I'm hoping this'll be available as a preorder before its official release, as I'd like to make this the very first game I've ever preordered in my life.
I've been hoping someone would give an official yay or nay on this, but I'll just throw out the question again and direct it at Puzzlebox:
Will there be any multiplayer at any time, be it on release or in a later update/DLC?
Edit: I'll leave this as my last time asking, cause I'm already happy that the game is gonna be out
I can't speak to the future, but this one is single player. There are lots of multiplayer poker games out there... I think the uniqueness of the Telltale Poker Night games is the chance to play with a disparate cast of characters you'd never expect to see together, and hear the banter between them.
I've been hoping someone would give an official yay or nay on this, but I'll just throw out the question again and direct it at Puzzlebox:
Will there be any multiplayer at any time, be it on release or in a later update/DLC?
People asked about this in the first game too, and the answer is the same: Poker Night is all about the characters you are playing with and the special items you can win. The poker is fun, sure, but you can't have the wacky interactions with these characters with multiplayer; it only works with single player. If its multiplayer you want, there are plenty of other options out there.
The sad thing is, people are STILL dead certain on it possibly being a prank.
Actually, this will potentially increase its visibility over time, with people having evoking "Oh, I remember hearing about that," and "ZOMG! It's real!" reactions that continue beyond the initial launch hype.
I know this is a small thing but why did TTG decide to change Sam's suit from blue to black? I'm just wondering since in almost every Sam & Max thing i have seen (Which would mean some episodes of the cartoon, S&M Hit the Road, and S&M Seasons 1-3 and it seems weird to change it now
Multiplayer could work a rather easily from the design standpoint, actual coding would however take a while (obviously.) Still it does not really fit for this game.
Though it would be hilarious have Max or GLaDOS take a spot as an player.
I know this is a small thing but why did TTG decide to change Sam's suit from blue to black? I'm just wondering since in almost every Sam & Max thing i have seen (Which would mean some episodes of the cartoon, S&M Hit the Road, and S&M Seasons 1-3 and it seems weird to change it now
Because it worked so well for The Spirit.
Actually, I always thought Sam's suit was meant to be gray, it just took on a light blue tint in bright light. So naturally it would take on a darker tint in the Inventory's new darker lighting.
I'd assume both in animation as well as the original LucasArts game, grey would really look awful, which is why oftentimes you don't see true grey on most (old) games and cartoons, mostly either khaki or blueish.
I say thanks to Puzzle and Hobo for the response. I'm okay with the single player, and should be great fun XD
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Telltale Employees, may I ask what your idea of who "The Player" is supposed to be?
Are they supposed to be their own character, since they've apparently been around since your first card game?
Now that they're dragging loot around to multiple other games, I guess the implication is also that they're you, the person controlling whatever characters you control in any game.
But now non-video game characters are here, so I guess it extends outside of just games.
Am I ever not playing as The Player?
This shit is giving me an existential crisis.
The Player is you. Official canon is that you did very well in Poker 1, by the way. Nice job.
Sam's new model may take a minute to grow on you, but I'm repeatedly blown away by how much closer to Steve Purcell's drawings he looks when he's shot from all sorts of interesting angles. It makes the old Sam look cheesy as all heck, and I really like old Sam!
Sam's suit is only really blue in Hit the Road, probably because as said above it would look really boring in a 2D game with no lighting. In the comics it's always drawn grey, tinted a little by the color of the light in the room Sam's in.
The Player is you. Official canon is that you did very well in Poker 1, by the way. Nice job.
Sam's new model may take a minute to grow on you, but I'm repeatedly blown away by how much closer to Steve Purcell's drawings he looks when he's shot from all sorts of interesting angles. It makes the old Sam look cheesy as all heck, and I really like old Sam!
Sam's suit is only really blue in Hit the Road, probably because as said above it would look really boring in a 2D game with no lighting. In the comics it's always drawn grey, tinted a little by the color of the light in the room Sam's in.
