11 Ways Telltale's Batman Is The Best Since Arkham Asylum
5. Not Being All-Powerful
I like my Batman to be a bone-breaking fear-machine, but that comes later - Bruce has to get there by figuring out precisely how much of his darkest, rage-filled desires he wants to act out. That's the beauty of donning the costume in the first place - and anonymity in general - it allows Wayne to do whatever he's thinking about when resigned to a standard shirt n' tie combo.
These formative years of 'becoming Batman' can sometimes lean too heavily into being out and out amateur (like in Batman: Year One), but Telltale's placement in the canon comes after Wayne has been Batman for two years.
It's enough to get a reputation in Gotham, enough for him to handle himself in a fight, have a Bat-computer set up and to build a perfectly capable suit.
However, it's not enough to show a Batman stuck in his ways. The Arkham Bruce - especially in City - was a pretty arrogant, bullheaded individual, someone who was convinced what he was doing was right, regardless of if it killed him or endangered those around him. Telltale's Batman only has to contend with Alfred, needs to plan every step of an infiltration and is just beginning to make his mark on Gotham - all things that revitalise the feeling of embodying the character.