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He's The Joker to us, but he's just a confounding and troubled man to Bruce, so it makes sense when he can't see the storm coming like we can. The dramatic irony of John Doe's likely future identity is toyed with greatly once again. Regardless of those, this episode makes good on a few storylines that have been brewing all season, one of which seems to allow for two greatly divergent outcomes. In fact, outside of the relationship tracker this season introduced, there are only two major choices tracked by the game. There are few decisions to make this time. Is it a Telltale remix to portray the brute as an all bark, no bite pushover this time? He was threatening Bruce all season, and now he goes down pretty easily even with several fighting alongside him. In other properties he has single-handedly dominated Batman on numerous occasions.
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It doesn't help to make these villains, Bane especially, look very formidable. A good mix of quick decisions mid-fight give players agency in dispatching his many foes, but despite the wow factor, that's also the problem. The early fight scene is well choreographed and the developer continues to make Batman look as awesome and flashy as he does in other media. Do members of The Pact really do nothing independently that Batman couldn't have faced them off in more numerous scenes over the rest of the season? Throwing Batman, all the villains, and Catwoman into one room in what is nearly the opening scene is thrilling in the moment, but as that excitement dissipates, you're left wondering how so much is wrapped up so quickly. With just a few hours of story remaining in the season, the pace was demanding to be ramped up in this episode and it does so, but to its own detriment - it feels rushed.
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Freeze, Bane, Harley Quinn, and a lurking-beneath-the-surface Joker still going by John Doe are The Pact, and to date they had been sharing screen time with surprising effectiveness.