He thrives on puzzles and mental challenges, if people are hurt in the process, so be it, but he rarely goes out of his way to brutalize his victims. Sure, there are plenty of different takes on The Riddler but most of them showcase him as a deranged genius intent on proving that he is smarter than Batman. The Enemy Within brings an unfamiliar iteration of a familiar villain to the forefront in the form of The Riddler. Season One set the tone and the precedent for what to expect, and the first episode of Season Two delivers on all fronts. The art style and storytelling of the source material, which spans decades and dozens of timelines makes for a great “choose your own adventure” style story, while the gameplay style and narrative mechanics of a Telltale game make for an in-depth and thoroughly enjoyable comic book ride. Gotham is a world that lends itself to Telltale in a very symbiotic way. Dealing with Selena, Harvey, Gordon and Alfred felt surreal, and knowing that the choices you make have sometimes devastating and permanent consequences on the way that their stories play out is both addicting and terrifying. Telltale took those characters and put their fate into my hands. Unlike the Telltale games before it, Batman had characters that I had grown up with, personalities that I had spent years of my adolescence learning from and growing to appreciate. The brutal, visceral permanence of Telltale’s Batman in the first season stunned and hooked me from the beginning.
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