/ttgg/ - TellTale Games

Remember the binary when the stranger reveals himself as Loader Bot? Turns out it means "friend"

>>29050

I actually thought about using a binary converter to find out what it meant.

>>29052

I actually thought of that when that scene happened. Speaking of which, why does Telltale have such a hard-on for scenes like that? First with Lee cutting his arm off, then Clementine stitching up her arm, then Bigby fixing his arm, and I think even GOT had something like that with Rodrik.

For anyone who saved Yvette how does that change the later half of the episode? Also, what happens if you aren't able to hire 3 people, or any at all somehow?

>>29055

You can still choose to have Yvette die if you release her from the prison cell. She doesn't do much if she lives, but she is there when you take on the vault monster.

I'll finish my separate playthrough tonight to see what happens if you don't have enough members for a full team. I assume the game just forces some default choices on you even if it doesn't make any sense.

>>29055

Huh, I don't know. I guess we'd have to figure out which choices lock off each character. I believe Athena comes no matter what, regardless of whether or not you get her married. Cassius is determinant based on if you stop Athena from trying to kill him, Janey probably won't come if you don't launch Scooters satellite, you can't get the money for Claptrap if you kill Felix… Not sure how the hell you recruit Zero though.

I believe August won't help you if you blame him for the mess of the deal when Vallory asks, but i'm not too sure. Who else is there?

>>29057

Athena's lock is telling Janey she loved her or something, at least that's what it said on mine.

>>29056

Can't wait to find out! Does Yvette look any different in the future?

>>29058

Yvette looks the same unfortunately. I think they may have forgotten to make a new model for her. Then again all the other Hyperion employees still look the same too.

>>29057

Actually, someone on the ttg forums said they had blamed August and he still would come. My guess is there are three people who will ALWAYS be available regardless of what you choose and my hunch is those people are: Athena, August and Janey, though I could be wrong.

>people choosing Janey Springs

What is wrong with you people? She's literally "the australian lesbo" who never shuts the fuck up about her lesbianism constantly reminding you in case you forget for one second she's into girls. That's all there is to her, and it was exactly the same as in the pre-sequel which I only played briefly but received high dosages of Janey.

>>29063

I chose Janey because I wanted the characters that were most closely related to the main cast. I chose Felix but since he doesn't come with you anyway, I decided on Springs because she's the girlfriend of Athena, who trained Fiona.

>>29064

If you wanted people who were related to the main cast it should have been August, Athena, and Felix. And like you said felix doesn't end up coming, so I got the clap. Who, might I add, wasn't as bad as the games

>>29063

Apparently Athena and Janey have some fun dialogue bickering over wedding plans

I picked a rare trio; Felix, Athena and Vaughn, and then Cassius. Was totally worth it.

Sasha vocaroos when?

>>29069

It's harder to Sasha vocaroos because she doesn't have as much dialogue or as many…uh…grunts as Clem.

>>29071

Ugh, come on artist, don't drag Lilo and Stitch into this.

>>29070

I'm sure there's enough, especially with her getting fucked up at the end and then getting injured immediately after being healed.

I can't wait for the vocaroos.

Am I the only one who thought it was bullshit when Sasha was saved by the deus ex machina? They should have either had her definitively die or escape. Just mreh.

Overall, I thought that was a great ending… even if what exactly was inside the Vault was never made entirely clear. I was hoping that, at the very end of it all, the Vault would be nothing, or something that neither of them knows what to do with. Just having them get teleported is too vague for my tastes.

>>29075

I'm sure it'll be explained in the next season/dlc. Though I suppose it makes sense, it's a teleporting vault with a teleporting monster. Besides, we've never seen actual treasure in any of the vaults, just what the monster drops. The first vault was a tentacle monster, the pre-sequel vault was knowledge and the third was a controllable monster.

>>29069

Speaking of lewd OC I wonder if SFManon is still going to make those Rhysha images

>>29075

>Am I the only one who thought it was bullshit when Sasha was saved by the deus ex machina? They should have either had her definitively die or escape. Just mreh.

That whole sequence felt pointless and a little too convenient. I know they needed a scene where Sasha sees her father's gift and realize he still cared about her but they didn't try to tug player's heartstrings by faking out her death for no reason.

>>29080

What BAFTA-nominated game are they talking about in that image?

>>29080

>>29082

>>29083

>>29083

What are they even bitching about?

>>29088

>sameanon

I suppose one thing I can mention that confused the fuck out of me, is in the final episode when Rhys sees Sasha again, in my first playthrough I was nice to Sasha, gave her the flower and everything, and when they meet again she hugs Vaughn. In my second playthrough, I didn't like Sasha, didn't trust Fiona at the end of episode 2, didn't give Sasha the flower, etc. and she hugs Rhys. I don't get it, is this a glitch? Or was it done on purpose? As a joke?

>>29089

I'd like to hope it was a joke, but knowing Telltale and their engine…? It was probably a glitch.

