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Batman: The Enemy Within
In this latest chapter, both Bruce Wayne and Batman will be forced into precarious new roles. The Riddler has returned to terrorize Gotham City, but his gruesome puzzles merely foreshadow an even greater crisis. With the arrival of a ruthless federal agent and the return of a still nascent Joker, Batman must navigate uneasy alliances while Bruce Wa...
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- Released
- August 8, 2017
- Developer
- Telltale Games
- Genres
- Point-and-click · Action · Adventure
- Publisher
- Telltale Games
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Batman: The Enemy Within Reviews
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TellTale Games took a big risk in many ways when they decided to dive into the realm of Batman. True, they had done comic characters before with "The Wolf Among Us", but Batman is a much "holier" property. And though the first season wasn't without faults (recall our review!) it did do a lot of - Read our full News on The Outerhaven .
Setting aside the more active gameplay elements, Telltale’s adventure games are all about the story and the choices. Batman: The Enemy Within builds upon the foundation set by Batman: The Telltale Series and delivers a compelling Joker origin story. As a longtime Batman fan, I occasionally find Joker too gimmicky (and weirdly omniscient) and Harley too obsessed with her beau. Joker isn’t typically one of my favorite Batman opponents. The John Doe Joker in The Enemy Within starts out vulnerable, ends up empowered, and is consistently entertaining throughout his character arc. And no matter…
I'll get the obvious out of the way now... it's episodic, it's frustrating to have to wait for the next part of the story (because it's so good) and I won't
The first season of Telltale’s Batman did an admirable job creating a version of Gotham unlike any other, with Bruce Wayne carefully managing his relationships with confidantes and would-be friends when he wasn’t punching out thugs in alleyways. Though there have been a thousand stories about the origin of Batman, Telltale’s emphasis on how choices dictate allies and enemies made this version particularly compelling. Having established this anything-goes version of Batman’s world, the second season focuses on his greatest nemesis: the Joker.
Batman: The Enemy Within has some flaws, most of them common to several Telltale games. The graphics have major inconsistencies, there are forced circumstances that conveniently serve the story, and gameplay is reduced to a minimum. Even so, the quality of the script and the actors performance, along with the way the story flowed, left us interested to see what will come next. As is our practice with games of episodic nature, we will publish a full review when all five episodes are made available.
Batman: The Enemy Within makes incremental improvements on a successful formula — and the introduction of a new, relationship-focused choice mechanic was a big hit. It might drag here and there, but it sets up for big things to come in further installments. If Enemy Within is anything like its predecessor, a little patience will pay off.