Batman: The Telltale Series (2016)
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3.52 from 1327 ratings
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How long? Main story 9h · with extras 9h · 100% 9h (from 58 logged playthroughs)
Batman: The Telltale Series is an episodic graphic adventure game developed by Telltale Games, first released in 2016. The game offers a narrative-focused experience, where players control Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Batman, making choices that shape the story and relationships with characters.
The plot explores Bruce Wayne’s struggle to uncover corruption in Gotham City, while confronting revelations about …
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Batman: The Telltale Series is an episodic graphic adventure game developed by Telltale Games, first released in 2016. The game offers a narrative-focused experience, where players control Bruce Wayne and his alter ego, Batman, making choices that shape the story and relationships with characters.
The plot explores Bruce Wayne’s struggle to uncover corruption in Gotham City, while confronting revelations about his family’s past. The game features dialogue-driven gameplay, quick-time combat, and detective sequences. Decisions carry over across episodes, influencing the narrative’s direction and character arcs.
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Details
- Developers
- Telltale Games
- Publishers
- LCG Entertainment, Telltale Games
- Genres
- Adventure, Point-and-click
- Themes
- Action, Drama
- Franchises
- Batman, DC Comics
- Series
- Batman - The Telltale Series
- Event
- The Game Awards 2015
- Steam
- View on Steam
Release dates
- Aug 02, 2016 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Aug 02, 2016 (North_America) Xbox One
- Sep 13, 2016 (Worldwide) PlayStation 3
- Sep 14, 2016 (Worldwide) Xbox 360
- Sep 20, 2016 (North_America) iOS
- Sep 20, 2016 (Europe) iOS
- Sep 20, 2016 (Worldwide) iOS
- Oct 26, 2016 (Worldwide) Android
- Nov 14, 2017 (Worldwide) Nintendo Switch
- Nov 17, 2017 (Europe) Nintendo Switch
- Nov 17, 2017 (Australia) Nintendo Switch
Related
Bundled in
- The Telltale Batman Bundle (Dec 2017) · PS4, XONE
- Telltale Batman Shadows Edition (Dec 2019) · NSW, PC, PS4, XONE
Episodes
- Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 1: Realm of Shadows (Aug 2016) · ANDR, MAC, PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE, iOS
- Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 2: Children of Arkham (Sep 2016) · PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE
- Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 3: New World Order (Oct 2016) · PC, PS3, PS4, X360, XONE
- Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 4: Guardian of Gotham (Nov 2016) · PC, PS4, XONE
- Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 5: City of Light (Dec 2016) · PC, PS4, XONE
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Rating distribution
5 stars
189
4 stars
516
3 stars
460
2 stars
125
1 star
37
Community All Reviews Statuses
Review cagebox 4/5 · Nov 16, 2024
Pretty Good
Batman Telltale is pretty good but not a standout. In other entries like The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones they used a universe that was popular but filled it with new characters to great effect. With Batman, they decide to subvert some of the Batman mythos to make it unique. The result is an interesting story but one that …
Read moreBatman Telltale is pretty good but not a standout. In other entries like The Walking Dead or Game of Thrones they used a universe that was popular but filled it with new characters to great effect. With Batman, they decide to subvert some of the Batman mythos to make it unique. The result is an interesting story but one that doesn't 100% ring true.
