Free episode not available before Febuary

[MrDaaark]

Originally Posted by Beacroy

Should make everyone happy and used to work fine for Sam & Max Season 1.

I'll be happy when I get the rest of what I put down my money for. Me and Anthony817 (and others) already bought into this as paying customers. I'll happily photograph and e-mail my trilogy set and voucher to customer support. You can't go back and change the deal after we already paid for it.

I'm not here to bash Telltale. They make high quality games. I have purchased a Season compilation of the Sam n' Max games (like I did the previous Sam n Max games from the early 90s) for myself, and a copy for someone else as a gift too. I also fully intend to buy the eventual BTTF release with all the episodes on it, as I am really looking forward to them.

Originally Posted by Spadge

I have no problem waiting another month for an episode I didn't pay for. I don't see what the big deal is.

I have a problem waiting a month for something I paid for. This is a 2 sided issue. Telltale/Universal home video made this mess, not us.

[DerJan]

Don't you think it is a bit greedy to want the free episode on the same date as everyone who paid their hard earned dollars (Euros, Canadian Dollars ect..) for it?
They need to find a good date which is far away enough from all the pre-orders and still near enough to not anger the guys who want the free episode.
Btw do the PS3 gamers get a free episode? Seriously I don't know.

EDIT:@Mr. Daaark: the episode was advertised as free, you paid for the movie and it's extras not for the episode.

[Incognito]

I would have had no problem with this - if they had told us about it from the beginning! This is just an ugly marketing scam.

I have 4 full seasons of Telltale Games (Sam&Max 1-3, Tales of Monkey Island) and I thought that I for once would begin with just one episode, to try it out instead of paying for the seasons before I know the quality of them. And then I get this? Yeah, nice work Telltale.

Again, if they would have told us from the beginning, no problems. But to build up expectations like this and tell us four days before the the release of the first episode? I expected something better from Telltale, after all these years a loyal customer (I even bought the first Bone Episode as soon as it was released).

It stinks.

25 bucks for the whole seasons isn´t much money, but I can´t say that this encourages me to buy it now. If I do, it would be with me feeling very annoyed when I do it.

[jp-30]

Originally Posted by DerJan

Btw do the PS3 gamers get a free episode? Seriously I don't know.

No, they don't.

[Ash McQ]

Nope, its not greedy. There are still 4 Episodes that follow for the money( plus the collectors dvd). And the Season is anway 10$ cheaper than previous Telltale Seasons.

[MrDaaark]

Originally Posted by DerJan

EDIT:@Mr. Daaark: the episode was advertised as free, you paid for the movie and it's extras not for the episode.

Actually, it was advertised as INCLUDED on the shrink wrap sticker, and the voucher has a link to go and download it, and a code. I have it right here, as I just got done watching BTTF 3. Seems like the game was delayed, and was supposed to launch simultaneously.

[deschipper]

Originally Posted by Incognito

I would have had no problem with this - if they had told us about it from the beginning! This is just an ugly marketing scam.

I have 4 full seasons of Telltale Games (Sam&Max 1-3, Tales of Monkey Island) and I thought that I for once would begin with just one episode, to try it out instead of paying for the seasons before I know the quality of them. And then I get this? Yeah, nice work Telltale.

Again, if they would have told us from the beginning, no problems. But to build up expectations like this and tell us four days before the the release of the first episode? I expected something better from Telltale, after all these years a loyal customer (I even bought the first Bone Episode as soon as it was released).

It stinks.

25 bucks for the whole seasons isn´t much money, but I can´t say that this encourages me to buy it now. If I do, it would be with me feeling very annoyed when I do it.

I already turned away from BTTF.
They can keep their free episode.

[DerJan]

Originally Posted by MrDaaark

Actually, it was advertised as INCLUDED on the shrink wrap sticker, and the voucher has a link to go and download it, and a code. I have it right here, as I just got done watching BTTF 3. Seems like the game was delayed, and was supposed to launch simultaneously.

I have the German Blu Ray version and have no sticker on it, maybe I overlooked it I don't know have to check first.
According to your post it seems to be included, you get it in February, I mean it is not canceled you still get it.
Look at the guys who pre-odered Duke Nukem Forever when it was announced, they get it 14 years later and already paid a deposit. 1 and a half month is still okay.

[mcfly88]

Lol@everyone crying.

How is it a scam? You're still getting it for free.

Bunch of qq'ers!

[WinterSnowblind]

I don't see the problem with this, it's an entire free episode, not a demo or a test to see how well (a very low spec game) will run on your computer, and I don't see why those who are adopting the 'wait and see' approach should get the benefits over the paying customers.

This seems totally reasonable to me. You can get the first episode for free.. After those of us who've payed for it are moving onto the second.

[Ash McQ]

Well, the paying customer gets four more episodes. And the "present" reciever will have to pay 24,95 anyway for getting them too. So no reason to whine about. Its just considered bad taste to give away presents, and all of a sudden putting a restraint on it. I don't get why some people don't see that. Putting aside that i just think that its a very bad idea, publicity-wise, to not utilize the BTTF-Hype recently. A lot of it will be gone by then. But whatever. Its possibly just a fiscal year bs, but very shortsighted in my opinion.

[Falanca]

They should've told us beforehand. This is an obvious trickery before everything, and they never did such a thing for free episodes before, so this led everyone thinking that they would be able to play it the first day it comes out. Free or not, people have plans on their budgets as well, and if the deal you hand over to everyone is different than the other deals you've handed before... You gotta tell it, dude.

