2 people found this review helpful
Recommended
0.0 hrs last two weeks / 10.3 hrs on record (3.9 hrs at review time)
Posted: 2 Aug, 2016 @ 4:13pm

Disclaimer: I did not have any of the issues many people are complaining about at the moment, this is purely based on the story/gameplay itself, not the technical issues that many are currently experiencing.

After just finishing episode one I have to admit this was exactly the type of experience I expected (due to knowing Telltale's format) but also the type of experience I was hoping for. It truly left great first impression to this five episode story. The episode itself lasted me roughly 1 hour and 40 minutes and at not one point was I bored or lacking interest in anyway, every character that I encountered felt genuine and diverse each unique as their own, all with different views. I think the tone was set spectularly, and the Bruce's goals were clear throughout. I love the switching inbetween Bruce and Batman (even though we knew it had to happen) I just feel Bruce provides a form of calm before the storm, due to him mainly being the person talking, and then when playing as Batman having impactful fights that really felt like they had some weight behind the punches that were thrown. The fights were structed as fast-paced quick times events, although I pressed a few wrong buttons I do not believe I was punished for it, which leaves me wondering if it was possible for me to fail at these fast QTE's.

Every now and then the animations were slightly lacking in my opinion and also some lip syncing was off but nothing that isn't more than a slight hiccup.
Choice felt a bit lacking story progression wise, but every line of dialogue I could choose I felt would have a different reaction which made choosing said dialogue a lot more intense and interesting to decide. And on that note I believe the voice acting was done well, refering back to what I said about characters being unique, each had their own varied accents/voices that made them standout and was overall well done.

If the series keeps this up I truly think that this maybe one of Telltale's best aslong as they ramp up the story a bit and get some more of our favorite villians within this game.

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