Batman Arkham Knight Review - Worth a Buy?

Batman™: Arkham Knight brings the award-winning Arkham trilogy from Rocksteady Studios to its epic conclusion. Developed exclusively for New-Gen platforms, Batman: Arkham Knight introduces Rocksteady's uniquely designed version of the Batmobile. The highly anticipated addition of this legendary vehicle, combined with the acclaimed gameplay of the Arkham series, offers gamers the ultimate and complete Batman experience as they tear through the streets and soar across the skyline of the entirety of Gotham City. In this explosive finale, Batman faces the ultimate threat against the city that he is sworn to protect, as Scarecrow returns to unite the super criminals of Gotham and destroy the Batman forever. - But is it Worth a Buy?
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[@ValravnPrince]

I demand 'daft fucking rabbit' in more reviews. It's all well and good Mack giving these honest reviews, but the kids need someone to relate to and I think 'daft fucking rabbit' is the hero they deserve.

[@number4497]

But not the hero they want

[@Bunkerknacker_Retro-Nostalgie]

Noah Klein It's the hero they get. End of story.

[@TheNRicciardi]

Agreed!!!!

[@kaushikn9345]

Spectre v13 Moar Rabbit!!!!!!

[@RubberStig]

Spectre v13 I agree entirely - I found the rabbit's point of view on the gameplay most illuminating

[@ItsWarriorheart]

Heard it has a terrible port, come here early, fast forward to the verdict( 14:07 )... "if you like movies its worth a buy, if you like gaming... fuck off" thats pretty much a shortened version of the review

[@bombaya85]

Warriorheart Fuck off you little bitch. Don`t ever tell anyone what they should do.

[@ItsWarriorheart]

Nasty McJackass what lol?

[@kevinwilson455]

Nasty McJackass you should be called Nasty Mcfornoreason

[@L2Nuku]

Warriorheart i think he missed the point of your comment lol

[@ItsWarriorheart]

***** yea lol

[@WorthABuyreviews]

Over 6000 negative reviews on steam, clearly this is terrible publicity for the game, I mean no one is ever going to buy this in the coming months if they check the steam reviews or thumbs. If only there was a way to get rid of these reviews, like removing the game from steam for a few days..... Got to love PR departments, re-launching the game with a clean slate, call me cynical but this is my take on the situation.

[@bendunne5529]

Worth A Buy It's not being released on Steam again until Autumn. I think it will be ok by then. Still shouldn't have happened in the first place.

[@dstutz]

Ben Dunne Where do you see the figure about it being delayed until Autumn?

[@BrotherO4]

Worth A Buy Worth a Buy, you need to remove this review because.... you cant even buy it on PC anymore well just like you do with the Alpha games will you do a Return after the Final release of batman? XD

[@AntonChigurh-]

You do understand that all those reviews are about the terrible port, right? People actually love this game, a lot. Let's imagine for 2 minutes that this was an amazing port, the amount of positive reviews this would get would be insane.

[@TheDvd3000]

Worth A Buy now there's 9k negative

[@WorthABuyreviews]

Good news, I got a full refund from GMG :)

[@maxmckinnon1709]

Brace yourself Mack the fanboys of the Arkham series ruthless

[@necropig]

Worth A Buy Jim sterling gave this game 5/10 xD

[@extremepostyo5242]

Worth A Buy Great news, spend it on something worth while

[@the_subi]

Worth A Buy Still waiting for my money from damn steam. is there a way to make it faster?

[@bruceelliot9856]

Worth A Buy Use that money to buy another shite game Mack, then request refund again. lol.

[@BrokenToe]

"It's about as difficult as putting on a hat." Love it.

[@jessiewynnyk6000]

"MOM! Mom! I'm kicking their asses!! Look!" ding ding** ahaha this is too good

[@arrowgunt]

The bunny was funny as shit hahahahaha Great video!

[@Steakhouses]

I love the rabbit. :)

[@Axess-sv8nq]

Someone described the Batmobile's handling to me in this game once: "It's like riding a unicycle over ice that's been coated in oil."

[@bugaj187]

Batman Arkham Unity 2.0

[@ATLEAGLE579]

Dollar Junior perfect

[@michaelshoemar7953]

You haven't even played the game

[@bugaj187]

Michael Shoemar How do you know?

[@michaelshoemar7953]

Dollar Junior because i can tell. so dont hide it.

[@bugaj187]

Michael Shoemar Sure pal.