>>29073

That was my "inspiration"

>>29077

I haven't forgotten, anon.

>>29080

I had roughly the same choices as you, except I chose Janey instead of Cassius. I knew I was sort of in for some eye-rolling parts by picking Janey, but whatever. It wasn't as annoying as I thought it might be. Also, she had a pretty cool attack in the giant fight sequence. I should make webms of those one day, if I can get saves for all of the characters.

Also, I really felt like they pushed the Telltale engine to the limit with this episode. I'm not entirely sure if janky/mistimed animations and stuttering was due to Telltale's incompetence at animating, or that the engine just couldn't handle it.

>>29075

Yeah, I think it was a little bit of a cop-out. They were this close to making it good, though, and what I mean by that is the little health icons. They could have totally just used one of the various healing mechanics from the actual Borderlands games and it would have fit way better.

>Sasha dies

>sadness

>her body disappears

>digistructs at a New-U station that Loader Bot fixed up

>happy ending

>>29089

>>29090

>and she hugs Rhys. I don't get it, is this a glitch?

Maybe it was a glitch and they decided to keep it as a sort of joke.

if not sashaHatesRhys then awkwardMoment() end

>>29093

Pretty sure that they've said New-U stations aren't considered canon, and are just there for gameplay purposes. Otherwise i'm pretty sure Nobody would care that Roland died, they'd just wait for him to get back from the nearest New-U station

https://twitter.com/jobjstauffer/status/657416426861391873

How is there apparently a trailer for M:SM episode 2 this soon?

>>29099

Incredible, can't wait to see how bottom of the barrel it is.

>>29099

Maybe the simpler graphics allows them to produce the episodes faster? Or maybe they gave themselves a head start with this game. In any event I hope this means that they end it sooner than their other games.

>>29099

I guess even Telltale just wants this done and over with.

>>29083

Far Cry 3.

>>29085

EsJayDubs takin' over our games!!!

>>29098

What is he eating?

>>29103

I think it's some kind of pastry? It looks like a banana, but I feel like that's something Dan would hate and claim to never have tried before (like mayo or sour cream..)

>>29105

Wow, neat.

>>29096

Agreed.

>>29097

The option is basically hidden, It's not that big a surprise. Even the people in the Rhys X Fiona thread didn't know the line existed or how to get it.

Was anyone disappointed with Episode 5?

I hate to say that I was. There was a lot of reasons on why. I thought that writing and pacing was off. A lot of things didn't make any sense. But the number one reason is the gay jokes and queer baiting.

I am a non-binary person who is attracted to both women and men. I have a lot of conflict with that especially since identifying as a man and liking men is rough.

Rhys, Vaughn, And Handsome Jack were very close to my heart. I deeply appreciate the fact that there was a heavy implication that Rhys and Handsome Jack were gay/bi sexual or pan-sexual. And A LOT of people felt the same way. I thought it was very brave of Telltale and Gearbox to put homosexual themes in their games. I also thought it was great Athena and Janey are getting married.

However, Episode 5 rubbed me the wrong way. I couldn't help but get the feeling that all of the male homosexuality was just a huge joke. Like being a gay man is hilarious or evil? Which is toxic.

I can't tell you in words how much it hurts. It broke my heart that we got an option to romance Sasha or Fiona and not Vaughn. I mean, I know it's a long stretch. I knew the chances of two men together was slim, but when game developers do queer baiting it's devastating. We see this CONSTANTLY in entertainment. Male homosexuality is always used as mockery or to devalue human beings. I just didn't think Telltale would do it, too.

Did anyone else feel the same way?

>>29109

Did you get that from tumblr or the forums?

>>29112

Well, he had a lot more of an arc. In most ways he was the main character of the story. Fiona was a good supporting character, though. Her changes were MUCH more subtle, but they were still there.

>>29112

Rhys starts lower and raises higher, he's also a bit of a goof and starts and ends the story the same way.

Fiona goes from a sketchy con artist to a bit more of a generic hero. She's your standard capable female protagonist and doesn't really have any room to grow throughout the events of the game.

>>29109

Holy shit, this is actually real. Why do people like this exist?

Also, why is this place so dead? It's really making me sad.

>>29116

Care to go into detail on the dream or is that all you can really remember of it?

>>29116

I wish I had something good to talk about…

Your dream sounds cool. I had a dream about being a bandit raiding Lee's group once. It was pretty weird.

And yeah, the Zer0 thing is pretty random. Still, it's nice that your choices kind of mattered. It's a shame that you apparently can't fuck up the whole getting the squad together thing. Also, I noticed that the decisions that affect whether they want to help or not are all Fiona's. Not sure why that is, but I thought it was interesting.

>>29112

Rhys has more of an arc, he is also more of a bumbling average Joe kind of figure while Fiona is a pretty standard action protagonist, so people tend to relate to him more. Plus, his personality and the fish out of the water thing provide a more fertile ground for comedy than anything Fiona has going on.

That said, I still liked Fiona, but it took more time for her to grow on me.

