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[Elcid]

So apparently this is a new universe, that just looks a fuckton like the Arkhamverse. I'd rather it be a new universe personally, but now I'm pissed the best Robin isn't in it, Tim Drake. I'm down for Batgirl though, she looks awesome.

Edit:
Turns out Tim Drake is Robin and NOT Damian!

How Gotham Knights Connects to a Classic Batman Comic

Gotham Knights is about Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and Red Hood taking over as protectors of Gotham after Batman's death. Sounds a lot like DC's Battle for the Cowl comics!

www.denofgeek.com

 

[GamerEDM]

meh , looks like all the arkham games - ill probably skip this one. Rocksteady's Suicide squad has me more excited

 

[jaysius]

Looks like it has shitty GaaS hooks with levels for the sake of levels, numbers popping out of everything, mention of builds, increase of power and stats so there will be trash loot with incremental upgrades that waste your fucking time. Gaming might be fucked if this shit continues.

If you think this isn’t a GaaS you’ll be let down. Do you realize yet the wording and phrases they use to sell a GaaS yet?

 

[Punished Miku]

Finally watched the whole thing. I'm a bit more optimistic about it honestly.

Hopefully RPG means that there's a lot of interesting upgrades and character progression, and hopefully it means that all the characters actually feel substantially different.

 

[Irobot82]

Few notes.
1. Seems kind of like Assassins Creed verision of "RPG" skinned over batman game.
2. It's 2020 and they can animate Batgirls hair? Likes like 20 polygon blocks.
3. Seems a bit more comedic than the Arkham universe. Lame one liners and stuff, is this supposed to exist in the Arkham Universe?

Edit: Why does the Premier Trailer show different outfit for Batgirl than the game? She has no cowl at the beginning then a cowl later on.

 

[Labolas]

Cassandra Cain gets no love again. WTF. Would have loved to see her in this costume at least.

 

[Dacon]

Cassandra Cain gets no love again. WTF. Would have loved to see her in this costume at least.

Best Batgirl.

Don't worry barbara will probably get her suit as gear pickups.

 

[O-N-E]

Batgirl sounds insufferable.

 

[eyesabitdull]

Dammit Ubisoft, not again!

 

[Elcid]

Few notes.
1. Seems kind of like Assassins Creed verision of "RPG" skinned over batman game.
2. It's 2020 and they can animate Batgirls hair? Likes like 20 polygon blocks.
3. Seems a bit more comedic than the Arkham universe. Lame one liners and stuff, is this supposed to exist in the Arkham Universe?

Edit: Why does the Premier Trailer show different outfit for Batgirl than the game? She has no cowl at the beginning then a cowl later on.

It does NOT exist in the Arkham verse.

 

[Compsiox]

My brain shorted and I thought the title was "Geoff Keighley revealed by WB"

 

[eastwood333]

Same as the previous three games in play style so I'm happy. Definitely not 4 player games as a service nonsense some of you were shouting!

I think that looks pretty damn awesome. It's exactly what i wanted other than Batman being left out. Really hoping this turns out well and WB Montreal still has a ton of time to improve it further.

 

[Miggytronz]

Im in.

 

[Airbus Jr]

"Im Batman !" ( Bale Voice)

 

[MiyazakiHatesKojima]

Looks fantastic!

 

[Krappadizzle]

Would laugh my ass off at Batman dlc. Especially wouldn't surprise me because it's WB.

Still the though gets me giddy thinking about the fun co-op that could be had in an open world game like this.

Either way, always love the series and even if it's it's own game continuity as long as some core tenants of what made the series so great I'll be their day 1.

 

[Krappadizzle]

It should still look and run significantly better on the PS5 and XSX. Batman: Arkham Knight looks and runs significantly better on my PC (which has a 1080Ti) than it did on my base PS4.

It absolutely looks fantastic on PC w/1080ti. Being double the frame rate absolutely makes everything better for obvious reasons.

 

[Vaelka]

Dat gameplay tho, 5-15 FPS lol.

