What do you think Telltale will do after BTTF and JP?
When Rise of the Pirate God was about to be released, I was thinking what's the next thing gonna be. I kinda sorta had the answer after finishing RotPG: New Sam & Max game in 2010. While waiting for The Devil's Playhouse I was thinking what's next in line. Later on the Universal deal was announced.
Now there haven't been any releases since the last S&M episode and we're waiting for Back to the Future and Poker Night to kick off. After that there will be Jurassic Park. So when all this is done and wrapped up, what's gonna be next?
Now there haven't been any releases since the last S&M episode and we're waiting for Back to the Future and Poker Night to kick off. After that there will be Jurassic Park. So when all this is done and wrapped up, what's gonna be next?
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Something new would be cool, but we have like 4 different new things coming out this year.
Strong Bad would just delay the website more
Monkey Island will probably have to be done by LucasArts now
Sam and Max is too soon.
From what I've heard, Wallace and Gromit didn't do too good.
Though the rights are likely tied up with a number of companies (Henson), perhaps Universal just had a distribution deal. And I have no idea if the new movie will also be out on Universal.
...wouldn't say no to another season of SBCG4AP either....
I'd lovethat.
If it is the first one, I really hope they will work on the license for Bone. If it is the second one - probably another game at the Inventory.
but, as for new property, I would love another "Indiana Jones" adventure game.
Lets not forget that Sam & Max Season 1 ended in 2007, the same year season 2 started.
Even though we had to wait 2 years before The Devils Playhouse, I still think season 4 will come out in 2011-2012. Hopefully.:D
What he said. If the former, TOMI2. If the latter, more Puzzle Agent and Inventory stuff. Perhaps Puzzle Agent At The Inventory even.
I intended it as a kind of a guessing game, but discussing wishes isn't prohibited
More Monkey Island: LucasArts announced no more external development a while back, so this one's highly unlikely.
More Sam & Max: Probable. There was a gap of only several months between the end of Save the World and the beginning of Beyond Time and Space. Obviously there was a two-year gap between Beyond Time and Space and The Devil's Playhouse, but that's because that season had improved graphics and gameplay, which meant more development time. Now that they have The Devil's Playhouse to work off of, a Season 4 could be finished (comparatively) fast.
More Wallace & Gromit: Does Telltale even have the license anymore? Either way, I don't think it sold well enough to justify more.
More Strong Bad: The Chaps haven't updated their site in almost a year (I'm not counting the April Fool's joke since it wasn't a return to regular updates.) Why would they have the time for the even-more-intensive work of a second SBCG4AP? Just consider yourself lucky we're getting Poker Night at the Inventory.
New license for Bone: Forget it. Warner Bros. picked up the license for a reason. They're making a Bone movie, and they want to be able to make a Bone game to go with it. I guess you can hope that WB will hire Telltale to finish the Bone series (and maybe update the two that came out to look a little less dated), but realistically, that won't happen.
Puzzle Agent continued: You can tell Telltale really wants Puzzle Agent to be popular and grow into a series. They've been trying to push it as much as possible, to the point of giving it away for free for pre-ordering BttF. But sadly, I don't think enough people are interested to warrant more. (Which is a shame, since I loved it.)
Something Completely Different at the Inventory: This is completely dependent on how well Poker Night sells. If there is a sequel, I just hope it's something more interesting than poker. It seems if they're going to make "At the Inventory" into a series, the most important element would be The Inventory itself. Maybe we can see a point-and-click adventure starring the four of them.
But most likely, I think Telltale's next project after the two Universal games are done will be something brand new, not a sequel. Telltale's a small studio, but they're getting bigger and attracting more attention with each new game. Back to the Future's a very well-known license, and the news of a BttF game is causing tons of people who have never even heard of Telltale before to start talking about one of their projects. (Hopefully the game will convert these people into full-out fans once it comes out.) When Jurassic Park gets closer, we'll be seeing even more people. This much attention is enough that Telltale might be able to get their hands on an even larger license, or hell, maybe make something original. Whatever they do next, though, I'm looking forward to it.
Out of curiousity, who's Raz?
I think Richard from the Looking for Group comics would be an excellent addition to an At the Inventory game.
This is simply wrong. Season Three of Sam and Max was tentatively scheduled for "early 2009" and then all word of it dropped off the face of the earth until Tales was announced and it was made clear that Sam and Max had been put on hold to release Tales.
(Also I'd hardly call "removing all the puzzles in the game" an improvement...)
Week? TTG's games come out monthly.
Also, in regards to RAnthonyMahan's comment, didn't we end up deciding that the whole 'no more external development for LucasArts' wouldn't actually affect the chances of a future Monkey Island game all that much (after much discussion)?
I don't think we'll be seeing a new Strong Bad season. The franchise is too niche. As Telltale is getting more known and popular I think they'd like to stick to more popular license games.
So future for TellTale is: BttF and Jurassic Park and then Sam and Max S4 with the pilot programm continued.
So other than that, I'd like to see them move onto other new properties. BTTF and Jurassic Park both sound amazing and I'd definitely be in favour of a Futurama game.
Again I am really up for an X-Files game. It really has the qualities for a succesful episodic game from Telltale.
-The franchise has been too quiet for a long time. It could use a revival
-It has comical distinctive characters. The real actors are probably easy accesible for the voice acting.
-The series already had an episodic format.
-The series had a nice sense of dark humour. TellTale could really work with this.
It's also a great addition for TellTale's portfolio. It needs a good detective/horror/comedy game.
Now someone already pointed out to me that they have CSI.
But TellTale just acts as an out-sourced studio. The stories are already written. Telltale just transfers it into a game. Also, CSI is pretty generic. Misses drama, action and good characters.
I know most of us can wait, and it would be too soon for a new Sam&Max game.
I agree with this. Also, unlike CSI, The X-files is more about paranormal activity rather than crime in real life. I think it would be an interesting video game.
Keep in mind that we'll be almost a year further when current 2 licenses are complete.
'Course, more Guybrush would always be wonderful. I just want to see the giant steampunk monkey robot Steve Purcell designed to appear in a game.
Killer Tomatoes! Yeees!
-Telltale's chance to make a proper big-boy game with serious storylines that interweave and have proper emotional gravitas
-The nature of Dexter's "work" would lend itself well to adventure games, tracking people down, finding clues, finding clever ways to enter into property
-Hints could be delivered seamlessly using Dexter's trademark inner monologue
-That guy from the Telltale office who dressed as Dex would bum the idea