I went into it a bit on this post a while back (spoilers for the ending in the final reblog chain). But in quick summary:
Lots of fun. Well worth buying when it goes on sale.
Really love how much humor Bruce is allowed. His undercover persona as a dirtbag billionaire turning into a crime lord is a lot of fun.
Bruce and Selina get on like a house on fire with all the expected casualties of a house fire in Gotham.
Harley Quinn mob boss: YES YES YES
The game really said, 'BatJokes otp <3333'
ID: Two screenshots from the Batman: The Enemy Within Telltale game. Both screenshots depict a nighttime background in the city of Gotham. The top image shows the Joker, dressed in a green shirt dragging Batman, who is dressed in civilian clothes as Bruce Wayne, over a table by the collar of his leather jacket as he demands, “Why won’t you love me?!” while Bruce stares wide-eyed at him, lips parted in surprise.
The next image shows both men turning comically to regard a civilian at a nearby table who looks like he wants the floor to swallow him up just so he can get away from what looks like the weirdest public gay break-up going on outside the Gotham equivalent of a Starbucks at 4am.
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I really enjoy the dialogue options you have as Bruce Wayne vs. Batman and the fact that you can play Bruce as airheaded or cunty as you like. He's either playing Bruce as a spoiled little rich boy or a well-meaning himbo with elevator music playing behind his eyes. There's no in-between.
Alfred is written out of character at the end, and it pulls the whole thing down.
I'd still play a third installment if they made one because I really want to enjoy Tell Tale style games; they just always seem to let me down a bit. But I want to believe...
Understand that I am crazy and then read: This game changed what I thought games could be. This changed what I thought Batman could be, what the Batman and Jokers relationship could be. The take on them and making Joker a glorified Robin, showing the player the absolute tragedy that is their relationship, showing me how desperate and gross either side can become. Like Bruce has to prove to himself that what he’s doing, his code and his way is right and the Joker is the product of that… he’s the product of all of this - HIS CHARACTER is THAT. I was never the same after this, this rewired my brain. This will forever rival any Batman depiction I ever see. I’m new after this in the way that I have to mourn the person I once was before playing this. Call it a ship, a game, or a superhero story - I call this art. I’m gonna sit here for the next few months being upset at the fact that now that I’ve played this I’ll never find anything else like it.
always remember the rage that lego batman inflicted on homophobic batman fans, the cries of little pissbabies everywhere, the petitions to ban the movie, parents fuming. remember that all it took was two fictional legos to look at each other for a little longer than expected, now wait till these fans find out what telltale did... omg
the desperation bruce because he had hope the joker was someone he wasn’t. the way he refused to give up on him and ultimatey it pulled both of them down. the way they were perfectly the worst person the other could meet in the end but still values the relationship they had even if it turned into something twisted and ugly.