/ttgg/ - TellTale Games

>>25927

Tumblr but I wouldn't be surprised to see it on TTGF since there is some crossover. I think I've seen some posts on /ttgg/ long before express a similar view .

>>25930

I think I remember some posts about it on old /ttgg/ too now that you mention it.

So here's my idea that I mentioned last thread. How different would season 2 had been if you played as Kenny instead? For one thing, it would actually make sense for everybody to ask him to do everything for them, because he's an adult and not a little girl. To be perfectly honest guys, I think it would've offered a better experience. The season 1 DLC could've showed us how he survived his sacrifice, instead of being completely inconsequential to season 2. And the first two episodes would've allowed the ski lodge group to get some character development before Kenny reunites with Clem. I also think that Kenny looking after Clem could've mimicked the feel of season 1.

>Why do you think Tom is helping Mira?

Because he's a nice guy

>Who do you think is the traitor?

your own mum

I'd have to say Duncan, since he's nice and well mannered. It would be typical and cliche of telltale to make the "least suspectable" person the traitor, so of course that's what they're gonna do.

>What did you do to Gryff?

I haven't played it, but if I did I wouldn't have harmed him. He's the son of a lord, of noble blood. Beating him senseless will not help your cause in the eyes of the Whitehills or other noble houses.

>Do you think Cotter will betray you in the end?

Probably not

>Which of the protagonists do you think will be dead by the end?

It's Game of Thrones, so probably all of them

>How much longer do we have to wait before the next episode of TFTB?

Forever

>>25931

The problem with the Kenny idea is that a lot of fans didn't like him, and probably wouldn't have played a S2 focused on him.

Maybe playing as Kenny would allow people to mellow him out if they thought he had been too erratic before. Perhaps meeting Sarita could be the excuse for this sudden change in behavior so it wouldn't seem out of character.

TTG would have to be careful not to make it too similar to Season 1, though. Otherwise it might just feel like you were playing the same game again.

>tfw we will never be able to play semi-racist Kenny

>you will never be presented with a dialog option with "urban" in it

>>25932

The traitor could be whoever you didn't pick as your sentinel.

>>25933

>The problem with the Kenny idea is that a lot of fans didn't like him

Which just gives credence to my idea that making Clem the protagonist was a cash grab move. Instead of taking a risk that could've benefited the season, they took the easy route, and did something that was guaranteed to be successful no matter what, thus allowing them to put no effort into it. Kenny and Lee are too different from one another for it to have been too similar to season 1, but even if it was, I gladly would've taken a rehash over what we did get. Although again, I realize that I am only saying this now because of how season 2 turned out.

>>25934

>making Clem the protagonist was a cash grab move

>I realize that I am only saying this now because of how season 2 turned out

Making Clem the protagonist of S2 isn't bad in theory. It makes a lot of sense since Clem is the one we spent all of Season 1 protecting and looking after, and Lee died for her. While she could have still had a major presence in S2 had she not been the protagonist, I don't think there would be as much potential for deep character development. Like you said, we didn't get that in S2, but we could have. I don't think we would be having this conversation if they just put some more effort into Clem's characterization.

But yeah, a big part of it was about taking few risks. What are some risks they could have taken with S2, or that they might try with DLC/S3? I think an internal monologue for Clem could work. It would break out of the typical TT style, but I really want to know what's going on in that noggin sometimes.

Blogpost, but I'm building this kickass scale model of an M41 Walker Bulldog tank right now. Makes me wish I could build something together with Clem. Heck, I'd let her go nuts painting the thing. She could paint it purple for all I care, I'd love it just as much.

Forgot to ask, did anyone watch GoT tonight?

>>25936

As far as I know I'm the only guy who cares about the GoT show and I didn't watch it cause I was busy playing vidya. They always replay it though so I'll watch it in an hour or so. Is streamanon still unable to stream?

>>25935

>I'm building this kickass scale model of an M41 Walker Bulldog tank right now.

That sounds cool as hell.

>>25937

I am streamanon and no, I can't stream yet. I've been working on a solution but as of yet I've been unsuccessful. The main problem is that my VPS provider disallows torrents, so I need to find a way around their watchdog process and tunnel my connections elsewhere so the torrent traffic doesn't show up. Or buy a seedbox, but I'm way too cheap for that and it's not as fun.

>That sounds cool as hell.

It is cool as hell, and really relaxing.

>>25939

>This, but I would take it further and say TWDG is Clementine's story

I've always thought of it as Clementine's story even in the first season. Lee as a character was always an afterthought, first and foremost he was Clementine's caretaker. Being charged with Clementine's safety really gave his life meaning in my eyes seeing as he was on his way to prison for a murder charge prior to that.

>tfw nobody ever posts Kenny dancing gif I made

Man I spent a while on that.

Now I can't even find it on my computer.

>>25942

Neat, thanks.

>>25939

>I'd likely just roleplay Kenny and base choices on what I'd think he'd do rather on my own conclusions so I didn't "break" his character.

You know, this kind of thinking is at odds with what's usually mentioned here, that Clem is too loosely defined. So you have S2 Clem who is too weakly characterized, and Kenny that's "too" strongly characterized, at least to be the PC. Would the ideal player character land somewhere in the middle of those two extremes? I'd say so.

Not really sure where I meant to go with that, just an observation.

I do agree that TWDG is Clementine's story foremost. Lee is just a vehicle for the player to guide her and redeem him.

>if they go this route and manage to nail it

That tweet where they said they "figured out" something in TWD writing room makes me think that they've at least got a good plan. I know it's not much to go on, but I have some faith.

>I'd also like to see Clem dealing with depression

Maybe "like" is the wrong word to use here, but I know what you mean. I think it would be an interesting theme, it would just break my heart to see her like that. But it would be a more effective way of breaking my heart than what we discussed last thread.

>It would be cozy and cute.

Hobbies like that would be a really nice way to kill time. There doesn't even need to be talking, just doing something like that together, painting parts, gluing stuff… just something about it feels so right.

