Just Get Rid of Your Sam and Max License
Sell it to a company who is more eager to make games for them, if you decide to do Walking Dead for 40 years and bandwagon Borderlands-fame of doing ill-timed pop culture references.
You have become the kind of company you admittedly weren't fond of when you were bringing back great adventure games of the past.
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i second the falancaman in selling the lickense
They just evolved from those types of games, that's all. Why abandon their roots, when they can appreciate the work that helped them become the great company they are today?
Maybe a sequel is possible.
I may not agree with the rhetoric of the main post, but in all fairness if they don't intend to carry on the sam and max franchise they should give the rights to another company so that fans might get another game.
I don't mind whatever path they have decided to take for their company, but as a long time customer of them, it does not appeal to me anymore.
Selling a license is not abandoning one's roots, the games they have made will stay in their resume forever. Telltale will always be the company who resurrected adventure games from its ashes, but it is not what they do anymore, and if it means I am not going to play as my favorite characters in a new game anymore; then I believe it means they have to do this little sacrifice.
They don't need to do that, some series just come to an end and that's that.
In the case of Sam & Max, it's a very niche franchise that has garnered an overwhelming response of love from many people. The sad thing is, is that it's very limited in the amount of media it's featured in. So it's natural that many fans (including myself) would love to see more from this franchise - especially in terms of games because that's where Sam & Max mainly came to prominence. So I would support either Telltale making another game if they still desired to make more, or for them to sell the license if they wish not to continue the series, and leave it live on elsewhere in other capable hands.
And Sam & Max is never dead. In the end, it's all down to what Steve Purcell wants to do with them, so there is hope there. Viva Sam & Max!
I would argue Walking Dead is a tired concept, or Borderlands lore is not gripping enough to make a story-based game out of it. I would strongly argue that Back to the Future did not need a continuation but they went and did it.
Telltale has made games for licenses for franchises that fit the said motto "some series just come to an end" much better than Sam and Max. Granted, it is subjective, much like what you said. What is less subjective I might claim, is that If what dictates what series should end is the sheer income they get from selling that game, that says a lot about the artistic integrity they are trying to get out of their games.
The Walking Dead still has potential.
You obviously haven't played Borderlands.
I have no opinion on BttF.
It's quite obvious you loved S&M, I never played it, might never.
I've played borderlands and found it's lore tiresome. People don't have to have the same opinions as you.
I don't know the license details, but I would hope Steve Purcell had learned a lesson from LucasArts keeping a death grip on the Sam & Max gaming license without actually producing another game, and that Telltale doesn't have the same exclusivity for an extended period of time. That would mean that some other company could produce another Sam & Max game. They'd just have to want to, and negotiate the deal with Steve Purcell. And they couldn't use any Telltale-originated characters without Telltale's permission, of course.
The hard part would be finding a company that wants to make such a game, and that could be trusted to do it right.
I played Borderlands, I have been a fan of the first game because there was no other co-op game of that variety before, I think they botched the second game by making it have a more in-your-face self-aware jokey-lackey attitude, and now they are forcing this new meme of theirs as the essential selling point of this entire franchise -because co-op shooters are much more common now and definitely not a specialty of Borderlands. The new Tales from Borderlands game of TTG will just be another piece of merchandising. The writing for Borderlands 2 is the 2010s equivalent of how the writing was for TMNT in the 90s, and I just find it revolting.
You are trying to invalidate my opinions by claiming I have little information on what I oppose. Even if I did not know as much about it, it would not actually matter. Because you don't know Sam and Max, you don't know what you are missing, and you simply don't know what you are arguing about.
You question TT's ability to craft anything into great stories. I think that TFTBL will be great, it's bad to judge something before it's written.
I'm not arguing, merely stating you shouldn't judge TFTBL before it comes out because it has great lore that most people don't see. I also stated TWD isn't over so they shouldn't remove that title either, I know neither BttF or S&M but we aren't arguing over their story now are we?
Flog, I realize this but Borderlands does have extensive lore which gives it potential which isn't easy to show in a FPS, I feel like TFTBL will have a great story that finally utilizes that potential.
Man, t'would be sad to see the Telltale cast not appear if another company made a new game. But at the same time it'd be interesting to see a different iteration with new characters. I feel anything can happen in Sam & Max, and there's endless stories that can be told.
I question TT's ability to craft anything into great stories because, you did not play it but, BttF was horrendous. So was Jurassic Park. Sometimes forcing a story to make a game out if it, is exactly that. Right now I have to inform that Telltale Games is NOT an A++ student in the school of video game industry.
I am not too familiar with Borderlands 2 lore (not sure how they expanded on what they presented in Borderlands) because the pop-culture bantering made me lose track, thus my vision is impaired and perhaps you are right about it; but I am still sad that new licenses like that had to overshadow what I came to love seeing from TTG for half a decade.
Sam and Max: The Devil's Playhouse on the other hand did have a gripping story, which they did not even have to do because the franchise is based on satire. Whenever they made Sam and Max, they handled the game with utmost love and care and it shows; which is why it saddens me that they felt the need to abandon it but leave it in their warehouse to dust.
I have heard stories of the failures that were BttF and JP and I haven't played either. The latest franchises however have shown me that they can make great stories and we shouldn't doubt them because of a few past mistakes.
The amazing Borderlands lore is covered by the flashy FPS that it is. The lore is overflowing and there are many directions TT can take with it. We shouldn't doubt it immediately, see if it is a failure before judging.
I have not played Sam and Max and if TT would announce another I wouldn't protest in the slightest.
Hm...I don't know I REALLY love what Telltale did with the series and a new season is never out of the question.
We just got a new Sam & Max game last year. Every Sam & Max doesn't have to be an adventure, as they started as comic book characters. They actually fit well playing poker in the inventory, as in the comics they're sometimes placed in regular situations like shopping for groceries or playing fizzball, so they're not always saving the world. Telltale is still handling the duo well, as their banter is among the best in the Poker Night games (plus as a bonus treat for long time fans we got to hear the plot from the cancelled Freelance Police in conversation in Poker Night 2).
Telltale is not going to stop making Sam & Max games either, as Kevin Bruner said they're planning on releasing more Pilot Program sized games with Sam & Max in the future. I'm glad Tellltale is not just sitting on the license and doing nothing with it at all. We had nothing between the Sam & Max television show in 1998 and Culture Shock in 2006 (except for the flash cartoon Our Bewildering Universe). We had three seasons and two side games since then (plus Steve Purcell's Sam & Max webcomic, The Big Sleep). And all have been entertaining. It's a much better situation for the duo now than what it was when Telltale was founded, there's no comparison.