Telltale Games

"thank everyone for their patience" - lol what patience? All I see is a bunch of impatience - but thanks for the message.

Hey, no worries guys and gals. Everyone would rather you don't rush out a buggy version and instead deliver the quality games we've all come to love from you.

Keep up the good work, and stay frosty

No official response to the lack of inverted controls?

Mid-August? So realistically speaking, we'll say Sep 1. Nah, you'll do Aug 31, so you can brag about meeting some target date...this started in April...monthly...shoulda been #2 in May, #3 in June, #4 in July, #5 in August...if we're LUCKY we'll be at #3 at the end of August. So you're still at least 2 months behind, and not catching up, going in the other direction.

u guys rock!!!!! episode2 is the best so far!!!! love what teltal games has done!!!!

Still no episode 2 in the UK

People resent waiting longer when it was originally sold as monthly episodic. Also, for people who live in Europe,we then have to wait longer still than our American friends. When this happens with very little communication,you have to expect people to be unhappy.

You can't hurry quality. This is one of the most clever computer games I've ever played.

Thanks for letting us know about when ep. 3 is coming! I'll be happy to wait if it means the game will be better for it. This series is fantastic!

If it means the quality stays at this level, take all the time you need. Fantastic job you're doing.

The Walking Dead is Telltale's best game series in the companies history. I am more than happy to wait a few weeks extra if it means getting the quality of episodes we have in 1 and 2. Thanks Telltale!

Why can I not download either episode 1 or episode 2 on XBoxLive in South Korea?!? Been waiting for months...

Thank You for informing us,keep up with the great work,can't wait for episode 3 !:-)

Thank you really appreciate this post. Most of us are very happy to wait as long as we know what's happening. Would like to thank you and your team for this phenomenal game and look forward to all your up and coming projects.

These episodes shall take as long as they'll take, and that's fine. Does anybody remember how long we waited for Quake to come out? How about the later Harry Potter books, or the final part of Philip Pullman's Dark Materials trilogy? The first episode was something quite new in gaming, in its own way: the closest I've experienced to an honest-to-goodness interactive movie, loaded phrase though that may be, and it was clearly a game which the creators had put a lot of love into. Keep that level of quality up and, in the long term, everybody will be happy. It's much better than pushing out half-baked, forgettable episodes just to meet impatient folks' deadlines.

I liked the game dont get me wrong, but if your going to take 8 weeks to make a 2 hour long episode, at leat make sure there are no bugs, i hounestly dont care about a bit of lag every now and then, things happen, BUT i ave got all 20 achivments, but the other 100g has not yet registerd to my gamer score and its saying i have only 8 avhivments

This is just maddening - it's as if you are pretending that there is no issue with the European release. Apologising for it being a little late when most of the rest of the world do not even have it yet is frankly offensive. You have reached a new low in my estimations. Please, please give us an update for when we can see the European release?

I don't care if I have to wait fpr a good game. It simply is/was the lack of communication which I have never experienced in such a way and especially not from TTG. If you completely stay away from the radio silence which happened in the past I MAY forgive you.

Too late for this.
Almost one month without updates (excluding Jake's posts on the forum), a savegame-eater product at the end, and a sneaky update on the game website ("monthly" changed to "periodically").
I really hoped that the communication we established with Dan some months ago (during the JP fiasco) was worth something. I even thought that the bugfree soon-updated first episode of TWD was a sign of good things to come. Now I am SERIOUSLY disappointed.
At least you should have the guts to say episodic gaming is dead. Your production model has been struggling since 2009, when you started to make games bigger in scope. You managed to get the games out on time, but they were full of bugs. Now they're not even on time.
The Walking Dead is a great game, but the company on the whole must be worth its work.
I've been following you since 2005 and watching your inexplicable fails mar your ambition and creativity is excruciating and saddening.

My only issue thus far has been the lack of adhering to your OWN schedule. You can't just tell people MONTHLY EPISODIC CONTENT and then release it every other month. For BttF you released the 2nd episode 6 weeks after the 1st one, but then you released every other episode on time like you promised.

If you cannot meet your own established deadlines, then don't give them. Just work on the game in it's entirety and release it all at once.

Also, people were massively ticked off because of the lack of communication.

If The Walking Dead becomes a franchise that TTG continues with after this particular season, I won't be buying the season pass anymore... which seems silly to me anyways as a PC gamer... you don't get a discount, the episodes are still $5 each and to hear that other platforms got a discount is more than a little annoying to me.

