>The team at Telltale hit the stage in Austin at the SXSW Gaming Expo today along with Kinda Funny’s Greg Miller, to come out of hiding and talk details about the upcoming series based on BATMAN for the very first time. While development has been moving along swiftly over the last year, production on in-game visuals for all of Telltale’s series always tends to come together closer to launch, as the writers and designers spend their time focusing very heavily on the story and script first and foremost.
It’s still too soon to show any scenes from the game, but the team was happy to confirm that players can expect to see it closer to its upcoming premiere which is slated for THIS SUMMER! Additional details gathered from the panel were as follows:
>Batman is the perfect character for the studio to explore in a Telltale series, giving the team the opportunity to dive deeper into the mind of the man behind the mask. Each night, Bruce Wayne chooses to change Gotham for the better. The team wants to explore what the consequences are of the player’s actions when decisions made as Bruce have a critical impact on his nightly crusade as Batman, and vice versa. Certain key situations will give the player the decision to approach a scene as Bruce or Batman, with consequences for both sides.
>Fresh interpretation of the universe set in current times, not tied to any existing iteration of Batman in games, film, or comics. Story will focus on Bruce and Batman, not an examination of the extended 'Bat-family,' (Robin, Nightwing, etc.) Fans can expect certain series staples such as Alfred Pennyworth, Vicki Vale, James Gordon, and Renee Montoya. Telltale is looking to keep the villains more tightly under wraps until closer to the premiere.
>Certain characters will have a deeply personal relationship with Bruce in his private life, and decisions made as Bruce or Batman will affect their paths towards corruption or redemption.
>The player's actions will help shape the Gotham that Bruce deals with during the day, as well as the criminals that Batman faces at night.
>Team is committing to a non-photorealistic interpretation of the universe, enhancing engine and technology to deliver a more seamless living comic book art direction. Taking inspiration from the works of over 75 years of artists such as Jim Lee, Greg Capullo, and Neal Adams.
>Like some other Telltale series, the game will be landing at M (Mature 17+) rating, and the cinematic approach will feel more akin to an R-rated film.
https://www.telltalegames.com/blog/105073/first-details-on-telltale-s-batman-series-discussed-at-sxsw
>>80873438
gameplay
dpes it have any
>tfw we will never get a non-comic Batman story from Robins PoV
>>80873445
We got ourself the batman Series we ever wanted boys
>>80873462
>Telltale
>>80873462
this is pretty much going to be a playable comic book, you will have some choices and puzzle solving and thats it
>>80873516
>tfw no Robin simulation were you see your psuedo-dad go from a caring loving father during the day to a harsh and abusive teacher to a lunatic who can't get past his love for a clown
>>80873566
i miss sam and max
>>80873438
I foresee a lot of bitching about having to waste time as Bruce Wayne from normies.
>>80873521
I'm kind of sick of Batman, these games could have been about a number of more interesting and FRESH detective characters in the DC universe.
Hell, Gotham Central would have been 1000 times cooler and you'd still have the Batman brand recognition.
Will there be a Bat boat?
> not a Booster Gold game where your actions affect the outcome of the DCU's future
>>80873825
I am so fucking glad i decided to let him die
>>80873853
>siding with a literal psychopath who would risk a babies life just so she could say she was right in a situation where he was totally valid in being mad
>>80873438
>Story will focus on Bruce and Batman, not an examination of the extended 'Bat-family,' (Robin, Nightwing, etc.)
>>80873462
mfw this was the only game announced at the TGA
>>80873462
>does a telltale game have any gameplay
>also mfw
>>80873445
>>The player's actions will help shape the Gotham that Bruce deals with during the day, as well as the criminals that Batman faces at night.
Since most episodes are 1 1/2-2hrs long I guess maybe a half hour of Bruce time ever once in a while.
But will Bane be on this ?
>>80873716
Even the "keep up the playboy charade" missions?
I like what I'm hearing so far
All about the duality of Bruce and Batman
>>80873971
And most importantly
>will thor be there?
>Taking inspiration from the works of over 75 years of artists such as Jim Lee
>>80873438
>Story will focus on Bruce and Batman, not an examination of the extended 'Bat-family,' (Robin, Nightwing, etc.)
YES!
Fuck all those fake Batman fans.
They can go to tumblr and jerk off ot Dick and Damian instead.
