Walking Dead Episode 2 Release Date Discussion (June, but WHEN?)

[divisionten]

As you guys (hopefully) already know, we mods know just as much as you do about release dates. We're volunteers and don't work for Telltale. And one thing we LOOOOOVE is speculation! So here's a poll to guess when Episode 2: STARVED FOR HELP will release on PC/MAC. (I'm not including iOS or console since those typically release a little later; they must get approval from the iOS store, Microsoft, Sony, etc before they go live).

I'm going to sweeten the pot. Whomever guesses FIRST (I'll be able to see poll results) the correct date will get a custom commission from me. You can check out my work here (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100426141800324&set=a.10100256521525714.2530863.11323229&type=3) here (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10100189968249014&set=a.10100189967580354.2515715.11323229&type=3) or here (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10100196893610534).

You can ask for a zombie portrait or anything else TWD related. I will either a) make digital art for you and email you the hi-rez or b) paint for you and film it, and send you a hi-rez photo of the painting.

SO GET SPECULATING!

[WARP10CK]

Not to rain on your parade but the last week of May is what it will be released on I know for a fact that the second episode is being worked on as we speak.

[divisionten]

Not to rain on your parade but the last week of May is what it will be released on I know for a fact that the second episode is being worked on as we speak.

Yes, the second episode is currently being worked on. As are the later ones; that is the whole point of episodic development. But I'm really curious to see where the community stands on when they think the release date of the second episode is!

[Macfly77]

Whomever guesses FIRST (I'll be able to see poll results) the correct date will get a custom commission from me.
After voting, I was disappointed to see that my vote was was the second one for the date that I picked (thereby disqualifying me from the prize), but my hopes rose back up when I saw that the first person to guess that date was... divisionten! ;)

[divisionten]

After voting, I was disappointed to see that my vote was was the second one for the date that I picked (thereby disqualifying me from the prize), but my hopes rose back up when I saw that the first person to guess that date was... divisionten! ;)

Great mods think alike! Of course I wouldn't gift myself the prize. It would go to whomever was behind me, so you, if it's really the 29th.

[The_Ripper]

I am optimistic. 29th May, Tuesday.

[Vainamoinen]

I did not look before I voted, I swear. :confused:

Oh God, we're killing this thing. :D

[Volscente]

You can ask for a zombie portrait or anything else TWD related. I will either a) make digital art for you and email you the hi-rez or b) paint for you and film it, and send you a hi-rez photo of the painting.
SO GET SPECULATING!

Zombie portrait Zombie portrait Zombie portrait Zombie portrait :)

[John Schutze]

I voted next weekend! :p

[Vainamoinen]

I voted next weekend! :p

You're losing this game! :D :D

[divisionten]

You're losing this game! :D :D

Seems like someone just

*puts on sunglasses*

http://mob978.photobucket.com/albums/ae264/smernst/1253760406996.jpg?t=1255889947

[ruairi46]

Well I voted the last wed of the month, as il be playing it on xbox as normally that is the release date for arcade games, with some exceptions.

[Milosuperspesh]

darn it i went for the sensible option like 16 others did on 29th of may

seriously you put the first week of may up are you mad ? ;)

[Reverse2499]

I think this is when they will release it because A.) They only bring out stuff for the arcade on Wednesdays B.) It is the closest Wednesday and C.) Just to compete with Minecraft:p

[Gman5852]

Accidentally guessed June 4th dang it!

[WabbitTwaks]

I chose 4 weeks after episode 1 was released. Just made sense to me. Funny that I was the only one. *shrug*

Edit: Not the only one now, but I was first :D

[flava]

Well I guessed the one that everyone else did.

[Vainamoinen]

What the... heyyyy!!! The developers are NOT eligible to vote!!! :D :D

[The_Ripper]

Harrison, are you confirming the date? :D:p

[Vainamoinen]

Harrison, are you confirming the date? :D:p

Nah, he can't.

Asked about whether the game was still released in 2011, he wrote:

[...]official timeline stuff should probably come from the right channels. I could give my grain-of-salt "it's looking like X", but then I'd hate to see my name show up on Kotaku as a cited source for an expected release date. Telltale's got other folks who can handle that pressure better than me! :p

I think that right now, even the designers have no idea how fast they can (and want to) deliver the second episode. There is probably a "projected date", which is TEH one date with an incredibly high improbability that the game actually releases on that day.

So, whatever Harrison votes, better not vote this again. ;) ;)

[John Schutze]

You're losing this game! :D :D

:(


Seems like someone just

*puts on sunglasses*

http://mob978.photobucket.com/albums/ae264/smernst/1253760406996.jpg?t=1255889947

Am I the only one who dislike this series?

[Voodoo Cannonball]

Seems like someone just

*puts on sunglasses*

http://mob978.photobucket.com/albums/ae264/smernst/1253760406996.jpg?t=1255889947

LOL :D

And to play through...

http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2cmqgeUbQ1qj8r13o1_500.jpg

[stanmaiden]

i've one question guys, i ended the first chapter half an hour ago...when the second chapter comes out i can download it freely? or a have to pay it? can somebody explain it to me please. thanks

[Milosuperspesh]

i've one question guys, i ended the first chapter half an hour ago...when the second chapter comes out i can download it freely? or a have to pay it? can somebody explain it to me please. thanks

if you bought it on pc then no you should of got a season pass which is for all the episodes of the 'season 1'

if you bought on ps3 / xbox then yeah you have to buy seperate

how much did you pay ?

[CapnJay]

That poll seems silly now the wiki says Episode 2 comes out on the 30th

Ya know if Sam and Max season 3 came out this month on XBLA i could wait for Episode 2 easier

[stanmaiden]

I bought The walking dead game and the almost everithing pack for PC

[WabbitTwaks]

That poll seems silly now the wiki says Episode 2 comes out on the 30th
I would not put much faith in a wiki. They are in no way official.

[CapnJay]

I would not put much faith in a wiki. They are in no way official.


So....

*Trembles in anticipation* That means it may be out soon? like before i irresponsibly spend all my points?

[RaidenHitsu]

I bought The walking dead game and the almost everithing pack for PC

me too, don't worry, you'll get all the episodes

[CapnJay]

Still crossing my fingers for a soon release

[Goldrock]

Dunno i remember someone during one of their talking dead shows say they planned on a episode every 2 weeks i believe the phrase was they set the episode out so they have something to talk and speculate for about 2 weeks till the push the next one out.

[SMU420Stone]

I thought they said every 4 weeks on the talking dead shows.

Btw the poll is a complete guessing game I'd say, look at episode 1 ;)

[Vainamoinen]

Dunno i remember someone during one of their talking dead shows say they planned on a episode every 2 weeks i believe the phrase was they set the episode out so they have something to talk and speculate for about 2 weeks till the push the next one out.

...and you can still bet on the 8th, isn't that glorious? :D

(Seriously, it's not two weeks and has never been. Episodes are released MONTHLY. You probably heard that they want to do a "Playing Dead" VIDEO every two weeks. But that release schedule has obviously passed marketing trapdoors already ;) )

That poll seems silly now the wiki says Episode 2 comes out on the 30th

So they have info even the entire company Telltale games doesn't have at the moment?
They must be CLAIRVOYANT!

(Again, these episodes are developed as we speak. There's a "monthly" schedule, but not even two weeks after the first episode was released, I doubt that TTG really already knows how fast they can deliver the second one. A lot of "sources", including IGN etc, just make those release dates up because they're even more desperate to have one than we are.)

[Milosuperspesh]

i'm going to be ok till release day of twd ep2 cos the portal 2 level editor comes out on may 8th for pc :D

[flash-900]

Yea I thought close to the end of last month I will get it the next one will be out in a few days so i thought, this does suck I was under the impression it would be more than 2 hours play, lame and for fuck sake you could announce, dates for each epp, pay money for a guessing game, first time with a ttg and if this piss poor prob the last

[Vainamoinen]

You could have informed yourself a tad bit more about the game and the company first. Please stop posting the same stuff over and over. Most of us here are absolutely content with monthly releases. It's how this company works, get used to it.

[Vainamoinen]

Well, now you're obviously trying to PROVE that you know absolutely nothing about this company and how it has worked in the last SIX YEARS. I recommend that you gather a lot more info first - especially how well they have kept their monthly release schedules with previous games - and then come back here in, say, 19 days when they're probably at least very close to a release.

This game will have its fifth and last episode released late August or early September. You will have to get used to that as well.

[Vainamoinen]

how hard is to answer a simple question like the epp date

Telltale knows they will need approximately one month to finish the episode, but as their work has to be achieved in such a short period of time, any kind of release date they COULD give would be pure speculation. Episodic gaming means that they could be finished in a bit less than a month, or a bit more than a month - but they will only know mere days before the release, so they justly don't give a release date. And they don't have to either - waiting a week more or less doesn't really make a difference. You'll get a date some days from release, when they can actually be SURE that the episode releases on that date. But not before.

