Telltale Games

guitarsareboring · 06/09/2010, 11:00 pm

If Universal wanted an action adventure, surely they would have gone to a different company?

thatdude98 · 06/09/2010, 11:09 pm

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Not every Telltale game is going to be made specifically to suit your exact interests.

Yeah, I know. But, consider the possibility that Telltale decides that it likes to make action adventures and action games better. Or Lucasarts grows a pair and finally begins to stop making almost every single title they release Star Wars related. Or Valve decides that nobody really needs or wants a Portal 2. Companies change, and I ain't saying that I can't handle that. While it is a very good idea for Telltale to start branching out and getting titles that cater to a wider variety of audiences, why did they choose two film series from the 80's-90's that almost no one has heard anything about in nigh ten, fifteen years? They could have gotten the Brothers Chap to do another Strong Bad season. Or persuaded Wallace and Gromit to come back on board (of course, that wasn't the greatest title that came from Telltale). There are so many other more popular titles out there that they could be doing with a little persistence, but aren't.

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Do you own CSI? No? Cool.

Question is: do you? How about Bone? Or Telltale Texas Hold 'Em?

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Don't play the ones you don't want to, but don't act like they're going to give up on adventure games and classics, because that couldn't be further from the truth. They were FOUNDED to make classic adventure games, they're not going to turn their backs on it.

Yes! Which is why Telltale is so unique as a company. The golden age of Lucasart adventure games is long gone. Who else is there nowadays to make good quality adventure games based on great series we all loved as kids? Did any of the Monkey Island fans expect a new Monkey Island game? Did the Strong Bad ones expect to be able to play AS Strong Bad in a full 3-D game?
And what about Sam and Max, their first REAL shoot-off into the big time competition? My problem is not "OHHHH! They're taking movie franchises and turning them into games! They're branching off into other genres! OHHHH! Whatever shall I do?" My problem is more, yes, Telltale is making other games, but they aren't taking full advantage of their status.

*GuruGuru214* · 06/09/2010, 11:14 pm

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nobody really needs or wants a Portal 2.

Speak for yourself, though I do admit I would've liked to see Episode 3 first.

axelkothe · 06/09/2010, 11:33 pm

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As far as I'm concerned, Telltale have yet to disappoint me in anything, even licenses I didn't really care much about or didn't think would make a good game.

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Hayden · 06/09/2010, 11:40 pm

Why is everybody getting so bent out of shape over this? Telltale, I believe, will put there own twist on these already great franchises, and the out come could possible be good. Why must we all judge the projects before we even see a single screenshot?

SHODANFreeman · 06/09/2010, 11:49 pm

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Originally Posted by thatdude98

why did they choose two film series from the 80's-90's that almost no one has heard anything about in nigh ten, fifteen years?

Monkey Island hadn't been heard from in 9 years.

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Question is: do you? How about Bone? Or Telltale Texas Hold 'Em?

Yes, I own every game Telltale has ever made (some of them at least 5 times over), and enjoy them all. (except Hold 'Em, because I don't like poker much, but what else was I going to use a free episode coupon on

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Did any of the Monkey Island fans expect a new Monkey Island game? Did the Strong Bad ones expect to be able to play AS Strong Bad in a full 3-D game?
And what about Sam and Max, their first REAL shoot-off into the big time competition?

Did any Back to the Future fans think there would ever be another original story in the BttF world? Did any Jurassic Park fans think there would be a glimmer of hope for another original story involving their favorite dinosaur infested island? I don't see why BttF and JP have any less rights to become games than the rest of TTG's properties.

taumel · 06/09/2010, 11:53 pm

Back to the Future 1 was great in the 80s but that's it. I just don't wanna play a game in this world these days. On the other side i'm all in for a Sin City adventure. The franchises just aren't this great and if i want an adventure with an archeologist and dinosaurs then i don't need Jurassic Park as well.

Secret Fawful · 06/10/2010, 12:01 am

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Originally Posted by thatdude98

Yeah, I know. But, consider the possibility that Telltale decides that it likes to make action adventures and action games better. Or Lucasarts grows a pair and finally begins to stop making almost every single title they release Star Wars related. Or Valve decides that nobody really needs or wants a Portal 2. Companies change, and I ain't saying that I can't handle that. While it is a very good idea for Telltale to start branching out and getting titles that cater to a wider variety of audiences, why did they choose two film series from the 80's-90's that almost no one has heard anything about in nigh ten, fifteen years? They could have gotten the Brothers Chap to do another Strong Bad season. Or persuaded Wallace and Gromit to come back on board (of course, that wasn't the greatest title that came from Telltale). There are so many other more popular titles out there that they could be doing with a little persistence, but aren't.

