, lol.
“If I was too positive, the review would sound biased and boring.”
*cough* Evan’s Spider-Man PS4 review *cough*
City is still the best and I hope the rumors that the quart of owls is the next villain in the new game this would be amazing hopefully it comes out
Hate to burst your bubble but batman will 100% not be their next title. Rocksteady are basically tired making batman games
This dude said "quart"
@Mr that's just your opinion man apparently it’s WB Montreal (guys who made AK origins) who are making the game and not Rocksteady
@@jarlbalgruuf7701 Are you really expecting a good batman game from WB Montreal? All their good at doing is copying Rocksteady, offering nothing new. We'll see though, I might be wrong
Nico Demaio I would like for the next Batman game just to be a batfamily game.
23:11
*Meanwhile at Insomniac.*
"I HAVE GREAT IDEA!"
Well the puzzles weren’t exactly a main part of the story.
@@chorles8365 I think that's a bit of an exaggeration but it is pretty good
They are honestly really hard
I love Arkham knight and although I wasn’t initially disappointed I prefer the story for city and rlly missed the boss battles. Tbh the batmobile might’ve been overused but I think they did use it less than the main combat mainly.
Honestly, if they simply hadn't made the Batmobile a literal tank, and just toned it down a bit, at least that aspect would have been better. Even in regards to other batmobile versions in the past, this was the most intense/overwhelming death machine I've ever seen in a Batman universe...and the Tumbler batmobile was literally an armored military vehicle so that's saying something.
An Arkham Knight reveiw
DO IT IN THE TANK!!!!!
lol
do. it. in. the. TANK!
He was recording the video in the tank.
Overall, I enjoyed Arkham Origins more than Knight. Don't get me wrong, AK was fun to play at times, but it's story was an overall disappointment. The batmobile was definitely overused and it's controls were shit. The Riddler challenges were stupid especially with the batmobile. The fact that the plot conveniently had all the citizens of Gotham evacuated just so the whole map looks more like a brighter Arkham City.... Lame! And of course the build up to the supposed rematch with Deathstroke ended up being ANOTHER tank battle which was exactly like the one we did with Arkham Knight in a previous mission before that. *smh*
Robby Bobby Yeah and then Deathstroke gets taken to the GCPD without fighting back. They made him into a bitch. I expected his fight with Jason Todd to be more climatic like in the movie.
Robby Bobby I thought I was the only person who enjoyed Arkham Origins then Knight.
The PlayStation Boy nope, Origins was way better
Robby Bobby the black mask is Joker twist was dumb but at least I genuinely didnt see it coming
Antonio Diavolo Agree
23:11 yeah in the movie studio mission where you have to type in a passcode from looking at a security camera if you get it wrong enough times then Batman will just rip the keypad out and puzzle solved
Arkham Asylum was inspired by Batman Begins game.
I love that game
I loved Batman Begins game. It was so good in its time.
@Froza Gamer That one had the best bosses in my opinion.
@Froza Gamer Hell yeah brother😎
@Froza Gamer Dang bro I'm laughing so hard my neck snapped like 8 times.
Wait.. Barb looked at Joker.. And Joker looked at her.. Then she looked at Bruce like.. " You don't see dat?"
By that logic BARB is dead..
Just like in Stranger Things...
Why must you bring Stanger Things into this.
@@gameree96 because he's a kid from the new generation who thinks he's funny
Why is the completely unexplained and random "Scarecrow eating shit" running gag so fucking hilarious?
The story felt so uninspired. Every time there's a "shocking" development to it, my reaction was just "ok". Then played on.
or maybe your jaded.
@@ericjohnson7234or maybe the story just isn’t good. The most shocking moment where they kill oracle they just go back on making it pointless and the revelation of the Arkham knight being Jason Todd is not only obvious but horribly developed to the point it has no impact. Nearly every major story beat is just poorly developed and or poorly written
The boss fights in this game were a big waste of potential and the batmobile was overused to a certain extent, but the combat, stealth and gameplay were executed pretty well. Mainly when you're not in the batmobile of course.
That real life riddler race track is where I died watching the video
[hits cone immediately] "Oh shit, the hostages!"
your opinion isn't as unpopular as you think here
You know what, after a few years after it came out. I was happy with the game, but it does has flaws in compression to city and asylum. Most of these were due to the batmoblie but oh well.
If they just made the antagonist Prometheus the whole story would have worked so much better
Jack Leskovac hell, even fucking ras al ghul would have been better
Really loved what you did with this Xaiver; teased us for it feels like months for a 52 minute review split into two episodes. This was fantastic!
Huh. Fun coincidence that the total time was 52 minutes. Fitting for a DC game.
