Do other Season Pass buyers feel taken advantage of?
I feel like TellTale pretty much gave a big middle finger to all the season pass buyers who bought the entire game on the PC/XBOX/PS3.
At he time of purchase it was implied that PC/XBOX/PS3 updates would be monthly. Every other TellTale game gas been completed first then ported for the iOS.
Now that it's clear TellTale is deploying the iOS episodes in sequence with the PC/XBOX/PS3 episodes it almost looks like the company took all of the PC user money upfront then put us on the back burner as they go after iOS customers. Fully knowing that PC uses would expect updates fairly quick as we have in the past. Now we have to wait in line for the iOS version before the next PC episode release.
I just figured the PC version would get priority and finished first then the entire game would be ported to iOS like the other TT games.
At he time of purchase it was implied that PC/XBOX/PS3 updates would be monthly. Every other TellTale game gas been completed first then ported for the iOS.
Now that it's clear TellTale is deploying the iOS episodes in sequence with the PC/XBOX/PS3 episodes it almost looks like the company took all of the PC user money upfront then put us on the back burner as they go after iOS customers. Fully knowing that PC uses would expect updates fairly quick as we have in the past. Now we have to wait in line for the iOS version before the next PC episode release.
I just figured the PC version would get priority and finished first then the entire game would be ported to iOS like the other TT games.
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The Walking Dead episode 2 was ready around the time it should have been but it was delayed by about three weeks because the console versions were going through the authoring process. It used to be that the PC version of a Telltale game would be released as soon as it is finished and the console versions would be released many weeks later when the authoring process was complete, but now it seems the PC version isn't being released until the console versions are which makes me wonder if Telltale is being screwed over by Microsoft and Sony, being told they are not allowed to release the game on PC first.
It could also be they are delaying the PC version by choice to appease the console fans, but that would have been very hard to do with everyone raging hard about the delay.
Actually, I believe Law & Order was made for iOS first and then ported to PC.
You can't buy the pass for 360.
That's hard to believe since the ios users just now got episode 1.
Updates? What exactly do you mean here? Patches? Telltale don't patch their games sadly. Actual news? Telltale are usually better at that sure, but its not like they just flat out ignore us completely until release. The actual episodes? It seems pretty obvious that the delays in episodes are because Telltale were over-confident with their abilities and didn't realize how hard it is to make your decisions matter.
Where did you get that? We got 2 episodes before the first iOS episode came out, and then before that we were told up front that episode 3 would be mid-august, not at all from the iOS port.
Well that seems rather false since TT go for unified releases. Sam and Max for instance got the first episode iOS a week before PC users. Law and Order as well.
I don't mind it this way but I know most people like to play the game right away then waiting for each level of the game.
Also, the quality of the game (in my opinion, having almost NO bugs or glitches while playing on my PC) has been great. The story is interesting and engaging, the environment is rich and immersing - if I have to wait an extra four weeks to continue to have such a product, than so be it.
As far as broken promises go, the time delay is the last on my list of things that I will complain about. I'd seriously rather wait for great game than play a mediocre one right now. It doesn't bother me that (like nearly everything else in life), it is taking longer than they had initially expected.
i'm angered that i lost all my original saves on ps3 and it took them a month to even acknowledge there was a problem
I'm with ya on that. I'll feel taken advantage of if each episode is a 2 month wait; which is the way it's turning out to be. They did some things wrong and IMO should have had at least 3 or 4 of the episodes complete when they released the first. I feel more like a paying beta tester than a customer.
I love the game, but some of the decisions you make don't seem to change much and you're not really given very many options. I wish it had more depth, but it is what it is. Despite all of the bullshit, I would buy TWD season 2 if they made it, but I would wait for the finished product before they got my money.
exactly, i've never played a "finished product" that was so buggy in my life. i enjoy the game but it should have been 80% complete before the release date.
i'm fine waiting more time if it means better quality
i completely get it though, don't get me wrong - had i encountered bugs too after having to wait an extra month, i'd be pissed too
it's just i'd rather wait a little longer than rush them to release an incomplete product and then complain that it's incomplete
TellTale cannot make an entire episode from scratch in one month (and certainly not on several platforms at once) , so the work on the next episode must have started way before an episode have been released. This delay etc could have been avoided if TellTale did not release the first episode until the last episode was nearly finnished..
I wish I learned my lesson from the Tales of Monkey Island-delays and waited for the entire series to be released until I bought it, but I was out of games to play when I bought the seasonpass on PS3 and hoped TellTale learned from their mistakes then... Looks like they didn't...
Yes, I know the PS3 have a verificaion prosess, but Telltale must have been aware of that...
And belive me, Sony doen't have that clause to release games on their console at the same time as the rest. I know that from several PSN-games releases...
So I have both and must admit, the PC version (for me) has been a little more laggy but not bad at all, not like it really affect's my game.
