I think the last episode they announced the release dates on tuesday june 26th then released like, wednesday 27th for xbox and friday 29th for ps3... so I'm hoping for the same thing this time! (since my hope of it being out tuesday and then today failed :P)
Tuesday seems like such a bad time for an impatient hard working god fearing 'merican like me. I would be most obliged if it game out on a Sunday, amen.
I think the last episode they announced the release dates on tuesday june 26th then released like, wednesday 27th for xbox and friday 29th for ps3... so I'm hoping for the same thing this time! (since my hope of it being out tuesday and then today failed :P)
Tuesday seems like such a bad time for an impatient hard working god fearing 'merican like me. I would be most obliged if it game out on a Sunday, amen.
Are you seriously talking in terms of days? A rational person like myself, would like to see episode 3 be realeased sometime by october...of 2021. what do you guys think over/under?
Im not Mr.Grinch, Mr.Grinch would imply I hate something for an unfair reason. The majority hates telltale because they dont stick to their word and are in general, sucky - a legit reason I would say. You then go on to say that I am right and I appreciate that. PS I dont smoke pot, and your joke was not funny.
And if you think TWD is anywhere near the best game I have ever played.... LAWD help yo' self
I said best walking dead game...wasn't really trying to be funny just saying if your done and the game sucks awesome but til the next ep comes out all the people saying oh it not here oh i cant play oh telltale lied oh im going to die cuz its taking so long is less than helpful. there are specific threads dedicated to anger at telltale so just chill or keep quiet
ps i dont smoke pot either it was my nice way of saying chill the F out holmes;)
Are you seriously talking in terms of days? A rational person like myself, would like to see episode 3 be realeased sometime by october...of 2021. what do you guys think over/under?
I think the real zombie apocalypse will come first.
Tuesday seems like such a bad time for an impatient hard working god fearing 'merican like me. I would be most obliged if it game out on a Sunday, amen.
Doubt it. With news of a season 2 being planned, after episode 5 the whiners will be complaining about Season 2 not being here or there or wherever.
I would facepalm if all these lawsuit "cry babies" and angry people come back for a season 2, I'm sure the only reason they have stuck around is because that bought the season pass???
But I could be wrong and 80% of them could all be cry babies who don't even own the season pass and just want it NOW! NOW!! NOW!!
I hope I'm wrong and all these people talking about buying a Telltale game have a backbone and stick to their guns; hopefully they are not just using that as some crazy illogical idea to speed up Telltales development?
Probably wrong though all you have to do is look at Telltales facebook to see many MANY losers saying how they would never buy ep2, then those same people posting how fun it was after it was released lol
i like how because someone complains in this day and age they are called whiner,loser if people didn't complain this world would be a sorry arse place to live in we need people to complain not just to accept everything at face value.So someone is a loser now days if they complain about something i don't see them as whining and losers you wouldn't like to live in Great Britain they say we are a nation of whiners.
i like how because someone complains in this day and age they are called whiner,loser if people didn't complain this world would be a sorry arse place to live in we need people to complain not just to accept everything at face value.So someone is a loser now days if they complain about something i don't see them as whining and losers you wouldn't like to live in Great Britain they say we are a nation of whiners.
I'm talking about the people who say "this is bs, I'm not buying ep2 or any telltale game AGAIN!" and then they do, people like that have no class and cannot even stick to their guns when concerning a video game.
Maybe its just because I have a backbone when I say something I stand by it, that's why I think It's pathetic, I would never take someone like that at face value as they cannot even stick by their own morals.
I think Telltale is poor, never bought ep2 will not buy ep3 but do enjoy coming to these forums as I can tell most complainers have no morals and will be kissing Telltales ass the moment ep3 is out.
Tuesday seems like such a bad time for an impatient hard working god fearing 'merican like me. I would be most obliged if it game out on a Sunday, amen.
Are you seriously talking in terms of days? A rational person like myself, would like to see episode 3 be realeased sometime by october...of 2021. what do you guys think over/under?
I'll take the under on that.. What are my odds and what's the bet?
