Nightwing and Red Hood Featured In New Gotham Knights Gameplay, Preorders Now Available
It seems like it's been forever since we've seen anything substantial from Gotham Knights, and with it coming out later this year, it's about time to see more of the game. The folks at Warner Bros. Montreal feel the same way and have released a 13+ minute gameplay walkthrough featuring two members of the bat family, Nightwing and Red Hood. Not only do we get to see plenty of new gameplay, but the studio has also announced Gotham Knights is officially available to preorder as of today.
Gotham Knights' game director Geoff Ellenor introduces the walkthrough you can watch in the video above. The footage is from about halfway through the game's story and begins by following Nightwing as he patrols the city, scouting out scoundrels from the rooftops. Soon after, Red Hood joins in on the fun to show off the cooperative element of the game.
Nightwing is an acrobatic character and uses agile flips to move around the battlefield, closing the distance swiftly to bash enemies with his batons. He can cause elemental damage with some of his special moves like the «Elemental Shockwave» and temporarily apply a cryo status to foes, freezing and taking them out of the fight. Nightwing maneuvers around the skies of Gotham, hanging from a glider he calls «The Flying Trapeze,» a great name and a nod to his past life as a circus performer as part of «The Flying Graysons,» which, of course, ended tragically.
Red Hood has more mystical elements to his gameplay, allowing him to leap off of his soul energy mid-air. Rather than the up-close approach that Nightwing takes, Red Hood sticks to his guns, literally. He keeps a slight distance in combat, using his akimbo pistols and other weaponry to shoot Gotham's thugs with non-lethal ammunition.
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