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So I know there's some discussion going on in the trailer thread, but I wanted to have a place where people could come in and discuss this season of Telltale's Batman, talk about their choices, and how they're enjoying it so far.
SPOILER WARNING: There will probably be some spoilers when discussing decisions and story events.
Starting off with episode 1, I've got to say that this is probably the best Season 2 opener of any season Telltale has continued so far. I really enjoyed it. A few things I really appreciated:
1) It assumes you played the first game and doesn't forget old things. One of the first things I noticed is that this season takes place pretty closely following the events of Season 1. Unlike TWD, which quickly dumps you into a new group of people in S2 to not alienate new players, Batman's story continues the character arcs set up in the first game. Your relationship with Gordon, whether positive or negative, is acknowledged. Alfred is suffering some trauma and seems a bit shaky from the assault on Wayne Manor and being kidnapped. Your actions in the first season are directly referenced and built upon by multiple characters.
2) Clear technical improvement. I played the whole episode from start to finish on PS4 Pro and didn't suffer any serious frame rate drops, animation weirdness, crashes or bugs. Save import worked great. It was clearly built using the newer version of the Telltale engine from TWD S3, with better animations, lighting and graphics/textures. It performed better than Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy has so far.
3) It was a meaty episode. At around 2 hours, it felt a good length where a lot of things happened and didn't feel rushed.
Feel free to talk about or post some of the decisions you made and the relationship status between you and the characters, which is one of the coolest things I think they've added to this season. I'll upload mine later tonight, though I think I sided with the majority on most decisions.
Personally
I'm still upset at accidentally causing Avesta to lose her hearing and hope she isn't sidelined for the rest of the series because of it.
Also the ending tease for the season's villains was great. John remains my BFF, I want to see where that plot thread goes.