Telltale games are always about story, and what sets Batman apart from, say, the Arkham series, is that most of the game (or at least the first episode) feels more like a Bruce Wayne simulator rather than Batman taking on crime.
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Naughty Dog must have realized that the PS4’s base includes a lot of Xbox 360 converts, so the game’s first 2-to-3 hours act as both an extended tutorial and series recap. It’s an unusually slow start, but things get rolling from both a narrative and gameplay perspective once Drake and his crew head to Italy. After that, the game goes all over the world with its trademarked blend of shooting, exploring, climbing and puzzles.
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When it was originally released in 2008, Valkyria Chronicles failed to gain a large audience. However, it garnered a huge cult following thanks to its very involved story, large character set and unique mash-up gameplay. In a pseudo-World War II situation, the land of Europa is divided, and a small resistance is helping to defend a neutral country of Gallia.
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That’s both good news and bad news. The DLC spans about 3-to-4 hours depending on how you play, and you’re not going to get anything particularly new out of it. You will get, however, 10 pretty fun missions that act as something of a best-of platter for the series. There’s brawling, sneaking, infiltration, chasing, those awful carriage races and, of course, plenty of assassinating.
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Sections range from pure stealth to a combination of stealth/combat to timed parkour. All of it uses the original Prince of Persia-style platforming controls, which makes for nice animation but occasionally clunky stealth.
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Reach a checkpoint, stealth or fight some guards, pick up some collectibles, repeat. Despite some slightly better level design — including some sections that focus more on parkour — India faces a lot of the same repetitive issues that China faced. Even with nicer production values, the game is still blocked off into small segments of stealth or combat or parkour.
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The primary missions are mostly well designed, with a few featuring some level of infiltration flexibility. Some of the DLC also has you playing as Jack himself; whether it’s a gimmick to exploit history or a psychological trick to get into the mindset of a murderer, it works effectively thanks to a slightly different GUI and visual elements. This is balanced by Evie’s side quests, which involve finding justice and safety for the prostitutes of London that were the Ripper’s targets.
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