>>25942

I've actually been looking for that gif, too. Saved.

>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38FmCylyKQc

Would you cuck your own sister /ttgg/?

>>25945

what is it

>>25940

I wouldn't go so far to say Lee was an afterthought but in the context of the whole series, yeah, TWDG is Clem's story now. On the other hand S1 as a standalone story is very much about both Lee and Clem.

>>25944

It's more of an issue of Kenny having had two arcs by now as well having as a lot of strong assumptions about him rather than the PC being "too strong". Players know him too well for him to become an effective PC now and he wasn't designed to be one anyway. In contrast when we started playing as Lee it was also the first time we met him; he wasn't carrying two seasons worth of baggage so we had the advantage of using what leeway were were allowed on his development, behavior, and his relationships without any preconceptions to get in the way.

>Maybe "like" is the wrong word to use here, but I know what you mean. I think it would be an interesting theme, it would just break my heart to see her like that. But it would be a more effective way of breaking my heart than what we discussed last thread.

Yeah that really wasn't the right word. I just want her to have an actual arc and I think her guilt over Lee's death could be potential driving force behind it.

>>25945

What kind of job is it? Good night anon.

>>25946

Jesus christ my lungs. That's hilarious.

>>25935

>What are some risks they could have taken with S2, or that they might try with DLC/S3?

Multiple protagonists like with the games you have now. Got a Kenny ending = Play as Kenny & Clem, Got a Jane ending = Play as Jane & Clem, got the alone ending = Play as Clem alone or Clem & a new character.

>>25936

Don't have HBO and I missed the last two episodes as well. I supposed I should get caught up for myself, but I won't enjoy it as much as watching it with you guys.

>>25939

>I would also say that Kenny became the main character of S2 anyway and the shift in focus reduced Clem to being the observer of his story.

I don't think that's necessarily true, which I'll explain why in the reply below.

>I'd likely just roleplay Kenny and base choices on what I'd think he'd do

Well that's just you. Telltale told people to do what they think Clementine would do in the season 2 finale, and they did what they wanted to do instead. People will continue to do the same with Kenny, despite how rigid the choices and dialogue options might be. Not to mention the people who hate Kenny that would play him as an asshole no matter what because that's who they think he is anyway.

>I'd also like to see Clem dealing with depression and deep guilt over Lee's death, possibly even suicidal feelings.

Funny how you say this, yet last thread people were tired of the "woe is Clem" angle. I think that's because what Clem goes through in TWD is impersonal. It's not something that's happening to her personally, it's what's she's going through because that's the world she lives in. I can probably explain it better than that, but I'm sure you know what I mean. She would also feel guilty about shooting Kenny if you had her do that, even more so than with Lee because she was directly responsible for it, and manipulated into doing it. Not suicidal thoughts, but I actually think it'd be interesting to see Clem slowly go insane, how much so based on her choices. I know a lot of people are against the idea of hallucinations in TWD, but I think they could work if they visuals that don't interact with Clem, and only serve a purpose of reminding Clem of the mistakes she's made.

>>25940

>Lee as a character was always an afterthought, first and foremost he was Clementine's caretaker.

Well what would've stopped Kenny from being the same? Season 2 could've still focused on Clementine, you're just Kenny looking after her now.

>>25941

Nice to see that you're still here. You're a true /ttgg/ent anon, and I'm glad to have you with us. It should be posted more often when the thread's dead.

>>25945

Good luck anon, I hope you do well. Hopefully this is the start of you getting your life back on track.

>>25946

Holy shit! I can't believe Telltale still hides things like this in their games like this.

>>25947

>>25948

Teaching high school kids in a summer program at the local university.

>>25951

>I know a lot of people are against the idea of hallucinations in TWD

I think Lee's zombie-Clem nightmare thing was well done. If something similar occured with Clem, that'd be neat.

>>25953

Aww, lame.

I'm pretty tired so I'll flesh out some more ideas after a nap.

>>25954

>Teaching high school kids in a summer program at the local university.

Is this related to your major? Are you teaching 'problem' kids?

>>25959

>Don't forget Tyreese's hallucinations

Those weren't as bad as Lori, but way too cheesy. That whole episode was pretty weird.

>Now this is a really good idea.

I thought you might like that.

I had another idea which would mess with the subtitles, but that would only apply to people that play with subs on. Basically, the subs would say things that were completely different, maybe even weird unnerving stuff.

Another idea is shadows passing by the edges of the screen, which would work great in hub areas.

>>25962

If he's wearing a blue polo and khakis…

Also, I'd like to visit that store in the background. They sell booze, smokes, and grenades. I bet that store is called the ATF.

>>25964

That's a cute little edit. I think purple fits Clem better though.

Also I like the flower stickers. We even talked about Clem possibly decorating her weapons a few threads ago.

>>25965

I've just been thinking of various psychological tricks they could pull in TWD, just for fun. Chances are several of these may seem cliche or cheesy, but I still found it an interesting exercise. A lot of these were a bit scary to think about, it's strange to see her in this light.

>Clem sees walkers as regular people, leading to a couple of close calls

>See some dead/determinant character through a window, go around the side and find nothing

>Sudden outbursts at minor things like small noises

>Irrationally disproportionate responses, pulling guns on people, etc.

>Mirror tricks, like Clem's reflection being bathed in blood

>Dreams about being a walker, including eating the flesh of group members

>Dreams about life pre-ZA, then waking up and being visibly depressed

>Clem finding notes written by herself that she doesn't remember writing

>Suggesting and volunteering for extremely dangerous roles, little regard for own safety

>A group member you find is completely imaginary after a long time assuming they were real

>Refusing to put someone out of their misery because she's afraid of being alone

>Invisible "timeskip" where some shit happens but we're left completely out of the loop, presumably because she blocked the memory

>Inappropriately coming on to someone or even attempted rape due to extreme desire for a relationship

>Ceasing to function

Question for you guys interested in this idea of insanity/depression. Who or what could possibly restore her psyche? How close should she get to the point of no return?