>>29117

For some reason I had a save system in my dream, so if I wasn't happy with the outcome of events, I would reload my save which would take me back to an earlier point in time which would hopefully allow for a better outcome. We had a long talk about what we were gonna do/how we were gonna get out of the building. Eventually a zombie with a chainsaw managed to break free and we had no idea how to deal with it. I reloaded my save which took me all the way back to when they were talking about what to do. I was a little pissed that I had to sit through that again, but now I could plan ahead and think of a way to deal with the chainsaw zombie. While hiding from him/looking for something to kill him with, he saw me but decided to ignore me for some reason. I was confused but decided not to take any chances and hide better from him. I hid under the bed of the room I was in and after some time I woke up. In hindsight, we all probably could've just hid from him until he ran out of fuel and he didn't seem to know how to use the chainsaw anyway.

>>29118

>I wish I had something good to talk about…

Well, I was gonna post screenshots from when I played through the game on PC, including non-episode 5 stuff. That should give us some things to talk about.

>>29119

jeez dude

>>29121

>>29122

I don't see the problem. She's just enjoying a good ole' America hotdog.

For those of you don't know Glassdoor is a website where employees (current and former) publicly rate and review their employers. Some of the reviews (the ones with the most 'helpfuls') left by Telltale employees is eye-opening stuff and would seem to confirm many of our suspicions about Telltale management and what's gone on behind-the-scenes, especially during TWDG S2's development.

http://www.glassdoor.com/Reviews/Telltale-Games-Reviews-E256429.htm

This is the blog where I found out about this I highly suggest reading this since they compiled and highlighted some the more telling reviews together in one post. Warning: it's kind of a depressing read.

http://youngandyoungatheart.tumblr.com/post/131780649051/read-telltale-games-former-employees-reviews-on

>>29140

Wow, can't wait to sit down and give this a read. Thank you so much anon!

>>29142

While it's not a secret the vidya industry treats its employees like shit it's still pretty surprising to hear about how hostile the environment at Telltale is. This is the company that made innocuous p&c adventures like Sam and Max? The underdog company that got dozens of GOTYs for a story-driven game? Were they always like this and the situation just worsened with success or did they undergo some radical transformation after TWDG finished?

>>29142

Sweet. Even though I didn't like her character that Athena section was pretty damn cool.

>>29143

Let's be honest, I doubt many of us here are guilty of contributing to TTG's massive growth. It seems like management simply can't deal with the amount of projects and hasn't learned to adapt their project schedules and work environment. It's a miracle nobody has really put them under much scrutiny for the kinds of things we're seeing recently like massive delays, glaring technical flaws, and overall rushed development. I guess everybody still has that "indie studio" image of them despite that they're far from that nowadays.

>>29144

Upload is SLOOOOOOOW so I let this go for quite a while and forgot about it.

I spent a few minutes uploading Jane's, but…

>Maximum file size: 8,388,608 bytes

>Your file's size: 8,517,939 bytes

>>29143

>Did they undergo some radical transformation after TWDG finished?

Looks like a bad case of super growth. Notice how Telltale started piling on the projects as soon as TWDG was finished? TWAU, Season 2, they announced Game of Thrones so it was at least in the works about partway through both of those. Management clearly doesn't know what the fuck it's doing and the employees are left at a loss because they're juggling seventeen projects at once.

What TT needs to do is back off and work on one game at a time. It might not rake in profits as fast, but it'll attribute much more to worker health and the quality of each product.

>>29140

By "The Tool" do they mean the Telltale engine?

>>29146

Well, might be problems in that they're putting out more and more games trying to keep afloat. Middleware companies have been dying like flies in the last decade or so.

>>29146

>What TT needs to do is back off and work on one game at a time

That's pretty much what they're doing with Minecraft, no? AFAIK they've got no other big projects going on in 2016 except maybe Michonne but even that's being advertised as a DLC miniseries.

>>29148

I guess that explains this sentence.

>The Tool is a one of the worst pieces if software ever created by man

>>29150

>Middleware companies have been dying like flies in the last decade or so.

I've heard about this but i don't quite understand why it happens. Does this mean Telltale's only options are to go big or bust?

>>29142

Zero's is the best.

>>29154

>Do we know of anything else?

Nothing else specific except that Telltale really wants to make the"Super Show" idea a regular thing. Like they badly want to be a TV studio as well as a game developer.

>>29154

>What have they got in the pipeline right now? Minecraft, TWDS2 Michonne DLC, and TWDS3 next year. And those announced things (Marvel, TV something/original IP?) that could be way, way off.

>Do we know of anything else?

Couple generals back someone posted a tweet of one of the devs or something saying they were keeping their mouth shut about news on TWAU S2, which in itself would imply that they may have that to work on as well.

>>29159

>TWAU S2

If they reuse all of the old stuff they had planned for season 1 I'll be interested.

>>29161

Well Vanaman said the reason he left is because he didn't want to spend the next few years of his life working on nothing but zombie games. After reading the Glassdoor stuff, I think this could be a cover for the real reason he left, or it's just part of the reason he left.

