The pack also includes one new combat challenge environment, the Wayne Manor Armory, and gives you a choice between two skins for Nightwing. The layout of the new map, called Wayne Manor Main Hall, is standard, with plenty of vantage points and vents to crawl through the most interesting thing about it is that it offers a glimpse of Batman's elegant home. So there's an incentive to revisit the 12 predator maps included with the main game as Nightwing, and to visit the new predator map included with the Nightwing Bundle Pack as Batman and Catwoman.ĭon't let the fact that he's a cartoon character fool you Nightwing can bring the pain. For instance, the Triple Ricochet medal challenge requires you to knock down three henchmen at once with an escrima stick, and the Head Shot challenge is won by taking down an enemy with a well-aimed wrist dart. This ability lets you safely take a more confrontational approach, rather than waiting for groups of enemies to split up.Įach predator map has three medal challenges, and these differ depending on the character you select, so you're encouraged to approach these differently as Nightwing than you might as Batman or Catwoman. And he has an electrical blast that radiates out in all directions when you jump down, instantly stunning any enemies who get caught in its radius. Nightwing's wrist doesn't stay perfectly still, which makes nailing the timing and landing a headshot on a distant thug a thrill. You also have three wrist darts that can either stun an enemy or, if you land a headshot, knock him out completely. If enemies are standing close together, you can also use these sticks to target several and knock all of them down with one throw. As Nightwing, you can target enemies who are around corners with your escrima sticks, which automatically ricochet off of surfaces and hit their marks, knocking the poor saps to the ground temporarily.
But his remaining tools are quite different from those available to Batman. He also has the line launcher, the disruptor, and the batarang-like wing-dings. Like Batman, Nightwing has the batclaw, which can yank guns from enemy hands or pull enemies over railings, incapacitating them. It's in the stealthy predator challenges that his unique abilities get a chance to shine. But aside from the useful ability to stun surrounding enemies with shock waves and bolts of electricity from his weapons of choice, he doesn't bring much to combat scenarios that sets him apart from the other playable characters. He has his own set of animations that show him making smooth use of his two stun sticks, twirling them gracefully and hitting enemies with them in ways that might make you wince with pain. In the combat challenges, Nightwing plays quite similarly to Batman. Rocksteady just wanted a way to effectively rob their legions of fans.The Riddler's Revenge challenges are broken down into combat and predator situations.
Let me just do the math: $7 is OVER 10% of the intial cost of the actual game but he can't be used anywhere near as much and even when you are using him he is severely deficient in terms of functionality. Nightwing cannot do one of Batman's most viable moves (the weapon destroying special takedown) and most importantly, he doesn't even talk smack!!! Of all the characters in the Batman universe to talk smack, Nightwing, to me, should be the loudest.
Nightwing is NOT useable anywhere in the actual campaign. Having said that, I do believe this DLC and it's price has left a sour taste in my mouth. I even took off 3 days of work from both jobs so I could just sit on the couch and play it. I even took off 3 days of work from both jobs so I could just sit I would like to start off by saying that I absolutely adore the game itself. I would like to start off by saying that I absolutely adore the game itself.