Batman: The Enemy Within - Episode 3: The Fractured Mask

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  • Summary: Discover the powerful and far-reaching consequences of your choices as the Dark Knight. The fate of Bruce Wayne, his dark persona, Batman, and Gotham hang in the balance.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 18
  3. Negative: 0 out of 18
  1. DarkStation
    Nov 20, 2017
    100
    I feel a little weird having gone this far without even a mention of the start of Episode 3, but with the enjoyment I am getting out of this being so heavily reliant on the story and its turns, mentioning them, no matter how briefly, feels a bit like a betrayal. There are a number of moments that I would love to bring up, especially ones that deal with Bruce’s ability to trust and how those moments being left up to the player brings me a substantial amount of joy, but I think I’ll save those for the finale. For now, I am happy to say that Batman: The Enemy Within is Telltale at their best. We are halfway through this season, and I am equal parts jumping for joy and pulling out my hair to see where this ends up.
  2. GameWatcher
    Nov 20, 2017
    80
    The Calm Before The Storm is probably a better title. The third episode of Telltale’s second season of Batman isn’t big on action, massive shocks, or set-pieces, but it is big on character development, interaction, making choices, and probably making the wrong ones. Fractured Mask isn’t the most eventful episode, but it’s still fun, all the characters are clashing wonderfully, and it’s fun waiting for the hammer to fall and your choices to bite you hard. Which will probably happen in Episode 4. We can’t wait.
  3. Twinfinite
    Nov 27, 2017
    80
    I am still heavily invested in the story of Batman: The Enemy Within, and I’m excited to see how things develop from here. But little niggles like inconsequential ‘big’ decisions still feel too heavy-handed and put into the story for a bit of shock value that doesn’t really amount to much in the end.
  4. COGconnected
    Nov 27, 2017
    75
    Sadly, too much of the game’s experience continues to be a passive ride, lacking in gameplay and challenge. But as they say, what a ride it is.
  5. Everyeye.it
    Nov 22, 2017
    70
    Unfortunately, the story, at least in Fractured Mask, is, at times, very verbose and unmanaged.
  6. Vandal
    Dec 4, 2017
    60
    Telltale struggles to get it right with the Dark Night and make the game he deserves. A very disappointing episode that asks –again– for a change in the formula.
  7. Destructoid
    Nov 20, 2017
    50
    Although there is some excellent work put in by Catwoman and John Doe, Fractured Mask is ultimately just a series of "Choose A or B" conversations, taking place in overly-familiar locales, with stakes not quite as high as the game would have you believe.

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 2
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  1. michaelbr2014
    Nov 21, 2017
    10
    first the pros of the episode:

    - a longer episode - better character development - a tense story - and somewhat respected choices now    first the pros of the episode:

    - a longer episode
    - better character development
    - a tense story
    - and somewhat respected choices

    now the negatives

    -translation errors that in my case was Portuguese but nothing very serious    … Expand
  2. BatmanOk53
    Feb 11, 2018
    8
    Very good episode not the best, but a really good episode in the game ok it is :)

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