>>29163

Okay, I have to ask, are you the one making these hotdog gifs, or is it just a coincidence that they involve a hotdog?

Oh, I forgot to mention, I looked through TFTB's games files to find out which three characters come with you no matter what if you make all the wrong choices and can't form a full team. If I'm reading this right, the characters are August, Athena, and Zer0. You can also apparently afford the mystery vault hunter, without the money Felix gives you, if you get all of the money that is possible to obtain in the game, and don't spend any of it. Also, Yvette was apparently supposed to be selectable for the vaulting hunting team if you saved her. I guess she was cut because they couldn't come up with any moves she could give Gortys, or they just ran out of time to implement them.

>>29166

Zer0 won't go with u, if u didn't say u r a vault hunter.

>>29167

Yeah, but if I'm reading what I found in the game's files correctly, if you don't have enough people he'll find another reason to come with you such as impressing him at Bossanova's death rally.

>>29163

holy fuck

>>29170

That question is an appropriate thing for Clem to ask Jane after finding out she lied about the baby.

>>29172

U SEE HE BECAME ANGRY HE IS DANGEROUS CLEM

Will there be a stream tonight of TWD?

>>29174

Oh hey DJ, long time no see. Yes, there will be a stream tonight.

>>29175

Great, what time? My cable company still hasn't fixed my cable and I won't be able to watch it live tonight.

>>29176

Should be the usual time of half an hour after it airs. I missed having you around, and I know I can't be the only one. I apologize to the general by the way for being so quiet today, I'm very busy trying to get a SFM pic done.

>>29177

Don't worry, I was busy today anyway and just got home. I look forward to relaxing with a drink or two and watching TWD with you guys.

So 9:30pm EST?

>>29177

SFM? It better not be you making the fucking hotdog animations.

>>29178

God damn it, I keep writing "airs" instead of "ends". 10:30 EST.

>>29179

Hell no, I'd never make stuff like that.

>>29180

Oh, okay. I'll be there.

>>29178

>>29177

Confirming this. Stream will be in about an hour and 10 minutes.

Sorry, just got home.

Thanks for watching guys!

>>29185

No problem, thanks for streaming.

#glennlives

Sorry if i am way behind you guys but i figured here was the best place to ask, i'll replaying this and wanted to play as a complete good guy this time compared to last time where i was somewhere in between and was wondering what i needed to do, say and chose to accomplish my goal

Happy birthday Clementine!

My present will come later this afternoon.

>>29188

Just pick all of the "good"-sounding options…? Is there a specific choice you're unsure of?

>>29190

It's been long enough i forgot a lot about what happen in the game and i forgot the consequences of these choices http://fables.wikia.com/wiki/Player_Choices

Also forgot if there was one or more characters that are right most of the time like Kenny was in TWD Season 1 I plan to play TWD Season 2 after The Wolf among us

>>29190

I don't want to get for Clementine

>>29192

Sorry for that i have been awake for nearly 24 hours so i messed up writing this:

I don't know what to get for Clementine

>>29190

oh god, not again.

this never ends well.

>>29188

>>29191

Off the top of my head:

Give Faith your money

Lie to Beast

Share your drink with Colin

Go to Lawrence's apartment first

Jump out of the closet before Lawrence kills himself

Suspect Georgie

Don't rip off Grendel's arm

Arrest Tweedle Dee

Sympathize with Crane

Persuade your prisoner to talk

Let Snow come with you to the Trip Trap

Don't hit Beast when he's down

Don't interrupt Snow's eulogy

Go to the Tweedle's office first

Give Flycatcher a job

Don't burn Greenleaf's tree

Don't kill Tweedle Dum

Don't send Colin to the farm

Don't try to remove Nerissa's ribbon

Go to The Cut Above first

Don't send Toad to the farm (you need the money from this and the last episode in order to give him money)

Agree to talk with the Crooked Man first

Kill Georgie (it's a mercy kill)

Bring the Crooked Man to trail

Imprison the Crooked Man

Accept TJ's gift to Snow

Say "I hope I've done some good here" or "I've made a lot of mistakes"

You will need to take Tweedle Dee's money and steal all of the money from Georgie's safe if you want to give Nerissa extra money.

>>29195

>sameanon

I forgot to mention that there's no character like Kenny in TWAU.

>>29187

tbh, they're probably gonna pull some shit like th zombies were eating that dude on top of Glenn.

Nice seeing rick in panic mode though

>>29202

>sameanon

Not my pic btw. Just thought I'd repost it from a previous thread.

>>29205

Nice tank.

But seriously, good job anon. I'm sure she'd love it.

So i know TWD range from ok season 2 as far as i read about to awesome season 1, The Wolf among us looks at least fun and the latest one was shit but what is TTGG opinion on the rest of TT games

>>29207

In order of most to least favorite:

TWD Season 1

Borderlands

Wolf Among Us

Game of Thrones

TWD 400 Days

TWD Season 2

As much as we throw around hate for Season 2 and 400 days, I at least sort of enjoyed them.

