/ttgg/ - TellTale Games

>>30059

Damn, that was fast. I miss you anon.

>>30061

Aye. There's a slight chance the Michonne game will bring in more people, but I doubt it since Clementine is the bloodline of the general.

>>30062

>A small pilot program style game with Sam and Max

Oh god, please don't tease me like this…

>>30056

>Is there anything by Telltale you're actually looking forward to in 2016?*

I would've answered TWDG S3 but it's starting to look like we're going to have to wait another whole year. I don't care about Michonne or Batman.

>What are your overall expectations for Telltale in 2016?*

Pretty low. Michonne will probably aim to hit the same quality and style of the show which sounds boring, Batman's premise sounds like it'll be boring, and TWDG S3 will probably be a no show. I also just don't have faith in Telltale to tell great and entertaining stories anymore since the original TWDG (TftB seemed like an anomaly and even that suffered from some baffling decisions that kept it from being great).

>Was this a good year for /ttgg/?*

Mostly? This place went through couple phases this year, starting with that tension and drama early on. Then it quickly settled into a tight little community with a chill, friendly atmosphere that I actually enjoyed more than anonymous chaos of /ttgg/ during S2. A cozy place for a handful of regulars and occasional posters to hang out at, bitch about discuss Telltale, and funpost while we waited for new episodes. Then at some point during fall it got really quiet and regular conversations became almost nonexistent. I'm not really sure what happened.

>>30062

Christ, almost nothing here appeals to me.

>>30063

Yeah, Clementine represents what's left of the TWDG storyline at this point and TWDG is the main reason this place was created and why a bunch of us are still here. I don't see Michonne bringing in many of the old guys back except some new people who played it.

>>30064

I think she still posts but it's kind of hard to tell since no one really posts on regular basis anymore.

>>30056

>Is there anything by Telltale you're actually looking forward to in 2016?*

As far as their games are concerned? No. But I'm open to surprises. TftB was unexpectedly good.

>What are your overall expectations for Telltale in 2016?*

That they'll find a way to continue to destroy their TWD franchise. Thankfully, this means more shitposting with you guys, so it's a fair trade as far as I'm concerned.

>Was this a good year for /ttgg/?*

I can't say. I wasn't here too much, and when I was no one else was posting. I miss the chaos, the OC, and the fighting we had on /vg/. Natefag did make a visit this year, so /ttgg/'s 2015 was still okay in my book. :3

>>30059

And I've missed you to be honest. Glad you're back. Lilly is still a shit btw

>>30064

>I don't really have a lot of interest for it

Me neither. But it might give us a hint as to how TWD S3 is going to go down. In retrospect, 400 Days should have been a warning for S2.

>90 minutes long

>No puzzles

>No hubs

>No real optional, branching conversations

>More "cinematic"

>S1 doesn't affect it in any meaningful way

>interesting characters with tons of potential introduced and dropped before any of that potential payed off

>No narrative focus

>Choices don't really matter until the very end

>But hey, at least we've got multiple endings, amright? I'm sure that those will make a difference next season :^)

Fucking uncanny imo.

I might as well post some miscellaneous stuff in hopes it'll give people something to talk about.

So, Claptrap's appearance in TFTB makes sense in hindsight since we was already in Poker Night 2. I finally got to see Claptrap in TFTB when by little brother played and he chose the mystery vault hunter. He had played Borderlands 2 before so he knew who Claptrap was. He was honestly tolerably funny, his annoyingness is played for laughs and all the other characters hate him. Although how the other characters feel about him might hit a bit too close to home for the player in a meta sense. Claptrap has no idea what he's doing when controlling Gortys, he just shoots a bunch of explosives everywhere and most of them don't even hit The Traveler. I also found out that it's the episode 4 ending choice, not how you treat her, that affects whether or not Sasha hugs Rhys in episode 5.

>>30070

We'll never see them again either way. They might as well be dead.

>>30066

I feel bad for only starting to post here recently (around the time I started playing GoT) and not posting here when the move happened. At least I wasn't a "defined" Anon so no one missed me…

>>30073

This might be hard to believe, but I actually miss any anons who don't post, even ones without an "identity". Except for NFA, fuck him.

>>30075

>Telltale would just fuck them up anyway.

