Batman: Arkham Knight - Batgirl: A Matter of Family

Critic reviews

• Game Zone

  Jordan Biazzo · Jul 21, 2015

  6.0

  For season pass holders this game should be a bust. For $40, the first add on story DLC length simply doesn’t match the price tag their asking for. Here's hoping that the next DLC, Season of Infamy, makes up for this disappointly short experience. Alternatively, for $7.00 it's easy to look over its length and technical issues, I just wished they gave Batgirl the care they do for Batman and this game could have been amazing.

  Read review
• Attack of the Fanboy

  Dean James · Jul 15, 2015

  7.0

  Batman: Arkham Knight – A Matter of Family is definitely a worthy addition to the Arkham universe, by giving players their first chance to use Batgirl. Playing just like Batman in the early stages of Arkham Knight itself, Batgirl is missing something in combat that makes her feel distinct in any way from Batman though. The story itself is solid and utilizing Robin allowed for some great banter between the two, along with a great final boss fight for the duo.

  Read review
• Destructoid

  Chris Carter · Jul 14, 2015

  6.5

  Warner Bros. is really employing an odd strategy with Batman: Arkham Knight's post-launch content and the relatively expensive $40 Season Pass. All that's been revealed so far beyond a bunch of throwaway content (skins, races) is a handful of bite-sized episodes such as this; it's a far cry from the competent Cold, Cold Heart add-on for Arkham Origins last year. While A Matter of Family may be worth it for hardcore Batgirl fans, WB will have to do a lot better than this to justify the cost of the pass.

  Read review
• IGN

  Dan Stapleton · Jul 14, 2015

  6.3

  Batgirl: A Matter of Family has a decent story, an impressive setting, and some respectable brawls and Predator fights, but it’s all so disappointingly brief and self-contained. There’s nothing meaningful to do after this roughly one-hour story chunk is complete except to roam the small area beating on respawning thugs for no reason. There’s just not enough here to get excited about.

  Read review
• Game Grin

  Calum Parry · Jul 30, 2015

  5.0

  A Matter of Family could of been so much more. They had the opportunity to bring Batgirl to life and delve deeper into her history as Batgirl before it was torn away by the Joker, instead they gave us a small set piece in the Arkham universe with her playable as the gimmick.

  Read review
• Game Reactor

  Ricardo C. Esteves · Jul 15, 2015

  6.0

  There's not much more to say about Batgirl: A Matter Of Family. For £5.79 (€ 6.99), it's not impressive, and as the headliner for a £32.99 (€ 39.99) Season Pass, it's clearly disappointing. Hopefully Rocksteady can raise the bar on the next content, because if Batgirl is an example of what's in store it will be very difficult to justify the outrageous price tag.

  Read review

See all critic reviews