Telltale Games

DABhand · 10/28/2009, 02:11 pm

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Originally Posted by neon

Whilst that is true, it's a pretty safe bet the real motivation is money. The main focus of Telltale's engine is to allow for rapid production of content, not necessarily efficient execution. With a bit of time and money I'm sure Telltale could optimise their engine to support better graphics on low end computers - but this is a low budget game so the investment can't really be justified. Especially when you factor in the costs of actually producing more detailed models and textures on top of the technical work.

Personally I don't see this as a bad move. The average customer for this game is not going to be a hardcore gamer who's impressed by sweet graphics but a fan of the TV show who is more interested in the characters, stories and feeling like they're part of the CSI team.

Money isnt really a factor in developing an engine, just hard work, peserverance and dare I say it luck. As does experienced people who know how to work meshes and DirectX API's.

neon · 10/28/2009, 02:43 pm

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Originally Posted by DABhand

Money isnt really a factor in developing an engine, just hard work, peserverance and dare I say it luck. As does experienced people who know how to work meshes and DirectX API's.

That's all true, but you left out one important factor: time. Optimising the codebase will take time, and time = money. Even if all the staff are on set salaries and no new people are taken on that's still time that could be spent on something else that needs doing. I promise you that money is the number one factor here.

Ribs · 10/29/2009, 02:40 am

I had a glitch in the demo where the person's husband was supposed to show up, but never did.

Javi-Wan Kenobi · 10/29/2009, 03:24 am

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Originally Posted by DABhand

I got my european copy today, helps I own my own shop and can get stock in early.

What country are you living?
Spanish Ubisoft page says the game will be out November 2009, no especific day. Any news on the concrete date for the Spanish release?

*Icedhope* · 10/29/2009, 03:42 am

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Originally Posted by StLouisRibs

I had a glitch in the demo where the person's husband was supposed to show up, but never did.

I got that too.

DABhand · 10/29/2009, 03:50 am

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Originally Posted by Javi-Wan Kenobi

What country are you living?
Spanish Ubisoft page says the game will be out November 2009, no especific day. Any news on the concrete date for the Spanish release?

The UK, it was scheduled for retail release on the 30th, i.e. tomorrow. I got my stock in early

And gave myself a little present.

phaedon · 10/29/2009, 04:53 am

I was hoping that we would be able to do them.What's with the "reminiscing about doing autopsies" post ?

DeniseAnn · 10/30/2009, 05:19 am

Any chance you can maybe help me out?...What the heck am I supposed to do in the bathroom of case 1. Something with the cupid I think, but nothing works when I click on it! The evidence there is all I am missing to move forward. THanks

phaedon · 10/30/2009, 09:42 am

Hmm...I have not finished this case cause I am trying to move slowly but have sprayed Luminol in the sink ? You know washing hands after a bloody crime...

RebKean · 10/30/2009, 03:37 pm

I really love these games, but I wish they were a bit longer.
Started last night, and already finished.
It's been a while since I played the others (time to do that again)
but it felt like there were less evidence to collect?
Except for a few tricky parts, it went very easy and in a room there was maybe just one item to pick up.
We're all different of course, but personally I would like to have a lot of evidence to look at, maybe not all the evidence would be needed, but it would be less predictible that way I think.
Storywise, I really liked it, too bad Catherin's voice isn't Marg's.....I really miss her....

RebKean · 10/30/2009, 03:43 pm

In the other games, you knew how to get good scores in the evaluation, but I got kinda bad scores, and I don't know how to improve them......

Udvarnoky · 10/30/2009, 09:49 pm

Nice to see Andrew Chaikin back in Telltale's credits!

SHODANFreeman · 11/06/2009, 09:36 pm

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Originally Posted by Udvarnoky

Nice to see Andrew Chaikin back in Telltale's credits!

He was in a bit of Tales of Monkey Island as well.

RMJ1984 · 01/07/2010, 03:32 pm

how about getting the game up and online in your store here?, i mean its 2010, do i really have go to and try and find real shops that might have or not have a copy, come on Telltale.

SHODANFreeman · 01/10/2010, 12:53 am

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Originally Posted by RMJ1984

how about getting the game up and online in your store here?, i mean its 2010, do i really have go to and try and find real shops that might have or not have a copy, come on Telltale.

I believe it's available digitally from Ubisoft's online shop.

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10/29/2009, 02:40 am	#23
Ribs Numberwang Quizmaster Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Ancient Babylonia Cucumber Status: Lengthwise Yes Status: Yes Posts: 3,961	I had a glitch in the demo where the person's husband was supposed to show up, but never did.

10/29/2009, 04:53 am	#27
phaedon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 149	I was hoping that we would be able to do them.What's with the "reminiscing about doing autopsies" post ?

10/30/2009, 05:19 am	#28
DeniseAnn Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 4	Any chance you can maybe help me out?...What the heck am I supposed to do in the bathroom of case 1. Something with the cupid I think, but nothing works when I click on it! The evidence there is all I am missing to move forward. THanks

10/30/2009, 09:42 am	#29
phaedon Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 149	Hmm...I have not finished this case cause I am trying to move slowly but have sprayed Luminol in the sink ? You know washing hands after a bloody crime...

10/30/2009, 03:37 pm	#30
RebKean Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 8	I really love these games, but I wish they were a bit longer. Started last night, and already finished. It's been a while since I played the others (time to do that again) but it felt like there were less evidence to collect? Except for a few tricky parts, it went very easy and in a room there was maybe just one item to pick up. We're all different of course, but personally I would like to have a lot of evidence to look at, maybe not all the evidence would be needed, but it would be less predictible that way I think. Storywise, I really liked it, too bad Catherin's voice isn't Marg's.....I really miss her....

10/30/2009, 03:43 pm	#31
RebKean Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 8	In the other games, you knew how to get good scores in the evaluation, but I got kinda bad scores, and I don't know how to improve them......

10/30/2009, 09:49 pm	#32
Udvarnoky Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Thibodaux, LA Posts: 855	Nice to see Andrew Chaikin back in Telltale's credits!

01/07/2010, 03:32 pm	#34
RMJ1984 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 607	how about getting the game up and online in your store here?, i mean its 2010, do i really have go to and try and find real shops that might have or not have a copy, come on Telltale.