I think the series is awesome I don`t mind the wait if it`s just as good

Where on EARTH is EP 2 for Europe

Telltale, this project has been an unforgetable and jarring success. Your episodes play out better than most console games. With my wife and I both being fans of the TV series, TWDG is the only game that she will actually sit down and watch me play. Absolutely incredible.

Well worth the wait, some fans understand that you all only took the time you needed to make the game as good as it could and ought to be!

The first and second episodes as far as story goes were totally awesome.

But I hope you guys can really work on getting the issue with the voice sync and stuttering cleaned up a bit for Episode 2 and for future games on the consoles. The amount of framerate and voice sync issues for a game that is not all that graphically intensive game like these WD games should be non-existent.

I'm just glad on the Xbox that I haven't had to pay for all of the episodes yet with the delays that the game has experienced. I don't have to buy them in the future if I don't want to. I feel sorry for those that have though since they were originally promised monthly releases which TT is obviously not meeting.

FYI fellow EU PS3 owners: episode 2 IS out, but you have to go to the PSN store to download it - in-game it still says 'coming soon'.

I'm downloading as I type this, and hope it's as enjoyable as the first episode was!

i loved episode 2 i could not beleave the saint johns where canabels pore mark FWI brendas a good shot lol



and when do we find out how won the cast member competition

Telltale is back on track. I was worried there, but we're now back in solid (and familiar) territory. Just the right level of evolution without trying to be something you aren't. Take your time and please continue to release quality software--the nagging people will mean nothing as long as the game itself shines.

how many guns are in the motor in im strugling to keep track

Appreciate the attempt to connect with your fans but it still feels rather hollow. Its a good "thank you" post for a retail game that slipped its release date, but its not quite good enough for this situation. You advertised monthly releases, failed to keep up your end of the bargain and then categorically refuse to admit in any official post or announcement that TWD will no longer be released in monthly enstallments, instead sneaking around altering any FAQs and wikipedia entries that you have lying around.

There's been no reason given for the delay and change of schedule, and most importantly, no apology, just "thanks for your patience". Admit fault and assure us you'll be more communicative if there is a delay in the future. THAT is a proper blog post for this situation.

I feel like i'm teaching basic PR skills here :-/

Noodle: Calm down, deep breath, count down from 10. Telltale has a fine record with critics, and most players!
http://www.metacritic.com/search/game/walking+dead/results

I think you are exaggerating the 5 week delay a little bit bro... we live in a culture where films take YEARS to develop sometimes, and those are 1.5 hrs. TV shows also take 3-4 YEARS to tell

[continued] 50 hr worth of story. Compared to the rest of TV, Film, Games, and Books... telltale's 5 week delay seems minor to me.

Keep em coming Telltale!! Even after the last episode in this series. I still want Walking Dead The Game Season 2! As long as the stories stay fresh, I will keep playing.

I take it all back , love you telltale x x x

Ps3 version is buggy. Have no option but 2 get shot during the hostage situation with Brenda.....pissedz;

You gamers suck!!! Big time!!! First you all say fuck telltale and now you love them??!?!? I'm still not playing episode 2. I love the game but will never buy ep-games again

Allow me to simply restate this challenge to all disappointed (impatient) gamers:

Would everyone rather we didn't get Episode 1 until May 24th (Compared to the APRIL 24th day USA release got)? Would that have been a preferable alternative? Waiting the extra month to play the game AT ALL?

Personally, as a fan,I would much rather wait 2 months for Episode 2 with Episode 1 in my hands! ANd lots of video game reviewers and website users agree with me! YEs the extra 10 weeks or Whatever was PAINFUL, but I know the telltale team felt that pain and then some!

This reminds me of the comics where we get 20 pages a month and sometimes Kirkman takes 6 7 weeks IF HE NEEDS too. He has done 100 comics, that is many months. Each and every release by an artist is DIFFERENT and unique, and comes with it's own set of challenges. I digress...

OBVIOUSLY, Episode 2 gave the Telltale team some EXTRA hurdles and errors to overcome. While they were doing the HARD WORK to make the game they love play JUST RIGHT (instead of broken dialogue or bad gameplay loops which are tough to find sometimes...) While Telltale was working OVERTIME the past 5 weeks, we were all happily relaxing playing episode 1 and reading comics, they were working, OVERTIME

I'm sure I can say that we all appreciate this little memo. It's always nice to know that the developers are in contact with the gamers. Episode 2 may have been a wait, but it was damn well worth it. You definitely topped Episode 1 with this one, and I hope I will be able to say the same when #3 comes out.

