/ttgg/ - TellTale Games

I was seriously considering putting "Who gives a fuck?" under things to discuss btw.

>>29667

I didn't even realize there was a new thread until just now.

https://twitter.com/jobjstauffer/status/667217164986806272

>Away from Twitter all day in some insanely exciting meetings about… secret stuff! @Minecraft Ep 3 is nearly here. News/trailer tomorrow!

Is Michonne finally getting a release date and a trailer? Is Telltale finally announcing their "first" original IP?

Well Game of Thrones was disappointing. You lose no matter what.

I understand this is Game of Thrones, but the whole franchise is just not entertaining to me anymore, I used to like it quite a bit, but there's really no point in continuing to watch it/read it/play it at this point.

Game of Thrones started out new, unique, the bad things actually happening to the protagonists was an awesome change of pace. But after a while it becomes predictable in it's unpredictability, when nothing but bad things happen why would you ever do anything but expect the worst?

>>29675

Your thoughts on GOT kinda remind me of how certain people feel about TWD franchise. It's overstaying it's welcome and not doing anything new. I wonder how many people in the GOT fandom feel the same way.

>>29674

https://twitter.com/jobjstauffer/status/667225525195157504

>.@DrewM987 Major news on #GoT coming VERY soon. #TWD: Michonne Mini-Series info *also* coming. Our 2016 lineup is a lot like a TV schedule!

GoT Season 2 announcement incoming

>>29676

I'd honestly go so far as to say TWD is somewhat less predictable because good things happen to the characters every once and a while.

Game is just bad things all the time no matter what, and it's gotten to the point where I actively avoid trying to care about characters because I know they're going to meet horrible ends soon.

>>29679

I keep forgetting that minecraft: story mode is a thing that exists.

>>29681

Malcom is in Essos. I suspect that Maester what'shisface will be our protagonist in Ironrath.

>What were your choices?*

Didn't sell Sera out, didn't sell Tom out, died with honor, ambushed the Whitehill's, killed Gryff in the process, saved the useless smallfolk because I knew that choices don't matter so I might as well be nice, didn't use Cotter for blood magic, stayed in the grove because I don't even know, that whole storyline was weird.

>Are you looking forward to season 2?*

Kind of? I'm not dreading it like I do for the games I actually liked. If they fuck it up, nothing of value will be lost, and if they do a good job, I'll enjoy it. So yeah, I guess I am.

>Is this game worse than TWDS2?*

Nah. I actually got to know the characters before they were murdered for the most part. And while there were a lot of holes and sloppiness in the story, I don't think they ever just dropped a plot out of nowhere.

>>29681

Her brother is cuter. You just know they're setting up a Kenny/Lilly-Jane thing all over again. He says leave, she says stay, he is hotheaded, she is cold hearted…

>>29682

Josera IS the brother.

I forgot Malcom was a character. I could see the Maester returning. It always seemed like they put some importance on him, but they never actually did anything with him.

>>29679

Jesus, three episodes in two months? Minecraft will be finished by winter of next year.

>>29681

>>29682

I don't really see how anyone could want a second season of this shit. Your choices matter even less than they do in TWDS2, and the characters in the game berate you no matter what you pick. You control a powerless house and your family members are constantly killed by people who hate you and are able to get away with it. There isn't a single uplifting moment in the game, Mira's plotline was ultimately pointless, honestly I find it hard to understand how anyone could enjoy this. I know GOT is supposed to be bleak but this is just an endless series of lose-lose situations.

GOT SEASON 2 CONFIRMED

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/game-thrones-telltale-season-2-842311

>>29686

The ending already confirmed that there was going to be a season 2.

>>29687

>>29690

I'm guessing they shoehorned Clementine into the game just to give people reason to play it. Either that or they're just saying that to make people think they're connected.

>>29691

>I'm guessing they shoehorned Clementine into the game just to give people reason to play i

I seriously doubt it. I was thinking instead that some of the characters or even locations from the DLC would show up in S3. Sort of like what they did with 400 Days.

>>29692

So in other words, we'll want to play it so that way when we see these characters in season 3, we'll go "Hey, I know who that is!" when they show up in a 5 second cameo.

>>29693

Pretty much. I'd like to think Telltale would be more ambitious and thoughtful this time though since 400 Days was just a quickly made cash-grab to capitalize on TWDG's surprise success. Of course I'd rather there be no connection at all and the comic's influence on the games to be kept to a minimum.

>>29694

> 400 Days was just a quickly made cash-grab to capitalize on TWDG's surprise success

You could say the same thing about season 2 in hindsight. TWD is just a cash cow series for telltale at this point.

>>29683

>Josera IS the brother.

Shit. I failed to get their names, and the "a" at the end made it sound feminine to me. Hell, I didn't even know Elissa's name until the last episode. He really is a qt though.

>>29684

>I don't really see how anyone could want a second season of this shit.

I don't want it as much as I don't mind it. I'm vaguely interested in what happens next, and the bar is low enough for me not to be disappointed no matter how shit the season 2 turns out. I honestly thought it was better than TWD S2, but low expectations may play a part in that. As well as the fact that I didn't pay for it.

>>29687

That's funny, I seem to remember being told the exact same thing about 400 days DLC. I remember it being said a lot. Hell, I even remember Eddie in the slide for the fourth episode. I remember them shilling that DLC with the promise of a great tie-in to season 2 all the way up to the third episode. Lying, soulless, bastards.

How many people here are going to buy the first episode of S3 when it comes out? I don't, I plan to watch a no-commentary youtube video of it first and see if it's any good.