In the meantime, calm down and cast your vote. ;)



whats the point might as well wait untill its 2 dollers in the bargin bin,

If you're too impatient for monthly releases, I recommend you do exactly that. I have a few friends who just can't cope with waiting an entire month, so they wait for a Season to finish before they buy. It's a valid and definitely not offensive option, seriously.

[Milosuperspesh]

flash have you heard of the term episodic gaming ? google it

since your new to the forums i'll be patient with you, but if you take off the rose tinted glasses and look at back to the future the game which is probably the closest game to this in terms of gameplay and size, play through length it will give you an idea of what to expect release date wise..

if TTG had not been succesfull as a company they would not have lasted 6 years, there is no stab in the dark they said monthly releases for episodes which is always in the last week or if there is a delay to the following week in rare cases.

they have a structure it's called episodic gaming with monthly updates to the story which in twd's case is 5 episodes.. understand these games are not 100% complete they have the story, the gfx engine and most of the cut scenes done, but they do work on them to fine tune as well as the gameplay, voice acting and testing for bugs.

ttg don't 'shaft' gamers in this way because they do say what thegame is how it's released and what to expect...

and believe me they say it ALOT if you have any kind of common sence you'd use facebook/ign/gamespot/rock paper shotgun the list goes on, even i with limited time effort and patience can find the information easily....

but if your too lazy to use google.....

is there a sticky thread for ttg noobs ?

[Vainamoinen]

is there a sticky thread for ttg noobs ?

Yes (http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=21051). But I doubt it'll help much here.

[Irishmile]

I do understand the monthly relese of epps but so far paid full price and you cant even tell me if its this month next month or even if they will even have anther epp, i find hard to belive that the game code and basics are not done yet. you could not sell a concept to the owner of the rights unless they showed them some even some rough copy of the whole game, sounds like a con,

but i guses no one is informed and we all are stuck to these guessing games

This is the way its been done for many years now.. and TTG has never canceled a game mid season...

The ONLY blemish on their record is they pushed back the release date of Jurassic Park.. and they made it right by giving EVERY person that had pre-ordered free games.

TTG do not make games like other companies they work on them right up to the day they are released when they feel they are confident in knowing roughly what day they will be done they will let you know.

Please stop making multiple threads asking the same question just because you do not like the answer.

[Vainamoinen]

Telltale uses their own engine. You can assume that the engine is finished. :D

The work on the episodes is ongoing. The main concept is finished of course, while the exact dialog script for episodes 4 and 5 is probably still in limbo. Voiceover work is probably ongoing for episode 3 or something but finished for episode 2 and so on. That's how it works. The "basics" are all there, rest assured.

Telltale has so far released SEVEN Seasons that had 4-6 monthly episodes (3 Seasons Sam & Max, Back to the Future, Tales of Monkey Island, Wallace & Gromit, Strong Bad) in six years, and if an episode HAPPENED to be late, it was a matter of 6 to 10 days tops (and this was only a few Season finale episodes, where a particular effort had to be squeezed in). They haven't ever failed the basic concept "monthly release" once episode 1 of a given Season was out. No episode ever took even close to two months. They're on the clock now and they know what they're doing.

Can we have this discussion end now?

[Vainamoinen]

I see the problem, I really do - I admit I wasn't a fan of the episodic concept to begin with. The fun is to participate in the discussion while you wait for the next episode to arrive, give reviews and feedback to the designers - and those might even immediately influence the way the next episode is done. More than once, they worked community reactions, suggestions or memes into their episodes.

I can only say that you haven't paid for nothing here and that people keep working hard for this money. They will arrive at a 10-hour interactive story eventually, that's quite something to look forward to. Even if perhaps one episode might run a week late, Telltale has never failed to deliver ALL pre-paid episodes once they announced a full Season and I don't think they'll start failing now all of a sudden.

[Milosuperspesh]

Can we have this discussion end now?

maybe with flash yes but you can be sure there'll be another person asking the same thing soon ;)

and to flash we don't mean to jump on you with an axe to grind, it's just for me at least possibly vainamoinen

we see the same threads/same questions over and over again and regardless of what ttg do the same thing happens for each new game they bring out..

maybe the fault lies with ttg not making the info clear, as the adverts only have so much room in them and the important stuff is either crammed in by way of really small print..or missed and later posted seperately but other game companies do the same thing and probably have to do the same explaning ?

[Milosuperspesh]

thats fine flash :)

glad we helped you !

some people have been pissed and complained about the game too and they got some hostile reception ;)

which path have you chosen good guy/ bad guy or moraley grey area (in the middle)?

[SMU420Stone]

I'll be honest, in the first couple days of Ep 1 delay I read alot of the forums, and I totally took some info the wrong way but this thread has straightened it out for me. I honestly thought that some games didn't make it to completion like Wallace n Gromit and/or others. And I could never ask the question in such a way that I'd get the answer I needed. Thanks guys.

[Vainamoinen]

No problem, we're happy enough that a second forum member reads all that stuff we wrote some hours ago. ;)

/edit: 138 voters. OMG. :D :D

[marknelxcore]

I purchased this games yesterday and finished it for 5hours. Darn. Can't wait for the 2nd ep. Can someone alert me when the ep2 will be release? [snip] Thanks!

[CapnJay]

I voted for this tuesday because im an optimist

[Weeksy]

...I honestly thought that some games didn't make it to completion like Wallace n Gromit...

I wish there had been more episodes of "W&G" - I love that game.........

[divisionten]

Well, I can safely say that there will be a winner at some point; every date has been guessed.

[Weeksy]

I purchased this games yesterday and finished it for 5hours. Darn. Can't wait for the 2nd ep. Can someone alert me when the ep2 will be release? Thanks!

Best not to put private E-Mails up on forums mate - that's how you make your computer cry.

You'll get an E-Mail from Telltale when the next episode is released letting you know it's available to download.

[Milosuperspesh]

assuming he got it through tell tale if it's through steam there won't be an email....but it will be posted on these forums ;)

[John Schutze]

I'm out.

I was guessing this weekend.....

[Deathtone]

So no one knows the exact date of the release for 2? I thought these were already done. Hurry up already , I need my zombie fix. Seriously though if anyone knows when the release for the 2nd one will be let me know I have already purchased all of them , thinking they were done.

[Milosuperspesh]

So no one knows the exact date of the release for 2? I thought these were already done. Hurry up already , I need my zombie fix. Seriously though if anyone knows when the release for the 2nd one will be let me know I have already purchased all of them , thinking they were done.

and there we have yet another person who doesn't read the fine print...

[Deathtone]

Thanks for your sarcasim , and not answering my question , really classy of you. I can tell this site is going to be helpful.

[Vainamoinen]

So no one knows the exact date of the release for 2? I thought these were already done. Hurry up already , I need my zombie fix. Seriously though if anyone knows when the release for the 2nd one will be let me know I have already purchased all of them , thinking they were done.

1.) Yes, no one (in fact, NO ONE) already knows the exact release day for episode 2.
2.) If the episodes WERE already done, Telltale would release them immediately and move on to the next Season! ;)

I hope that was a bit more helpful. Watch the blog (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs) regularly for more info, because that is usually the first official source for release dates. But the release dates will only emerge mere days from the release, mind you.

[stanmaiden]

me too, don't worry, you'll get all the episodes

Awesome, thanks :):cool:

[divisionten]

Uuuuum... Someone this morning voted for May 3rd. Really? This isn't BttF. :)

[CapnJay]

Uuuuum... Someone this morning voted for May 3rd. Really? This isn't BttF. :)

People can people can Dream

i voted for this tuesday

[Milosuperspesh]

sorry running low on patience at the mo..

why is it so hard for people to use google/ the search function/ or just look through the post they have just commented in ?! heck even looked at the sticky threads..

ps your welcome for the sarcasm ;)

[CapnJay]

Right now the Wiki seems most likely but i'm dotting my fingers and crossing my eyes waiting for hopefully sooner release

[Vainamoinen]

Milo, you can either help or ignore, but there is no third option, please.

[Milosuperspesh]

roger that

[CapnJay]

ok so maybe next tuesday.. i lost this time.

[macil]

I'm a pessimist.

Its not on the poll, but I'm guessing no sooner than June 12th. :)

[CapnJay]

Awww come on guys

[Vainamoinen]

I'm a pessimist.

Its not on the poll, but I'm guessing no sooner than June 12th. :)

You're losing this game!! :D :D

[CapnJay]

I'm going to check XBLA every morning

[Rasher]

My guess? Friday May 25th or the Monday after. I doubt Telltale will release it during the weekend.

[Icedhope]

seeing as a mod made the guessing game they must know, and he has it out to june 6 more than a month by the way so much for monthly must be june 6 or why bother making it that way?

Actually we don't know anything about the release dates. We find out when you guys do.

Telltale isn't like a major Devs. They don't street date their products they give you a time frame..and usually it's with in the month that they say it's going to be released. Their have been times where their games haven't been released and have been released in Dec. Instead of Nov.

[Vainamoinen]

Won't happen - and does not deserve its own thread to begin with. There are people here who didn't get concrete release days for six years and seven games, and you don't hear them complaining the slightest bit. Seriously, a man of your age should have a bit more patience.

