Tag: Arkham
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Batman: Enemy Within: Episode 3: Fractured Mask
Release Date: November 21, 2017 Developer: TellTale Games Publisher: TellTale Games Genre: Interactive Storytelling Rating: M for Mature Platform: PS4, Xbox One (reviewed), Android, iPhone, PC Sometimes, the stories we wish to tell end up being the ones not told; rather they evolve and change as the words ink the paper. Numerous factors play into…
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TellTale’s Batman: Enemy Within: Episode 1 – The Enigma Review
Release Date: August 8th, 2017 Rated: M for Mature Developer: TellTale Games Producer: TellTale Games Genre: Point and Click, Narrative Focus Platform: Xbox One (played and reviewed), Playstation 4, PC As cannot be said enough, thank you to TellTale Games for providing a review copy of this game! Tonality and direction are pivotal when setting up a story’s delivery of theme…
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Batman: A TellTale Series – Episode 5: City of Light Review
Release Date: December 13, 2016 Developer: TellTale Games Publisher: TellTale Games Genre: Third Person Perspective, Platformer, Action-Adventure System: Xbox One (Reviewed), Xbox 360, Playstation 4, Playstation 3, PC, Mac, Android, iPhone Batman: A TellTale Series is a flawed, often promising story bogged by consistent technical issues and unevenly weighted storytelling. In many respects, it’s a…
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New Review – Batman: A TellTale Series Episode 3: New World Order
Release Date: October 25, 2016 Developer: TellTale Games Publisher: TellTale Games Genre: Third Person Perspective, Platformer, Action-Adventure System: Xbox One (Reviewed), Xbox 360, Playstation 4, Playstation 3, PC, Mac, Android, iPhone “When we hit our lowest point, we are open to the greatest change.” – Aang, The Legend of Korra Everyone knows that, in order…
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Batman: A TellTale Series – Episode 2: Children of Arkham Review
Release Date: September 20, 2016 Developer: TellTale Games Publisher: TellTale Games Genre: Third Person Perspective, Platformer, Action-Adventure System: Xbox One (Reviewed), Xbox 360, Playstation 4, Playstation 3, PC, Mac, Android, iPhone Before beginning this review, I would like to thank TellTale again for providing a review code for the whole season of Batman: A Telltale…
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Piecing it Together: The Influences on the Batman: Arkham Series
All of the best stories have source material: whether it’s the themes being explored, the tone of the story, something helped to trigger that creative spark. This is especially true with Rocksteady’s Batman: Arkham franchise. Here are some (not all) of the biggest influences on the series: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth by…
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In the Still of Knight: Batman: Arkham Origins Review
Publisher: Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Developer: Warner Bros. Games, Montreal Rating: T for Teen Released: October 25, 2013 Systems: Xbox 360 (Reviewed), Playstation 3, PC Genre: Platformer Warning: This review will contain spoilers. If you haven’t played the game, do not read the paragraphs marked “Spoiler” For a series as old as Batman, there are numerous version of his origin…
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The Promise of Yesterday: The Prequel-Sequel Paradox
By Terry Randolph *Warning: Mild spoilers below for several games below. Whenever a prequel is announced for a series that recently ended, I cringe. Mostly it’s because these games come towards the tail-end of the franchise or at its conclusion, and feels unnecessary in the scope of things. I get it, the promises and potential…