I'd like to see some responses to this, but for now I should sleep.

Good night /ttgg/.

https://twitter.com/lauraperusco/status/608114707539628033

https://twitter.com/lauraperusco/status/608143055116496896

>>25956

Don't do that, anon. You'll get abuseanon excited.

>>25972

I thought as much.

>>25975

what the fuck

>>25976

You have to shoot me honey

>>25978

What the hell does this have to do with Telltale games?

Gearbox sent me a programmer test, upon successful completion (it's really easy), they're gonna schedule an interview. I can't work at TT, but perhaps I'll work on Borderlands. Yes I know Gearbox makes shit games, but experience is experience

>>25969

Someone should edit this gif for TftB/S3

I wonder who should be in the foreground. Stauffer?

>>25970

I was a bit confused when I checked /ttgg/ on my phone before work, because the Twitter image didn't load. That's great news, though! Fucking finally!

>>25974

The show and I believe the comic also go on about how they were "almost out there too long" basically every time they find a settlement. Perhaps insanity in the ZA is like the opposite of cabin fever.

>>25975

Oh god, I had forgotten about that video.

you have to shoot me honey

>>25978

I don't really have any context for this since I know next to nothing about Marvel, but sounds like a neat dream. No recent Clem dreams on my end, unfortunately.

Have you watched AoU yet?

>>25979

Cause Telltale is partnering up with Marvel.

>>25980

Aw jeez, I forgot about that. Why'd you have to go and remind me? Dammit, Telltale is becoming too successful and mainstream, resulting in them becoming lazier and shittier.

>>25982

That's what I was thinking.

But then again, the first TWD season put them in the spotlight and I hadn't heard of them before that point. Though they haven't been taking on new game projects and stupid shit like that super mega game show bollocks until recently.

>>25983

>super mega game show bollocks

I like you, anon.

But anyways, let's see what projects TT has on the table:

>GoT

>Borderlands

>S2 DLC (most likely)

>Minecraft

>Super Show Bollocks

>Marvel

>S3

>maaaaaaaaybe TWAU S2 teased on twitter

Am I missing anything?

>Computer reformatted

>Lost ALL of my saves, including Season 1 and 2 of TWD, and TWAU

FUCKING SHIT, I am absolutely fucked when the next seasons are announced, aren't I?

>>25999

Now you can play it all over again! Lucky bastard

>>26001

So you took the Glenmore's with you? If you leave them there, when you get back you find arrows stuck in stuff out front.

>>26003

I'd imagine so, but we don't get to see their fate on screen. According to the partially complete wikia article (http://gameofthrones.wikia.com/wiki/Sons_of_Winter) only the Mereen guards seem to die in a larger number and there is no mention of the Glenmore's. We pretty much have to assume they get killed/captured.

I've only seen a playthrough of the game, so I don't know too much.

>>26005

It costs money. Money I don't have. Money I need. Money…

On a side note, when trying to find the exact TFTBL quote I was just referring to I found out the two merc thugs you have to distract/fight off in episode two are voices by Fennoy (Lee, obviously) and Harrington (Bigby).

>>25999

Damn anon, that sucks. At least you have a reason to play two great games again.

>>26001

Glad to see you're finally talking about this anon. Seems like your abuse fetish applies even when the victim is male. Don't feel bad about not remembering character's names. I couldn't remember names at first with this game ether, or when I first watched TWD TV show.

>>26009

Sick fuck

>>26009

Don't be sad, I suppose anytime is a prime time to talk about it since nobody really discussed it here. It's just a shame there's noone else here for you to discuss it with.

I'm gonna play Sam & Max episode 5 now, hopefully I can finish the season before E3. In the interest of getting people talking, are there any parts of TWD season 1 that makes you question the writing? We question and talk shit about season 2's writing all the time, but there isn't anything in season 1 that I question, not even in 400 Days. But maybe there's something you guys can point out to me.

>>25999

I'm pretty sure there's save editors you can use if you really can't bother to replay them.

>>26011

One of my main issues with Season 1 is its portrayal of day zero of the outbreak. When Lee is in the police car, you see loads of other police cars heading towards Atlanta, and then after a bit, you hit a walker in the road, causing the crash and setting the story in motion. But if there was already a walker several miles from Atlanta, that means people had already been turning for a while now. Why do neither Lee nor the policeman at least mention the mass panic or "riots" that clearly must be going on by this point? I have trouble believing Lee and the policeman just left Atlanta without seeing something was wrong before getting on the highway.

Additionally, I'm not sure how much time Lee must have been unconscious in the car, since Clem mentions it had been a few days and there's those answering machine messages. If it was a short time, that means shit had already hit the fan during the car ride and Lee should have been aware of it. If it was a long time, then Lee could have spent several days in the crashed wreck. I think he does mention he's thirsty, so the multiple day theory is likely, as hard to believe as it is. Rick at least had the coma excuse.

>>26012

Media blackouts maybe? Or possibly it was noticed as a problem but not as a zombie plague but as an outbreak of severe mental illnesses? No clue, but I guess Lee could've been outcold for a day or two. He was "thirsty" when he woke up, meaning he could've been dehydrated after a day of being knocked out. I don't think it could've been more than 24 hours as the cop only came back to life after Lee came near him.

>>26013

I only really have the TV show for context on this, but they usually made it seem like the media portrayed them as riots of some kind. The least we could have gotten was some passing reference by the cop, like "transporting you is a nice break from dealing with all of the riots lately". As it is now, it's like the ZA is just this annoying little thing on the police radio that he shuts off, like he didn't know about it before and doesn't care now.

>>26014

Or maybe he's sick of hearing it? Honestly, it didn't matter too much.

>>26011

>are there any parts of TWD season 1 that makes you question the writing?