Batgirl's cape is too long. Need to shorten that quite a bit to highlight the ass-ets since you'll be playing from behind her view most of the time.

Who the hell wants to ever play as the sidekicks like Robin?

No joke, I am sure we're going to see arguments about this.

I am pretty sure her design is just inspired by that teen version of her from the comics you can see it in the colors too and her cape there is short too..
But some people are going to have a meltdown and say that it's '' sexualizing her '' xD.

 

[jigglet]

Stupid title. I would have called it:

Knight Man / Knight Girl: Diversity Adventures

 

[Classicrockfan]

Gotham the knight man cometh

 

[bender]

Left 4 Deadpool

 

[Megatron]

Cassandra Cain gets no love again. WTF. Would have loved to see her in this costume at least.

Honestly, I will be surprised if they don’t add playable characters later. Maybe as dlc. Cassandra Cain, Azrael, the Signal, Spoiler, maybe Huntress, etc

 

[makaveli60]

Really? The loading sections (opening doors, pushing through a crevice) were very noticeable in the gameplay demo.

I meant the visuals. The lighting and effects looked very cool.

 

[Boss Mog]

"discipline to its cops "? Another game trying to shove politics down my throat? Yeah... no thanks.

 

[Rikkori]

This was simply lame. Like an off-brand division game with none of its good attributes. It looked so lifeless and dull!

 

[Orta]

Button mashing combat with some jumpy bits.

No thanks.

 

[hyperbertha]

Man the Arkham subreddit is a gold mine of memes right now. Not Disappointed.

 

[Zannegan]

Lots of likes on that trailer, but I'm just not seeing it. Nothing of what made the first game great seems to have survived.

Between the awful quips, shoehorned setpieces, and glowy leds stuck to everything, this looks like the Schumacher take on the Arkhamverse.

 

[Geki-D]

Looks like this game is not connected to the arkham games from what wb games pr.

Pretty confusing. I assume what they mean is that it's based in the same universe but its a non-canon spin off so it's not the official next part. It's seemingly based in the continuation of the Arkham universe, it's all the same characters from the Arkham games (all the same versions of each) in the aftermath of the events of Arkham Knight where Batman dies.

I'm guessing this is Resident Evil Gaiden/Metal Gear Raising of the Arkham games.

 

[Shubh_C63]

OK they need to show much MUCH more to sell people on the GaaS-Arkham.

I have always been a sucker for Arkham Combat so this is perfect for me but reactions against the trailer are justified.

 

[Shmunter]

Looks like it has shitty GaaS hooks with levels for the sake of levels, numbers popping out of everything, mention of builds, increase of power and stats so there will be trash loot with incremental upgrades that waste your fucking time. Gaming might be fucked if this shit continues.

If you think this isn’t a GaaS you’ll be let down. Do you realize yet the wording and phrases they use to sell a GaaS yet?

The scourge of gaming. Sony studios, the last bastion of what I look for in gaming.

 

[Elcid]

I'm actually excited for this one. Court of Owls and Battle for the Cowl are two amazing Batman stories, and it has Jason and Tim? I will likely main Robin/Batgirl. Fuck yes. 2 player co-op is cool too, glad they didn't go 4 player for this. Will not pick up Suicide Squad but this looks like a good pickup, probably not day 1 though.

 

[Shubh_C63]

Man the Arkham subreddit is a gold mine of memes right now. Not Disappointed.

Ok you weren't kidding. Every post on the reddit is pure fire right now lol

 

[Nico_D]

I agree with many others that level-gating and all that pseudo-rpg shit is a big turn off. Why so many games now try to add content by badly imitating actually good rpgs.

It's Batman! But now with numbers! (And without Batman.)

 

[Timberwolf25]

I'll give it a go if it's on Gamepass or if there is a big sale. Otherwise, I'm skipping it.

 

[Labolas]

Honestly, I will be surprised if they don’t add playable characters later. Maybe as dlc. Cassandra Cain, Azrael, the Signal, Spoiler, maybe Huntress, etc

I'll be cool with that.

