Combat & Gameplay Details
-There are special moves that can hit up to three enemies at once
- Batman will have new air attacks, one of them hanging by a cord and jumping over the enemies that are armed disarming them. You can return to the starting point of the jump or carry on with the fight, there is also a diving Swivel which hits two enemies to once.
- Batman now special combat moves (or terminators), one of them is called "Fallen," a combination of quick punches with a vertical kick that launches the enemy that then ends up in a second aerial shot, also there will be others attacks where Batman combines combos and equipment to take out foes.
- Batman will be able to climb all objects, climbing on buildings, including wires (Batman will be able to balance on them) something similar to what was seen in the Assassins Creed II, you will be able to slide underneath objects, cling to poles, rods or perform gymnastic maneuvers and also slide down ramps to grab an enemy. You are also able to get a flying start by leaping through windows.
- Batman now has a feature where he can dodge projectiles shot from firearms, it can also be used for normal attacks.
- Batman will be able to grab enemies mid flight.
- When Batman is soaring, if you go toward a window he performs a motion diving with his feet to smash the window and execute a surprise attack
-Batman can run and use gadgets at the same time, you can also run, jump and hit at the same time. Batarangs can be thrown even when Batman jumps into the air.
Gadgets
- New gadget that upgrades Batmans "leap" (Translation is confusing but it seems to suggest some sort of cape upgrade that expands into wings, can also "attack enemies")
Batman:
--Batman will now be able to counter two thugs at once.
--Batman will be able to use ALL of his gadgets in combat. The example shown was Batman vaulting over a thug, spraying explosive gel on him and then detonating it.
--Batman will be able to taunt his enemies, often resulting in some or all of the thugs fleeing.
--Batman will have a new swinging kick, usable from an elevated perch, where he attaches a line to his perch before swinging down into the foe.
--Batman will now be able to catch thrown objects and hurl them back at the foe
--Batman’s combat animations have more than doubled from the last game
--Batman has a new move called the “beat down”, a rapid combination of painful-looking punches and kicks that can take down any foe.
--Batman will be able to use the environment to evade foes in acrobatic ways
--If an enemy is stunned you will be able to bounce off him
Thugs:
--There will be more thugs in each combat as compared to the previous game, recent reports have the number at 40 thugs at one time.
--Thugs will be more aggressive, and may attack simultaneously
--Thugs have more realistic AI, and may flee
--Thugs will have a much wider variety of weapons
--There will be new armored thugs that can take more damage and block normal attacks