Batman: The Enemy Within - The Telltale Series

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Generally favorable reviews- based on 186 Ratings

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  1. ChesterField
    May 1, 2020
    6
    Quite lazy compared to previous telltale games (the wolf among us or the walking dead). The problem with these new graphic adventures with such poor gameplay is that if you don't have a perfect story, the player ends up bored, and this one definitely doesn't. I do not recommend it.
  2. muzmuz
    Mar 28, 2018
    7
    Batman: The Enemy Within may not be as good as the first season, but it was a pretty fun experience packaged with exciting action and an engaging story -- only if some parts were presented a bit more clearer and the ending didn't wrap up as lazily as it did.
  3. SuperkenGaming
    Jul 30, 2018
    7
    Batman: The Enemy Within
    A step back, but not too much.
    Batman The Enemy Within is a 9 and a half hour long choose your own adventure telltale game that takes place across 5 episodes. This is a direct sequel to season 1 and the choices you make there will carry over here, so obviously for the best experience you should play that one first… it’s a much better game anyway… A lot of    Batman: The Enemy Within
    A step back, but not too much.
    Batman The Enemy Within is a 9 and a half hour long choose your own adventure telltale game that takes place across 5 episodes.
    This is a direct sequel to season 1 and the choices you make there will carry over here, so obviously for the best experience you should play that one first… it’s a much better game anyway…
    A lot of things were carried over from season 1, but a lot of the good was just thrown aside…
    I felt that season 1 had a nice balance of batman and Bruce Wayne... here in the enemy within the story is very Bruce Wayne heavy..
    So there are no moments of planning and executing like in season one which was probably my favorite part... there is only 1 moment of linking items to events, and there is little to no detective work…
    this season is very lazy feeling compared to the first though it does run miles better, for the first time in telltale history I ran into 0 hiccups..
    This time it’s a bunch of quick time events with great fighting scenes and dialog choices... this is clearly the final season telltale will be doing with batman so they attempt to go out with a bang and throw as many villains in here as possible..
    This is very suicide squad feeling…
    and you as Bruce Wayne goes undercover and joins them... this leads to tons of dilemma as the story plays out while you try to protect your code and come off as a bad guy at the same time...
    I felt the internal struggle… so the story telling here is actually pretty great... full of twists and turns and dilemmas…
    Though I feel like episode 1 and 5 were the only really great moments for the story.. The middle 3 with the whole suicide squad thing going on is just a little too shallow for me... there are interesting characters that you don’t get to spend enough time with.. they just feel a bit wasted… thinking back it’s hard to even remember what happened in those episodes…
    Batman The enemy Within is a really solid and good telltale game..
    It makes you stop and think… its constantly surprising you… all its missing is emotion and connection to its characters…
    I found myself only really connected to the characters from the first season and that’s only because of how great that season did with character development... it carried over to this one..
    If you hop in here by the end you’ll feel a connection to no one…
    Your enjoyment of this season really does rely on you having played through season 1…
    I give Batman: The Enemy Within
    a 7/10    … Expand
  4. LoletinAlexis
    Dec 18, 2018
    7
    The Enemy Within is the perfect refinement of the already excellent story of the previous season.
    The twists of plot, the new personalities (and possibilities), the advances in the history... Absolutely perfect.
    The Joker of this Batman installment deserves to be remembered by every Batman fan. The gameplay, as in the previous season, the moments when we control Bruce Wayne are    The Enemy Within is the perfect refinement of the already excellent story of the previous season.
    The twists of plot, the new personalities (and possibilities), the advances in the history... Absolutely perfect.
    The Joker of this Batman installment deserves to be remembered by every Batman fan.

    The gameplay, as in the previous season, the moments when we control Bruce Wayne are remarkable.
    The moments in which we control Batman, although they are still executed in a simplified way (QTEs), have been improved a bit thanks to the addition of "timely decisions", making a bit more friendly one of the sections that most pale of the set by far.
    While there are still anecdotal decisions, I have noticed changes based on my decisions. Bravo for that.    … Expand
  5. Demon2017
    Jun 18, 2022
    7
    Получше первой части, хоть местами коротковато, местами глуповато, но в целом, в этот раз история более напряжённая и интересная.
  6. Kotofon
    Jun 6, 2020
    6
    История Брюса Уэна продолжается в новой главе от Telltale Games. В этот раз ему предстоит защитить Готэм от Загадочника, который вернулся в город и совершает ужасные преступления. Джокер также не останется в стороне, ведь у него всегда припрятан козырь в рукаве. А в связи с наступающей угрозой правительство отправило в город федерального агента, но стоит ли ему доверять? Сможете ли выИстория Брюса Уэна продолжается в новой главе от Telltale Games. В этот раз ему предстоит защитить Готэм от Загадочника, который вернулся в город и совершает ужасные преступления. Джокер также не останется в стороне, ведь у него всегда припрятан козырь в рукаве. А в связи с наступающей угрозой правительство отправило в город федерального агента, но стоит ли ему доверять? Сможете ли вы пережить этот кошмар, к кому обратитесь за помощью, а самое главное сохраните ли вы рассудок Брюсу Уэйну?… Expand
  7. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    5
    Anlattığı hikaye güzel fakat zaten hali hazırda var olan Arkham oyunları bundan çok daha iyisini yapıyor. Tabi orda çok Bruce Wayne'e değinilmiyor ama onların gölgesinde kalmış bir oyun işte.
  8. clem666
    Aug 19, 2021
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 'Batman: The Enemy Within', or another successful TellTale game offering an innovative look on Batman, his allies and his famous foes, allowing you (as always in a TellTale game) to shape your own version of the story by making your own decisions during tough moments.