[@xavierpera8325]

I love this game, But i died of laughter lol. You're my favorite youtuber

[@jakub_paints6775]

The part with that rabbit :D so hilarious :D

[@Tunainthebrine79]

The game is definitely worth a buy. But the Batmobile gameplay, which makes up nearly 40% of forced gameplay, makes me want to burn my retinas. That and the terrible fps would be my only complaints.

[@baziztsahy3927]

The part with the bunny just killed me on the spot! And to think all the big reviewers gave this game a close 10/10.

[@necropig]

This review was pure rabbit

[@mud2479]

I just keep visiting this video every now and then for a good laugh =)

[@fwwaller]

Sorry but you're dead wrong about the combat. Yeah when the game starts you could just mash X and win, but it's not encouraged since you'll get a super small amount of XP, but around the midpoint of the game, go into a battle with a couple brutes, guys with shields or stun sticks, guys with electrified suits, or guys with guns, and see how long you last just by spamming the punch button.

[@kevinwilson455]

I could never get into these games but I only played the first game for the same amount of time as you played this. I thought the combat was shit then but I heard from a few people that the combat was a benchmark in gaming...........I must have missed something That guest appearance from Rabbit was funny as f***! I think you should bring him in more often to wail on that bell with his forehead lol only for the worst games though

[@RAYGUNNOOB1]

I personally love the first two games and origins was meh but I was anticipated for arkhum knight but I was dought full and gladly I was but my friend Chad preorder the co lector edition for $120 and I asked him why and he said cause he's a massive fan and I am to but it's not worth it and he said he spent nearly $300 on the entire series.

[@paradoxacres1063]

GTA games are about stealing cars and running over hookers with said cars. Red Dead Redemption is about riding horses through the Wild West. (If your horse dies, just keep whistling till a new horse appears out of thin air.) Arkham games are about zipping through the air as the psycho billionaire who dresses up in a latex Bat suit. Skyrim was about getting attacked by villagers for killing a chicken. *None* of these games require skill, but..it's OK because they're a lot of fun. Mindless fun, sure, but fun is fun. At least with the Arkham games, you're not changing between controller & K+M every few minutes like you do in GTA 5 (PC).

[@kevinwilson455]

I'm not saying the game is bad, I just didn't enjoy the combat as much as everyone else seemed to. The feel of the game in general was good and I enjoyed the stealth side of the game and the gadgets. It just wasn't as good to me as the combat seemed childish. I personally like timing blocks based on watching the animations of the thing attacking you rather than a glowing beacon above the enemy. it is stupid and childish to me and I don't like it. I could probably pick up the game again, play through the story and enjoy it but the only point I made was about the combat which sucked Imo.

[@paradoxacres1063]

Kevin Wilson Sure, that's fair. It's just that Arkham's combat is really no less stupid than a lot of AAA games. That's all I'm saying. Also, Dark Souls has _great_ combat mechanics but we all know how Mack feels about those games ;)

[@kevinwilson455]

Paradox Acres Yeah you're right. I mean, I could see mack hating TLOU because melee is just spam square until it hits an animation and it's more about the story and setting. The controls would be worse than witcher to him as it's slow and based on real life as in how your character moves and the speed etc. I will admit my opinion is based on 1 play session at a friends house and I wasn't in the mood. could be that but I haven't played enough of the games to know enemy types later in games, tactics and all that other stuff. I'll see if I can pick it up for the ps3 or 360 and play it again some time as lots of people seem to like the story and I can overlook combat if the story and other things are good

[@WhackoMacko]

I came here for the review, I stayed here for the rabbit.

[@crono3015]

Wow, did you even bring up the usage of stealth? Because it sounds like you just went about beating everyone up. "Thank you for making this review, for I am someone who can't make up their own opinion without watching a review such as this to give me one." -Like, 70% of this comment section. Anyway,it's not that bad of a game. The Hard difficulty makes the game more challenging. The Batmobile sucks ass, though. Like, it looks cool, but I don't like driving in it. The missions related to using the Batmobile also suck. Because they're the same thing over and over. The combat is enjoyable and simplistic. There's nothing wrong with simple gameplay. You want something with more strategy, then I recommend a game like Fire Emblem or Tactics Ogre: LUCT. I like Arkham City much more.

[@Craftypiston]

Classic worth a buy :D

[@thefauvel7558]

Craftypiston Worth a Buy at it`s best. I love it

[@DropTheMike53]

I bought it yesterday and played it for hours. I finally beat the campaign and it is amazing. It couldn't be better. I fully put my vote to buying it.

