Gripping and Dark – Batman – the Telltale Series, Episode Two: Children of Arkham Review

<p>With the first episode of <em>Batman – the Telltale Series&comma;<&sol;em> we met dark and brooding Bruce Wayne&comma; and played moral compass with his alter-ego&period; Plot developed characters were introduced&comma; and anticipation mounted&period; In the release of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;youtu&period;be&sol;A1klOJQOjSM"><em>Episode 2&colon; Children of Arkham<&sol;em><&sol;a>&comma; tensions only climb higher as the plot thickens&comma; characters who are built upon are mercilessly killed&comma; and every single decision is questionable&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Children of Arkham<&sol;em> explores the idea behind &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;true morality&comma;” and delves deeper into the past of the Wayne family’s demons&period; As Bruce Wayne&comma; you are tested with choices to support your friends&comma; believe your enemies&comma; and develop new relationships with both&period; Thrown into the limelight for your father’s sins&comma; the media is destroying the name Wayne&comma; and with each choice you make&comma; it becomes less certain if you’re actually helping&comma; or just making things worse&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure style&equals;"width&colon; 1277px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;gyazo&period;com&sol;b2ea4fb86175883af434af45942f9d8c&period;jpg" alt&equals;"&lpar;&lt&semi;em&gt&semi;Batman&colon; The Telltale Series&lt&semi;&sol;em&gt&semi;&comma; Telltale Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1277" height&equals;"607" &sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Batman&colon; The Telltale Series<&sol;em>&comma; Telltale Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>As Batman&comma; your choices are no less foggy&period; With Alfred as your only voice of reason&comma; brutality is once again placed before you&comma; as well as alliances and mystery&period; Disappointingly&comma; the World’s Greatest Detective doesn’t do much crime-solving&comma; but there’s no lack of fun with gadgets&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Far less action-packed than <em>Realm of Shadows&comma; Children of Arkham<&sol;em> makes up for the tons of exposition with intrigue&comma; decision-making&comma; and a creeping uncertainty of what will happen next&period; There are still quick-time events and action sequences in gameplay&comma; but they’re fewer and further between in this slightly-shorter second installment&period; Still&comma; this isn’t a negative observation&comma; as you get equal playtime between Bruce and the Bat&comma; with equally stressful decisions made on both ends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure style&equals;"width&colon; 1277px" class&equals;"wp-caption aligncenter"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i&period;gyazo&period;com&sol;80c7a6cc222f0ae36f0a47e776266cb7&period;png" alt&equals;"&lpar;&lt&semi;em&gt&semi;Batman&colon; The Telltale Series&lt&semi;&sol;em&gt&semi;&comma; Telltale Games&rpar;" width&equals;"1277" height&equals;"611" &sol;><figcaption class&equals;"wp-caption-text">&lpar;<em>Batman&colon; The Telltale Series<&sol;em>&comma; Telltale Games&rpar;<&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Completely living up to its predecessor&comma; <em>Episode Two<&sol;em> continues the trend of stomping all over everything you’ve ever known about <em>Batman<&sol;em> lore&period; Beautifully imagined&comma; the complicated story can’t yet stand on its own&comma; but rather builds on the already fascinating world of Gotham&period; This is an entirely new story that will drive a new generation of plot&comma; and I couldn’t be more excited to see what happens next&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&lpar;For a full review of gameplay&comma; graphics&comma; and other exclusions&comma; please see <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bagogames&period;com&sol;batman-telltale-series-episode-one-realm-shadows-review&sol;">Episode One<&sol;a>&period;&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<hr &sol;>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>A PS4 Review Code for <em>Batman&colon; The Telltale Series <&sol;em>was provided by Telltale Games for the purpose of this review<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;