You know..I'm a Production Manager in a small factory. One thing I noticed when it comes to business is how poor decisions by upper management can ultimately destroy a business. I hate to say it, mainly because I feel the Telltale has done a wonderful job so far on the products they produce. Unfortunately, it really doesn't matter how great a product is if they alienate all their consumers. It was great that you gave us a post on Ep. 3's release date Telltale, but now...alll you've done is set and ALMOST IMMEDIATELY broke another expectation of your customers. If you werent going to live up to the whole Mid-August release, why not just be honest????:eek:
Mid-August Release? You mean when they said it would be "ready" Mid-August? There was no mention what-so-ever of a release date in there, at all. How the hell are so many people getting this wrong?
I'll take the under on that.. What are my odds and what's the bet?
Vegas currently has it at 1/9,655,450 chance that it comes out before. Safe to say if telltale miraculous-ly releases this game within the next 8 years, you would make a killing.
Mid-August Release? You mean when they said it would be "ready" Mid-August? There was no mention what-so-ever of a release date in there, at all. How the hell are so many people getting this wrong?
Sorry for the double post but this made me ROFL...literally. Once again its cute so many of you guys are supporting TT as they clearly struggle to maintain proper buisness methods. First of all clearly they were aiming for a mid-august release or they wouldnt say that. They are not stupid. And I hope they dont think the people who read their blogs are video game experts that know being "ready" doesnt imply being "released". When I read "it'll be ready by mid-august" I, and I am positive atleast 95% of whomever read that, took it as they will be playing episode 3 by mid-august.
The funniest part is that your standing up for them by saying they never said a release date, but you do realize the game was SUPPOSED to be monthly right???? Not we'll take 14 weeks off, not say a confirmed release date, and break virtually every promise we gave the consumer with respect to TWD.
And another thing, people complained that they weren't being updated. So Telltale updates, and people turn around and call it pathetic.
You wanted an update, there it is! Were you actually expecting a release date? I sincerely hope not, I want to think there's still some hope left for humanity.
I am convinced some people just want to stay angry, no matter how many facts are thrown at them they twist it into something it's not in order for it to work for their argument, a prime example being the fictional mid-august release date.
Oh, and here's the kicker; they assume to know what's going on in Telltale and attempt to pass it off as fact! Everywhere I go I see "they must have something something" or "the probably thought something something". What you think "probably happened" is irrelevant; ultimately we don't know their thought process or intentions. All we have to go on is the updates, though that might be moot if you keep jumping the gun, making them out as something they're not, and trying to pass it off as truth!
But what really pisses me off is that this whole fight is over delays of all things! Games get delayed all the time, usually they end up better off for it (well...except Duke Nukem Forever...).
I'm not defending Telltale or anyone, I couldn't care less what happens to them. I'm just calling out BS as I see it.
Too much ignorance, misconceptions, assumptions, projections, and overreacting. This whole situation is blown ridiculously out of proportion.
Well...I said I wouldn't get involved in this, but I guess I spent way too much time here.
Sorry for the double post but this made me ROFL...literally. Once again its cute so many of you guys are supporting TT as they clearly struggle to maintain proper buisness methods. First of all clearly they were aiming for a mid-august release or they wouldnt say that. They are not stupid. And I hope they dont think the people who read their blogs are video game experts that know being "ready" doesnt imply being "released". When I read "it'll be ready by mid-august" I, and I am positive atleast 95% of whomever read that, took it as they will be playing episode 3 by mid-august.
The funniest part is that your standing up for them by saying they never said a release date, but you do realize the game was SUPPOSED to be monthly right???? Not we'll take 14 weeks off, not say a confirmed release date, and break virtually every promise we gave the consumer with respect to TWD.
I am not standing up for Telltale, I'm just calling out BS as I see it. I couldn't care less about what happens to Telltale.
If you were that positive about it, then wow, just wow. I truly pity you. All you did was jump the gun, again. "Ready" and "released" are two different words. All that "ready" means is that the game itself is finished, there was still the certification process to deal with!
And don't you pull that "you're playing word games" nonsense with me, I'm not the one putting words in other peoples mouths.
And another thing, people complained that they weren't being updated. So Telltale updates, and people turn around and call it pathetic.
You wanted an update, there it is! Were you actually expecting a release date? I sincerely hope not, I want to think there's still some hope left for humanity.
I am convinced some people just want to stay angry, no matter how many facts are thrown at them they twist it into something it's not in order for it to work for their argument, a prime example being the fictional mid-august release date.