[@CookbookAdventures]

My favorite bell ringing insane review! Love it .. keep it up Mac! When you ring the bell and go nuts I crack up, it never fails. Your timing is perfect. Thanks again.

[@michaelferrara1082]

Hahahahahahahahahahaha the rabbit is awesome!!!

[@DatGamingKid1]

4:56, wrong actually i placed it where the edge of the wall is and i drove over it...

[@justinnyugen7015]

Nice review! I completely agree that combat can be a bit spamtastic (especially with just a group of melee enemies), but with the more elaborate armed opponent encounters, spamming X usually doesn't work all that well. I found that stealth takedowns were extremely satisfying, especially if you clear an entire room undetected. Also for the ramp you could just scoot it back to where it touches the ledge your car is on so it's not dangling in the middle of the gap XD I'm sure you figured it out eventually though

[@ProSurviver]

The rabbit reviewer needs its own channel.

[@richgannon6897]

why do they keep making these easy games for toddlers

[@RedX165]

Rich Gannon The more easier the game the more people will buy it. Then means they get more money. Sadly the days of challenging gameplay is over. Be prepared for all games to hold your hand though out the game.

[@darkeagle-lm4th]

Rich Gannon it wants u to feel like batman

[@yerrr873]

Well u can choose difficulty

[@iquestioneverything3426]

Because console thats why

[@darkeagle-lm4th]

Nicko Bagaskara nope

[@bzsgzs]

I just found my favorite reviewer.

[@civilwarfare101]

I'm not the biggest fan of the Arkham combat but it isn't THAT terrible. Sure you can spam the attack and counter buttons on a small group of enemies but if it's a large group and especially when there is multiple enemy types you are going to have to use different tactics.

[@justinyoung4645]

I usually agree with Mack, but it's up to the player to how in depth you go with the combat there's lots of stuff to use in fights.

[@morganknight830]

It seems as though not only do the developers not care about the quality of the port to pc (re: the 30 fps lock), they don't even do the porting themselves. This is what one developer had to say. "This is something that Rocksteady takes very seriously. We are working closely with our external PC development partner to make sure these issues get resolved as quickly as possible." The fact that there is an "external PC development partner" makes me wonder how seriously any AAA developers take PC gaming. I'm envisioning a meeting in some board room in which some corporate types decide they are only going to target sales from consoles. So for the pc, they outsource the porting of the game to whomever will do it the cheapest, collect whatever side money they can from it and decide that's a good enough bonus. Bottom line is I wouldn't look for a AAA developer to make a quality console port in the future if the PC gaming community continues getting marginalized like this.

[@Cho0segoose]

the PC version is currently shit......DONT BUY THE GAME, it is not worth it atm

[@danielcuckler2743]

Death threats over a video game? R u being serious? People arent allowed to have an opinion? Come on guys, get a life

[@perryplayz]

Hey Mack, could i use the daft little rabbit scene in one of my future videos (i'm planning to make a little fun out of Ryse: Sone of Romes gameplay)? I'll be sure to give you proper credit in the description, a link to this video during your scene and maybe one in the credits as well. It would be much appreciated :)

[@LateNightHalo]

I agree.. the combat system is very easy, it masks how shallow it is by hiding behind fancy kicks and punches

[@DanielTejnicky]

"I'm never gonna play anything WB ever again" you said after Shadow of Mordor =D

[@DjangoFett33]

The game is so broken right now, now we have to wait till patches have cleaned up this mess.

[@nuitekoha2269]

Hey Mack! By any chance are you using the Qosmio X75??

[@DrBob370]

What difficulty were you playing witcher 3 on? Not death march I'm pretty sure.

[@Kenlaboss.]

I always saw this series as interactive movies because of the "spam x" tendency.

