Batman: The Telltale Series

1. Ciocolici

   Apr 11, 2023

   10

   There was a time when gaming meant for me only playing multiplayer games like CS:GO, Dota 2 and Hearthstone. Story games were never 100% aThere was a time when gaming meant for me only playing multiplayer games like CS:GO, Dota 2 and Hearthstone. Story games were never 100% a thing for me, even though I did like them, I just liked competitive multiplayer games way more. Until I started watching a certain youtuber (Cryaotic). Saw many of his series, but this one really made me stop watching him and start playing it for myself. It was a mindblown for me, being able to create your story, have dialogues with characters and have choices. For that Batman will always have a place in my heart.
   
   It captivated me from the beginning to the end, even though I only have a basic knowledge of Batman's universe. Batman introduced me to Telltale's games, and for that I can never be thankful enough.
   
   This was really an unique experience for me. It really is brilliant, feeling like in a real movie, being the "real" protagonist of the story, giving the answers, making the choices, really exciting. Liked every character, everything looked really polished.
   
   I did realise that this is not that type of game, with completely different routes that change the whole, whole game from A to Z. The choies do matter though, but to a point. They change the way the story is told, but idea stays there. Which does not really suck if you ask me. Some choices matter more than other, long-term, some less, only short-term. And you can never be sure which one is which. The choices can change characters, how they interract with you, if they interract with you, even scenes.. completely. You can have your own personality and Batman/Bruce can be the way you want him to be. There are consequences, don't ever forget that though. Not like ones that will send you to a completely different route where Batman finds himself in Budapest fighting aliens, but still pretty big ones, believe me. Still, some stuff will always stay there no matter what, but the game is so well done that you will never know which.
   
   Gameplaywise there is nothing really that amazing. Every episode has its short parts where you get the control of Batman or Bruce and you can move him around solving stuff or doing other stuff, sometimes you get to interract with stuff, you also have the dialogue choices gameplay and lastly the Quick-Time events. Nothing mindblowing, but neither boring at all. The Quick-Time events are also quite fine, I really enjoyed them Quick-Time events fights. And I am one of those guys who really dislike them in most games. Nothing challenging in terms of gameplay, just so you know. The game is mostly about enjoying a good story, not having a challenging fight with a boss. That means that almost anyone can play and fully enjoy this title. My girlfriend did too, and other than the typical smartphone games everybody plays.. she doesn't play anything else.
   
   Oh, by the way, the story has nothing to do with the original Batman universe. It is something else, of its own. Everything is different in this title. You don't need to know anything about Batman at all, because it is not a Batman game, it is a Telltale game. So if you were worrying about that, you don't have to. This can be played alone without having the experience influenced in any way.… Expand

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2. PublicNuisance

   May 22, 2021

   9

   I’ve always admired Telltale games as they were and are a very interesting blend of dialogue choices and QTE driven events. They’re not forI’ve always admired Telltale games as they were and are a very interesting blend of dialogue choices and QTE driven events. They’re not for everyone but for those that enjoy them they are always a bar for quality. Given my love for the Batman character and world I was overjoyed to see a Batman game in this genre. With the exception of one part it met my expectations and then some. The story and characters are fantastic. The game did a great job of taking established characters and finding new ways to use them or tweak their back stories and make them feel fresh. Messing with established canon could have been what sunk this game if done wrong but I can’t think of a part I would criticize or didn’t enjoy. Penguin; Vicky Vale; Selina Kyle; Harvey Dent; Gordon; the list goes on; I enjoyed how they were all presented. I also loved how this batman could be played as just a tad more brutal than some interpretations. Between roughing up suspects and the fights themselves being more brutal than in some previous Batman games I was happy with the style. I especially liked how in some larger fights you could plan out your attack by linking objects to people so you had some freedom of choice in the fights although sometimes it was more linear. The voice acting was fantastic across the board. The graphics style was mostly what you would expect from Telltale. It had a good style and use of colours but I wills say the hair detail on some characters was poor as was some injury details. For instance in one scene Bruce is applying bandages to his shoulder after a fight and they are coming off bloody but his body itself had no blood. Clothing and water detail were especially good and stood out. The puzzles with the exception of a couple were great. You had to link items to get a full picture of what happened at the scene. A couple times the objects linked made no sense to me but it was trial and error and the majority of them could be solved by logic. One other thing I will mention is that you are going to want to use a Telltale account while playing. I learned the hard way that in future Telltale Batman games you can’t simply import your save game file that it has to be done using cloud saves or by manually saying which choices you picked in this game. I hadn’t remembered my choices from years ago so that’s why I replayed this now. The controls were decent although having combos of “Shift + Q/E” at times were annoying.
   