Some lines and sometimes their deliveries come off unintentionally awkward or funny. The strangely written "we should get to know each other better" convo between Lee and Clem in the pharmacy, "You're small", "Put the gun down bitch", "Hey Ben", "You killed me", etc. Then there's less funny but amateurish dialogue like Carley's "there's something you need to know" before trying to admit her feelings to Doug during the attack on the pharmacy. No one begins a declaration of love with "there's something you need to know" if they'd even be thinking about sort of thing in that situation. The game's dialogue is mostly natural and good but occasionally it becomes melodramatic or cartoonish for whatever reason.

There's more stuff (the Stranger, overly-long animation cycles ruining pacing, Ep. 2's schlockyness, Molly, etc. Despite how much I love S1 I'll admit it has some real issues), the dialogue just came to mind first.

>>26033

Season 1 of Sam & Max has 6 episodes.

>>26012

>I'm pretty sure there's save editors you can use if you really can't bother to replay them.

How detailed are the save editors, exactly? I know I can get the major decisions easily, but what about the smaller dialog choices and shit? Is it possible to get that easily?

>>26016

>Ep. 2's schlockyness

What do you mean by this?

>>26033

>How exactly did Vernon manage to steal the boat?

At first I thought you were gonna talk about how they managed to take it, even if you leave everyone behind. I'm gonna assume they just pushed it.

>>26035

Not the anon you're replying to, but I've never seen any save editors for Telltale games. If any actually exist I'd love a link.

>>26034

So why all the hype that GoT got 6 episodes?

>>26035

I just looked and there doesn't appear to be any sort of save editor or generator. Understandable, since TWD's saves appear to be in some binary format.

Looks like you're just gonna have to replay it.

A save editor with the granularity you're asking for would basically be like playing the game anyways

>>26037

>So why all the hype that GoT got 6 episodes?

People who don't know about Telltale's games before TWD.

>>26033

>What about the Stranger bothers you?

Mainly that his motivation for going after Lee falls apart if he didn't steal from the car, causing him to shift goal posts. You could explain it away as part of his craziness but it turns him from someone you've wronged to a petty asshole and weakens the moment and the message it's trying to send. You can see this in blind playthroughs where people who stole from the car tended to feel genuinely bad that they did and people who didn't instead felt exasperated because they felt the game was trying to pointlessly guilt trip them.

>>26036

>What do you mean by this?

The backwoods cannibal family angle that anyone could see from a mile away and some slasher-esque scenes. It wasn't a bad episode and I actually had a lot of fun with the over-the-top scenes but it's such a weird swerve for a supposedly realistic and serious look into the ZA to take.

>>26036

Schlockiness usually refers to cheaply made movies. A schlocky B movie, for example. Just general lack of quality, although it can also be an endearing term.

>I'm gonna assume they just pushed it.

You need something to hitch a boat trailer to, otherwise it'll just tip over. A boat like that could easily weigh up to a ton, I doubt they were able to push it.

I wouldn't consider it bad writing or anything, just a relatively unimportant detail the devs overlooked.

Another thing that I just remembered is the massive horde of walkers that seems to follow the train into Savannah. I can understand that the train would draw walkers that were already in the city, but Vernon implies that it's the train that brought so many into the city proper. Indeed, we see a big horde coming after the train after the tanker is cut down, but that's miles away from Savannah. How would a slow, shambling horde of walkers like that catch up to a train that still had miles to go? Where did that horde even come from, anyways? Are you telling me there were that many walkers just wandering around in the forest that converged into a horde that caught up to them during the downtime?

Oh, and one more. The Stranger follows Clementine via walkie talkie, presumably from the time they looted his station wagon, or maybe even before. How was he able to stay in range to talk to her, especially when moving on the train? Did Clementine really tell him every single detail of their plan to go to Savannah?

>>26038

I guess I was guilty of that

>>26039

I suppose the Stranger did come off as too accusatory if you didn't steal from his car. But his primary goal was to steal Clementine from Lee, so he's going to find any reason he can to be "a petty asshole" and fault Lee with things he didn't even do. I won't deny it probably would have been better if people who didn't steal instead got a more creepy tone where his desire to have Clementine is more clearly stated as his reason to hate Lee. How would you have written it instead?

Anyways, job interview tomorrow. I should prepare myself and get to sleep.

Good night /ttgg/.

>>26037

>>26037

Well that settles that, I guess I'll have to play through 15 episodes + 400 Days whenever they announce a new season then. Here's hoping replaying a second time around will be fun.

>>26042

Season 3 actually has been announced a while ago and we're possibly getting news on S2 DLC in less than a week.

https://twitter.com/jobjstauffer/status/608854573386563584

We're getting release info and likely a trailer on TftB Ep3 'in the AM'.

>>26044

The episode better be 2.5 hours long and also offer blowjobs and milkshakes.

>>26047

Why the strange hours? 3rd shift worker?

>>26049

I've been living the NEET life for a few weeks now. Feels good.

>>26051

Yeah fortunately this period of NEEThood is enjoyable because I'm starting work in a week or two. Just waiting to get all my shit processed.

>>26039

I actually like when you do a playthrough when you do nothing wrong, because the stranger becomes desperate and grasps at straws for reasons to hate Lee. Also the stranger was better than Arvo.

I don't see how the St. John's being cannibals was predictable.

>>26040

That thing with the train is probably what Vernon is thinking and not what actually happened.

>I guess I was guilty of that

Don't feel bad. I was too.

>>26046

If only….

>>26047

Don't feel bad anon. I do it all the time.

>>26051

Anon, please. You're just a valuable as anyone else in this community. And even if you actually didn't have a purpose, you could always give yourself one.

Okay guys, assuming anyone's here, stay with me on this one. In the Sonic Adventure games, Sonic Heroes and Sonic '06, the story is broken up between it's playable characters. When you complete all the characters stories, you unlock the last story which gives you the game's final ending. All the characters stories tie together but you need to beat the game with every character to make sense of the story. How would you feel about Telltale releasing a game like this? Instead of releasing the game in episodes, the game has multiple protagonists and the entire game is released at once, but only for one protagonist. The other characters stories become available in the following months as they're developed so you can tie all the stories together once all the characters have been released.

