Gotham Knightsbegan a thread of brief character spotlight showcases back in June as a marketing effort. The first character to be shown was Dick Grayson’s Nightwing, followed by Tim Drake’s Robin.
These character spotlights give a slightly more intimate look at Gotham Knights’ playable characters, hinting at their character’s motivations while offering edits of extended gameplay and unique cosmetics skins. It was only a matter of time before the next playable character’s spotlight would be revealed, but WB Games Montreal has decided to take its latest to San Diego Comic-Con for a special look at Gotham Knights’ only female character.
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Following the previous two character spotlights that were released for Gotham Knights, WB Games Montreal has arrived at SDCC this week with a comparable look at Barbara Gordon’s Batgirl. In this spotlight, Batgirl acknowledges her past moniker as Oracle and her responsibility to protect Gotham City, just as her father Jim Gordon did. It seems as if her father’s death will rightfully have a strong narrative impact on her character in Gotham Knights, as a cinematic shot of her looking up at a giant monument to him suggests.
The gameplay for Batgirl does appear similar to how it looked during Gotham Knights’ first gameplay walkthrough around the game’s initial announcement, with animations for aerial takedowns and AoE Batarang abilities present. But that is a positive, as her gameplay already looked fairly polished back when it was originally shown. Interestingly, this spotlight reveals that her tonfa weapon can be transformed into a nunchaku in combat.
Batgirl’s unique cape-gliding is also depicted, though it is unknown how
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