It's a real shame because mods like this open up the door for even bigger sales for the game.
While Batman: Arkham Knight has some serious issues on various types of PC hardware – especially AMD hardware – Warner Bros, Rocksteady, Nvidia and AMD are all working hard to fix the problems on PC. His fighting is smooth and his counters and finishers look really good it's also funny because Azrael borrows a couple of moves from Robin. In fact, I would even go as far as to say that Robin – in my humble opinion – actually fights better than Batman. The other characters, Nightwing, Robin and the Red Hood are all pretty much equivalent to Batman. He still lacks some of the other gadgets and abilities from the other characters but he can still throw down some mean moves. Their move-sets, though, are pretty cool looking and Catwoman fights even smoother and sleeker than she did in Batman: Arkham City, where she was also a playable character.Īzrael is slightly more feature-rich than the other aforementioned characters because he can glide, carry out some of the special knockdown moves and has the ability to counter-attack during fights. Harley Quinn and Catwoman are fairly feature-complete, but only lack a few of the abilities that some of the caped-characters have at their disposal, such as gliding from great heights. They also lack the ability to utilize gadgets and zip around Gotham with the grappling hook. Arkham Knight is an essential, unmissable conclusion to the Arkham story.
Instead, they just drop down and land on their feet. The story of Batman: Arkham Knight is fantastic and brought back the best Arkham villains both Scarecrow and The Joker reappear as well as some exciting foes from wider Batman lore like Man-Bat and Deathstroke to pad out the rest of the game. For instance, both Bruce and Gordon lack the ability to glide from high places. They can beat the mess out of the bad guys roaming around Gotham City but they aren't able to perform counter-attacks nor are they able to do any of the fancy stuff that some of the other characters are capable of pulling off in Arkham Knight.
It definitely takes some of the fun out of the gameplay experience in Arkham Knight, but that's just how it all plays out.īruce and Gordon are also playable and can be used to throw down some mean punches and kicks. If you managed to buy Batman: Arkham Knight before it was removed from sale last week, and if you dont mind grappling with the still-broken game, then a new mod unlocks ten playable characters in. For instance, Joker has no combat moves and he can't counter, so the only thing you can do is run around and slide underneath baddies, tripping them up. "The work is significant and while we are making good progress on improving performance, it will take some time to ensure that we get the right fixes in place.Some of the characters offer more playability than others. "Rocksteady is leading our team of developers and partners as we work on the PC performance issues that players have been encountering," Warner Bros. Yesterday, the game got a patch, which fixes a bug that disabled the game's rain effects and other issues. Graphics card giant Nvidia has said it is offering its QA and technical assistance to help quell the problem, and Rocksteady co-founder and director of the Batman: Arkham series Sefton Hill said the studio has its "best engineers" on the case. Interactive Entertainment eventually decided to pull it from Steam. The PC version of Batman: Arkham Knight launched last week with so many performance issues that publisher Warner Bros. Rocksteady has thrown in everything plus the kitchen sink for this concluding installment, from Bat-allies such as Robin, Nightwing, and Catwoman, to the chance to rocket. Keep in mind that the modder highly recommends you backup your files and saves before applying the mod. Rocksteady's Batman: Arkham Knight is the climactic chapter of their Arkham trilogy, an epic exploration of the Dark Knight's career that began with 2009's Arkham Asylum.
You can find the mod and instructions on how to use in the description below the video here. The mod lets you play as Red Hood, Harley Quinn, Nightwing, Robin, Azrael, Bruce Wayne, Catwoman, Commissioner Gordon, Joker, and GCPD Officer Owens.