Batman: Arkham Knight
I finished Batman: Arkham Knight yesterday and I loved it. I just wish that it ran at a solid 60 FPS, but alas. I had to play the entire 30 hours at 30 FPS, but I didn't mind it too much, considering there was no other choice.
The things I totally loved:
+The game gives us the choice to pursue what kind of missions we'd like to do and in what order (apart from some end-game Riddler/ManBat/Penguin missions).
+The main missions are constructed really well. I enjoyed it from start to finish.
+The new combat moves, blocking, tag team combat, finishers are excellent. There are some new enemy variants which you can't simply punch head on, so some thinking is required during combat if you wish to build up the combo level.
+People actually dissed the Batmobile even after release, but personally I enjoyed the integration of Batmobile with the missions. The best thing I liked was how destructible everything was. Spot a pillar? Drive through it, it'll crumble. See those railings? Just drive over them.
+The Batmobile also had a number of useful features, such as acting like an electrical generator, pulling and breaking objects in the environment, and so on. The Tank mode was also well created, and I never got fed up of killing those drone tanks. The Tank's controls were extremely fluid (playing via PS3 joypad).
+The city has incredible detail everywhere. Rain effects, particle effects, everything is just so incredible. The city actually has multiple levels, seamlessly integrated, such as the skies, rooftops, overhead trains, streets, underground areas etc.
+Voice acting was excellent.
+Facial animations were well constructed. Not only that but body language also complemented the words spoken.
+Side missions by the Riddler, ManBat, and FireFly were good.
+I felt that apart from a very slight overuse of the Batmobile, there wasn't any overuse of gameplay mechanics. And I am completely okay with the overuse of Batmobile as well. So gameplay never felt boring (strictly personal opinion).
+Excellent use of Joker (the Joker duet was hilarious).
Negatives:
-Boss fights were underwhelming. They required little to no strategy.
-Game ran like shit on my GTX970.
-Main story was dragged on by a teeny tiny amount by the end.
-Too many unskippable logos at the intro (use the -nologo command in shortcut to circumvent this).
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Operation Knightfall requires way too much grinding IMO. (just YouTube it after game ends).
-Harley cameo too small ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)