now that the Gotham Knights release date has been announced i want to talk little about Red Hoods design
Overall i love it. The red details pop nicely and the brown leather hoodie is especially lovely. The textures, all the little details and the red bat symbol bring the design together tightly.
I love the tight and flowing silhouette. No big utility belts or bags to make him look too heavy. He looks like he can move fast but still packs enough muscle to look intimidating and not be as sleek looking like example Nightwing.
But what I hate? The mask. I despise it. The biggest source is that it is a mask, not a helmet. It’s fabric and it looks bland. They didn’t make it the original shiny bright red helmet and it infuriates me. Small good about it is that his eyes are whited out (unlike the others), BUT they blink, which makes him look uncanny.
But I live in the hope that maybe they add some additional outfits with different cowls. Maybe the leather jacket design or the Red Hood: Outlaw red hoodie design or even the Arkham version of Red Hood (even though it is not the same universe). Or I’m going to end up either dealing with it or installing some mods.
So yea just wanted to rant a little.
The good news is you can fully customize the characters!!! So I have a feeling like Jason has his classic helmet from the comics as well as other unique kinds (hopefully his Arkham Knight outfit too)
I think the reason why his base costume has a cloth-like mask is so we can see his facial expressions in cut scenes, in the game there will be a lot of cut scenes with the character we play as, and it might be a little harder to see what he looks like while he’s talking with his classic helmet. I think that was the devs intention.
I do hope though that when I change his mask to a helmet I can at least read his body language without needing to look at his face, I hope they exaggerate his body language enough that I can understand what he’s feeling.
So don’t worry if you don’t like the mask I don’t either lol but I think his base outfit is the best out of the others for sure (Dick’s is at least decent) 💀
