How to play Gotham Knights multiplayer

The Batman of recent films has mostly been a lonely character, but DC Comics fans have a different picture. In the sources, the Dark Knight is also often portrayed as the head of his very own bat family. This applies in Gotham Knightsnow available for next-gen consoles and PC, in which you take control of four members of this family: Batgirl, Nightwing, Red Hood and Robin.

And really, what kind of family would it be if they couldn’t spend time together?

Does Gotham Knights have multiplayer?

That means of course Gotham Knights features multiplayer, a first for this latest series of modern Batman games. You can tackle the entire game in co-op, whether you want to patrol and stop random crimes or play each story mission in sequence.

Gotham Knights Features drop-in/drop-out co-op so you can switch from solo to multiplayer and back again at will without consequences.

How many people can play Gotham Knights Multiplayer?

Keep in mind that although there are four playable characters, co-op mode is limited to two players at a time. That means you can explore the entire open world together, with no limits on how far you can stray from each other, which is extremely cool.

Does Gotham Knights support crossplay?

nope

How to start Gotham Knights multiplayer?

There are two ways to start co-op play if you don’t care who you match with. You can search for someone else’s game to join, or put your own session online and invite others to join you, either passively or actively.

To enter a stranger’s world, simply select the “Multiplayer” option from the menu and let the “Quick Match” feature do its work. (Ignore the “Host Hero Attack” option as that mode isn’t in the game yet.)

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If you prefer to let others come with you, for some reason you have to go to a different menu. Press left on your controller’s directional pad, then select the top radial option for “Privacy.” Within this menu there are four choices: Public, Friends of Friends, Friends Only, and Invited Players. What you choose determines who can join you; If you want friends to drop by without getting an invite, choose Friends or Friends of Friends. If you want to let anyone join at all, select Public. If you want to play solo, select “Invited Players” and nobody can join you until you send them an invite.

You can also find similar options in the Social section of the main menu, along with information about your current party, recent players, and more.

How does Gotham Knights multiplayer work?

If you join someone else’s game or vice versa, the world will adjust to accommodate a larger number of players. Mainly, enemies become harder to defeat. If there is a level difference, the higher player’s stats will also sync with the lower player’s level.

The trade-off is worth it, as you don’t just have an extra fighter on your side – it’s not obvious at first, but as you level up your characters you can unlock special moves that help in multiplayer. Depending on what characters you’re playing, this can include buffs, healing abilities, and combo moves that both players must perform.

Luckily, this scaling goes the other way too; If someone leaves, the difficulty is dialed back down.

Unlike playing in single player, depleting your health bar doesn’t mean you automatically fail every activity you do in co-op. Your teammate has a chance to revive you if they get to you in time. Nightwing can even unlock an ability to remotely revive a fallen teammate.

Additionally, it’s worth noting that any progress you make in someone else’s game persists when you return to playing in your own world.

This includes story progress; If you complete a mission in someone else’s game, you don’t have to do that mission again, even if you haven’t reached that point in the story yet. When you get there, the game will offer you the option to skip this mission.