Did anyone get the feels?
So, I might just be a baby, but at the scene at the end where I could choose to go back up Gordon as Bruce or Batman, something about that scene just really got to me. It felt like I was sacrificing my own happy ending for something the city could look up to. It was just so heroic... I'd be lying if I said I didn't start to shed a tear. Honestly, I am still so impressed with telltale, actually managing to almost make me cry over a scene other than a death. Damn...
Did anyone else get the same feels?
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Well I didn't really get the feels at the part but I have to say I was shaking during that boss battle with Viki and about to cry if Alfred died.
Yes!
Part of me wished we could have saved Vicki. The ending was cool though...I have a feeling there is going to be long term fall out from the Children of Arkham.
I didn't get that impression. Batman wasn't even in public until the assassination attempt and why would him chatting up Gordon be better for the city than Bruce giving a speech? I didn't see where the Batman choice is better for Gotham.
It was because Batman was a symbol of hope for Gotham. He kind of saved them all. They needed someone to look up to.
The scene didn't bring me to tears but it did resonate with me. I went to Gordon as Bruce because I felt it would be better since throughout the series, his family's name has been given a bad rep because of his father. In the speech, I had him apologize to everyone about his father's actions which made me feel sympathy for Bruce since he's been through a lot and he wants to help make Gotham better.
Not really, no.
The feeling i got from that scene was that i really wanted to have a drink with The Joker.
I didn't shed a tear, but the scene did resonate with me. I instead went as Bruce, and confronting the public and confessing my true feelings after this long and harried journey was just a fantastic feeling. No more masquerades, no more keeping face, no more playing the game, at least throughout this solemn moment.
I apologized to the public for the sins of my father, and spoke of my plans to improve Arkham, as the beginning of my actions to right the wrongs of the past. The suffering of all of the innocents shut inside Arkham will not dissipate because of my actions, nor can I take away the scars implanted by the mistreated, legitimately ill inmates. Still, these plans are the beginning of something good, not just for Bruce, nor just for the inhabitants of Arkham, but for every citizen of Gotham.
We've barely scratched the surface of the issues in Gotham, but I just felt so hopeful, although wounded by my experiences. There were so many battles fought, unique to each individual, and so many yet to even be instigated. Our losses were dire, but thankfully many made it out on the other side, much more weary than before, but perhaps stronger too. I can only hope for those wronged, and I can only hope that the voices of those lost are never forgotten. I can only hope for those stuck on a dark path to find peace, and for those struggling against their demons to emerge triumphant. Hope can light the darkness, you know? Ah, cheesy, I know. This game has those feels though, and this was the kind of stuff that was running through my mind during those final moments.
I did get a little emotional.
I felt pretty sick during the Selina scene and I felt really shaky and nervous during the final fight with Alfred being captured.
TBH, Batman showing up to back up Gordon on the rooftop towards the beginning was the emotional high for me. It added so much momentum to the shift in tide.
(I really got sick with the feels, though, from that child dungeon. That was hard to get through.)
I was so worried about what could happen to Alfred that, when Batman was limping about the corridors and Vicky said she would let Alfred go if I gave her Bruce Wayne, I got ready to unmask.
Take me but stop hurting my Alfred!
I did the same, and then I said I would finance the police. Gordon's expression was really heartwarming, I thought he was going to cry. The GPD lost so many members in this series, they could definitely use some of that Wayne money.
Harvey's collapse into a fetal position after I talked him down from killing himself packed a lot more punch for me, as did Alfred's reaction when I removed my mask in front of Lady Arkham.
I went as Bruce as I needed to say some words to clear everything up. I apologized for what Thomas had done and reminded everyone that I'm nothing like him and wanted us to all move forward for the good of Gotham. After all the ordeal that the police had to deal with, I helped fund them and it was also a smart deal to become a good friend of Commissioner Gordon. Helping Gotham Asylum would remind everyone that I was there and I didn't want that. I also felt that the asylum was run well, Joker is just very smart and a small minority. He manipulates the staff and yet from seeing Arkham, the staff wasn't corrupt or hurting inmates on purpose. The police force on the other hand was in dire need of help. Batman is already a hero in the eyes of the people, I wanted the people to trust Bruce again.
