Gotham Knightshasn’t exactly wowed critics. On Metacritic, most reviews for the launch platforms are hovering around the 60s and 70s. This might be a disappointment to fans everywhere, especially since they have been waiting since 2015’sBatman: Arkham Knightfor a newBatmanexperience.
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For some players,Gotham Knightsmay not live up to the high standards set by theBatman: Arkhamgames, but that doesn’t mean it’s all bad. If the team worked to improve some of its flaws, those average scores could shoot right up. These ideas are just a few of the ways that the game could redeem itself.
7Add Manual Saves
It’s wild thatGotham Knightslaunched with only autosaves enabled. This is a bad practicefor action gamesfor many reasons. One, if the one save file gets corrupted via glitches, players may have to start the whole thing over. That’s why it’s recommended to save to the cloud as well but even doing that can only help so much.
Giving players the ability to save manually is good for backup purposes. It’s also nice to allow them to save at some of their favorite parts in an experience. Three manual slots are the standard, but it would be even better ifGotham Knightsput in more like ten or even twenty via a patch.
6Add A Mini-Map
There is a map system inGotham Knightsbut it is not very well thought out. The city of Gotham is laid out in a 3D rendering which, admittedly, looks cool for anopen-world city experience. The problem is navigating through the city streets is difficult without a more precise map. Most interior buildings don’t have a map at all which is also very frustrating.
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It would be great if the city map could be switched between a 2D and a 3D style. It would be even better if players could add a mini-map to their HUD for both city and building navigation as it would make getting around Gotham much easier.
5Add Better Tracking
The lack of a mini-map is only one of the problems with navigation. The developers could focus on giving players more information on the main map rather than changing how it looks artistically. For example, zones could be highlighted to show where gangs hang out instead of forcing players to scrub through old files to find their answers.
The waypoint system could also use some work on missions as sometimes it is unclear what players should do next. Between the HUD and the map, there needs to be a major overhaul in the next patch so that players can figure out what is going on.
4Skip All Puzzles
There are certain puzzle sections in which players are forced to solve a crime scene by linking two pockets of data to each other. An early one sees the heroes trying to piece a code scratched on a piece of paper to a microwave. If these puzzles stump the player then they can choose to skip them after a few tries.
However, bigger, physical puzzles cannot be skipped like several in the labyrinth level later in the game. It would be nice if all puzzles could be skipped or if these crime scene puzzles could be skipped right away instead of after a few forced tries. Someaction game fansare just not good at solving puzzles and need an extra hand wherever they can get it.
3Customization Boosts
Equipping better gear will not only boost stats but will change the look of the heroes too. Every character has more than a dozen costume archetypes that they can then further customize. They can change the masks, for example, along with the color schemes.
These color variations take a long time to unlock along with the ability to change costumes completely from the standard set. It’s part ofthe RPG grindwhich is understandable but it would be nice if at least the color variants were either unlocked fully from the start or unlocked faster.
2Pause Single-Player
Gotham Knightsis set up similarly to a Soulslike game as far as the menu goes. Players can pause the game whenever they want to go into the options menus or activate photo mode. Going into the equipment menu is another story as that does not pause the action.
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Players will get hit which makes sense when in a multiplayer game. It doesn’t make sense while playing alone though as pausing shouldn’t disrupt the flow of anyone else. The simple solution is to pause menus when players are not ina co-op session.
1Manage The Bat Family
One of the most innovative things inGotham Knightsis that it allows players toswitch between the four heroesat the home base aka the Belfry. Players could start as Batgirl, not like her, and then switch to Nightwing without a penalty. All heroes level up alongside one another too and equipment also gets unlocked in tandem. The only downside to this system is that players can’t go into the menus and manage their characters individually without transferring power over fully to that character.
To look atRed Hood’sskill tree, players have tobecome Red Hood. It is honestly not that big of a deal since the load times are fast on the new consoles. Still, in an effort to help streamline the game more, it would save so much time if these four heroes could be customized in the same menus without needing to change characters.
Gotham Knightswas released on July 03, 2025, and is available on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S/X.
