Gotham Knights’ Batcycle Shouldn’t Have to Compete with Batman: Arkham Knight’s Batmobile

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Gotham Knights offers a lot of personalization between its four playable protagonists. The game does not have distinct character classes in particular, but Nightwing, Robin, Batgirl, and Red Hood all have separate playstyles and distinguishable skill tree abilities. Part of these unique abilities is each character’s own means of traversal: Nightwing’s glider, Robin’s short-range teleportation, Batgirl’s cape, and Red Hood’s mystical leap. Gotham Knights’ traversal mechanics are exclusive to respective characters, but a grapple and a Batcycle will be ubiquitous no matter who fans play as.

The last time that fans had a AAA DC game with a vehicular component was in Batman: Arkham Knight. Early previews have already remarked upon how the Arkhamverse’s roots can be discerned in Gotham Knights, but that itis ultimately its own individual experience. There is no doubt that Rocksteady and WB Games Montreal’s Arkhamverse is seminal, but Gotham Knights is stamping its own mark on the DC mythology. This applies to Gotham Knights’ protagonists, co-op features, and also its Batcycle mechanics, which should not need to compete with Batman: Arkham Knight’s Batmobile.

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The Batmobile from Batman: Arkham Knight was highly conflicting. In the fourth installment of an incredibly influential franchise, the Batmobile is a refreshing feature that introduced new mechanics. The Batmobile can be used as a means of traversal, where players could barrel through cement pillars and the corners of buildings at remarkable speeds.

Pursuits throughout tight, winding streets on each island borough of Gotham City is exhilarating, and ejecting from the Batmobile to launch