BATMAN: The Enemy Within | Episode 1 | Batman Meets with Amanda Waller | Graphic Warnings |The Gamer

The two big characters introduced are Amanda Waller and The Riddler. While Riddler has more notoriety than Waller, mainstream audiences may know Waller as the only good part of the Suicide Squad movie. Here is the same tough as nails shadowy-organization director she always is, but there is some more depth there. Players will likely want to side with Gordon over Waller, since Gordon is an established friend, whereas Waller is new in town and her ways clash with standard procedure.

Riddler was sadly not as well written as I had hoped. He's a hard villain to write well, as too often he falls to close to Joker's territory and the biggest criticism is his gimmick (leaving clues) is self-destructive. The important facet of Riddler being a criminal for the sake of proving his intelligence is somewhat glossed over, but it is brought up enough times to make note of it. As the first villain of this season, he's woefully weak, but then Riddler is rarely interesting.

Covering the other half of Batman (the first being his combat prowess), the player will be given a couple puzzles to solve. When up against the Riddler, the puzzles should be deadly and challenging, and while they can kill Batman if the player doesn't hit the button at the right time, any challenge is non-existent. Occasionally the player will be asked to link two pieces of evidence. In these instances, the answer is either very obvious or the only option. For example, at one point you're given two pieces of evidence and told to link them. A rather unnecessary effort, if you ask me, since there's only one option available.