[@vinofiloblado1618]

I respect your opinions and all, but you did get some really big facts wrong: Spoiler warning about the enemy classes that you'll meet later in the game by the way. About the combat and spamming "X" to win every fight: that does not work at all when fighting groups with other enemies than the normal unarmed ones while playing on hard mode. I'm not sure if it even works when I'm actually only fighting those enemies, I haven't tried. To me, the combat was far from a spamfest. Really, nothing of what you said about the combat was true to me, except that I didn't have to face the enemies to counter them. But that's just good game design/common sense (in my opinion), since countering more than one enemy at the same time would have been insanely difficult in huge fights with like 20 enemies, and there are in fact harder enemies with knives that you have to push your left stick away from to dodge. And again: "Spamfest"? What? As I said, the game was to me not a spamfest at all. There was A LOT of different enemies are defeated in multiple ways, including electrified guys that I had to flee from and I think use the batclaw to somehow take away their electricity (not to sure about that one), other guys with electrified staffs or something that I had to shoot with an electrified charge to neutralize their weapons, huge guys I had to stun too damage, people with shields I had to stun and jump on, medics that could revive fallen enemies and many more. I guess it was unnecessary to give these many examples, but whatever. And all these examples were just the things that was necessary to even beat the enemies. There was also moves that could make the combat easier, or I must admit - most of the time just cooler. Like pressing "B" three times to launch them in the air and then kick them away. That didn't even KO them, it just looked cool. And at 8:46... How much of this game did you play!? And at what difficulty? According to 2:08 you consider yourself a player that likes experiences that requires skill. That must mean you played it on the highest possible difficulty, right? Since if you didn't to begin it, you must have set it to that after you found it to easy. Then, if you played on the highest difficulty, just to be clear, you even found that to easy? 'Cause that's pretty MLG-hardcore-sponsoredbydoritos-whatever-pro. And about this part: 11:26. I don't know, but I felt like pretty much every one that was close enough to me attacked me, and there was definitely never just one guy attacking, if there wasn't - well - just one guy left. This is a very small thing, but you said that you saw a lot of half-naked women? Either you've really got an eye for that stuff or I'm blind to it, because the only one I saw was Poison Ivy. Not really anything that matters too much, or at least shouldn't to non-perverted gamers. Okay, these things above were mostly facts. Here's some opinions I don't agree with and other stuff: You complained about the game being to easy, but I see you getting hit by charging guys and miss counters even when the game is in slow motion (7:47 until 8:25). I know it's often stupid and irrelevant to complain about a critics skill at a game, but I find it very ironic that you - at least seem to - not be very good at it yourself when you call the combat system "catered for 3-year olds". You may have had a reason for these things, but I just felt like it was worth mentioning. And how the fuck can you call this an "interactive movie"... Just... What the fuck? It's like 95% pure gameplay, and 5% cutscenes. That's just a guess btw, don't quote me on that. Anyway, if this is an interactive movie, pretty much every game ever even close to being partly cinematic and relying on story that moves forward due to cutscenes and dialog must be considered an "interactive movie". The CoD-franchise (singleplayer), the Battlefield-franchise (singleplayer), the Gears of War-trilogy (and Judgement, I guess), the Witcher-trilogy , Wolfenstein: The New Order, and many many more. Can you please explain that part? I really, really don't get what you mean. About these so-called "mini games" you complained about, I personally thought they added some variety and kind of enjoyed them. I don't really see the problem with them anyway. And about "everybody could play it". Again, what difficulty did you actually play on? Because to me it was fairly hard on the "Hard" difficulty, and it does also have a New Game + mode which should make it even harder. I'd also like to know how far you got. Did you play through the whole game, or at least half of it? SOME PRETTY SLIGHT SPOILERS ABOUT GAMPLAY-RELATED STUFF IN THE END AHEAD: The last fight with the Batmobile was pretty hard, and the enemies I fought on the roof was also fairly difficult, when like every class was present. And I don't really consider myself bad at these kind of games. To me, this game was harder than Batman: Arkham City. The stealth sections did also require quite a bit of skill. SPOILERS ENDED I just want to mention that I'm not focusing on defending this game. I'm just correcting you and asking things. And well, I guess I'm partly defending it because I think you're very, very unfair to it, but I did not like it that much personally. I bought it to PC, and the city was impossible to drive/glide around in due to the framerate that sometimes dropped down to like 5FPS and the stuttering. I have a R9 290 and should really be able to run it. But I think the gameplay was pretty decent and I kinda enjoyed the story, but the game didn't work properly. I'm also not to sure if it's right to call this a review. It's more like a first look or something, considering your playtime. I guess there's no real definition of either, but to me this feels like first look. About your performance issues - I guess you already know this but just in case - the game's recommended GPU is, according to the Steam page a "Nvidia Geforce GTX 760, 3gb Recommended". 3gb sounds completely unreasonable, especially since this game's textures aren't even that good. Seems really poorly optimized. According to your "About"-page on KZbin you have a GTX 770 with 2gb VRAM, so I guess the VRAM is the problem. The fact that you can't run this game any higher than on the lower settings on 30FPS is just ridiculous. I hope it will get fixed and better optimization in the upcoming patches. Also, another interesting thing is how different your audience is to Gamespot's. When someone there gave it a 7/10 because the Batmobile was used to much, many people kinda threated to kill him/rape his mom/whatever there. Here, when you completely crush it on many invalid arguments and false accusations, you're audience is fine with it. I guess that's a good thing compared to Gamespot's.

