Batman The Telltale Series Episode 4: Guardian of Gotham Review: Enter John Doe

There are no spoilers in this review, so feel free to read before you experience the game for yourself.

Although it may start off slow, the conclusion of the fourth episode of the Batman Telltale Games series, “Guardian of Gotham” ends with a bang, mainly due to the game-changing effects of two decisions.

For a series like this, that lives and dies on the decisions it forces the gamer to make, it has to be looked as a huge success. Simply put, while many factors, one being the role of the people during the turmoil in Gotham, have been largely ignored, Batman is at his best and thanks to a trio of charismatic villains-mainly the appearance of an iconic one, there’s just too many things to think about at once.

That’s the reason why this episode, despite a few warts, is still an uber solid one.

While this episode may lack in storytelling depth, the action scenes, particularly at the end, are incredibly frenetic and capture the sense of drama wonderfully. You truly get invested during this time and you’ll definitely want to go back and see if something different happens if you decided something else. Regardless however, the action is always there. If you were waiting for an episode to truly get your ’70s Batman “BAM” and “POP” on, this is the one.

With one episode left, anything can happen. That’s the point of every Telltale adventure, but the Batman series has captured it better than any other.

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About Patrick Hickey Jr. 14230 Articles
Patrick Hickey Jr. is a full-time Assistant Professor of Communication & Performing Arts and Director of the Journalism program at Kingsborough Community College and is the chairman of the City University of New York Journalism Council. He is the Founder and Editor-In-Chief of ReviewFix.com. He's also a former News Editor at NBC Local Integrated Media and National Video Games Writer at Examiner.com where his work was mentioned in National Ad campaigns by Disney, Nintendo and EA Sports. Hickey was also the Editor-In-Chief of two College Newspapers before he received his BA in Journalism from Brooklyn College. Hickey's work has been published in The New York Daily News, The New York Times, Complex, The Hockey Writers, Yahoo!, Broadway World, Examiner, NYSportScene Magazine, ProHockeyNews.com, GothamBaseball.com, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Scout.com and the official sites of the Brooklyn Aces and New York Islanders. His first book, The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult And Classic Video Game Developers was released in April 2018 and is chock full of interviews with legendary developers. His second book in the series, The Minds Behind Adventures Games, was released in December 2019. His third book, The Minds Behind Sports Games, was released in September 2020. His fourth book, The Minds Behind Shooter Games, was released in March 2021. The Minds Behind Sega Genesis Games and The Minds Behind PlayStation Games were released in 2022 and The Minds Behind PlayStation 2 was published in January 2023. Hickey is also a contracted comic book writer, currently penning his original series, "Condrey," as well as "The Job," "Brooklyn Bleeds" "Dem Gulls" and "KROOM" for Legacy Comix, where he serves as founder, owner and Editor-in-Chief. Hickey Jr. is also a voice actor, having starred in the 2018 indie hit and 2019 Switch, PS4 and Xbox One release, The Padre (also serving as English language Story Editor), from Shotgun With Glitters. The sequel, The Padre: One Shell Straight to Hell was released in February 2021- Hickey also served as a Story Editor and Lead Voiceover performer. He has also done narration and trailers for several other titles including The Kaiju Offensive, Relentless Rex and Roniu’s Tale. Hickey is also the lead voiceover performer on Mega Cat Studios’ upcoming title WrestleQuest, responsible for nearly 90 characters in the game, as well as Skybound's Renfield: Bring Your Own Blood, where he voices both Dracula and Renfield, as well as several other characters. He also stars in Ziggurat Interactive’s World Championship Boxing Manager 2, where he performs the VO of nearly every male character in the game. He also worked on the Atari VCS’s BPM Boy.

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