I hate myself for feeling this way, but I kinda want Clementine to die for the same reason.

>Are you sure about that?

Not 100% but it makes sense because she and Fiona never meet up with Rhys again in the president path, so it makes sense for her to think Rhys betrayed them. Also, I was nice to Sasha in my playthrough where I choose to be president.

Y'know, Metal Gear Solid games often feel like you're watching a movie rather than playing a game, so why does Telltale get shit on for doing that but Metal Gear gets a free pass?

>>30081

1. MGS has gotten shit for it's long, elaborate cutscenes.

2. MGS games usually have an incredible amount of depth and complexity in their gameplay to counteract the cutscene length. MGSV has actually garnered complaints for not having enough cutscenes to break up and drive the gameplay. Recent Telltale games have little actual gameplay, most of the traditional point and click adventure aspects of earlier titles having been expunged over time.

3. MGS cutscenes are usually fun and engaging to watch because they're shot and directed with a strong, cinematic flair. Compare that to a lot of recent Telltale titles where most of the game is basic "shot reverse shot" dialogue scenes which are occasionally broken up setpieces, mimicking a TV show.

>>30085

MGS, especially starting with 2, are mostly dialogue and cutscenes. If you separate the cutscenes from the gameplay, they're very short games. I don't think you should skip the cutscenes in MGS games, because you need to play them for both the story and the gameplay. But still, there's most cutscene time than gameplay time.

And for the record, I wasn't trying to say that MGS isn't a game, I've played MGS4, and you can fail most QTEs in most modern TT games.

>>30086

>Recent Telltale games have little actual gameplay, most of the traditional point and click adventure aspects of earlier titles having been expunged over time.

Yup. This has to do with telltale not wanting to do much with hubs anymore since season 1 of TWD showed that most people didn't bother with doing things in them. They also wanted to alleviate the "problem" of people not being able to progress through the story because of a puzzle they can't solve.

>most of the game is basic "shot reverse shot" dialogue scenes which are occasionally broken up setpieces, mimicking a TV show.

I agree, the cutscenes in MGS games are better directed and I'm sure that has to do with Hidya Kojima wanting to be a movie director before he started making video games. Telltale is trying to compete with television so their mimicking it rather than trying to be better.

>>30087

>MGS, especially starting with 2, are mostly dialogue and cutscenes.

>But still, there's most cutscene time than gameplay time.

I haven't played 2 but I can safely say this isn't true of 3, Peace Walker, and V. Even the gameplay/cutscene ratio in 1 is pretty balanced and the line between the two is sometimes blurred in memorable ways (the Psycho Mantis boss fight, the torture scene, etc.) Really it's just 4 that has the dubious reputation of being the "movie game" of the series, for a number of reasons beyond the absurd amount of hours of cinematics compared to gameplay.

>This has to do with telltale not wanting to do much with hubs anymore since season 1 of TWD showed that most people didn't bother with doing things in them

Aren't there hubs in Minecraft? Are they actually interesting to walk around in or are they just an afterthought like in TWDG S2?

>>30089

>Aren't there hubs in Minecraft? Are they actually interesting to walk around in or are they just an afterthought like in TWDG S2?

I'd say they're caught in an awkward middle-ground where they're better than TWDS2, but they're still filler compared to TWDS1. Episode one ends with an actual puzzle that can take awhile to complete, and episode 4 has you navigate through a maze while walking atop of it's walls. Also, something I forgot to mention in the last thread was that one of the things Minecraft does right is giving you an inventory that's actually worth a damn since you can use things in your inventory to craft things at certain points of the game, and one of episode four's major choices is which weapon you crafted.

>>30091

Happy New Years, anon.

Any of you lot bothering with new years resolutions?

mine is to sin less. maybe.

>>30092

I'll hold you to that anon, my new years resolution is to get my life on track. It might be hard for me to do that and still post here, but I'll never willingly abandon you guys without an announcement of some sort.

>>30093

I'll try my best to live up to your expectations.

Good luck with getting your life back on track, mine isn't going great at the moment either.

Happy new year faggots. Hopefully it will be our best one yet.

How did everyone spend the new years?

>>30092

That's funny, mine basically boils down to sin more. Also lift more, and maybe enroll in master's studies.

