Batman: Arkham Knight - A Matter of Family
Batman: Arkham Knight – A Matter of Family is a story expansion where players control Batgirl, Barbara Gordon, before the events of Arkham Asylum. Set in an abandoned amusement park, Batgirl teams up with…
Batman: Arkham Knight - A Matter of Family is an adventure developed by Rocksteady Studios, released 14 July 2015 on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 2 hrs to finish.
What Batman: Arkham Knight - A Matter of Family is
Batman: Arkham Knight - A Matter of Family is an adventure game developed by Rocksteady Studios and released in 2015. It was published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is available on PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Set before the events of Arkham Asylum, ‘A Matter of Family’ allows players to take on the role of Batgirl as you team up with Robin to save your father - Commissioner Gordon - from a lunatic’s trap. In an abandoned amusement park on the shores of Gotham, Batgirl and Robin must fight against the odds to save Barbara’s father and avoid falling victim to the Joker’s sinister plan. Trained by Batman, Batgirl combines devastating combat with unparalleled hacking abilities to take down enemies, control objects and solve puzzles. Explore the eerie Seagate Amusement Park in this action-packed adventure which culminates in the ultimate showdown between the good, the bad, and the clinically insane.
How it plays
It is played from a third person perspective. Its themes are action, drama, stealth and thriller. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the DC Comics series
Batman: Arkham Knight - A Matter of Family is the 105th of 185 entries we hold in the DC Comics series. The next entry was Batman: Arkham Knight - 1st Appearance Batman Skin in 2015. Its critic score of 68 is almost exactly the series average of 69. The highest-rated entry is Batman: Arkham Knight at 92.
How it was received
Batman: Arkham Knight - A Matter of Family holds a critic score of 68 out of 100. That places it above 30% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2015 averaged 69, so it scored about average for its year.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 2 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 3 hrs, roughly 1.5 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel Core i5-750, 2.67 GHz | AMD Phenom II X4 965, 3.4 GHz, 6 GB RAM and Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 (2 GB Memory Minimum) | AMD Radeon HD 7870 (2 GB Memory Minimum). An 6GB memory requirement is modest by current standards; most machines sold in the last five years clear it. Install size is roughly 45GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Batman: Arkham Knight - A Matter of Family launched on 14 July 2015, within three weeks of Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered and Her Story. All of them reviewed better. It arrived 2 years into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.
Released around the same time: Batman: Arkham Knight, Rocket League, God of War III Remastered, Her Story.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Batman: Arkham Knight - A Matter of Family yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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