Choice System: Always This Inaccurate?
I recently bought Batman: The Telltale Series when it went on Steam sale this past week. I decided to start playing it today and early on in episode one you get to interrogate a person at the scene of a crime. I went the nonviolent route and only applied the basic pressure to his arm (since the game made me do it). After the scene was over, I go to the Bat Cave and Alfred is chiding me for "beating the man half to death." I didn't beat him at all! Is the storytelling system this bad in every episode? I've never had an issue with it before in any other Telltale game I've played. Sometimes the response you gave wasn't what you intended, but this is the first time I've seen it really be inaccurate. Does this series have this problem throughout, or is it an "on the rails" response that triggers no matter what you do?
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I really enjoy the Telltale games and I think they are doing a really good job. But its hard to make perfect games and all games have flaws in some ways.
This happens from time to time, I remember playing when playing season one of game of thrones where you got a choice to punish a thief or show mercy. I showed mercy and after it when I talked to people they questioned why I hurt him or if it was the right thing to punish him.
It does not grind my gear that much but I can understand the frustration if it does for other people.
I think they do a great job, too. This was the first time I ever encountered this. I remember the scene you're talking about in GoT and I don't remember that happening, but I'm sure it might have. Maybe it was just a bug.
Its not a bug. Alfred will chastise you even if you don't hurt him at all and say you nearly killed him. As far as I'm aware it's a flaw in the writing but, from what I remember, that's really the only one. It's still a good game, if you can get passed that. It was just a way for Alfred to bring up the tickets and I guess they couldn't really think of a good way to do it without Alfred being all 'you weren't raised that way.'
I mean, if it is a bug, they never fixed it.
Yeah that scene doesn't really make sense, but I always break that guy's arm at least so I can sorta look past it.
There is another scene like that. When Gordon first introduces the bat signal. I had worked with Gordon peacefully the whole time and yet he told me he wanted to arrest me.
He does that if you went to mayor hill as batman. Or maybe he also does that no matter what. I went as batman but I feel like I remember people saying he's buddy, buddy if you go as bruce.
Yeah, if you threaten the Mayor he gets a little pissy but that's it unless you're brutalizing people.
I went as Bruce and he still said that. So why would he want to arrest Batman if Batman wasn't the one who went to the mayor's office and has been playing by the law?
I only get that scene for breaking the perps arm and threatening the Mayor. Gordon's all like "we're on shaky ground blah blah blah" but if I don't hurt the perp and go as Bruce he's pretty buddy buddy with me
Did you brutalize falcone? or even break the guys arm? I don't know if you mean that you worked peacefully with Gordon through dialogue or in action. But if you played a mellow batman throughout than I must be wrong. It could actually be the scene just before the debate that I'm thinking of. Where Gordon, batman and catwoman all meet.
I didn't do any of those things so Gordon really had no reason to want me behind bars. I didn't break the guy's arm and I hung Falcone up. The scene when he said he wanted to arrest me was when you have to decide who to go after. Harvey or Montoya.
So that's 2 unchangeable dialogues. I wonder how many there actually are. Sounds like a potential drinking game.
Unfortunately, that line is the only line. It doesn't differ based on your choices. That's probably the only Telltale case where that happens. Most of the time your choices do get accounted for.
That's not 100% true. The line does change, just not in a satisfying way. If you beat him and break his arm, then Alfred says "You nearly killed a man tonight." wheras if you're as nice as possible, Alfred says "You beat that man half to death"
Huh. Weird.
Hahaha!! I love it.