>>30096

Was invited to a friend's house for the night, we spent almost the entire time talking about vidya. After I came back from his house I spent the rest of my night getting my ass kicked online in Xbox 360 games.

>>30096

>sin more

sinning? in ttgg? how is this possible?

>>>30098

>Neat. I wish I had video game playing friends.

>>>30099

>I was thinking more along the lines of sinning in real life.

>>30102

ye

>>30102

He needs to wash his hands first, that's dangerous!

>>30102

>blood as lube

Kenny is probably hardcore enough for it.

>>30085

>You waifufags are unbearable.

You cannot bear waifufags yet you post in a general? Waifufags are the bloodline of many a general. Hell, I'd say it's primary reason this one is still running, everyone obsesses over Clem. Same reason bioshock general is still running.

>>30108

>everyone obsesses over Clem

Yes, but not always as a "waifu".

>>30109

I just throw it all in the same bag, people who obsess over a character, it's the stuff that generals are built upon especially if content is not regularly released

>>30081

>>30083

>>30085

>>30086

>>30087

>>30089

Speaking of MGS, could Telltale successfully pull off a mind-fuck plot?

>>30112

I still think episode 4 was second best in terms of gameplay, though it was one of the worst in terms of writing. Not to mention it was the most blatant with how much your choices didn't matter.

>>30114

We won't have much worth discussing until February when Michonne and Firewatch come out. We could retread old topics in the mean time.

>>30115

I could also play older telltale games and tell you guys about them, but how many of us are still here for me to discuss them with you guys?

>>30117

I felt the same way after my last playthrough of it. The Kenny endings are great and all, but even they don't make it worth it to endure everything you have to go through to get to them.

>>30115

I could talk about how I miss Nate some more.

8chan has moved to another site running on new software. You can find /ttgg/ over at https://beta.8ch.net/ttgg/ now, but unfortunately every post made after New Years Eve was not transferred over. However I archived every thread and you can find them here: https://archive.is/https://8ch.net/ttgg/*

I'm going to lock every thread here and suggest you all move to the new site.

>>30124

thank god

http://strawpoll.me/6657519

I have to know how many people know to stop using the "new" site.

I found this http://dispatches.cheatcc.com/2038

Uh… anyway, did anyone see my post about TWAU before the other board got killed? Any thoughts?

>>30130

I don't remember any post about TWAU over there sadly. Care to repost your thoughts?

>>30131

Just some light theorizing. Vanaman recently said that he was surprised to see TWD's dialogue system had become the TellTale norm. The first game to come after TWD was TWAU, which was announced and initially show in screenshots a very long time before the first episode was released. They also gave TWAU an on screen interface showing your inventory, something that's never given any use.

My "theory" is that TWAU was originally going to be a traditional adventure game with more of an emphasis on item gathering, puzzles, and etc. but changed into a TWD style interactive story after its massive success. This could also explain the huge gaps between announcement and release, and episodes one and two; all because of retooling the story to better fit the new "mold".

Just an idea that came to me after thinking about his comments.

Anyway, Firewatch release info (namely pricing) is coming this Tuesday, then it's out the following week. Finally.

>>30134

Who would've thought that the death of Infinity Next would kill /ttgg/ as apposed to a lack of content or rulefags?

>>30136

Probably because he is a pretty extreme guy. He isn't milk toast about any of the issues or the people around him. He has opinions, and by god every fucking person is going to hear about them. On top of that, he is very much a prominent character. Hell, in S1 I believe that he had more lines then Clem. We are invited to develop certain feelings about him. And speaking of his extremes, his good traits are fucking amazing, but his bad ones are downright horrifying and toxic. There really is no middle ground when dealing with him.

>>30136

This

>>30137

and his storyline and relationship with Clem in season 2 was probably the only good part of the season. I think even people that hate him would agree.

>Firewatch is priced at US$19.99 on Steam and the PlayStation Store.

>On Steam, you can preorder the game now at a 10% discount—and it can be bought

bundled with the original soundtrack, which is also 10% off!

>On PlayStation Network, you can buy the game on release day, and PlayStation Plus members will get 10% off! We’ve developed a super-snazzy PS4 theme, and that will be available separately or in a discounted bundle with the game.