[@vinofiloblado1618]

kazkilla I managed to beat them without that happening, but I'm not sure how. The electric staffs that the electric guys had could be momentarily disabled by using the batclaw, if you didn't know. I learnt it by spamming ;)

[@yeti9254]

Mack, the 770 is no longer state of the art, man. I here you mention this in a lot of videos, though I can't mention them of the top of my head. I have a 980 and (even though the car was released almost 1 year ago), I also have to tune down settings! Be realistic and understand that technology is never going to be state of the art for longer than 5 seconds after release.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

Ameer Mahmood I don't mention it to brag, I mention it so that people thinking about buying the game can see the performance on my PC. If they don't know my GPU and CPU how can they judge the performance. My rig is pretty mid range spec so it's perfect for gaming as most people have similar.

[@averagebxngfan4529]

Worth A Buy respect your point of view but last time I almost listen to you on the Witcher 3 I almost missed out on one of the best games I have ever played. I don't know how you get all these problems on these fukken expensive pc the shit runs perfectly on my console. What kind of games are you into I'm curious to know since you hate the potential goty games?

[@WorthABuyreviews]

Abraham Lopez I like games where I feel like I am doing all the work, not stuff like this where you are along for the ride. FC3 is a great example, I loved it because I could do WTF I wanted, how I wanted, when I wanted and the game never held my hand or auto aimed for me or faced enemies for me. I love strategy games, space game FPS games, anything that requires some skill and immersion.

[@thefauvel7558]

Ameer Mahmood Not sure if joking or just blatantly idiot.

[@yeti9254]

***** I feel you, man. I respect your opinion but I also feel as if you are undermining the idea of graphic scaling. Some games, when ported to the PC, are ported with higher res textures, meshes and so on and hence tax a PC more than they tax their console counterpart. I haven't played this game, so I can't say if that's the case with this game or if this game has actually got horrible optimisation and is rendering objects the player can't see lol. Either case, I don't think I actually should have commented on this issue. +CaesarGamer You need to relax, little man. A 770 is now old news. I say this fully aware of the rig that I built a few months ago, costing me over a thousand pounds, now being old news also. This is just the way the annoying cookie crumbles. +Worth A Buy Mack, I still love you and enjoy your streams. Please don't feel as if I though you were bragging. I was under the impression you thought your hardware should be able to max games that have been released YEARS later.

[@DarthValdus]

Wait, what the hell were you doing with the ramp though? You're supposed to put it on the ground hahahaha.

[@martinarnold5239]

You really missed the point of the combat system

[@WorthABuyreviews]

G. Whistler No I think the point of the gaming system is to make sure 5yr olds can play the game and feel awesome when they pwn a group of enemies.

[@martinarnold5239]

Worth A Buy I've no idea what that even means. You won't win the combat in these games by mashing the x button. Not every mob can be hit that way, for starters. You also ignored the most important aspect of combat which is to chain hits in an unbroken combo which means using the counter button as well as knowing what attack to use. To argue that batman's system is simple is to misunderstand it completely. Not liking it is entirely fine, that's your prerogative and i agree the Batmobile stuff looks like bollocks, but if it's at all like the other games (not Origins which was shit) then it does require skill and an understanding of how each mob works. Some fire guns, some can't be punched, etc. Also he's Batman, he's supposed to be able to deal with attackers while his back is turned. Why that would be a problem I/m not sure. if you don't like the flashing icons that appear above the heads of mobs (used to time counters, representing batman's skill at combat) then turn them off.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

G. Whistler How about 7:57 when Batman picks up the box and throws it at a guy even though I did not want it to happen, then a few seconds later Batman rushes a guy who is not even visible on my screen, the game does it all for you, total bullshit for children imo

[@martinarnold5239]