Oh, and here's the kicker; they assume to know what's going on in Telltale and attempt to pass it off as fact! Everywhere I go I see "they must have something something" or "the probably thought something something". What you think "probably happened" is irrelevant; ultimately we don't know their thought process or intentions. All we have to go on is the updates, though that might be moot if you keep jumping the gun, making them out as something they're not, and trying to pass it off as truth!
But what really pisses me off is that this whole fight is over delays of all things! Games get delayed all the time, usually they end up better off for it (well...except Duke Nukem Forever...).
I'm not defending Telltale or anyone, I couldn't care less what happens to them. I'm just calling out BS as I see it.
Too much ignorance, misconceptions, assumptions, projections, and overreacting. This whole situation is blown ridiculously out of proportion.
Well...I said I wouldn't get involved in this, but I guess I spent way too much time here.
Once again you seem to be very hypocritical in your words. If anyone is mis-conceived about the process its you. I dont speak for telltale, and for the most part take an educated assumption when posting regarding my opinion of them.
First, lets address the updates, they gave us one on their site the 22nd. Basically, didnt tell us anything we didnt know as to the release date. On their facebook page they havnt updated it since the 10th even though many people are posting everyday on their wall as to what is going on. When they say itll be "ready" or whatever you call it by mid-august, than mid-august comes and goes and there is no game, I expect an update with specific release date details, or as specific as they can go. Not "we sent it in to certification but we have no clue when itll be backand ready for releasing!!!!"
I have the same exact feeling except that I feel alot of people (on the forums) are obliged to like and support telltale (which I find very funny because they are the ultimate trolls). Probably because there is a greater ratio to kids with no to little life who play video games the whole day, on the forums as opposed to facebook.
As for making up facts, Im not. The facts I know are that the game was supposed to be a monthly release and they clearly without a doubt screwed that up. I could go on and on as to why Im right, but many of you dont understand logical arguments it seems.
Also, games dont get delayed all the time...because larger companies (EA, Atari, Treyarch, etc.) have much greater respect for their customer seemingly.
Why can't everyone just realise, Telltale Games isn't not releasing the game because they don't want to release it, they Can't release it because sony and microsoft are stopping them from publishing it so fast on the consoles, And they haven't released it on PC because then Xbox/PS3/Other console players would be like "Really telltale?" and hold it against them and not buy the rest of the game.
Its also why they delayed it from a month to begin with--!!
Also, games dont get delayed all the time...because larger companies (EA, Atari, Treyarch, etc.) have much greater respect for their customer seemingly.
They have Zero respect for their customers, they just have Standards that they have to live and publish by, that is it, the only way you can even say those companies names and include 'Respect' is if you Respect them, which i'm sorry if you do, because they aren't going to give a 'cent of help if they release a game filled with glitches, there is a reason all of the companys you mentioned have horrible PR reputation and tech support.
As a new fan straight from the Walking Dead release telltale, i'm sorry that if it keeps up this way you're going to lose alot of new fans, I won't be one of them if you actually release the rest of the Walking Dead in my lifetime which I am positive you will do.
It used to be the lack of communication that got me, now it's just the lies.
About a year before the game came out this forum was flooding with ideas, red names, commnunication, etc. When it finally hit the stores everyone was excited, played it, had fun, and was excited for episode 2 the next month
I guess this is where nobody noticed the red names disappear. Episode 2 never came out and we very rarely saw a red name other than to say something small and insignificant. 2 months after the release of the monthly game, we finally get a release and some of the red names come back, though they still ignore the largest of our questions.
Jake makes an apology on behalf of himself and halfway-explains the situation. Good on you, Jake. Too bad you must be dead by now because you haven't been around for weeks. TTG does none of this on behalf of their company.
TTG instead makes a blog post vowing better communication. They start with a "mid-august" projection. They then once again completely disappear and go silent for over a month.
Then once mid august rolls around, and they are already late and have ceased communication, they start releasing blog posts every 3 days or so stringing us along "Yeah it's out of our hands"...... "Yeah it's still out of our hands" all the while remaining to completely ignore us on the forum.
I am not standing up for Telltale, I'm just calling out BS as I see it. I couldn't care less about what happens to Telltale.