Good price. Considering they waited so long to tell us how much it is, I was expectiong $30.

PSN trophy list is also out. Five trophies, seemingly one for completing each "episode".

>>30139

Will Firewatch really bring /ttgg/ back to life? I hope so. Probably not though.

Fuck it, I don't care if there's noone here. I want to talk about Life is Strange and Until Dawn because I played them recently and want to see what others think. I'd like to start off by saying that I think Until Dawn and Life is Strange both do the Telltale formula better than telltale does. I also like how Life is Strange's episodes are longer than telltale's. Hell I think Life is Strange's longest episodes are longer or as long as TWDS1's longest episodes. The twist at the end of episode 4 doesn't really make sense and even though an explanation is given for it, it seems kinda flimsy to me. I also didn't like how you can choose which ending you get regardless of your choices. That was one of the many problems with TWDS2, and with Mira's plotline in GOT. I was told that Until Dawn was mostly QTEs, but it was actually mostly parts where you walk around and look at things in the environment. So basically, the opposite of a telltale game in terms of how much "actual gameplay" there is. I think the twist in Until Dawn is better than Life is Strange too. Well, I think Until Dawn is the better game between the two overall. They're not perfect, but I think telltale could learn a lot from these games.

>>30142

I REALLY want to play UD but it being a PS exclusive makes it impossible, it looks great.

>>30143

You could try finding a friend who has a PS4 and the game. That's how I played it.

>>30144

Yeah, I think Life is Strange had better environments even though I liked the ones in Until Dawn more. Environments in Until Dawn were sparse in that they didn't have much to do in them.

>>30142

LiS I ended up disliking more than TWD S2. It did have a lot of good in it though.

>Music

>Environments

>Ability to talk with people who aren't essential to the plot

>Some characters were pretty good

Sadly, the sheer stupidity of the plot ruined what potential the game had. Also, the whole experience hinged on how much you liked Chloe who was extremely divisive for at least the first three episode. I did, but had I not, then I don't think I'd be able to enjoy the game for one second. Also, while I do appreciate puzzles, most of them were just uncreative filler.

It always really annoys me when a story and choice based game ends up having a shit story and irrelevant choices.

Until Dawn was pretty good. It had some plot wholes too, but none of them were story ruining. QTEs weren't as obnoxious as you would think, and they actually had consequences for the characters, which is rare to see. It conforms what I always suspected, the main issue with David Cage's games is David Cage. Also Josh is a qt.

>Telltale HQ is hard at work on @TheWalkingDead. News on our Michonne Miniseries coming next week. Beyond that, a *very* big year for TWD.

https://twitter.com/jobjstauffer/status/695016981548773376

>>30146

I wouldn't say it was worse than TWDS2, though that may be just because I don't have as strong a connection to the characters from Life is Strange. I can understand why someone wouldn't like Chloe, but because I could understand why she was the way she was, I didn't mind her.

Until Dawn had better characters I think, though I disliked the "don't move" QTEs. Also, Josh did nothing wrong!

>>30147

>a *very* big year for TWD

Oh great, you know what that means. Telltale's going all out with their exploiting Clementine for money.

Ah, so we've moved back here again? I've spent way too long checking to see if the site we were supposed to migrate to was back up again.

So, have I missed anything? Doesn't look like it.

>>30150

I really hate how the Infinity Next debacle was handled. I didn't have any time to tell people what happened and to come back here, now who knows how long it'll be before everyone realizes what happened and comes back here.

>>30151

I mean, there's an update about it on the Steam group, but nobody checks that anymore.

>>30149

Until Dawn's writing and characters were pretty fantastic. The game didn't take itself too seriously and had just the right amount of cheesiness. Despite being walking horror archetypes, they all managed to be pretty well rounded characters. Probably thanks to the strong performances.

>>30153

>Until Dawn's writing and characters were pretty fantastic

It kinda reminds me of TWDS1 now that I think about it. The characters felt like real people that I could relate to and feel like I was in their situation with them.

>>30148

>Chris and Mike

Not broken enough. Josh and Jess tickle my nurturing nature.

