Batman is dead. It's now up to the Batman Family to protect Gotham. Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin are the five playable heroes of Gotham Knights, announced today by Warner Bros. Games and Warner Bros. Montreal. Set in an open world with five different districts, the game features various moves and the Bat-moto in a dynamic and interactive Gotham City. The title, playable solo or two-player online coop, will launch in 2021 on PC, PS5, PS4, Series X and One. Trailer, gameplay walkthrough and screens inside.
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My initial reactions aren't very good, because the CG felt low budget, the Robin costume in the CG for example was really ugly, the faces felt somehow weird, it's not a high quality/budget CG like those from Final Fantasy, so that set the tone.
But to the actual gameplay, ever since the beginning with Batgirl riding the motorcycle, the animations felt stiff a lot of the times. Those riding animations need a whole lot of improvement.
Not gonna write an essay on the gameplay, but it let me disappointed in many ways. Feels like a retrogression on the Batman Arkham games, which I understand is it's own thing and I really, really liked they were making their own thing, I kept thinking that all the while watching the gameplay, but it needs so much polish.
Fair to them, they said it was captured from an older build and pre-Alpha, which if it comes out in later 2021, there's plenty of time to polish it into a great game. However, if that leak/rumor of a February 2021 is true, that would give me concerns, because it would be very hard to polish this till then during this pandemic.
I really like that Batman isn't the focus for once and that the other get a chance to shine. I just hope the game gets polished enough to today's standards. If that Black Myth: Wu Kong showing was that fluid and great, this really shouldn't be any less.
That was a tech demo, true, but was done by like 13-40 people in 2 years who never did a AAA game before, as the Chinese gaming development is mostly focused on mobile and MMOs. WB Montreal has far more people, veterans in AAA gaming development and had far more years since their last games.
Anyway, I want this game to be freaking awesome, so hopefully the final version is that awesome.
It doesn't seem bad, but it does feel generic. This kind of gameplay was considered cutting-edge in the PS3/X360 era. Every AAA superhero sandbox games now copies and pastes the exact same combat. As I watched Batgirl do side-somersault dodges, I kept thinking to myself... where have I seen this before apart from Arkham games? Of course, Spider-Man on PS4!
Honestly, I just hope the game is great and fun to play, that's the most important thing in any game. Batman: Arkham Origins gives some hope the developers will be able to make a very good game.