The online cooperative superhero action game Gotham Knights is set in an open world. And as with all recent open world games, people are wondering: how big is the map? Unaware that this is useless information, both large and small maps can work if what is there is good and interesting, the developers of WB Montreal recently discussed the size of their Gothic city. Apparently, it’s the biggest version of the famous Batman location ever seen in a game. I am excited and very tired.
In a new interview with Game Informer, Gotham Knights executive producer Fleur Marty and director Geoff Ellenor answered several questions about the upcoming superhero game, including sharing that Gotham City is “pretty big” in this new DC adventure.
“I haven’t put one map on top of the other, but our Gotham is a great place,” Ellenor told Game Informer. “I tend to spend a lot of my Zoom calls on Batcyle driving through Gotham. It’s one of the fastest and easiest ways to get around the city. It seems like a great place.”
Executive producer Marty further explained that the city has “many layers” and that the team was very concerned about making sure their version of Gotham City had a lot of “density and verticality”.
“It’s probably the biggest version of Gotham in video games,” Marty said.
He also described the Batcycle as the game’s main “powerful transport mode”. So while running and sliding and … jumping ghost (?) Through the rooftops of Gotham during missions, between missions, you’ll probably spend a lot of time driving through the city streets, probably without any traffic. laws either.
The idea of a big Gotham city sounds exciting for a cooperative game like Gotham Knights. Having a big, dense, full of details shared world that I can explore with friends for hours and hours could be great. However, if this content is boring or the map is mostly empty or full of boring side missions, large size could end up being a detriment rather than an advantage.
First announced in 2020 with a 2021 release and then delayed in March 2021, Gotham Knights seems tough and may need more time. But if the fight is even half as much fun as the Arkham games, I see myself having a good time in this massive version of Gotham City. Of course, I would also prefer to have a new single player Arkham game.
Still, I have hope with Gotham Knights, a game that, thanks to other delays, has quietly become one of the most important next-generation releases of 2022. At the very least, maybe the Batcycles will be fun to drive.
Gotham Knights will be released on October 25 for PC, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S. It also has nothing to do with the awful-looking CW show.