>>26056

So it'd be like the 400 days DLC but much longer with the final scene being its own story instead of them standing around a campfire?

>>26057

Sort of. I'll explain how it'd work in the reply below.

>>26058

To make it work similar to how it's done in the Sonic games, each character's story is a season's length, but you have to wait a few months for another character's story to be released, and the last story segment is released at the same time as the final character. Everything culminates and comes together in the final story, which is only an episode's length instead, but you need to play all the character's stories to play the last story segment. The characters, even if indirectly, are all connected in the story, and even when more than one PC is present in the same scene, their different personalities would allow for different choices and interactions with one another. Even though everyone is on the same journey to the final story segment, each character would offer a different experience, plus we'd see things such as what x character did at the same point of the story as y character. Then there's the factor of a character dying/being determinant by the end of their story, thus leaving them out of the final story segment.

And about Borderlands, I already bought it on Xbox. I just want it for PC so I could play the latest episodes right away instead of having to wait. I know I could pirate it, but I prefer to buy it, and I can't play it on my current laptop. I more or less want to buy it now while it's on sale so I don't have to worry about it once I get a better computer, but I probably will pirate it once I do get a computer I can play it on.

>>26060

I haven't played Heavy Rain, but I know it has multiple protagonists, so yeah something like that, but you only get one protagonist at first, then the others become available as the months go on.

>>26062

Sweet, two days before my birthday. Hopefully it'll be good.

>>26062

I didn't talk to Brenda my first time playing so I missed out on that obvious hint.

Finally a release date. I'm kinda annoyed that they're showing Sasha and Vaughn in the screenshots, but I guess that one anon was right in that it's too soon for them to be determinant.

>>26056

This seems like a cool idea, but if you played the story as one character, you'd have a pretty good idea of what happens when you play as the others. Each story would have to be pretty separate from the others, but then that lessens the interaction between them.

>>26060

I'd like to play Heavy Rain one day, I have a PS3 that I don't use much.

From what I know about the game, you play as a detective, a special agent, and a "victim" of the killer? How good is the game at keeping the story fresh and interesting?

>>26062

Finally! I hope that jungle thing is a hub of some kind, one that they put a lot of work in to justify the 3 month wait. Any word on the trailer?

>releases a day after I start my job

I hope I can find time to play it.

>>26064

>that one anon was right in that it's too soon for them to be determinant

Told ya so. It's always a possibility that they are determinant, there's just some choices that lead to both being alive.

But we both know that's a pipe dream.

>>26065

>Heavy Rain

It's a David Cage game so the plot is nonsensical.

>Any word on the trailer?

No but we'll likely get one within the next two weeks.

>I start my job

Congrats dude. What kind of work will you be doing?

>>26065

>I hope I can find time to play it.

You still need to catch up with GOT by the way.

>>26066

He said he's working for Gearbox.

>>26066

>look up David Cage

>he's French

Figures. Speaking of other games, I should catch up on GoT. I also have that Sherlock game downloaded, I grabbed that before leaving university.

>What kind of work will you be doing?

Software developer for a government contractor.

>>26067

Guess I might as well play GoT then. I still need to pirate Ep4 sometime. Maybe I should just buy it.

I also gotta catch up on the GoT show, too. Damn, so much to do, so little time!

>Gearbox

Nah, these other guys gave me an incredible offer and they're local so I don't have to relocate. Gearbox didn't make me an offer yet so they can go shove it. They make shitty games anyways.

>>26068

What kind of games do they make, anon? I'm not gonna ask who they are exactly, I don't want to invade your privacy but I'm certainly curious.

>>26070

Oh, when you mentioned Gearbox I assumed you meant you were going to work on some aspect of video games.

>NSA

>Spying

They seem to be more into forcing companies to give them citizens data than doing any actual spying. CIA would be more "spy" like.

>>26072

neat

>>26066

>Heavy Rain

>It's a David Cage game so the plot is nonsensical.

This is true, his stories are always laughable and heavy handed. But Heavy Rain is literally the only game that successfully used player choices. Where you go, what you do, if you die. It mattered.

Player character dies? Too bad, the plot continues and it doesn't go off the rails completely. I lived that. Too bad about the forced twist, time inconsistencies and general nonsense.

>>26074

Oh yeah, I forgot it was the NSA in that film.

>>26075

Odd choice of image you have there, anon.

>>26079

why

Back on halfchan someone said that if you drink with Nick in episode 2, Clementine sounds half-drunk during the scene with Carver in the house. What are some easter eggs or little things like that would you like to see?

>>26086

No, fairly sure she doesn't.

>>26087

I know it's not true, I'm just using it as an example for what I'm talking about. Even though I don't think the option to drink with Nick should've existed in the first place, I think having Clem sound half-drunk until the 5 day timeskip afterwards would've been a nice little thing to include.

>>26088

It'd be double the voice acting work, so I doubt they'd do anything like that.

https://twitter.com/jobjstauffer/status/609396520207515648

https://twitter.com/jobjstauffer/status/609414663416090624

https://twitter.com/jobjstauffer/status/609423836669280256

>think we're close enough to say that fans of the game and *especially* the comic will be excited…

>and, no, this won't be centered on previous game characters. Expect something fresh. Something untold.

>and yes, something bigger than a single episode…

>Find out Monday at 9amPST on @YouTube LIVE!

Well, I'm less hype. Probably won't see Clem (or Kenny/AJ/Jane) again til 2016, S3 will probably have to deal S2's loose ends, possibly another cast of randoms. At least it looks like I nailed the multi-episode part. Any ideas what you think they'll reveal on the stream? I'm getting the feeling we're getting more than just DLC.

>>26090

Great, it's just gonna be 400 Days 2: Electric Boogaloo.

>>26090

So…disappointment. Not even a design. More people to not care about.

>>26093

Nice hand, anon.

>>26083

>>26085

Wow, good job guys! It'd be nice to collaborate on SFM with one of you sometime.

>>26077

Huh, sounds interesting at least. I'll see if I can pick up a used copy someday.