If it's a last minute decision -I believe it is-, this means two things. One, preorders did not go well. That's expected, preordering BTTF has no benefits and people were instead waiting for discount deals. The Devil's Playhouse preorderers encountered this problem (the game was sold for 20 bucks right after the first episode's release, shocking the preorderers because all they got was some lame exclusive forum space that they didn't post in more than five times) so they wanted to act smarter this time and just wait. And, well, Telltale slaps those smartypants wanted to wait until the second episode. Boo.

Second, this means they can mess around the dates of anything just because they were not satisfied. Even a sweet deal like "woo free episode" now has its own strict rules and unexpected outcomes.

I've planned to buy the game before the release of the second episode. Now that I know I can't play the "free episode" BEFORE the release of second episode, this means I have to pay for it to play the free episode. Simple as that. So this means, it's not free at all. So now can I bitch about this "free episode" that shouldn't be bitched about, already-preorderers posting in this thread?

They just want most people to buy the game for its full price before they make a discount. I'm not falling for that, and thanks for not giving me a free episode as you said you would. I'm still waiting for a discount deal that you'll eventually do, which will piss off preorderers. The only downside is that I know I can't pass the time with playing the first episode. Which would be FINE, if I wasn't tricked to know that I did have a free episode.

[doggans]

Originally Posted by Falanca

That's expected, preordering BTTF has no benefits and people were instead waiting for discount deals.

I can't speak for anyone else, but all the discounts in the preorder forum certainly counted as a benefit to me. Hell, the free shipping week ALONE was worth the $25 I paid.

Originally Posted by Falanca

I've planned to buy the game before the release of the second episode. Now that I know I can't play the "free episode" BEFORE the release of second episode, this means I have to pay for it to play the free episode. Simple as that. So this means, it's not free at all.

I'm not sure I understand this logic. You don't HAVE to buy the full game the minute the second episode releases, do you?

(But for the record, I also think delaying the free episode release is a bad decision on Telltale's part.)

[roycejunktion]

meh.... i get it on a business stand point, and i totally agree they probably didn't want the servers to overload on the first day.

but people who bought the blu ray were expecting to get the first episode free when it came out. Which was December 2010.... now those people need to wait a month and a half to get their free episode? just seems kinda dickish.


i bought the blu ray yes, but i also pre ordered BTTF the first day it was available for pre order, so i have nothing to worry about.

but there are a lot of people who wanted to play the first episode to see if it was up to their BTTF standards...

oh well

excited as hell for Wednesday

[Origami]

It's FREE.

So why was this a dickish move again?

[mmill3r]

This has to be the worst decision in the world. Not only was I super excited to play the first episode this month. I have been going to the Telltales website almost on a daily basis for new information about the game.

The Back to the Future Series has to be one of my favorite movie series and I had always dreamed that the story to go on. When I heard about this game I was thinking that maybe one of my dream was coming true.

So I went to telltalegames.com to learn about the game. I saw that you were offering a free copy of the first episode. I was thinking that it was such an awesome gift.

This was probably going to be the first Telltale game that I paid for. I can only imagine that after playing the first episode I would be left wanting more and be inclined to purchase the rest of the episodes.

Since this change was made, I am not sure I would purchase the other episodes and even if I did it wouldn't be until February. I certainly won't be purchasing the first episode because I am supposed to be getting a copy of it for free.

[Strayth]

It's FREE.

So why was this a dickish move again?

Because many people were waiting for this episode before ordering the full season. (for MANY reasons and they're all legitimate)

They never mentionned there would be a 2 months delay for this episode...

So people are kinda pissed about it.

Then you have those who bought the Blurays (America only) and got a "free episode" coupon, I think it said it would launch in 2010.

How were we supposed to assume there would be such a delay ? Also, the preordering guys, thanks for being absolutely not comprehensive, but you realize that even if we buy the game NOW, we have absolutely NO benefits AT ALL. Cool huh ?

Am I the only one feeling they're not handling things very well ?

- The price of the full order changes so much depending on how(where) you get it, people got it for 15 dollars, some for 19 dollars, yet many people still receive mail asking to buy it for 25 dollars etc...


- Still no release date for the PSN (mid january ?! at best)

- The free episode delay

[Origami]

Because many people were waiting for this episode before ordering the full season.

You can still wait for this episode before ordering the full season.
Look on the bright side, you can play ep2 staight after ep1 =D

How were we supposed to assume there would be such a delay ? Also, the preordering guys, thanks for being absolutely not comprehensive, but you realize that even if we buy the game NOW, we have absolutely NO benefits AT ALL. Cool huh ?

-Free Puzzle Agent
-1 Dollar to MJ Fox Foundation
-Probably slight discount since buying the eps seperately would net you a bigger price.

[Falanca]

Originally Posted by doggans

I'm not sure I understand this logic. You don't HAVE to buy the full game the minute the second episode releases, do you?

Simple. The first episode is not free for those who already want to buy the full game before the release of the second episode. It's only free for those who don't WANT to buy the game.

Originally Posted by Origami

-Free Puzzle Agent
-1 Dollar to MJ Fox Foundation
-Probably slight discount since buying the eps seperately would net you a bigger price.

-I own Puzzle Agent.
-I can donate to charity myself.
-Noone can tell if they actually drop the price of BTTF for a week after the first episode's release, like how they did with Sam and Max Season 3.

[Strayth]

And we're only talking about PRE ordering. Which means regular ordering (which will be next week) at the same price is even worst.