Batman - The Telltale Series

I mean, what does this game have? It has consequences that feel unreasonable and out of proportion to the action. [spoiler]Oh, you shook a mob boss's hand? Everyone hates you now just for not being actively rude to a guy. Sure, he was a BAD guy, but that doesn't mean you have to be unkind for no reason.[/spoiler] It has dilemmas I just could care less about. [spoiler]They keep trying to make a big deal out of "Oh, how will this decision affect your reputation?" but like I care about my reputation, I'm here to save the day, I don't care whether everyone loves me for it or not.[/spoiler] It has at least one leap of logic that rivals the 60's show in nonsense. [spoiler]"This piece of chalk is separate from the other pieces of chalk, and it's the same color as my Bat-Tech. This must have been an intentional sign!" Seriously, did they just REALLY want your choice of color at the beginning to feel important for some reason?[/spoiler] It has a chance to say "I'm Batman", which honestly just made me really happy, so no complaints there. [spoiler]Although, the dialogue option in the menu said "I'm Batman", but the spoken line was a little different, but it was still good.[/spoiler] It has a silly twist. [spoiler]Vicki Vale of all people is Lady Arkham? Also, the villain's name was Lady Arkham? Was that mentioned somewhere before the big reveal? Did I somehow miss that? Maybe it's just me, and I tend to be slow on the uptake sometimes, but I barely registered Lady Arkham even existed before we were suddenly revealing who she was because that character just didn't seem that important, and I genuinely noticed the tall blue guy more than her. In any case, it's still weird they made some random two bit character nobody cares about our villain.[/spoiler] It has an unnecessary appearance by the Joker (who barely does anything and could have easily been written out) seemingly for no other reason than because he's a popular character. [spoiler]But I hear apparently he has a bigger role in season 2, so maybe it'll pay off then, but I guess I'll see when I get there.[/spoiler] It has the decision to have us start out in some sort of semi-early days for Batman rather than a more established time. [spoiler]When we first meet Catwoman, we pretty much just awkwardly refer to her as a sort of, cat woman, if you will, and if you want to say Catwoman than just say Catwoman, and then the romance with her felt forced because we've only met a couple of times, and genuinely when the choice popped up to kiss her I was like "What? Was that supposed to be a thing here? I know the two of them are a thing in various continuities, but in this particular one, I detected nothing between them before now." Also, we figure out each other's secret identities practically immediately, so nothing is gained there either. I can understand Harvey Dent not being Two-Face yet since him still being considered a good guy is important to the plot (But even then, the game makes no secret of the fact that he's going to become evil later, and they do stuff like shots showing one side of his face that only make sense if you're already familiar with him, and it just further adds to the idea that this game is for established fans who would understand what was going on if Batman and Catwoman were already together), but I don't understand what the idea was behind Batman being largely unfamiliar with Catwoman before this.[/spoiler] It had occasional moments where I felt I couldn't really play the Batman I wanted to play, and to be fair, they were fairly rare and/or minor, but it did occasionally happen. [spoiler]Basically all of the important stuff had to do with Catwoman again, and I realize I'm in the minority since the statistics said apparently a good 90+% of players went after a romance with her, but I just had no interest, and I thought it was a forced storyline anyway, so I pretty much just friendzoned her throughout the whole thing, but then despite that anyway I pretty much had no choice but to just go and be at least a little beaten up about it when it turns out at the end she was evil the whole time and was just playing me. Also, I didn't want to just wake up and eat someone else's bagels and cream cheese without asking, but unless there's some other way to advance the plot I'm not aware of, you have no choice but to be Batman the Breakfast Bandit, and that's the real crime here.[/spoiler] It had times when the choice seemed so obvious to me, I was kind of surprised there was even a choice. I just sort of figured the story would go a certain way and that would be that. [spoiler]Like... you really expected me to attend some ceremony as Batman? Batman does not attend ceremonies. He beats people up and junk. What, am I gonna give a bat-speech while I'm there? But apparently a sizable number of players did attend as Batman rather than as Bruce Wayne, so maybe that's just me again. Or also there were times when they asked me who I ought to save between two people and it just seemed like "Uhh, the one that needs saving more, maybe? Just a thought", though half the people disagreed with me there too.[/spoiler] It has an... "interesting" reimagining of Batman lore. [spoiler]For some unknown reason, they decided to make Batman's dad have secretly been evil back when he was alive, and that's such a bizarre direction to go in I couldn't get into the storyline initially because it didn't even occur to me it might be true, like if Bruce Wayne heard a story that Batman went rogue and killed a guy, I'd think "Someone was impersonating Batman, then?" and obviously it's not like I thought he did it when we ARE Batman here and would know if we killed someone, and so basically I just kept waiting for the inevitable reveal that it was all lies and made up or something and Thomas Wayne was a respectable person as we all know is true because the established lore says so, and it took quite some time before it finally hit me "Oh, the reveal isn't coming, is it? The story ACTUALLY wants me to roll with that." Also, there's a point where Batman is remembering the night his parents were killed, and he suddenly remembers after 20 years "Oh yeah, that's right, right before he died, my daddy practically said 'I sure am an evil bad man' and then he was shot. Silly me, it just plain slipped my mind these last 20 years and that's why this news is a surprise to me", because that's not ridiculous or anything.[/spoiler] It has only achievements for going through the episodes and not any for getting a particular "good" ending or anything, which is nice in that it avoids making it seem like certain choices are wrong or one playthrough is better than another or anything. Plus I don't have to play the game twice just for achievements, it's a double win. [spoiler]And I don't have anything to say here, but everything else got spoiler tags, so why not this too?[/spoiler] Anyway, most of what I said was negatives, but honestly they're not the reason this is a thumbs down, because I'm the kind of guy who watches "Stop or my Mom Will Shoot" and just genuinely enjoys the movie for having a bunch of corny "Isn't that silly, a mom in a police setting" jokes, and I'll tolerate any amount of nonsense really, but the reason this is a thumbs down is just because, eh, the game is all right but not spectacular, and ultimately the Steam rating system isn't "recommended against or not recommended against" but it's "recommended or not recommended", and I just don't particularly recommend this game, and if you missed it, it would be no great loss. That being said, maybe if season 2 turns out to be amazing whenever I get around to playing it, I might change this review to a thumbs up for "Play this so you can play the sequel" (and if I do I'll probably be too lazy to change the text of the review and it will still say it's standing at a thumbs down), but for now, this is where it stands.