[Vainamoinen]

10 weeks? Where did anyone say 10 weeks? Not 10, not 9, not 8, not 7 and proooobably not even 6. Just assume July 7th and voila, you've got your fixed release date that will be met.

[Icedhope]

I would love to your trades person pay me now, and i wont tell you anything about when i might actually do the work, we you refuse to tell any info sounds more and more like the company is in troible and might not even get anther one out


Could be worse...could be Valve Time.

[Milosuperspesh]

flash the monthly release is an educated guess and is what ttg aim to do for each episode. as has been said already but you seem to have forgot or not understood..

go back through this topic and read our answers to your original question....

[Vainamoinen]

SOMETIMES. But mostly not at 6:40 AM PST.

[flash-900]

flash the monthly release is an educated guess and is what ttg aim to do for each episode. as has been said already but you seem to have forgot or not understood..

go back through this topic and read our answers to your original question....

No just have the shits your advertising, it states 5 monthly epps not 5 educated guess releses

Just find it hard to belive you adervertise one thing to suck ppl in then have no idea of when it might realy happen

[flash-900]

ps i am in oz mate

[Weeksy]

No just have the shits your advertising, it states 5 monthly epps not 5 educated guess releses

Just find it hard to belive you adervertise one thing to suck ppl in then have no idea of when it might realy happen

No one sucked you in Mate - you bought it as you saw it.

As people have said numerous times before, it's monthly, but as for the specific date, it usually doesn't get announced until at most a day or so before, if at all.

After the next episode, you're going to have another 3 sets of long waits for the next episodes - best you get used to how it works now and save yourself some stress - it won't change, this is how TTG have always operated, and a bit of light digging around the forums would have shown you that before you put down your money.

[Milosuperspesh]

fanbois? maybe so but most of us here have the common sence to check information at it's source or have bought a ttg game before so we know what ttg do, how they work and we also know we get our money's worth 'most of the time' maybe the exception being jurrasic park (which i haven't played) but i hear it's not the best of ttg's games..

i feel like we're going in circles here...

[eblocksonian]

Jesus christ, accept the situation as it is. It's not our fault that you didn't look into the game and Telltale more before buying. You already bought the darn thing, and it's already fairly public knowledge that Telltale Games does episodic gaming. And cajoling them won't make it go any faster. Go ahead, send your e-mails, make your calls. But the chances of changing anything are slim. And they aren't likely to change this model in the future.

Deal with it. Everyone else here is stuck like you are.

Besides this is THE OFFICIAL FORUM OF TELLTALE GAMES. There is no better site for better information on Telltale Games. This is it. You don't like it, too bad.

[CapnJay]

As I see it the proper answer is "Not Soon Enough for the Fans"

[danvzare]

Interesting, the current most voted date is 29th of May, which just so happens to be my exam date, the second most voted date is 25th of May, which is my birthday. This is the biggest coincidence I have ever seen, EVER. Other than that, nothing else is happening for me in May, so it truly is a big coincidence.

[CapnJay]

Happy Early Birthday Dan

[Pitchingace88]

I like the guessing game, I just wish because of work they would give a deadline so I could work my schedule to when it comes out, but regardless they do a great job so I'm happy.

PS. If the developers are reading this, make a season 2 :)

[CapnJay]

I like the guessing game, I just wish because of work they would give a deadline so I could work my schedule to when it comes out, but regardless they do a great job so I'm happy.

PS. If the developers are reading this, make a season 2 :)

I agree

[eblocksonian]

Its not my fault that the official forum of ttg best answer is we don’t know, might be fun getting a rise out the forum until next epp though:)
In other words, you want to waste your time on annoying us. What are you, 10 years old with a lot of time on your hands and nothing better to do? Go waste someone else's time.

[CapnJay]

In other words, you want to waste your time on annoying us. What are you, 10 years old with a lot of time on your hands and nothing better to do? Go waste someone else's time.

blockey why you so cranky?

[eblocksonian]

blockey why you so cranky?
I'm not cranky. Besides, that guy was just being annoying. He knows the answer, but refuses to accept it. That's not our problem. He'll just have deal with the situation.

[CapnJay]

I'm not cranky. Besides, that guy was just being annoying. He knows the answer, but refuses to accept it. That's not our problem. He'll just have deal with the situation.
If we didn't have people complaining arguing and generally being silly then this forum would be slower then a herd of snails stampeding through peanut butter

[divisionten]

If we didn't have people complaining arguing and generally being silly then this forum would be slower then a herd of snails stampeding through peanut butter

A ROUT of snails. :)

[CapnJay]

A ROUT of snails. :)

My mistake

[Milosuperspesh]

If we didn't have people complaining arguing and generally being silly then this forum would be slower then a herd of snails stampeding through peanut butter

i didn't know snails stampeded ?

time lapse filming would come in handy..

[divisionten]

i didn't know snails stampeded ?

time lapse filming would come in handy..

It exists, acually. Look up Penn and Teller Tell a Lie.

[Vainamoinen]

div, should we close the poll mid-monthish? After all, we could get surprised by an actual release date pretty fast... ;)

[divisionten]

div, should we close the poll mid-monthish? After all, we could get surprised by an actual release date pretty fast... ;)

Set to close on the 15th, I believe.

[CapnJay]

I wonder if the programmers are thinking about how many actual diverging choices they can make before their is too many variables to account for while designing.

[Milosuperspesh]

I wonder if the programmers are thinking about how many actual diverging choices they can make before their is too many variables to account for while designing.

i guess they do it to the point where any more makes the game crash or they run out of possible combo's

like say

lee is nice to kenny, kenny needs saving but doug/carly dies, duck gets clem in to trouble so lee has to choose between random and clem either way clem is saved, new random causes trouble larry gets all high and mighty gets punched larry nearly dies lilly complains and lee makes a tough choice with clem needing help, new random helps save people, new random gets hurt and turns goes for doug/carly then some one decided to tell the group lee is a murderer .... clem cries...

[CapnJay]

i guess they do it to the point where any more makes the game crash or they run out of possible combo's

like say

lee is nice to kenny, kenny needs saving but doug/carly dies, duck gets clem in to trouble so lee has to choose between random and clem either way clem is saved, new random causes trouble larry gets all high and mighty gets punched larry nearly dies lilly complains and lee makes a tough choice with clem needing help, new random helps save people, new random gets hurt and turns goes for doug/carly then some one decided to tell the group lee is a murderer .... clem cries...

Imagine if TTg could make a 7 gb game with this formula

[Darthchair]

I just created and voted. Unlike some people, I really don't mind waiting for a quality product. Heck, I'm still waiting for Mass Effect 3's ending, you know? But seriously...I voted May 29th as well. Most games are released on Tuesdays so it would make sense. Although...I'm not sure if TellTale tends to avoid that or not. I'm a Steam user and traditionally I've waited for the season to be over before buying.

But these episodes are totally worth waiting a month for. I noticed you guys call it a season though, and maybe it is, but I sorta thought this was planned to be a one-shot kinda deal. You know, once the episodes we bought are over, that's all she wrote. Could this story literally end in a cliff hanger? o.o

[CapnJay]

i've got 400 points set aside for episode 2 whenever it comes out i also have 300 points spare and considering getting 1600 points for MineCraft

[Milosuperspesh]

Imagine if TTg could make a 7 gb game with this formula saracasm detector reads yes

yeah they have done that already ;)

[CapnJay]

saracasm detector reads yes

yeah they have done that already ;)

they've made a 7gb game that has multiple decisions that matter and can lead to multiple outcomes? I don't know what game that is i only know Walking Dead and Sam and Max the only system i got is the XBox 360 my pc is too weak to run pretty much any game

[ServiusTheBear]

I say the 1st of June

[CapnJay]

I say May 15th just to be hopeful

[BountyHunter]

Well, it better be soon, cause I'm dying over here.

[CapnJay]

*Looks at BountyHunter and pulls out a Defibrillator* I got you covered Bro

[WARP10CK]

almost a full month any word on next epp?

No it will probably come out in the last week of may that`s how they release any other episodes of all the other games they have made.

[Vainamoinen]

Less than three weeks is not "almost a full month" and I'm moving this to the release date discussion. There's no need at all for single threads with ever the same rhetoric question.

/edit: Come on, we can beat 300 voters until the poll closes tomorrow!!

[CapnJay]

epp 1 24, april next one 24 may thats one month

10 days left?

[MeatyMeatyMoo]

So is the list on Wikipedia completely false? It would be nice to get Episode 2 before

[*snipped bogus dates*]

[Vainamoinen]

WUT?!?

This is the most bogus stuff I have ever read. Which idiots edit Wikipedia these days??? You'll very likely get episode 2 more than three weeks before June 30th. Or four, or even five.

The list is completely invented. It stretches the Season almost to 2013, how stupid is that? By then, we will probably have another Season of a completely different franchise running at episode 1 or 2... and the tumbleweeds rule the TWD game forum!!

Quoting Jake again:

[...]Episode Two hasn't yet got a release date.