I don't really have an opinion on Minecraft since I haven't played it, but I can't imagine it's very good. I'd like to play the BttF game sometime.

Which ones have you played, anon? Would you like recommendations on which to play? I'd basically play them in the order I listed them in, maybe skip GoT if that isn't your thing.

>>29207

Most stuff before TWD S1 sucks dick, The Wolf Among Us got boring fast, TWD S2 is mediocre, Game of Thrones is boring and the latest episode was trash, Borderlands was amazing and Minecraft is shite.

>>29207

Despite my many issues with it Borderlands is universally regarded as the best game TT has put out since TWDG S1 and people love it. The last episode was released very recently.

Almost no one here cares about Game of Thrones and that ones that have played it have said it's boring and mediocre. It's also janky as hell even for a Telltale game.

TWDGS2's just about the worst, most cynical shit Telltale has churned out to profit off a fanbase's love for a character. I don't think there's any other game we've torn into as much but it's also huge part of why /ttgg/ exists so…

Wolf Among Us is regarded as disappointing since it's an interesting premise that starts strong but ends up quickly fumbling it's potential.

Nobody cares about Minecraft. Some people are already calling it the 'worst thing Telltale has made' but really it's just inoffensive and boring as you'd expect a game for children to be. Worst Telltale game title belongs to TWDGS2.

TWDG (S1) is lightening in a bottle, the best thing Telltale has accidentally made and might ever make. 400 Days is skippable, tacked on DLC with almost no interesting characters or stories.

As you might've noticed 'modern' Telltale has had more misses than hits but its few hits are generally considered strong. As for 'classic' Telltale I think there's exactly one guy who's played all of Sam and Max so he could provide his input on at those games.

>>29211

It's coming out today i think

>>29208

I might have played some of their CSI games, i finished Sam & Max Save the World, Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse and The Walking Dead: Season One and i played some of Jurassic Park: The Game and The Wolf Among Us and i was wondering which of the rest of their games were decent.

I heard that some choices in TWD Season 1 and 400 Days can influence stuff in Season 2 and was wondering if that was true if it changed anything even slightly important. If so what are those choices that influence stuff?

>>29215

Do not be fooled friend, you are absolutely being lied to. One or two conversations and background characters will be changed, but that is it.

>>29214

>ywn be in the middle of that hug ;_;

>>29207

TWD season 1 is of course their best game. It's hard for me to say which is their second best game. It's up in the air for me between TFTB and the Sam & Max series. I like TWAU, though it could've been much better than how it turned out. Tales of Monkey Island used to be my favorite in the series, and I like the Poker Night games, though there are times where the AI can be cheap, and the dialogue repeats after awhile. TWD S2 is often regarded as the worst game Telltale has ever made, and I can certainly agree to that. However, while TWD S2 may be their worst game, it at least has Clementine in it, and despite how much telltale ruined her character in that game, I still care about her as much as I did in season 1. GOT and Minecraft are boring and uninteresting to me. GOT does get better in my opinion with each episode up until episode 5 which is shit, but it never improves enough to make me feel like it's worth buying. I'd say GOT & Minecraft are better than TWD S2, but the fact of the matter is that they offer nothing to me, while TWD S2 still has Clementine. However, even with that being said, I still say episode 5 of TWD S2, is the absolute worst thing telltale has ever done.

>>29210

>I think there's exactly one guy who's played all of Sam and Max

Hey, that's me.

>>29211

Jesus Christ, already? They're operating on a Scott Cawthon schedule for Minecraft.

>>29214

Kek.

>>29215

Sadly your choices in season 1 only affect lines of dialogue in season 2. It's stuff like how Lee treated Kenny, what Clementine did with Lee at the end, whether or not you left Lilly behind, etc. Your choices in 400 Days on the other hand, don't matter at all. All that happens is that people who went to the camp make 5 second cameos. That's it.

Minecraft Ep2 is apparently 1 hour

BRAVO TELLTALE

>>29220

Beautiful! This was well worth the wait. Great job anon!

>>29219

Is the episode out already? If it's really only an hour long than that would partially explain how it could be released so quickly after the previous one.

Any info about Tales From the Borderlands? Is any part of it that was written by BL2 and Pre-Sequel writer Anthony Burch? I hope not because well his writing was bad.

I know this isn't Telltale related but i got to get it off my chest, i hate that there is no where on the internet i can talk about non-Telltale games while avoid the "quality" found on either /v/

>>29222

That's very good, anon! Thank you.

Going back to that Glassdoor stuff, I have to wonder why TFTB turned out to be so good, given the working conditions at telltale and how the executives have creative input on projects which just ends up hurting the quality of said projects. Maybe the executives didn't really care about TFTB and thought that GOT was their money maker, allowing the TFTB team to spend as much time on the project as they wanted which would explain both why it turned out to be the better of the two games, as well as why it took so long for episodes 2 and 3 to come out.

