Telltale Games

Harald B · 03/15/2007, 09:23 am

http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1410
Apparantly the deal with The Adventure Company is clinched and we can expect the CD to be in stores worldwide by august. Strange that Adventure Gamers has the story before it hits the blog or forum here, but whatever...

**Jake** · 03/15/2007, 09:35 am

It was up in a place rarely checked by forum-goers

MoP · 03/15/2007, 09:51 am

So is this what people who bought the season online will be getting in the mail (for the cost of S&H) ?

taumel · 03/15/2007, 09:56 am

Will there be different retail versions?

I've just read on a german computer mag site ( http://www.gamestar.de/news/pc/spiel...4/sam_max.html ) that Jowood also will come out with a retail version localised to five different languages.

Different publishers and localisations for different countries?

Will the version TTG will offer to season one customers also include localisations?

**Jake** · 03/15/2007, 10:16 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by MoP

So is this what people who bought the season online will be getting in the mail (for the cost of S&H) ?

No, we'll be doing our own packaged version for season holders. And no, before you ask, it's not "the cheap version," it's just a different version. Promise.

Also, we can't tell you what will be on the Telltalegames.com Season Set customers' version, or what will be on the TAC version, or how they'll be different, etc etc yet because we haven't figured any of that out yet! We'll let you know, though, with requisite trumpets, cherubs etc.

Quote:

Originally Posted by taumel

Will there be different retail versions?

I've just read on a german computer mag site ( http://www.gamestar.de/news/pc/spiel...4/sam_max.html ) that Jowood also will come out with a retail version localised to five different languages.

Different publishers and localisations for different countries?

Will the version TTG will offer to season one customers also include localisations?

I don't think we've worked any of that out. At least, I don't know any details yet.

Yohmi · 03/15/2007, 10:26 am

I hope the Telltale version will be localised (subtitles) at least by downloading a patch...
By the way, does JoWood's Sam&Max localisation concern also voices or not ?

MoP · 03/15/2007, 10:30 am

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jake

Also, we can't tell you what will be on the Telltalegames.com Season Set customers' version, or what will be on the TAC version, or how they'll be different, etc etc yet because we haven't figured any of that out yet! We'll let you know, though, with requisite trumpets, cherubs etc.

Just please don't send CDs in paper sleeves. I don't care if I have to pay an extra dollar for shipping, just give me a plastic case.

taumel · 03/15/2007, 10:34 am

Ahhh you know i'm really looking forward to the retail version. This feels so much better to me than the episode thing! :O)

Rasher · 03/15/2007, 10:37 am

I will cherish my Telltalegames.com Season Set customers' version. And if the TAC version is not starforced I might think about getting it too.

Harald B · 03/15/2007, 10:44 am

Here's the JoWooD press release (emphasis mine):
http://presse.jowood.com/?id=659

Quote:

“We are excited about working with Telltale. Sam & Max is a strong franchise and fans across Europe, and the world over, are highly anticipating Sam & Max: Season 1,” said Albert Seidl, CEO of JoWooD Productions Software AG. “The worldwide retail release will allow us to bring Sam & Max to a wider audience since the game will be available in the five main languages.”

Laserschwert · 03/15/2007, 11:36 am

What are the five main languages? English, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and... uhm... oh yeah, right, German here in Germany. But I suppose this just refers to subtitles.

Harald B · 03/15/2007, 11:49 am

From elsewhere at the JoWooD site I get the impression that the "five main languages" are English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian.

Laserschwert · 03/15/2007, 12:35 pm

Obviously I can't even count to 5 AND consider Russian a "main language"... shame on me

Emily · 03/15/2007, 01:06 pm

Quote:

Just please don't send CDs in paper sleeves. I don't care if I have to pay an extra dollar for shipping, just give me a plastic case.

Don't worry, it'll be in a case.

Remember, Telltale's full of oldschool adventure gamers. We hate games that come in paper sleeves just as much as you guys do.

marsan · 03/15/2007, 01:20 pm

You guys are really lucky. I can explain best why by quoting Charles Cecil

Charles Cecil: I'm always enormously flattered that we have a really solid fanbase. And by God, while they're happy to tell you what they like, they're happy to tell you what they don't like! That's incredibly useful, because most industries pay all this money for market research; we get it for free, which is wonderful. *

I rest my case

* Quote from http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=66614

Lord_Kimbou · 03/16/2007, 12:46 am

Sam and max in five languages in August!!
Thanks, talltale!! and thanks Jowood!
But I have one question.. what 5 languages??

Notre: Sorry I don't see the other post :P

ShaggE · 03/16/2007, 01:18 am

If there's any justice in the world, the 5 languages will be Esperanto, Tagalog, Sanskrit, Latin, and Cosby-ish.
(Sam: "You see, the commisioner wants us to solve the crimes with the jello pudding and the chocolate and the vanilla and the flavor...."

Max: "Oh boy, with the fighting and the shooting and the kodak film and the Huxtable family and the pokemon with the poke and the mon and the thing where the guy comes out of the thing and he graablahaaa!")

Hector · 03/16/2007, 11:06 am

Does Jowood just change the subtitles or do they even change the audio? I generally hate resynchronized games when I know the original actors... Besides we would lose many of the jokes throughout the translating into german all which cuts the quality of the game!