Batman: The Telltale Series - це фантастично Чудовий проект сюжет, постановка, атмосфера. Telltale взяли Бетмена і зробили щось свіже: вперше нарівні з Бетменом грав роль і Брюс Вейн, детектив і бізнесмен вдень, а не просто декорація для маски. І це справді виходить. Кілька цікавих деталей про розробку: графіку малювали у "нефотореалістичному" стилі, натхненному коміксами Джима Лі, Грега Капулло і Ніла Адамса спеціально під це оновили власний рушій студії. Тепер про головний фокус студії: варіативність ніби є, вибори ніби впливають, але по факту результат часто однаковий, або тільки два варіанти розвитку, незалежно від рішення. Класичний телтейлівський трюк: відчуття свободи без реальної свободи. Але попри все це - проект чудовий. Для фанів DC рекомендую.

EPISÓDIO 1: Que surpresa EXTREMAMENTE agradável foi ter iniciado esse telltale do Batman!! Muitos não devem saber, mas o meu super-herói favorito é o Batman. Na minha sincera opinião, a DC esmurra a Marvel em alguns níveis (te amo X-Men, eu jamais falaria mal de você 🫶🏻) e sinceramente, uma das histórias em quadrinhos, dos filmes e dos jogos, todos eles se destacam melhor no Batman. O primeiro capítulo do jogo foi absolutamente videogame! ✋🏻🫪🤚🏻 Um começo frenético, com muita ação e comandos de controles bem simples, mas que são completamente divertidos de fazer. Contando com uma aparição muito boa da mulher gato. Quem não gosta de uma mulher felina com um humor duvidoso e seu chicote?! Tenho que dar destaque para a escolha da cor da bat tecnologia, dentre as cores disponíveis, infelizmente não tínhamos a cor rosa, maaaas eles nos deram uma opção de roxo bem girly o que manteve os pontos positivos para mim. No início, eu não estava tãão animada com a roxa apresentada (não que fizesse uma diferença concreta, mas se está sendo apresentada, tenho que comentar) mas quando nos é apresentado as reconstituições das cenas dos crimes, a cor roxa é puxada para um tom mais rosado. Ou seja, O MEU BATMAN É GIRLY SIIIIM! 😘✨ A história te prende e está em um nível de mistério muito bom. Eu com certeza vou devorar esse jogo. Rodando completamente bem no meu steam deck OLED. EPISÓDIO 2: Esse episódio foi muito bom e cheio de reviravoltas e descobertas. A história se mantém bem interessante e com um ar bem investigativo sobre o que realmente aconteceu no passado da família Wayne e em como os pais do Bruce estão envolvidos na trama e nos núcleos criminais de Gotham City. Estou escolhendo confiar nas personagem femininas. Adorei ver a mulher gato trabalhando com o Batman, pra mim eles formam uma boa dupla, apesar dos pesares. Obviamente tentei beijá-la quando a oportunidade bateu, afinal, o tipo do Batman são mulheres trambiqueiras e problemáticas. 👀 Tenho um pressentimento sobre quem está por trás do núcleo criminal de Gotham City, mas é apenas ainda um mero palpite. EPISÓDIO 3: EU SABIA! Eu sou uma mulher felina, eu sinto o problema, eu acertei direitinho em quem estaria por trás dos filhos de Arkham. O desenrolar desse capítulo foi plot atrás de plot, se mantendo bem firme no mistério. O jogo está sendo uma experiência extremamente agradável e boa de se jogar. Foi interessante a escolha entre salvar um "homi aleatório" e a mulher gato. Obviamente escolhi a mulher gato, prioridades que fala né?! 💅🏻 Ainda mais que conhecendo o arco da história do Batman, esse caminho seria meio que inevitável... E o beijo e além de beijos com a mulher gato veio aí! 