We've only announced the release date of the first episode (which has since shipped :)). When the dates for subsequent episodes are announced, you'll hear about it on the Telltale blog, Telltale's Walking Dead Facebook page, Telltale's Twitter account, and the Telltale forums. If you hear a release date from anywhere else first and can't find it substantiated on Telltale's site (or a news/social network page belonging to Telltale), it is most likely incorrect.

That "only trust the official source" extends to IGN and the like -- they put release dates up for games based sometimes just on a guess! They are often wrong.

[Gman5852]

So is the list on Wikipedia completely false? It would be nice to get Episode 2 before June 30th.



You'll get the episodes much sooner than that. Its a monthly release.

[The_Ripper]

[QUOTE=MeatyMeatyMoo;610245]So is the list on Wikipedia completely false? It would be nice to get Episode 2 before /QUOTE]

Absolutely FALSE. By August we will be playing the season finale. :)

[toothiersnow]

by august the only threads left in the forum will be 'were's season 2' and 'did clem really have to die such a horrific death?'

[Gman5852]

by august the only threads left in the forum will be 'were's season 2' and 'did Lee really have to die such a horrific death?'

That is probably more realistic.

[WhyAmISoBored]

I am new to TTG, but I have to say, I am very impressed with the first epp of this game and am really excited at the depth of story.

I know the delay sucks with episodic releases, but I for one have always enjoyed good television shows that have delays between episodes; allows for anticipation build up, discussion on forum groups, and really makes you appreciate the next installment. I hope that this game delivers everything it has started out with and more. I am such a huge Walking Dead comic and show fan, I can't believe that this game didn't disappoint. I wish people who are too stupid to understand the weekly release thing would shut it and realize that this is a great game who's spacing in between episodes can allow for some excitement. Also, TTG's track record speaks for itself.

That being said, are any of the other TTG offerings good? I don't like "kiddy games"... i.e. Wallace and Grommit...:D

[Weeksy]

That being said, are any of the other TTG offerings good? I don't like "kiddy games"... i.e. Wallace and Grommit...:D

All comes down to taste - I have all of the TTG offerings except for 'Bone" which I was never terribly interested in.

For me - "Sam & Max" Series 1-3, "Poker Night at the Inventory", "Back To the Future" & "Strong Bad" are all solid (although I did really enjoy "Wallace & Gromit" - don't discount it as being a "kiddy game", it's actually a really good adventure).

Favourite so far would still be "Tales of Monkey Island" though. Keep in mind that all of the above are very different stylistically and gameplay wise to "The Walking Dead" - at one point you could get "Sam & Max" S2E01 "Ice Station Santa" for free - if that's still an option, I would recommend giving that a try.

[Moragami]

did not expect it to be so half assed, not a fan of ttg though seems they walk on water here, fan of twd

still say piss poor way to run a company and no wonder they do nothing about it when there currunt fans are pepared to be walked all over, if all my custmers said its cool we dont care i wouldnt give a shit about a timetable too

i know banging my head aginst a brick wall here as it all fanboys

ps i am in oz mate

Mate, you're Australian? No wonder there's been all the confusion, these guys here don't speak Australian!

I'll take it from here guys. Let me translate, mate. ;)

Let's put it in terms we blokes from the outback better understand. Say, you and a wallabee are relaxing, and chillin by a billabong. When along comes a bloke with a Koala on his back.

"Crikey!" he says, "There's some fair dinkum in that there billabong mate! I've got five jumbo prawns in there, and for only $24.99, you can have them all, approximately once per month, awww they'd be great on the barby, mate!"

So he offers to sell you those jumbo prawns, and the Koala assures you you'll get all 5 prawns. Now, Koala are revered as one of the most trustworthy animals of the outback, so you have a little confidence, and because you really love prawns (both the comic AND the TV show!), you agree to buy the whole 5 prawn series.

You buy them with the knowledge that they're episodic prawns, and they only swim up to the surface every month or so, and only when at their most succulent and nutritious.

You're not gonna go back into town 7 days later and start making demands about when you're gonna get that second prawn. The first prawn was delicious, but you know full well, you'll get the second prawn when it's ready, not a day before. If you and your wallabee tried to make a ruckus, they'd definitely run you out of town, maybe even take you up there to Ayers rock, where they'd beat you down with a didgeridoo!

Point is, you agreed to what you agreed to. You bought it, now be a man worthy of Australia. Be a bloke! Man up and accept your mistake, drink about 40 Fosters Lagers, make sure to do a little wrestling on the dirt wif your mate Bruce, and all will be right again on the outback. You can bet your dingo on it.

Am I right mate? Right, mate! G'Day!

G'Day Mate!

[WhyAmISoBored]

For me - "Sam & Max" Series 1-3, "Poker Night at the Inventory", "Back To the Future" & "Strong Bad" are all solid (although I did really enjoy "Wallace & Gromit" - don't discount it as being a "kiddy game", it's actually a really good adventure).

Favourite so far would still be "Tales of Monkey Island" though. Keep in mind that all of the above are very different stylistically and gameplay wise to "The Walking Dead" - at one point you could get "Sam & Max" S2E01 "Ice Station Santa" for free - if that's still an option, I would recommend giving that a try.


Thanks for the info - very thorough and solid recommendations. I have to admit that I'm pretty intrigued by the episodic release, but I think - for me - the beauty really lies in a show like TWD that I love so much and actually feel to be enhanced by the wait between episodes. It's like waiting for the next episode of the show and not knowing what is going to happen next makes it even more exciting to watch. That is something I loved about lost and still love about Fringe!

Thanks!

[WhyAmISoBored]

LOL nice one, still got me prawn exactly 4 weeks apart though unlike here were my point was it fine to wait for epps but here it could be anywere from a month to a month and a half, tv and comics all come out at set intervals, here a rough guess, Just have to wait for it to show up and hope it kind of on time

Actually, the comics for TWD don't really come out on any kind of set schedule either. I've seen them release 1 week apart, 3 weeks apart and almost 6 weeks apart. I have confidence that the series will be pretty well in-order as TWD has a rabid fan base.

Now that being said, I just hope that there will be multiple seasons as, so far, TTG seems to have a pretty good feel for what TWD is all about (and I hope that continuing episodes keep it up!)

[WabbitTwaks]

Only 1 week left before my date passes too and I lose. Damn.

*bangs on door*

You guys ARE going to have it done in a week, right? Right?!

...please?

...wiff sprinkles?

...and extra love heaped on?

*whimper*

[Vainamoinen]

Well, it's still not impossible, Wabbit. ;)

You were going for a "mere" four weeks between episodes. This has happened a few times in my days! :D

(For your reference:
Strong Bad episode 4 November 17th/ episode 5 December 15th;
Sam & Max Season 2, episode 4 March 14th/ episode 5 April 11th;
Sam & Max Season 3, episode 3 June 22nd, episode 4 July 20th.

There are more examples for S&M Season 1, but as there were Gametap pre-releases back then, I'm not sure what would count as the official "release date")

[walkerbait00]

these are the dates on wiki



Release date(s) Episode 1:
[*snip* there are no dates]

which i hope is wrong cause there is a 3 month gap between episode 2 and 3

[toothiersnow]

yeah id ignore the wiki if i were you and just wait for an official announcement by TTG, as they havent said anything so god knows were whoever put that up on the wiki is supposedly getting there info from ^^

[Vainamoinen]

Oh seriously, not AGAIN. Some witless joker with too much time on his hands is putting these into the wikipedia, completely bogus and stupid dates. And whoever does this is doing it on purpose, because that crap was already deleted yesterday. See page 7 of this thread for more than enough detail.

/edit: So, 309 voters. Maybe we'll get the next guessing thread to 400. :D

[WhyAmISoBored]

Since TWD game is a fairly in-depth game, I wonder if the release schedule will most closely reflect what the Back to the Future release schedule was like?

Episode 1: Feb 15
(+ 6 weeks)
Episode 2: March 29
(+ <1 week)
Episode 3: May 3
(+ ~5 weeks)
Episode 4: June 7
(+ >4 weeks)
Episode 5: July 26

If so, it seems the average falls exactly at 4 weeks (and I mean exactly, to the day - although two of the releases took 6 and 5 weeks which were offset by 1 being only a week in production.)

This being my first TTG game, would all of you TTG veterans say this is a realistic expectation pretty much what we should expect for TWD?

Honestly, I am seriously crossing my fingers that we don't have to wait six weeks for "Episode 2: Starved for Help" - that would put the release date at May 6th/7th. :eek:

[Vainamoinen]

All right, let's talk about the BTTF release dates a bit.

First of all, which platform are these BTTF release dates you're quoting from precisely? Because I can remember the first episode December 22nd PC release day from that game very well, so it's not PC/Mac... ahhh, seems to be PS3. Now, as both Sony as well as Microsoft have a game authorization process of rather indeterminable length (let alone their plans for European release), guessing those dates is something we have scarcely attempted. It is a good sign however that the first episode released almost simultaneous on PC /PS3 US/Xbox US. :D

But be advised that we are only guessing the PC/Mac release date in this thread for a reason... we are guessing things Telltale actually has control over.