If you were that positive about it, then wow, just wow. I truly pity you. All you did was jump the gun, again. "Ready" and "released" are two different words. All that "ready" means is that the game itself is finished, there was still the certification process to deal with!
And don't you pull that "you're playing word games" nonsense with me, I'm not the one putting words in other peoples mouths.
If they didn't mean ready meant being released they would have said something earlier, as many people posted on here about a mid august release.
The reason they posted last minute was because they realised they would not have it ready by mid august, simple as that.
That smartly then pretended they just meant ready to send of(when if that was actually the case they would have just said something to clear up the confusion earlier)
Once again you seem to be very hypocritical in your words. If anyone is mis-conceived about the process its you. I dont speak for telltale, and for the most part take an educated assumption when posting regarding my opinion of them.
First, lets address the updates, they gave us one on their site the 22nd. Basically, didnt tell us anything we didnt know as to the release date. On their facebook page they havnt updated it since the 10th even though many people are posting everyday on their wall as to what is going on. When they say itll be "ready" or whatever you call it by mid-august, than mid-august comes and goes and there is no game, I expect an update with specific release date details, or as specific as they can go. Not "we sent it in to certification but we have no clue when itll be backand ready for releasing!!!!"
I have the same exact feeling except that I feel alot of people (on the forums) are obliged to like and support telltale (which I find very funny because they are the ultimate trolls). Probably because there is a greater ratio to kids with no to little life who play video games the whole day, on the forums as opposed to facebook.
As for making up facts, Im not. The facts I know are that the game was supposed to be a monthly release and they clearly without a doubt screwed that up. I could go on and on as to why Im right, but many of you dont understand logical arguments it seems.
Also, games dont get delayed all the time...because larger companies (EA, Atari, Treyarch, etc.) have much greater respect for their customer seemingly.
Games don't get delayed? Where have you been this past decade?
EA respects their customers? Now I know you're full of shit; Day 1 DLC, rushing games out the door, online passes, Origin, no gaming company screws customers over better than EA.
I'm with you on the monthly release date thing, I wanted that too. But it's still not worth getting mad over, it's not like a life saving medical operation was promised then delayed.
"I expect an update with specific release date details, or as specific as they can go. Not 'we sent it in to certification but we have no clue when itll be backand ready for releasing!!!!'", you preach on about me not knowing the process, but you just proved that you're not so knowledgeable about the matter either.
"I have the same exact feeling except that I feel alot of people (on the forums) are obliged to like and support telltale (which I find very funny because they are the ultimate trolls). Probably because there is a greater ratio to kids with no to little life who play video games the whole day, on the forums as opposed to facebook." There you go assuming again, unless you somehow convince me you know these people in real life I can't take you seriously on it. In fact it just sounds more like a drive by insult.
I was 100% with kirby18 until he said EA is a good company. it is probably the ONLY gaming company that manages to be worse than telltale (with blizzard and bioware taking spots 3 and 4)
If they didn't mean ready meant being released they would have said something earlier, as many people posted on here about a mid august release.
The reason they posted last minute was because they realised they would not have it ready by mid august, simple as that.
That smartly then pretended they just meant ready to send of(when if that was actually the case they would have just said something to clear up the confusion earlier)
They did say something. "In addition to this video, we wanted to give everyone a very important update. In July, we let everyone know that we were hard at work on Episode Three – Long Road Ahead, and our aim has been to have it ready towards the middle of August. Some of you may have thought this meant a hard date of August 15th, but we wanted to be as clear as we could to let you know the latest news on the release date. The team has finished play-testing and tuning, and we’re nearing final submission to our partners for certification on digital platforms. As soon as we hear back from our partners on when Episode Three will be available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, PlayStation Network, PC, and Mac, we’re going to break that news to you right here."
Mid-August Release? You mean when they said it would be "ready" Mid-August? There was no mention what-so-ever of a release date in there, at all. How the hell are so many people getting this wrong?
Well is it unreasonable to think that "ready," means ready to be released? "Hey kids, dinner is ready, but we're gonna wait a few weeks before we eat it."
