Gotham Knights Looks Like a Co-Op Batman: Arkham Knight, and That's OK

The new Gotham Knights showcase revealed more about how the game plays, and the similarities to Batman: Arkham Knight are hard to ignore.

[CrimsonWing69]

I, uh, I mean did you expect anything different from an Arkham game?

[antikbaka]

no, but i didn't expect it to be worse either

[Yi-Long]

Except it’s not an Arkham game. Hence why they dropped the Arkham and this is called Gotham Knights

Not sure how to feel about this game. The announcement was pretty underwhelming when they showed the gameplay/concept. I love the Arkham games because they were well-made SP action adventures, and this seemed to focus more on the MP co-op aspect. Graphically it didn’t impress, arguably looking worse than Arkham Knight, but obviously Arkham Knight looked amazing, and still does. I’m glad to read they dropped the development for last-gen consoles so they can focus on current-gen.

Really wish they would have just made another SP focused game though, either a follow-up to Knight, or taking it into the (near-) future for Arkham Beyond.

[CrimsonWing69]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but doesn’t this literally take place after Arkham Knight?

I mean from what I saw it sort of walks like a duck and quack likes a duck...

I didn't see anything that gave the impression that it's radically different or would be radically different from the Arkham games... sans visuals and swapping out mechanics to glide around the city.

So there's co-op, not like we haven't seen the Arkham games have an AI controlled partner. Y'know, like Knightwing and Batman taking on Killer Croc in the Arkham Knight DLC?

In fact, why is everyone freaking out about co-op ruining a single player experience? Plenty of games that introduce co-op pull off a decent single player campaign.

[ABizzel1]

The issue is both WB Montreal (the ones making this and Arkham Origins dev) and Rocksteady (the other Batman games) are both trying to get into the on-going / co-op / service based world because EVERYONE is trying to get a service game because it's an ongoing cash-cow if done right, which is understandable because businesses want and need money to continue to thrive / budget for more games / pay developers.

But you also have to be realistic as well. Why put two teams on similar projects (2 player co-op / 4 player co-op) within the same genre, within the same Universe? It's like they didn't learn anything from Square and Avengers. Even if Suicide Squad turns out to be good, unless it gets rave reviews, its success now depends on Gotham Knights.

The good about the game is it looks like more "Arkham Knight" which is fine, as there are millions of people who enjoy those games. And hopefully, the co-op is well implemented and doesn't take away from the story and pacing of the game.

The bad is it looks like more Arkham Knight.....and that game was released back in 2015...so this is the evolution they have after up to 7 years of development..... And the revolution was let's add one more player into the mix.

[pietro1212]

It’s not a Arkham game nor does it take place in that universe. The upcoming Suicide Squad is set in the same universe as the Arkham games

[zsquaresoff]

All I want is another Batman trilogy, there are so many great batman stories to tell.

[SoulWarrior]

This just looks drab, 7 years on from Arkham Knight and we get what looks like a boring live service co-op game.

[SDuck]

Game looks dumb. Out of all combat aspects of the Arkham series, they went and focused on the unrealistic ping pong around the field hitting each enemy. They decided to make Red Hood bulky as hell and give him nonsensical mystical powers even though those are the hated changes in the comics to his character.

Game looks like a horrible cash grab capitalizing on a beloved franchise of mine (the Robins) and I cannot ignore it

[neomahi]

Not really. It looks incredibly boring

[monkey602]

As a fan of the Arkham games this is a hard pass for me. Doesn't seem to have any redeeming features. Asylum is on my list of favourite games

[Snakeeater25]

No it doesn't because Batman is not in Gotham