Gotham Knights - open world action-RPG where Batman is dead

[Wirdschowerdn]

Reviews are out, and to nobody's surprise, the game is shit.

And why is this thread in the RPG section? Infinitron

 

[Zombra]

And why is this thread in the RPG section? Infinitron

The developers call it an ARPG. Since 'what is RPG' is an unanswerable question, the Codex staff official position is that if the developers call something an RPG, it gets filed as an RPG.

So the question becomes, why did the developers call this an RPG? The obvious answer is that there is levelling and numbers going up.

 

[Great Deceiver]

Snowflake devs are incompetent and don't know what optimization means? I'm thoroughly shocked

 

[LarryTyphoid]

For some reason, I was under the impression that Rocksteady were developing this game. But it's actually WB themselves? Kek. Another Arkham Origins situation. It's funny how absolutely nobody was hyped for this game before it came out and there was nothing but pessimism, despite it being the follow-up to the beloved Arkham series. I guess I know why now.

 

[Silentstorm]

I will say this, i loved the Arkham games(well, issues with Joker overuse and Batmobile aside) but this never struck me as good or interesting, and i do like the Batfamily, hell, my main complaint was that Batfamily members are still missing because Batman has been that overdone...and yet this game slipped my mind so much i was honestly shocked seeing reviews and people saying it came out today...seriously?

I was still under the impression it would take a while longer...but i care so little about the game i never paid attention to the release date, everything about it just made me want Rocksteady to be the ones making it instead...and i know they are doing a Suicide Squad game which is...ehhh, i know they got a movie but if they were to do a game about DC characters that aren't related to Batman, i would have preferred to see them try with superpowered heroes or villains, as the Suicide Squad playable characters are people that are mostly like Batman, just some people with gadgets aside from King Shark who is mostly just a brute character anyways...seems like a bit of a waste and just a way to re-use what they did with Batman for the most part.

 

[racofer]

Even a 4090 cannot hold 60 fps at 1080p:

https://wccftech.com/gotham-knights...rmance-ray-tracing-features-across-the-board/



And it also looks like shit compared to 7 years old Arkham Knight, which requires 1/10 of the hardware power to run:



And here is a clue as to why this game is the way it is:

Spoiler

 

[Great Deceiver]

For some reason, I was under the impression that Rocksteady were developing this game. But it's actually WB themselves? Kek. Another Arkham Origins situation. It's funny how absolutely nobody was hyped for this game before it came out and there was nothing but pessimism, despite it being the follow-up to the beloved Arkham series. I guess I know why now.

Rocksteady's upcoming game is Suicide Squad:



Will probably be shit too, but maybe a little less shit than this.

 

[HereticGuy]

For some reason, I was under the impression that Rocksteady were developing this game. But it's actually WB themselves? Kek. Another Arkham Origins situation. It's funny how absolutely nobody was hyped for this game before it came out and there was nothing but pessimism, despite it being the follow-up to the beloved Arkham series. I guess I know why now.

Rocksteady's upcoming game is Suicide Squad:



Will probably be shit too, but maybe a little less shit than this.

All these witty dialogues, overly vivid colors, vomitting effects and superheroes...

 

[Dexter]

Guess this seems like another incoming trash-fire on the level of Saint's Row Reboot that not even the "Gaming Press" can gloss over?: https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/gotham-knights

Although not entirely surprising, because even with Arkham: Origins you could see this was a B-studio that just borrowed a lot of the good stuff from RockSteady, but were less than capable of doing their own: https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/batman-arkham-knight-back-on-steam.90253/page-41#post-4700636
https://rpgcodex.net/forums/threads/the-goddamn-batman-arkham-origins.82064/page-10#post-3028901

Spoiler

At least they seem to have paid attention to the important parts of game development:

 

[Lhynn]

Not even going to bother pirating it.

 

[Fargus]

Pozzed, monkeycoded capeshit goyslop. Truly a pinnacle of modern gayming.

 

[rusty_shackleford]

you guys think the saudi arabia edition will have an english mode?

 

[fizzelopeguss]

Loot and healthbars... Developers make me sick.

 

[Inhabitants of Khorinis]

From what I've seen, Origins is a masterpiece compared to this.

 

[kangaxx]

The wholesale rape of gaming continues apace.

And now back to playing SS2.

 

[Jermu]

ign gave this 5/10 which is same as Elex so this has GOTY potential

 

[Infinitron]

Well, this is out:

 

[racofer]

They don't call him Dick for no reason.

 

[Silentstorm]

I thought it was because he can apparently be a real jerk or a cheater, like I heard about the time he was going to marry Starfire so he went to invite Barbara who didn't know he was dating anyone, asked if they could get back together, so he slept with her and Then invited her to his wedding.

Wonder if that gets mentioned in the game.

 

[Lambach]

Why do multi-billion dollar corporations keep doing this to themselves over and over again? Is Larry Fink already the undisputed ruler of Earth and everything in it?

 

[kites]

Game looks boring as hell, but it does seem strange how much hate was piled on immediately

Maybe I’ll try Asylum for a playable popcorn bat men series

 

[Zombra]

Game looks boring as hell, but it does seem strange how much hate was piled on immediately

You haven't been reading this thread for the last 2 years I guess.

 

[Morality Games]

Who is voicing the Penguin? It sounds very familiar.


EDIT: Of course. It's Adam Jensen's voice actor.

 

[anvi]

I think that purple is so popular because it's a blending of baby boy blue, and little girl pink. It is no coincidence Warner Brothers use it in their logo and it's all over this game. Purple = gender fluid. That's what AAA gaming is all about now.

 

[Contagium]

Graphics? I'm glad I just play Vogelware over and over again

 

[Dodo1610]

Can't says I fully understand the 5/10 scores, I am having a lot of fun at least. The best part is definitely the heroes and their interactions. The whole game is very much built around fanservice for long-time DC fans.
But I would really not recommend it at full price even if you are a hardcore Batman fanboy. In the end, it's a decent open-world game with some of my favourite Batman characters. I just wish it was more polished: Raytracing is completely broken and utterly kills your performance for very little visual gain. Though I am getting 60+FPS all the time with a 3060TI so without Raytracing at least and enemies clipping too often in objects that kind of thing.