🤭 A trambiqueira perfeita para o Batman! Comecei a rir durante a gameplay pois me lembrei de um vídeo de um homem falando que o Batman com certeza namoraria a V*rgínia 😂😂 EPISÓDIO 4: Mas que episódio ein... Tivemos um vislumbre da verdadeira personalidade do Duas Caras e também do Coringa. A parte do asilo Arkham teve um ar sombrio, mas também extremamente divertido e interessante. O desenrolar da história continua muito bom, te colocando em uma saia justa de opções de escolha. Cuidei de um pedaço da história nesse capítulo 4 e agora no capítulo 5 quero ver como as coisas irão terminar! EPISÓDIO 5: E indiscutívelmente um jogão! O formato da gameplay, as escolhas disponíveis, a jogabilidade, a ambientação, a movimentação e os gráficos são ótimos. A história é extremamente interessante e envolvente de jogar, se mantendo até o momento final com um ar de mistério. A escolha para o boss principal/final foi completamente surpreendente e interessante (quem diria rsrs). Mesmo tendo percebido e desconfiado desde o início, foi uma surpresa ver a sua forma e aparência final, a narrativa de seu passado perturbador e marcado por abusos. O meu Batman foi direto ao ponto, escolhi meter o louco nesse final, mas não que afete tão diretamente as escolhas assim. Ao mesmo tempo que fui compassiva. No final tive um quaaaase romance com a mulher gato, afinal, o tipo do Batman é mulher esperta, é mulher problema. 🤭

Siempre seguí mucho los juegos de Telltale, ya que había jugado todos los The Walking Dead, el The Wolf Among Us y después me había quedado este de Batman, que lo coloqué en la lista de deseados y para mi desgracia, olvidé comprarlo. Un día, apareció en mi bandeja de notificaciones junto con una recomendación, entonces ahí lo recordé, lo jugué, lo terminé y me encantó Siempre elevo mucho mis expectativas cuando veo reseñas en extremadamente positivas (así lo estuvieron hace poco cuando miré la página de la tienda, y ahora bajaron un poquito aparentemente, pero el juego está bien valorado), y decir que este juego las cumplió es no expresar del todo el entretenimiento que me brindó la historia. Telltale siempre ha hecho buenos juegos y con Batman, ya llevaban algunos años de experiencia Honestamente nunca toqué un juego de este personaje, por lo que pensé que no iba a entender nada, que por ahí iba a constar de muchos diálogos de política o conversaciones, lo cual no fue así. Desde el inicio, arranca de inmediato con buena acción, y no se deja ahogar entre mucho texto, aun que sí lo hay pero para lo necesario en la trama Si gustas profundizar en personajes o lugares, de vez en cuando estarás yendo a la baticueva, en donde podrás leer documentación sobre lo mencionado, y también incluye un noticiero en donde se narra a través de artículos y noticieros lo que va pasando Tienes varias maneras de resolver algunas situaciones, y simplemente las mencionaré: hay veces en las que puedes elegir aparecer como Batman o Bruce Wayne, y también puedes hacer las cosas de forma agresiva o piadosa, lo cual influye muy poquito en el juego. Casi que solo para el análisis de decisiones al final del episodio, pero bueno En otras ocasiones, algunas veces durante una secuencia de pelea, tendrás un tiempo para desarrollar una forma de noquear a los enemigos. Puedes elegir si arrojarles una estatua o darlos contra una pared, lo cual agrega bonito dinamismo a estas escenas. También me encantó que el tema de apretar teclas y elegir puntos, se hizo más frenético y frecuente, así que me gustó tener que prestar más atención Por último, también en escenas de investigación tendrás que analizar pistas y vincularlas para generar teorías, mientras visualizas la escena en un holograma. Un detallesito que agrada mucho, y no es difícil de completar En fin, de resto el juego es excelente. Me gustó mucho como se veía, la música, las mecánicas mencionadas y lo que pasa durante el transcurso de la historia. Amé los giros de trama y disfruté mucho, de hecho me impulsa a querer probar la trilogía Arkham y continuar con la secuela de esta novela interactiva que está ahí desde hace varios años Como dije al inicio: para mí es una desgracia no haber jugado esto antes, cuando lo tuve durante tiempo en la lista de deseados, así que me alegra tenerlo en la biblioteca y completarlo ¿Te lo recomiendo? Totalmente, conozcas Batman o no, el juego es increíble. Al precio en el que está en oferta, también es muy accesible. Por lo que no hay muchas excusas para no probarlo