I love the game, I bought it both on PC and PS3...I was more than disappointed to have to wait so long between episodes to begin with, and then have it release later on PS3 and PC without knowing so before purchasing was not something that should have happened.

THEN--I could not download it and play it properly on Steam or PSN on Friday, the day it was to release, I put in emails for support for both versions and received a total of zero responses. Still have not gotten a response.

I asked questions on twitter, with no response. Now this blog says that the game should be finished mid august, and I hope that they mean finished, and released no later than mid august, as I recall another comment at one point saying episode 2 was beign released in early June.

Frankly, I wouldn't even care if the communication had been better, the game is amazing and speaks for itself, but I will think twice about purchasing telltale games upfront in the future. The two platforms I purchased this game on were the ones mostly effected, perhaps it is just my bad luck and I should not care, but a simple, I don't know, apology would not hurt.

Shamefull, utterly shameful to release a new episode when the Fall semester starts. How dare you guys release a highly addictive story right when i am trying to finish my BA.. I'm surprised at you people :P

I love The walking Dead can't wait for the next episode

Just don't take as long with the rest!

Preben, Episode 2 was released on PSN in Europe earlier this week. Please check the PSN store and you should be able to access it just fine.

Why did episode 2 erase all of my episode 1 save files? I installed sepisode 2, and as soon as I start the game, all my save files are gone. I onlt have the option to start a new game with random storylines from previous episodes...i havemt even played episode 2 yet because i am so disgruntled...what happened?

It's already been said many times, but I want to say it anyway :-) - I NEVER get mad at a developer for being late if it means a better product - take your time and deliver awesomeness like you have been!

In the meantime, it seems that anyone using a Mac can't download the episode two update.

Keep drinking that TTG Koolaid folks!!

@DandiLion

Well this is a beacon of hope, if you really managed to download and play it. Could you tell more precisely about the process, since I have tried nearly everything I could think of and still no result. Telltale support hasn't bothered to help me with my mac problems at all. Definitely my last purchase from TTG although the game itself is alright.

I had played a lot of games during the last period, this game is awesome ! the story line, the graphics and the gameplay , it is the perfect game for this year I believe !
I hope you can consider making a similar game based on the TV series "Jericho" .

Keep up the good work

i said SWEET!!! when i read auguest then i relized to day its still july. it dose suk that we gotta wait, and u guys said it will be ready in the middle of august,that dont mean it will be ready in the middle of august to be on ps3 store for download, u guys are doing a fantastic job dont let ppltake that away. but u might of bitten of more then u van chew (Ha zombie joke) with the hole monthly thing,but if the wait means better and LONGER game play with no problems.....(ps3 users...) By god take ur time

Hi guys! First excuse for my English, i'm not fluent. Second: good job! This game have an impressive storyboard, and if you can improve the mechanism of relationship between the characters (with more dialogs), the pathos along the playing could reach the stars!!! Third: when can I play the third episode??? :-D

so i buy it for pc pre-ordered and it comes out on xbox earlier then pc and you delay it over a month when it was supposed to be episodically monthly you guys need to work harder im regretting i ever bought this game from the start

i absolutely love this game, episode 1 was great and episode 2 was F'n awesome.. can't wait for episode 3... don't listen to these morons, they think they're entitled to this and think they deserve it right away.. STFU.. and stop whining that it was late.. because i would rather play something that's great and not broken.. and TellTale brought us a great non broken game... keep it up guys and can't wait

A reminder for potential buyers of the mac version:

THE GAME DOESN'T DOWNLOAD ON MAC,

so do not buy it if you're a mac user.

Simultaneously except Xbox gets it first this is a joke and your company is a joke.

When will it be available for iPad ?

Please, subtitle in spanish

Hi Guys!
I love your game, but there seems to be a problem with the steam version of the game!! :S:S
You see, I played episode two times, loved it, saved my game and all, but now when episode 2 came out I cant even see my saved games??
The files are in the computer, but it seems that the "game" cant read the files?
Will there be an update soon to fix this or...??