>>29696

>I remember them shilling that DLC with the promise of a great tie-in to season 2 all the way up to the third episode

Does anyone still have that screenshot of Stauffer's tweet about your decisions in 400 Days having a "butterfly effect"?

Hey, niggers. How do you guys feel about the latest TTG, Minecraft: Story Mode?

Is it actually any good? Or has TTG sold out in that instance?

>>29701

I haven't personally played it but general consensus seems to be that it's so far not worth playing. It's basically a game aimed at kids where the story and characters are bland and uninteresting.

Have you heard S2 GoT already confirmed?

>>29701

What this anon >>29703 said. It's more boring than good or bad. You'd really have to be a kid or a Minecraft fan to get any enjoyment out of it.

>>29704

Yeah. >>29686

https://twitter.com/telltalegames/status/668172071994703872

Minecraft episode 3 comes out Nov. 24th

>>29708

Anyone wanna speculate how they're able to come out with episodes so quickly? I'm guessing it's the simpler graphics of Minecraft.

>>29709

I'm guessing the possibilities are

a) Minecraft being the only main game seeing release at the moment, allowing Telltale to focus its effort on it

b) the simpler graphics making creating new assets easier and faster

c) Telltale probably getting better at running a tighter ship and getting things done in a more timely matter

d) Telltale probably being better prepared for this release than past ones (e.g. assets already finished and ready to be implemented)

>>29710

>Telltale probably getting better at running a tighter ship and getting things done in a more timely matter

I find all of those believable except this one.

>>29712

>Telltale's really dragging their feet on releasing any info on Michonne

Probably because it's shit and they know it'll be shit.

>I could see Telltale eventually getting better at releasing things on schedule.

I highly doubt that. The only reason they're releasing Minecraft so fast is because it's got Microsoft money behind it, and it's obviously the most low effort piece of shit they've bothered to produce.

>>29714

I wouldn't be surprised to learn how blind they are to drop in quality of their games since TWDG. I remember an interview where the S2 writers defended some of the major flaws in their story as stylistic choices and got away with it because the interviewer didn't push the issue. And then of course there's whenever Stauffer deflects the question of why choices don't seem to matter in the newer games.

>>29716

>qtest Telltale characters

Clementine of course, Irene, Shel, Nerissa, Fiona, Gortys, Morgan LeFlay.

>hottest

You already posted one of them. Carley, Snow White, Stinky, and some other characters I'm probably forgetting.

>>29716

Too many to list. For all of their faults, TTG do make some pretty qt and lovable characters.

>>29720

Who would you say is the single cutest and the single hottest then anon?

>>29722

S1 Clem is clearly the cutest. As for the hottest, I'll have to go with Bigby.

>>29725

Those are excellent choices, Anon.

>>29730

>Are you serious?

Yeah, actually. Maybe it's been a while since you played it but I've gone through TWDS1 around four times in which I attempted to make vastly different choices. Pretty much all of them result in a tiny change of dialogue and nothing else save for whether or not you save Doug/Carley.

Keep in mind I'm not saying Game is WAY better, I just felt like the small choices affected a little more than they did in S1. Finn's fate being a primary example.

It's really just apples or oranges. Telltale is still shit at player choice. Most of the really egregious shit is in Mira's story, I can agree that her entire portion is complete shit.

I really don't consider it the WORST thing Telltale has done though, I don't really understand where this sudden hatred for disregarding your choices comes from, since Season 2 was much more in your face about it no matter what you did.

>But apparently it's a star constellation that shows you where the North Grove is?

I get the feeling that it was originally going to be an actual ice dragon but Telltale rewrote it to be something else or it still houses an Ice Dragon and we just haven't seen it yet. They've got that cool art and shit for it, I doubt that it's JUST a star constellation.

>>29732

>Pretty much all of them result in a tiny change of dialogue and nothing else save for whether or not you save Doug/Carley.

It's more than that though, in S1 your choices also affected your relationships with the characters. Here, everybody treats you the same regardless. Finn's "appearance" (kek) in episode 6 feels like a last minute move to me, rather than something that was planned. While GOT does a few choices better than TWDS2, namely the ones I listed in my previous post, everything else is just as bad, if not worse in my opinion, than TWDS2. Ethan gets stabbed no matter what, Ludd takes the other half of the ironwood forest no matter what, Ramsey Snow somehow has Aurthur and kills him even if you brought him with you, Gared gets into a fight with and kills Britt no mater what, etc. And as bad as how the multiple endings were handled in TWDS2, there was at least an option to have things end like an actual ending. You were strongly discouraged from getting an actual ending, but it was still possible to do so. Here it's just "Fuck you, buy season 2!"

But who am I to say you shouldn't enjoy this game? If you can somehow get enjoyment out of it, more power to you. But personally, I think it's just a huge insult to the player.

>>29732

>I don't really understand where this sudden hatred for disregarding your choices comes from, since Season 2 was much more in your face about it no matter what you did.

I haven't played the game but I'm guessing it's because by the end of GoT you're defeated no matter what you do. Telltale has advertised that your choices can help determine the fate of the Forresters but it's clear now that's BS. What's worse is people who've watched the TV show have known this whole time how doomed the outcome is for the heroes. The show's events have too much pull on the events of this game so not only do you have no chance to avert disaster, you know you can't either. And yet the game (and Telltale's marketing team) keeps pretending that you can.

S2 choices didn't matter at all, and blatantly so, but it did have multiple endings for people to indulge themselves in and falsely believe anything that happened in the rest of the season meant a damn thing. Everything I've read and heard about GoT sounds like Telltale holding up their middle finger to it's consumers.

