Interesting. Missed opportunity for it to be Oracle though! >:(The bot for the Gotham Knights channel is named Orphan, so we may get Cassandra Cain in the game at some point.
Of course Jason is the most popular.
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Gotham Knights Announced (WB Montreal, 2021, Solo/Two-Player Co-op, PS5, XSX, PS4, XBO, PC)
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Of course Jason is the most popular.
It's not a sequel at all. It has no connection to Arkham. The explosion you guys hear about in the beginning is something that happens to Bruce in the city (most likely by the Court). The world doesn't know he's Batman. There's plenty of hints in the dialogue and what's happening in the trailers, but this isn't in the Arkhamverse. It might have some easter eggs towards those events, some of those may even be canon in this universe, but it's completely original.
I kind of take back what I said. I just saw the gameplay video. This has RPG elements. And each campaign is at least 15+ hours. No thanks.
I can't do long games anymore, and I have very little patience for RPG mechanics/level systems.
I can't do long games anymore, and I have very little patience for RPG mechanics/level systems.
It says 'original story in the Batman Universe' in the PR so i guess it doesn't have any correlation to the Arkham series
The color scheme is a bit more saturated than the Arkham series to my eyes, it maybe looks a little less gritty. The character models are also more "cartoony" than they were in AK (although not the earlier games). I don't think it's a big deal
Swap Cass with Stephanie Brown, or hell, just put Spoiler in a launch or DLC & I'll drop a $100 too. Both are far better than Barbara as Batgirl for me.
Did they say what it was running on? If that's what I can expect from XSX or PS5 next year I'll be satisfied!
Is it? the DC one is 41k to 2.1k. I was just scanning through the thread and people seem to be super negative about it.
Vertical slices are all anyone wants I guess. That was legit gameplay from a pre-alpha game. All games are relatively rough this far out.
A direct sequel to Arkham Knight. The whole damn Bat Family. I'm going to cry. It's fucking perfect.
I thought the bolded was true and said as much, but I think I was mistaken on that front. The trailer mentions the explosion as occurring "north of the city", so maybe it will end up being Wayne Manor.
But yeah, it might end up as a be a 'sequel if you don't really think about it', kind of like Arkham Asylum to Batman The Animated Series.
Red Hood and Nightwing are dominating the poll
Talent always wins
Also, the folks thinking AK looked better...that was using a lot of smoke and mirrors and the performance was terrible.
Uh what? The trailer in the DC YT channel has 41k likes vs 2.1k dislikes lol
The one on IGN has over 30k likes as well
Right, that's what I meant that it's not a formal sequel. Having no knowledge about the characters besides the Arkham games will probably give you enough of a foundation, but they're probably working on the assumption that a large part of their audience only knows about Babs, Dick, Jason, and Tim from those games.
I just watched the one of the game's official page. Has over double the dislikes.
What? They literally describe the ending of Arkham Knight to a tee in that trailer. Weird to just leap off on such a similar point then.
Does that mean that Batgirl could be Babs then too?
robin in the trash where he belongs.
Thats why they gave him that flashy teleport..they knew..they knew no one would care otherwise.
Thats why they gave him that flashy teleport..they knew..they knew no one would care otherwise.
Yes I want both! I would love to have Steph as another playable character. Cass comes first, of course, but I love Steph too. <3
Oh, that's awesome!
I'm reading a lot of posts disagreeing so I'll just say I think this is a solid recommend.
Especially if you don't want to get bogged down in continuity it's a Batman story that explores some really cool ideas, and springboards off of Batman The Animated Series to do so.
Batman: White Knight is very good and sells like crazy. A neat remix of 90s canon with TAS canon. And even Batman 1989.
Tim and Babs marry in Kight. Who members that?
Tim and Babs marry in Kight. Who members that?
This may shock you , but I watched the video (the gameplay footage) in the OP.
Hontestly this did nothing for me, and I really enjoyed Arkham games (the Rocksteady ones).
The combat looked super dull (damage numbers why 🤢), the dialogue had me cringing for some reason... everything just feels so stiff overall.
Need to see more but for the first impression this wasn't good.
The combat looked super dull (damage numbers why 🤢), the dialogue had me cringing for some reason... everything just feels so stiff overall.
Need to see more but for the first impression this wasn't good.
This is looking pretty damn close to the comics so I doubt BabsxTim will be a thing, if for the age gap alone.
Again, they never mention Wayne Manor in the trailer, also Gordon is dead since many years in this continuity (as mentioned in Bruce's recording).
The strange thing is, they could've easily had this game fit as a sequel to Knight. Jim's death and Barbara walking again seem to be the only things holding it back and both could be explained in an intro scene.
I get WB Montreal wanting a fresh start with their take on the series, but why not make it work?
...unless Rocksteady's Suicide Squad is doing that instead. Guess we'll have to see.
I get WB Montreal wanting a fresh start with their take on the series, but why not make it work?
...unless Rocksteady's Suicide Squad is doing that instead. Guess we'll have to see.
I have no idea where Wayne Manor is in Gotham but I wouldn't doubt that lol
SO glad to have a living Gotham though
My bad, my eyes must have glossed over the "formal" part lol
I'll probably be playing Batgirl firstly and then Robin... the other two are a bit "too cool for school" for me.
Yeah, but then everything else is sideways. Tim is much younger. Barbara is Batgirl. Gordon is dead.
Red Hood/Jason has a different design with no Joker brand over his face. Freeze is a villain and alive.
It seems they took artistic inspiration from AK's ending but are doing their own thing otherwise.