>>26090

>no Clem

Fucking dropped.

At best it'll be a story about Wellington or someshit. I'm not gonna hold my breath though. Like you said, this means S3 will have to deal with the endings, and I just think that's gonna be a huge timesink.

>>26095

Thanks, I guess? That's kind of a strange compliment to get.

>>26097

Not that Anon, but playing Heavy Rain, knowing that any of the protagonists could die and I'd have to continue on without them, elicited a level of tension from me that few games do. The story and the acting are super iffy but it's definitely worth playing.

>>26098

The only things I know about Heavy Rain are ebin memes like Jason, Shaun and the super klutz pursuit.

Refreshing to hear that there's at least some good storytelling aspects behind it.

I thought of a cute greentext story, maybe I'll write it out later. Kinda jet lagged so I won't right now. Good night /ttgg/.

>>26090

>Something fresh

Yeah, I'd love to meet and get attached to new characters who'll immediately get dropped and never be mentioned again.

I might youtube it, I guess.

Hey anons, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in an update to the groups and characters in the rp?

>>26101

I'm not sure if there are that many people here who still participate in the RP.

>>26102

Yeah, I know. Some anons showed interest in hearing about it a while ago and I figured I could update you guys as to what was happening in each group if there was any interest.

>>26090

>fans of the game and *especially* the comic will be excited

And just like that, it's confirmed it's going to be shit. So much for season 3…

>>26092

This. And it won't even star the 400 Days characters. Who the hell thought this was a good idea?

>>26093

How different do Clementines taste from regular oranges?

>>26097

Thanks anon. One of these days I'll get a better computer and we can make SFM stuff together.

>>26101

>>26103

I never participated in the RP but go ahead. In the future, you don't need to ask to post about the RP. If you want to you're allowed to.

>>26103

Sure, go ahead. It sounds interesting, at least.

>>26104

I mean I know I could, but if nobody is interested then its kinda pointless

>>26106

Oh okay. I thought you felt you weren't allowed to or something.

>>26107

Nah nothing like that

>>26105

Okay, I'll post them up tonight

Okay, currently there are two groups, Group A and Group C. Group A recently went on a supply run to the local school, and managed not only to get some supplies, but they even saved another survivor. After the run, they returned to their establish base, an old fortified church run by Father James. Group C recently raided a group of druggies, but one of their own group members betrayed them and kidnapped the children they were watching after.

Group A members are:

Ashley: She is the youngest member of A at 16. She used to be a more depressing character, who would constantly be talking about fatalistic life was, but recently she has turned into more of fighter. She played a key role in saving the other survivor from the school.

Chloe: She is the newest member of A, only joining recently. In fact, she didn't even go on the run because of how recently she joined the group. She was a fisher before the apocalypse, and that helped her stabilize her position in the community.

Jennifer: Jennifer is very distant, constantly trying to keep herself separated from any conflicts. She also has was a rancher, and loves horses.

Mary: Mary is the oldest PC in the game. She is wise, smart, and calm, and seems to always be pretty careful in her actions. Mary has high ambitions though, and its quite obvious shes eying Father James place at the top of the A food chain.

Teodor: Teodor is the sensitive member of group A. He cares greatly for those around him, and he even keeps a book of poetry. Although it hasn't happened yet, I think Teodor blames himself for the deaths of those around him.

Terry: Dumb and strong. Terry wants to lead, but he might not be smart enough to do it effectively. He doesn't like listening to many people, but he will listen to those opinions he values. He enjoys attention. Terry also likes to ask girls if they wanna fuck.

Trisha: The biggest whore of the group. Trisha isn't the nicest person around, even pushing somebody else down the stairs and breaking their legs, but she is certainly a very loyal to her friends. She isn't very smart, but she seems to get along with children very well.

Group C

Edward: Ed was a soldier before the apocalypse. He was friends with Elijah before everything went to shit also, and now seems to follow his orders whenever given. Ed is probably the person with the closest relationship to the kids.

Elijah: Old and grumpy. Elijah is the defacto Leader of C. Everyone pretty much listens to what he says. He personally isn't to impressed with his leadership, even if the others still follow him.

Ivy: The youngest member of the RP. Ivy is 10 years old. She is curious and creative, constantly searching for new mysteries to discover. She was recently kidnapped.

Jack: Jack is the newest member of C. An emotional person, he is easy to set off into any kind of mood swing. He has a thing for a girl in group C, but the feelings seem to go one way.

Malcolm: Malcolm is a charismatic person, generally. He is sometimes cruel to those outside his group, but that is to be expected in a world where life is so threatened. The people he does care about though, he cares deeply for.

If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask.

>>26109

>Group A

>Group C

>No Group B

Did something happen to them?

>>26110

If the zombie apocalypse occurs in the next few days, I'll know who to blame.

>>26111

Super easily. Go to the link in the op. #ttgg IRC can help also. Trisha was the person he asked

>>26126

B joined mostly A after a girl named Grace died in B.

>>26127

Ah, thanks for clarifying.

Can you tell us more about the kidnapping?

>>26128

Sure. So C decided to raid these bandits, mostly because they believed the bandits bad taken a bunch of people as hostages. They didnt want to bring the two children of the group with so they left them behind with other members of the group. Well one of those members turned out to be an obsessed psycho, who didnt want the kids to see anymore violence. He drugged and butchered all the other people that were left behind, and made off with the kids.

>>26130

No clue, anon. I guess people just don't care enough to stay.

>>26104

>How different do Clementines taste from regular oranges?

You've never had a clementine? They're a little less acidic than oranges. I can't describe the taste but it cerainly is significantly different.

>>26109

Thanks for the summary, sounds like quite a bit has happened since I last checked up on the RP.

Do the groups ever interact with each other?

>>26111

How would you rank Sam & Max relative to modern TT games?

>>26117

I was gonna say purple cause of Clem's shirt, but she actually doesn't wear it very often. Can't think of a single color that stands out to me.

>>26130

Been busy all day.

Also TWAU is on sale.