>>29734

>consumers

Their customers even.

>>29736

I wouldn't really call TWD's ending a cliffhanger, it was open ended more than anything. The game could've ended there and I'd be okay with it, even without the hindsight of how bad season 2 turned out. Having open ended endings isn't anything new for Telltale, but this ending isn't open ended, it's a blatant sequel hook with no open endedness. Also, TWD was their first heavily choice based game. It was a new formula for them so it could've very easily flopped and there wouldn't have been a chance for a sequel to be made.

>>29738

>it's obvious Telltale writes a lot of these episodes as they go

It's how they operate now, but I don't think it used to be that way. I remember reading something about how the scene with the stranger was already thought of during the conceptualization stage of the game. I think that's why the writing in their older games is better, they actually thought of things ahead of time whereas nowadays they make it up as they go along with hit or (usually) miss results.

>>29740

Doesn't seem like the chat is working unfortunately.

>>29741

>Doesn't seem like the chat is working unfortunately.

Something on your end? Chat seems to work fine for us.

>>29736

TWDG isn't a choose-your-own-adventure game, it's more like interactive fiction with traditional point and click elements; it tells a fairly specific story with a specific theme and a specific character arc for the protagonist but it also allows the player to invest themselves in that story by allowing them control over dialogue, some gameplay (like puzzle-solving) and choices. The choices themselves aren't about changing the plot, they're about carving out your own narrative, giving you a way to personally invest yourself in the story and it's characters, and creating drama by defying your expectations and refusing to bow to your whims. Basically choices in this specific kind of game are a storytelling device, not just a gimmick for players to indulge themselves with. The thing is that takes some nuance and some planning and it just seems to me that Telltale can't grasp how to do that anymore because the guys that made the concept work to begin with no longer work for them. Since then choices in newer games have never quite had the weight they had in TWDG or they've felt totally arbitrary at times. I think that's what the causing many of the complaints, choices no longer feel like they matter, regardless how much of an visible impact they have.

>I'll admit that season 2's multiple endings was like it's one redeemable feature

I wouldn't call them "redeemable". They were a terrible idea, terribly written, and seemed to be thrown in as an afterthought but they (the Wellington endings anyway) did trick many people into thinking there was a point to anything that happened all season, granting some feeling of catharsis. I think that's what GoT was missing; something, anything to show your efforts all game weren't totally in vain. A good, feelsy tragedy needs some catharsis, some pay-off.

>a huge cliffhanger to boot

It is but it also makes thematic sense and acts as bit of catharsis for the player after all the terrible shit that went down and the sacrifices they made: Clementine is okay and out of the city. Lee's death was not in vain. Now you just have to hope that she took his lessons to heart and can survive long enough to find people who can help her. You can't keep her under your wing anymore; she has to grow, learn, and survive on her own now as scary as that sounds. Pretty much how being a real parent sending their child off into the world alone is like, only under more tragic circumstances. If the series had stopped right there (which I now kind of wish it did) it would have made thematic sense. Sure the final scene and how it played out weren't totally necessary but the point is even with it S1 still works just fine as a self-contained story. Which only makes it easier for me to ignore S2 as canon.

>>29744

>It felt like they got worse about writing it as they went along, as evidenced by TWAU and Season 2, but the dip in quality itself is likely more the result of their best writer leaving the company after season 1 was finished

At least in S2's case the utter mess of the story was likely the result of a weak project lead, Telltale's overbearing management making drastic decisions on a whim, or both. Not that the actual quality of the writing was stellar either but whatever original story Nick Breckon (project lead and lead writer) had in mind for S2 was completely lost in the frantic development of the season; it passed too many hands too often and there seemed to be poor communication between the writers judging from all the conflicting ideas conveyed. They even outsourced episode four's script to some dude who hadn't previously worked with the company or on the project. Whatever the reason Breckon failed to get a handle on his people, or management locked him out of the process or overrode his decisions whenever they felt like.

Remember that 400 Days was made by the S1 team and that suffered many of the same problems that S2 did, suggesting bad, new writers aren't completely to blame for the general fall in quality of Telltale's products.

>He's making Firewatch now, looks fun.

Looking forward to this. Jake Rodkin (S1's other project lead and lead designer) is also with Vanaman so I have some hope this will turn out good.

>>29745

>choices no longer feel like they matter, regardless how much of an visible impact they have.

>I think that's what GoT was missing; something, anything to show your efforts all game weren't totally in vain

This is where I'm getting at with my complaints about GOT. You basically get the shit kicked out of you for the entire ride, and there's not a moment where you can feel good about what you've done. Sure you can get revenge on one of the Whitehill's in the end, but what does it mean when Ironrath falls anyway? I get that it's in line with GOT, and I honestly wouldn't think it would be that bad if this was a TV spin-off or something, but in an interactive experience there has to be some sort of payoff so it doesn't feel like it was all for nothing.

>>29749

>it's broken but I want to keep it

Ah, yes. The days where Clem had an arc, character development, and an actual personality to speak of…

>>29751

I don't know. I'm going to guess "Wilson" since that's the name of who you normally play as in Don't Starve. Also sorry for the very late reply, I haven't had internet since last night.

Has anyone played the latest Minecraft episode? It came out today.

>>29755

I'm looking up a playthrough right now, but I'm having trouble finding a no commentary one.

>>29756

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNpNCVCcr9w

Here's a no commentary.

>>29755

>>29760

Yeah, I can't even be bothered to youtube it.