STILL IMPOSSIBLE TO DOWNLOAD ON MAC

MAC BUYERS BEWARE OF TELLTALE BULLSHIT

Where do i download episode2 for pc?

episode 2 should be out for europe

I am truly happy to see you guys talking to your customers and reaching out like this, excellent! :D I am, like almost everyone else, very, very happy with Episode 2 of the series. I was blown away and had this very serious feeling of dread when all was said and done. I was one of the many who picked up their pitchforks and torches when the delay hit but I can say now that I see what a "rushed" release might create. Episode 2, IMO, was way more buggy than Episode 1, which in retrospect was nearly flawless. I'm looking forward to continuing the ride and I know many people appreciate the target release date. For now, I'll ride this out, but since I now know it will be released in retail stores on some sort of game disc, I might either A) Wait until they are all out then get the disc, or B) Just refrain from playing them at all until all are released and had time to polish things up a little. Thanks for the update.

I played episode 2 yesterday. I found that it skipped alot during some sceans. I finished it and went to play it again the next day and all my saved data was gone. I had to start over from episode 1 again. Whats up with that.

I can't download episode 2. It starts off just fine but after downloading almost up to 100% it says that I lost internet connection and quits. The thins is I never lost connections. This happens every time,

please help

Loved episode 2 probably one of the most engaging game i've ever played
Cant wait for episode three!!!
The walking Dead rocks!!!

Telltale you guys suck..Nothing but BS since i bought the season pass.. Its Taking you guys 2 months to put out a 2 hour episode?? You GUYS SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Same. Two weeks now, and it's still not properly 'released' on the Mac.

I was certainly amongst the numerous people who complained about the delay, however I will say that Episode 2 was great.

I think the issues people had with this was more down to the lack of communication from TTG, and I hope this has been a lesson learned. Everybody who bought a season pass, myself included, all want to play the game and the vast majority will accept delays. What I find hard to accept is parting with my money and having to hope the next episode is released soon as I know I won't hear anything from TTG. Perhaps promising a new episode on a monthly basis was too ambitious? It would have been nice to know more about what has caused these delays.

All criticism of TTG as a compnay and how they handle consumer relations aside, The Walking Dead game has been great so far. If the quality is maintained throughout the remaining episodes I will definitely consider the next Walking Dead game, but I'll never buy a TTG season pass again.

I preordered the game 2 days before it was available on steam. By the time episode 2 came out I had lost interest and still have not played it. Way to go.

The game is great, but your lack of communication regarding Episode 2's release date was deplorable. I am glad to see that you are at least communicating this time about Episode 3. I hope you get the game out in mid August as indicated. If there is another delay, please communicate this.

I just hate it when game companies ignores customers, complaining that they cannot get what they payed for..... like it's there own fault bacause it's Mac.
I'm on Mac, and still haven't seen, read or heard anything that could explain why it's impossible for some of us to download Ep. 2..... there's some random "replies" on the forum, thou.
Telltale give us a descent reply on the mainpage here, that you are listening and are working to fix it.

Love your games, but hate your customersupport..... !!!

Yeah...Patience....I'll check back in mid August if we don't get an episode just how patient everyone is....In the meantime, GREAT episode even if it was late as hell.

Only thing I don't like about the game is u can't it doesn't give u the option 2 turn the invert view off or on. Other than that it it's a good game.

No rush for the third episode. The second and first were absolutely great - the best games I've played this year!

After re creation of the MI (Monkey Island) game, walking dead is far most the best adventure game I have ever tested. The concept it truley well adapted and so vivid. Great work.

well, the game tells a very interesting story and there are options to change the frame of the story. But i expected more to have an influence on the core of the story. If it take 2 months to finish an episode, which is played through in a few hours, it should have more different ways to change the story. played it three times through and see there are different standings at the end of the episode 2, but some decisions doesn't have any influence on the story.
In the first episode where you decide to wait till evening to go from clementines home or directly, there is only a difference that one guy does not nd up as zombie or that you meet a cop. I hope these decisions (there are more like the coise if you go to the diary or don't make a deal) will have an effect on coming episodes otherwise i'm a little bit disapointed.

