Arkham Knight is filled with some of the best and most unique boss battles in the series, but the infamous Cloudburst tank battle feels like the developers just turned a few dials up to make it challenging. First of all, this battle relies on dreaded 'adds' to make it tricky - namely seven Cobra tanks chasing you through the streets of Bleake Island. Sure, it is hard - damn hard - but it's also infuriatingly lazy boss design on the devs' part. Then there is the tank itself, a monster of a vehicle that drives almost as fast as the Batmobile, and can seemingly chase you down any sewer opening or side-street. Its rate of fire is also alarming, capable of locking onto the Batmobile and firing a laser beam every three seconds. Again, it feels like Rocksteady just cranked up the rate of fire to almost perpetual levels as you desperately try to flank it (not easy against a 360-degree rotating turret) and hit one of its weak-spots. This is difficult gaming done poorly, and the battle gets tiresome to the point of tedium as you tentatively sneak around trying to potshot the omnipotent, all-seeing Cloudburst.
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