The Walking Dead Game in Black and White (merged threads)
First off, for all of you fools that have no idea about The Walking Dead, it's just as story driven as Jurassic Park and Back to the future.
There doesn't need to be any shooting elements for this to be a good game.
TWD is a drama, not an action, series.
But since this is being based off of the comics, I really hope they go with the art style that the comic has, and PLEASE keep it in black and white.
I highly recommend everyone to check out the comics, especially before they make stupid threads claiming that TWD is just a gore fest.
There doesn't need to be any shooting elements for this to be a good game.
TWD is a drama, not an action, series.
But since this is being based off of the comics, I really hope they go with the art style that the comic has, and PLEASE keep it in black and white.
I highly recommend everyone to check out the comics, especially before they make stupid threads claiming that TWD is just a gore fest.
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If a video game is black and white, however, it's just a pain to look at. I don't know why, but there's something about black and white 3D character models in a black and white 3D landscape that isn't kind to the eyes.
To give a Telltale precedent, I turn your attention to the Automata table in Poker Night at the Inventory.
I'd prefer it to be colour, but that's just me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG0YlZ-ghbQ
On the gore fest i must say, that after reading a few comics(great series by the way) it has its gory PARTS, but not a gorefest or zombie shooters, in fact, where Im at in the series, zombies barely seem to be the problem(issue 18 with the criminals)
As for black and white, it makes GREAT atmosphere for comic books, terrible for video games.
Telltale did do black and white as and easter egg for poker night, and it personally failed and had people complain(which is stupid because it was OPTIONAL).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ocZtE9U29w
That's interesting. I just assumed it was black and white to save both money and time. I wonder what direction they will go in with the game? It would be interesting to hear if Kirkman has an opinion in the matter on whether the game should be back and white or colour.
The 'tv-show in black & white would be pretentious'-comment from Kirkman also comes from one of the letter columns at the back of the comic. Should be from around the time the television series was announced, or perhaps a bit before that, because fans have been asking about a television series way before the actual series was announced.
Now seriously... In games B&W just looks weird... Best option would probably be keeping the artistic style of the comics, but adding a few colors.
Too many colors doesnt fit the license, B&W doesnt fit a video game... Maybe settle for something in between.
BUT i do think they should use a washed out palette of colors.
I don't see why it would be that way anyway. Just becuase the comics are in black and white doesn't mean that's a theme or anything. Plenty of comics are in black and white, so it's not anything special. I'm completely fine with colors.
It sucks to admit, but games need to sell, and while I wouldnt mind a B and W game, having enjoyed both previous mentioned titles, would it sell?
For another reference, the recent (and admittedly kinda tedious) Spider-man game had some levels in a high-contrast, nearly black and white world. I thought it looked pretty cool.
I just disagree with the idea that a black and white game couldn't work. But if they do use it, it should be for a more compelling reason than "because the comic was black and white".
I don't know, it's an interesting idea but a concept like that could be jarringly inconsistent and off-putting.
I should also just say that the Sam & Max comics weren't exactly in color either.
With video games, the camera angles, character position, and framing is entirely uncontrollable. The artist can't organise it in a way that conveys the right information, and it seems like you end up with a big confusing mess.
Besides the additional possibilities differing line thicknesses offer, a comic artist has complete control over the lighting on his characters which is THE element to make a given scene comprehensible in black and white only. If the image is computer-generated and a "moving" picture, the engine dictates that lighting is "realistic". I imagine that this would make a B&W game that really has impressive graphics/picture composition very hard to make. The artist can do almost anything in a picture if only he gets his values straight. The game designer on the other hand can not start out with value organization.
The 3D game designer has to think like a movie director, not like a painter/artist, and besides lacking the artist's freedom, he hasn't exactly got the tools of a movie director as well.
I'm not making a statement about Telltale Games at all really, just about the logistics of making a game in black and white look appealing.
But you will have a certain amount of control over the camera in The Walking Dead.
Will there be an option to play the game in Black & White/Grayscale?
I'm pretty sure this game is based more on the comics than the TV adaptation, and since it's a B&W comic, I think it would be pretty bad-ass if there was an option to play the game in B&W also.
Yeah, definitely. It's not a must-have for me, and I'd probably play through it in color the first time through but it would definitely be a nice homage to the comics.
lolz so true, so true. We often don't think of these things, the basic oldschool settings we all used to deal with.
In the end, playing a game that has fluid motion and fast action is usually horrible in B+W, hence the reason they decided not to do it in game. The comics are awesome and would never need color, but they're so much easier to absorb.
I may try turning off color on my monitor, but more than likely I'll take it for what it is and enjoy every color saturated gib
We've had a lot of people ask about a black & white mode for the game. Jake and I actually discuss is in the first Playing Dead Q&A video!
(The short answer is: we discussed it a lot, but we aren't planning on it.)
However, most monitors and/or video card drivers allow you to adjust the color saturation, so running in black and white mode CAN be accomplished by fiddling with things outside of the game.
Good point. I'll have to try that sometime, just for kicks.
A black and white comic or movie can have a stylistic appeal, but a black and white video game is just a pain to look at for too long.