20 Great Video Games That Everybody Turned Against
11. Batman: Arkham Knight (2015)
The Arkham Asylum game series is still the reigning gold standard for comic book hero adaptations (you hear that, Marvel’s Spider-Man?), despite not having put out a title – and, no, we’re not counting Suicide Squad: Kill The Justice League – since 2015.
The series was capped with Arkham Knight, a return to Gotham that tied up the storyline that had been plodding away since the first game, with Joker finally dead but living on in Batman’s mind, and a new villain in the form of the Arkham Knight stalking Gotham with a vengeance while Scarecrow pulls the place apart.
It’s a more-than-worthy entry into the canon, and a strong comeback after the good-but-horrendously-glitchy Arkham Origins two years previously. It introduced new mechanics and Batmobile action in a Gotham that felt bigger and darker than ever, and the combat, story and characters were, as ever, on point. And yet…
Like its predecessor, the game was marred by bugs and technical issues, particularly in the Windows and Nintendo Switch versions, with PC players having to contend with game-breaking issues from the very start. But, alas, instead of learning the lesson of Origins and getting on top of things asap, Warner, with their puppet hand up Rocksteady’s rear, proved unwilling to provide meaningful support, tanking what should have been the series’ crowning moment.