When Gotham Knights debuted at DC FanDome, fans were excited to see Batgirl, Robin, Nightwing, and the Red Hood as playable characters, although there was initially some confusion about who the Robin on this game was. There are hints of Tim Drake and Damian Wayne within the design, but it surely did grow to be Drake within the position. All of the Robins have their devoted fanbases, so when ComicBook.com lately spoke to Gotham Knights Creative Director Patrick Redding we needed to ask why Drake was the one to make the lower. Redding revealed that it was at all times going to be Drake from the start levels of growth on the game, and even teased his journey to maybe changing into Batman at some point.
“So Tim Drake was our Robin alternative proper from the beginning and for causes that I’m not going to get it to but, as a result of it does tie into the broader arc of the story, and we’ll discuss that a little bit later,” Redding mentioned. “Tim was the proper Robin to be the most recent Robin for the place we’re at, and as properly for us, it allowed us to have a teenage Robin who was however nonetheless a bodily formidable and bodily credible fighter. Even although he has extra of a stealth focus and a bit extra of a spotlight when it comes to how he is utilizing his devices and utilizing the tips and detective instinct that he has, we nonetheless wished a Robin that might credibly undergo a full evolutionary arc that may finish with him being the brand new Dark Knight of Gotham City.”
“So that for us made quite a lot of sense, and it is nice as a result of when you’re conversant in the lore and you already know your manner across the numerous tales about Tim Drake, it isn’t like fully unexplored territory,” Redding mentioned. “People have requested the query of, ‘Where’s Tim going? What’s he turning into?’ People sense that he could be a greater detective than Bruce Wayne on some degree, however he additionally has a few of Bruce’s different core idiosyncrasies as properly and what’s that going to evolve into? So for us, it is actually enjoyable, narratively and when it comes to his development. He’s a personality who I like fascinated by as a result of what sort of city legend does Tim Drake create about himself when he’s on the trail to Knighthood?”
In the comics we have seen Drake grow to be Batman, although that is been tied to an alternate future. Grayson is often the one who’s assumed to tackle the title of Batman and has achieved so within the comics, however it can undoubtedly be fascinating to see how Gotham Knights approaches this journey and what it brings to the character of Tim Drake.
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