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JJoyce · 01/23/2012, 08:24 pm

I wouldn't doubt it.

The tragedy of it is I fully expect there to be wailing and gnashing of teeth when it's released for PC.

After Back to the Future and Jurassic Park, people are going to see this as just another example that Telltale's screwing them over by catering to non-gamers with casual junk and dumbed-down gameplay.

To be honest, I'm finding the writing and trial mechanics are really what's carrying the series so far. And don't get me wrong, they're both very good.

But otherwise....The investigation mechanics are limited to hidden object scenes (1 or 2 in the early episodes), picking conversation topics and a "is X lying? Why or why not?" style quiz.

The voice ACTING is quite good, but as I'd mentioned elsewhere, the voice actors are very badly cast for the most part, though the voice actors for Benson & Briscoe are passable at times.

Makes me nostalgic for the Legacy Law & Order games where they had actual cast reprising their roles.

I'm just hoping Telltale keeps the prices of the series on par with or maybe slightly lower than the price on the iOS devices. Because if they try to go with regular pricing or even "Hector" pricing, unless they vastly redesign the PC versions which I don't think they'd do, it's not going to sell well at all.

01/23/2012, 08:24 pm	#3
JJoyce Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 81	I wouldn't doubt it. The tragedy of it is I fully expect there to be wailing and gnashing of teeth when it's released for PC. After Back to the Future and Jurassic Park, people are going to see this as just another example that Telltale's screwing them over by catering to non-gamers with casual junk and dumbed-down gameplay. To be honest, I'm finding the writing and trial mechanics are really what's carrying the series so far. And don't get me wrong, they're both very good. But otherwise....The investigation mechanics are limited to hidden object scenes (1 or 2 in the early episodes), picking conversation topics and a "is X lying? Why or why not?" style quiz. The voice ACTING is quite good, but as I'd mentioned elsewhere, the voice actors are very badly cast for the most part, though the voice actors for Benson & Briscoe are passable at times. Makes me nostalgic for the Legacy Law & Order games where they had actual cast reprising their roles. I'm just hoping Telltale keeps the prices of the series on par with or maybe slightly lower than the price on the iOS devices. Because if they try to go with regular pricing or even "Hector" pricing, unless they vastly redesign the PC versions which I don't think they'd do, it's not going to sell well at all.