Telltale Games

Ciremi · 07/23/2012, 08:16 am

I'm still very much all-for this.

Since I first posted in this thread Telltale has shown me that they can do a serious game, with serious adult subject matter.

I was afraid that The Walking Dead would be toned down with swearing and quick cuts away to avoid gore, but Telltale has proven that they don't have to be all family-oriented all the time. And it looks like it has paid off.

I'd still be very interested in seeing Telltale take on this license since Full Throttle, much like The Walking Dead does take itself seriously.

*Darth Marsden* · 07/23/2012, 08:51 am

This is one hell of a bump.

Also, the rights to Full Throttle (much like Monkey Island and Maniac Mansion/Day of the Tentacle) reside with LucasArts, and unless they change their current stance, nothing further will ever happen with it.

*Jennifer* · 07/23/2012, 08:55 am

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Originally Posted by Ciremi

Since I first posted in this thread Telltale has shown me that they can do a serious game, with serious adult subject matter.

I was afraid that The Walking Dead would be toned down with swearing and quick cuts away to avoid gore, but Telltale has proven that they don't have to be all family-oriented all the time. And it looks like it has paid off.

You needn't have worried. Telltale has never been completely family oriented. They've been handling serious material since 2006 when they first released the CSI games. And they've had uncensored swearing in games since 2010 when they released Poker Night at the Inventory.

I wouldn't count on Telltale getting the license to Full Throttle though, at least not until another management shift at LucasArts. The current president is not interested in licensing out their properties other than Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

Leplaya · 07/23/2012, 02:45 pm

Just a bit of a thought here. Why hasn't Tim Schafer bought the rights to Full Throttle(or even grim fandango for that matter) for Doublefine? You think with all the sitting around that Lucasarts is doing, you'd figured he wouldve bought back the rights to those games.

corruptbiggins · 07/23/2012, 03:25 pm

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Originally Posted by Leplaya

Just a bit of a thought here. Why hasn't Tim Schafer bought the rights to Full Throttle(or even grim fandango for that matter) for Doublefine? You think with all the sitting around that Lucasarts is doing, you'd figured he wouldve bought back the rights to those games.

LucasArts have to want to sell them before anyone could even think about buying them and even then they'd probably want crazy money that a small studio like Double Fine has next to no chance of having.

WarpSpeed · 07/23/2012, 04:10 pm

There are lots of problems with a Full Throttle sequel (LucasArts holding on to their licenses tighter than Disney, Roy Conrad not around anymore, etc.), but there's nothing that would stop a random non-sequel adult motorcycle adventure game, if Telltale wanted to go that direction.

Juicius Maximus · 07/23/2012, 05:32 pm

Not about FT, but I believe this tweet from Ronzo is relevant:

@CaptainMuganda The rights to MI or MM would be in the $10,000,000 range and that's just to get the negotiations started.
9 Feb

Ciremi · 07/26/2012, 12:10 pm

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Originally Posted by WarpSpeed

There are lots of problems with a Full Throttle sequel (LucasArts holding on to their licenses tighter than Disney, Roy Conrad not around anymore, etc.), but there's nothing that would stop a random non-sequel adult motorcycle adventure game, if Telltale wanted to go that direction.

This is true. Although it doesn't exactly have to be Roy Conrad's Ben it would be interesting to see if Telltale could make a newly-initiated Polecat just as memorable.

For when we last left Ben it seemed as though he was going off on his own into the sunset. I think Telltale would do great with this if they could write an epic story.

The whole diesel punk post-apocalyptic atmosphere always struck me as interesting.

anARTchist · 08/13/2012, 01:23 pm

You're all forgetting one important fact. Telltale games has already put out a lot of Lucas Arts titles. Tales of Monkey Island, Sam and Max, etc. If licencing is really such an issue, why is it okay for these other games and not for Full Throttle?

If anyone who actually works at TTG reads this, could you nag somebody about it? Pretty please? I will totally buy a full throttle sequel when and if they ever make one. That and ToonStruck. Do people still know about ToonStruck?

raptor · 08/13/2012, 01:31 pm

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Originally Posted by anARTchist

You're all forgetting one important fact. Telltale games has already put out a lot of Lucas Arts titles. Tales of Monkey Island, Sam and Max, etc. If licencing is really such an issue, why is it okay for these other games and not for Full Throttle?

Sam & Max is actually licensed by Steve Purcell (the author of the comics). How I understand it, LucasArts has pretty much refused to license adventure games, and are only interested in Star Wars and Indiana Jones games. Only time can tell if they will change their minds on that. Maybe with the new LucasArts president...

Giant Tope · 08/13/2012, 01:35 pm

Sam and Max is owned by Steve Purcell, not Lucasarts. Monkey Island was a pain and a half of an ass to get and was ok'ed along side with the special edition under a different president that was cool with that idea.

Two presidents later, I really don't think we're getting anything new. Not anytime soon at least and likely not with telltale at that.

edit: oh ninja'd.

*cry*

anARTchist · 08/13/2012, 02:13 pm

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Originally Posted by Giant Tope

Sam and Max is owned by Steve Purcell, not Lucasarts. Monkey Island was a pain and a half of an ass to get and was ok'ed along side with the special edition under a different president that was cool with that idea.

Two presidents later, I really don't think we're getting anything new. Not anytime soon at least and likely not with telltale at that.

edit: oh ninja'd.

*cry*

Jeez. Those things didn't even come out all that long ago and we're already through two presidents? What are they doing to them over there?

WarpSpeed · 08/13/2012, 04:37 pm

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Originally Posted by anARTchist

Jeez. Those things didn't even come out all that long ago and we're already through two presidents? What are they doing to them over there?

Let's just say the recent LucasArts presidents think innovation costs too much, then are surprised when non-innovation doesn't work.

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07/23/2012, 08:16 am	#21
Ciremi Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 42	I'm still very much all-for this. Since I first posted in this thread Telltale has shown me that they can do a serious game, with serious adult subject matter. I was afraid that The Walking Dead would be toned down with swearing and quick cuts away to avoid gore, but Telltale has proven that they don't have to be all family-oriented all the time. And it looks like it has paid off. I'd still be very interested in seeing Telltale take on this license since Full Throttle, much like The Walking Dead does take itself seriously.

07/23/2012, 04:10 pm	#26
WarpSpeed Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 803	There are lots of problems with a Full Throttle sequel (LucasArts holding on to their licenses tighter than Disney, Roy Conrad not around anymore, etc.), but there's nothing that would stop a random non-sequel adult motorcycle adventure game, if Telltale wanted to go that direction.

07/23/2012, 05:32 pm	#27
Juicius Maximus Drooler Extraordinaire Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 348	Not about FT, but I believe this tweet from Ronzo is relevant: @CaptainMuganda The rights to MI or MM would be in the $10,000,000 range and that's just to get the negotiations started. 9 Feb

08/13/2012, 01:23 pm	#29
anARTchist Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 2	You're all forgetting one important fact. Telltale games has already put out a lot of Lucas Arts titles. Tales of Monkey Island, Sam and Max, etc. If licencing is really such an issue, why is it okay for these other games and not for Full Throttle? If anyone who actually works at TTG reads this, could you nag somebody about it? Pretty please? I will totally buy a full throttle sequel when and if they ever make one. That and ToonStruck. Do people still know about ToonStruck?