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Review GamesAndMarcel 4/5 · Dec 5, 2018
Better than I expected
Overall solid experience. A few segments in some of the episodes ran a little long but other than that, I enjoyed my time with telltale's version of the caped crusader. Great voice acting, a few fun combat scenes and it was really fun developing some of Bruce's relationships. Telltale engine definitely hinders the experience, the overall FPS drop takes you …
Read moreOverall solid experience. A few segments in some of the episodes ran a little long but other than that, I enjoyed my time with telltale's version of the caped crusader. Great voice acting, a few fun combat scenes and it was really fun developing some of Bruce's relationships. Telltale engine definitely hinders the experience, the overall FPS drop takes you out of the moment. But I'm still excited to check out season 2 for the right price. 7.8/10
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Review MarcoHolland 3/5 · Jan 25, 2018
Un'altra serie Telltale
Intelligente la scelta di allontanarsi da alcuni canoni classici di Batman, permette di rendere i colpi di scena della storia più imprevedibili. Il gioco è un classico Telltale con tutti i pregi (curato dal punto di vista narrativo e della scrittura) e i difetti del caso (i glitch grafici, fastidiosi, e la scarsa innovazione rispetto alle altre serie; ormai, tranne …
Read moreIntelligente la scelta di allontanarsi da alcuni canoni classici di Batman, permette di rendere i colpi di scena della storia più imprevedibili. Il gioco è un classico Telltale con tutti i pregi (curato dal punto di vista narrativo e della scrittura) e i difetti del caso (i glitch grafici, fastidiosi, e la scarsa innovazione rispetto alle altre serie; ormai, tranne piccole variazioni, è sempre la solita solfa). Consigliato ai fan Telltale e dell'Uomo Pipistrello.
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Review znfs 3/5 · Nov 22, 2017
Batman: The Telltale Series
A good title, good batman story, very rich and very crowded of moral dilemmas (as a good batman comic).
About gameplay Nothing special and complicated at all, all commands are very simple and have no great influence in the scenes however if you do not hit that buttons on the right time, you will probably see a "try again screen". …
A good title, good batman story, very rich and very crowded of moral dilemmas (as a good batman comic).
About gameplay Nothing special and complicated at all, all commands are very simple and have no great influence in the scenes however if you do not hit that buttons on the right time, you will probably see a "try again screen".
In resume: telltale being telltale.
Review deepdoop 4/5 · Aug 9, 2016
I'll probably just keep editing this to review each episode then when it's done I'll change the rating to something final once I find the average. I was really looking forward to this one because Batman lends himself so well to a great story, and even though gameplay is obviously lacking in Telltale games, their story can really be on …
I'll probably just keep editing this to review each episode then when it's done I'll change the rating to something final once I find the average. I was really looking forward to this one because Batman lends himself so well to a great story, and even though gameplay is obviously lacking in Telltale games, their story can really be on point at times.
Episode 1 (9/10):
- Playing as Batman was a lot of fun, though planning the attack was really simplistic. However, it does suffer from the Telltale formula a bit since I don't think QTE is the way to represent Batman. We knew this was going to happen but it's probably the weakest link in the chain here. Still, the investigations were cool, and it does a good job of making Batman feel like Batman. It's cool being able to choose how brutal you want to be, knowing that there will be consequences.
- The Bruce Wayne parts are wonderful. Spoilers in this paragraph: I had decided to meet with Falcone because of Harvey but due to how ingrained Batman is into my brain, I just could not bring myself to shake his hand or treat him with respect. I was sitting there, frantically trying to decide, and ultimately I thought, "Batman could NEVER bring himself to shake this guy's hand." That's real power in narrative right there, but it does benefit from Batman being such a recognizable figure.
- Being the first episode, obviously the plot is just getting going, but it really hit me hard at the end with an excellent twist and voice acting. I cannot wait to see more because a fantastic Batman tale is hard to beat in any medium.
- The animations and graphics are a little wonky with some PC issues, but that seems to always happen.
Final thought on this episode: So far I'm really digging it. It's obviously not the Arkham series which succeeds on every level, but this is what I wanted from Telltale's take on it.
Episode 2 (8.5/10)
- I'm still bothered by the QTE, and I'm sure this will be the first criticism that you see in all of these episodes. It didn't bother me as much in The Wolf Among Us, but I still think this isn't a good way to represent Batman. I didn't feel that the planning of combat in this one was as good.
- When you first appear as Batman, it was incredibly wonky. However, you show up again as the Bat and those sequences are much cooler.
- None of the Bruce Wayne parts hit me as hard as in the first one, but it's still solid storytelling for the most part.
- The ending brought it together well, and the choice you have to make is setting a lot of things in motion. It didn't end with a big twist, especially to fans of Batman, but it was a narrative that had to happen... it was accomplished well.
Final thought on this episode: A bit of a step down in quality, ultimately, but still great stuff as a whole.