Batman - The Telltale Series

First I want to make it clear that I’m VERY biased where Batman is concerned. I’ve been a tremendous fan of the comic books for more than 40 years. But bias aside I’ve really enjoyed this game and its outstanding story. Sure some of the events depart from the established Batman lore, but that normally happens when you reboot material. I’ve noticed a few reviews that seem to be displeased that the game is essentially an interactive comic story, but having played several of the games from this developer I don’t think they’ve done anything different here then in the past. In other words it’s a great story with great character development. You get to make choices at key junctures in the story and those choices will have immediate effect on things and often larger implications later in the story. If you are a game fan who truly enjoys a well told story and would like to have a hand in directing the course of the story then this is definitely a game you’ll enjoy. If your a Batman fan then this game is a must. It’s a fantastic retelling if the established adventures of one of the most iconic characters in comic book history.

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If you’re buying this because it’s a terrific animated comic in the Batman universe with a stunning story then please do and enjoy. If your intention is to purchase a game in the Batman universe...there are other games that are superior. Far superior to this “game”. This is an animated comic that asks you to occasionally swipe and poke the screen at key times to invoke the sense of interaction. Most of the time if you simply ignore the requests, they will go away and the narrative will continue until the next request, which, again, in most cases you are free to ignore completely......not a game as much as a loosely interactive narrative, and in my opinion not very good at that. I’m very happy they allow you to have the first episode for free as I would not be just disappointed, but outright angry if I’d paid money for this. Telltale, I love you. I love what you do and how you do it, I own most of your products on pc and over the years you have earned my respect as a game maker. Your name alone warrants that I have a look at your products without question, but this current direction is questionable and gives me pause for many reasons that I won’t go into here. If this is the new Telltale, I won’t be continuing the journey with you, sorry. Again, if you are looking for a mildly interactive narrative experience, this is excellent. If you are looking for a game, look elsewhere.

I absolutely love this game! The graphics are amazing and the story’s arc really pulls you into the world of Gotham’s #1 hero. I normally don’t buy any games but I was hooked after episode 1. The gameplay is easy to understand without it feeling as though we are being treated as children. The characters are all written well beyond expectations. This is definitely a game that you will want to play countless times over just to enjoy the different endings. I would enjoy if Telltales decided to make games with other DC Heroes such as Green Arrow, Black Canary, Cyborg and Red Tornado just for example. I would even be thrilled if we got to play through a story as the villains! Joker, Harley Quinn, Scarecrow, Poison Ivy, and Black Manta are some of my favorites. I hope in the future we might even get a game where we can create our own hero (male/female) with in the DC universe and have them be the sidekick (which later they turn into their own hero) to one of the DC heroes (or even villains). I greatly enjoyed this game and can’t wait to see what else TellTale with give us in the future.

Sooooooo first off I was brought here because of the sequel which was highlighted in editors choice. I said I could play the sequel without the start. I would like to say I'm not disappointed. As another reviewer put it, it's an interactive movie and less of a full on game. If any of you remember Shenmue (sp?) For Dreamcast then you know what I'm talking about. The reason why I gave it 5 is because this was done well. The story and your choices through the game come back to haunt help or hurt you later. And how it does that is spectacular. Finally this puts a whole spin on what we know for bat man. Characters you know and thought you understood are suddenly different but familiar. If you are a fan of Batman on any level and are looking for more story and less button mashing, this is for you.

I just finished the game, and now am writing a fresh review. It is easily assumed that gamers are about to play an action/adventure game before entering any Batman game. However it wasn’t that case for this one. It is basically a conversational game, and all those plots and storylines make it a fancy conversational game. The story is tremendously ambitious and totally surprises me in the first place. And... so much for complimentary. As for a game, it fails, for instance, to even respond to gamers. Sometimes I swipe or tap and the icons don’t respond at all (the appearance of them don’t change), and it causes anxiety. Even more ironically, Batman can still act sometimes while I don’t tap the button. In that way, why bother play a game rather than watch a Batman film? Last but not least, I played with subtitles in mandarin. The translation is disastrously awful! How awful? Just like a Chinese elementary school kid’s English homework. How about hiring me next time!