>>30149

>I wouldn't say it was worse than TWDS2

Maybe it's a bit harsh. I guess that at least TWDS2's ending made me feel validated and good, which kind of redeemed it, while LiS ending was cliche and pure nonsense, to the point where it ruined episode 4 because it no longer made sense. All the flaws I ignored up to that point were no longer excusable. It's all subjective of course.

>Telltale's going all out with their exploiting Clementine for money

>tfw my husbando is official going to die this year

>>30153

>>30154

Speaking of characters, my favorite part was slowly unveiling that Ashley is a fucking psychopath.

>>30155

>Ashley is a fucking psychopath.

Huh? Are you talking about how she lets Chris die if you chose to shoot her or am I missing something else?

>>30145

Actually my room mate just told me he's buying a PS4 so my prayers have been answered!

My prediction is Chris is best boy.

For anyone interested

http://www.giantbomb.com/videos/what-it-is-firewatch/2300-10974/

>>30160

Kek

Emily > Chris > Jessica > Sam > Mike > Josh >>> Ashley

>>30159

I probably shouldn't have watched this but I'm glad I did. The game seems to have a lot more exploration to it than I was expecting. The writing and performances seemed great and the mountain is gorgeous. Can't wait.

Can we post again?

>>30157

That's certainly a part of it.

>She tells Chris to shoot her, but when he does she gets upset to the point of murder, to me this indicates that she was lying and being manipulative, playing selfless so that Chris would think of her as worthy of dying for.

>When he dies, it's not as if she just ran away and abandoned him fearing for her safety, she stands there, waits for the wendigo to come and watches as it tears Chris apart.

>She has no problem with kicking Em out to be eaten by wendigos when she thinks that having Em around is dangerous for her own safety. It's hard to fault her too much for this, it's natural to care about your own ass first, but at least show some conflict like Chris and Mike did.

>She has the option to conceal vital information to cover her ass. I know it's just an option, but the fact that she considers it speaks of her character. Other characters also have options to do morally questionable shit too, but in their case it's almost always in what is, or what is perceived to be, a life or death situation. With Ash, it's pretty casual.

>She has the option to ignore what she believes is Jessica calling for help, and when she does, she never tells the group what she heard. She basically chooses to leave Jess to die and doesn't seem to be torn up about it.

>When she shows remorse over the prank, her charitability meter goes up, but her honesty meter goes down, indicating that she doesn't actually feel remorseful.

She's secretly the biggest cunt in the game.

****

>>30159

I really like this. Performances sound very natural, and the art style is very cool. Can't wait to play it.

So, with the walking dead season 6 returning this weekend, will we get the usual stream?

>>30165

Courageous, resolute, smart, little.

>>30166

Oh shit, it comes back this weekend? I didn't even realize.

>>30167

>little

Kek.

>>30168

Yep, it comes back Feb 14th. Only reason I remembered is because it's not like I'll have anything else to look forward to this valentines day

Firewatch tomorrow!!!

>>30169

We could all make waifu feeding pics with our TTfus…

>>30171

Yes! It's that time of the year!

>>30169

Imagine they shoehorn some sort of romance scene or something because of the day it airs.

>>30170

Damn, already? I'm really out of the loop.

>>30173

Firewatch Release Time for all regions (Steam):

Los Angeles (U.S.A. - California) Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 10:00:00 AM PST UTC-8 hours

Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 5:00:00 AM AEDT UTC+11 hours

London (United Kingdom - England) Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 6:00:00 PM GMT UTC

Tokyo (Japan) Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 3:00:00 AM JST UTC+9 hours

Corresponding UTC (GMT) Tuesday, February 9, 2016 at 18:00:00

PSN: lol who knows, but it's usually around 3:00PM EST in NA

>>30175

>strong impact violence

No HIGH IMPACT?

>>30175

>sex

>moderate impact

Yeah, I'm sure it'll be as "impactful" as the sexual themes in GOT. That said, I'm still curious as to what it could be.

>>30175

Sex but no nudity? Don't give a shit.

In other news: Firewatch is good so far! I didn't really feel the opening backstory twine game (I also don't know how much changes depending on what you pick), but I've liked everything since.

There's more nudity in the opening of Firewatch than all of GoT…

>>30178

>>30179

Finished Firewatch. Unless there's multiple ending somehow or something you can miss, the ending is pretty disappointing and meh.

