Batman: Arkham VR

Critic reviews

• CCOGconnected

  Shawn Petraschuk · Oct 31, 2016

  7.0

  It’s a showcase of what’s possible in VR for bringing a narrative to life with a great cast, locations that feel alive and a twisting and turning mystery that pulls you along the entire time. If you can forgive the calibration headaches, minor control issues and graphics hiccups you can allow yourself to live that dream of every little boy (or girl!) to don the Batsuit and be the Batman. It’s a feeling I’ve longed for my whole life (don’t judge me) and it’s never been more fully realized than now.

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• GSGame Skinny

  Eric Adams · Oct 24, 2016

  9.0

  Again, it’s understandable for people to not want to buy this pricey piece of equipment just for a single game but if you have a PS VR headset then this is the first must-own title on the market. The Arkham series has used the saying ‘Be the Batman’ before, but in this instance they actually mean for you to BE the Batman.

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• AOAttack of the Fanboy

  Dean James · Oct 19, 2016

  8.0

  The Arkham series has already done a great job at putting players in the role of Batman, but the level of immersion in Batman: Arkham VR takes things to the next level in that department. Even though the game only clocks in at only about an hour to an hour and a half, the time spent literally being Batman is incredibly impressive. With a cheaper pricepoint, Batman: Arkham VR is definitely a game that you not only need to pick up with your PlayStation VR for yourself, but also serves as an excellent demo to show off the potential of the platform as well.

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• ASArcade Sushi

  Luke Brown · Oct 19, 2016

  8.0

  Fans that haven't yet experienced the Arkham series might not get quite as much out of the story as those who've invested years into Rocksteady's version of the Bat-universe, but this is still one of the first "can't miss" titles of PlayStation's foray into virtual reality.

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• HGHardcore Gamer

  Jeremy Peeples · Oct 14, 2016

  8.0

  Batman: Arkham VR doesn’t do as much as prior Arkham games — but what it does is done exceptionally well. Controlling Batman with either a DualShock 4 or Move controllers takes very little getting used to, while the first-person perspective is eased into perfectly. The game does have a limited scope that won’t be for everyone, but if you come into it wanting to play as the world’s greatest detective and not just as the world’s best martial artist, you’ll find a memorable adventure.

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• UUSGamer

  Bob Mackey · Oct 11, 2016

  6.0

  You can't come up with a more intriguing VR premise than "Batman simulator," and developer Rocksteady has done their best to make it work. But despite how cool it is to simply exist in Gotham, the limited interactions and dumbed-down puzzles make the experience feel much less confident than it should be.

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