I will say that I have never had a single issue with either PC or Xbox version not 'working'. I have seen many forum threads where people say they have issues and that's too bad, I dont understand why as Ive never used Steam before but it's not given me any issues.
I did decide to buy the season pass when it was advertised at a reduced price, so I can see why some may be disgruntled having paid $25 from the start when it was announced as a monthy release, now it's $15 and around 2 months.
That's kinda poor form.
Anyways, looking foreward to episode 3 and I hope y'all get things sorted!
It should have been discounted after all the episodes were out, and initial adopters had a good chance to experience them all.
I think that those of you telling the 'complainers' to stop are in the wrong, as this is a product, and people's expectations have not been met.
because some people may of not fancied the game when only ep1 was out, so upon ep2 release this sale may make twd more appealing..
I understand what a sale is for :P
It doesn't change the fact that people have paid half of what I paid, and are now in the same boat as me!
I still think the sale should have come after all the episodes were already out...
We need more people here like me and you. I find there is to much bitching about the release dates and only a few people like you can me have the patience to wait for the episodes to be released.
LOL, the steam sale is meant to stop you from buying ANY game before the steam sale...:D
I just figured it was so they could tweak each episode a bit based on feedback, since the game is player tailored.
not complaining or anything, just that was my logic for buying the game season pass, I had no idea it was a pre-order.
No.
I understand that good games like this take time, and there are going to be delays, but these delays are only there so that Telltale can give us the best experience possible when their games do get released.
Also, I'm used to Valve Time, so this is no problem for me.
I did too, sort of. I assumed that they'd have at least the third episode complete by the time they released episode 1.
I'll be more than happy to wait for the episodes to be relased, but I wanna know WHEN. That's what bothering me the most, and the fact Telltale still are way behind on their release scedule after so many games. You would expect them to learn that by now...
Well from what I learn about Telltale games is that they are not a big company like many other company's that make games like Halo and other shooters so I can see why sometimes it hard for them to meet deadlines.
Since I have background in computers I know what it takes to design a game. Most of the time the game has like a million lines of code and most of the time to find the error is like a needle in a haystack and with limited resources like TTG I can see why there are delays since people want a perfect game and errors do happen since no one is perfect and people make mistakes
They don't make an entire episode from scratch when the former is released. They confirmed that during Tales of Monkey Island. It was the same arguments then, as peolpe had to pay for a game witch episodes were delayed more and more as the season progessed... The only reason TellTale is still afloat is that the quality of the games is top notch. A little drop in quality, and they would be floating belly up because people don't want pay upfront and wait for a midicore game. Besides TellTale should be big enough after all the quality games they made to move away from that..
It looks great, and when it 'worked' the physic's of it were right on.
but.. the game was so full of glitches, everything from warping cars, half the field would start while the other half stuck at the starting line, booting everyone as the race was about to start and even simply freezing the Xbox making ya have to manually turn it off then back on.
They announced fixes were coming in the form of 2 patches over a span of several months.
I have NEVER in my life paid full retail for a NEW game that was released un-finished and even after the two patches, the game does work better, but is still not as it should be.. some of the same glitches remain, just not quite as bad.!
With that said, as far as TWD goes, this game is FAR better in every respect!
The Only negative I see is how, from the start, advertised as a monthy release and charged $25 through stream for the full game..
Then only after 2 episodes, they lowered the cost to $15 and is now a perodic release.. I just think thats kind poor form.
But then I will admit, even though I am paying only $5 per episode on my Xbox, I did take advantage of the $15 sale through Steam for the game on my PC as well.
I wish this game was made complete and released monthly, but because I want it working properly and enjoy it as much as I do, I am content to wait per episode!
And I don't see how iOS versions could have anything to do with the PC versions. It's such a common confusion with gamers that they think that there must be one lump group of people who do EVERYTHING for a game and that they all have to be working together on one thing at a time. In fact, there are different people with different sets of skills who are working on totally separate projects, so iOS versions can be getting made at the same time that the next PC/XBox/PS3 episodes is getting done.
I paid up front because I was given the impression the company eould be turning the episodes much faster.
If I had any idea it would have been 2 months for each episode then I wood have waited until the end and bought the game at a discount. The game has already been discounted once on Steam.
The only thing that has me upset is their website had monthly updates at the time I purchased the season pass.
I agree, a few weeks later I look at Steam and just felt disappointed. Since the episodes are updates in steam- it was probably more stable to download the next episode on steam. I (and I'm guessing many others) had issues downloading ep 2 from within the game (continuously hitting download and checking every 5 minutes over the course of a few hours).
I felt the download from within the game felt a bit clunky.
They're not making us a sandwich, they're making a multi-platform video game. Delays happen. I'm sure, just like the rest of us, you'll get an email when Episode 3 comes out. Until then, maybe find something else to do?
guess the ban time has expired..