I was 100% with kirby18 until he said EA is a good company. it is probably the ONLY gaming company that manages to be worse than telltale (with blizzard and bioware taking spots 3 and 4)
EA is a terrible, terrible company. They buy other video companies and then kill whatever they stood for as their main means of progressing their business. They are the fucking Borg. But let's face it, they've got the best customer service known to man. It's Saturday and I e-mailed EA's support to get a DLC for Mass Effect 1 to run on Windows 7. I've received five answers to my e-mails TODAY, most of them within fifteen minutes of sending my questions. Eventually, a BioWare user on the forums had already supplied the solution, but I got the link from that very support guy who just would not stop swiftly answering until the problem was solved.
Sad to say, Telltale hasn't got the manpower for that. They're expanding, and they're improving. But it takes the experienced eye of someone watching that company for years to see it. TWD game is over their heads. Not because it's a huge franchise (Back to the Future and Jurassic Park were way bigger), but because of goals they set for themselves for that game. They raised the bar to interactive stories and multi-platform simultaneous releases. Delivery is undoubtedly stuttering while some compromises to reach these goals feel unsatisfactory at best.
Jake has written elsewhere that the delay "caught them with their pants down". That is how I perceive the situation today. Look back at Mass Effect 3 and EA, where a company 40 times the size and 100 times the financial power promised a lot of things for their game which they obviously had no intent to deliver. Telltale had the intent. Under the verbal marketing sugarcoats of their announcements, what they promised always bore feasibility. Schedule's off, pretty much, and I gather that this game doesn't run as smooth on some systems as it should be. They're taking flak for that, and they should be. The customer has to raise his finger to imply that this is not the path for a steady future relationship.
But two things remain absolutely clear. First, what some people on twitter or the blog are doing - posting plain ol' profanities from the veil of anonymity - serves no purpose and just is the work of infantiles. What do these people hope to achieve by leaving their odd "F you Telltale" remark? Second, even if Telltale really pulls it together (and I expect them to have done so these last months), the issues won't miraculously disappear. That's what "caught with the pants down" means.
Well is it unreasonable to think that "ready," means ready to be released? "Hey kids, dinner is ready, but we're gonna wait a few weeks before we eat it."
Nothing is wrong with that, absolutely nothing. I was thinking the same thing when I read that blog entry, and I am convinced it was written with the expectation that they'd have the episode released mid August. That mid August would not mean "a hard date of August the 15th" however was clear to anyone, I'd assume. This wasn't a sneaky way of leaving out certification processes as another step in the way to episode release.
The central thing that last bit of info lacks, in my opinion, is the confession that they wanted to release mid August and weren't able to. That is a rhetoric maneuver that I find a bit stretched. I assume that the reaction of the above mentioned hate posters would be a bit less violent with this little bit of trickery, but, among others, I would nonetheless wish Telltale to communicate as straightforward as humanly possible instead.
the blogs and other media has rules to follow, using buzz words avoiding too many negative statements and giving fans hope.
the mid august ready statement:
if they had mean't 'released' they would of said that. they obviously knew how close they where to finishing the game but they left them selves some breathing room.
as for bruno's tea is ready..
how many people have heard that and gone to sit at the table only to wait 'a few more minutes' cos the meal hasn't been served ?
there is also the ready steady go, if the participants are ready why should they have to to wait till the gun goes off...
Nothing is wrong with that, absolutely nothing. I was thinking the same thing when I read that blog entry, and I am convinced it was written with the expectation that they'd have the episode released mid August. That mid August would not mean "a hard date of August the 15th" however was clear to anyone, I'd assume. This wasn't a sneaky way of leaving out certification processes as another step in the way to episode release.
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IT certainly was a sneaky way of leaving out the certifcation process. When I read the word "ready" I am assuming whatever service or product I am buying is completed and avaiabl for use. If the certifcation process takes anywhere from two to six weeks why would someone say something is ready? It clearly isn't ready because I have no recieved the game...the certifcation process is part of the process
right...i agree. My point is though there should have been more follow up information. I didn't think it would be ready becasue TT hasn't hit one date so far, but when I read ready, as I sure most people do, assume something is indeed ready. It's vague language like that that they are using to fall back on so there is no "blame" on their part.
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Are you seriously talking in terms of days? A rational person like myself, would like to see episode 3 be realeased sometime by october...of 2021. what do you guys think over/under?
