Some new info about Telltale Batman:
- The game is M rated.
- The story is set in the early days of Batman’s career before he’s met many of longtime rogues gallery.
- There will be Bruce and Alfred interaction, with some flashbacks in the first installment. (Alfred warns Bruce that he can’t keep going out as Batman. People will keep him in their crosshairs until he gets “shot out of the sky.” Batman retorts that the criminals of the city need something to fear. Alfred also cautions, “In trying to create a myth, be careful you don’t turn into a monster.”)
- Batman also encounters Catwoman while she steals something during a heist by a separate group. ( “I was wondering if we’d cross paths,” she remarks. Batman replies, "You broke the law. Here I am.“ In response, Catwoman says, "Cut the bullshit. The law? Don’t tell me that’s why you do all this.”)
- After this, Batman and Catwoman fight for the first time. The police close in during the fight, a chopper attempting to get in closer to snipe at them. On the rooftop itself, Commissioner Gordon stops an officer from shooting. Clearly he already sympathizes with Batman at this early point in the World’s Greatest Detective’s career.
- Batman: The Telltale Series spends nearly as much time with Bruce Wayne as it does with Batman.
- We’ll see Bruce’s relationships and interactions with the denizens of Gotham including Harvey Dent, who is running for office in a bid to be re-elected as District Attorney.
- The scene opens with Harvey Dent addressing attendees at a fundraiser taking place within Wayne Manor. Bruce walks in towards the end of Harvey’s speech, at which point players can select his opening line. Will you play Bruce as polite and chivalrous or cold and aloof?
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After Harvey concludes his speech, he quietly reminds Bruce that the sooner they “make nice with the donors,” the sooner everyone will leave him alone. Bruce explains that he was “just working the night shift,” of course. The two have an easygoing friendship, though Bruce seems to require a lot of encouragement from Harvey to stay in the light and do his part as a public face for the campaign.
- Bruce and Harvey share a brief conversation with two wealthy Gothamites who knew Bruce’s parents. Although their support is necessary for Harvey’s reelection bid, they seem to support him solely because Bruce does. “Old families like ours should flock together, you know.“
- The old couple don’t like Batman.
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Bruce and Harvey plan to replace the "dangerously insecure Arkham Asylum with a state of the art mental health facility.”
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Harvey gets the brush-off from Vicki Vale, a reporter
whose sole interest in the fundraiser is its news value. He asks her to leave, but Bruce steps forward in her defence. Vicki promises to keep the night’s conversation off the record. She notices some blood on Bruce’s shirt, which he dismisses as the result of a shaving nick.
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Alfred informs Bruce that he’ll want to greet a recently-arrived guest personally. It’s Carmine Falcone, a reputed mobster who Dent has been hitting up for funds. Bruce questions this alliance, but Harvey believes he needs the votes that Falcone can get him. He claims it’s a necessary evil, and pleads for Bruce to hear Falcone out before kicking him out.
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Falcone jokes to Bruce that he has been in the market for a new house, suggesting he’d like to buy Wayne Manor. After a curt remark from Bruce, the two men glare at each other until Alfred suggests they adjourn to the parlor for further discussion. Falcone agrees but has his thugs bar Harvey from entering the room. Players can choose whether to agree to the private meeting or stick up for Harvey. Fail to stand by Harvey and he’ll remember that.
- Falcone wants an alliance with Bruce, which surely would involve illegal business dealings. He throws his weight around, reminding our hero what he can do for Harvey’s campaign and how many pies he has his fingers in. Our hero simply won’t have it, though: Bruce quickly shuts the mobster down. Carmine leaves with the threat that people don’t say no to him for very long. He also withdraws his interest in the house because “the owner’s a prick.”