![]() In shared moments, you learn more about each hero. This care extends to the Batfamily itself, which gathers in a central Belfry between missions, to reconnect and discuss each story clue as they stumble upon it. It’s not all beating up bad guys with your fists, guns and grappling hooks, Gotham Knights is also rather good at slowing down – giving you time to investigate your surroundings, interrogate nearby criminals, hunt for clues, and make human connections. Combat and gameplay also revolve around similar beats to Arkham, including segments for investigations that mirror the vignettes in Arkham Origins. While the bigger quests are split into chunks, they follow a linear path – much like in the classic Arkham series. Screenshot: GamesHubĪt the end of each night, your list of accomplishments is tallied up and you’re made keenly aware of how Gotham is evolving with the Batfamily at the helm. If those sweeping, cinematic tales aren’t enough for you, you can also devote time to ticking off your standard open-world tasks – discovering fast travel points, stopping crimes in their tracks, hiding Batman’s secret identity from the cops, or completing speed-based time trials. Your nights are determined by your sense of adventure – do you want to head directly for the main story, which spells a tale of corruption at the heart of Gotham, thanks to the Court of Owls? Do you want to pursue individual villains – like Harley Quinn, who’s managed to escape Blackgate Prison and kickstart her own series of successful talk shows? Do you want to tackle Mr Freeze, who’s determined to make Gotham his own icy prison?Įach clue and case file brings you closer to the crescendo of each villain’s tale, which usually plays out in cinematic and sonorous cutscenes taking you from the heart of Gotham, to cloistered stage plays, to rioting streets. During each ‘night’ of the game, you set forth as your chosen character, with the aim of cleansing Gotham’s criminal element. ![]() There’s also a real sense of variety in this world, with the game’s action broken up into individual case files, hero tasks, quests, and collectibles that each test different skills. With hearty, story-based questlines and tasks that keep you pushing onwards through a murky, tension-filled story of subterfuge and villainy in the seams of Gotham City, Gotham Knights continues to be fresh and moreish with each beat. (Screenshots: GamesHub)Īs a solo game, Gotham Knights is an absolute blast – and while the segmented nature of the story and bite-sized quests are clearly designed for drop-in, drop-out co-op gameplay, I didn’t feel playing the game solo took anything away from my experience. Instead, I played through solo as Red Hood – a character who is typically a lone wolf anyway. The nature of reviewing a game, particularly in a busy release season, is that co-op wasn’t possible for my playthrough. Each of you can then embody one of the Batfamily, and fight together across a range of quests. Once you hit a certain point in the adventure – around an hour in – you’ll unlock the ability to play co-op with a partner. As one of the four members of the ‘Batfamily’, you must forgo the grieving process and hit the streets to fight back crime, using your unique skills and combat techniques to take on a range of villains. Gotham’s greatest defender might be dead, but the criminals of Gotham live on, growing bolder in the absence of the menacing Bat. In a flashy CGI cutscene, we learn of his fate – and of the video message he leaves for his family – Jason Todd ( Red Hood), Dick Grayson ( Nightwing), Barbara Gordon ( Batgirl) and Tim Drake ( Robin). This is the scene we open on – Batman’s last, desperate moments, clawing for breath as his enemy advances. In Gotham Knights, Batman is dead, killed in combat by the ever-resurrecting Ra’s al Ghul. That’s no bad thing though, with the influence of Arkham injecting this gothic co-op adventure with a real sense of style, free-flowing combat, and a glorious open world. We have the Batfamily, and one or two player co-op, and segmented quests, and a Red Hood with a bad haircut.‘ But try as it might, Gotham Knights can’t escape the shadows of the Arkham series – which filter into the game via every quest line, gritty character interpretation, and city street. ![]() ![]() ‘ The Arkham series? What’s that?‘ it seems to say. Gotham Knights seems determined to carve out its own legacy.
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