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Batman: The Enemy Within is a worthy follow-up to the first Telltale game about the caped crusader, with a strong focus on character development and one of the most unusual and fascinating renditions of the Joker to date. It’s a game about how the hero of Gotham creates his own villains: how the violence he enacts in the name of justice has ripples that end up forming the city’s greatest monsters.
The story starts with Riddler invading a casino to get back at its owner. Bruce is attending the very same casino at the time, so it doesn’t take long for Batman to crash the party and put a stop to Riddler’s scheme. The villain, however, leaves a clue for Batman to pursue in the [...]
Batman: The Telltale Series offers a unique take on the Batman mythos, focusing its attention on Gotham and the role that the Wayne family has in shaping it as a hopelessly corrupt and violent city. Despite following Telltale’s uninspired formula, the game’s story shines by framing politics and wealth disparity as the core reasons for Gotham’s downfall, instead of just some bizarre villains.
When the game starts, it is business as usual: some toughs are breaking into Gotham City Hall and they are murmuring about this mythical figure of a man who likes to dress as a bat and beat up criminals. They are visibly frightened, and when Batman finally shows up, he appears as a [...]