That's kind of why I thought it had to be Batman though. We spent so long in the eyes of Bruce/Batman and therefore didn't have to feel too much fear, but to the average citizen of Gotham, who doesn't know what was going on, who didn't even know if they were going to live to see next week, they would have been terrified. They all needed a symbol to stand in front of them, and I thought they just needed Batman more than Bruce needed to redeem himself.
Also I'm not talking about how the actual scene played out, just the choice. I thought, when I made it, that Batman would stand adamantly behind Gordon as he made his speech, but he wasn't on the stage at the time. I was kind of pissed about that, as the Bruce ending was done better.
There's no right or wrong answers for a Tell Tale game. I figured that Batman was already in news headlines for helping people. He stopped the robbery attempt in episode 1, he was well liked by Gordon, he freed hostages when The Arkham Children held hostages and killed Mayor Hill. Batman saved Mayor Dent twice and helped the police on many occasions. In my eyes, Batman being there would have made people see Batman as an ego trip, rather than a hero. Bruce was hated by the people and was a bad image in the news. I had to fix that as Bruce is a beacon of hope to the everyday man.
Run well? It's run so terribly Bruce had to be rescued by the Joker and patients are treated like animals and Bruce was already trying to do away with the current system when the game starts
Uh, not really? I enjoyed the season, but it didn't really grab me emotionally for the most part. Ep. 3 was the highpoint for me, and it came the closest. There weren't any tear jerkers or moments where I was totally riveted like in Tales from The Borderlands, TWD s.1, or The Wolf Among Us. Still loved the season though.
I hated the dungeon. But on the other hand, I thought it was good to show how evil the world can be, with so much of it front and center and the majority of the press and the public ignoring what's going on right now.
So I thought it was important, and I was glad they didn't pull that punch, but on the other hand it was exactly the opposite of the escapism I was personally looking for while playing the game at that particular moment. And the doll had horns, so combined with some things I noticed replaying TWD s.2 ep.2-3 a couple days ago, I didn't want to click on it. Just ooked me out on multiple levels. Just refers to the most evil shit. I don't plan to replay it.
The patients were not treated like animals and also it's not ran terribly. I disagree with you.
I guess treated like animals is subjective but it is canon that Bruce thinks Arkham is unsalvagable and backwards in every way and it's better to just start over and build his own hospital than try to fix this before he's even been there. There's a lot of blood on Bruce's bed that we don't quite know where it's from. If Bruce was that injured when getting pulled off Oz on the drug how fast was he committed and thrown on the bed that he's still bleeding or that the blood is still fresh? Is it Oz's blood? Still wet in order to stain the bed? We never get an answer. Was he attacked while asleep? Look how easy it was for two random guys to bribe a guard and get a taser to attack Bruce? We don't know how far he would have gone. The patients have cell windows on their doors that look more like a prison. The main area looks incredibly depressing and is understaffed and not being watched adequately. It reminds me of something out of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
Yes one doctor wants to help. Good for her. One good doctor doesn't a well-run facility make and there's corruption and dilapidation everywhere you look there. Maybe they're doing the best they can and just don't have the resources but it's terrible there. And I don't know why Bruce writes in the codex that all of these people need to never get out. He barely even talks to most of them and what happened to believing people can change and treatment can help? Like damn.
I agree Kenny my play through sounds exactly like yours.
I saw one corrupted orderly, it happens, and the blood on the bed was probably a side effect from the drugs that Bruce was injected with. The place is a depressing place like prison. I didn't see the place being understaffed. Most asylums are similar to Arkham and it's possible that the patients are being treated on a daily basis.