Gotham Knights is set in a Batman universe in which the Dark Knight himself is dead, and it is up to you, as one of the various members of the Bat-family, to fill the void. Today we got a new video detailing how skill trees work in the game, which comes to us via IGN's First series.
Each character performs wildly different to one another, and developer WB Games Montreal wants players to pick one of the four possible protagonists (Nightwing, Robin, Batgirl or Red Hood) and mould them into a hero worthy of taking on Batman's mantle.
Every skill tree is in-depth, and ability points can be spent on combat upgrades, mobility enhancements and utility skills as well. While levelling up your chosen character, you will also earn surplus skill points, meaning you will be able to level up the other characters quickly and won't be penalised for playing favourites.
In addition, each character is able to embrace Knighthood after a certain point in the narrative. This will unlock a final skill tree that represents your character's understanding of what it means to be the Dark Knight and represents the peak of each's potential.
It's a surprisingly in-depth system, far more based on something you would expect from an RPG than was present in the Arkham series of games.
What do you think of Gotham Knights' skill tree system? Which character are you planning on playing primarily? Don the mask in the comments section below.
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The more I see of this the more I like it. I was a bit meh on some of the traversal mechanics etc as I thought they were a bit too much to be in the Arkham games, in saying that, the Batman Arkham games were never about realism so it’s changed my thoughts. I’m definitely gonna pick this one up day one.
I'll pick it up eventually. Not a day one for me. Plus I'll be in for the long haul with Pathfinder Wotr.
As with most multi protagonist games the gameplay suffers as multiple playstyles and moves have to be combined where 1 protagonist is much more focused. I have zero expectations but I hope it's good.
Gotham without Batman just doesn't sit right with me....
I sadly won't be buying this day one anymore, my October gaming money is going towards A Plague Tale: Requiem.
The more I see of this the less I like it.
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