Has Telltale Given Up on Sam and Max? [nope]
I've bought every single Telltale game since Sam and Max Season 1. I don't understand Strongbad, Wallace and Gromit are cute, but I won't buy another season of either of them. Monkey Island did reduce the Sam and Max craving a little (I will buy future episodes!), but I MISS SAM AND MAX!!! PLEASE make some announcement that you haven't just given up on them. I remember a poll on this site about what game was the favorite, and Sam and Max won by a large margin.
I'm not saying that you should give up all of your other series (although I wouldn't be upset if you gave up at least one of them); just don't forget what got most of us interested in Telltale Games to begin with!
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RoadRunner
I'm not saying that you should give up all of your other series (although I wouldn't be upset if you gave up at least one of them); just don't forget what got most of us interested in Telltale Games to begin with!
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they're not going to give up on one of the fanchises that started them out.
Oh, right, that was LucasArts. We're talking about Telltale, and they'd never abandon a franchise in exchange for a more profitable one.
All snide comments aside, from what I can piece together from the various Telltale statements was that they were in pre-production of Sam and Max Season Three when the chance to make a Monkey Island game fell into their laps. The offer was too extraordinary and profitable to pass up, so they took it. I'm guessing that if the Telltale of half a year ago was going to continue with Sam and Max, the Telltale of now is fairly likely to make it their next series. Sam and Max fans were just spoiled by the short timeframe between seasons 1 and 2.
Telltale has enough employees to work on two games, so I suppose Season 3 has been slowly progressing through the background of TOMI development.
It's going to take a while, for Telltale to get all their people back on board for Season 3, because coming back to an unfinished product is hard to do. Ultimately, I hope this doesn't affect season 3...
So don't worry RoadRunner and everyone else, Telltale wouldn't just abandon a project they just started twice, and if they were I'm sure we'd be hearing about it with apologies galore. For now it's still a certain release.
And yes the rest of us are all thinking, dreaming, sketching and needing Season 3, it's not just you.
Yeah, that timeframe was just perfect, I barely got aggravated as I am with this season 3 wait.
exactly
Wouldn't that be a blast?
(No, I don't think this is going to really happen...)
That would be a dream come true.
And then of course there is this:
Which leaves me to believe that Telltale have not given up on Sam & Max.
I consider the Wallace & Gromit & Strong Bad series to be a cult series, and therefore only occasionally making a new series appearance - because of its much lower popularity in contrast with MI and Sam & Max.
I also see the premise of them getting later series to be very unlikely because they deal with other mediums, were fans can get W&G and Strong Bad (W&G - has the shorts, that are still be released, one I think is due for 2011, whilst Strong Bad has the constantly updated homestarrunner website).
Whilst Sam & Max & MI's only new stuff is here at Telltale, so these two are most likely to be the ones to get at least another series...
Wallace and Gromit has a habit of taking forever between things though. Next year's TV show may be a good start though.
I know that sometimes a project gets cancelled at this stage, even when it gets to the production stage in some cases, but I still think the release of Sam and Max season 3 is more than likely to happen someday.
Yeah but at least it gets some material, all us Sam & Max fans get nowadays is the video games.
That's the point I'm trying to make.
And machinimas, and sites that mirror in-jokes... Tee shirts... I'm open for every potential product with advertisemental purposes.
Fixed.
I'm pretty sure it will be either the series they announce next, or the series after.
You know, because America hasn't been allowed to have them for four years...
And that's exactly why I want Telltale to do that, because as long as this period without the original voices continues, there are going to be people who will never let go of it.
I wish people would take into account the reason WHY we want those voices so badly. Think about it... there's only one Sam and Max product that has them. But it's not sold in the United States. The country they were from. The country where they recorded those lines. And, in addition, the other project they were working on got taken away from them, and is still being locked away for no reason whatsoever!
And it saddens me that there's too much callousness on this forum, and too many people not caring about them at all...
Four years? That's long enough, people. The original voices of Sam and Max deserve FAR better than this.
Don't mind lattsam, he's just letting his nostalgia run wild and ruin excellent games for him.
I like the new voices better, eat it.
But in all seriousness, the guys doing the voices have been doing them for a good while now and have a great feel for the characters. A change at this point would be jarring to say the least
I will not eat it! You can't make me eat it!
Now, eat it, don't make me ask again
I dont think there is going to be a S3, or it will only come when TTG is desperate for a new release.
Even if it was the series that put them on the map, it's less profitable and has a narrower audience than most of their other games. (I'm acctually stunned that they're not cranking out CSI: games seeing that CSI: is more popular that it ever has been) S+M has a narrow audience because (1) it has "cartoon characters" which will automatically turn off a large number of adults ("its for kids") and in turn (2) most kids wont play it because of the mature content, then (3) the off-beat humor wont land with a lot of people, or will not be appareciated, (4) the semi-crude content will turn off most of the right-wing conservatives. This is not even counting that right now most games are FPS and lots of people will simply not want to buy an old-school point-and-click game.
On the other paw, for example, wallice and gromit (1) is well known to be all-ages (2) is kid friendly, (3) and (4) AFAIK contains no crude or off-beat humor to offend anyone. It's a very market-friendly game.
TOMI, from what I've heard (not played it yet) is also not as off-beat or crude as S+M and again doesnot evoke the "it's a kids game" like seeing an anthro dog and rabbity-thing.
Honestly, from a monitary PoV I see no reason for TTG to seriously persue S+M when they ahve other franchises that are much easier to sell and likely more popular overall.
Also, Should I point out that in NONE of the "where is S3?" threads has there been even ONE post from a TTG member. They are keeping their mouths shut because they know when they finally announce "Season 3 has been put on hold indeffinately" aka CANCELED, that it will evoke seering rage and a virtual lynch mob of all the fans that were so upset on the demise of the Lucus Arts Freelance Police.
They're stalling so people will buy their other games "while we wait for S3" and they are hoping we get addicted to those games so that when they cancel S+M we wont all boycot their products...
The terms "market-friendly" or "crude humor" can only be used for people who have never played any adventure games and want to experience it. The humor that Sam and Max has may be too much for minors, or some may find the characters' looks childish; but the franchise already has a big (not huge, but big) fandom behind it, so this is not a big deal. Also I believe that the true "market-friendly" product is that product that gives the consumer what he/she wants. I mean, people only care this stuff like "violence" or "crudeness" if there is a big disturbance involved. I don't think Sam and Max's crude humor is even comparable to the amount of violence seen in games like Manhunt or GTA, so there shouldn't be any problem.
Sam and Max is a quite big franchise, and it can be called as a "classic". I mean, if you like the old-school TMNT or Godzilla or whatever, Sam and Max is for you. If you like blowing some zombie heads or controlling a big army to conquer a land, you probably can't like those games.
In fact, developers already mentioned about Sam and Max S3 is in development, and they keep their pieholes shut to give it a little hype.
... Sam and Max is their second most successful series as far as I've heard, behind only Monkey Island.
I'd bet my left tit on it