    It starts the best way as the game allows you to continue the story based on your choices from the first opus ('Batman - The Telltale Series'). The context is set during the first episode and things become to be truly amusing when episode 2 starts with some QTEs and action! In overall I found fights scenes were terrific, with great choregraphies, interesting camera angles and fantastic moves. The fact that you can make decisions during fights is really cool as you can predict which effects it is going to cause at that precise moment. Bonus for those latex sounds when Harley Quinn or Catwoman move. The story is complex and allows you to interact with many (I would say something like 15 significative) characters. And obviously you can't be friend with all of them. Some characters (especially the Joker) are honestly funny. The face design is okay for the main characters and you can easily understand their emotions with their facial expressions and animations. The end, the very last dialogue with Alfred and the last choice you have to make are terrific.

    Unfortunately all this list comes with a considerable 'BUT'... First of all, it is kind of irritating when you already know Batman's famous opponents (while protagonists don't): you have to watch the characters wondering how could have done this or this massacre. Bois it is obvious as hell. In my game almost each and every character turned against me before the end of the first episode: why? I am not even playing like a bastard here! It must be because Bruce/Batman doesn't always answer the exact dialogue you choose. It is often unclear to predict which actions is going to cause which consequences in the future. And I hope you love dialogues because this Telltale game has plenty of it. It is fun often but it sometimes becomes too much for not much. As I wrote, there are numerous characters to interact with, but some like Harley are just so disappointing compared to what you know from them.

    Consideration of wounds is really particular: trust me, Batman is wayyy too often injured during this story. However, so do your opponents, except they don't seem to have a problem with it! But come on, in the very beginning the Riddler (who is 60 years old) still manages to escape a fist fight against Batman after taking several major hits! What the hell? QTEs are quite fun but you can literally hit another button and you won't fail. And even if you succeed in QTEs you won't always win the fight. Way too easy. The worst is that this game doesn't take AZERTY keyboards in account. Impossible to change controls. In one word, the curb is classic: QTE fights at the very beginning, then two or three flat and full of dialogues episodes and QTE fights again at the very end. Nothing new.

    Some textures are quite ugly. Weirdly it takes years to launch the game: the connection with the server is always laggy despite my personal supersonic internet distribution. The 'Shadows Mode' DLC is definitely one of the most overestimated and shallow DLCs I've ever played. Don't buy it even on sale!

    I had a hard time choosing wether I would recommend this game or not but eventually I won't even if it reamins a decent Telltale game, far behind 'The Walking Dead' ones.    … Expand
  9. LordTiger
    Jul 16, 2021
    6
    It's not as good as telltale's Walking Dead (season one) and The Wolf Among Us but still, they made some improvements over the first season in terms of story.
  10. PanMrkvicka
    Feb 12, 2020
    7
    It had some interesting ideas like the vigillante joker and all that. Deifinitely had more character than the previous one and I enjoyed it alot. Still no gameplay and was too long for my taste.
  11. m1ku47
    Jul 9, 2020
    6
    Весьма добротное продолжение первой части
  12. wayrez
    May 14, 2020
    7
    Good storytelling, as always.

    Compared to the previous part about Batman, better graphics and new mechanics added.
  13. Dariya
    Jul 2, 2021
    7
    Summary:
    I liked this season way more than season 1. It wasn't the best, yet worth playing.
  14. Dustfoxx
    Oct 8, 2020
    7
    It's a good continuation of the first game. Although i still prefer the first one.

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#89 Best PC Game of 2017
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#64 Most Discussed PC Game of 2017

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79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
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  1. Adventure Gamers
    Dec 21, 2018
    70
    Telltale’s second Batman season packs a punch with its action, audio and morally questionable main villain, but falters when it comes to making the most of its plot or detective gameplay potential.
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  2. CD-Action
    Jul 6, 2018
    60
    The Enemy Within is less unpleasant than Guardians of the Galaxy or Minecraft: Story Mode in the same way catching a cold is less unpleasant than getting a full-blown flu. [06/2018, p.48]
  3. Jeuxvideo.com
    Jun 3, 2018
    75
    With Batman: The Enemy Within, Telltale Games performs no miracles but delivers an epic adventure full of twists and turns, of schemes and colorful characters.
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