 

[cormack12]

Few points mirror my own here, feels like I'm back towards the end of the 360 where everything just feels like a reskin of a common game. It didn't look bad but it hasn't really done anything for the wow factor. Even worse when it was PS4/XB1 as well - next gen might have been a pull but it's not even got that.

For those who like the look of it, hope it turns out great!

 

[Kadayi]

They need to definitely lose those dopey assed damage numbers, That shit might pass in an MMO but honestly it's got no place in either a single or co-op based game, and that shit pretty much put me off The Division and games of its ilk. Still, pre-alpha footage (which a lot of the try-hards ITT don't seem to get) so hard to judge beyond that as I dare say a lot will change in terms of look and feel before launch. Need to see more down the line.

 

[hyperbertha]

Man Arkham Knight and Origins were GOOD. We used to have it good but we trashed those games. The upcoming two games are repentance

 

[VertigoOA]

Every game could have damage numbers. Makes no difference.

It a co-op beat em up.

Still looks 100x better than that Avengers garbage and it’s half-assed attempt at RPG mechanics and loot.

 

[Yu Furealdo]

Looks fun. I agree with the people who say it looks more like a co-op AssCreed game than GaaS bs.

 

[Guardian's Light]

Characters like Robin and Batgirl really aren't that popular. Looking at some of the responses there are people who have no idea who Batgirl is. Give the general public the choice between playing just as Batman or playing as Robin/Batgirl/Nightwing/etc and 98% of them will choose Batman every time.

I agree with them being less popular, but also, you can't always make medias only about popular characters, otherwise no other character would ever have a chance to become popular or more popular itself
Media is full of characters who became popular after series and such, look at green arrow golden age ( around 2013), guy was incredibly popular thanks to its TV series

Also, many people love Robin and Batgirl, and Nightwing is awesome and full of potential

In my opinions, this game's problems are other things

 

[Guardian's Light]

Every game could have damage numbers. Makes no difference.

It a co-op beat em up.

Still looks 100x better than that Avengers garbage and it’s half-assed attempt at RPG mechanics and loot.

Also, you can always disable them, Origins and Odissey have them and you can turn them off

 

[reptilex]

Looks bland AF, crap designs. Also could they make Red Hood look any more like Deadpool?

 

[Kiya's Guard]

This, the Justice League game and the Avengers one. What a turn have recent superhero games made...

 

[VertigoOA]

Also, you can always disable them, Origins and Odissey have them and you can turn them off

I feel like people yell Destiny and Gaas without really knowing what they’re looking at or what that means. Street Fighter 2 was Gaas in 1993.

this looks pretty traditional honestly... a 2-player beat em up. The combat looks like a nice evolution of Arkham and built by a team experienced with it. Its not a hodgepodge for 3 different genres like avengers. It overall looks more consistent and not clumsy likeavengers.

Like I love Batman. I hate the super friends justice league shit and even batgirl and robin to a better extent. Solo batman stuff is the very best of it all and the least ridiculous. So I’m just as disappointed as any that we haven’t seen a new single player Batman game as amazing as the Arkham trilogy is.

But for what this is... and how great the art direction is for pretty much everything, especially the environments ...

IT LOOKS GOOD!

 

[EverydayBeast]

Will get this great era for super hero fans.

 

[FranXico]

Man Arkham Knight and Origins were GOOD. We used to have it good but we trashed those games. The upcoming two games are repentance

We were kind of spoiled indeed, let's be honest.

 

[Kikorin]

As a casual fan of Batman, I played and loved all the Batman games from the "Arkham" series. This one looks not bad (except for the framerate, but I guess they'll optimize it before release date), but not having Batman as main character is a big turn off for me. Anyway if there will be an epic single player campaign like in other games I'll play it, if they'll made all GAAS and multiplayer, nope.

 

[VertigoOA]

I just realized...

I’ve probably played every Batman game that been on consoles since The Animated Series on SNES except the telltale games.

I badly want another standalone single-player Batman but I guess that isn’t happening till after the movie hits.

Arkham games are the best by far.