Complete other point. I don't understand why everybody in here is happy that it goes longer to get the episodes playing. I paid telltale for their promise to get every month an episode, I paid telltale for something which they did not allready finished. I regret also that i could not wait till all episodes are done and then buy all together. now i have all 3 game slots in the game at the point where i want to see the actions of my decisions before and i bet i can not remeber in middle of august which decisions i took in these three different games i played with episode 1 and 2. thats not ok for me.
I expect of telltale that they can provide the quality of the game with reaching their own goals. Not the players said that they have to fullfill the schedule, telltale promised.
Additionally i expect a bonus for those who allready bought the complete game before all episodes are published, even for those who buy the game at episode 4. that would be the least what telltale could do for all that patience and the rash promise: "monthly episodes".

i know this has to have been brought up else where but i can only see it mentioned once in this thread - this game is a bitch when it comes to right clicking on my mac, i've only gotten it to work as it should twice, and i'm stuck at the closet upstairs, can't get back out, i don't understand why it's so hard to just have a button to go back like they do several other times throughout the game, but i'm as far into level 2 as i can get apparently

No complaints here :) BUT I HEARED YOU (TELLTALE) WILL BE COMING OUT WITH A SEASON 2. IS THIS TRUE?? IF TRUE YOU SHOULD LET FANS KNOW. BECAUSE AS A FAN IF YOU SAY YOU ARE DOING A SECOND SEASON THAT WOULD MAKE ME WANT TO BUY ALL 5 EPISODES EVEN MORE.

why can't i download the stoopid game

episode 2 is veryyyyyyyyyyy gooooooooooooooooood

You guys did very well, it was worth waiting for. It doesn't matter how long it takes to make a good episode.

But indeed, just let something know to the world in the meantime If there is nothing to find about the game, all kinds of questions start to go around which is not necessary.

The game itself is perfect! Very very good story, good horror athmosphere, when I play it's like really living in there, so keep up the good work!! I hope after this game, you'll make some new good stuff, looking forward to Episode 3!!

Thanks for making such a beauty!!

well i´m new, this game look so awsome, but this is the second game. Now, were to buy the first game to mac: The walking dead, a new day? pleace help, I can´t find it any were :/

Hey guys,

Is someone can help me, i bought the season pass about two month ago, and i still canot download the épisode two, i live in Belgium, is that the reason??

Thanks for the update.
Lets hope that what you say is true about episode 3 arrives in August.

I think the wait actually made the second game better, because I was looking forward to it more and wanted to know where it would go from there. The first two games were great, I think episode two might even have been better than the first.

My minor gripe with episode two was not knowing at what time the game would be released, it only specified the date, so I was constantly checking back on the site to see if it was live (wasn't a problem with the first, because steam had a countdown). Perhaps once a release date is set you guys could implement a countdown on the site, so people in different countries know when the games going to be out?

Congrats on the success thus far and thanks for two great games! :)

iOS version for iPhone / iPad

PLLLEEEEAAASSEE!!!! =]

Ever think they may be delaying to correspond with the season 3 premier in October?

I am shocked that everyone actually expected the episodes on time. Anyone that has purchased a game from tell tale before should know that they can't always make the release on time.

And not to be rude but how big of a loss is it to you to have that 20 dollars spent on a season pass gone as you still get the content. If 20 dollars is a life and death, food or not, rent or eviction situation to you I suggest you sell whatever you are playing games on and probably find something else to spend your money on.

Telltale has done a good job on this season so far, aside from some lagging and such it's been 2 solid episodes and I am waiting patiently for episode 3 whether I receive updates or not. What does everyone do with their time that they can't occupy themselves with something else for a month or two between episodes. Going outside or hanging out with friends would keep you distracted if you weren't all so busy expecting tell tale to do whatever you want them to do even though they haven't said they'd do any of it.

Thank tou, Uhurus, for calling us an 'antfucker'. Whatever that is. What a kind message.

Thanks, Telltale. I personally don't mind waiting for a game, but I do mind if a company is not transparent with me, and that was the trend of Telltale for quite some time now. You proved that you still have what it takes to make quality games with The Walking Dead, now you're proving that you can still be a personable game company with this message.

pixel: Riiiight... so you mean to tell me that you have inside sources that tell you that telltale games just put out a direct lie in our face with this post? They said that episode 3 is going to be released in the middle of august... why would they say that if they knew it was a lie? And that they would use a couple of years making a game that was supposed to be mountly... yea right.

O 2º episódio da saga Walking Dead fi bastante melhor que o primeiro, e acredito que essa evolução positiva vai continuar nos próximos episódios :) Keep up the Good Work ;)

I personally was not annoyed by the delay, more by the utter lack of communication from TTG. If we have paid for a season pass the very least we deserve when delivery targets are not me, is an explanation. Judging by some of the comments there are a lot of gamers who will never make a purchase from TTG again, this could all have been avoided by some form of customer service.

