Walking Dead Episode 2 Release Date Discussion (June, but WHEN?)
As you guys (hopefully) already know, we mods know just as much as you do about release dates. We're volunteers and don't work for Telltale. And one thing we LOOOOOVE is speculation! So here's a poll to guess when Episode 2: STARVED FOR HELP will release on PC/MAC. (I'm not including iOS or console since those typically release a little later; they must get approval from the iOS store, Microsoft, Sony, etc before they go live).
I'm going to sweeten the pot. Whomever guesses FIRST (I'll be able to see poll results) the correct date will get a custom commission from me. You can check out my work here here or here.
You can ask for a zombie portrait or anything else TWD related. I will either a) make digital art for you and email you the hi-rez or b) paint for you and film it, and send you a hi-rez photo of the painting.
SO GET SPECULATING!
I'm going to sweeten the pot. Whomever guesses FIRST (I'll be able to see poll results) the correct date will get a custom commission from me. You can check out my work here here or here.
You can ask for a zombie portrait or anything else TWD related. I will either a) make digital art for you and email you the hi-rez or b) paint for you and film it, and send you a hi-rez photo of the painting.
SO GET SPECULATING!
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Yes, the second episode is currently being worked on. As are the later ones; that is the whole point of episodic development. But I'm really curious to see where the community stands on when they think the release date of the second episode is!
Great mods think alike! Of course I wouldn't gift myself the prize. It would go to whomever was behind me, so you, if it's really the 29th.
Oh God, we're killing this thing.
Zombie portrait Zombie portrait Zombie portrait Zombie portrait
You're losing this game!
Seems like someone just
*puts on sunglasses*
seriously you put the first week of may up are you mad ?
Edit: Not the only one now, but I was first
Nah, he can't.
Asked about whether the game was still released in 2011, he wrote:
I think that right now, even the designers have no idea how fast they can (and want to) deliver the second episode. There is probably a "projected date", which is TEH one date with an incredibly high improbability that the game actually releases on that day.
So, whatever Harrison votes, better not vote this again.
Am I the only one who dislike this series?
LOL
And to play through...
if you bought it on pc then no you should of got a season pass which is for all the episodes of the 'season 1'
if you bought on ps3 / xbox then yeah you have to buy seperate
how much did you pay ?
Ya know if Sam and Max season 3 came out this month on XBLA i could wait for Episode 2 easier
So....
*Trembles in anticipation* That means it may be out soon? like before i irresponsibly spend all my points?
me too, don't worry, you'll get all the episodes
Btw the poll is a complete guessing game I'd say, look at episode 1
...and you can still bet on the 8th, isn't that glorious?
(Seriously, it's not two weeks and has never been. Episodes are released MONTHLY. You probably heard that they want to do a "Playing Dead" VIDEO every two weeks. But that release schedule has obviously passed marketing trapdoors already
So they have info even the entire company Telltale games doesn't have at the moment?
They must be CLAIRVOYANT!
(Again, these episodes are developed as we speak. There's a "monthly" schedule, but not even two weeks after the first episode was released, I doubt that TTG really already knows how fast they can deliver the second one. A lot of "sources", including IGN etc, just make those release dates up because they're even more desperate to have one than we are.)
This game will have its fifth and last episode released late August or early September. You will have to get used to that as well.
Telltale knows they will need approximately one month to finish the episode, but as their work has to be achieved in such a short period of time, any kind of release date they COULD give would be pure speculation. Episodic gaming means that they could be finished in a bit less than a month, or a bit more than a month - but they will only know mere days before the release, so they justly don't give a release date. And they don't have to either - waiting a week more or less doesn't really make a difference. You'll get a date some days from release, when they can actually be SURE that the episode releases on that date. But not before.
In the meantime, calm down and cast your vote.
If you're too impatient for monthly releases, I recommend you do exactly that. I have a few friends who just can't cope with waiting an entire month, so they wait for a Season to finish before they buy. It's a valid and definitely not offensive option, seriously.
since your new to the forums i'll be patient with you, but if you take off the rose tinted glasses and look at back to the future the game which is probably the closest game to this in terms of gameplay and size, play through length it will give you an idea of what to expect release date wise..
if TTG had not been succesfull as a company they would not have lasted 6 years, there is no stab in the dark they said monthly releases for episodes which is always in the last week or if there is a delay to the following week in rare cases.
they have a structure it's called episodic gaming with monthly updates to the story which in twd's case is 5 episodes.. understand these games are not 100% complete they have the story, the gfx engine and most of the cut scenes done, but they do work on them to fine tune as well as the gameplay, voice acting and testing for bugs.
ttg don't 'shaft' gamers in this way because they do say what thegame is how it's released and what to expect...
and believe me they say it ALOT if you have any kind of common sence you'd use facebook/ign/gamespot/rock paper shotgun the list goes on, even i with limited time effort and patience can find the information easily....
but if your too lazy to use google.....
is there a sticky thread for ttg noobs ?
Yes. But I doubt it'll help much here.
This is the way its been done for many years now.. and TTG has never canceled a game mid season...
The ONLY blemish on their record is they pushed back the release date of Jurassic Park.. and they made it right by giving EVERY person that had pre-ordered free games.
TTG do not make games like other companies they work on them right up to the day they are released when they feel they are confident in knowing roughly what day they will be done they will let you know.
Please stop making multiple threads asking the same question just because you do not like the answer.