I said best walking dead game...wasn't really trying to be funny just saying if your done and the game sucks awesome but til the next ep comes out all the people saying oh it not here oh i cant play oh telltale lied oh im going to die cuz its taking so long is less than helpful. there are specific threads dedicated to anger at telltale so just chill or keep quiet
ps i dont smoke pot either it was my nice way of saying chill the F out holmes;)
Doubt it. With news of a season 2 being planned, after episode 5 the whiners will be complaining about Season 2 not being here or there or wherever.
I think the real zombie apocalypse will come first.
The World doesn't run on your clock. Amen.
I would facepalm if all these lawsuit "cry babies" and angry people come back for a season 2, I'm sure the only reason they have stuck around is because that bought the season pass???
But I could be wrong and 80% of them could all be cry babies who don't even own the season pass and just want it NOW! NOW!! NOW!!
I hope I'm wrong and all these people talking about buying a Telltale game have a backbone and stick to their guns; hopefully they are not just using that as some crazy illogical idea to speed up Telltales development?
Probably wrong though all you have to do is look at Telltales facebook to see many MANY losers saying how they would never buy ep2, then those same people posting how fun it was after it was released lol
I'm talking about the people who say "this is bs, I'm not buying ep2 or any telltale game AGAIN!" and then they do, people like that have no class and cannot even stick to their guns when concerning a video game.
Maybe its just because I have a backbone when I say something I stand by it, that's why I think It's pathetic, I would never take someone like that at face value as they cannot even stick by their own morals.
I think Telltale is poor, never bought ep2 will not buy ep3 but do enjoy coming to these forums as I can tell most complainers have no morals and will be kissing Telltales ass the moment ep3 is out.
Stop trying to troll, your bad at it.
I was thinking more on calendars not clocks because clocks are the work of the devil. Amen, may the holy spirit save you my satanic brother.
How was I trying to troll exactly?
I'll take the under on that.. What are my odds and what's the bet?
Mid-August Release? You mean when they said it would be "ready" Mid-August? There was no mention what-so-ever of a release date in there, at all. How the hell are so many people getting this wrong?
Vegas currently has it at 1/9,655,450 chance that it comes out before. Safe to say if telltale miraculous-ly releases this game within the next 8 years, you would make a killing.
Sorry for the double post but this made me ROFL...literally. Once again its cute so many of you guys are supporting TT as they clearly struggle to maintain proper buisness methods. First of all clearly they were aiming for a mid-august release or they wouldnt say that. They are not stupid. And I hope they dont think the people who read their blogs are video game experts that know being "ready" doesnt imply being "released". When I read "it'll be ready by mid-august" I, and I am positive atleast 95% of whomever read that, took it as they will be playing episode 3 by mid-august.
The funniest part is that your standing up for them by saying they never said a release date, but you do realize the game was SUPPOSED to be monthly right???? Not we'll take 14 weeks off, not say a confirmed release date, and break virtually every promise we gave the consumer with respect to TWD.
You wanted an update, there it is! Were you actually expecting a release date? I sincerely hope not, I want to think there's still some hope left for humanity.
I am convinced some people just want to stay angry, no matter how many facts are thrown at them they twist it into something it's not in order for it to work for their argument, a prime example being the fictional mid-august release date.
Oh, and here's the kicker; they assume to know what's going on in Telltale and attempt to pass it off as fact! Everywhere I go I see "they must have something something" or "the probably thought something something". What you think "probably happened" is irrelevant; ultimately we don't know their thought process or intentions. All we have to go on is the updates, though that might be moot if you keep jumping the gun, making them out as something they're not, and trying to pass it off as truth!
But what really pisses me off is that this whole fight is over delays of all things! Games get delayed all the time, usually they end up better off for it (well...except Duke Nukem Forever...).
I'm not defending Telltale or anyone, I couldn't care less what happens to them. I'm just calling out BS as I see it.
Too much ignorance, misconceptions, assumptions, projections, and overreacting. This whole situation is blown ridiculously out of proportion.
Well...I said I wouldn't get involved in this, but I guess I spent way too much time here.
I am not standing up for Telltale, I'm just calling out BS as I see it. I couldn't care less about what happens to Telltale.