I think the game is great, although I am more of a fan of The Walking Dead than TTG, I am not usually a fan of their games. However they should be congratulated for making TWD as they have done it justice. I would consider investing in any potential follow up to this game, but I think in future I will wait until all episodes are available, rather than fork out immediately via a season pass and suffer the silence of the non-existent TTG customer service team...

Episode 3 coming soon.....in 2014.

=)

And it will still be late....

Total lack of customer service. A good game , enjoyable and fun but not great. Sorry, but I will never purchase another game from Tell Tale. Abysmal service, lackluster performance, and the wait for a glitchy game...more than sophomoric. At the very least you could have been much more open with your customers. Sorry, but your treatment of your customers, along with your ill performing game and inability to reconcile those issues puts Tell Tale in a very unfavorable light. False advertising followed by poor customer service is truly unforgivable.
I'd rather read a choose your own adventure novel than be hoodwinked.
Great idea, and riding the coat tails of an established winning graphic novel, and TV show are your reason for any success. That is truly unfortunate for all involved.

I hope you get your ducks in a row, because you are burning the hardworking and trust of those who's shoulders you stand on.

I wish you nothing but the best, but as a disappointed fan of The Walking Dead, and a mistreated customer of The Walking Dead video game I must relay my criticism.

I'm happy to know that Episode 3 is on it's way. I love Episode 2 and how we get to choose how Lee adapts to this world. In the begging I was the nice guy, tried to keep them calm helped whomever I could, was trusting, but by the end of episode 2 (I make my choices as if I were in this situation) I became a ruthless leader. It was like looking into a window of what I would become in this situation and it scared me. As much praise as I am giving you for this story I want to make one thing clear:

We weren't mad about the late release of Episode 2, we were PISSED OFF that there wasn't any press release explaining the delay, thank you for releasing one for Episode 3 with an estimated time of release. I don't mind waiting 2 months for the next game (better than waiting years) but I know that many customers were outraged by the lack of notification as to were their money went (those with the season pass anyway) I love this game so please make the people happy so I can get a Season 2, if they stop buying your product because of poor customer service, then there is no need to make the product.

Still cannot download episode 2 on a Mac.

I am surprised to see that the "hell freezes" option in the forum poll for the release of Episode 3 to be at 20%, it's almost the end of July. There's an element of unprovoked impatience here right after the majority offers you praise for episode two despite its tardiness.

You guys keep doing what you do. Frankly what keeps me patient is that I won't always have the money ready and I know it. In fact, I'm still saving up for Bethesda's Skyrim DLC, Dawnguard, and that came out last month.

I wanna haz SEX with everyone who works at TELLTALE! Im coming for cho ass guys =]

oyeah Lucidity02 im so sure you are smart enough to destroy the entire internet please, if you dont like somthing like ppl talking about inverted controls then dont read it. thats what the internet is for, ppl to voice there opinion not every1 is going to be on the same page but thats the grate thing about being your own person. what do you care if ppl want to invert there controls

Well, as good as your game is...As bad is your service and everything else. This whole thing definitely lowered my opinion about your company and products.
Sure, right now you think (and can think): "So what? You allready paid your season pass! Haha!" and I guess you´re right.

BUT, you officially announcent a second season. What can I say guys, what goes around, comes around. The way I see it, next time, you won´t get my money.

Hi all,
I don't understand some messages. I can wait one month more, as long as the game keeps on this way. It is a brillant idea. I don't know what to say more, I don't want to spend 2 thousands lines in congratulate you. I really do hope that you will keep on improving this idea, that's so nice. When I was young, I started to play on "computers" (it was not yet existing in this term), it was only a black screen with white bars, like a tennis match ... now, we have so many things, real time actions, all styles of games, etc ... plus, this new kind of "game - story". I don't understand what they are complaining about. May be it is not "perfect" yet, but could you please just try to look back in order to see all the progress that has been done over the 20 past years ? Let's imagine the future, and enjoy what we have now ...
I'm a programmer too, not in video games. I can easily understand that things cannot go always fast and perfectas expected.
Let's wait for the next release ...

The wait times no biggie what bothers me is that the story will be over after 5 episodes. If this game is so well received and it's about survival, it should go on for as long as it can