>no Batfam
Batdropped
>>80873896
season 2, fampai
>no extended Batfam
praise the lord, they hog too much attention as is
>>80873896
>>80874679
>>80874834
>>80874894
They made the right decision on boiling down to just the essentials. Now we just get Bruce and everyone's fan-favorite Harper Row
>>80873438
>no Batfam
> Vicki Vale,and Renee Montoya included
for what reason
>>80873652
This right fucking here.
I hate the new gameplay style. I dont feel like i'm doing anything.
I'm ready for Zsasz to show up as the tutorial villain
>>80875088
>shitting on Renee
What a waste of dubs.
Fables was one of my favorite comics and I like what they did with wolf among us
>>80877023
It's a valid question. I mean, before she became the Question and Gotham Central aside, she was more of a supporting character for the GCPD itself.
>>80873438
>Another Bat-game focusing primarily on Batman and barely acknowledges the Batfam
Oh boy
>>80878061
>another Batfam loser
Oh boy
>>80873462
I'm currently watching a Let's Play of Telltale's Minecraft Story Mode where they literally set the controller down and the game starts playing itself.
So what do you think?
Are they ever going to use some of the racks on racks of fat cash stacks to build an engine that works. Or hire people who know how to program. Or hire people who know how to write.
>>80878561
Pat and Woolie?
>>80873438
It's saddenes me that Sam and Max is dead in Telltale's eye
Superman Telltale game when?
>>80878899
>choose between being an infallible moral paragon or being an infallible moral paragon
No Superman game Superman fans actually want would be worth it.
>>80873438
gotta say im most excited about getting to play as bruce wayne. it's at least something new for batman games as a whole, since you're basically always batman (that one short sequence of the freeze dlc of origins aside)
>>80873438
>Telltale is looking to keep the villains more tightly under wraps until closer to the premiere.
Calendar Man! I demand Calendar Man!
Don't they have a Marvel game in the works as well?
>>80873853
>>80873888
go back to /vg/
>>80874679
Gotta save stuff for the sequels. I bet they'll be playable in later games.
>>80879220
I'd be willing to bet a lot of money it's Riddler. He's almost perfectly suited to a game like this
>>80878561
>>80878698
Can't wait for the silent option playthrough. With Batman it kind of fits but it'll be hilarious during the Bruce segments.
>>80878698
>pat playing anything about comic book characters
God no.
>>80879429
All me
>>80879429
I assume you're against any tv or movie adaptation of cartoons and comics as well.
>>80879612
No, just capespam.
>>80879389
Yeah, he's perfect. But I hope at least one of the D-listers get in like Calendar Man or Killer Moth.
>>80879648
>capespam
>/co/mics
Should we only talk about cartoons made for 5 year olds?
>>80879710
It seems like we only talk about comics made for ten year olds.
Get off your fucking high horse.
>>80879735
>>80879581
Pat is our Earth's Lex Luthor
>>80873438
Is it going to take two years to release all the episodes like with their previous games?
>>80873907
Was that the one from this year? Because it was the one I finally decided to skip after I realized they stopped announcing good video games. Last year was a fucking abomination and Joel McHale mocking everyone and watching them cringe was the only reason I was able to soldier through it.
>summer 2016
>that close to Suicide Squad
Joker will be the keikaku master again. I guarantee it.
>>80883907
>Suicide Squad
I wonder whether they are planning to reveal robin identity in it or keep it secret until the solo batman movie.
>>80873438
>not an examination of the extended 'Bat-family,'
>Certain characters will have a deeply personal relationship with Bruce in his private life, and decisions made as Bruce or Batman will affect their paths towards corruption or redemption.
Just what?
>>80873438
I didn't even realize I had a negative opinion about Telltale games until I read "Telltale Batman" just now and instinctively frowned. I love the Walking Dead games so maybe it's the combination of Telltale and Batman that I'm skeptical about.
>Certain characters will have a deeply personal relationship with Bruce in his private life, and decisions made as Bruce or Batman will affect their paths towards corruption or redemption.
Who are these certain characters that will have a deeply personal relationship with Bruce if you are not going to include batfamily?
>R-rated
>[crush Joker's windpipe]
>[push Joker's ribs through his heart]
>[...]
>[savor the sweet-acidic taste of Joker's mouth]
>>80884099
Alfred andJoker
>telltale
>games
>>80879321
>back to /vg/
Bitch where in /vg/
>>80873438
>Telltale
Unless it's Sam and Max you can fuck off.
>>80873438
Are you seriously hype for more non-games by the same people that made Minecraft: Story Mode?
>>80878561
Man fuck that shit so hard.
>>80878899
No thank you, give me an action game by a competent action studio.