The actual BTTF PC version started out with a pre-announced two month X-mas break between first and second episode. The release plan was clearly shown in the very first trailer:

http://i45.tinypic.com/ncjdzb.jpg

They kept this schedule exactly, but as you can see, they left a bit of wiggle room for the last episode by not giving a month for it. They took a bit of extra time for that last episode to schedule voice acting with Michael J. Fox so he actually was in the last episode. It was well worth the wait! ;)

[toothiersnow]

i truly wish that they would release that on the xbox, although i hear its not fantastic i still would love to play it, back on topic, kind of, doesnt any game released on xbox live have to be submitted a week before intended release date? and as you pointed out we had a similar (missed out by one day) release date, so fingers crossed (for xbox only) the game should be released a day after the pc/mac version? or am i jumping to conclusions and having a bout of wishful thinking?

[Vainamoinen]

I don't know that much about Xbox or PS3 authorization processes, but I do know that a timely submission doesn't mean that the build is actually accepted by those companies. If it isn't, a time-eating game of ping pong between Sony/Microsoft and Telltale might occur. An unforeseeable change this, change that, redo this, make that different.

I hope you're right though. ;)

[WhyAmISoBored]

Now, as both Sony as well as Microsoft have a game authorization process of rather indeterminable length (let alone their plans for European release), guessing those dates is something we have scarcely attempted. It is a good sign however that the first episode released almost simultaneous on PC /PS3 US/Xbox US. :D

But be advised that we are only guessing the PC/Mac release date in this thread for a reason... we are guessing things Telltale actually has control over.


Yes, it was the PS3 version that I was referencing (as I haven't had a quality, up-to-date "gaming computer" since the original Wolfenstein came out... LOL :p) ... sad, I know. I am all about mobile and console gaming.

I think with the hype and rabid following surrounding TWD, we should have less delay problems... or at least I hope.

You are right that it bodes well they were released so near each other.

Thanks for the insight.

[Burny Madeoff]

Release pleeeease

[Vainamoinen]

The poll is closed!

(Now the waiting REALLY begins. :D )

[Milosuperspesh]

maybe close the thread as well vain ;)

[Vainamoinen]

NEVAR. This thread will be open for decades to come!!!

(But pretty deserted once episode 2 is out. It will be silently unstuck a few days after we actually have a release date)

[nomecopies]

All hail Vainamoinen, the closer of threads!

[divisionten]

All hail Vainamoinen, the closer of threads!

Actually, this one's all me. :P

[puzzlebox]

Actually, this one's all me. :P

Not if Vainamoinen, Closer of Threads™ gets to it first! Bwahahahaha

[divisionten]

Not if Vainamoinen, Closer of Threads™ gets to it first! Bwahahahaha

I'm seriously considering designing that shirt.

[The_Ripper]

I'm seriously considering designing that shirt.

We already know a birthday present for him. :p

[CapnJay]

Hey ripper your in spain? I was born in spain. Is it still so poor that one house will have toilet tv and running water and the neighbors dont?

[Istibul]

i cant wait any longer :(

[CapnJay]

*grabs onto Istibul and shakes* Don't you give up on me! Would Derpy Hooves Give up in a time like this?

[Istibul]

*grabs onto Istibul and shakes* Don't you give up on me! Would Derpy Hooves Give up in a time like this?
Heh, I think not :rolleyes: thanks for cheering me up, good sir. One more day w/o EP2 could be survived.:D

[CapnJay]

Heh, I think not :rolleyes: thanks for cheering me up, good sir. One more day w/o EP2 could be survived.:D

Indeed Stand Tall Stand Proud and Stand by your Pony. Every day that passes is another day that 100 % guarantees your closer to a release date.

[The_Ripper]

Hey ripper your in spain? I was born in spain. Is it still so poor that one house will have toilet tv and running water and the neighbors dont?

What?! Are you sure that you have born in Spain? Or are you trolling?

Of course we have running water, toilet, tv, PC, even consoles and Iphones. Amazing, uh?

My neighbors have water, tv, toilets too. Thanks for asking.

[Bloody Eugene]

from http://www.marketwatch.com/story/one-million-episodes-of-telltale-games-the-walking-dead-sold-in-first-two-weeks-2012-05-17

The upcoming second episode of the season, 'Starved for Help', is expected to launch across PC, Mac, and consoles this June.

JUNE?!?!?!?!?! :confused:

[divisionten]

from http://www.marketwatch.com/story/one-million-episodes-of-telltale-games-the-walking-dead-sold-in-first-two-weeks-2012-05-17



JUNE?!?!?!?!?! :confused:

Unless Telltle themselves said it, don't believe it.

[The_Ripper]

Unless Telltle themselves said it, don't believe it.

From Youtube Telltale's account:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d8xhtpTpiUA

Yes, June! :(

I've lost the guessing game... me and a bunch of people.

[CapnJay]

Don't trust anything till a Red Font Employee posts it in the Forum. I never trust youtube unless i want some Chocolate Rain

[Jake]

red font! (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-969)

[RAnthonyMahan]

red font! (http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-969)

Daww. :(

On the bright side, congratulations on a million sales! Is this Telltale's all-time best-seller now?

[Bloody Eugene]

From Youtube Telltale's account:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=d8xhtpTpiUA

Yes, June! :(

I've lost the guessing game... me and a bunch of people.

I'm starting to forget my decisions now, I think that in June my memory will be wasted... I hope the episode will start with a recap trailer.

[The_Ripper]

Daww. :(

On the bright side, congratulations on a million sales! Is this Telltale's all-time best-seller now?

At this rate this would deserve a second season. ;)

[Jake]

I'm starting to forget my decisions now, I think that in June my memory will be wasted... I hope the episode will start with a recap trailer.

That is the plan!

[The_Ripper]

That is the plan!

Great!!

Previously on "The Walking Dead"...

[Gman5852]

That is the plan!

Smart move then, but is there a reason for a June release now?

[Bloody Eugene]

That is the plan!

You are my heroes... :)

[Dameon2k]

I predict telltale will release this is as late as possible...can't remember any early month releases off the top of my head.....I think the 29th is a safe bet. I noticed there are June dates? I could have swore I read they were releasing each episode back to back months until it was all released. I always just take the last date in a month and then only get unhappy if it isn't out by then. I find like Valve its easy to just not get your hopes up....LOL

[Gman5852]

I predict telltale will release this is as late as possible...can't remember any early month releases off the top of my head.....I think the 29th is a safe bet. I noticed there are June dates? I could have swore I read they were releasing each episode back to back months until it was all released. I always just take the last date in a month and then only get unhappy if it isn't out by then. I find like Valve its easy to just not get your hopes up....LOL

They just announced today episode comes out in June:(

[Milosuperspesh]

the million copies news post says june but that could mean anything still and no other post on the forums saying /confirming.... could be just a smoke screen or a zombie fart...

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e179/pickleboy007/imagesCAEFTXZO.jpg

[Istibul]

My heart is broken.

[CapnJay]

Untill I see a Red Fonter confirm I don't habeeb it

[divisionten]

Untill I see a Red Fonter confirm I don't habeeb it

Jake has confirmed. Check the Blog. It's June. Good for me; I can play on the flight to the East Coast for my job!

[CapnJay]

what blog?

[Istibul]

what blog?

http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-969#
watch video to the end.

[CapnJay]

http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs/id-969#
watch video to the end.

I think i'll start listening to Beauty and the Beast's "Mob Song" on repeat. Anyone care to join me?

[John Schutze]

Jake has confirmed. Check the Blog. It's June. Good for me; I can play on the flight to the East Coast for my job!

I guess the people's reaction around you in the airplane...

"What's that game?"




June? Oh my... I think I'll forget this game until the 4th or 5th episode...

I need to get some books, new games or study something...

[Ja1862]

wtf June :-s that's bull... lucky I only bought the first episode, I wont bother with this till all 5 are released since it could tske a good 8 - 9 months.

[Milosuperspesh]

to be fair i'm not surprised at all...

back to the future on the pc had a 2 month gap between the first and the second episode so ttg have done it again..

[John Schutze]

I still can't believe it....

June?

They could keep us in high expectations but they prefer to make us wait...
I don't feel so excited to play an episode knowing the next one will come on may, no, on june, no, on july.... One month is the maximum time to wait for....more than this....makes me sad and unexcited.

Also, why to wait almost until the end of the month to say it?
I think communication is the key... we're customers and we deserve it.

[cmar143]

If you say one episode every month then you should stick to that by any means necessary. If I was the designer I would have all hands on deck around the clock if needed to keep my word. I know its just a video game but come on...your word is your bond.

[KDStudios]

I agree.
If you cannot live up to your word then don't say ANYTHING at all. Ever.
Otherwise whenever you say something, we'll assume it means something different.
"It will be out on -random date-" - Means it will be out between the day after and week following.
"They will be monthly episodes" - Means it will be every couple of months.
"They will last up to 2 hours" - Means it will last about an hour to the most green of gamers.

Again, either stick to your word or don't say anything at all and become a company that just ignores us. (Oh wait...)

As for me, meh stuff it I'm tired of you.
I'll wait until they're all out and play it next year or something.
A month to continue a story is the maximum I will wait, any longer and you're just pissing us around.
What do you hope to get out of this exactly?
It will make you less, rather than more money.

