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Batman - The Telltale Series

Batman - The Telltale Series

7/10
9 hours
30 of 30 achievements

sometimes you bring a fresh take and sometimes you turn the characters into sentient vomit~!

played the first episode back in April of 2k18 and was thrown for such a loop by the characterization in particular that i just had to take a step back and breathe. yes, for something like ten months, nothing but breathing.

first the good things:

  • i am normally very ride or die over Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman, but this version was very well done. she was mercenary but still had doubts, intrigued by Batman/Bruce but didn’t let that divert her from her own survival, and Laura Bailey did an excellent job bringing the sultry without being obnoxious as her VA.
  • Penguin’s mask was hilarious, they legit made him into a Plague Doctor oh my lawdy lawd lawd.
  • the investigation link-up scenes were pretty interesting to put together. they have the option that you can link them wrongly just so Batman can go “nope” so you need to actually pay attention to what you’re doing, which i appreciated.

now for the bad:

  • oh hey, Harvey Dent's fall into Two-Face that is normally so poignant because of how upstanding he is morally that is totally trashed in this game by making him a pandering numbnuts in the search of gubernatorial power!
  • oh hey, Big Bad In Bondage who has a big secret identity reveal at the end of episode three that made me say "are they serious" aloud and then laugh so hard for the rest of the episode that i missed options to choose dialogue.
  • oh hey, Batman's tech being compromised because it piggybacks on Wayne Tech without its own isolated system as backup. there's no Avast or AVG in your world, huh? BatAvast? BatWindows Defender???



  • i paid something like $7 USD for this game, so i guess i got my money’s worth. i’d even be willing to play the second game if it were put on sale for a comparable price. but it’s not an astounding addition to the Batman universe, and if you’ve had any focus on the comics in particular, a lot of the characterization choices are liable to throw you for a loop. i mean, it’s one thing to try something new, folks, but it’s entirely another to pile trash onto the moralistic core of characters who really really need said core cos it’s their defining trait. no amount of “fresh” and “original” tags will hide the fact that you’re writing OOC fanfic.