>>29227

> 99% of this game is … meme-free,

What do you mean by that? It tries to establish some memes.

>>29225

>Is the episode out already?

I can confirm that yes, the episode did come out yesterday. I just watched it and while it was a little more interesting than the first episode, there's still nothing there for lack of a better explanation. Also, the episode isn't even an hour long and ends abruptly. When it ended I was like, "Wait, that's it? Really?" I'm sure the beginning of the episode is different based on who you choose to go with at the end of the last episode, but this game doesn't interest me enough to care about watching another playthrough to see how it's different.

i played like half of the borderlands TT game and was not really into it, i didnt play the original borderlands tho

since there's literally nothing else to play should i give it another shot? how has the series panned out from eps 1-4?

>>29238

It gets really good during the last 2 episodes, give it another go.

>>29237

>How have they managed to sink so low after Borderlands was so good?

I'm guessing it has to do with executives wanting them to get each episode out as quickly as possible because they think Minecraft is their money maker now. It kinda supports my theory that Borderlands was good because the executives didn't care about it thus giving the people who worked on it as much time as they wanted to do so.

Regarding the lipsyncing, I'm surprised they bother to have the characters mouths move with what they're saying. With this game's simple graphics, I feel like they could get away with having the mouths just move up and down.

>>29238

TFTB is great. I suggest giving it another shot, I too haven't played any other Borderlands game and enjoyed it. The final episode is not only the best in the game in my opinion, but also one of the best episodes of anything they've ever done.

>>29237

>How have they managed to sink so low after Borderlands was so good?

I'm not sure they ever really rose and TftB is just another anomaly like TWDG, although I wouldn't call it as good as the latter.

>>29238

Can I ask why you didn't really get into it?

>>29239

>>29240

I'm not sure the last two episodes are going to raise anyone's opinion of the game if the characters and the humor didn't click with them at that point. The last one especially is heavily reliant on fanservice and the comedy is at its most "Borderlands-y".

>>29243

No chance of that happening where I live anyway, it never snows in England anymore.

>>29245

It's pretty miserable here, always has been.

Not as miserable as me, though.

hopefully this won't end in class lolilover blogposting again

>>29246

Fuck, I mean "classic".

So… what vidya games have you guys been playing to try and brainwash the experience of Memecraft episode 2 from your mind?

I've been playing a shitload of Undertale.

hot damn, i've got nothing telltale relevant to talk about

>>29249

Uh, it's kinda hard to explain.

Undertale is a single game, not a series (at least not yet). It's hard to explain… I'd show you the halfchan /vg/ thread but it's pretty much just full of goat worshippers and furfags.

>>29249

In the words of a kind anon in /utg/;

"love child of touhou and mother 3

has some funny moments, soundtrack is breddy gud"

>>29249

STAND BY FOR SHITTY ASS BLOG POST

rang my father, told him I didn't enjoy being around him (or anyone) and now he refuses to see me (which is fine), but he's also refusing to see my brother who wasn't involved in this. That's pretty much it.

>>29252

Oh, that's awful. Do you have anyone to talk to about that matter?

>>29254

nope.

anyway, that's enough blogposting.

>>29253

It's a pretty damn good game, but the soundtrack is god damn amazing.

the creator also did some music work for the homosuck web comic, along with the soundtrack for the homosuck game or some shit. Here's an example that won't spoil anything: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2jVbSI9H4o

>>29253

Word of warning though, if you're planning on checking Undertale out… don't go to /utg/ on /vg/. It full of spoilers and shota furfags who obsess over goats.

Don't ask.

>>29258

Nice work as usual, DJ.

>>29241

>just another anomaly like TWDG

I'm sure the reason why telltale dropped in quality is because all the talented people left after the first season of TWD. Which might have something to do with management not knowing what their doing as pointed out in the Glassdoor reviews.

>>29248

I don't really have to wash Minecraft away from my memory, it does a good enough job of that on it's own, but am playing TF2's Halloween update, though I mostly play TF2 anyway and this year's Halloween update is very disappointing.

>>29258

HOLY SHIT! DJ IS BACK! Don't worry about the quality, it's fine. I'm just glad to see you drawing again.

>>29261

There's no darn bumper cars this year, or ducks!

Sweet! Great to see another drawing from you DJ, especially a Clem one.

>>29263

Meant to quote this >>29258

>>29262

You can't even get Halloween spells from Ghost Fort anymore. I seriously don't know what they were thinking when they decided to make this change. At this point, which company is more incompetent, Telltale or Valve?

>>29258

Is that…DJ?!

>>29267

>I don't think a lack of talent has ever been a problem

Maybe not a lack of talent, but rather, putting projects in the hands of inexperienced people. I understand that someone needed to work on TWDS2, but putting it in the hands of people who were so new that executives who have even less of an idea of what they're doing have to get directly involved with making the game, was a mistake.

>That actually sounds like that could be TT management's doing judging by the Glassdoor reviews.

