I love how this game lets you play Batman as an insane person who breaks ribs, threatens to make someone bleed to death, and no one likes him. And this is all in the first chapter!
this game does alot of interesting stuff with a new twist on all the Batman lore. I especially like this version of Harvey, and this Joker is, interesting. I am looking forward to seeing him expanded in the second one when I play that.
there's alot of interesting similarities between this game and Arkham Knight, tone and theme-wise relating to Bruce Wayne's past and things like that. The villains even have similar names.
First two episodes are good, I particularly love the fact that this game portrays Bruce's parents as corrupt millionaires just like the others in Gotham instead of being treated like saints as it tends to be in most Batman media. The Batman (2022) flirted with that idea, but was too quick to start justifying their crimes instead of actually going through with this concept, something I did expect this game to do as well, but I was pleasantly surprised when it ultimately didn't.
Bu then in the following episodes the writing starts to get worse, with some events like Harvey becoming a villain straight up not making sense unless you have Bruce being an asshole to him through the choices, which doesn't seem much in-character for him to do... And Joker, I mean, John Doe, randomly showing up in Arkham and conveniently having all the answers and solutions to Bruce's situation. I know Telltale games aren't known for choices being very important to the overall story, but I felt it was a missed opportunity not to make your choices decide whether Harvey ends up becoming a villain or not, instead of them doing almost nothing relevant besides having different dialogue. The last episode did improve upon the previous two, though, it felt climactic, the Lady Arkham backstory and reveal were all really well done, so I guess I did end up sorta liking this game despite having a handful of issues with it.
Bu then in the following episodes the writing starts to get worse, with some events like Harvey becoming a villain straight up not making sense unless you have Bruce being an asshole to him through the choices, which doesn't seem much in-character for him to do... And Joker, I mean, John Doe, randomly showing up in Arkham and conveniently having all the answers and solutions to Bruce's situation. I know Telltale games aren't known for choices being very important to the overall story, but I felt it was a missed opportunity not to make your choices decide whether Harvey ends up becoming a villain or not, instead of them doing almost nothing relevant besides having different dialogue. The last episode did improve upon the previous two, though, it felt climactic, the Lady Arkham backstory and reveal were all really well done, so I guess I did end up sorta liking this game despite having a handful of issues with it.