What Jake said. One of the wishlist items we had for PN2 was "get Sam's model even closer to his Purcellian roots." When I compare THIS Sam model to the one were using in the late, lamented Freelance Police game, it fair boggles my mind.
Of course, my mind is boggled with an alarming frequency.
Mike "still trying to work out the rubberized Kirby perspective guns" Stemmle
What Jake said. One of the wishlist items we had for PN2 was "get Sam's model even closer to his Purcellian roots." When I compare THIS Sam model to the one were using in the late, lamented Freelance Police game, it fair boggles my mind.
Of course, my mind is boggled with an alarming frequency.
Mike "still trying to work out the rubberized Kirby perspective guns" Stemmle
By the way, speaking of the Freelance Police game, when are you going to get the rights to it from LucasArts/Disney?
Are you going to do something similar for Poker Night 2? Or, since it's coming out late this month, are you just going to leave it as it is? I'd assume you'd want to make another one to announce the release date, other platforms, and price. Plus, it'd be great to hear some character quotes.
So with this talk of trying to get Sam as close to his comic design as possible, ....you got anything planned with this? May I remind you that some of us are still waiting for the Season 3 OST! Come on TellTale you really dropped Sam & Max into a void zone from BTTF onwards.
Really? Why pick the canon that very few people got to see
Speak for yourself: I win about eighty percent of tournaments I play. (But then, I figured out how the AI works and as a result I can read it and play far better than I would be able to otherwise.)
Speaking of the AI, will it be smarter--and thus, much harder to learn--this go around?
Speak for yourself: I win about eighty percent of tournaments I play. (But then, I figured out how the AI works and as a result I can read it and play far better than I would be able to otherwise.)
Speaking of the AI, will it be smarter--and thus, much harder to learn--this go around?
poker AI is always stupid, so unless they cheat, all you have to do is raise often and just muscle out the AI with more money, but i guess learning their styles is interesting and a more efficient way of winning
What Jake said. One of the wishlist items we had for PN2 was "get Sam's model even closer to his Purcellian roots." When I compare THIS Sam model to the one were using in the late, lamented Freelance Police game, it fair boggles my mind.
Of course, my mind is boggled with an alarming frequency.
Mike "still trying to work out the rubberized Kirby perspective guns" Stemmle
does that mean wrong and messed up perspective guns cause i think i got that covered
The Player is you. Official canon is that you did very well in Poker 1, by the way. Nice job.
Sam's new model may take a minute to grow on you, but I'm repeatedly blown away by how much closer to Steve Purcell's drawings he looks when he's shot from all sorts of interesting angles. It makes the old Sam look cheesy as all heck, and I really like old Sam!
Sam's suit is only really blue in Hit the Road, probably because as said above it would look really boring in a 2D game with no lighting. In the comics it's always drawn grey, tinted a little by the color of the light in the room Sam's in.
It didn't take a second to grow on me. I instantly fell in love with it. It looks hand drawn! Snout's slicker! Like you said, closer to Purcell's which is a big plus in my book.
You can't yet. The site Gman linked to looks through Steam's database and finds entries that haven't been fully released yet.
Yeah this. I'm guessing that since they have the preorder set in the database, they are just about to announce preorders/pricing and hopefully a release date.
They said they updated Sam's graphics for this game. Am I mistaken, or was Max also updated? On the official Poker Night 2 website, Max walks around. And his nose is black, not pink. So both Sam and Max were updated? That's exciting.
I think the main reason we may not yet have heard the dates is because of the certification process over on the console side. I don't know anything about how things go PS3-side, but I've heard the X360 one is very time consuming and such.
There's also the chance that the Sony/Microsoft guys don't like how networking is done code-wise and have a need to redo how that's done, and so forth. The little things.
I'd still be happy if they found a time machine and turn out to have released it yesterday in the revised time-space continuum, though.
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Those are sweet. Swiping for my own iOS.
I can't speak to the future, but this one is single player. There are lots of multiplayer poker games out there... I think the uniqueness of the Telltale Poker Night games is the chance to play with a disparate cast of characters you'd never expect to see together, and hear the banter between them.
