TL;DR Wait untill the PC port's price is reduced or discounted to around the $10 range, WB's laziness doesn't deserve full price.

It is hard to recommend this with it is the game’s history. The good news it is in a stable position to a point where it is playable.

The fighting mechanics are just as good to me as past games. Now there is up to five quickfire gadgets, which is especially tricky to use with mouse and keyboard. So I would recommend playing this with your choice of controller. I say this because I sometimes get Playstation buttons showing up before I move the mouse. However I can say the gliding mechanic is perfected to a point where it is fun to use with the mouse and keyboard.

This brings me to the Batmobile, I do not enjoy a lot of the mechanics and side missions of the vehicle. It does however feel needed for the unmanned tanks that Batman needs to fight against. Using it for the entirety of the game goes from rewarding to tedious in a negative curved line graph direction. The city is evacuated so that the Batmobile can run into bad guys. The enemies are knocked out with an electric shock when run over. When shooting at enemies, Batman shoots the baddies with bean bag shots to knock them out with one hit. Coming back to the gliding mechanic, it’s still fun to use and does not get tiring. In fact, the gliding is better than ever and a better choice than driving. Why drive when you can glide in a straight line?

The story I will highlight in sectioned spoilers, but at this point in the game’s life; it is unavoidable. I am just trying to be a cool guy for those who have not caught up.

The game starts off with Commissioner Gordon narrating in the beginning about how the Batman died. The game kicks off with a small but scary fear gas attack in a diner. Everyone kills everyone else in the place out of the visions they see. Scarecrow makes an announcement that something big will happen to Gotham. Scarecrow is voiced by John Noble of Fringe, Sleepy Hollow, Lord of the Rings fame. The city is evacuated… ok. I suppose that makes it so that every one of the npcs that run around the city are all bad guys.

Batman shows up with the much needed gadgets that everyone who played the past games are familiar with. Pressing G brings up the gadget wheel, it is a rather good selection to start off with. One gadget like the freeze grenade is easy to miss, even for me. It can be found in where Batman enters a Batcave in an old movie recording studio. As he leaves the elevator, the freeze grenade is on an end table on the very left near a cell. It is very missable as I had it at the last ten percent of the game.

He later learns about the titular Arkham Knight. Some whiny villain that bests Batman in combat and uses guns. Arkham Knight is in cahoots with Scarecrow to have their revenge that leads a militia. Anyone who is familiar with Batman lore can decipher who the Arkham Knight is.

At a point, Batman has to diffuse a bomb in ACE Chemicals that could blow up Gotham. However the story makes it sound like Batman is succumbed to what looks like his final sacrifice. All of a sudden... Joker shows up. Mark Hamill and all… yeah. However this time he is a hallucination of Batman while under the effects of the fear toxin. Haunting and taunting Batman as he does the things Batman does best. Joker still looks sickly and gross, however through the course of the game, he gets better while Batman gets worse. Turns out, Batman is under the effects of a Joker toxin along with three other people he locked up to study them. However it sounds like Joker himself wants to take over Batman’s body to live again. Joker shows Batman what happened to the first Robin, branding his face with a J and torturing him to a point where he hates Batman.

Which turns to the final arch of the game, yep, turns out Arkham Knight was Jason Todd, the first Robin. When Arkham Knight is unmasked, Deathstroke takes over the militia that Jason led initially. It was really disappointing to me that I could not have a proper fight with Deathstroke. Arkham Origins was not a good game but the patched version still had the good fighting mechanics. It was a real challenge for me to fight Deathstroke in AO. Arkham Knight, you fight Deathstroke in a tank. Somehow the game makes it not fun at all. Take a pot shot at the tank, run away, repeat until his health bar is gone. When the tank is done, Deathstroke is defeated.

Tim Drake gets kidnapped by Scarecrow, Batman has to save him by sacrificing his real identity. Batman goes through with it, revealing Bruce Wayne’s face to the entire world (however Riddler does not believe it, thinking it is a trick). Scarecrow ends up being defeated anyway, even with his second overdose of fear toxin. Batman contacts Alfred to initiate the Knightfall protocol. The player can finish the game to get one hundred percent completion. Upon doing so, Batman says the city is safe, the police leave the safety of the precinct to take back Gotham. However the player can complete the game at any time between ninety to one hundred percent. Bruce in his Batsuit without the cowl arrives home with news outlets outside wanting to have an interview. Alfred at the door asks are you sure you want to do this? Bruce confirms as he closes the door behind him as all of a sudden the mansion blows up. Leaving the news outlets to believe he died.

Gordon later finishes the story with a mom, dad and son coming out of a theater, history almost repeating itself. A shady pointy eared figure is seen up in the rooftops, the thief’s knowledge of Batman’s identity makes them not afraid of what they see. Until the figure shows it’s true form.

Personally I find the story to be lackluster however it is better than most games I have played.

I am in no way shape or from a fan of Joker, so I was hoping that he would be excluded in the game. To no avail, he had to be brought back. My favorite villain who I find to be more of an anti-villain of sorts is Mr. Freeze. Sadly he is only in a DLC mission.

The only time I can suggest when to buy it is when it reaches within the $10 range. Even it’s $30 range seems pricy. So wait until then.

I do not know how to end it… Batman’s good, Batman’s great, pull down your pants and… celebrate!