Just got done watching the new episode. It had some moments in the beginning and tried to inject a little bit of humor, which I said was lacking before, but for the most part it was just meh of the same. Soren's my favorite member of the order of the stone at least. This episode also has a determinant character, but it doesn't really matter to me since I still can't really bring myself to care about the story.

>>29760

There were some anons who played the first two episodes and gave their thoughts on them a few threads ago. I know one of them complained about one of the characters, the fat guy I think.

>>29762

Were there any seemingly stupid or illogical moments?

>>29763

I think Minecraft's the epitome of the shit aspects of Telltale design.

It's also got the worst voice acting of any of their products so far. I don't know if they're just not giving the VAs the shit they need to rush it out or if none of them really give a fuck about the product, but a lot of it's really fucking bad.

Sorry for the blog post, but I'm gonna be out of commission for I don't know how long. I have no power where I live and no internet access. Posting using my supermarket's wifi.

>>29770

Who's moderating in the mean time?

>>29771

Doku, the guy who does the streams on weekends has moderator powers that are only to be used in an emergency. This board is too slow for him to have to use them though.

>>29769

S2 Clem. What an edgelord.

>>29774

>implying ep 1-2 edgelord clem wasn't hilarious

if only they let us play like that the entire season

>>29775

I'd say ep 3 Clem was a bigger edgelord, she was just more boring a the same time.

>>29773

I can buy that, I don't expect any of them to take it seriously, it's Minecraft for fuck's sake, but something other than monotone droning would be appreciated. That black girl's the worst, zero emotion whatsoever.

Fennoy didn't do his best but at least he was doing something.

>>29781

>since this choice proves that most people don't even bother with doing things in hubs.

I'm a bit curious to see how this hub is constructed. If it's made in such a way that you could easily skip the whole thing without having to figure anything out or doesn't provide any incentive to interact with anything I could see why this would be a problem.

>Axel's a bit of a douche and is also greedy. That's just why I think people wouldn't like him.

I've heard he also has a pointless rivalry with Lukas. Who would you say is worse?

>implying there's a bigger edgelord than episode 5 Clem

Clem in IHW strikes me as weirdly bitchier and more cynical than in any other episode, especially if you choose the meanest options. She's basically more like Becca than the real Clementine; she'e potentially at her brattiest and even her "nice" options sound like she's barely trying to be courteous, she can look down on and belittle Sarah for no reason, and can even agree with Carver during his stupid villainous monologue. At least in episode 5 she can pretend to be her S1 self at certain points.

>>29781

>but at least it's still not as bad as these other games.

You say that like it excuses it somehow.

>>29783

>So what's the consensus on GoT?

The usual, nothing really matters and everything ends in sadness.

Personally, I found it better than TWAU and leagues above season 2, though it isn't quite as good as Tales and isn't even close to season 1.

Pick it up if you're bored and want a passable Telltale product. It's certainly got more effort put into it than Minecraft.

>>29787

>Any news on the Michonne thing

Nothing new except that we can expect news "very soon".

https://twitter.com/jobjstauffer/status/667593966716456960

We probably won't start getting info until next Sunday or early December, Stauffer's off twitter for Thanksgiving week

https://twitter.com/jobjstauffer/status/669649521287106560

>>29788

Michonne is releasing in the "late fall" so it should come out before Dec. 23, and Telltale episodes are typically released on Tuesdays. I'm guessing it will come on out on either the 1st, 8th, 15th, or 22nd of December. Which one do you guy's think? http://strawpoll.me/6118633

>>29770

rip

I miss Nate.

>>29796

I hope so. I miss avatarfagging with him.

>>29786

>Even though she died, there was no tragedy in it.

Agreed. She went out like a badass. Few characters in the game had as much dignity she did on the block.

>>29792

>>29796

He was a fun one. I hope we'll see him again too. Still, I doubt in his ability to survive. Dude is far too cocky, impulsive and pleasure seeking for his own good.

>>29798

Nate had the right idea, though, even if he dies. I used to shitpost on /twdg/ all the time about how badly I want to be a bandit and just fuck shit up like he does. He's my boy.

>>29799

He had the right idea in the sense that since the world has gone to shit, you might as well have fun with it. Not so much for survival.

>Getting drunk and high

>Driving around randomly

>Picking up strangers

>Antagonizing them

>Trusting them with you only weapon

>Not knowing whether your only weapon is loaded or not

>Attacking some randoms who are shooting at you

>Attacking some randoms who are running away from you

>Not just shooting the running randoms for some reason

Dude is probably walker food by now.

>>29801

Quality over quantity. He had a good run. Plus he will always be alive in your heart.

>>29802

And my dick.

>>29806

It's started!

Thanks for watching!

I just realized something. I'm glad there's an ending Kenny didn't die. He and Clem can meet up with TTG!Negan, and he'll be the one to get his skull bashed in, complete Edge Clem's transformation.

I actually hope we could see her change more like TV Rick does, but hey, it's TTG

>>29805

Maester Ortengryn was a qt. Can't believe they just killed him off-screen.

>>29812

Was he your husbando?

>>29813

Nah. But he was still a qt.

>>29814

Yeah, he was a pretty cute qt. I thought he would have a much larger role than he ended up having.

>>29815

Me too. I guess he was just a red herring for the whole traitor plot. Or they meant to go somewhere with him, but they ended up dropping that plot as TTG is known to do.

I thought he might be a playable character in season 2 until I read his codex update.

>>29816

The traitor plot was extremely obvious to me, but I enjoyed the resolution nevertheless. I feel kind of bad that the only time Rodrik was really in control was when he was killing someone in his own house.