Those are so awesome, I tweeted the link.
People asked about this in the first game too, and the answer is the same: Poker Night is all about the characters you are playing with and the special items you can win. The poker is fun, sure, but you can't have the wacky interactions with these characters with multiplayer; it only works with single player. If its multiplayer you want, there are plenty of other options out there.
Actually, this will potentially increase its visibility over time, with people having evoking "Oh, I remember hearing about that," and "ZOMG! It's real!" reactions that continue beyond the initial launch hype.
I imagine it was intentional.
Fixed it for ya.
Couldn't resist.
Multiplayer could work a rather easily from the design standpoint, actual coding would however take a while (obviously.) Still it does not really fit for this game.
Though it would be hilarious have Max or GLaDOS take a spot as an player.
Or the old suit didn't look good in the Poker Night lighting engine, so they found a color that did.
Because it worked so well for The Spirit.
Actually, I always thought Sam's suit was meant to be gray, it just took on a light blue tint in bright light. So naturally it would take on a darker tint in the Inventory's new darker lighting.
The Omaha Style is something good for a new challenge
The Player is you. Official canon is that you did very well in Poker 1, by the way. Nice job.
Sam's new model may take a minute to grow on you, but I'm repeatedly blown away by how much closer to Steve Purcell's drawings he looks when he's shot from all sorts of interesting angles. It makes the old Sam look cheesy as all heck, and I really like old Sam!
Sam's suit is only really blue in Hit the Road, probably because as said above it would look really boring in a 2D game with no lighting. In the comics it's always drawn grey, tinted a little by the color of the light in the room Sam's in.
What Jake said. One of the wishlist items we had for PN2 was "get Sam's model even closer to his Purcellian roots." When I compare THIS Sam model to the one were using in the late, lamented Freelance Police game, it fair boggles my mind.
Of course, my mind is boggled with an alarming frequency.
Mike "still trying to work out the rubberized Kirby perspective guns" Stemmle
By the way, speaking of the Freelance Police game, when are you going to get the rights to it from LucasArts/Disney?
For example, you guys made the teaser for Poker Night 1 here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOUUjSJa1gQ
But then you released the REALLY snazzy trailer here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6HN3TsI8cw
Are you going to do something similar for Poker Night 2? Or, since it's coming out late this month, are you just going to leave it as it is? I'd assume you'd want to make another one to announce the release date, other platforms, and price. Plus, it'd be great to hear some character quotes.
Really? Why pick the canon that very few people got to see
Based on my stats, I'd say that's probably more of a retcon than canon.
Speaking of the AI, will it be smarter--and thus, much harder to learn--this go around?
poker AI is always stupid, so unless they cheat, all you have to do is raise often and just muscle out the AI with more money, but i guess learning their styles is interesting and a more efficient way of winning
does that mean wrong and messed up perspective guns cause i think i got that covered
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and maybe the joke was "the key party" and the funny part was that it wasn't a key party. ho ho ho
@dulissa: @GroovyBruce is that you doing the voice work for Ash in PokerNight 2? Negative.
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So, should I be expecting royalties for use of my likeness, then? I don't remember signing any contracts, Telltales.
Better read the EULA next time.
It didn't take a second to grow on me. I instantly fell in love with it. It looks hand drawn! Snout's slicker! Like you said, closer to Purcell's which is a big plus in my book.
I can't wait to see this game!!
That's pretty generous.
Would be even better if I didn't have the first game already, but still.
I can always give it to a less fortunate friend.
where can you preorder this on steam? i can't find it
Yeah this. I'm guessing that since they have the preorder set in the database, they are just about to announce preorders/pricing and hopefully a release date.
There's also the chance that the Sony/Microsoft guys don't like how networking is done code-wise and have a need to redo how that's done, and so forth. The little things.
I'd still be happy if they found a time machine and turn out to have released it yesterday in the revised time-space continuum, though.
Did anyone go? Or know someone who did?