>>26132

They did a couple weeks ago, but haven't for a while. C moved on, but they might head back eventually to look for certain things.

>>26133

Oh, okay.

How does the RP work? Like, how is it decided who does what, and how do you write your posts? I know there's dice rolls, skill checks and other game elements involved, but what exactly is the process one would go through as a participant?

>>26134

You just go to this link http://rpol.net/game.cgi?gi=61078&date=1434259296, and build your character. Its under the 'Creating your Character' thread. Follow the rules in there, build your character, and then will work you into the story pretty quickly. A week is about the longest you'd ever have to wait.

Basically its a post by post, so you will write a post describing what your character is doing/thinking/feeling in a certain situation, roll if necessary, and then the other players will respond to your post. Then a GM or Editor will write what happened if it was a situation involving things other than PCs. Then it repeats. Its actually a bunch of fun in my opinion, and it doesn't take up too much time either. If you are an active poster you can get in a post a day, and slower posters post like once or twice a week.

Obviously the best way to get a grasp of how it works would just to be reading some of Group A's or Group C's posts.

>>26135

Oh and you need to request access to the game in the top right of that link. Go onto IRC #ttgg and let Bandito, or anyone really, know and he can help you out with any questions you have with building your character if you are actually interested.

>>26092

>400 days 2

>All your choices will have rippling effects throughout season 3!!

>none of your choices matter

>>26140

never beat her face

>>26142

>you'll never pummel her with one hand and pummel your dick with the other

>>26130

Is this the infamous evil, slutty Clem?

>>26144

>implying there is any other kind

>>26145

There's gotta be more to the pic

>>26146

Everybody's got a dark side, anon

>>26146

It's true and you love it.

>>26147

I haven't seen the rest of it, unfortunately.

>>26130

Jesus Christ. To answer your question, it's because you aren't discussing your Clem lust with your fellow Clemophiles. Unless you're the only one here.

>>26132

>How would you rank Sam & Max relative to modern TT games?

TWD > S&M > TFTB > TWAU > GOT > TWDS2

>>26137

>you will never take her to the beach, take her to a restaurant to introduce her to some new food, take her on a tour of the island and teach her about Puerto Rican history, then sleep peacefully in bed with her while listening to the Coquí's

>>26139

That actually wasn't in Sam & Max when I played. I guess I'll see it in season 2.

They said that fans of the comic will especially be happy with what's in store for the big reveal tomorrow. Do you think this means we'll see comic characters in the game now?

Welp that's it for this season of Game of Thrones. It was pretty damn good.

>>26151

I still need to get caught up. Maybe I'll just watch the episodes myself and and join the stream whenever streamanon gets his life back together again.

Is Clem confirmed for s3 yet?

Drank a little too fast and almost started hitting on my brother's girlfriend…

Stopped myself before it was too late though.

>>26140

And you said you werent imaginative. That sounds like a great time, anon. You'd know how to treat a lady right.

>>26142

Okay, maybe you could leave that part out.

>>26149

>rankings

That high, huh? Wow, guess I've been missing out.

>>26150

That, or maybe a comic setting like Alexandria.

Talk about alienating you core fans though. No comic fans are gonna suddenly jump into TWDG if they weren't interested before.

>>26152

Streams soon, hopefully. Now that job search is over, I won't feel bad about goofing off and working on stream stuff.

>>26153

We know nothing about S3 afaik. Doubtful we'll hear anything about it at E3 either besides maybe a reassurance that it's in the works.

Clem is likely though. I would seriously consider torching their offices otherwise.

Very eventful day. Good night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBM5nzJ5Bws

Stream starts in a few minutes

I fucking hate Michelle, she's such a shitty mary sue. Plus she's black.

>>26162

Oops meant Michonne

>>26160

Who are you talking abou-

>>26161

>Michonne

God dammit. Why does the weeaboo character need a spin-off miniseries?

>>26162

*Cough-Clementine-cough*

>>26168

She's not even black though even though she's supposed to be. If she was a straight up black girl I wouldn't think she was cute.

So that was the whole Telltale segment? We don't even get a trailer for TftB Ep. 3?

>>26169

>She's not even black though even though she's supposed to be

>has never heard of light-skinned black girls

>>26169

Back to /pol/ with you.

>>26169

It's galling that they blatantly recycled Sasha's model from TftB for Michonne. Taking a good character and smearing them into the shit.

>>26170

The only true "black" feature about her is the nappy hair which I believe to be the least cute thing about her and is solved by wearing that hat all the time.

>>26173

You sound like you're looking for a fight, anon.

>>26172

>recycled Sasha's model

I'm not seeing it, not that I don't believe Michonne's model was probably reused from an existing asset.

>>26173

Not for long, I bet. I mean, she got darker from Season 1 to Season 2. I'm sure the next step is for Telltale to reveal her full name as "Clementine Shaquanda Dawkins."

>>26176

God please no. She's just hemorrhaging cute points if this continues.

>>26154

NTRanon almost does it again.

>Streams soon

That's great to hear. I'll definitely be looking forward to it.

>>26155

What the fuck.

>>26159

I feel bad that I missed it…

>>26161

…But it looks like I didn't miss much. Just like I thought, it's about characters from the comic, or at least a character. If there's one good thing I can say about this, it's that at least Telltale is letting us know ahead of time not to waste money on this. I like TV show Michonne, but if the comic version is very different from what I heard, and judging from these other replies she doesn't sound like a good character. As someone who never read the comics, I have no reason to care ether way. Quite frankly, I don't even care if this turns out to actually be good, since just because they manage to write a good story with other TWD characters, doesn't mean that they'll write a good one with Clementine.

>>26175

The facial expression in that pic is leading me to believe that she's rehashed from Lilly.

>>26178

Even plenty of Comic *fans* say she's the worst character Kirkman's made, maybe challenged by Andrea or post-issue-100 Carl.

Remember that idiotic scene in the show where Michonne killed that group of about 15-20 zombies? Remember how the show never did shit like that again? That awful scene is pretty much every scene Michonne's in in the comics.