I'm hoping Beskha will be playable in S2, but I expect if she comes back she'll basically be treated like Christa from TWD. She'll die protecting Ryon who will end up taking over her role, because Telltale won't know how to write her on her own.

>>29817

>I enjoyed the resolution nevertheless

I didn't. But that was mainly because my traitor was Royland, and I felt like his actions were out of character and just made no sense in general. Like, I can see Duncan doing shit "for the greater good", and foiling our "reckless" war-causing plots and kissing up to the Whitehills to save the house. But not Royland. If anything, he'd be trying to provoke a war in order to push us into action, certainly not swallow his pride to appease the Whitehills and ruin our bolder schemes.

As for Beskha, she could very well be a playable character. Since they are restricted by the show's timeline, a timeskip pretty much can't happen, and I don't see them making us play as a lone seven year old. I expect that she will reunite with Asher/Rodrick, who will quickly die from determinantis, and take over as protagonist from there.

>>29818

Yeah, Duncan was mine, so that might have been why I was okay with it. I honestly only really gave a shit about Asher, Beskha and Mira in GOT, though, so I didn't really give much of a shit when it came to the big reveal.

I can see that happening with Beskha though. The primary reason I can see her being killed off is because she's not really invested in the Forrester bullshit and I can't see how she'll fit into it without being killed off to promote Ryon's relevance in some way. Who knows, though.

>>29819

I wasn't too emotionally invested either, but it was still annoying because it made no sense.

I still stand by the idea that Asher is far more likely to die than her, he is a determinant character after all. If the game is anything like the show or the books, I expect that we will get more non-Forrester perspective in the next season anyway. The books branched out to the point where they kind of went off the rails, while the show developed a weird boner/fixation for the Lannisters and the Boltons.

>>29817

Beskha makes sense as a protagonist for season 2, odds are Telltale will play up her relationship with Ryon a good deal as she wanders around trying to find Asher while keeping him safe. Give us a bit of a Lee/Clementine relatinoship, before she gets killed near the end for dramatic effect or something. It would be a bad move to ice her off at the start and force us to play another kid, I imagine they realize this, so that's my prediction for her.

I'm hoping Asher/Rodrik stick around for a while. Once they die the Forresters have lost literally everyone of any import, unless they put us on the Whitehill side of the conflict this time with some characters we've never seen. We did only see one of the, what, four brothers? Last time. So we might get put behind enemy lines, so to speak, for season 2.

Gared will either be forced to stay in the north for reasons or forced to travel south for reasons, making his decision at the end of season 2 moot. I assume he'll be sticking around for a good long while if only because he's the only protagonist who fills that 'north of the wall' niche that Game pretty much has to have.

Got my power back but still no internet, posting from supermarket wifi again.

>>29782

>Who would you say is worse?

Axel. I could see why people wouldn't like either one, but Axel is definitely easier to dislike.

>even her "nice" options sound like she's barely trying to be courteous

Considering her company in that episode, I can't say I blame her.

>and can even agree with Carver during his stupid villainous monologue

Yeah, that is really stupid and out of character for her.

>At least in episode 5 she can pretend to be her S1 self at certain points

Can you give some examples? I've seen this said before, but I don't really see it.

>>29783

I consider GOT to be worse than TWDS2, because it's basically your family getting the shit kicked out of it by another that hates you for no reason, is able to get away with everything they do, and there's nothing you can do to make things better, not even in the end. So if you like to suffer constantly with no sense of catharsis then by all means check it out.

>>29785

>You say that like it excuses it somehow.

Not at all. I'm just saying it could be worse.

>>29786

I don't see how Mira's story ends in a satisfying why in either outcome.

>there was no tragedy in it

This being one of the reasons why. Nothing Mira does matters and when she dies noone gives a shit. She's the most worthless protagonist in the game, and her storyline is the most pointless.

>>29805

Minecraft doesn't really have any redeeming qualities. It's not terrible, but it does nothing to make it enjoyable to someone who's not a Minecraft fan. Another thing I forgot to mention in my post about episode 3 by the way is the game is inconsistent about explaining things for people who are unfamiliar with Minecraft. The episode starts with the group finding their way into a grinder, and Olivia explains what it is and what it does, but then later on when they encounter Endermen, they can't look at them, but it's never explained why.

>>29806

>>29807

>>29808

Anybody want to give their thoughts on the mid-season finale? I'd like to know what people think since I couldn't attend the stream.

>>29822

>Anybody want to give their thoughts on the mid-season finale?

Shit went bad

Fuck that dude that Edgy Carl dude

Morgan's a stupid idiot

Fuck Daryl and Co. meets up with Negan

Maybe the season will finally ramp up now.

>>29816

He's not dead until I see a body…

>>29829

Guess they're "unveiling" it at the game awards tonight.

Borderlands and LiS are discounted on PSN and the Xbox store as part of that, FYI.

>>29831

http://www.twitch.tv/thegameawards

In case anyone's curious here's the Game Awards show live.

TELLTALE BATMAN

>>29834

Didn't they make a big stink over a partnership with Marvel? Odd.

>>29834

https://www.telltalegames.com/blog/102827/telltale-games-warner-bros-and-dc-entertainment-announce-game-series-based-on-batman-for-2016

>“At Telltale, we’ve been honored to bring our unique approach to interactive storytelling to some of the biggest entertainment franchises in the world, and we’re excited to announce that we’ll soon be exploring what it means to be Batman in an all-new series starting next year,” said Kevin Bruner, Co-Founder and CEO of Telltale Games. “This iteration of Batman will give fans a first-hand opportunity to dive deeper into the complex life and mind of Bruce Wayne, the duality of his own identity, and the struggle of responsibility in saving a city overcome with corruption and villainy.”