If you were that positive about it, then wow, just wow. I truly pity you. All you did was jump the gun, again. "Ready" and "released" are two different words. All that "ready" means is that the game itself is finished, there was still the certification process to deal with!
And don't you pull that "you're playing word games" nonsense with me, I'm not the one putting words in other peoples mouths.
Once again you seem to be very hypocritical in your words. If anyone is mis-conceived about the process its you. I dont speak for telltale, and for the most part take an educated assumption when posting regarding my opinion of them.
First, lets address the updates, they gave us one on their site the 22nd. Basically, didnt tell us anything we didnt know as to the release date. On their facebook page they havnt updated it since the 10th even though many people are posting everyday on their wall as to what is going on. When they say itll be "ready" or whatever you call it by mid-august, than mid-august comes and goes and there is no game, I expect an update with specific release date details, or as specific as they can go. Not "we sent it in to certification but we have no clue when itll be backand ready for releasing!!!!"
I have the same exact feeling except that I feel alot of people (on the forums) are obliged to like and support telltale (which I find very funny because they are the ultimate trolls). Probably because there is a greater ratio to kids with no to little life who play video games the whole day, on the forums as opposed to facebook.
As for making up facts, Im not. The facts I know are that the game was supposed to be a monthly release and they clearly without a doubt screwed that up. I could go on and on as to why Im right, but many of you dont understand logical arguments it seems.
Also, games dont get delayed all the time...because larger companies (EA, Atari, Treyarch, etc.) have much greater respect for their customer seemingly.
Its also why they delayed it from a month to begin with--!!
They have Zero respect for their customers, they just have Standards that they have to live and publish by, that is it, the only way you can even say those companies names and include 'Respect' is if you Respect them, which i'm sorry if you do, because they aren't going to give a 'cent of help if they release a game filled with glitches, there is a reason all of the companys you mentioned have horrible PR reputation and tech support.
As a new fan straight from the Walking Dead release telltale, i'm sorry that if it keeps up this way you're going to lose alot of new fans, I won't be one of them if you actually release the rest of the Walking Dead in my lifetime which I am positive you will do.
About a year before the game came out this forum was flooding with ideas, red names, commnunication, etc. When it finally hit the stores everyone was excited, played it, had fun, and was excited for episode 2 the next month
I guess this is where nobody noticed the red names disappear. Episode 2 never came out and we very rarely saw a red name other than to say something small and insignificant. 2 months after the release of the monthly game, we finally get a release and some of the red names come back, though they still ignore the largest of our questions.
Jake makes an apology on behalf of himself and halfway-explains the situation. Good on you, Jake. Too bad you must be dead by now because you haven't been around for weeks. TTG does none of this on behalf of their company.
TTG instead makes a blog post vowing better communication. They start with a "mid-august" projection. They then once again completely disappear and go silent for over a month.
Then once mid august rolls around, and they are already late and have ceased communication, they start releasing blog posts every 3 days or so stringing us along "Yeah it's out of our hands"...... "Yeah it's still out of our hands" all the while remaining to completely ignore us on the forum.
They're doing a great job.
If they didn't mean ready meant being released they would have said something earlier, as many people posted on here about a mid august release.
The reason they posted last minute was because they realised they would not have it ready by mid august, simple as that.
That smartly then pretended they just meant ready to send of(when if that was actually the case they would have just said something to clear up the confusion earlier)
Games don't get delayed? Where have you been this past decade?
EA respects their customers? Now I know you're full of shit; Day 1 DLC, rushing games out the door, online passes, Origin, no gaming company screws customers over better than EA.
I'm with you on the monthly release date thing, I wanted that too. But it's still not worth getting mad over, it's not like a life saving medical operation was promised then delayed.
"I expect an update with specific release date details, or as specific as they can go. Not 'we sent it in to certification but we have no clue when itll be backand ready for releasing!!!!'", you preach on about me not knowing the process, but you just proved that you're not so knowledgeable about the matter either.
"I have the same exact feeling except that I feel alot of people (on the forums) are obliged to like and support telltale (which I find very funny because they are the ultimate trolls). Probably because there is a greater ratio to kids with no to little life who play video games the whole day, on the forums as opposed to facebook." There you go assuming again, unless you somehow convince me you know these people in real life I can't take you seriously on it. In fact it just sounds more like a drive by insult.
