Set in a modern day Gotham with art inspired from over 75 years of Batman comics, players will make choices which shape the city they face as Bruce by day and Batman by night. The series won’t be tied to any other existing Batman media.
Following the livestream, The Telltale Blog shared the series’ premise as follows:
Although members of the “Bat-Family” have been shelved to shift the story focus toward Bruce and Batman, secondary characters such as Alfred Pennyworth, Vicki Vale, James Gordon, and Renee Montoya are set to appear over the course of the series. There will also be certain characters who will share deeply personal connections to Bruce’s private life, and choices players make will lead those characters “toward corruption or redemption”.
Telltale neglected to show off any villains that might be featured, opting to wait closer to the series’ debut.
While the developers decided to show no in-game media at this time, they said the series will have non-photorealistic “living comic book art” direction. Aiming for a Summer 2016 release window, the game will boast a M (Mature 17+) rating as many of Telltale’s story based titles have before it, as they are aiming for a cinematic approach akin to an R-rated film.
