Measured “Gotham Knight” open world action RPG, Batman is dead and “Bat Family” is taking over | 4 Gamers

The open world action RPG “Gotham Knight” has been officially released recently. This work is based on the fact that Batman has died, and the important task of protecting Gotham City falls to ” Bat Family”: Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin on the shoulders. Players will be able to play the role of members of the bat family and take on the responsibility of fighting crime.

When it comes to Batman themed video games, I think many old gamers will immediately think of the classic Arkham trilogy. The refreshing and handsome battles, complex and interesting enemies, and dark and beautiful scenes make it a masterpiece.

Naturally, when Warner Bros. announced Games Montréal, the developer who participated in the production of the Arkham trilogy, that it would launch another AAA masterpiece “Gotham Knights” (Gotham Knights) with another Batman world view, many old players were very incompatible . .

But the author had a bit of an ominous prediction when I saw the damage numbers floating on the screen in the game preview. The following is an introduction to this game based on my feelings after actually playing it.

Batman is dead, and there are four assistants on the stage

The main plot of “Gotham Knight” begins with the death of Batman due to mysterious reasons. Players need to act as Batman’s four assistants: Nightwing, Batgirl, Robin and Red Hood to solve the mystery.

This part of the game has a unique play style and skill tree designed for each hero, allowing players to enjoy a different gaming experience.

Robin is good at agile fighting and stealth killing, Batgirl can hack into various electronic instruments, Red Hood has the strongest fighting ability in terms of long range, Nightwing has wonderful chain attacks and special aerial combat abilities, players can choose their heroes themselves. experience going out on trips, and upgrading and making equipment for them respectively.

Indeed, the battle screen of this work can be called beautiful and cool. Each character’s attacks, executions, skills and stealth flesh have unique animations that match their personality and fighting style, and they are not low in handsome.

The finish moves with close-ups and the heavy and powerful shots also add a lot of refreshment. It can be said that the basic combat experience of this work is not bad.

In addition, in the same plot and game scene, different heroes will encounter different reactions and speak different dialogues, and because each character has his own team and adventure in the official plot, these unique His personal background is also mentioned from time to time in the game, which proves that this work has a certain respect for Batman’s worldview.

Join the multiplayer experience, match up with partners online and fight crime together!

Since there are four well-known heroes in this work, naturally the production team of “Gotham Knights” did not miss this opportunity and pushed the multiplayer gameplay in all aspects.

It can be said that the community function in the game is very complete. The friend system, team inspection, recent teammates are all intact, and even the blacklist function is available, and each hero also has many of skills that can bring benefits to teammates, , you can change the character you want to play at will when connecting.

If you like to play a hero and fight crime with your friends, this game can completely satisfy you, but if you don’t have friends to play with but still want to experience multiplayer connections, players can also quickly match online. “Gotham Knights” brings its own online chat Room function to communicate with unfamiliar players.

However, it is a pity that the current multiplayer connection of this work only supports two people, and there is no unique multiplayer mission. If you want to send four heroes together and experience the multiplayer content unique player, you have to wait until November 29 to launch Hero Attack It is only possible after the mode, and now it can only be solved in the main line mode.

Enemies too repetitive, formal game mechanics

Unfortunately, that’s where Gotham Knight’s credit goes. After the novelty of the game has passed, the flaws have also begun to emerge. It is not difficult for players to find out that it is a 3A independent action game, but it has the flavor of an online game without washing .

In the game, there are often times when players need to farm monsters. The four heroes have very few skills and props to use at first, but new abilities will not be unlocked with the main line. If you want to unlock more abilities, in addition to upgrades, you can also have to complete various challenges.

But this challenge is not an interesting side challenge or a trial that really tests the player’s skills, but a task in progress of defeating a few special enemies and stopping a lot of crime, which really makes people without motivation to solve them.

And if the fight is interesting, the monsters can suffer, but the enemies in this game are extremely repetitive, and they are only those types of fights. that, there is not much difference, and the combat experience is very repetitive.

The tasks in the game are more similar, except that the tasks related to the main line will be a little special, most of the tasks are similar in terms of experience, but in order to unlock skills and level up, players can only play these repetitive tasks. to solve the challenges.

For example, in order to unlock the bat wing gliding ability that should have belonged to the beginning, the author spent almost two hours on the task, and later found that all four characters have no common unlock progress except for the sharing level, which means that the four heroes must After swiping four times, I really want to break the keyboard.

In addition, there are many unsavory parts in this work, for example, although there is a large open world map, there are not many places worth exploring, and the equipment system has almost no difference in use except’ r values ​​Even the modules The system also only improves the value, and it is a shame that these game mechanics do not further affect the game.

Players who have played the previous game will also find that the production team has completely abandoned the defense and counterattack system in the Arkham series this time. This combat mechanism allows players to react to attacks’ the enemy in a timely manner is not only fun, but also makes the action smoother. , but can also add related animations and skillful games.

But this game can only dodge when facing the enemy’s attack. Occasionally, when you dodge perfectly, you can counterattack a little. As a well-trained superhero, watching the soldiers is attack me, but can’t make any response, just Go and run away, it’s too uncomfortable to play!

Suitable for die-hard fans who like the Batman story

In summary, as a 3A masterpiece coming out in 2022, “Gotham Knight” has the reputation of the Batman series, but it is far below expectations. Although there are four main characters and a large open world, the experience most important game is But it’s easy to feel monotonous and boring.

If you are very interested in the story and character settings of Batman, and want to see more mouthpieces and interactions of these four heroes, then you can try this work, otherwise this work cannot be said to be worth consuming time and money on it.

After writing it, the author decided to play the Arkham trilogy from seven years ago, and maybe have a better game experience.