Did you ever think maybe they picked the properties THEY were fans of and wanted to make games of. Why not do what you love making something you love?

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Question is: do you? How about Bone? Or Telltale Texas Hold 'Em?

Ooh! I do!

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Yes! Which is why Telltale is so unique as a company. The golden age of Lucasart adventure games is long gone. Who else is there nowadays to make good quality adventure games based on great series we all loved as kids? Did any of the Monkey Island fans expect a new Monkey Island game? Did the Strong Bad ones expect to be able to play AS Strong Bad in a full 3-D game?
And what about Sam and Max, their first REAL shoot-off into the big time competition? My problem is not "OHHHH! They're taking movie franchises and turning them into games! They're branching off into other genres! OHHHH! Whatever shall I do?" My problem is more, yes, Telltale is making other games, but they aren't taking full advantage of their status.

Yeah. Getting the rights to make adventure games of BTTF and Jurassic Park, two of the biggest movie franchises of all time isn't exercising their status at all...right.

*GuruGuru214* · 06/10/2010, 12:07 am

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Did you ever think maybe they picked the properties THEY were fans of and wanted to make games of. Why not do what you love making something you love?

This could be the case, but not necessarily.

Secret Fawful · 06/10/2010, 12:09 am

True, I doubt EVERY Telltale employee is in love with BTTF or JP. I doubt a majority of them dislike the movies though.

*Lena_P* · 06/10/2010, 12:49 am

@Secret Fawful When you say "What's the point of this?" did you mean, why did I say it, or why did I laugh?

I laughed because Jurassic Park is a series with tons of fanboys and girls and I thought it was hilarious TTG was making a game for it. I have never gotten into the series, mostly because I couldn't get over the idea that someone would clone carnivorous dinosaurs, but there are tons of Michael Crichton fans out there. If you thought ToMI brought many new, whiny fans to the forums you ain't seen nothing yet.

I was sure someone was going to accuse TTG of "selling out" for handling such a big property. It never occurred to me they'd accuse TTG of selling out for not making an adventure game!

...

Okay, yeah, but it seemed funny to me ...
Seriously though, I still think it's way to early to be freaking out about TTG jumping the shark or whatever. We don't even have any gameplay video yet, for goodness sakes. They could be working on "Jurassic Park: The 3D Boardgame! for iPad and PC" for all we know. (You have to admit, it would be unexpected.)

Secret Fawful · 06/10/2010, 12:54 am

Oh. Yeah I meant why did you laugh. I completely misunderstood your point though earlier. We all know that with every non-original property Telltale handles it's going to bring a new wave of crazy people to the forums, but it might also bring great ones too. And with two properties as big as these, well. Someday these forums will get so big none of us will recognize it, and in the end, I'm sure some of us will move on. These forums won't always be the homely place where everyone knows who this or that guy is. That started to disappear when TOMI came out.

*GuruGuru214* · 06/10/2010, 01:05 am

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Jurassic Park is a series with tons of fanboys and girls

That's news to me.

Well...okay, it was news to me when they started coming out of the woodwork yesterday. And to think I used to like some of you people.

*Lena_P* · 06/10/2010, 01:14 am

Honestly, I feel like the crazies tend to disappear after the games are finally released. Yeah the forums are getting bigger, but that also means more cool people start showing up.

But yeah, I've had Crichton fans lecture me in depth about how "accurate" his stories are. To hear them talk you'd think the guy wrote non-fiction ...

SHODANFreeman · 06/10/2010, 01:26 am

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Originally Posted by Lena_P

Honestly, I feel like the crazies tend to disappear after the games are finally released. Yeah the forums are getting bigger, but that also means more cool people start showing up.

But yeah, I've had Crichton fans lecture me in depth about how "accurate" his stories are. To hear them talk you'd think the guy wrote non-fiction ...

They've got nothing on Tolkienites.

Shwoo · 06/10/2010, 01:39 am

Being based on well-known movie franchises won't make the games suck and doesn't automatically mean they won't be adventure games. Why would it?

SushiGummy · 06/10/2010, 01:41 am

I trust that Telltale Games knows what they're doing.

That is all.

*GuruGuru214* · 06/10/2010, 01:51 am

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Originally Posted by Shwoo

Being based on well-known movie franchises won't make the games suck and doesn't automatically mean they won't be adventure games. Why would it?

Because the press release said that they were branching into new styles of gameplay, and many people pessimistically assume that means something other than adventure games.

*Icedhope* · 06/10/2010, 01:55 am

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Originally Posted by GuruGuru214

That's news to me.

Well...okay, it was news to me when they started coming out of the woodwork yesterday. And to think I used to like some of you people.

