Batman: The Enemy Within - Episode 5 is ranked in the 91st percentile of games scored on OpenCritic. The conclusion to Telltale's second season with the caped crusader is ambitious and spellbinding Read full review Telltale finishes strong with a introspective look at the relationship between Batman and Joker. Read full review Batman: The Enemy Within - Episode 5 "Same Stitch" is a near-perfect finale to an already fantastic series. Storytelling, voice acting, art design, and every other aspect of the series has come together here and delivered one of the best episodes in Telltale's history. Read full review Same Stitch concludes Telltale's second season brilliantly, and Joker is shown once again to be Batman's greatest foe, written beautifully by the guys at Telltale. Read full review By the end of the series, I'll say that Batman: The Enemy Within has tentatively won me over. That's purely on the strength of the relationship between Batman and The Joker. The rest of the cast is a little wobbly, and I find it hard to care about them at all. Read full review Batman: The Enemy Within is quite traditional and fun Telltale game. It's nice, but there's nothing special. Review in Russian | Read full review If you enjoyed the season up to this point, The Enemy Within's finale is an unexceptional but solid conclusion. Read full review A strong finale to another quality series, we've really enjoyed getting up close and personal with Gotham's goons. Read full review 'Same Stitch' is a rip-roaring conclusion to Batman: The Enemy Within, and absolute confirmation of the fact that Telltale's second season chronicling the adventures of the Caped Crusader rank among the studio's best efforts. Read full review If you play games for a great story, Batman: The Enemy Within has delivered. Read full review Mechanically, it's as inconsequential as ever, but Batman: The Enemy Within - Episode 5: Same Stitch concludes the season in spectacular fashion, warranting a second look from those that dismissed it. Read full review Telltale's second Batman season goes out with a bang, as it boldly reinvents the familiar in grand fashion while ensuring that players have an emotional and personal investment in the crazy twists dealt to them when the Joker runs wild. Read full review Despite its issues, episode 5 of Batman: The Enemy Within stands tall as one of the very best and most well thought out episodes we've ever seen from Telltale. Your decisions finally feel like they actually matter, and the story delivers a powerful resolution to the two characters we've been following closely all season. Read full review Telltale's final piece of content for The Enemy Within is as surprising as it is crazy. And because of that, it's the studio's best game for sometime. Expect the unexpected and just enjoy the ride. Read full review With two vastly different storylines, Batman: The Enemy Within - Episode 5: Same Stitch brings the story of the Joker to an epic climax where you decide the fate of your friend/foe. Read full review Wrapping up Batman: The Enemy Within on a high note, Same Stitch provides one of the most fascinating versions of Joker along with some real eye-catching fights. Read full review Despite a slightly forgettable middle and a few characters being given a rushed ending, Same Stitch is a fantastic finale for Batman: The Enemy Within, as Bruce Wayne and John Doe's uneasy alliance comes to an explosive and constantly surprising conclusion. Read full review Same Stitch is an amazing epilogue for an interesting and well-crafted season. It feels rushed sometimes and almost forgets about some characters that we learnt to love (and hate) in the previous episodes, but the way your conflict with the main villain'and yourself'evolves is really thrilling and efficient. Review in Italian | Read full review 'Same Stitch' is a spectacular end to arguably Telltale's best series, and one that encourages players to replay the entire thing to see how things could've gone. If you haven't picked up Batman: The Enemy Within, do so - you won't be disappointed. Let’s for one moment forget about gameplay, lets take out of the equation graphics… In fact lets just forget about everything that has come before this episode of Telltales Batman: The Enemy Within and talk about the season finale story. We’ll cover the rest later! For me personally this installment of Batman: The Enemy Within is one of the most intensely written and dramatic portrayed episodes of not only a Telltale game but pretty much any game ever. It’s up there with the best issues in Batman comic book history and actually feels like it could live and breathe on the big screen. There is a bit of everything from chaos, danger, romance, betrayal, fear and friendship. Am I over-egging this review? Possibly, but when I say this episode of the game had me hooked from title card to end credits, well trust me I am not lying. The performances from Anthony Ingruber as John Doe making his final transition to Joker is captivating. Now Mark Hamill will always be the the voice of my Joker but this guy nails the theatricality in every sense. Anthony’s Joker is hugely complimented by Laura Post in the role of Harley Quinn (my personal favourite DC character, yes she always has been way before the Margot Robbie bandwagon came to town). Their chemistry in their roles is insane… and for the first time in this season arc I loved Troy Baker’s turn as Bruce Wayne – though I feel that’s more to do with the way I have been playing the role because his performance throughout has been good. The plot of this episode is also fantastic, the carnage, the chaos, the plot twists… My god it is beautifully written and expertly told. I am hugely impressed with this episode! The first 4 episodes of The Enemy Within have been on a bit of a slow burn, with Bruce Wayne under cover with the baddies, getting to know Harley’s nefarious plans and befriending the man who would be Joker, so now its time to kick it into high gear. It’s safe to say the game wanted you to feel like you had helped tip John Doe over the edge and in effect you have. This episode sees Harley and Joker have the gas to destroy Gotham and they want to play a game with Bruce/Bats but Joker may be hiding his true motives from his bae (ugggggh I just wrote bae in a review, if you see me on the street feel free to punch me). There are plenty of twists and turns with the return of an old friend and the recruitment of a new team mate. One things for sure, nothing in Gotham is ever hearts and flowers and that’s the way I like my Batman stories. While the game looks gorgeous we still suffer from the usual frame rate issues when we hit high action mode, this is something Telltale have been good at fixing in the past though so bear with it. Also I am playing the game on Steam with not exactly the most powerful PC, so I won’t hold a grudge (I do have a Switch now so may chance my arm on that platform to see the difference). There are only really two big action battles to speak of in this episode but both are epic and operatic in styling that really throws another layer on top of this game. I loved the decision making in this episode, it actually made me pause a few times because I didn’t know what to do for the best, my playing Bruce as a goodie and Batman as a bit of an ass was out the window. I massively recommend this episode and infact the whole The Enemy Within season. We have had a lot of fun in the first few episodes cutting about with the rogues gallery, then spent a couple of episodes trying not to p*ss off John Doe in case he turns full Joker and we end in a crescendo of madness with a phenomenal end sequence. I have high hopes Telltale drop another Batman season on us because some of the choices you have to make before the final credits lead us down a very interesting path. I will be giving this game another play through for definite so I can find out what the other ending entails… But for now this is classic Telltale, and an essential purchase. |