If they should do so, I hope that Jowood will include the choice to select the subtitles and audio so that I can play it in English as well!!

*Coughs* maybe Telltale could make Jowood this Proposal

Armakuni · 03/17/2007, 08:16 pm

Will these CDs contain the demos of the games that you'll have to activate online or will they contain some other kind of copy protection?

tabacco · 03/17/2007, 08:18 pm

Are you asking about ours, or TAC's? We haven't decided anything yet, and I doubt we can speak for TAC.

03/15/2007, 09:23 am	#1
Harald B Egregious Philosopher Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,450	Sam & Max retail CD announced http://www.adventuregamers.com/newsitem.php?id=1410 Apparantly the deal with The Adventure Company is clinched and we can expect the CD to be in stores worldwide by august. Strange that Adventure Gamers has the story before it hits the blog or forum here, but whatever... __________________ although we do still have a time machine, so I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility. Forgot what T.H.E.M. stands for? Need the lyrics to the War Song? Visit the Sam & Max wiki!

03/15/2007, 10:37 am	#9
Rasher Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 256	I will cherish my Telltalegames.com Season Set customers' version. And if the TAC version is not starforced I might think about getting it too. Last edited by Rasher; 03/15/2007 at 10:38 am. Reason: typo

03/15/2007, 11:49 am	#12
Harald B Egregious Philosopher Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 1,450	From elsewhere at the JoWooD site I get the impression that the "five main languages" are English, German, French, Spanish, and Italian. __________________ although we do still have a time machine, so I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility. Forgot what T.H.E.M. stands for? Need the lyrics to the War Song? Visit the Sam & Max wiki!

03/16/2007, 12:46 am	#16
Lord_Kimbou Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 8	Jowood: Sam & Max: Season 1 is coming! Sam and max in five languages in August!! Thanks, talltale!! and thanks Jowood! But I have one question.. what 5 languages?? Notre: Sorry I don't see the other post :P Last edited by Lord_Kimbou; 03/16/2007 at 12:49 am.

03/16/2007, 01:18 am	#17
ShaggE Deep Mushroom Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 3,316	If there's any justice in the world, the 5 languages will be Esperanto, Tagalog, Sanskrit, Latin, and Cosby-ish. (Sam: "You see, the commisioner wants us to solve the crimes with the jello pudding and the chocolate and the vanilla and the flavor...." Max: "Oh boy, with the fighting and the shooting and the kodak film and the Huxtable family and the pokemon with the poke and the mon and the thing where the guy comes out of the thing and he graablahaaa!") __________________ "This grass feels funny. It feels like... pants." - Kirby A song. Also a song.

03/15/2007, 09:35 am	#2
Jake Telltale Team Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 5,873	It was up in a place rarely checked by forum-goers

03/15/2007, 09:51 am	#3
MoP Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2	So is this what people who bought the season online will be getting in the mail (for the cost of S&H) ?

03/15/2007, 09:56 am	#4
taumel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,654	Will there be different retail versions? I've just read on a german computer mag site ( http://www.gamestar.de/news/pc/spiel...4/sam_max.html ) that Jowood also will come out with a retail version localised to five different languages. Different publishers and localisations for different countries? Will the version TTG will offer to season one customers also include localisations?

03/15/2007, 10:26 am	#6
Yohmi Papapishu Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Taipei Posts: 317	I hope the Telltale version will be localised (subtitles) at least by downloading a patch... By the way, does JoWood's Sam&Max localisation concern also voices or not ?

03/15/2007, 10:34 am	#8
taumel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,654	Ahhh you know i'm really looking forward to the retail version. This feels so much better to me than the episode thing! :O)

03/15/2007, 11:36 am	#11
Laserschwert The F*ckest Uppest Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 1,852	What are the five main languages? English, Spanish, French, Italian, Russian, and... uhm... oh yeah, right, German here in Germany. But I suppose this just refers to subtitles.

03/15/2007, 12:35 pm	#13
Laserschwert The F*ckest Uppest Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 1,852	Obviously I can't even count to 5 AND consider Russian a "main language"... shame on me

03/15/2007, 01:20 pm	#15
marsan Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 345	You guys are really lucky. I can explain best why by quoting Charles Cecil Charles Cecil: I'm always enormously flattered that we have a really solid fanbase. And by God, while they're happy to tell you what they like, they're happy to tell you what they don't like! That's incredibly useful, because most industries pay all this money for market research; we get it for free, which is wonderful. * I rest my case * Quote from http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=66614

03/16/2007, 11:06 am	#18
Hector Gardener Of Evil Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Gemany Posts: 5	Does Jowood just change the subtitles or do they even change the audio? I generally hate resynchronized games when I know the original actors... Besides we would lose many of the jokes throughout the translating into german all which cuts the quality of the game! If they should do so, I hope that Jowood will include the choice to select the subtitles and audio so that I can play it in English as well!! Coughs maybe Telltale could make Jowood this Proposal

03/17/2007, 08:16 pm	#19
Armakuni Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Amigastan Posts: 966	Will these CDs contain the demos of the games that you'll have to activate online or will they contain some other kind of copy protection?

03/17/2007, 08:18 pm	#20
tabacco I Feel Fantastic Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Marin County, CA Posts: 2,129	Are you asking about ours, or TAC's? We haven't decided anything yet, and I doubt we can speak for TAC.

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