In any case, the long development time obviously benefited TFTB because it great, whereas the last two episodes of TWAU & TWDS2 were rushed and turned out to be the worst in their respective series. And of course the latest Minecraft episode is shit.

So, I assume you losers have your halloweenie decorations up?

>>29270

O-Okay

I went around supervising my younger brother. I dressed in black, wore a crappy skeleton mask and skele-scarf burka. I also wore a black tutu and put on a crappy skeletor voice and tried to make skeleton puns.

that image sure gave me a BONE-r

sorry for the pun

>>29272

I spend £11 on my decorations from a pound shop. My house is spooky and crap looking, it's great!

>>29277

???

>>29277

Kek. What game is this?

>>29279

Dragon Age. It's just a note though, you don't meet this Clem.

>>29283

I had a lot of fun with you guys. Wish I took a screenshot of my own.

>>29287

It's not a screenshot edit if that's what you're thinking. I actually edited the games subtitles by modding the .landb files.

Hey, just a reminder that TWD S6E4 is on tonight.

However, for some reason this episode airs for an hour and a half, so stream will be at 11:00 PM EST.

>>29290

Well shit, better go update the Steam announcement.

Hey guys, are you ready for a 90 minute flashback episode?!

Hey, /ttgg/! It's been a while. Good to be back and I hope everyone enjoyed the end of TFtB.

In unrelated news, I bought a cock cage .

>>29292

I rather enjoyed it, actually.

>>29292

>post # consists entirely of 2's and 9's

Is this some advanced form of doubles?

>>29292

Are you fuckin' serious?!

>>29293

Hey, whoever you are. Good to have you back. Yes, we did enjoy the TFTB finale, hope you'll join us for TWD stream.

>>29296

I really don't like the show, but thanks.

>>29296

Yeah, but as far as flashback episodes go it's not a bad one. I'm just annoyed with how much filler they are bogging down the main story with.

>>29292

What would they have to flash back to? They'll probably focus on the group that's at Alexandria, since Ep 3 focused more on the group outside the wall that was trying to drive back the horde

>>29299

Sounds like they're trying to delay Negan's reveal as much as possible.

>>29300

It's Morgan's origin story, explaining how he went from a PTSD riddled psycho to a peaceful bo staff master.

>>29301

That's gonna be a lot of delaying then since it seems like he's going to be introduced in the season finale.

>>29303

>>29301

Honestly I'm kind of hoping they don't bring Negan in at all. If they do, he's going to be nothing like he is in the comic since his thing is swearing and AMC's TWD needs to present gore and viscera in a family-friendly way.

Thanks for watching!

>>29305

Thanks for streaming. I find it a bit weird that they decided to do this episode at this point in time. I mean, if they wanted to expand on Morgan's character, that's fine, but why stick it in the middle of the season? I'm not gonna lie, I laughed when Morgan started saying "kill me" repeatedly, as if it was all he could say.

>>29304

What would you think if instead of Negan they introduced character who closely resembled him personality-wise and had a different name?

>>29305

Thanks for streaming, as always.

>>29306

Some executive probably thought Morgan needed an origin story episode since he's a significant character this season and it needed to be thrown in there somewhere. Why not not put it after the episode with Glenn's apparent death and draw out the tension of that little plotline?

I wonder how many people who believe Glenn is killed in that episode have any idea what goes on in the comics.

>>29308

Why would that change what they think? Wouldn't be the first time the show killed someone differently than how they killed them in the comics.

>>29308

I sometimes feel like reading the comics. Should I, or should I just read a plot summary on the TWD wiki?

>>29310

If you got nothing better to do than why not?

>>29309

Because there doesn't seem to be much reason for the show not to follow the comics on this point. Yeun's character doesn't have much point anymore and from what I've heard comic Glenn lost his usefulness to Kirkman at about this point as well. That's why Negan was introduced the way he was; kill a beloved but now expendable character in the final issue of a volume to show how dangerous he is as well as drum up easy interest for the next issue. Why wouldn't the show adapt that formula?

>>29310

I haven't read them either. I just know what I know from the wiki and what actual readers have said so I can't really give a recommendation. It sounds like it lasted far longer than it should've though.

>>29313

>react

I didn't. I felt nothing.

>>29316

I get where you're coming from, but I still care about her the same way I do season 1 Clem. As another anon put it, I sort of separate season 2 Clem as two characters in my head. The way she was written, and the way I wish she was written.

>>29313

I vaguely remember feeling confused. I don't remember feeling any anger or fear. Maybe some shock. The moment ultimately never left a deep impression on me since it meant nothing in the end. I know it cemented most people's hatred of Arvo here but I never took the bait like I suspected (some of) the writers wanted me too. It was all so transparent.

>>29318

>took the bait like I suspected (some of) the writers wanted me too

I know some characters are written to be hated, but I'm not sure if Arvo is supposed to be that type of character. Yes, he's a complete piece of shit with no redeemable qualities, but seeing as how there are people who actually feel sorry for him (mostly just retards on TTGF), I have to wonder if they were actually going for a sympathetic villain with Arvo.