They did say something. "In addition to this video, we wanted to give everyone a very important update. In July, we let everyone know that we were hard at work on Episode Three – Long Road Ahead, and our aim has been to have it ready towards the middle of August. Some of you may have thought this meant a hard date of August 15th, but we wanted to be as clear as we could to let you know the latest news on the release date. The team has finished play-testing and tuning, and we’re nearing final submission to our partners for certification on digital platforms. As soon as we hear back from our partners on when Episode Three will be available on Xbox LIVE Marketplace, PlayStation Network, PC, and Mac, we’re going to break that news to you right here."
Don't believe me? Go to their blog. http://www.telltalegames.com/community/blogs
Still counting down.
Well is it unreasonable to think that "ready," means ready to be released? "Hey kids, dinner is ready, but we're gonna wait a few weeks before we eat it."
EA is a terrible, terrible company. They buy other video companies and then kill whatever they stood for as their main means of progressing their business. They are the fucking Borg. But let's face it, they've got the best customer service known to man. It's Saturday and I e-mailed EA's support to get a DLC for Mass Effect 1 to run on Windows 7. I've received five answers to my e-mails TODAY, most of them within fifteen minutes of sending my questions. Eventually, a BioWare user on the forums had already supplied the solution, but I got the link from that very support guy who just would not stop swiftly answering until the problem was solved.
Sad to say, Telltale hasn't got the manpower for that. They're expanding, and they're improving. But it takes the experienced eye of someone watching that company for years to see it. TWD game is over their heads. Not because it's a huge franchise (Back to the Future and Jurassic Park were way bigger), but because of goals they set for themselves for that game. They raised the bar to interactive stories and multi-platform simultaneous releases. Delivery is undoubtedly stuttering while some compromises to reach these goals feel unsatisfactory at best.
Jake has written elsewhere that the delay "caught them with their pants down". That is how I perceive the situation today. Look back at Mass Effect 3 and EA, where a company 40 times the size and 100 times the financial power promised a lot of things for their game which they obviously had no intent to deliver. Telltale had the intent. Under the verbal marketing sugarcoats of their announcements, what they promised always bore feasibility. Schedule's off, pretty much, and I gather that this game doesn't run as smooth on some systems as it should be. They're taking flak for that, and they should be. The customer has to raise his finger to imply that this is not the path for a steady future relationship.
But two things remain absolutely clear. First, what some people on twitter or the blog are doing - posting plain ol' profanities from the veil of anonymity - serves no purpose and just is the work of infantiles. What do these people hope to achieve by leaving their odd "F you Telltale" remark? Second, even if Telltale really pulls it together (and I expect them to have done so these last months), the issues won't miraculously disappear. That's what "caught with the pants down" means.
Nothing is wrong with that, absolutely nothing. I was thinking the same thing when I read that blog entry, and I am convinced it was written with the expectation that they'd have the episode released mid August. That mid August would not mean "a hard date of August the 15th" however was clear to anyone, I'd assume. This wasn't a sneaky way of leaving out certification processes as another step in the way to episode release.
The central thing that last bit of info lacks, in my opinion, is the confession that they wanted to release mid August and weren't able to. That is a rhetoric maneuver that I find a bit stretched. I assume that the reaction of the above mentioned hate posters would be a bit less violent with this little bit of trickery, but, among others, I would nonetheless wish Telltale to communicate as straightforward as humanly possible instead.
the blogs and other media has rules to follow, using buzz words avoiding too many negative statements and giving fans hope.
the mid august ready statement:
if they had mean't 'released' they would of said that. they obviously knew how close they where to finishing the game but they left them selves some breathing room.
as for bruno's tea is ready..
how many people have heard that and gone to sit at the table only to wait 'a few more minutes' cos the meal hasn't been served ?
there is also the ready steady go, if the participants are ready why should they have to to wait till the gun goes off...
Try harder.
IT certainly was a sneaky way of leaving out the certifcation process. When I read the word "ready" I am assuming whatever service or product I am buying is completed and avaiabl for use. If the certifcation process takes anywhere from two to six weeks why would someone say something is ready? It clearly isn't ready because I have no recieved the game...the certifcation process is part of the process
This is exactly the question that leads me to believe the author meant "ready" as "released" at the time of writing.