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And the next ip telltale should buy is without a doubt...

tevezisgodtevezisgod
edited July 2009 in General Chat
Discworld. It would be perfect for an episodic adventure, and it's every bit as popular as Wallace and Gromit or Sam and Max.

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  • OCKiOCKi
    edited July 2009
    omg.. there are so many dead IPs Telltale could choose!
    Discworld is definitely one of those universes worth visiting again. =)
  • natlinxznatlinxz
    edited July 2009
    It's got to be Lego Island!!
    And with the SCUMM engine!!!

    pick up brick
    use brick on ground
    pick up another brick
    use brick on brick
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited July 2009
    LOOM

    /thread
  • Sir PantalonesSir Pantalones
    edited July 2009
    plrichard wrote: »
    LOOM

    /thread

    How would that work episodically?

    I mean, does he forget all drafts between each episode?
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited July 2009
    Sir Pantalones wrote: »
    How would that work episodically?

    I mean, does he forget all drafts between each episode?
    I don't see how it wouldn't work, exactly. Having episode-specific drafts or a difficulty that ramps up as the series progresses could work. It would require a bit of rethinking when it comes to the way Telltale designs their games, but they need a bit of that anyway.
  • plrichardplrichard
    edited July 2009
    Sir Pantalones wrote: »
    How would that work episodically?

    I mean, does he forget all drafts between each episode?

    Well, considering the sequels to the game were not expected to have Bobbin as the playable character, it wouldn't be too hard. Forge was going to have you play as Rusty Nailbender and The Fold was going to have you play as the female shepherd (can't remember her name right now). So it wouldn't be a huge deal if they followed these models. However, that being said, I'd rather be Bobbin in all the games.
  • ScrawfflerScrawffler
    edited July 2009
    Discworld would be pretty cool, because they'd have so much to work with. They could loosely base each episode on a certain book (but not completely copy the storyline) and Telltale would have no trouble handling Pratchett's kind of humour. The series would have to stay faithful to the books though, I've only played the first Discworld game but the creators of that did a pretty good job I think.

    Loom is cool too, but was originally written as a trilogy and I can't imagine it as an episodic series. I'd love to see it continued with the sequels that were intended many years ago, but am not so crazy about the idea of it being an episodic series.
  • VunduVundu
    edited July 2009
    DoTT
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited July 2009
    Discworld would be the perfect type of series for Mike Stemmle to handle with his type of humor; but like other series such as Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, Doctor Who, etc. I do feel it would be proper to bring in some British writers. Maybe I'm being too much of a purist, but it would help.

    *cough*Ben"Yahtzee"Croshaw*cough*

    EDIT: The next IP Telltale should buy should be Futurama, which deserves it.
  • Sir PantalonesSir Pantalones
    edited July 2009
    Rather Dashing wrote: »
    I don't see how it wouldn't work, exactly. Having episode-specific drafts or a difficulty that ramps up as the series progresses could work. It would require a bit of rethinking when it comes to the way Telltale designs their games, but they need a bit of that anyway.
    The required drafts would HAVE to be episode specific, though, since some might try later episodes without looking at the older ones first. Don't ask me why. I just know some people have done that on Telltale's previous series.
    They'd have to have a good explanation for them to do so as well.

    Making Forge and The Fold rather than Loom 2 would work, definitely. But I really loved the concept of the original Loom... : P

    BTW!!!!!!!!!!111
    Spirou.
  • Rather DashingRather Dashing
    edited July 2009
    Vundu wrote: »
    DoTT
    I don't remember a DoTT franchise.

    On the other hand, wouldn't it be awful if they picked up the Empire Strikes Back franchise?
  • ShwooShwoo
    edited July 2009
    Scrawffler wrote: »
    Discworld would be pretty cool, because they'd have so much to work with. They could loosely base each episode on a certain book (but not completely copy the storyline)
    I'd prefer it if they didn't do that. Although I liked the first two Discworld games, I didn't like how they picked a plot and shoehorned Rincewind in.Also, the humour felt more like Monty Python than Terry Pratchett.