>>29835

Yeah, that is weird. I wonder if Telltale made a deal with DC after the one they made with Marvel for their 2017 game. If they did it makes the slated 2016 release a bit curious.

>>>29837

So Telltale now has four projects to work on in 2016: Michonne, their "Super Show", TWDG S3, and now Batman. Good, I was afraid they were weren't overburdening their employees and their scheduling.

>>29832

>walking dead premiere

>>29840

I have this tinsy bit of absurd hope they'll say something about S3.

>>29841

Nope. Nothing at all

>>29843

>A stand-alone three episode event, 'The Walking Dead: Michonne' further bridges together the Telltale game series with the canon of Robert Kirkman's comic through one of its most complex characters.

>The story explores Michonne, portrayed by award-winning actress Samira Wiley(Orange is the New Black), on an untold journey during the time between issues #126 and #139. Haunted by her past, players will discover what took her away from Rick, Ezekiel, and the rest of her trusted group… and what brought her back.

>>29844

So… is it safe to assume someone (like me) who has no knowledge or interest in TWD outside of Telltale's games can avoid this?

>>29845

There was a tweet saying that you'd want to play it before S3 >>29687

>>29846

Oh, great…

>>29849

Time to fap.

So. I used to go by Natefag back on /vg/. Don't know if anyone remembers me. I only found 8ch a couple of days ago.

There was a dude I used to email back then. I lost access to my account when I tried to reconnect with him last. Dude, if you're here, let me know how to contact you so I can hit you up again.

>>29851

Not him but I think I remember you. You used to avatarfag as Nate right?

>>29852

That's me.

>>29854

Yeah? Awesome. I'm gonna stick around, it was a lot of fun back then.

How do you guys feel about the Michonne shit? You hype?

test

>>29855

It's really quiet compared to the old days but this place still gets posts every day. Now that TWDG is sort of back and Batman is a thing more people should show up.

>You hype?

Feels pretty safe to say no here's hyped about Michonne. In fact the only thing people are anticipating is it finishing since Stauffer has said we won't get S3 news until then. I guess I'm pretty curious about how it might reflect how S3 might turn put since 400 Days predicted S2's quality.

>>29858

>I guess I'm pretty curious about how it might foreshadow how S3 turns out since 400 Days predicted S2's quality.

ftfm

>>29858

>Batman is a thing

I was out all day… What exactly did I miss?

>>29858

Yeah, that makes sense. I like the quiet, though. Wish I'd stuck around when the migration happened.

I'm not hype about the Michonne shit either, though. I was always hoping Season 2 would see another 400 Days-style DLC that focused on multiple protags, rather than something that's just promoting the TV show. I'll take all my resentment back if Nate shows up, though.

>>29856

Speaking of Campo Santo, Firewatch finally has a release date.

https://twitter.com/camposanto/status/653609191844655104

>Big news! Firewatch will be released February 9, 2016 for Windows, Mac, Linux, and PS4.

It'll also show up at Playstation Experience.

>>29860

Telltale made a surprise announcement at the Game Awards. >>29834 >>29837

>>29861

People were pretty pissed when it was revealed that the new game was about Michonne and apparently had nothing to do with TWDG's story. I was actually hoping for DLC that would be about tying up all of S2's loose ends so S3 wouldn't have to deal with them.

>I was always hoping Season 2 would see another 400 Days-style DLC that focused on multiple protags

Michonne was actually supposed to be S2 DLC at first but now it's a standalone thing. Telltale's done with S2 it seems.

>I'll take all my resentment back if Nate shows up, though.

It'd be cool to see his character fleshed out but I doubt Telltale will deal with any of the 400 Days characters again, not even Bonnie. I'm actually even wondering if Clementine will return at all in S3 because of all of S2's endings.

>>29847

Which probably means there will be a single cameo of some character you spare/kill in Michonne in Season 3.

Remember 400 days. Is a thirty second cameo worth fifteen bucks?

The answer is no

>>29865

He's been dead to me ever since he turned up in that femfreq video.

>>29861

>promoting the tv show

Since day one the game was supposed to be canon to the comics, and now telltale is actually doing something canon to the comics. Why am i the only one hyped about this? is nobody a fan of the comics? i have been for years…

>>29855

>You hype?

Fuck yes i am

>>29865

Not to be indelicate, but I want to put my dick in that.

>>29871

February 2016, dude. >>29843

>>29874

I would have believed it with Carver and Johnny but Troy looks way too different in my opinion.

>>29875

Probably because the animators or whoever did a decent job not making it immediately obvious they re-used his character model. Can't say the same for Carver though.

>>29876

Wait…

maybe we will see Luke and Nick again if we're seeing Carver again….. Wyatt and Eddie… Shel and NATE. Maybe they are going to repent for fucking us over with 400 Days

>>29878

Why do I even try to have hope

Also sorry my bad, I don't know the TWD timeline so I wasn't sure when it was taking place

>>29878

What flavor can we give this new guy? Vanilla Carver? That doesn't really work.

>>29880

Not really, especially since he's still white. The chocolate thing just comes from characters being re-modeled into different races like Chocolate Doug (the black cop in S1) and Chocolate Sarah (the girl who robs Clementine in the bathroom).

>>29880

>>29881

Carver lite might work because he is skinnier.