***** definitely. Also, that purple eyeliner
Toxic Hazard I used the first thing I could find in my mom's makeup kit. It was also really hard to wipe it all off after filming. The behind the scenes video for that sketch is coming out soon on David's channel. You can watch me struggle with it there.
***** ah. Well i did the math, both videos combined were 52:02
I liked it. I just wish there was things to do after the story and the ability to play other characters in free roam.
Catwoman Agreed. Side missions get a bit boring and I wish two face had a longer story.
Grant Kelly they should’ve continued the rivalry between Catwoman and Two Face, better than that repetitive bank robbery mission, still fun tho
@@jacobvalerio5290 Those bank robberies were cool at first, but the final one where Two Face joins in was a huge let down. I ended up accidentally taking out Two Face by hacking the escalator, meaning to only take out one of his goons. I wanted to do something special with Two Face, or I thought he'd be a mini boss, but nope, the dude gets KO'd instantly. He was just another enemy NPC but with a different model and voice lines.
Roman Bellic the mission was fun, but I wish they could’ve done more with Two Face instead of having him be a side mission
I would have preferred Arkham city as the ending because joker dies and it explained everything. So many people died of
pigeon god ikr
Ebola
arkham knight is garbage
As a HUGE batman fanatic, I appreciate you bringing up the overall lameness of the BatTank. It wasn't fun after the 100th time requiring it and not being able to use 1989 batmobile through whole thing, or BTAS batmobile.
I’m years late but I’m finally getting to playing “Knight”. I miss Paul Dini. That is all. (Also Rocksteady way overestimated how fun they thought the Batmobile would be)
Some of the fighting was cool, but I hated having the use the Batmobile for everything. I would rather glide around the city like you could do in Asylum and City.
The main reason this games was so bad writing wise is asylum and city were written by legendary Batman writer Paul Dini and for knight rocksteady got a big head on there shoulders and decided they didn’t need him. He was never invited back even though he had this series planned as a trilogy since he finished asylum. It’s really sad cuz this was one of my favorite game series and not to mention I’m a huge Batman fan. It still makes me mad to this day we will never see dini’s original vision for how the trilogy would end. Changing major voice actors and drastic redesigns didn’t help either nor did removing boss fights almost all together. Gordon looked like he was 20 years younger than in asylum and city, scarecrow didn’t look or sound at all like the other games tbh origins felt more like it belonged than knight did. I personally think origins was one of the best entries. It certainly had the best character design of any of the games and best boss fights (my opinion of course) hopefully some day dini will share his plans for the 3rd game I’ve asked him twice at cons and once again when I was fortunate enough to speak to him on my podcast and he said he’s saving it Incase he decided to do a “what if book with his ending to the arkham series or just use it for a stand alone story”
Arkhaminmate0801 uh, Paul Dini said he didn’t want to write the third game.
@@ComicWriter-ml3qt you sure about that?
J Jaden yes. I remember that being the first thing about this game that I didn’t like. It literally made me worried for the story of the game. He said he was willing to help in any other way with the game however
@@ComicWriter-ml3qt lol because of him we never get too fight death stroke again
At least there is a reference to him ingame. Opening cutscene dinner is named Paulis Dinner
This was undoubtedly the best one combat wise
the batmobile should be used in combat only when fighting big bulky bosses ala bane, killer croc etc.
I agree with the majority of your points, however John Noble is a great Scarecrow imo. Anyways, Arkham Knight was just a cash grab for rocksteady. Soon as Paul Dini dropped out, it was doomed in terms of story
This review did make me take a new view on Arkham Knight and all of its flaws. And that Riddler parody with the bike was hilarious
Yea, its not as perfect as the first two original games, but it is still a solid game, imo, and is worth buying and playing through to gain the finale of the beloved series...
@@Luke-xi2pq Hear hear.
Game would have been great without the bat mobile and associated missions.
I'd disagree since the story was still really weak. If they didn't use the batmobile as much and worked the story to be a bit better the game would have worked
Batmobile should've just been the car, for chasing APCs and criminals with, and just as a mode of transportation.
Are any of you capable of criticizing anything else besides “hur dur batmobile”?
Batbike and batplane is more fun than driving a tank car
@@user-cm4op2kz3y i think the story was nice especially in the end but i didnt like the filler in the main story. it would ne nice but the story has to many fillers
I was always leaning towards hating the batmobile in this game but then when you had to fight deathstroke a master martial artist in a tank it drew the line it didnt help it got my hype up when deathstroke jumped out just to be punched in the face once by batman
0:06 what did he just say
AK was had several problems.
1) Plot-hole filled writing. This script was badly in need of Paul Dini to write it.
2) It relied far too much on the Batmobile which is sad because I really enjoyed it but it should have been used better.