Are you saying that Batman, the character you control, just picks up stuff and throws it without your input? Either that's a weird bug on the pc version, or you mashing buttons so much meant you picked it up without thinking. You're the player, the character isn't going to do anything without you pressing the button. Or perhaps the Joker lives inside your computer and is secretly controlling him. I don't know. What i do know is that you really don't get how the combat system works. The inputs are meant to be simple, what's wrong with that? You want a different button for every limb and gadget or something? You have yet to progress beyond 4 hours so you probably haven't unlocked all the gadgets and upgrades that he can use.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

G. Whistler What am saying is that "Attack" button is just a fast track way to a whole load of attacks that you don't even control, such as a punch, kick, pick up a box, throw box etc Gaming for children. If this were a proper game punch, kick, pick up object, throw object would all be different buttons and none of them would work unless you were in the correct position to execute the move, for example within punching distance while facing a bad guy. You can't defend this watered down combat, it's like this by design to allow kids to play the game and look cool.

[@SarkTheShark94]

Greatest review I have seen, so real and honest.

[@MrBean8100]

You can't spam X all the time and win the fight. If you played more of the game you would see that. There are shield guys you can't hit, there are stun stick guys you can't hit, there are brutes you can't hit. Come on Mack, a little patience, you make it sound like one can spam X and win every fight, you can't.

[@christianjudeduran6994]

I know and I've never finished the 7th challenge of Riddler in Batman Arkham, it took me an hour and a half to give up on that shit after a thousand times of trying

[@MR3DDev]

Saw this vid on your channel and knew you were gonna rip it to shreds. Mack never dissapoints

[@roryduggan3931]

I think you're wrong about the combat. It become progressively more complex when different enemies are introduced. As well as this you neglected to mention the predator gameplay, one of the best aspects of the game

[@mitchellbaran7917]

When it works, yes... which it never did on PC XP

[@RebelSoulCSA318]

Yous rabbit more XD loved it

[@RyanCreatesThings]

>yous

[@RebelSoulCSA318]

That's what i seid .

[@ZephKin]

BefitJam *use, *said

[@RebelSoulCSA318]

ok . no one cares .

[@Robin-wn1cw]

I really like how you kinda reviewd both sides of the game. The combat is not much fun but it intended to be an interactive story. I personally only like an interactive story if the combat is at least a little more than pressing 2 buttons, but there are people that do like that. Your reviews just keep getting better and better ;)

[@randomviewer896]

How much of the game is quick-time events?

[@Cryish90]

Oh...! Hahha the Rabbit is so cute. You made the rabbit look like it was alive, you did very well, I loved it. Can you do more Rabbit or other annimals that ring the BELL? I really loved it.

[@FG-td4vs]

I broke my controller spamming X should I sue rocksteady?

[@RAYGUNNOOB1]

No sue warner brothers there lawyers are all braindead from all the heroin they just finished doing

[@darkeagle-lm4th]

swagatron the jew i should sue you for your shitty unfunny comment

[@FG-td4vs]

darkeagle 6755 Wow your a bad ass, can i have your autograph please?

[@thomedwards8186]

The combat gets harder as you get further through the game and meet new enemies. Keep up the great vids!

[@mwidenst]

I do like the Rocksteady Batman games, for the very reason you point out Mack, being an interactive movie. The combat has never been great, but being able to roleplay as Batman is big for me. I do agree with you 100% by the way. My main issue with this game is the way the PC version has been treated. Bad optimization (or lack of), 30 fps lock, and various crashes. And asking so much freaking money for the season pass. How was this game even allowed to be released? Oh hang on, wanting to make huge amounts of cash at our expense.

[@samgreatorex7007]

i literally love this game so much

[@tgg213]

The combat is perfect WTF

[@JamesTheEdge14]

I was gonna go to bed, then i seen this in my sub box, love your opinions Mack, best reviewer on YT!

[@C00lBeanz95]

for some reason i get 30 fps on max settings and i got gtx 780 but the texture resolution is locked on normal with gameworks completely on. but if i unlocked 60fps i start getting 10 to 20 fps. they need to fix this. also i got the game off of g2a.com for $30 dollar with season pass but you can get the quinn dlc for the same price

[@sydneyclarysse3053]

I laughed so hard when he was trying to do the ramp at Ace Chemicals. Who the hell would think that the way he was doing it would work?

[@WorthABuyreviews]

Sydney Clarysse I lowered it about 1 more inch and it worked like a dream, can't believe you thought that it would not work, it's so obvious that you can drive off the ledge, hit the ramp and clear the jump, worked like a charm second time.

[@spanielgita]

Ps are you looking forward to fallout 4? I am wetting my cottons at the idea of it. Have you seen the press release? Looks amazing. Loved fallout 3.

