When it comes to Batman games, none have done better than the Arkham games. Since then, no Batman game or DC game since have been able to come close. With the recent success of Insomniac's Spider-Man games, DC needs that chance to step it up.
I might have been late to this but frankly, there hasn't been much hype for this game but I decided to go into this with a clear mind and see if it was worth it. Luckily, I didn't spend money due to it being free with PS Plus.
In this game, Batman dies after a battle with Ra's al Ghul and with the Dark Knight gone, it's up to the four knights to take over and become their own heroes.
You can play as the four vigilantes. Dick Grayson AKA Nightwing, Barbara Gordon AKA Batgirl, Tim Drake AKA Robin, and Jason Todd AKA Red Hood. On solo, you can switch between them and if you have friends, you can pick who you want to be. You can level up the characters and luckily, they level up together so you don't have to worry about level balancing. Really, they all play the same so it really doesn't matter who you play as. The ones I usually play the most are Red Hood and Nightwing.
How you go about stopping crimes is similar to the Arkham games. You can set a destination of what crime you want to stop and these can help you level up and progress through the game. Traversing through the game can make progression gruelling though. While there are fast travel points with the help of Lucius Fox, whether you keep on grappling from building to building or riding the Batcycle, it's very boring and tedious.
When it comes to the story, it's hard to keep your attention on the main one. The Court of Owls aren't an interesting criminal group and really, I think the League of Shadows and Talia would have been better main villains. Hell, to be honest, the side mission villains with Harley, Mr. Freeze, and Clayface were more fun. I just wished there were more bad guys to deal with compared to previous Batman games.
There's lots of customization. You can change the looks and powers of your suit and weapons. Some of them are pretty cool but some I don't really like that much.
There's also these side stories where you get flashbacks with certain characters where you get little interactions with the four knights. They're pretty nice but nothing too interesting.
Other side stuff, really I didn't care about. The Watch, I don't know what they're about, Penguin is reformed so you don't do anything with him, and the time trials suck. Really most of the time, you don't care about the situations in a lot of these crimes because it's run of the mill.
Overall, it's not really a bad game but it's not great either. Everything is pretty average and it's just sluggish playing through. DC still has ways to go to reach the peak they once had in the video game scene.
I give Gotham Knights a 6/10.
I might have been late to this but frankly, there hasn't been much hype for this game but I decided to go into this with a clear mind and see if it was worth it. Luckily, I didn't spend money due to it being free with PS Plus.
In this game, Batman dies after a battle with Ra's al Ghul and with the Dark Knight gone, it's up to the four knights to take over and become their own heroes.
You can play as the four vigilantes. Dick Grayson AKA Nightwing, Barbara Gordon AKA Batgirl, Tim Drake AKA Robin, and Jason Todd AKA Red Hood. On solo, you can switch between them and if you have friends, you can pick who you want to be. You can level up the characters and luckily, they level up together so you don't have to worry about level balancing. Really, they all play the same so it really doesn't matter who you play as. The ones I usually play the most are Red Hood and Nightwing.
How you go about stopping crimes is similar to the Arkham games. You can set a destination of what crime you want to stop and these can help you level up and progress through the game. Traversing through the game can make progression gruelling though. While there are fast travel points with the help of Lucius Fox, whether you keep on grappling from building to building or riding the Batcycle, it's very boring and tedious.
When it comes to the story, it's hard to keep your attention on the main one. The Court of Owls aren't an interesting criminal group and really, I think the League of Shadows and Talia would have been better main villains. Hell, to be honest, the side mission villains with Harley, Mr. Freeze, and Clayface were more fun. I just wished there were more bad guys to deal with compared to previous Batman games.
There's lots of customization. You can change the looks and powers of your suit and weapons. Some of them are pretty cool but some I don't really like that much.
There's also these side stories where you get flashbacks with certain characters where you get little interactions with the four knights. They're pretty nice but nothing too interesting.
Other side stuff, really I didn't care about. The Watch, I don't know what they're about, Penguin is reformed so you don't do anything with him, and the time trials suck. Really most of the time, you don't care about the situations in a lot of these crimes because it's run of the mill.
Overall, it's not really a bad game but it's not great either. Everything is pretty average and it's just sluggish playing through. DC still has ways to go to reach the peak they once had in the video game scene.
I give Gotham Knights a 6/10.