Batman: Enemy Within – Episode One ‘ Enigma’ Review (Video)

We’re at the point now where Telltale could, if they wanted, put their games on autopilot and never put out a bad game. There is a formula at work and ever present with Telltale games that create a floor their quality will never dip below. Yet, you can see the effort and nuance at play with Batman: Enemy Within for a stronger, consequential narrative with a few new wrinkles in the gameplay.

Story

Batman: Enemy Within, the sequel to last year’s Batman game takes places not too long after the first game. Harvey Dent is still in Arkham with a constantly delayed trial. John Doe is out, somehow. Cobblepot is still locked up, but presumably, a model citizen and Batman has gone from whispers in the shadows to a full-fledged legend for taking down the Children of Arkham. The previous events have also heightened the attention on Bruce Wayne, who obviously was famous beforehand. But now his association with so many people that have turned out to be criminals, coupled with the troubling revelation of Thomas Wayne’s criminal background have cast the favorite son of Gotham in a new light. The first game took a lot of chances with the Batman canon: Dent having a relationship with Selina. Bruce having a past friendship with Cobblepot. The Joker origins. Especially the Thomas Wayne revelation. Well, Enemy Within doubles down on that, with some aspects working and some that will need the wait and see treatment. There are the introductions of a couple of popular DC characters, but also som…