10/10 - Peak Cinema If I'm being honest, I wasn't expecting anything too good from this initially. I was skeptical about how Batman would translate into a choice-based game, but it proved me wrong on every level. The Story & Combat: The narrative is incredibly interesting, and they somehow managed to make the combat very engaging for this genre. Seeing Bruce Wayne hit rock bottom and lose everything but still proving he doesn't need his wealth to fight crime is just peak cinema. It's an absolute treat if you're a big Batman fan who knows the lore and villains, but even if you aren't, it's worth playing. It stands on its own as a fantastic Batman experience. (And if you're wondering: yes, I romanced Selina and then beat up Harvey for it)

Hey kiddo, Handsome Jack here... and I just played Batman: The Telltale Series, and apparently being a billionaire superhero isn't stressful enough, so this game decided Bruce Wayne also needs to spend his evenings making terrible decisions in front of a man who desperately needs to stop wearing clown makeup. Fantastic. Now, I understand Batman. Rich guy, enormous company, terrifying gadgets, dramatic voice, questionable relationship with the concept of personal boundaries. Honestly, we have a lot in common. The difference is that when I have a problem, I call security. When Bruce has a problem, he puts on a bat costume and punches it. The interesting part is that you're not just playing Batman. You're playing Bruce Wayne too, which means you get to attend fancy parties, talk to politicians, manage Wayne Enterprises, and pretend everything is completely fine while Gotham is actively collapsing around you. That's what I call executive management. And the choices! Oh, kiddo, the choices. Every five minutes the game asks you to make some incredibly important moral decision. Tell the truth? Lie? Punch the guy? Don't punch the guy? Trust someone? Betray them? And every time I'm sitting there thinking, “Bruce, buddy, you're a billionaire. Just buy the building.” Apparently that's not how superheroes work. The story is pretty good, though. It takes familiar Batman characters and throws some interesting twists at them, and watching Bruce try to balance Batman with his public life is genuinely entertaining. The voice acting is strong, the atmosphere feels like Gotham, and when the game lets Batman actually be Batman, it's great. The combat is... well, it's a Telltale game. You're not exactly mastering the martial arts. You're pressing buttons when the screen tells you to press buttons and occasionally feeling like the greatest detective alive because you successfully noticed a glowing object. But that's okay. I didn't come here for Dark Souls. I came here to watch Batman punch criminals and have incredibly uncomfortable conversations. And boy, does he deliver. 8/10, kiddo. Great story, fun characters, some genuinely clever twists, and enough Batman drama to make even Gotham's therapy industry financially viable. I'd give it a 9, but apparently Bruce Wayne is allowed to own a billion-dollar company without once consulting me. Honestly? Terrible corporate governance. I'd restructure Wayne Enterprises by Monday.

Writers really deserve a lot of credit on this telltale series! GOATED story and voice acting as always :)

Perhaps one is truly the mask, And one is who you truly believe you are. I went in with high expectations before playing this game, Telltale hasn't disappointed me so far. They surprised me even with the main menu actually. I like how they can develop story-driven action games which can be played without any real effort and just enjoy your evening. Oh and the music, it's not as good as Hans Zimmer's but deserves its place. Batman, love him or hate him, he is him, and this game is worth your time. It doesn't take more than 10 hours to finish. My personal advice, give it a break between episodes, there are 5, spread them out and don't just speedrun. There are "previously on" scenes before starting episodes as a reminder. The progression is well distributed, and my favorite episode was the 4th. The choices are what stand out most to me, you're constantly faced with tough options. They actually shape the story and you can clearly feel it. In the beginning of the game you choose a color for the bat-tech, not that it matters that much but still, choose wisely because you can't change it later. By the way, the voice of Batman is the same as Joel's from TLOU. They might be my favorite game studio, I hope the new acquirer LCG Entertainment continues with such great productions.