Hey I think I have openly admitted on my profile that it was one of my favorites.

*GuruGuru214* · 06/10/2010, 02:03 am

I don't think we can be friends anymore.

Okay, seriously, I don't have anything against Jurassic Park, I just find it terribly uninteresting.

06/09/2010, 11:40 pm	#45
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06/09/2010, 11:53 pm	#47
taumel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,654	Back to the Future 1 was great in the 80s but that's it. I just don't wanna play a game in this world these days. On the other side i'm all in for a Sin City adventure. The franchises just aren't this great and if i want an adventure with an archeologist and dinosaurs then i don't need Jurassic Park as well. Last edited by taumel; 06/10/2010 at 12:02 am.

06/10/2010, 12:09 am	#50
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06/10/2010, 12:54 am	#52
Secret Fawful Fearless Oathbreaker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Stuck In This Pose Sexiness: Off The Charts! Posts: 5,130	Oh. Yeah I meant why did you laugh. I completely misunderstood your point though earlier. We all know that with every non-original property Telltale handles it's going to bring a new wave of crazy people to the forums, but it might also bring great ones too. And with two properties as big as these, well. Someday these forums will get so big none of us will recognize it, and in the end, I'm sure some of us will move on. These forums won't always be the homely place where everyone knows who this or that guy is. That started to disappear when TOMI came out. __________________ You're the greatest. The greatest! - GuruGuru214 You'll go far in this life, Fawful. - That Guy In The Wheelchair Fawful, you sir, are made of win. - mgrant I love the Fawful! - Davies You're like a bad comedian. - monkey_05_06 ** you. - Giant Tope Why do you have to be such an hole? - Avistew You're a miserable little weasel who derives pleasure from being a *. - AllenB Grow up. - Mike Haley Now Playing: ~~Space Quest 0: Replicated~~ - ~~Space Quest I EGA: The Sarien Encounter~~ - Space Quest I VGA: The Sarien Encounter** - Space Quest II EGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest II VGA: Vohaul's Revenge - Space Quest III: The Pirates of Pestulon - Space Quest IV: Roger Wilco and the Time Rippers - Space Quest V: The Next Mutation - Space Quest VI: Roger Wilco in the Spinal Frontier - Space Quest: The Lost Chapter

06/10/2010, 01:39 am	#56
Shwoo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Canberra, Australia Posts: 1,486	Being based on well-known movie franchises won't make the games suck and doesn't automatically mean they won't be adventure games. Why would it? __________________ This is a link to the Sam & Max wiki. This is a link to a Sam & Max deviantART group.

06/09/2010, 11:00 pm	#41
guitarsareboring Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 1,274	If Universal wanted an action adventure, surely they would have gone to a different company?

06/10/2010, 12:49 am	#51
Lena_P Capricious, Quirky Kook Join Date: May 2008 Location: West of Mount Diablo! Posts: 2,003	@Secret Fawful When you say "What's the point of this?" did you mean, why did I say it, or why did I laugh? I laughed because Jurassic Park is a series with tons of fanboys and girls and I thought it was hilarious TTG was making a game for it. I have never gotten into the series, mostly because I couldn't get over the idea that someone would clone carnivorous dinosaurs, but there are tons of Michael Crichton fans out there. If you thought ToMI brought many new, whiny fans to the forums you ain't seen nothing yet. I was sure someone was going to accuse TTG of "selling out" for handling such a big property. It never occurred to me they'd accuse TTG of selling out for not making an adventure game! ... Okay, yeah, but it seemed funny to me ... Seriously though, I still think it's way to early to be freaking out about TTG jumping the shark or whatever. We don't even have any gameplay video yet, for goodness sakes. They could be working on "Jurassic Park: The 3D Boardgame! for iPad and PC" for all we know. (You have to admit, it would be unexpected.)

06/10/2010, 01:14 am	#54
Lena_P Capricious, Quirky Kook Join Date: May 2008 Location: West of Mount Diablo! Posts: 2,003	Honestly, I feel like the crazies tend to disappear after the games are finally released. Yeah the forums are getting bigger, but that also means more cool people start showing up. But yeah, I've had Crichton fans lecture me in depth about how "accurate" his stories are. To hear them talk you'd think the guy wrote non-fiction ...

06/10/2010, 01:41 am	#57
SushiGummy Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 56	I trust that Telltale Games knows what they're doing. That is all.

06/10/2010, 02:03 am	#60
GuruGuru214 Crazy Windmill Mod Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Kakariko Windmill Windmill Status: Going Around Posts: 6,357	I don't think we can be friends anymore. Okay, seriously, I don't have anything against Jurassic Park, I just find it terribly uninteresting.

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