Gotham Knights Reveals Gameplay for Nightwing and Red Hood
Gotham Knights fans were treated to an official gameplay presentation for Batgirl and Robin back in August 2020 for DC FanDome. Since then, Gotham Knights has shared a cinematic story trailer that portrayed its main antagonist group, the Court of Owls, but has remained relatively silent thereafter.
Now that Gotham Knights has a new release date scheduled for October 25, 2022, it was only a matter of time before new information was shared. Yesterday, it was announced that details of some sort would be revealed for characters Nightwing and Red Hood. These two characters have not had any explicit gameplay shown beforehand, so it was a tease that fans were certainly excited for. Today, that tease has been revealed as an official gameplay presentation centered around Nightwing and Red Hood.
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Geoff Ellenor, Gotham Knights’ Game Director at WB Games Montreal, walks fans through the heroes' co-op and single-player gameplay. Nightwing's combat in particular is more acrobatic and gymnastic, while Red Hood's combat mixes non-lethal gunshots with brawler attacks and sticky bombs. This demonstration, unlike the Batgirl and Robin presentation, features a much more in-depth look at gameplay features and shares a look at Gotham Knights’ UI HUD, which Ellenor states is customizable to the player’s preference.
Nightwing’s unique mode of traversal in Gotham Knights’ open-world is a hang glider dubbed the Flying Trapeze. Meanwhile, Red Hood has a “mystical leap” gained as a supernatural ability after his resurrection by “an assassin cult.” This traversal uses Red Hood’s “soul energy” and offers him a truly unique interpretation in Gotham Knights that sets him apart from the other playable
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