[toothiersnow]

though im not hoping to cause arguements, im sure it will, were was it written that it was going to be monthly? (honest question, id like to see it, because if they promised monthly then they technically should live up to it) and secondly if it appears on the first of june (which i highly doubt it will) is it that bad of a thing to wait for less than a week extra?

[srsly]

though im not hoping to cause arguements, im sure it will, were was it written that it was going to be monthly? (honest question, id like to see it, because if they promised monthly then they technically should live up to it) and secondly if it appears on the first of june (which i highly doubt it will) is it that bad of a thing to wait for less than a week extra?

Here it is verbatim from the PSN description for the game:

"(Episode 1 Available Now. Episodes 2-5 to be released monthly)"

So they tell you it's going to be monthly so you think "Oh well I may as well just buy the package deal (all 5 episodes) and save myself 5 bucks through paying in advance. And then they make you wait 2 months between episodes. I'm seriously glad I didn't get suckered into buying the package deal as I sorta figured something like this would happen. XBL must've figured the same thing as they had no option to buy all the episodes in advance. This is some serious BS on the part of telltalegames.

[DamoElDiablo]

I don't understand why people are getting so up in a knot over the change of release date for episode 2.
Doesn't mean it's necessarily the end of June, it could very well be early June. So you've to wait a few days extra, what's the big deal?
If Telltale feel the game isn't ready to be released to hit the date exactly on one month, and they want to make sure it's a great game, would you rather they released it bang on date, and possibly be unpolished, unfinished or buggy, or would you rather they took a few days extra, and delivered something that's quality?

It's not like anyone has been 'suckered' into buying the package deal, as they will still get the same amount of episodes, they just won't be disappointed because the game had to be rushed out.

[CapnJay]

The Walking Dead Vs Mass Effect 3 dissappointment battle

[walkerbait00]

the same thing happened for bttf so im not surprised

[Milosuperspesh]

taken from the main twd FAQ page...

Why is this game episodic? What does that mean?
•Telltale has a strong history of releasing episodic games but more importantly, we wanted this game to offer an experience analogous to the comic books and TV show, which are also episodic in nature. We have plans for 5 episodes, releasing once per month.

[KDStudios]

taken from the main twd FAQ page...

Why is this game episodic? What does that mean?
•Telltale has a strong history of releasing episodic games but more importantly, we wanted this game to offer an experience analogous to the comic books and TV show, which are also episodic in nature. We have plans for 5 episodes, releasing once per month.

This.

[Sunago]

Ehm guys, you all do realise it could be ANYWHERE in June right? For all you guys know it could be June the 1st. Okay, it also could be at the end of June but we still don't know. All we know now is that it'll release in June. Which means it could be on any of those days said month has.

[mkane24]

I am skeptical about this.

About a week ago i posted a thread about information I found on walking dead wiki. it said there would be delays and episode 2 was being pushed back to june 24th... this was apparently refuted.

Now I have came back to the boards for the first time and see that the game has been pushed back to June. It seems really funny to get a vague answer from a telltale member and a week later to here the game isn't coming out until June.

I'm starting to believe the original information from walking dead wiki was right...

[CapnJay]

I'm Starting to believe never trust anyone After all Mass Effect 3 was full of lies

[mkane24]

If I wasn't so addicted to the walking dead I'd probably stop buying this game.

I know everyone keeps saying be patient, they are putting all of their effort into the game, and it's not that I don't understand that. I want a quality game too...but waiting for a maximum of three hours of game play is just frustrating. I guess I'm not too big a fan of this episodic gaming...

Since I'm an addict though, I guess I'll play ball.

[Icedhope]

I've been around while not actively posting since the first Sam&Max season. The best advice I can give you. Is find something else to play in the mean time. It's what I do. I find another game series to play and I just go with that..I did an Assassins creed run in about a month and a half. While it doesn't fix the problem it helps it.

[mkane24]

I actually just read all the comics....I saw the show, had to check out the comics. read em all in two days....the comics are much better.

It kind of annoys me though a telltale member vaguely refuted my post about the June 24th release date, and a week later its officially going reported to be released in June... kind of felt like a little smoke was blown up my ass.

Being the pessimist I am though, it really wouldn't surprise me to see episode 2 until the 24th.

[CapnJay]

Wait a minute.... Refuted a claim... called us paranoid .... then a week later admitted we were right.... Telltale just pulled a Bergman!

"A Bergman" Is based on Fallout New Vegas when Jason Bergman said

"Good lord, you guys are paranoid.

It will be out in August. We delayed OWB because of the patch. We don't have that worry with LR. "

Then it turned out ... Lonesome Road was Delayed.

[CapnJay]

I'm going to buy the episodes regardless of release dates

[Milosuperspesh]

RIPPED OFF, ttg fail

how are you ripped off ? your still going to get the episodes like everyone else and like everyone else you'll have to wait longer....

ttg haven't failed they have given us a little idea of when to expect ep2 which before most people assumed it was monthly...so imo ttg have actually been nice to us by giving us bit of info on ep2....

[Gman5852]

ttg haven't failed they have given us a little idea of when to expect ep2 which before most people assumed it was monthly...so imo ttg have actually been nice to us by giving us bit of info on ep2....

Pretty sure Telltale said it would be monthly. And besides that, just about all of their games have been monthly on episodes.

I won't complain as I'm patient, but people getting mad about all this are pretty justified in being mad IMO.

[CapnJay]

One Fact is True The Walking Dead is no longer an Escape from Mass Effect 3

[walkerbait00]

according to gamefly there release for starved for help is in may. so many conflicting dates i hope gamefly is right though :D

[Gman5852]

according to gamefly there release is in may for pc so many conflicting dates i hope gamefly is right though :D

Telltale themselves already announced June.

[walkerbait00]

does anyone know when it does come out if all platforms will release the same day or will xbox be last to get it cause the first episode came out 3 days later than ps3 and pc

[mkane24]

you're right capn jay! this is just like OWB when fallout new vegas was doing their DLC... I really think it's a shame this ended up happening. a lot of first time buyers like myself are probably frustrated with the lack of information they are getting...plus ontop of the whole episode 1 release cluster which resulted in handing out steam codes so people could actually play they game they bought. I'm not really impressed with how telltale does things...

[mkane24]

and no walkerbait...we are all here bitching because we really have no idea

[cmar143]

If the second episode is delayed can you imagine how far the 4th or 5th episode will be pushed back!!!!! The more episodes the more complicated= more time. TTG should not make promises they cant keep. Or hire more designers to keep your word!!!!!!!!

[mkane24]

game delays are to be expected, but i agree with what you're saying cmart. I know unless telltale is making a walking dead game...i wont be buying

[stanmaiden]

i've paid 42.74

[stanmaiden]

i bought the walking dead game and the almost everything pack for pc

[Milosuperspesh]

i bought the walking dead game and the almost everything pack for pc

double posting is bad can you edit your earlier post ?
other wise mod's get angry ;)

[mkane24]

when they say almost everything pack do they mean you get like 3/4s of all the games and a couple months later you can have the rest?

[Talahar]

If you annouce a date before it's fix and something changes, the fans get annoyed.
If you don't announce a date, the fans get annoyed.
TTG cannot win this game.

There are better things to do than to get one's panties in a bunch over a delayed computer game... *winky face*

[mkane24]

Yeah a consumer totally doesn't have the right to be annoyed when they are told one thing and another happens...

[CapnJay]

Easy for you to say Tali Your in Germany. It's got to be party central over there.

[Talahar]

Party Central? Why's that? Business as usual as far as I'm concerned.

[Gman5852]

when they say almost everything pack do they mean you get like 3/4s of all the games and a couple months later you can have the rest?

no. It means you get 3/4 of telltales games... thats it. Those episodes are already out lol.

[toothiersnow]

Simple way of looking it is, we were promised monthly episodes, they arent happening, so you can bitch and moan as much as you want, and the whole whoah is me shit is getting old, so calm dudes!

[JessiC]

As a new gamer of TTG's...just gotta say they are a huge disappointment. And I'm so tired of the phony 'support' for them NOT keeping their word in this forum. I was suckered into buying the entire set of promised "MONTHLY" episodes...not BIMONTHLY episodes. It's BS..plain and simple.

Pretty much sure this will be the last bit of money out of my pocket they receive...

[sattmullivan]

Its not that big of a deal, i waited over a year to get the first episode... i don't like waiting longer either, but whatever, the comics take even longer for more volumes to come out. The best way to enjoy a telltale game is a year after its initial release. I dont wanna sound pretentious, which means i am about to, but everyone being all pissy about this must be fans of the television series (which has totally butchered the story as well as the character development) they are just caught up in the hype storm. If you like the game just wait till the next release, if you dont then dont play. Im sure the guys at telltale couldnt give two poops about people whining in their forums. If it bothered them they would just delete all the complaints.

[eblocksonian]

Its not my fault that the official forum of ttg best answer is we don’t know, might be fun getting a rise out the forum until next epp though:)
So you think it's fun to be troll? Screw you, you freakin' jerk. Don't act like an self-absorbed selfish egomaniacal fool.

