It sounds somewhat similar to the events of Nolan's Batman Begins, and plays out in a painfully cliché manner that feels constantly overshadowed by the innovation seen in the narrative of previous iterations. Enter the caped crusader to begrudgingly access his multi-billion dollar militaristic arsenal of non-lethal weapons and gadgets to restore temporary peace to what seems to be the most unlucky city after New York. Lo and behold, the pesky psychopath has got to his fear toxin again and is plotting to disperse it around Gotham, rendering its residents a jittering mess. Someone at Rocksteady spun the wheel of A-grade Batman villains to see who'd be tormenting the poor citizens of Gotham in this instalment and - after landing on the now obliterated Joker panel a few times - it finally landed on Scarecrow. However, although brandishing all the stand out qualities of its critically acclaimed predecessors that are now polished to a blinding shine, Arkham Knight seems insistent on making clumsy missteps for the apparent sake of variety when we all know that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. The original text follows.īranded as the apparent finale to London-based studio Rocksteady's gritty affair with the world's greatest detective, Batman: Arkham Knight proves to be a eulogy of epic proportions. Republished on Wednesday 28th August 2019: We're bringing this review back from the archives following the announcement of September's PlayStation Plus lineup.

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