Tell Tale Disappointment
Im a huge than of the classic point & click games! From Space Quest, Indiana jones & the fate of atlantis, The Dig all the way to Day of the tentacle and full throttle. But honestly do not understand the need for the latest exclusives and episodes. If your going to make a game release it for everyone to play! Im currently playing Walking Dead on 360 and would like tales from monkey island, back to the future and jurassic park also. But make a game and release it! not a bit at a time! Just release the damn game on every platform all at once!
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The two belong together. Nothing against getting complete adventure games, but the Telltale question was always: What can they achieve in a month? Seriously, in the golden times, the question was even: "What franchise will I play in three months?", because release and announcement were only so far apart. I loved that.
Episodic games works in some ways and doesn't in others. In its favour is the fact that each episode can be radically different in tone - Strong Bad was a great example of this. Another positive is that Telltale can incorporate feedback from the earlier episodes into the later ones. We saw this with Sam & Max Save the World. Also, being more spaced out means more attention and with that, more people becoming interested and trying it.
On the downside, it does mean you'll have to wait for each new episode, and each one is relatively short (though compared to Modern Warfare 3, that's not so big an issue!).
If you seriously have an issue with the episodic method, then either wait until all the episodes are out before playing or, shock horror, don't play them at all. It's how the company works and it's done them pretty well so far, so I highly doubt they'll be changing tactics any time soon.
Hey welcome to the boards, I can appreciate your opinion and I am a long time fan of adventure gaming.. I have been playing them for a little over 20 years now... While it is nice to have a game all at once there are a lot of benefits to having it released in episodes... One of them you've done already and that is logging in here and talking about the game with other fans while its ongoing. It is a lot of fun sharing your theories and opinions.. and the great thing about it is that the TTG team posts right along with us and they listen to what we like and dislike. Instead of playing through a game in a few days and maybe talking about it with fans for a week, we get to chat about and and have fun for nearly half a year..
... Your name is in the credits?
Yep! I appear in credits now. Appearing in credits is cool.
Water is wet? Outrageous? Who do I have to sue to rectify this?
Just get some dehydrated water and you'll be just fine.
Alternatively, you can substitute water with dihydrogen monoxide. Just be aware it's dangerous if inhaled.
Ouch
I don't like the insinuation that I didn't work. I got payed three slices of pizza for my services, thank you very much!
Excellent. Surely all I need to do is undercut the fair wage and offer my services for just TWO slices! Hope there aren't any visa issues with remuneration by pizza.
Well, you might not be in the credits. But you're definitely in our hearts.
I'll take just one, and I don't need a stinkin' visa!
ughhh tills. tills. I did that for 3/5 years. Never again. NEVER. I now work both labour and customer service work, but never tills again...ever. I even left it off my résumé I hate it that much.
As for my pitch, I'll work 15hr days for them to sign my visa
And adding to the working for Telltale conversation: I'd love to do something for Telltale too. If you ever need someone for sprite work Telltale, I'd be happy to oblige.
Actually I thought you were one of the lucky forum members, that got their name in the credits because of some (non-contractual) stuff
Nah, I would one of the lucky forum members who happened to live close by with nothing to do on Saturdays. Sometimes Sundays.
Oh there will be a timetable, internally at least. The team will have deadlines and milestones set and the dates to hit them. But I fully understand why they don't release that information mainly because of the backlash they would get if they missed a date by as little as a day. Also problems can and do occur which also effect release dates. So they keep their cards close to their chest so that when they give a date they can be as confident that they will meet that date as they can. Sure it's a little frustrating for the user but it's really not that hard to be patient.
I don't understand you.
We're not beta testers. The beta testers get paid in pizza.