I don't think I will struggle to fill the character quota on this one so here goes...
This game doesn't follow the same cannon as the Arkham series but it is most certainly in its shadow, the pre release footage and gameplay displays made this look very promising and I was looking forward to playing a sidekick (having always preferred Robin to Batman growing up) in summary I was optimistic I even pre-ordered!
Now having played it for over 15hours now, I feel compelled to review. I simply hate this game, if dc ran a vote to have this game live on or be bludgeoned to death by the joker I'd be voting by phone mail and app to ensure this would be beaten to a pulp.
The simplest mechanics suck, you can jump around like a loon but if there's a credit card on the floor you will hit that gigantic barrier instead of jump over it and don't you dare try and climb a wall you're next to you want a couple steps first, there's no block for combat so when you dodge sometimes your character will just decide to stay put and take damage, the same weirdness happens with the animation for grab attacks, if an enemy swings for you whilst you grab attack they can hit thin air and damage you
The vehicles feel slow and awful playing as knightwing I find he can at times let go of the glider which has been great when travelling over water you can't swim in, there aren't riddler trophy's which would be a plus but they give you more things to grind and find which almost add upto the same total, which is too much personally plus they add character challenges to keep you grinding to see what you'll get besides xp
The graphics considering they're "next gen" are not very well utilised and I would say Arkham knight still takes the crown in this category!
I will still play this game to see how the story goes but once I'm done like this review I won't be revisiting it. Don't make the same mistake either don't buy it or wait for a massive discount if you can't resist the dc universe.
This game doesn't follow the same cannon as the Arkham series but it is most certainly in its shadow, the pre release footage and gameplay displays made this look very promising and I was looking forward to playing a sidekick (having always preferred Robin to Batman growing up) in summary I was optimistic I even pre-ordered!
Now having played it for over 15hours now, I feel compelled to review. I simply hate this game, if dc ran a vote to have this game live on or be bludgeoned to death by the joker I'd be voting by phone mail and app to ensure this would be beaten to a pulp.
The simplest mechanics suck, you can jump around like a loon but if there's a credit card on the floor you will hit that gigantic barrier instead of jump over it and don't you dare try and climb a wall you're next to you want a couple steps first, there's no block for combat so when you dodge sometimes your character will just decide to stay put and take damage, the same weirdness happens with the animation for grab attacks, if an enemy swings for you whilst you grab attack they can hit thin air and damage you
The vehicles feel slow and awful playing as knightwing I find he can at times let go of the glider which has been great when travelling over water you can't swim in, there aren't riddler trophy's which would be a plus but they give you more things to grind and find which almost add upto the same total, which is too much personally plus they add character challenges to keep you grinding to see what you'll get besides xp
The graphics considering they're "next gen" are not very well utilised and I would say Arkham knight still takes the crown in this category!
I will still play this game to see how the story goes but once I'm done like this review I won't be revisiting it. Don't make the same mistake either don't buy it or wait for a massive discount if you can't resist the dc universe.