BATMAN - The Telltale Series - Episode 3: New World Order Reviews

BATMAN - The Telltale Series - Episode 3: New World Order is ranked in the 56th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Unscored
Aug 14, 2017

Still, this has proved to be one of the more interesting Batman stories in recent memory. This episode continues to defy our expectations after growing up with the character. Characters you thought you knew have changed, and that is really refreshing. Typically licensed games play it safe as to not alienate the fan-base. Telltale thinks about it differently. They play with your fan expectations and build a better story from it. After playing New World Order, we aren’t sure who we can trust anymore. If you’ve ever wanted a truly great Bruce Wayne story, Batman – The Telltale Series is more than worth the performance price of admission.

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Fextralife
skarekrow13
Top Critic
10 / 10
Feb 25, 2017

I've left out the specific criteria as they would match episode 2. Telltale continues right where they left off and run with it. Batman is, through Episode 3, a consistently excellent game. This installment, being right in the middle, delivers on the tried and true practice of delivering conflict after character and story development. And wow is there conflict! Bruce is one unlucky bastard

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C
Dec 14, 2016

Aside from Telltale's usual "I don't want to fight, but you're making me" scene, New World Order is light on the Bat-beatings, with subtle hints about what may happen to our Caped Crusader in Guardian of Gotham. It ends on one amazing cliffhanger with huge reveals that are sure to have you talking for weeks after finishing it. The twist was a grand one that I genuinely have to applaud Telltale for. Good job.

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Drew Hurley
Top Critic
6 / 10
Dec 11, 2016

The characters in Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 3: New World Order are interesting and the gameplay is decent enough, but this episode again feels like a let-down in some ways.

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PS4Blog.net
EdEN, Owner
9 / 10
Dec 9, 2016

The end of this episode is very much an unexpected twist, and it leaves things on a big cliffhanger for the events of Episode 4 to unravel. Let’s just say that after the final part of Episode 3, things will never be the same for Bruce Wayne or Batman. I really liked this episode, and can’t wait to see what Episode 4 brings!

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80 / 100
Nov 23, 2016

Batman – The Telltale Series Episode 3: New World Order continues to solidify this game as one of the best that Telltale Games has done to date.

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7.9 / 10.0
Nov 20, 2016

Despite being a very good episode, I thought it was still a step down in character interaction, and it fell a little flat in some places. Bruce Wayne and Selina Kyle are fine, but they do not seem to have the same pizzazz, either separately or together. I love villains more than heroes, but I never felt like the episode gave me enough reason to actually fear Oswald Cobblepot as The Penguin, instead of a petulant figurehead. Harvey Dent was really the one to watch as he begins his slow, downward descent from bureaucrat to beast, and I hope the next episode will be back to the usual, lofty standard.

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9 / 10.0
Nov 16, 2016

Episode three “Children of Arkham” focuses more heavily on the life of Bruce Wayne himself, which potentially makes the choices you make all the more difficult. Following the aftermath of episode 2, episode 3 sure looks to be volatile.

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Ken McKown
Top Critic
Unscored
Nov 14, 2016

This episode does a good job of progressing what has already happened, and what is about to occur. I am invested at this point, I have to know how it unfolds, but the wait for the fourth entry is not as painful.

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9 / 10.0
Nov 12, 2016

Batman: The Telltale Series Episode 3 is arguably the best episode of any game that Telltale has ever done and is easily the strongest episode of this particular series. Simply put, it is an experience that no true Batman fans can afford to miss out on.

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8.5 / 10.0
Nov 10, 2016

Episode 3 continues to build on the groundwork laid down in previous episodes, and the plot is finally in full swing. While it's too early to call it, this could become one of Telltale's best games, or even one of the best Batman stories ever told.

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7 / 10.0
Nov 6, 2016

"The first half of New World Order is probably my least favorite work that Telltale has ever done. It’s awkwardly put together, clumsily written and seems to throw all your previous decisions out the window. It does, however pick up during the mid-point climax and then takes a long path towards wrapping up, showing some great chemistry between Batman/Bruce and Catwoman/Selina, as well as setting up Harvey Dent for the next episode. All thing considered, the latter half and the twist ending do make up for the slow start and did a lot to get me excited for the next installment. There are some small technical hitches, but it’s a Telltale game so what are you going to do?"

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7.5 / 10.0
Nov 4, 2016

A slight step back from previous episodes, New World Order is still an interesting chapter that provides the best twist to come from the game yet.

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9 / 10.0
Nov 3, 2016

A great continuation of Batman/Bruce Wayne's story, with both sides perfectly fleshed out and as important. Stellar presentation and production value once again. Despite some technical issues, this is worth the price of admission and I'm very anxious to see how everything will turn out!

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7 / 10.0
Nov 3, 2016

A stronger episode, but poorly-conceived villains and a lack of satisfying payoff means this increasingly looks like a series you should be playing when it's finished.

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7.5 / 10.0
Nov 3, 2016

Batman: The Telltale Series - Episode 3: New World Order continues an interesting trend that the first two episodes established. That trend is this: Bruce Wayne and not Batman is the real star of the series, and you know what? I am absolutely alright with this. This episode gets off to a slower start than the first two chapters, but it still consistently delivers a quality story that concludes strong and sets up the last couple of chapters wonderfully.

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6 / 10
Nov 3, 2016

Inconsequential decisions suck the momentum out of Telltale's Batman series.

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NZGamer
Top Critic
8 / 10.0
Nov 1, 2016

For all the choices we’re given in Telltale games, they often lead to the same destinations. We can affect the littles outcomes, but can’t sway the larger ones, which by this point in the developer’s career is no revelation. It’s the illusion of choice that keeps us happy and narratively enchanted - a spell I’m quite okay to be under. Creating branches for every decision would simply be untenable, and even considering the limitations of this model - the stories themselves, however little we can change them, are worth exploring anyway.

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3.5 / 5.0
Nov 1, 2016

The third episode of Batman: The TellTale Series is less eventful than previous installments. Though it provides some interesting twists and turns, the episode doesn’t yield much progress until the last half hour ...

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7.5 / 10.0
Nov 1, 2016

More than anything, Episode 3 of Batman: The Telltale Series continues to show that underneath the billionaire, playboy philanthropist archetype that Bruce Wayne has come to be known by for so many decades, there’s an even greater story waiting to be explored.

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