Batman: The Telltale Series

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7.3

Mixed or average reviews- based on 243 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 122 out of 243
  2. Mixed: 103 out of 243
  3. Negative: 18 out of 243

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  1. Dariya
    Jul 2, 2021
    4
    Summary:
    In my opinion, one of the worst games by Telltale. Wasn't attached to this game.
  2. Shadowxxx
    Jul 17, 2022
    3
    Can't even put my boot on the 5ft **** face in the end fake trash game disgusting
  3. Hint
    May 31, 2022
    4
    This game was so good that after 2 MONTHS of trying to force myself to play it, I finished it. Then I immediately un-installed.
  4. GreK4
    May 6, 2021
    4
    Batman is a good game. But I think this game, which have on main theme Batman and this galaxy, me don't like for so strong cliche characters and plot moment. As first game in this genre look rather not bad. But if you want play in game as so genre, I think this game bad choice.
    In other moment we have bad background draw, sometimes have axe animation. But plot sometimes surprising and    Batman is a good game. But I think this game, which have on main theme Batman and this galaxy, me don't like for so strong cliche characters and plot moment. As first game in this genre look rather not bad. But if you want play in game as so genre, I think this game bad choice.
    In other moment we have bad background draw, sometimes have axe animation. But plot sometimes surprising and roll us to other side thought.
    Game is not bad, but not good.    … Expand
  5. Talbis
    Sep 6, 2017
    4
    If you look long and hard you can find here my review of the first episode. Didn't like it, or rather, my recommendation was to re-found it. Got a whole season as a gift and decided to give it another shot.
    Most of the bugs and technical issues I saw back when the first episode was out got fixed, the game keeps the resolution, bugs and glitches, although still there, aren't as prevalent    If you look long and hard you can find here my review of the first episode. Didn't like it, or rather, my recommendation was to re-found it. Got a whole season as a gift and decided to give it another shot.
    Most of the bugs and technical issues I saw back when the first episode was out got fixed, the game keeps the resolution, bugs and glitches, although still there, aren't as prevalent and they've fixed the controller issues on PC. Nice. Now bugs are mostly reserved for animations, like Batman's head looking to his let for a whole episode, to the point where it looked like he had a broken neck. Funny, but didn't happen after I tried to get it again to get a screenshot, so... good.
    Graphics look dated, animations are stiff and really funny (walk animations are just laughable!). In game assets are being reused for different locations and that's distracting. Sometimes audio just cuts off, that awkward silence, sometimes lip syncing is so bad that people talk without opening their mouths, sometimes dialogues refer to options I didn't pick in previous episodes, yet are considered as something I did anyway... There is a lot of bad here, but the meat is the story and characters...
    Story is predictable and boring, at this point perhaps, I'm too familiar with Batman to be surprised by anything. Characters don't look like anything you've seen, the designs aren't from any known incarnation of Batman making them rather forgettable and bland. Harvey Dent doesn't look like a district attorney but more like an athlete, Oswald Cobblepot is British despite being from Gotham and looks like any normal guy would, no deformities we associate with Penguin are present. Okay, the cast looks like they belong in Archer, Perhaps Telltale wanted to make a game in Archer universe, but got Batman instead...? The story and plot point are predictable and, in my opinion, too much is crammed into it. Did we really needed Two-Face so soon? Wouldn't it be better to keep him as Harvey, build up a relationship with Bruce then use Two-Face in season 2? The only character that faithful to the original is Catwoman and she's a blast whenever she's on screen, be it in costume or not.
    Overall, it's not bad, not great either. Telltale, at this point, should start changing their way, improving upon the formula that gave then success, yet they prefer to stick to what works, washing down all the good will build up until now. They need better writers and new animators, perhaps stop relying on QTE for action sequences and implement more player driven mechanic. I think Batman is a prime example of Telltale running out of creativity... I won't say to re-found this, but get it only if you're a huge Batman fan or if it's cheap as dirt. I got it as a gift from a friend as I would never buy it myself.    … Expand
  6. Soullex
    Nov 30, 2022
    4
    Bide devamı çıktı. Ben de bir batman sever olarak oynadım işte, yargılamayın.
  7. Jokeyboi
    Oct 31, 2022
    0
    this game is just pure boredom there is literally nothing and if you're searching for batman you'll find more Bruce than batman
    if you're a batman fan you might slightly feel like this is a little less boring
    and if you're a telltale fan you'll be extremely disappointed
    if you're searching for a good telltale game go play the walking dead

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64

Mixed or average reviews - based on 16 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
  1. Edge Magazine
    Feb 27, 2017
    40
    Holy disappointment, Batman. [March 2017, p.107]
  2. Games Master UK
    Feb 18, 2017
    69
    A strong and original Batman story held back by poor dialogue and overly contrived plot devices. [Feb 2017, p.76]
  3. Worth Playing
    Feb 1, 2017
    75
    If you can accept the studio's adventure game formula and the fairly large deviations to the canon, then Batman: The Telltale Series is a good game. The story remains gripping, and the additions to the gameplay formula make this feel more refined over the studio's previous efforts. The lack of further technical polish, however, is unfortunate; fixing those issues would've placed this game in the upper echelon of the studio's offerings. As it stands, Batman fans will certainly want to check out this title.
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