Batman: The Telltale Series

It's a Batman game, but like, Telltale made it, so the story is interesting, but the gameplay is janky af.

RIP Telltale/10

Batman from Telltale is an awesome experience. Part 1 dives into Penguin, Lady Arkham, Harvey Dent and, briefly, The Joker. The story is fascinating and I was hooked throughout its entirety. Most notably was the connection Batman has with Catwoman....which turns out to be incredibly seductive. I didn't find this games choices (you make) to be overly complicated, which can be good or bad, depending on how involved you want to be in the story, but the plot is structured so well that it's hardly a blip in the radar.

Fully worth it for what you're paying.

I'll admit it, I'm a bit of a Telltale games fanboy. It's not that they can't do any wrong, it's just that they very rarely do.

Though a fan of DC & Marvel I've never quite seen the fascination with Batman so I wasn't bowled over upon hearing that this was being made. I wasn't overly concerned however as Telltale seem able to make a great game out of any franchise. I dislike the Walking Dead show and the Borderlands game series but adored the Telltale adaptations.

Batman the Telltale game has a solid storyline as you'd imagine, it looks great, it plays great and is yet another success all round. One thing that did surprise me is how merciful it, Telltale have a long history of breaking your heart and killing off characters but here it's really quite tame stuff.

This however didn't dampen it's quality and I'd consider this essential for both Telltale & Batman fans alike.

It tells the story of Waynes world crashing down around him as his family name is dragged through the mud, his friendships fall apart and the Children Of Arkham start ravaging the city.

It's all done very well and I applaud Telltale once again for making a solid game around a franchise I'm never overwhelmed with.

The Good:

Looks great

Solid voice acting

Very well put together story

The Bad:

Bit more glitchy than the average Telltale game

Really does make up its own lore

Things I Learnt From This Game:

I don't remember Kim Basinger as Vicki Vale being like that!

Alfred is a badass

Wauw this telltale game blew me away. I love that you can play Batman or Bruce Wayne in the way you want the character to be. Every choice you makes changes the story for the worst or better. This is almost a masterpiece to me but the stiff walking when you are not talking to your friends or foes ruins this game a bit. I love this game, its just the perfect Batman simulator and if you love the bat universe like me you have to play this game.

As always with telltale games, they always have amazing games! The game followed its own original story where Batman goes up against 2 of his most iconic villains and also fights an new and original villain as well!

The writing for this game is incredible! Not only do you play as Batman but there is a lot of focus on Bruce Wayne as well something we don't really see in most Batman games. The choices of this game really incredible as well, you really feel the consequences of all your choices and depending on what you say to other characters their relationship with them changes. You also get to choose weather Batman is merciful or all out brutal basically choosing if he is a hero or a monster!

I also got to mention the cast! Troy Baker dose an amazing job voicing the Batman and Bruce Wayne and everyone else does amazing jobs voicing their respected characters!

Overall amazing game would recommend to anyone who loves telltale games or story driven games!