Gotham Knights’ Batkids fake it but never make it

The trailers for Warner Bros. Games’ Gotham Knights have pitched a pretty straightforward concept: What would Gotham City look like without Batman? How would the various protégés of the Dark Knight function in this grim city? The answer is very badly, it turns out. Please Brucie, come back to me!

Let me start this by saying I didn’t make it to the end of Gotham Knights’ story, so I suppose this is a review in progress. I won’t score it for that reason, but to be honest, I don’t think I’m going to finish this game because I don’t really want to. I don’t want to keep playing Gotham Knights, even for the benefit of GamesBeat’s readers, because it is one of the most desperately un-fun things I’ve played all year.