I got a little less invested in the story when I realized the Arkham Knight was the most obvious, laziest choice they could have gone with. I had actually had some fun early on wondering if they were going to use maybe Hush or The Wrath, or an entirely new character. But no, they went with... That.
I liked the Batmobile well enough at first, and I still think it's a fun mechanic that was badly implemented. There's just simply far too much of it. But the deal breaker was probably the stealth tank battles, which just frustrate me beyond belief.
I will never understand why people are so quick to discard Origins...
Yeah, I found the Arkham Knight's identity incredibly anti-climactic and it annoys me he is the villain with the most focus when Scarecrow is just so much cooler. And I am of the opposite, I actually found the Cobra fights to be quite fun but the repeated regular drone fights kept annoying me. But the Batmobile goes beyond annoying into outright irritating in the Riddler stuff.
And I dislike Origins for being a clunky, glitchy, expansion pack for Arkham City that really was nothing more than a cash-in to buy Rocksteady more time for Arkham Knight. But I know some people like it and it's their choice.
Well, I liked the first tank battle, I will admit. It was challenging without being unfair, but the amount of them that came later was just a deal breaker for me. But I can understand why people would like them.
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A Brilliant Ending (This Review Contains No Spoilers)
As the title quite obviously demonstrates, I loved this game. I thought this game was a fantastic Arkham game, a brilliant way to end a series of 3 fabulous games (Origins doesn't exist, what are you talking about?) and, apart from a few things, a very solid game.
The good: Since this encompasses 98% of the game, I will keep this short and sweet. Soundtrack was brilliant, though not as great as City's in my opinion. The voice acting was brilliant, especially Kevin Conroy, Ashley Greene, Mark Hamill, Troy Baker and John Noble in the best Scarecrow portrayal I have ever seen in my short life. The story was fabulously-written, filled with drama, emotion, intensity and overall a thrilling narrative. The gameplay? It's City's gameplay, but better. Enough said, although I am not a fan of the changing of certain buttons, such as Detective Mode. But those are minor grievances. As for the Batmobile, I found the Batmobile quite fun to be in at first. But once you get to the end of the game, the constant Riddler stuff, Riddler races, Batmobile platform segments etc. the Batmobile wears out its welcome. The Cobra stealth sections with the Batmobile are incredibly fun though, but that's just my opinion. So as you can tell, I think almost all of the game was good. Now for the not-so-good stuff that I've yet to cover.
The bad: Fuck the Riddler. Fuck his boring sidequest, his Narm dialogue, his completely useless challenges. I thought the Riddler sidequest wore out its welcome in City and was annoying in Origins but it is definitely the worst here. The interactions between Batman and Catwoman are quite literally the only reason you should EVER consider putting yourself through the painstaking, nauseating boredom of the Riddler sidequest. Just...no. The sidequests are my main problem with the game, honestly. Boring, uncreative and, besides from a couple, very anti-climactic. Kind of disappointed.
But to step back to talking about the game positively, Overall, I think this game is fantastic, I think it is fun and the best game in the series. Again, some things could be done better but no game is perfect. And the other 98% of this game certainly is. Go out and buy it, you'll love the shit out of it. I give it a 9.5/10.
That is all.
P.S: This is strictly my opinion. I welcome any criticism and you don't have to take this review as gospel.