>>30181

Yeah, the more I think about this, the more I think the ending is super retarded and makes me feel bad I wasted time playing it.

Was this really the work of the S1 TWD people?

I keep hearing bad things about Firewatch, that it's only 3 hours long and has a bad story. Is it worth the £14 or should I just not bother?

Was Vanaman's TWD S1 just a fluke?

>>30183

I would not buy it at full price at the very least. I pirated it and I'm feeling ripped off just by the time I spent on it.

The game has potential…does some interesting things…then squanders it.

The "mystery" resolution is lame and loaded with plotholes.

The arguable point of the game, the relationship between Henry and Delilah, however you progress it, ends on a strange note that doesn't in any way reflect the growth over the game, and is the same no matter how you've acted throughout the game.

Finally, the protagonist has no growth or resolution to his central conflicts either.

Honestly, I feel like they just didn't even know how to write this and just kind of ended it, tying up the loose ends clumsily.

>>30185

Yep. Even less than traditional telltale flare. It's even more offensive here, because all they had to change was freaking dialogue and they still didn't.

>>30188

So they're actually starting Michonne before finishing Minecraft? I'm actually surprised Telltale didn't make the voice actors work through Christmas so Minecraft could be finished in January.

>>30190

The girl on the right's hands are clipping through the doll she's holding.

>>30193

Isn't Minecraft over?

>>30194

Nope. Still one more episode to go, although the story certainly feels like it's over.

Okay so my computer doesn't have the specs to run Firewatch. If your choices don't matter in it, does this mean I can just watch a playthrough of it instead?

>>30197

Yes.

>>30200

That's cute.

http://www.giantbomb.com/podcasts/talking-firewatch-with-sean-vanaman-and-rich-somme/1600-1503/

Here's a podcast with Vanaman and Henry's v/a. Vanaman's attractiveness is brought up multiple times.

Super Bunnyhop summarized my feelings on Firewatch pretty well.

>>30205

Of course it has to be half an hour before TWD TV show comes back.

>>30188

>>30192

This guy a qt. Hope he doesn't die…

>>30207

Of course he will. Randomly killing characters in meaningless ways because it's oh so shocking is TTG's thing now.

I can't believe I actually miss GoT…

>>30212

It was fucking great! A great action movie full of funny moments.

>>30213

How come?

>>30214

I actually became pretty attached to some of the characters. And I like the GoT universe enough that just "being in it" gave the game value, even if the writing wasn't great.

Plus I don't care about Michonne so for the first time in a while I'm not in the middle of a TT game waiting for a new episode. Unless you guys show some real positivity for Michonne, I've got nothing immediate to look forward to. In regards to TT games at least.

>>30215

I wonder if I would've liked GOT more had I been a fan of the franchise. Probably not that much because of the ending.

Bad news guys, there won't be a stream of TWD tonight. To make up for it, SFManon says that next week will be a double feature.

>>30220

Glad to see I'm not the only one who saw the episode.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uChQ3LZJF3Q

>>30222

>>30223

Some game characters turning up might make me want to youtube it, but otherwise I couldn't be less interested.

>>30222

You know, I kinda missed telltale's shitty animations.

>>30226

Those animations are pretty shitty looking, but they are certainly less robotic.

I remember one anon saying that something that bothered him about the scene in TWD season 1 where Kenny stays behind after he tries to save Ben because his staying behind to die contradicts the speech he gave just moments before about not giving up. I read an explanation saying that he only shot Ben because he had no other choice, and that he would've rather died trying to save him than just shooting him and running off. What do you guys think of this explanation?

>>30228

I thought it was pretty much explained already. Ben was a lost cause and really didn't want to get mauled and eaten by walkers, so Kenny shot him before it was too late.

>>30229

I'm talking about how he stays behind after he shoots him contradicting his speech about not giving up and keep going even when things get tough. When he saves Christa, okay, he can't get back up, it's understandable that he would "die" there. But with Ben, there's no reason for him to stay behind after seeing that Ben can't be saved.

>>30230

I think of it more as a last ditch effort to save him. Once it fails, Kenny mercy kills Ben and then gets the hell out of dodge.

>>30232

But he doesn't leave with Lee's group, he more or less just allows himself to get eaten by walkers when there's no reason to. Obviously now we know he survived the encounter, but prior to season 2 it seems like he's committing suicide through letting himself get eaten.