[@mattmordey7602]

He's gonna hate it, purely due to the 30fps lock. Nothing but that.

[@CDelasaux]

Matthew Mordey PC version won't be locked, only consoles. Confirmed by Todd 2 days ago.

[@Mrdude2579]

Matthew Mordey It's not locked at 30.

[@mattmordey7602]

Oh right, my bad. I was told everything was at 30, sorry!

[@AstralFrost]

Can anyone tell me if I can get 30fps in this game at low with a 270x/6300/8GB?

[@pabsz5903]

Combat in Asylum and City were pretty good so if its anything like them it's probably fine. I mean, on the hardest difficulty it was fun and challenging in many parts as to get higher scores you have to use multiple gadgets and keep the chain of attacks going without pause. On hardest difficulty they do so much damage, even regular grunts, and it gets tricky with people who have shields, armor, different weak points, guns, and thrown weapons all being put in the mix at the same time. If the combat is made easier then I'll definately be disapointed, but if it's the same then it's hard for me to quite understand how this is really just a tap-1-button-to-win-game. The counters can't just be ignored and the timing needs to be spot on to survive in hardest difficulty in the first 2 games.

[@B2BB4life]

Love your review's man and have to say they do make since. You've saved me from buying shity games and I thank you!

[@Daftboy89]

I LOVE THE DAFT LITTLE RABBIT!

[@5deadspace]

I read that you can modify an INI file to get the game to run on 60FPS.

[@ChristianLopez-zs6ob]

hey can you review this Toukiden: Kiwami for steam, I want to know if it's worth $60

[@kevin41780]

Finished the game, it was amazing and I believe everyone should get it because of what it offers

[@KempoSensei]

I normally like and agree with most of your reviews, but I like this game. Game needs a patch for sure, but it's an Arkham game. It's going to play similar to the other Arkham games. I still love you Mack, it's ok if we disagree from time to time. :)

[@KempoSensei]

I like the combat system, that's the disagreement. I would have thought it would have been obvious from what I wrote, but I know that reading comprehension isn't what it used to be.

[@ItsJakester]

14:12 that voice acting though xD

[@madisonmccoy2294]

Also Mack, i will defend the combat, personally im not "great" at it, there are many combos and theyve managed to iterate with each game and keep it fresh throughout the story. Im curious as to what type of combat it should have? And with only playing through 4 hours i hope you know how much more difficult it gets.

[@jonbrown1502]

Loved white rabbit's review lol

[@redboby9200]

Best review you've done so far, you put my thoughts into words about how I feel of these games. This genre of game should be renamed into "interactive AAA movie".

[@marlboroman1985]

Brutal but honest. In the old Arkham games didn't you have to actually aim the camera toward enemies to attack them? Or is that just a thing with keyboard/mouse? Also, and I could be wrong, but I thought counter did little to no damage.

[@Deuce972]

Just because a game is easy doesn't mean it's horrible. I mean video games are supposed to be fun. I enjoyed the game for one.

[@BrotherO4]

I wait for the the game of the year version to get the 100% of the game for 60 not 100$

[@Bunkerknacker_Retro-Nostalgie]

RAULO3 Wait a little longer and get it for a bargain in a sale. ;) Shit that sells bad gets lowered rapidly on Steam.

[@paradoxacres1063]

Yeah, seems like the smartest decision. I did the same for Arkham City :)

[@xardac10]

Or just get it 100% off on piratebay

[@BrotherO4]

I didn't kill that man, Micheal. no point, its still broken

[@xardac10]

At least you dont have to spend money on it.

[@nubkeks]

Brilliant review as always! Very fair and very honest!

[@jamos4115]

you never fail to surprise me with your reviews great work! :D

[@Confutionist]

What about the stealth sections? Are they good? I swear if there are stealth tank sections...

[@SeriouslyMikey]

Well, finally. Someone who also believes that the Batman games aren't actually that good when it comes to the combat. It's boring and shit.

[@L2Nuku]

I concur aswell, Asylum was ok i guess but City was just boring since it was more of the same, combat wise.

[@number4497]

It's a good spectacle fighter, it's a shit fighting game

[@PaulA-fp3vs]

SeriouslyMikey I love the combat it gets challenging when new enemy types are introduced. At least in the previous ones (haven't played this one). But Mack is entitled to his opinion. I don't agree this time though. The business practices on games nowadays bug me as much as he does. And the general consensus is that it is poorly optimized as well. Pardon my bad English.

