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On a technical front, what I see is not the finished product, but even so this overhauled Telltale Tool engine is quite clearly producing visuals that represent a progression from, say, The Wolf Among Us, the studio's previous collaboration with DC (via Vertigo). And the voice acting is superb right across the half-hour—Richard McGonagle, who plays Falcone, somehow manages to make the Voice of Sully sound like the most threatening thing in the gaming world, rather than a comforting blanket of experience. Everything's set up in a really promising way, and while there's no shortage of Batman games on the market—Rocksteady's Arkham VR is coming out this year, too, as are the remasters of Arkham Asylum and City—Telltale might have the most original of the experiences on offer up its sleeves here.Thirty minutes isn't long enough to really know how good this Batman will be, overall, and we've not seen the crime scene investigation sequences which surely must star in a game about the world's greatest detective. But if the whip-smart dialogue and bruising action sequences showcased at E3 are a genuine indication of what's coming, this is going to be up there with the first Walking Dead and Tales from the Borderlands as a genuine jewel in its makers' still-just-about-on-there, though-it's-been-wobbling-lately, story-slanted-gaming crown.Follow Mike Diver on Twitter.New, on Motherboard: Is China's Fuze Console More Than Just an Xbox One and PS4 Rip-Off?