>>29851

Oh, fancy meeting you here. Almost missed you post. I still have the same cheesy email I made. faithfulbandit@gmail.com

>>29867

No one cares about Michonne or any of the comic characters; in fact a few people here hate them. The reason the majority of us post here is because we care about the TWDG story-line and characters so the fact the new game isn't about either of those things is baffling and infuriating to us.

I just care about Kenny tbh fam

>>29884

At this point I feel the same way. S2 Clementine is dull and completely different from S1 Clem, and everyone else is either dead, missing, a complete asshole, or a prop.

>>29885

Kenny is miracle of the universe. He's the only character with some weight on him and besides, you know the asshole completely. You know he gets angry for the right reaons.

Besides, best ending is KENNY ending.

Vanaman is showing off Firewatch at PSE right now.

http://www.twitch.tv/playstation

>>29888

And it's over. That was quick.

>>29883

Sure, i get that, but how did people not expect some sort of expansion to the actual canon of the comics from the get go? I get people hate the characters, but to be baffled or surprised this is happening? Also, i do like the comics and their characters. its the only way i can put up with the walking dead "game", its written in the same vein as the comics, something no other medium adapting the walking dead has achieved.

TL;DR: These episodes were inevitable, hate it all you want, but if you didn't expect it from before season 1 started then you're dumb

>>29893

He mentions he recognized a couple scenes in the first episode that were written by him. I'm really curious how much of his ideas survived production in some form.

>>29897

>I'd guess the scene with Clem eating and talking to Luke about Lee is one of his.

Maybe but I'm not so sure since Luke never seemed like he was part of the original script. If that scene was in there I'd bet it was originally written with Pete or someone else in mind. I'd wager the intro with Omid and Christa was one of Vanaman's scenes, specifically everything before the stupid bathroom part. The dialogue feels sharper and more natural than the majority of the dialogue afterward.

>>29898

>sameanon

>Sarah in particular felt like she was meant to be incredibly important.

She really did. In fact I'd say the pinky swear scene (or some earlier version of it) was probably also written by Vanaman. Sort of like the baby name discussion with Omid and Christa it just feels different and less shallow than any of the other interactions Clem can have with the cabin group members.

So did the board owner's internet crap out on him again? It doesn't seem like he's posted in a while.

So do you guys think the Batman game will actually be any good?

>>29905

GoT is mediocre, but even mediocre is leagues above Memecraft

>>29900

I'm sorry, I still have no internet where I live and at this point I'm willing to bet that I'll never get it back. I'm planning on going to visit my family for the holidays, and I should have internet when I stay with them, but for now I'm stuck only being able to go online when I go out somewhere. I hate not being able to be here, and I wish I could discuss all that's going on with you guys.

>>29908

>I still have no internet where I live and at this point I'm willing to bet that I'll never get it back

Really? Why is that?

>>29905

It feels like they're really trying to get it out and done with.

>>29908

Sorry to hear that buddy. I had to go without internet for a few days and nearly an hero'd. Hopefully you have a more fulfilling life than I do to help you go through these trying times.

I apologize for the size of this post, but I'm at a friend's house right now and I want to take this opportunity to reply to as much as I can while I'm on their internet.

>>29909

Because it's been more than two weeks with no sign of it coming back. I'll be shocked if it's back by the time I return from my holiday family visit.

>>29911

I can't say I live a very fulfilling life, but I have been keeping myself busy during this time. One of the things I've been doing is replaying Poker Night 2. I have some things to talk about with that game, but I'll wait until I'm able to post regularly again.

>>29828

Thoughts on the mid-season finale anybody? I thought it was at the very least exciting.

>>29833

>>29834

THE FIRE RISES!

>>29835

>>29839

Yes, it does seem weird that they would make a Batman game considering they're making a Marvel game, even moreso because the Marvel was announced first even though this game is coming out first. It makes me wonder how the deals for both games went down, and who approached who first.

>>29844

All I can say about this is that I'm glad this is it's own game now rather than a DLC. It shows that telltale is being honest about the fact that this has nothing to do with season 2.

>>29851

Welcome back dude. I missed you and I was worried you'd never come back.

>>29855

Not hype for Michonne at all. Like Minecraft it's something that has absolutely no baring on anything for me at all.

>>29863

>I'm actually even wondering if Clementine will return at all in S3 because of all of S2's endings.

There's no way telltale is going to drop their moneymaker just because they wrote themselves into a corner with the multiple endings.

>>29874

The guy who supposedly looks like Troy looks like he's wearing a Handsome Jack-like mask to me.

>>29893

I'd love to hear what Vanaman's ideas for season 2 were. I wonder what he thinks about the season 2 we did get other than he feels he has no creative ownership over it.

>>29897

>Sarah in particular felt like she was meant to be incredibly important.

THIS! I seriously thought Sarah was going to be to Clementine what Kenny was to Lee. So much for that…

>>29901

While I love the idea of a telltale Batman game, unless it plays like a traditional point & click adventure rather than an "interactive story", I honestly think it won't even compare to the Batman games that have been released in recent years.

>>29905

Well this isn't taking very long now is it? At this rate Minecraft will be finished before Michonne even starts.

>>29915

>unless it plays like a traditional point & click adventure rather than an "interactive story"

Yeah, I'd rather prefer the former, especially if it has detective elements to it. I have my doubts over playing as Batman in a Telltlale-style game. He's always the least interesting part of anything he's in so a game focusing on his character doesn't make much sense to me.

>I wonder what he thinks about the season 2 we did get other than he feels he has no creative ownership over it.

If he has any really negative thoughts about I doubt he'll ever say since he's friends with Breckon, who he has regular contact with through the Idle Thumbs podcast. I do wonder if Breckon knows how bad S2 is.