It's always been this way for Telltale Games. Don't like it, don't buy their games again. But complaining about it to US, isn't it going to help. Annoying us may be fun for you, but it isn't fun for us. You understand that, you douchebag? Or do you need me to use simple words so that your simple mind and simple behavior can comprehend?

[CapnJay]

I guess Bioware broke me because it doesn't suprise me

[WabbitTwaks]

June... *sigh*

See what happens when I am gone for a few days taking finals? Figures... *double sigh*

Oh well, on to my next classes, I guess.

[eblocksonian]

You seem upset:) cant handle some criticisn, I am just frurstrated at the lack of info, mabey ttg will pick up the pace and try to keep a better schedule, who knows i am not alone in this point , but i dont need to abuse people
I can't handle criticism? I handle it perfectly well. What I can't handle is people being annoying. We already answer your questions to the best of our ability. Quit acting like weasely putz. Your moronic whining isn't helping anyone. The only thing it's helping is making you look like a selfish putz who only cares what what he, himself, wants, with no consideration to others.

And so what if there are others feeling like you? Do you see them constantly complaining like a putz? Maybe a complaint here or there, but they aren't acting like a putz like you. You are alone in that.

The problem isn't your complaint, is the amount of times you are repeating it. Everyone already knows what your complaints are. Complaining more isn't going to make anything go faster.

[mkane24]

I want to know why die hard telltale fans are just blindly standing up for them. it is pretty plan and simple...they made a promise and didn't keep it. what's not to be upset about?

[sattmullivan]

telltale fans stand for this because we like the games. we NEED these games. its just like gasoline. why are americans (not to mention europeans) putting up with these ridiculously high prices and doing nothing about it? Cause if we boycott telltale games over minuscule problems like this, who will make the games we like? i cant say telltale lost my business over this cause im still excited about fables and kings quest

[CapnJay]

Same reason people say "There was absolutely nothing wrong with ME3's ending" honestly im more offended by ME3's ending then a June Release date on TWDG

[eblocksonian]

I want to know why die hard telltale fans are just blindly standing up for them. it is pretty plan and simple...they made a promise and didn't keep it. what's not to be upset about?
I'm not standing up for them. You are correct: the lack of decisive and hard dates on releases SUCK. It does.

But constant complaints isn't going to help anyone. It's not going to help you. It's not going to help me. It's not going help them. It's not going him. It's not going to help her. Plus, what promise are you talking about? They never said it was going to be release in May. They said "Maybe in May".

It's not going to help, so why keep doing it? Come back in September if you are so impatient.

[CapnJay]

You know what Everybody STOP BEING OFFENDED

For Now.... Hear Me Out.

It will be a LOOOOOONG time before all 5 episodes come out.

BUT!!!

If the Walking Dead when all 5 episodes come out live up to our hopes of multiple endings {including ones for psychos where Lee survives alone one for martyrs sacrificing yourself for clem, one for Clem being Lee's new adopted daughter, and maybe even killing off duck for Duck Hunters} ,multiple decisions, and possibly even some bloopers and maybe superficial DLC. Then we can all happily enjoy it.

HOWEVER

If they basically make this a linear game with Superficial decisions all leading to the same outcomes. THEN we Drive them nuts with complaining


Just My Opinion Commander no need to go spreading it around

[mkane24]

because this forum is a medium for me to do so! As a new telltale customer I am not impressed with how they are releasing this game. I think it's rough waiting so long for such a small amount of game play. If each chapter were five or six hours of game play I wouldn't be upset. But a maximum of three? a Lot of gamers can do that in one sitting. I'm not saying I havn't been impressed with what I've played, but how long and how little I'm waiting and getting.

[mkane24]

I like your idea jay....the real bitching will come if it's a linear ending!

[eblocksonian]

because this forum is a medium for me to do so! As a new telltale customer I am not impressed with how they are releasing this game. I think it's rough waiting so long for such a small amount of game play. If each chapter were five or six hours of game play I wouldn't be upset. But a maximum of three? a Lot of gamers can do that in one sitting. I'm not saying I havn't been impressed with what I've played, but how long and how little I'm waiting and getting.
The first I can get. But I wasn't really referring to you mostly, to be honest. It's the OTHER guy that I'm annoyed with.

But you didn't answer my question. What promise? What are you referring to?

I like your idea jay....the real bitching will come if it's a linear ending!

Don't complain about imaginary scenarios that don't exist yet.

You know what Everybody STOP BEING OFFENDED

For Now.... Hear Me Out.

It will be a LOOOOOONG time before all 5 episodes come out.

BUT!!!

If the Walking Dead when all 5 episodes come out live up to our hopes of multiple endings {including ones for psychos where Lee survives alone one for martyrs sacrificing yourself for clem, one for Clem being Lee's new adopted daughter, and maybe even killing off duck for Duck Hunters} ,multiple decisions, and possibly even some bloopers and maybe superficial DLC. Then we can all happily enjoy it.

HOWEVER

If they basically make this a linear game with Superficial decisions all leading to the same outcomes. THEN we Drive them nuts with complaining


Just My Opinion Commander no need to go spreading it around

That's interesting, but this is irrelevant and has nothing to do with the release discussion.

[mkane24]

I had a telltale member refute my post about a release date being pushed to june. then a week later its set in june....that's pretty much what annoyed me

[eblocksonian]

Was this a private communication, praytell? Only one person can verify it-the person you talked to.

[mkane24]

the thread was called something like "june 24th rumor"....can't remember.

[eblocksonian]

the thread was called something like "june 24th rumor"....can't remember.

Just read that thread-there is no promise that will be in May, or that will earlier in June. The only the thing that the Telltale Team Member said was, don't believe outside sources.

There was no promise. You misinterpreted what they said.

[mkane24]

"We also haven't announced a delay for "programming problems" or any other reason". thats what he said. what they promised was monthly episodes. now its not coming out until june. what am i missing?

[eblocksonian]

"We also haven't announced a delay for "programming problems" or any other reason". thats what he said. what they promised was monthly episodes. now its not coming out until june. what am i missing?
Promise WHAT monthly episode? They never promised that. Ever. It's the general schedule they would do things, yes, but this was never promised. Ever. You have no proof this is a promise. Maybe they generally release episodes montly more or less, but they never promised a hard date for Episode 2.

As for the delay comment, it just means they are schedule. Doesn't mean they were going to do it in May.

[mkane24]

I can no longer have this conversation because I can see its not going anywhere. nothing you say is going to change the fact that i will never buy a telltale game outside of something walking dead related. so i guess they got kudos to them for having a super great concept to work with.

[eblocksonian]

That's fine by me. Just enjoy your time with Walking Dead. And then tell me how you feel in several months.

[KDStudios]

Okay okay okayyyyyyy...
Let me get this straight...
Come back in September?

Heh we all know all 5 episodes will NOT be out by the end of September :P
I think that's the problem here :P
5 episodes, released in a 5 month time frame.
By the second episode they've already extended it to a 6 month time frame. Now how much more time will be added if they add an extra month onto the remaining episodes? That's an extra 3 months added right there.
Suddenly what we see is something that should take 5 months... Become 9 months at least.
That's over 120 extra days of development time.

Hmm?
*Grins*
*Facepalms*
*Laughs at the people complaining like babies*
*Laughs at the die hard fans sticking up for bog roll*

You're both as stubborn as eachother, it's like watching toddlers argue over having the red truck when there's a red and blue one.
Go play Minecraft, Skyrim or one of the many free MMO's out there.

[The_Ripper]

Promise WHAT monthly episode? They never promised that. Ever. It's the general schedule they would do things, yes, but this was never promised. Ever. You have no proof this is a promise. Maybe they generally release episodes montly more or less, but they never promised a hard date for Episode 2.

As for the delay comment, it just means they are schedule. Doesn't mean they were going to do it in May.

Why is this game episodic? What does that mean?

Telltale has a strong history of releasing episodic games but more importantly, we wanted this game to offer an experience analogous to the comic books and TV show, which are also episodic in nature. We have plans for 5 episodes, releasing once per month.

http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28483


They didn't make any promise but they stated here. Sorry, you can't defend this. Telltale are doing wrong with this releasing dates matter.

Once per month means one episode on April, another one on May... and so on. If you state this on FAQs and answering to the customers that it will be a monthly release then the customers will believe that. Then Telltale say that they won't release episode 2 on May. It's normal that people complains at them.

[CapnJay]

I think we can all agree we'd rather it be done right then be Mass Effect 3 {man i can't stop complaining about ME3}

[CapnJay]

Honestly it seems pointless to participate in the arguement but how about this as an excuse "We Released Episode 1 too early we should have released it in may so then junes release of episode 2 would be monthly"

[mkane24]

yeah there is also a part on the FAQ that they say they will be doing the game monthly too. lets get one thing straight though...if ended up getting more game play with these delays, would it be worth? I say hell yes...but the likely hood of that happening is pretty low

[Gman5852]

I want to know why die hard telltale fans are just blindly standing up for them. it is pretty plan and simple...they made a promise and didn't keep it. what's not to be upset about?

