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Futurama and Telltale

TimesNineXiXTimesNineXiX
edited December 2009 in General Chat
I saw across the boards that a lot of people liked LeChuck's comical line about hurting his spirit in Rise of the Pirate God.

Not to accuse Telltale writers of biting, but this is almost the same line spoken by Old Man Waterfall in the episode "A Taste of Freedom." A nod perhaps?

When I heard this, I got to thinking telltale could do a great deal with Futurama. Most people who played the Futurama game will tell you how disappointing it was. But imagine the adventure genre and Futurama, it seems perfect.

It allows the the blending of all the creativeness of a game like The Dig with the comedic genius of the show itself. I actually loved The Dig, but I see nothing wrong with reworking that formula with a lot of humor.

Considering the sheer breadth of Futurama's universe, and its coming revival, it seems like a good franchise for telltale to consider.

Any takers?

Comments

  • MatakuMataku
    edited December 2009
    Maybe, but in 3D? Cell shading for space crafts and robots,maybe. But for the human characters would just look weird.
  • TimesNineXiXTimesNineXiX
    edited December 2009
    Well the previously released game was all done in the 3d style. The human characters didn't look half bad with cel-shading considering it came out like 6-7 years ago.
  • Secret FawfulSecret Fawful
    edited December 2009
    You got a taker right here. I'm one of the biggest advocates of this idea that there is on the board. I bring it up every single time a topic about Telltale series is made. We MUST have a future for Telltale, and Telltale's future is in Futurama.
  • MatakuMataku
    edited December 2009
    TimesNineXiX wrote: »
    Well the previously released game was all done in the 3d style. The human characters didn't look half bad with cel-shading considering it came out like 6-7 years ago.

    okay, i'm sold. but only if they get the original voice cast.
  • TimesNineXiXTimesNineXiX
    edited December 2009
    Mataku wrote: »
    okay, i'm sold. but only if they get the original voice cast.

    Oh for sure- what would be the point of making it without Billy West and the gang? They did their voices for the first game, and it was quite good. You can actually watch all the in game cutscenes on the "Beast with a Billion Backs" DVD.
  • MatakuMataku
    edited December 2009
    ^I know, and i did. ;)
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited December 2009
    This is a topic that has been discussed a few times before, and every time it has, I've always been massively in favour of it. This would be an awesome idea, and I would totally buy it. Get it sorted, Telltale!
  • corruptbigginscorruptbiggins
    edited December 2009
    Mataku wrote: »
    Maybe, but in 3D? Cell shading for space crafts and robots,maybe. But for the human characters would just look weird.

    I think if they did in in the way they did SBCG4AP then it would look great.
  • RemolayRemolay
    edited December 2009
    I think they should do it in the style of the TV show, The characters look somewhat 2D and certain items, like the Planet Express ship, would be full 3D. but yeah, I'm in favor of Futurama episodic games
  • zmallyzmally
    edited December 2009
    here we go again.. ah well!

    YAY Telltale should do some Futurama games!!!

    Would be perfect, episodic, style, voice actors, etc, etc.

    Please do it. lol.
  • doggansdoggans
    edited December 2009
    Well, both ToMI5 AND IWWHIToMI5 had Futurama references...which means...






    ...well, nothing, necessarily. :P
  • LutraniLutrani
    edited December 2009
    A new Futurama game would be amazing, and it would be timed perfectly with the comeback of the show to Comedy Central.:D
  • doodo!doodo!
    edited December 2009
    There's a Futurama game out there somewhere that looked pretty good. I've never played it.
  • Darth MarsdenDarth Marsden
    edited December 2009
    It was an average platform game. I wouldn't waste much time looking for it, but if you happen to spot it for $10 or so, you could do a lot worse.

    Alternatively, get the DVD of 'The Beast with a Billion Backs', which has all the cutscenes spliced together to form what they call 'The Lost Episode'. It cuts a couple of the funniest jokes out, but it's still pretty funny.
  • ZombieAtPlayZombieAtPlay
    edited December 2009
    The graphical style of the recent simpsons game was brilliant! The characters almost looked 2D and it was a lot better than previous games (plus bender and zoidberg appeared in it). I'm not sure if it was a custom engine though...
  • FriarFriar
    edited December 2009
    Mataku wrote: »
    Maybe, but in 3D? Cell shading for space crafts and robots,maybe. But for the human characters would just look weird.

    sure about that?
  • MatakuMataku
    edited December 2009
    um... yhea? (and the simpsons aren't exactly human, per se).
  • AshtonAshton
    edited December 2009
    While I love both Futurama and Telltale, I'm not sure they would mesh too well. Futurama has a lot of very strange offbeat humor and references that would put-off a lot of first-time adventure gamers I think it also would make for a very strange game.

    Though with how they've handled Sam and Max (Who's humor is more offbeat than Futurama, but not as confusing), I think it's *possible* for them to do a futurama game, however it woudl be notable harder, imo, to get it "right" while still making it both easy enough for beginners and advanced enough for players, while not falling into the trap of needing to know a lot about the show or about the series' it references.

    As For cell-shading, I have no problem with it, it woudl give it a nice animated feel that could do the series justice and make it feel just like watching it on TV (I would say "being there" but since it's futurama, that would just seem wierd :p)

    I'd say tred lightly but if anyone can do it, it would be telltale.
  • doggansdoggans
    edited December 2009
    Mataku wrote: »
    um... yhea? (and the simpsons aren't exactly human, per se).

    They're exactly as human as any of the humans in Futurama, so...
  • MatakuMataku
    edited December 2009
    I disagree, but whatever.
  • ShwooShwoo
    edited December 2009
    Ashton wrote: »
    While I love both Futurama and Telltale, I'm not sure they would mesh too well. Futurama has a lot of very strange offbeat humor and references
    That's true for just about all the properties Telltale has made games about. And I disagree that it would put first time adventure gamers off.
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