3) The art-style and character designs being hyper realistic made this game lose its comic book charm to make it "grounded".
4) Despite being billed as the "final" _Arkham_ game, very few characters got a proper send-off that respected their history.
5) The Arkham Knight identity was way to predictable and really should have been his own character instead of *SPOILER*.
6) While the cinematography is beautiful, it does try too hard to be grand and epic instead of being fun and interesting.
just imagine an older Bruce Wayne before entering out of his prime kind of like the dark Knight returns this is the Bruce Wayne you have in this story before he starts to retire a little bit after his 39th Birthday. plus The tank battles were annoying but they kind of opened a better perspective of how batmans combat skills can be used in his plot agendas which is a huge 10+ compared to Asylum and City . Let's also forget how Azrael was one of the best side missions, let's also ignore that the fear toxin of scarecrow also had a sample of joker's blood and Titan he had stolen from Asylum and Origins. He also used the scarecrow toxin to become a smarter Batman in the future Batman went into retirement and he hid his identity.
wdcain1 I disagree with 3
I disagree with 3.
Shit was too goddamn shiny in that game tho. Everything looked really slimy and metallic in a really odd way. Especially the characters. It was just grose looking.
Totally agree the bat mobile is used way to much in the game
What’s worse the hush battle where you press one button and win or the slade battle where you fight a tank instead of slade
I’d say Slade, it’s almost like a 180 on the character. He went from a badass strategic fighter to a brute.
I love just how hard Rocksteady was trying to hide the fact that the AK was Jason. Lying before the game’s release, playing off everyone’s suspicions, even _having his reveal disable the built-in DVR systems for the Xbox and PlayStation._
I also love how much they try to make it so that it seems like Batman doesn’t kill.
For example, at the start of the game after you take out the Militia Vehicle (this can only be done on NG+ cuz you can’t access Battle Mode this early in NG) and push it into the water before the guy gets out, you get a game over because you killed someone.
You can get a game over on that?
@@panduvandal Yeah.
This has aged...oddly. All the complaints are still valid and yet seem almost petty by todays downward spiral of WB games.
Exactly
I honestly believe that this game is amazing because of its story. The gameplay can get repetitive with the Batmobile and the identity of the Arkham Knight everyone saw a mile away. The story slows down a lot because of the re-introduction of the Joker, but that was the point. The story was meant to close the relationship between Batman and the Joker. This game’s story has a deeper meaning to it that nobody seems to see
If that's what you think is deep. You haven't seen a lot of stories.
Arkham Knight made me appreciate Arkham Origins.
Collins Ongaya it wasn't bad but it could've been better
same. hated ao then ak came around
Ak is a good game. I dont care what anyone says
At least Origins had side missions that were worth a damn and actual boss fights unless you count the tank battles which I don't.
LMAO this shit is so corny...... ARKHAM KNIGHT is the best game next to CITY. stop being weirdos... or trying appeal to everyone with some "cool" opinion lmfao. only thing bad was the wack DLCsz.
Just a quick feedback on your statement on whether or not Rocksteady forgot about Warden Sharp being possessed in Arkham Asylum, it is actually explained in City that Strange was manipulating him through mind control tactics he obtained from Mad Hatter to convince him to give Strange more control over the prison system, you can find further details in the bio audio logs you obtain from doing the riddler trophies and collectibles.
I like how in the arkham games you can be as clever as you want while fighting mobs of people, specially in this one since there's a lot of weapons.
You don't have to resort to punches and kicks only.
I'm having dejavu...swear to God this had a different thumbnail and titles...
That is true
This guy, this is what keeps me from pulling the trigger... And the fact that I'm not suicidal.
yurbuitifulquack Suicide is no laughing matter...
just joke about stds, cancer, and abortion like everyone else.
Star Gazing Lunatic don't forget autism and homosexuality
Am i the only one who feels like this is Kevin Conroy's worst performance? He came off overly stoic and believe it or not overly Batman compared to Orgins where the weight of the world was on Batman and you felt it. In his animated performances he's a lot more subtle and conveys more emotion. In AK, from watching Barbara die to finding out about Jason Todd and dealing with the effects of the Toxin his reactions are really dry and flat, there's was no sense of stress, grief, anger or that he was being pushed to the edge, driving that tank all night must really calm him down
😂👏
You're the only one unless this community is even more hater filled than I realize
Wait, I thought Roger Clark Smith was the voice of Batman in Origins
@@Ramen_Zombie He is
I think what makes him almost emotionless is the fact of what’s going on in his head and what happened to joker. He feels guilt from it. I’d suggest watching Clownpuncher139’s one amazing scene video where joker says, “news flash! You killed me!” If you want to hear a better version of what I said.
if there was way less batmobile the tagline "be the batman" would actually mean something