The new Batman game starts strong by letting you be Bruce Wayne

In 2009, Batman: Arkham Asylum managed to capture something that had eluded video games for decades: the feeling of being Batman. The brutal hand-to-hand combat, the high-tech tools and investigations, that sensation of skulking around in the dark undetected, all of it was there in video game form. It’s a tough act to follow for a new game starring the Caped Crusader, so how does a Batman game stand out? In the case of Telltale’s new Batman series, the answer is simple: focus on Bruce Wayne.

The first episode of the developer’s new take on Batman starts out with a literal bang: a group of masked criminals shoot a guard in the head as they infiltrate Gotham’s city hall in search of sensitive material. As Batman, you slowly take down each...

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via The Verge
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