Batman: The Telltale Series

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  • Summary: Enter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight. In this gritty and violent new story from the creators of The Walking Dead – A Telltale Games Series, you'll make discoveries that will shatter Bruce Wayne'sEnter the fractured psyche of Bruce Wayne and discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight. In this gritty and violent new story from the creators of The Walking Dead – A Telltale Games Series, you'll make discoveries that will shatter Bruce Wayne's world, and the already fragile stability of a corrupt Gotham City. Decide the fate of Gotham City. Determine the fate of Bruce Wayne and his dark persona, Batman. Your choices write a new chapter in the complex and dangerous lives of the playboy industrialist and the vigilante detective. [Telltale]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. GameCritics
    Feb 24, 2017
    85
    Batman: The Telltale Series started strong and ended the same way, and with many characters’ fates left undecided and new characters appearing in the final act, a second season seems inevitable — I look forward to it.
  2. Hardcore Gamer
    Dec 29, 2016
    80
    Perhaps Batman: The Telltale Series’ greatest flaw is inconsistency; playing each episode separately can make some of the weaknesses of the lesser episodes, like technical issues and poor pacing, more apparent in a way that most other Telltale series do not suffer from. But, for players who can dive into the full series all at once, Telltale’s Batman easily stands strong as one of the Dark Knight’s greatest video game outings, providing a gripping tale that clearly separates itself from a standard Batman affair.
  3. Slant Magazine
    Dec 21, 2016
    70
    Telltale Games’s take on the Dark Knight is a much-needed step forward in terms of placing gamers in Batman’s boots.
  4. Meristation
    Dec 21, 2016
    70
    Fresh, agile action is what Batman, the new series of Telltale game is about. Fantastic OST and Troy Baker as Bruce. Telltale needs to take care of some issues with the coding of their games so they can be perfect.
  5. LaPS4
    Jan 9, 2017
    70
    Telltale keeps making the same mistakes as usual, with technical issues that burden the overall experience. Even so, this Batman is interesting enough to keep you playing for the whole five chapters where Bruce Wayne gains the spotlight he didn't have outside comics.
  6. New Game Network
    Feb 7, 2017
    70
    With so many Dark Knight adventures in our movies, TV, comics, and video games, you have to do something special to stand out. In the first few episodes, it looked like Batman: The Telltale Series might actually bottle lightning and create something excellent. But as the finale rolls in, it series fails to separate itself from the many Batman outings we’ve already experienced elsewhere.
  7. Playstation Official Magazine UK
    Feb 19, 2017
    50
    An underwhelming Batman game, but a great Bruce Wayne one. A satisfying counterpart to Rocksteady's Arkham games, but it won't win over Telltale naysayers. [Feb 2017, p.93]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 90
  2. Mixed: 46 out of 90
  3. Negative: 13 out of 90
  1. CrabCult
    Dec 19, 2016
    10
    Really enjoyed it. Was like experiencing a Batman comic through a different narrative.
    Story was interesting, enjoyed the characters, didn't    Really enjoyed it. Was like experiencing a Batman comic through a different narrative.
    Story was interesting, enjoyed the characters, didn't appreciate telltales unique take on the characters design at first but I have got to admit, It grew on me while playing the game.

    Good game, recommend getting it on sale since it doesn't have much of a replay value.    … Expand
  2. thryce3
    Feb 27, 2017
    9
    It looks beautiful and it has an interesting and engaging take on the Batman story. If you played the other Telltale games, you know what toIt looks beautiful and it has an interesting and engaging take on the Batman story. If you played the other Telltale games, you know what to expect. I think the story is one of the tightest and the game flows as well as any of the Telltale series. The quick time events are less frustration than earlier games, but it almost feels less responsive some how. But you play these games to get immersed in the story and it does that very well.… Expand
  4. brendo214
    May 30, 2019
    8
    Batman: The Telltale Series tells the Batman story is a kind of unique way. A lot of the characters are different, and that's for the better.
  5. torreto986
    May 24, 2018
    7
    juego típico de esta compañía muy sencillito no esta mal corto los 5 episodio que tenia
  6. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 12, 2020
    6
    The villain was kinda weak and meh and its still a telltale game soooo. Still pretty interesting batman story. I was surpised by how grittyThe villain was kinda weak and meh and its still a telltale game soooo. Still pretty interesting batman story. I was surpised by how gritty and brutal it was in a good sense.… Expand
  7. CoreGamer1408
    May 14, 2019
    5
    Optimization and performance for Telltale old hat is kind of crappy on new gen console, wtf!? Alas the usual formulaic Telltare experience,Optimization and performance for Telltale old hat is kind of crappy on new gen console, wtf!? Alas the usual formulaic Telltare experience, but the amount of QTE in the fight scenes are more annoying than in any other Telltale games. The controller just sucks for aiming in the QTE. The rest of this experience is just sit watch back cutscene after cutscene. While now and again click one of the three on screen dialogue trees or say nothing. The stand out part of this experience is that I could chose to be a edgy darker version of Batman or not.

    I can see why Telltale is failing as a company. Not just due to the same old formula again, but with the ignorant level of writing just wow. This feels like it is a elsewhere Batman story and if it was what they was going for? Then I get the very off direction with the Wayne family.    … Expand
  8. abdallah9lulu
    Jan 5, 2018
    0
    this is one of tje worst games i’ve ever played the story is bad and characters are very different from thier comic source visually ithis is one of tje worst games i’ve ever played the story is bad and characters are very different from thier comic source visually i understand there is multiple batman universes but this is by far the worse
    regarding gameplay there is little effect for your actions the story is weak and thier is little gameplay in the game
    regarding the preference i played on ps4 it had huge frame drops and freezing in action and out of action the game crashed alot its one of the worst game regarding the prefomance on ps4
    by far the worst game i had ever played    … Expand

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