[b]TL;DR[/b] Wait untill the PC port's price is reduced or discounted to around the $10 range, WB's laziness doesn't deserve full price. It is hard to recommend this with it is the game’s history. The good news it is in a stable position to a point where it is playable. The fighting mechanics are just as good to me as past games. Now there is up to five quickfire gadgets, which is especially tricky to use with mouse and keyboard. So I would recommend playing this with your choice of controller. I say this because I sometimes get Playstation buttons showing up before I move the mouse. However I can say the gliding mechanic is perfected to a point where it is fun to use with the mouse and keyboard. This brings me to the Batmobile, I do not enjoy a lot of the mechanics and side missions of the vehicle. It does however feel needed for the unmanned tanks that Batman needs to fight against. Using it for the entirety of the game goes from rewarding to tedious in a negative curved line graph direction. The city is evacuated so that the Batmobile can run into bad guys. The enemies are knocked out with an electric shock when run over. When shooting at enemies, Batman shoots the baddies with bean bag shots to knock them out with one hit. Coming back to the gliding mechanic, it’s still fun to use and does not get tiring. In fact, the gliding is better than ever and a better choice than driving. Why drive when you can glide in a straight line? The story I will highlight in sectioned spoilers, but at this point in the game’s life; it is unavoidable. I am just trying to be a cool guy for those who have not caught up. [spoiler]The game starts off with Commissioner Gordon narrating in the beginning about how the Batman died. The game kicks off with a small but scary fear gas attack in a diner. Everyone kills everyone else in the place out of the visions they see. Scarecrow makes an announcement that something big will happen to Gotham. Scarecrow is voiced by John Noble of Fringe, Sleepy Hollow, Lord of the Rings fame. The city is evacuated… ok. I suppose that makes it so that every one of the npcs that run around the city are all bad guys. Batman shows up with the much needed gadgets that everyone who played the past games are familiar with. Pressing G brings up the gadget wheel, it is a rather good selection to start off with. [/spoiler] [spoiler]One gadget like the freeze grenade is easy to miss, even for me. It can be found in where Batman enters a Batcave in an old movie recording studio. As he leaves the elevator, the freeze grenade is on an end table on the very left near a cell. It is very missable as I had it at the last ten percent of the game.[/spoiler] [spoiler]He later learns about the titular Arkham Knight. Some whiny villain that bests Batman in combat and uses guns. Arkham Knight is in cahoots with Scarecrow to have their revenge that leads a militia. Anyone who is familiar with Batman lore can decipher who the Arkham Knight is.[/spoiler] [spoiler]At a point, Batman has to diffuse a bomb in ACE Chemicals that could blow up Gotham. However the story makes it sound like Batman is succumbed to what looks like his final sacrifice. All of a sudden...[/spoiler] [spoiler]Joker shows up. Mark Hamill and all… yeah. However this time he is a hallucination of Batman while under the effects of the fear toxin. Haunting and taunting Batman as he does the things Batman does best. Joker still looks sickly and gross, however through the course of the game, he gets better while Batman gets worse. Turns out, Batman is under the effects of a Joker toxin along with three other people he locked up to study them. However it sounds like Joker himself wants to take over Batman’s body to live again. Joker shows Batman what happened to the first Robin, branding his face with a J and torturing him to a point where he hates Batman.[/spoiler] [spoiler]Which turns to the final arch of the game, yep, turns out Arkham Knight [/spoiler][spoiler]was Jason Todd, the first Robin. When Arkham Knight is unmasked, Deathstroke takes over the militia that Jason led initially. It was really disappointing to me that I could not have a proper fight with Deathstroke. Arkham Origins was not a good game but the patched version still had the good fighting mechanics. It was a real challenge for me to fight Deathstroke in AO. Arkham Knight, you fight Deathstroke in a tank. Somehow the game makes it not fun at all. Take a pot shot at the tank, run away, repeat until his health bar is gone. When the tank is done, Deathstroke is defeated.[/spoiler] [spoiler]Tim Drake gets kidnapped by Scarecrow, Batman has to save him by sacrificing his real identity. Batman goes through with it, revealing Bruce Wayne’s face to the entire world (however Riddler does not believe it, thinking it is a trick). Scarecrow ends up being defeated anyway, even with his second overdose of fear toxin. Batman contacts Alfred to initiate the Knightfall protocol. The player can finish the game to get one hundred percent completion. Upon doing so, Batman says the city is safe, the police leave the safety of the precinct to take back Gotham. However the player can complete the game at any time between ninety to one hundred percent. Bruce in his Batsuit without the cowl arrives home with news outlets outside wanting to have an interview. Alfred at the door asks are you sure you want to do this? Bruce confirms as he closes the door behind him as all of a sudden the mansion blows up. Leaving the news outlets to believe he died. [/spoiler] [spoiler]Gordon later finishes the story with a mom, dad and son coming out of a theater, history almost repeating itself. A shady pointy eared figure is seen up in the rooftops, the thief’s knowledge of Batman’s identity makes them not afraid of what they see. Until the figure shows it’s true form.[/spoiler] Personally I find the story to be lackluster however it is better than most games I have played. [spoiler]I am in no way shape or from a fan of Joker, so I was hoping that he would be excluded in the game. To no avail, he had to be brought back.[/spoiler] My favorite villain who I find to be more of an anti-villain of sorts is Mr. Freeze. Sadly he is only in a DLC mission. The only time I can suggest when to buy it is when it reaches within the $10 range. Even it’s $30 range seems pricy. So wait until then. I do not know how to end it… Batman’s good, Batman’s great, pull down your pants and… [spoiler]celebrate![/spoiler]