>>29319

I wouldn't call him a villain at all, nor would I call him completely unsympathetic. People here just seem to hate him for shooting Clementine, an event which ultimately comes to nothing because she recovers just fine the next day. I think the writers were in conflict over which characters were supposed to be sympathetic and which ones were supposed to be hated. That would explain many of the conflicting tones of certain scenes, sudden OOC moments, and bizarre paths certain character arcs take.

>>29320

After reading the Glassdoor stuff, I blame the writers for season 2's flaws less now. Now I mostly blame management/executives for intruding on season 2's creative process, creating a lot of the problems it has.

>>29321

Writers not knowing where the fuck they're going with the plot or characters has nothing to do with 90 minutes per episode limit and deadlines. I get that the conditions were bad, but the people who wrote TfTB worked under similar conditions and that one turned out fine.

>>29322

Yeah, I get that, but even if the writers did know what they were doing, chances are it wouldn't matter because their ideas would get scraped in favor of whatever the executives have in mind. It would explain why things like how Mike was supposed to be one of the bandits that attacked Christa got dropped.

>>29322

I don't really agree with this because S2 seems like perfect storm of bad decisions, a rapidly changing company, and arrogance that even the S1 team couldn't have saved. It's clear now that a) the higher-ups kept shuffling writers over the course of S2's development, even outsourcing episode four to a guy with no connection with the series and the company and b) important creative decisions were being made and enforced by the executives and producers. We don't know much about what went on during TftB's development other than it seemed a lot less plagued by these specific problems and was also being created with help and input from Gearbox. The TT executives seemed to have much less of a stranglehold than they did with S2 and that made a huge difference I feel. Remember also that Pierre Shorrette, who wrote episodes 3 and 5 of S2, was the lead writer of TftB.

>>29325

100% so that they can ignore the multiple endings. Or they're going to make the story focus on another character.

>>29325

100% guaranteed they will do at least enough of a timeskip to have Kenny/Jane dead by the time it starts.

>>29325

A short timeskip, maybe. As the previous two anons pointed out, it would likely be to smooth over the endings to S2.

Originally I thought (along with a few other anons here) that there would be no longer timeskips, because TWDG is nearly in sync with the comics and supposedly Kirkman wouldn't want them to go ahead of the comic timeline.

However, FTWD kind of proves that the canon for TWD between comics/game/TV isn't really important. So I also believe there is a possibility for a much longer timeskip. Whether or not I'd like that depends on how well it was justified by the story.

>>29329

There's a good chance people actually didn't know what it meant.

>>29328

>FTWD kind of proves that the canon for TWD between comics/game/TV isn't really important

How so?

>>29329

>>29327

>>29328

How much time do you think will pass at a minimum? Enough that the Telltale might feel compelled to make an older model for Clementine?

>Whether or not I'd like that depends on how well it was justified by the story.

Did this series ever need any timeskips? It seems like the most interesting parts of Clem's life would be her growing up as a child in the ZA and her overcoming her inherent physical and emotional weaknesses to survive. Who was it at Telltale who thought that Clem needed to become significantly, physically older for whatever reason and skip major parts of her life? The S2 timeskip just feels so thoughtless and is the single most damaging story component in the game.

>>29332

>Enough that the Telltale might feel compelled to make an older model for Clementine?

Yes. I think Telltale will make Clementine older in season 3 regardless of the size of the timeskip.

>>29335

On similar note, I've never had the "This choice is blank!" glitch happen to me.

If you're like me, and dreading TWD season 3, what is something that Telltale could do to make you more hopeful for it?

>>29337

file for bankruptcy

>>29337

Cancel it and re-work S2.

Abandon the TWDG "storyline" (what's left of it) and make a spin-off series to ruin instead.

I don't know, I can't really think of a realistic solution.

>>29340

>Cancel it and re-work S2.

I actually agree with this. I'd prefer if TT redid season 2 completely and continue the story from there rather than go into season 3 with how the story is set up now.

>>29341

There's no way it'll actually happen though. I think the closest thing that could be done is parts of S2 are silently retoconned and ignored in future seasons. It's not perfect since that shit season would still exist, forever poisoning Clem's (and Kenny's) character but it's something.

>>29342

I'd take season 3 and all future seasons ignoring season 2 altogether. It's not the same thing as retconning season 2 to have never happened, but it would more or less have the same effect. Of course this would mean that Clementine would not have her jacket or AJ with her in season 3 but fuck it, the sacrifice is worth it in my opinion.

>>29343

>Clementine would not have her jacket

Good.

>>29345

Kek.

>>29347

>tfw you will never be Nate's boy

Why live?

>>29347

>getting that rock, paper, scissors, trophy (for the third time) is such a pain.

Don't remind me, I had to do it twice, although ironically I no trouble getting it the second time.

New thread >>29352

Sorry it took so long.