Gotham Knights has just revealed how character skill trees will let players create their own custom heroes. Each of the four Knights will have four skill trees that enhance their powers, with one unlocking at a specific point in the game.
We get our first good look at Gotham Knights’ skill trees courtesy of a new preview from IGN. Accessing those skills will sound pretty familiar for the most part: you get XP, you level up and gain skill points, and then you assign those skills on these predefined trees. There’s enough variance with each tree that it’s possible for players to create unique versions of each hero.
Batgirl has trees that enhance her melee combat, hacking skills, and survivability. Nightwing has trees that deal with acrobatics and offer co-op buffs when playing with others. Robin is more about stealth and using technology to either enhance that stealth gameplay or various elemental effects, and Red Hood’s skills enhance his guns, fists, and frightening otherworldly powers.
Each Knight starts with three skill trees available, but a fourth–the Knighthood tree–unlocks after some story progression.
"Unlocking the Knighthood tree gives you a couple of things," game director Geoff Ellenor told IGN. "It unlocks the hero traversal for that hero. So if you're Batgirl, suddenly you can glide. It unlocks your ultimate ability–for Batgirl, that's the drone–and it unlocks the Knighthood ability tree where you can start to add additional, very powerful mechanics to your hero that are otherwise not available to you until that point in the story."
Unlike the other skill trees which only require skill points, fully unlocking Knighthood abilities requires completing specific challenges for each character. And each are tied to certain "epiphany" moments, as noted by creative director Patrick Redding, where the Knight realizes they can become their own hero.
While the Knights themselves will be the stars of the game, the city of Gotham has no less an important role to play. A recent video showcased all of Gotham City for the first time and how it's rich 400-year history will be represented in Gotham Knights.
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