    I think an overarching plot with individual episodes set in different locations would be awesome for an episodic Discworld game.
    EDIT: The next IP Telltale should buy should be Futurama, which deserves it.
    That too. The plausibilities are endless.
  • xbskidxbskid
    edited July 2009
    I wonder what Dark Tower would be like as an episodic Point-and-Click? Either that or Traveler's Tales should pick up Dark Tower for a massive Lego platformer epic.
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited July 2009
    Vundu wrote: »
    DoTT

    Well, there's a pretty strong rumour concerning that...
  • guitarsareboringguitarsareboring
    edited July 2009
    tevezisgod wrote: »
    Discworld. It would be perfect for an episodic adventure, and it's every bit as popular as Wallace and Gromit or Sam and Max.

    Oh yes, I loved the first two Discworld games (and quite liked Discworld Noir) but I'd most like to see Maniac Mansion 3...
  • HellerphantHellerphant
    edited July 2009
    Maybe they could develop a new IP....?
  • nikasaurnikasaur Telltale Alumni
    edited July 2009
    tevezisgod wrote: »
    Discworld. It would be perfect for an episodic adventure, and it's every bit as popular as Wallace and Gromit or Sam and Max.


    Don't make me drool. The mere thought sends my salivary glands into overload. Pratchett, how I love thee so!
  • kbogle24kbogle24
    edited July 2009
    Vundu wrote: »
    DoTT

    Sounds good to me!!!
  • Jerec84Jerec84
    edited July 2009
    Futurama seems well suited to the graphic adventure genre, moreso than the action game that came out some years back. The cutscenes and stuff were brilliant, but the gameplay itself was kinda lame... running around sewers shooting monsters and stuff. But yeah, a story-driven, episodic adventure game based on Futurama would be so awesome... but only if they can get the voice actors.
  • tredlowtredlow
    edited July 2009
    Dang, I never read Discworld, I was more of a Douglas Adams guy. If this is true, then I really need to start reading.
  • howyemanhowyeman
    edited July 2009
    I really hope it's a new IP, or maybe a franchise that's never been on the adventure genre.
    Something like mmmm "The lost Vikings" It'll be so cool to play an adventure game with those 3 vikings DOtT style with puzzles requiring the special skills of the others.
  • AyatoAyato
    edited July 2009
    I don't post here often, but when I saw you lot talking up the potential for Telltale-made episodic games based on the Discworld, it activated something primal and very very nerdy inside of me.
    I want to brainstorm this a bit. This is a great idea.

    I'm not certain how likely it is, but if Telltale picks up Terry Pratchett's Discworld as an IP I've no doubt that they would do a wonderful job. I imagine something along the lines of a 5 episode run, each episode dealing with different characters and scenarios (with stand-alone plots, perhaps with a broad story that ties them all together).

    Perhaps to draw an audience with familiarity, the series could start with a Rincewind story. Lot's of running about, fumbling your way out of dangerous situations with the Luggage by your side, acting inventory. NPC encounters would likely include a lot of hob-nobbing with the various wizards of the Unseen University (unless of course the story takes him somewhere else entirely).

    The second tale could focus on the Witches of Lancre, with the player in the role of Granny Weatherwax. Righting some wrong in the country by means of practical witchcraft and headology.

    The third tale could be a City Watch story, with the player controlling Sam Vimes. Good old fashioned police work, only with drunks, tossers, trolls, dwarfs and werewolves representing the law.

    The forth, well...
    It could be an original tale perhaps, with a new character for use in a stand alone story. Perhaps this one could be along the lines of Moving Pictures or Soul Music, where the protagonist becomes involved with the advent of a whole new sensation that reflects cultural trends in our own reality (like movies and rock music), but with some magical and potentially dangerous twist

    The fifth and final, oh I dunno. Let's say a Death story. And to make it interesting, you play as Death's granddaughter Susan Sto-helit. Perhaps it's here where we learn the major villain who has been behind the happenings of the episodic series are the Auditors of Reality with some grand scheme to wipe humanity out of existence. Being that they are celestial bureaucrats who find all life to be messy and unpredictable.

    I'm such a nerd, but I love this idea. Telltale and Discworld is to my mind a match made in heaven.
  • SS the Free!SS the Free!
    edited July 2009
    I'm from UK and I've never heard of or seen Discworld, and I read an awful lot of books. I'd much rather see Doctor Who.
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited July 2009
    SS the Free! wrote: »
    I'm from UK and I've never heard of or seen Discworld, and I read an awful lot of books. I'd much rather see Doctor Who.

    Really? Pratchets books have been very popular here in UK, not read them myself though.
  • Toothless GibbonToothless Gibbon
    edited July 2009
    Rex Nebula!
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