{"id":264911,"date":"2023-12-06T03:17:08","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T08:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/es\/?p=319376"},"modified":"2025-07-01T17:28:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T00:28:37","slug":"the-switch-version-of-batman-arkham-knight-is-an-absolute-disaster-for-digital-foundry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/the-switch-version-of-batman-arkham-knight-is-an-absolute-disaster-for-digital-foundry\/","title":{"rendered":"Digital Foundry called the Switch version of Batman: Arkham Knight &#8220;an absolute disaster&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just 72 hours ago, we got the <strong>Nintendo Switch version of the Batman: Arkham Trilogy<\/strong>, which includes the three main Batman games developed by <strong>Rocksteady <\/strong>and now arriving on the Nintendo console. The title was initially scheduled for release about two months ago, but Warner Bros decided to delay it to provide &#8220;<strong>the best possible experience<\/strong>&#8221; to players. Unfortunately, <strong>it seems they haven&#8217;t achieved that<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/f0e60c9a-96d5-11e6-93c7-00163ec9f5fa\/1017976517\/batman-arkham-knight-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Batman: Arkham Knight\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Batman: Arkham Knight<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/batman-arkham-knight.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/batman-arkham-knight.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The folks at Digital Foundry conducted an <strong>extensive comparison of the Dark Knight trilogy<\/strong>, a fifteen-minute video where they heavily criticize the port. They point out that both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City versions also have issues, which is unexpected considering they were originally released for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. Surprisingly, on superior hardware, not only is this hardware not utilized to its full potential, <strong>but it also exhibits problems with the frame rate<\/strong>, among other issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed-Youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Batman: Arkham Trilogy Nintendo Switch Review - A Disastrously Poor Release\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oVPPOoTcr_E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While both Arkham Asylum and Arkham City face criticism, <strong>Batman: Arkham Knight<\/strong> receives the harshest feedback. There was much anticipation to see how this game, originally released for PlayStation 4 and Xbox, would adapt to the Nintendo Switch hardware. According to Digital Foundry, this port is an &#8220;<strong>absolute disaster<\/strong>,&#8221; speaking volumes about the quality of the work done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the game is expected to run at a locked 30 frames per second, the reality is quite different. It often <strong>hovers between 20 and 25 frames per second<\/strong>. Digital Foundry suggests that even capping the game at 25 FPS might have been a better solution.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-icon-s\/p\/f0e60c9a-96d5-11e6-93c7-00163ec9f5fa\/1017976517\/batman-arkham-knight-logo.jpg\" alt=\"Batman: Arkham Knight\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Batman: Arkham Knight<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/batman-arkham-knight.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/batman-arkham-knight.en.softonic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<strong>Batman: Arkham Trilogy is a complete failure<\/strong>. None of the games here meet expectations, and Arkham Knight is simply atrocious,&#8221; concludes the review. That&#8217;s harsh criticism indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even Arkham Asylum and Arkham City run with problems on Nintendo Switch, despite coming out for the PS3 and Xbox 360 generation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9091,"featured_media":264913,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1018,1015],"tags":[],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-264911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315921,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264911\/revisions\/315921"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/264913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264911"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=264911"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=264911"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=264911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}