>THIS! I seriously thought Sarah was going to be to Clementine what Kenny was to Lee. So much for that…

Sarah really did seem like the CG member with the most potential not only as a character but as a foil for Clem. There was some great potential for a relationship there, could've even been the thing that anchored the season.

Posting from laundry wifi.

>>29916

>I do wonder if Breckon knows how bad S2 is.

As well as the other writers. Although SFManon did attend that PAX event telltale was at earlier this year, and had a chance to talk to one of the writers who said that he knew some people didn't like the writing.

>>29918

I'd only get it for the possibility of more shirtless Bigby scenes tbh.

>>29922

I bet Vanaman has cute feet…

>>29915

>I missed you and I was worried you'd never come back.

Aww. I could never leave you guys. Where else could I talk about raping husbandos at length?

>>29919

Stripper Bigby and the recent influx of gay porn truly were the best things about that game.

>>29926

>Stripper Bigby and the recent influx of gay porn truly were the best things about that game.

To be fair, that would still hold true even if the game itself was great. I mean, just look at it!

Also, I too am glad to see you are shitposting with us again. Gives me a reason to visit this place more often.

>>29927

Man, my computer is really fucking up lately. There was supposed to be a gif there. Might as well link to it http://rule34.paheal.net/post/view/1481234#search=Bigby_Wolf

>>29927

It's my favourite Telltale game, but the porn definitely influences that. I would dick Bigby up something fierce.

>>29928

Like this. Yes. I need to pay someone from /ttgg/ to dress up as Bigby for me.

>>29931

I don't think many people out there have his flawlessly hairy chest.

In recent news, Telltale continues to exploit and mangle the characters and images from the original TWDG to make a quick buck.

http://www.ibtimes.com.au/walking-dead-road-survival-adds-characters-telltale-games-walking-dead-including-lee-everett-1492330

>>29935

Minecraft new episode soon.

>>30000

I didn't think a get could be so hollow.

test

Yes! My fucking internet is back! And only a few days before I go to see my family for the holidays too. It feels so good to be able to finally post here regularly again. I'm going to spend the next few days catching up on everything I missed elsewhere, but I'll be here, ready to discuss anything with you guys.

>>29918

It's quite odd how we talk so much shit about telltale, yet still want certain things from them. I also would like a second season of TWAU.

>>29934

Must… contain… anger…

>>30001

As I mentioned before I'm going to visit my family for the holidays. I know I'll play TF2 while I'm over there, but I'm not sure what else I'll play, but I guess it'd be a good time to check out Telltale's BTTF game.

>>30002

>I want to go in as blind as possible.

I'm the same way with games nowadays. I like to play games with as little knowledge about them as possible, with some exceptions. I might stop doing that though after my last two purchases…

>>30003

>Or course some asshole spammed to get the 30000th post.

I'm sorry I couldn't be here. I would've been able to stop it if I was.

>>30009

I could see one happening somewhere down the line but not anytime soon. I actually think Telltale should make an Indiana Jones game at some point, because the people who started the company were people from LucasArts who made point & click adventure games.

I suppose one thing I can mention about the Michonne game that I forgot to mention when I posted my initial thoughts about it, is I wonder, now that it's it's own game, will it still run on the version of the Telltale engine that TWDS 2 uses, or will it run on the engine that TFTB/GOT/Minecraft run on?

>>30018

Money and fame does that to people. It's gotten to their heads and since their games sell well regardless of actual quality, they see no reason to improve. Also I assume at least some of the people from their point & click days no longer work for them.

>>30022

Too young. Still a good piece of art though.

So about episode 4 of Minecraft…

I think at this point, I'm starting to see glimmers of telltale improving in the gameplay department of their games. Episode 1 had an actual puzzle at the end of it, combat is occasionally slightly more than just a QTE, and this episode had a maze you had to navigate through by walking on top of it's walls. It also seems to me that this game has more choices that matter than most telltale games. The story on the other hand is still nothing special. It finally picks up in this episode in my opinion but only in the second half. There's also a character death that while nowhere near on the same level of other telltale games, did make me feel a bit sad about it. Also attempted Axel redemption.

The thing I have to wonder now though is what's the next episode going to be about? The conflict is over so now what? This feels very similar to Sam & Max 3 where they more less forced the story to continue out of a need to make a 5 episode season, but instead of creating a new conflict for the next episode, it just says the story will be continued next episode.

>>30027

Who is the character that dies?

>>30028

Reuben.

Anybody get anything good in the Steam sale? I heard Strong Bad's game was good.

I have a serious question, /ttgg/: why do we do what we do? We know these games are shit, we know that TellTale constantly screws us with bull-shit tie-ins and marketing, we know that our choices don't ever matter, yet here we are.

>>30031

I think it was put nicely in another thread, the people here are loyal to the community rather than the games. I haven't even bought a Telltale game since Tales from the Borderlands. I plan on getting all of their older shit eventually, except for Jurassic Park, but I won't buy another new game by them until their Marvel shit comes out. Depending on the quality of the game of course.

>>30034

I guess now we can use "Epic Clementine" to distinguish Season 2 Clem from the real Clem.

>>30034

Epic just means five star rarity in that game.

Merry Christmas you degenerates.

Nearly forgot about you lot.

>>30037

it's wonderfully tacky looking

it's perfect

test

>>30044

Maybe give clem a bullet

i'd post a relevant image but i lost my image folder months ago

>>30049

you know full well what I mean

Holy shit, we actually need a new thread?! Well too bad, you ain't gettin' one!

Kidding, here >>30056