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Bane and Joker’s gang consist of ‘Super-Villain
Elite’ thugs, and come with some enhanced
abilities and gadgets that set them apart from
enemies in the single-player. Bane and Joker
give their gang things to use like EMP charges
and drones that can be flown around the map
to fire missiles. The weapons they use are an
assortment of lethal guns and explosives, and
each thug has an ‘Enhanced Vision’ that acts
like an x-ray for a limited period of time on a
rechargeable battery, but is easily scrambled.

But it’s not all thugs and capes.
That would be too easy.
At any given moment during a match,
team leaders can call in and demand
to join the fray. A door on the map is
highlighted, and thugs may drop what
they’re doing and race to it. Whoever gets
there first plays as either Bane or the Joker,
depending on their gang allegiance.
These special characters have only one life, but
are by far the most powerful in the game. The
Joker has an arsenal of much more powerful
weapons, and his joy buzzer can be used as
melee. Bane can hurl enemy thugs around
the map and smash them into walls and other
scenery, and if he gets ahold of Batman, he

Batman and Robin can use gadgets from past
games, such as Batarangs, Explosive Gel,
Smoke Pellets and the Grapple Gun. Combat
options are similar to single-player, with
the stealth team able to make use of floor
grates and vents to ambush their enemies,
or gargoyles
to drop on the
unsuspecting
and perform
glide kicks.
For the sake
of balance,
however, these
moves will not
work if the
thug is looking
straight at the
player. Both
Batman and
Robin have
A liquid explosive useful to temporarily incapacitate enemy
unlimited use
targets, or explode through structural weaknesses. Up to
of the ‘Detective
three charges can be placed at any given time and these can
Mode’ seen in
be detonated simultaneously or independently. Features
previous games.
a built in proximity detector. Use the Quickfire Explosive

Gadget Tip

Gel to seamlessly include this gadget during combat.

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