For example, in the most recent issue she becomes a pirate.

No, I'm not making that up or exaggerating it.

>>26177

Well, if you ever wanted to see Clem twerk on Post-Apocalyptic Worldstar, you're quite a bit more likely to see it by the time we get to Season 5. :P

>>26177

>implying she won't be cute because she's black

>implying only non-blacks can be cute

Hold your damn tongue, anon.

>>26181

She may not be getting much darker, but there's still plenty of puberty left for her to become more urban.

>>26187

They don't need dedicated fans, they can just pump out another shit game for an entirely different book/tv show/game and then jump to another one rather than relying on having a product good enough to gain any long term customers.

I don't hate Michonne, but I didn't ask for this. What did we do deserve this?

Also, Clem is black, we've been over it at halfchan AND here.

I never thought I'd look more forward to a TWD game from another developer (Overkill) than Telltale. S3 feels so far away.

>>26189

I think it's generally accepted on /ttgg/ accepted that Clem is black, just some people have a really narrow definition for what being black means.

>>26190

>At least it doesn't look like that's going to be the focus of this mini-series unless I'm mistaken.

It sounds like it takes place during the comic's timeskip so we'll probably see her become a pirate for better or worse.

Nobody else mentioned it, but they're talking about Overkill on the Youtube livestream right now. Just wanted to point that out.

>>26192

Overkill? What's that?

>>26161

>this is what I wasted my time at SXSW for

Hype dead. Fuck you Telltale.

>>26193

A new Walking Dead game. It's not Telltale though. Apparently it's a VR game. Or at least they have a VR demo.

Do you think we'll see any TWDG characters in the Michonne game?

>>26193

A game developer best known for Payday 2. They're making their own Walking Dead game in the same vein it sounds, a co-op FPS game.

>>26195

Virtual Reality? That's an odd niche industry.

>>26196

I hope not, otherwise we'll actually have to acknowledge the games existence rather than quickly sweep it under the rug and pretend it never existed.

Oh, so it's gonna be a VR L4D game with TWD's branding slapped on it? Great…

>>26196

>sameanon

Here's some more info if you're interested, including the reveal trailer from last year. http://starbreeze.com/games/overkills-the-walking-dead/

>OVERKILL’s The Walking Dead is a co-op first person shooter with elements of action, role-playing, survival horror and stealth…

Sounds like Payday alright which is why I'm excited for it.

>>26197

Now that you mention itthat does look like a kid. Is that implying we can play as one?

>>26161

It's over, twd is dead. Nothing to see here.

>>26200

If they do tie it somehow to the games and include a character I like, I'll have to play it and give Telltale my money for something that really doesn't deserve it. I could always pirate it, but I've never liked the idea.

>>26200

I don't really see how game characters can be involved in this. I also can't see how any of your choices can matter in this ether, since Michonne will end up at the same point she's in in the comics no matter what.

Is anyone else miffed that Telltale showed up at E3 just to announce their Michonne mini-series? All they showed was a title card that they could've easily tweeted.

>>26202

You could watch a no commentary playthrough. That's likely what I'm going to do since I have no interest in playing it.

>>26203

I don't expect any real tie-in with the TWDG story but I think cameos and references are a possibility.

>>26204

>You could watch a no commentary playthrough.

I honestly can't bring myself to care enough to even do that. Of course I'll probably do it anyway just for you guys which is why I started watching GOT playthroughs.

Too tired to write a detailed post tonight, but suffice to say I'm disappointed. I would like to discuss one thing about the miniseries, guess I'll bring it up tomorrow night after I get back home finally.

FO4 looks pretty dope though. Can't wait to mod Clem in.

>Clem will never have her own Pip-boy (girl?)

Good night /ttgg/

>>26204

I was incredibly disappointed and borderline pissed off over the reveal itself. Major, major sellout.

>>26206

FO4 Looks pretty damn good, can't wait for November.

>>26209

>she could be our very own Michonne

I like the idea of Clem playing pretend as a pirate, but when you put it like that, it might turn off a lot of people. Yeah, I think Wellington could be a resourceful place too. We don't see much of it, but it looks like, to me at least, that it might be close to a port. You live far up north, what do you think the weather might be like? Speaking of weather, I wish it was a hazard more often in the games.

PSA: the first episode of GoT is FREE on the NA PSN (PS4 version, presumably PS3 too). I don't know if this is permanent or just for this week but may as well "buy" it if you have an account and don't own it.

>>26217

That's alright, different strokes and all that. I still adore him.

How are you anons doing today? Hopefully better than me. I'm stuck overnight in the Houston airport after my flight got delayed and then canceled. If only Clem could keep me company like in my greentext story.

>>26209

I brought this up a while ago. Wellington must have access to some pretty heavy machinery to move those containers. My guess is they're a few miles from a port on one of the Great Lakes.

>pirate Clem

I have an image for this on my computer. Not here, though.

>>26213

I agree weather should play a bigger role. It would be cool if thunderstorms could serve as cover for a stealth segment or something. Even better, "rationing" certain clothes to people like the food at the motor inn. Perhaps people you equip for certain weather would perform better in some critical situation. I'm thinking something like assigning roles to people for ME2's suicide mission, except with clothes.

I said I would bring something up about the Michonne thing today but I can't remember what it was. Damn.

I know I said this before, but

>tfw TellTale will never make a LOST series\

I just finished it for the very first time

>>26211

>literally a weeaboo sword

Fuck no. The only ones you'd find would be mall quality that would snap in half.

>>26223

ew

>tfw this board is dying

>>26226

Goodbye…

>>26226

Thank the gods, finally.

>>26226

So…has he finally won?

>>26221

What is it about Lost that makes you wish Telltale made a game about it?

>>26223

Of course you do Clem. You don't need makeup to look pretty.

>>26225

I'm gonna pretend you didn't just say that.

>>26226

>>26229

Never! The board will never die as long as I have something to say about it. Making a new thread by the way.

New thread >>26231