>>30234

>spoiler image

WOAH HOLY FUCK, ANON! THIS IS A CATHOLIC IMAGEBOARD!

>>30234

This makes me happy.

How would you guys feel if telltale based season three off of only one of season 2's endings instead of giving us a different season based on our ending choice?

>>30240

Either mad or neutral depending on which choice they went with.

>>30240

Either mad or neutral depending on which choice they went with.

>>30241

>>30242

WOOPS it gave me a server error so I submitted again, sorry.

>>30243

It's alright. I'd probably be the same by the way. Actually, I'd probably be happy with it rather than neutral if they went with one of the Kenny endings.

>>30240

The endings are all terrible so it wouldn't matter to me. On the other hand the idea of Telltale just going "fuck it" and cutting the all loose ends in spite of people's choices to keep S3 from being a clusterfuck sounds interesting, if stupid.

>giving us a different season based on our ending choice?

This isn't going to happen. It's logistically impossible.

>>30245

>This isn't going to happen.

I know. But I prefer to at least entertain the idea, rather than just think along the lines of "it's not going to happen say why bother discussing it?"

>>30247

We don't want to incur the wrath of another nofunanon.

>>30248

You do realize he wouldn't be able to do anything besides bitch about it right? NFA has no power here.

I just got an idea. What if, if you shot Kenny, season 3 features a character that makes even Kenny haters wish they had Kenny back? Is it even possible for such a character to exist?

>>30251

It's actually pretty easy to create irritating characters that players want to kill off asap; they pop up all the time in fiction by accident. S2 Kenny's grating but it wouldn't be too hard to have an OC top the shit he pulls in AtR and NGB.

>>30252

>It's actually pretty easy to create irritating characters that players want to kill off asap

Oh, I know. Season 2 already has characters that are just complete assholes with no redeemable qualities whatsoever. What I want to know is, could Telltale create a character that's so irredeemable that even Kenny haters prefer Kenny over that character? I honestly don't think so. Not because it's not within telltale's ability to do so, but because Kenny haters hate him so much that they'd rather have anyone other than him around no matter who it is.

>>30254

http://doku.us/ttgg/stream.html

TWD S06E09 in 15 minutes!

Not expecting many anons but hey, I want to see this too.

Oh also, prestream has no video. That broke for some reason.

Thanks for watching guys!

>>30255

Good stream, Doku. Just like old times.

>>30256

Thanks for streaming. I missed it, it was fun doing it again.

>>30259

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A new trailer is up in case anyone is interested!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyhED1nwYRM

>>30261

Hard to believe this comes out tomorrow. Is anyone here actually planning on playing it?

>>30263

Well I have work until midafternoon, but yes I absolutely plan on pirating it when I get home.

>>30262

Oh no, the Bronnie is back.

>>30263

I'll probably pirate it for modding resources.

>>30265

We can swap in our favorite characters and pretend we're actually getting new content.

>>30265

>sameanon

Actually now that I think about it, this probably won't turn out as bad as season 2. Even if it is, season 2 will still technically be worse, since this Michonne game will be mercifully shorter than season 2.

http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-walking-dead-michonne---episode-1-in-too-deep/critic-reviews

Michonne reviews. Seems like something I can pass on, for now anyway.

>>30056

Just watched an LP of Michonne.

>Looks pretty.

>Choices aren't even really a thing,

>railroaded as fuck

>even more so than usual.

>None of the characters left an impression on me

>and yet they're getting killed off already and it's played off as being very emotional,

>never mind that I didn't even catch their names.

>Speaking of choices not being a thing, Michonne's personality is very fixed regardless of your dialogue choices.

>No hubs

>There is a puzzle, kind of…

>It's not the wind turbine level of intense gameplay and brainstorming, but it's not that far off.

>It's a lot more action-y than the previous walking dead games, lots of slow mo and shit.

>4/10, you're not even trying

I just got started watching a no commentary playthrough and already I'm getting tired of this game. The episode starts of with a QTE action scene and Jesus it's bland and predictable and nothing is at stake. I'm getting so sick of the way Telltale handles these "action-packed" zombie fighting scenes, they're so goddamn pointless and mind-numbing.