Mainly because we have patience now from waiting.

I'll just state that you guys do have every right to be mad about telltale not keeping up with the episodic release schedule(is this their first time doing that?), but for gods sake people, you could have just waited a year when it is all out and bought it then. Heck that's what most people do...

[Christian0]

How early does Telltale announce the next episode of their games? What's past experience? Because if it's going to be there soon wouldn´t they already have announced the date by now?

[Milosuperspesh]

christian0 going by back to the future the game they released the date info for the following episodes about a week in advance and that game also had a 2 month gap and also had some delays..

yes i do agree tell tale should plan ahead abit better for 6 years they've done it this way and in the long run it works for some people but in this era everyone wants everything licketyspilt (quick) so yes they have to set a date but why not set that for when they have finished the first ep and have got enough work done on the second episode ? that way the 'delays' are reduced...

[WhyAmISoBored]

I'm pretty patient, and don't kind the waiting (honestly, it'll be funny if it releases the first week of June - although I'm certain it won't - and all these people are bitching for nothing.)

Here's the two major problems for TTG if they don't follow their promised release schedule.

1. TWD is a juggernaut with a rabid fan base. A lot of people (myself included) had never even heard of TTG prior to this game; nor the episodic release format. However, since it is a walking dead game, us fans are all over it. Now, although I knew what I was getting myself into, some people didn't (not TTGs fault) and those that did rightful expect them to do what the told their consumers they would do and follow a monthly release schedule. If they even come close (like between 4-5 week release average) bully for them, people will be happy. If they don't, however, they just lost a pretty large following of customers they never would have had exposed to their games if they weren't making a walking dead game, pissed a lot of people off, and garnered quite a bit of negative press.

2. If they don't have timely releases, it means that they suckered a lot of people into buying a season pass and giving TTG of a LOT of money up front for a season pass (how many of the 1M+ copies were sold via season pass?) under the falsehood of monthly releases. It means that they essentially mislead a rather large subset of consumers by lying about the speed with which the product would be delivered. Who knows if that was a ploy to get money up front to cover development costs, etc; but it doesn't look good.


In conclusion, TTG has stuck themselves in a bad spot, if they rush development and deliver a crappy product, TWD fans will chase the down with torches and pitchforks; if they take too long between episodes then fans will hate them. Either way, if they don't deliver a high quality product in a timely fashion, you can bet that the vast majority of them will NEVER buy from TTG again. I am patient, don't mind waiting, etc but I know I for one will feel treated pretty dishonestly that I bought a season pass under pretense of monthly releases if it's closer to bimonthly and would make sure to tell all my friends to never buy a telltale game other than TWD.

However, I think if the epps are as good or better than the first and can be relatively close in releasing (i.e. 4-5 1/2 Weeks per episode) then telltale deserves some SERIOUS accolades for what they've pulled off!)

[TCD23]

Just bought the game and completed it and it was awesome.

I've never bought a Tell tale game before, because to be frank I'd never even heard of them, so I was pleasantly surprised to discover this game although I'm not a fan of TWD. I also bought it on PS3 for the complete collection pack.

However, despite enjoying the game massively, I am a bit disappointed to discover that it may not be coming out this month. To be frank I was promised a monthly game and if Tell Tale don't follow up on this promise then I would be disappointed.

However, all that said, it hasn't been a month yet since the first episodes release so I won't be complaining until the 27th of May has passed and indeed, nobody should, because the monthly cycle hasn't finished yet.

[eblocksonian]

I think we can all agree we'd rather it be done right then be Mass Effect 3 {man i can't stop complaining about ME3}
What the hell is with your references to Mass Effect 3? Walking Dead is about a Zombie Apocalypse. Mass Effect 3 is about your attempt to save the galaxy from Synthetics that are trying to destroy it.

Very little similiarities.

Why is this game episodic? What does that mean?

Telltale has a strong history of releasing episodic games but more importantly, we wanted this game to offer an experience analogous to the comic books and TV show, which are also episodic in nature. We have plans for 5 episodes, releasing once per month.

http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28483


They didn't make any promise but they stated here. Sorry, you can't defend this. Telltale are doing wrong with this releasing dates matter.

Once per month means one episode on April, another one on May... and so on. If you state this on FAQs and answering to the customers that it will be a monthly release then the customers will believe that. Then Telltale say that they won't release episode 2 on May. It's normal that people complains at them.

Keyword: PLAN. I know you already admitted you there isn't any promise, but that only makes my point stronger.

Also, complaining isn't the issue. It's CONSTANT, CONSISTENT, complaining that isn't helping. You said your piece, now just wait.

Honestly it seems pointless to participate in the arguement but how about this as an excuse "We Released Episode 1 too early we should have released it in may so then junes release of episode 2 would be monthly"

You don't need to make excuses for others.

Gain access to the full season [5 episodes] of The Walking Dead with this purchase, which will act as your gateway to obtaining all of the episodes in a dark and emotional season where every decision and action can result in the entire story of the game changing around you.

Episode 1 is available immediately upon purchasing the full season with the remaining episodes being delivered monthly thereafter. Updates will automatically be downloaded and applied via the Steam client, which will allow new episodes to appear in the in-game menu.

The Walking Dead is a five-part game series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series. Play as Lee Everett, a convicted criminal, who has been given a second chance at life in a world devastated by the undead. With corpses returning to life and survivors stopping at nothing to maintain their own safety, protecting an orphaned girl named Clementine may offer him redemption in a world gone to hell.

A continuing story of adventure horror spanning across 5 episodes:

Episode 1 – A New Day - Available Now!
Episode 2 – Starved for Help
Episode 3 – Long Road Ahead
Episode 4 – Around Every Corner
Episode 5 – No Time Lef


strait from steam page "being delivered monthly thereafter" NOT MAYBE so they have let us down

Monthly could mean "4 weeks". Has it been four weeks yet? What if this was released on June 1st or June 4th? Hardly a serious breach.

And besides, anything below 2 months is fine with me. I've always known they were like this. Complaining about it isn't going to make them go faster. It's pointless. That's my issue. The situation is what it is. There is NOTHING you can do to make it faster, so what's the point? It's annoying the hell out of the rest of us. Just. Shut. Up. Yes, you are right in many respects. No, I don't need to hear it for the 100TH TIME.

[Gman5852]

Just bought the game and completed it and it was awesome.

I've never bought a Tell tale game before, because to be frank I'd never even heard of them, so I was pleasantly surprised to discover this game although I'm not a fan of TWD. I also bought it on PS3 for the complete collection pack.

However, despite enjoying the game massively, I am a bit disappointed to discover that it may not be coming out this month. To be frank I was promised a monthly game and if Tell Tale don't follow up on this promise then I would be disappointed.

However, all that said, it hasn't been a month yet since the first episodes release so I won't be complaining until the 27th of May has passed and indeed, nobody should, because the monthly cycle hasn't finished yet.

They've already announced it will be released in June.

[eblocksonian]

My problem isn't so much with the substance of your complaints, it's the amount of complaining you guys are doing. It's like the kid that always go "Are we there yet?" when driving. No, we aren't there yet. Stop asking. Asking more isn't going to make it go faster. Asking more isn't going to make it any better. Just shut up, wait, and go to sleep or do something else to occupy your time until we are there.

[Milosuperspesh]

Keyword: PLAN. I know you already admitted you there isn't any promise, but that only makes my point stronger.

Also, complaining isn't the issue. It's CONSTANT, CONSISTENT, complaining that isn't helping. You said your piece, now just wait.



.

the keyword 'plan' is not about the monthly it is about 5 episodes notice the use of a comma.....

so that to me is saying they may make more episodes...

[eblocksonian]

the keyword 'plan' is not about the monthly it is about 5 episodes notice the use of a comma.....

so that to me is saying they may make more episodes...
...and?

[Ja1862]

Does he have to spell it out for you...
really?
I'll space it all out to make it easier to understand.



(We have plans for 5 episodes, releasing once per month.)

It means this...

"We have plans for 5 episodes(COMMA)"

So they are planning 5 episodes... rite? follow?

"Releasing once per month"

Meaning each episode will be release every month until the planned 5 are all out.

Wasn't hard now was it?

[eblocksonian]

Does he have to spell it out for you...
really?
I'll space it all out to make it easier to understand.



(We have plans for 5 episodes, releasing once per month.)

It means this...

"We have plans for 5 episodes(COMMA)"

So they are planning 5 episodes... rite? follow?

"Releasing once per month"

Meaning each episode will be release every month until the planned 5 are all out.

Wasn't hard now was it?
Spell out what? That's my point. There is nothing to spell out.

[Milosuperspesh]

lol i can read, no need to be an ass hole ja

thats how i interprit it but i know from experience like bttf,

things change

take ink blot tests for example you see what you want to see not everyone will see the same thing..

[Ja1862]

That was directed at eblocksonian and his reply to the person who linked the oringal quote proving it was said to be released monthly, "Keyword: PLAN. I know you already admitted you there isn't any promise, but that only makes my point stronger."