New E3 info - Walking Dead game to feature new cast

[Blind Sniper]

http://www.gamepro.com/article/previ...-walking-dead/

Although not a lot of info was given here, this article describes how Telltale is replacing the cast of the series with original characters for the game.

[Jake]

"Replacing the cast of the series" is a weird way to put it. Nobody is being replaced. The game world is based off of the canon and timeline of the comics, so while the game is focused on telling someone else's story, if a character is around in the comics universe, they are most likely alive and wandering around somewhere in the game universe. That doesn't necessarily mean you'll run into them or that they cross paths with the game's story (though there are some familiar faces) but in terms of the world's story continuity, they're out there alive somewhere.

[Blind Sniper]

Whoops - I was typing this fast, but I did understand what the article meant however.

[Irishmile]

hmmm... I really like this.. its like getting a new story.. without re-hashing the existing story... I wouldn't mind running into the comics characters though.

[Hero1]

The way Telltale is going with this makes sense to me.

[Gman5852]

Good because there are so many problems with having the same cast.
1.Less drama since it has to be with the comics so you cant kill anyone else without explaining it to the comic buyers that dont get the game
2.It gets obvious that new characters will either leave or die, and with this series... they will most likely die.
3.Hard for the comics to be released monthly as well.

This on the otherhand is a much better approach.

[Nintendo Boy1]

I heard somewhere that the gameplay is going to represent that of the Jurassic Park like gameplay, is that true?

[Jake]

The gameplay in Walking Dead is not something we're talking about much yet, but that is because it's not just a carbon copy of something we've done before.

[Nintendo Boy1]

Originally Posted by Jake

The gameplay in Walking Dead is not something we're talking about much yet, but that is because it's not just a carbon copy of something we've done before.

Understandable.

[RAnthonyMahan]

Originally Posted by Jake

The gameplay in Walking Dead is not something we're talking about much yet, but that is because it's not just a carbon copy of something we've done before.

Hmm. So it's not a conventional Sam and Max-style point and click either, then?

Guess we've got to wait until Comic-Con.

[seanvanaman]

Glad you guys are down with the direction -- it wasn't the obvious way to go and internally, Jake and I had to make a pretty hard sell.

Fingers crossed you like stuff as we release it!

[Gman5852]

Originally Posted by seanvanaman

Glad you guys are down with the direction -- it wasn't the obvious way to go and internally, Jake and I had to make a pretty hard sell.

Fingers crossed you like stuff as we release it!

Come to think of it, how much convincing did it take to get Kirkman on board with this idea? Was he on board with this from the start, or did it take a fire works display saying "This will work"?

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by seanvanaman

Glad you guys are down with the direction -- it wasn't the obvious way to go and internally, Jake and I had to make a pretty hard sell.

Fingers crossed you like stuff as we release it!

Story and set-up seem absolutely brilliant. You can't use the comic universe without either doing ANOTHER version of the events(a la the TV series) or having a tie-in that needs to be played in order to understand parts of the comics(dick move). This way is a lot better, keeping it in more or less the same geographical area and running parallel with the comic story arc. Absolutely the best way to go with this franchise.

I'm still worried/anxious about gameplay. I don't see myself as a "traditionalist" when it comes to adventures, and many of my favorite adventures broke the mold of their time in some strong and noticeable way, but Back to the Future has caused a really nasty drop in what I now expect out of a Telltale game. I'm feeling so much more cautious about this title than I would have been in a pre-Back to the Future: The Game world.

[seanvanaman]

Originally Posted by Gman5852

Come to think of it, how much convincing did it take to get Kirkman on board with this idea? Was he on board with this from the start, or did it take a fire works display saying "This will work"?

This is probably a question for the cast, but as our last one (the debut!) had sound issues and we're slammed for a couple weeks, I'll just answer it:

Kirkman was incredibly cool. When we sat down, I spent a couple minutes just talking the avenues we were considering: we don't think it's creatively interesting to give you a THIRD telling of the comic book story and we feel that the franchise is best served by giving the player the opportunity to experience things the way Rick does -- fresh with little to no sense of what is the "right" call. If you play AS Rick, you, the player, know what Rick did in any given situation and a) you'll do what he did or b) you won't and we'll break canon. Not really interesting to us.

A new character who is seeing the whole thing from the same area but a different perspective felt like the way to go. And selfishly, that meant I got to write a thing from scratch. Kirkman listened for about five or ten minutes and just said "that sounds pretty cool," and then we ate some Pad Thai. It was a pretty good meeting.

[RAnthonyMahan]

Originally Posted by seanvanaman

This is probably a question for the cast, but as our last one (the debut!) had sound issues and we're slammed for a couple weeks, I'll just answer it:

Kirkman was incredibly cool. When we sat down, I spent a couple minutes just talking the avenues we were considering: we don't think it's creatively interesting to give you a THIRD telling of the comic book story and we feel that the franchise is best served by giving the player the opportunity to experience things the way Rick does -- fresh with little to no sense of what is the "right" call. If you play AS Rick, you, the player, know what Rick did in any given situation and a) you'll do what he did or b) you won't and we'll break canon. Not really interesting to us.

A new character who is seeing the whole thing from the same area but a different perspective felt like the way to go. And selfishly, that meant I got to write a thing from scratch. Kirkman listened for about five or ten minutes and just said "that sounds pretty cool," and then we ate some Pad Thai. It was a pretty good meeting.

I love behind the scenes stories like this, no matter how small. They make working for a video game company (or any other type of creative business) seem so much more fun than I'm guessing it actually is. Hopefully if I ever make it big as a writer I'll be able to share some worthwhile anecdotes of my own.

Anyway, will we be hearing more about the gameplay come Comic-Con? When is that, anyway?

[Hero1]

Originally Posted by seanvanaman

And selfishly, that meant I got to write a thing from scratch. Kirkman listened for about five or ten minutes and just said "that sounds pretty cool," and then we ate some Pad Thai. It was a pretty good meeting.

I hear eating Pad Thai is a sign that the owner of a license is happy with your suggestions Good work

[brandonpina]

then this game will do with all respect as the other crap games.
ask most people who want this game with not much action by silly questions better run from the zombies and kill them as well as the set of DEAD ISLAND.

[Blind Sniper]

Originally Posted by brandonpina

then this game will do with all respect as the other crap games.
ask most people who want this game with not much action by silly questions better run from the zombies and kill them as well as the set of DEAD ISLAND.

Telltale does point and click games focused on story and character development (which is also what I hear The Walking Dead comics focus on), not action games. Go play Left 4 Dead or Dead Island if you want your zombie shooting fix.

[Rather Dashing]

Originally Posted by brandonpina

then this game will do with all respect as the other crap games.
ask most people who want this game with not much action by silly questions better run from the zombies and kill them as well as the set of DEAD ISLAND.

So....do you actually read the comics?

[Gman5852]

Originally Posted by brandonpina

then this game will do with all respect as the other crap games.
ask most people who want this game with not much action by silly questions better run from the zombies and kill them as well as the set of DEAD ISLAND.

Troll.
If you read the comics, you would see it isnt at all about action, but character development with the zombies being 1 obstical they must face.
Secondly, your grammar is terrible.
thirdly, there are way too many zombie action games. Go play Left 4 dead if you want that.