   I played Batman: A Telltale Series on Linux using Wine. The game never crashed on me and I didn’t notice any bugs. What I did notice however was some of the worst optimization I have ever encountered. At times the game would drop to 0 FPS and there was a near constant state of sluggish, jittery moments. Even when the frame rate was well above 60 it could feel that way. Furthermore this wasn’t a Wine issue as when I first bought this game years ago I encountered the same problems on Windows. This also means that, in the over four years since release, this issue was never solved or patched by the developers which is shameful. The game also uses way more system resources than something of it’s visual quality should. Previous Telltale games didn’t have this issue so I’m not sure why Batman does. There are 3 AO settings; an AA toggle and 2 other graphics options to adjust. You can pause the game at any time but can’t skip cut scenes. Alt-Tab doesn’t work. The Telltale account for cloud saves worked just fine in Wine on Linux.
   
   Graphics Engine: Telltale Tool version 27
   Game Version Played: 1.0.0.1
   Input Used: Keyboard and Mouse
   Disk Space Used: 13.8 GB
   
   Settings Used: All High; DOF Off; AA On; 1080P
   GPU Usage: 0-100 %
   VRAM Usage: 1489-3857 MB
   CPU Usage: 6-34 %
   RAM Usage: 2.5-3.4 GB
   Frame Rate: 2-144 FPS
   
   Outside of the terrible optimization this was a fantastic game. My gut wants to give it a low score because of how it ran but it was too damn good and fun to do that. If you enjoy Telltale games or the Batman series this should have something for you. I finished all five episodes in 7 hours and 37 minutes which felt like a good length.
   
   My Score: 9/10
   
   My System:
   
   AMD Ryzen 5 2600X | 16GB DDR4-3000 CL15 | MSI RX 580 8GB Gaming X | Mesa 21.0.3 | Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB | Manjaro 21.0.5 | Mate 1.24.1 | Kernel 5.12.2-1-MANJARO | AOC G2460P 1920*1080 @ 144hz | Wine 6.8 | DXVK 1.7.3L-03f11ba… Expand

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4. GuybT23

   Jan 24, 2018

   8

   Play very rhythmic, cartoon graphics, beautiful voiceovers. Frantic and pressing original story perhaps too original. Once started is thePlay very rhythmic, cartoon graphics, beautiful voiceovers. Frantic and pressing original story perhaps too original. Once started is the desire to never break away to know the continuation of the story and what will happen. Excellent mix of QTE and dialogues. only many flaws in the secondary plots.… Expand

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5. 2-D

   Dec 13, 2020

   7

   Has a solid narrative with some engaging spins on the mythos. Really gives you a great choice system making interactions with icons alwaysHas a solid narrative with some engaging spins on the mythos. Really gives you a great choice system making interactions with icons always interesting but unfortunately it’s gameplay feels like an afterthought to the story making its quick time events and puzzles more of a stop in the well written story.… Expand

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6. ExpertPL

   Dec 19, 2016

   6

   What can I say, every next Telltale game seems more boring and less interesting and it's not because the Telltale games are worse, but becauseWhat can I say, every next Telltale game seems more boring and less interesting and it's not because the Telltale games are worse, but because the formula for making those game don't change at all.
   
   So the only thing I have to say is: This game is the same as all the Telltale games except this one is about Batman.
   
   If you are not bored of the formula, this game is for you. If you are a fan of DC Comics and Batman, this game is for you.
   
   Myself as a fan of Batman can actually recommend it, it's not canon, but let's be honest, what's canon in DC in those days?… Expand

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7. m1ku47

   Jul 9, 2020

   6

   Довольно неплохое интерактивное кинцо. Несколько неожиданных поворотов скрасили и без того прикольный сюжет. Минусы : максимально уебанскиеДовольно неплохое интерактивное кинцо. Несколько неожиданных поворотов скрасили и без того прикольный сюжет. Минусы : максимально уебанские типо расследования… Expand

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8. Jokeyboi

   Oct 31, 2022

   0

   this game is just pure boredom there is literally nothing and if you're searching for batman you'll find more Bruce than batman
   if you're athis game is just pure boredom there is literally nothing and if you're searching for batman you'll find more Bruce than batman
   if you're a batman fan you might slightly feel like this is a little less boring
   and if you're a telltale fan you'll be extremely disappointed
   if you're searching for a good telltale game go play the walking dead… Expand

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