[@Messiahs]

SeriouslyMikey Macks example was quiet shitty. 6 of the easiest enemies without weapons are obviously no challenge. But in the past games the game introduced varied enemy types which can hold different weapons and then you actually had to aim where you want to strike, otherwise the guy with the MG in the back will kill you or you'll keep getting hit with a shockstick.

[@SeriouslyMikey]

***** I completed the entire first game and I didn't like it because of the combat. I found it boring and very repetitive. Irrelevant of whether I was bad or not, in my opinion, I don't think it's good and shouldn't be praised. I don't see why it's so hard to grasp that it's my personal thoughts.

[@mroushion]

Thank goodness for steam refunds.

[@gangatalishis]

the part with the rabbit was absolutely hilarious XD

[@Wolfhs14]

Hey Mack have you seen for honor ? The combat looks somewhat promising

[@robertpurdin7182]

4 hours is not enough to review this game. In 4 hrs probably haven't even faced a guy with a shield yet or a blade

[@thebatroster]

This game isn´t worth a buy but Mad Max is ? FFS !!!!!!!

[@WorthABuyreviews]

+BatGameList This game was horrible imo

[@thebatroster]

Mad Max was fucking repetitive and the combat was weak. Batman Arkham Knight is 1000000 times better than Mad Max. I have both of them, and at first try, I tough that Mad Max was going to be epic, but is not.

[@epicgamestarv1989]

funny video i was laughing all way thru, whats the next game your gonna review?

[@ewanharrison4721]

Mack, have you ever played Oolite? It's an enhanced version of the origional Elite. I thought you might like it.

[@gilgamesh310]

You do realize that this is the fourth game in the Arkham series, right? While I haven't played this game, I find the combat in the series to be very good, and don't agree with your assessment of it at all. It completely destroys The Witcher's combat. You can only spam the attack button for so long, before the game forces you to use another button to counter or contend with a certain enemy's attacks. It's true that the movement is automated, but I still don't think it's as basic as basic as you make out. You must hate God of War's combat. That's a game where you can endlessly spam the attack button, regardless of how many combos the game gives you. Most games don't handle melee combat well, but I'd sa the Arkham games feature some of the best.

[@ppgranja3]

Never review a game before playing the whole thing! This video should have been called "first impressions" instead

[@TBplaysPC]

that rabbit was so cute for some reason lol

[@KoloburTasemi]

another great review. i loved the bunny part. and the little kid perspectives :D.

[@Gggmanlives]

"Review"

[@InterEDGE]

I'm usually not one to go for exclamatory remarks, but your review is absolute shit. You're clearly bullshitting about the combat as there is literally no way you can get by by only using two buttons, since the game gradually adds more types of enemies that force you to use different techniques and forces you to multi-task. You can bumble your way through easily, which is what you did from the gameplay you showed, but the point is to go through the combat with as high of a streak and as little damage taken as possible. Its easy to learn, hard to master. As far as the game being a "playable movie", yeah, you're just flat out wrong there too. This game tells you exactly what you need to with no fluff. The most extensive cutscenes are mostly used to bookend certain segments, the way they should be used, otherwise it's a huge amount of gameplay. Sorry, it was a total joke.

[@WhackoMacko]

Cool review Mack, cheers .. and yeah, I think the Rabbit is the new star of your WAB videos hehe :)

[@Grasshoppa65]

Pissed myself laughing at Rabbit. LONG LIVE THE BUNNY!

[@shawneesteele6972]

Definitely worth the buy, I love it, I can't stop playing it

[@Budisgud69]

People need to remember that liking the combat or not liking it is a matter of opinion, in Mack's opinion he thinks its shite. Thats his opinion you dont have to like it. I think the combat is solid btw.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

Budisgud69 Agree with this which is why I did mention that if you like this type of thing it's a good game.

[@Ken-lo6os]

What difficulty do you play your games on? I understand for this game, but on the second to hardest and hardest difficulty Witcher 3 has nice combat. Just saying.

[@WorthABuyreviews]

Ken Wilson Always play on normal then move to hard if it's too easy but when I move to hard I expect better Ai tactics not just a ramp up of how much dmg you take as in TW3

[@Ken-lo6os]

I see what you mean now. And I agree now :)

[@Rhongomyniad-EX]

that bunny part was hiiilarious, i hope to see him on future videos, As always your videos are Awesome!!!