Love them or loathe them, your decisions rarely mean much in Telltale games. Many are willing to work with this, enjoying the illusion of choice and soaking up the story anyway; others feel like it undermines the entire point. Whichever fence you sit on, we’re quite impressed to learn that there’ll be two disparate finales to Batman: The Enemy Within depending upon how you’ve played the season so far.
Thus far, this series has been all about John Doe, the developer’s distorted take on the Joker. And how you’ve dealt with the crazed character in the four episodes up to this point will influence his transition into the iconic villain. One version of the finale will see him become a vigilante, fighting alongside Batman for the good of Gotham; the other will be more faithful to the original vision of the character, as he indulges his dark side.
Say what you will about Telltale, we really like its alternative take on the Batman universe. The studio’s done a wonderful job of subverting expectations with the juvenile John Doe, while we’ve appreciated some of the smaller tweaks to the canon, too. The developer can be hit or miss these days, but it’s done a decent job with Batman, and we’re secretly hoping that this story will continue once Season Two wraps.
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Nice to see a little evolution of the Telltale formula.
On a separate but related note, it seems like Batman season 2 has been going on forever. I thought the finale had already happened long ago.
What? Isn't it a spoiler to tell this? (Haven't played ep 4 yet I'm waiting for 5)
WOW TWO WHOLE ENDINGS THE ABSOLUTE MADMEN
Spoiler warning guys!
Breaking news: company whose entire existence is based on player choice affecting the game is finally making a game where player choice matters.
I think it could be considered a spoiler but unfortunately Telltale have been pretty open about this one, chucking it in youtube ads titled the same kind of thing.
I'm not sure whether this is much more than marketing hype though. Whether the episodes will actually be that different is questionable. I'm fine with that anyway tbh.
I liked the first season, and will check this out soon now that it's all wrapped up.
They kinda did the with Minecraft. You got a different episode dependant on who you took with you.
The problem here is if there are 2 endings, will you have to replay the game again from scratch to get the plat?
@themcnoisy Nah the platinum is just tied to finishing the episode (however it plays out) like nearly all the other Telltale games.
@sajoey I think having two different episodes, which this appears to be, is quite impressive.
As somebody who's violently allergic to spoilers and thinks that those who trade in spoilers should be tried at the Hague, I actually don't mind the information being given out by Telltale (and, by extension, Push Square) here.
I haven't played any of the second season yet; I was actually waiting for it to all be released, so I'm really looking forward to next week. Having played the first season back when it was released, however, and knowing some of the narrative threads that are obviously going to be carried forward, I appreciate knowing that certain key decisions and responses are going to have a much, much bigger impact than a slightly different final cutscene.
With one of the two divergent options being such a unique, fresh take on the Joker character and his relationship with Batman, I'm determined to go back and play through everything to ensure that I see it. If I'd have kept my old save from a couple years ago and ended up seeing the standard "Batman fights the Joker" scenario play out, I might've thought it pretty standard bat-fare and moved on in ignorance. I may not even want to play that; I'll see how I feel when the credits roll.
Rock and a hard place; tell nobody about the hidden path, and it may never be seen, but start describing it and people may feel like they don't need to walk it.
I'm still mad that I could never change Carly's fate in The Walking Dead.
That's a very interesting twist on the canon comics, looking forward to playing eventually.
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