I never experienced any lag, so I applaud Rocksteady for making sure every experience with “Arkham Knight” was a smooth one. Rain is the main type of weather during your time in Gotham, with the exception of the Cloud Burst ruining that late in the game, so the amount of memory and space needed to keep a fully organic city running while it’s raining is insane. Driving through the city in the Batmobile only gets better when you cut a corner too close and end up going through it instead of bouncing off an invisible wall, which allows the game to feel authentic and realistic while remaining cartoony and fun. From Batman’s suit to Scarecrow’s mask to the streets of Gotham, this game is breathtaking and destructive. Upgrading their already stellar graphics from “Batman: Arkham Asylum” and “Batman: Arkham City,” this game demonstrates the full capabilities of the latest generation of consoles. Rocksteady does so with their third installment in the Arkham franchise. When it comes to a game like “Batman: Arkham Knight,” it’s expected that it will have more cartoonish caricatures of “real” people, just like its comic book counterparts. A game on PlayStation 4 and a game on PlayStation 2 could each get a “5” rating on graphics, since they are two completely different systems with different capabilities. It’s a fictionalized version of a real event, yet it needs to look as close to the real thing as the engine will allow. Let’s say the game itself takes place during times of war, like “Call of Duty: World at War.” That’s the type of game where we, as the players, expect the graphics to generate a sense of realism and immersion. Depending on the engine and system, there are a lot of variables that go into grading a video game’s graphics. Great graphics do not always mean the world of a video game needs to look 100% realistic. Playing it on two different systems has given me the opportunity to compare and contrast the same experience, so please keep that in mind when reading this review. An excellent third installment to an excellent franchise.įor this playthrough, I was on the Xbox One, but I originally completed the game on the PlayStation 4.
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