>>30270

>Choices aren't even really a thing,

That first "major" decision has to to be the best (worst?) example of a non-choice I've seen in a Telltale game in a long while. A "choice" to kill the protagonist at the start of the story? Who would ever fall for that or be able to take that seriously? Is Telltale that clueless about choices in their games not mattering or do they just not give a shit anymore?

>>30271

>3 Weeks Later

Oh for fuck's sake

>>30272

Character development is hard work. Better just skip it to the point where all the characters are where we want them to be.

Fuck 8chan and it's broken captcha!

>>30269

>>30270

I'm honestly not surprised. I watched a playthrough of it myself. It starts off incredibly boring and then it begins to feel like a retread of season 2's plot involving an authoritarian tyrannical dickhead. Randall is pretty much just Carver and I also noticed the blatant reuse of assets from previous games. The peach can from season 2, Logan's locker from season 1, and I'm pretty sure the toy robot is the Cthonic Destroyer from Sam & Max. I also find Michonne's reactions to remembering her dead kids to be painfully over the top and hard to take seriously. Also,

>three week time skip

>another character named Pete

>cheesy cinematic intro with licensed music

>"next time on" segment ends with Michonne about to hit someone with a hammer in a shed

I told you telltale hasn't learned from season 2.

test

>>30273

It's "16 months later" all over again. I really hope the timeskip thing doesn't become a crutch in S3 but…

>>30274

Speaking of reused assets, they literally just put (S2) Pete's pristine corpse in this game. http://likethetagstwdg.tumblr.com/post/139875207866/popplagios-is-that-pete-from-s2-lmao (I'd have posted an image but 8chan's being garbage right now)

Also Michonne's machete is actually Luke's machete. The budget for this game must have been hilariously tiny if they had to shamelessly pillage S2 for assets to this extent.

All in all, at least Pete, Siddiq, and that gay doctor are cute.

>>30277

Telltale once again showing they're true talent is making cuties.

At the very least I liked the song in the ending credits, although it does sound very similar to the TFTB final episode credits song. Sounds like the same artist too.

>>30278

Their only talent at this point.

>>30277

I guess I'll watch it on Youtube for them.

Once again, cute guys are the only thing TT can do consistently well.

>>30277

I liked the brother, Greg or whatever the hell his name was. Moe through helplessness.

Oh, another thing about the Michonne game. Sam withholds information from Michonne just like how the cabin group did to Clem in season 2.

>>30282

2twinkish4me.

>>30284

Yeah I just thought he was OKAY at first but when I realized how weak he was I knew he would be the husbando of the season. Also him dying right away made him just my type!

Am I the only one having trouble uploading images?

>>30288

Well apparently episode 2 comes out in March and episode 3 comes out in April, so you might just get your wish.

I haven't played the Michonne episode yet.

Are there any female characters who are waifu fuel?

>>30291

There's one cute girl, but so far she's nothing but trouble anon

>>30290

Female character? A week.

Male character? Anywhere from a month to a year.

All that Overwatch porn and still nothing of Hanzo…

You could ask the guy that made all that TWAU stuff but I can't recall his tumblr url.

>>30293

>You could ask the guy that made all that TWAU stuff but I can't recall his tumblr url.

http://sfmanski.tumblr.com/

>>30294

That LiS webm…

>>30295

I know, right? Nathan has more than enough daddy issues to go for it without being drugged.

I decided to make a new "what game are you looking forward to" poll since the old one's out-of-date.

http://strawpoll.me/6920664

>>30297

>don't care about Batman, Marvel, or the other thing

TWAU S2 WHEN

>>30300

S1 Clem will always be my daughterfu. S2 Clem is a completely different character that I feel no attachment to.

>>30303

Wow, that's cold.

>>30304

I don't blame him. I consider both Clem's to be my daughter, but Clem acts so different in season 2 that she's pretty much not the same character anymore.

>>30300

<answering my own question

I love Clem to bits, especially her S1 incarnation, but I'm deliberately keeping myself from being too invested in future seasons about her as long as she's in modern Telltale's hands. Not to say I wouldn't love more Clemposting and OC for her though. I feel like if anyone's going be able to do her justice at this point it's going to be her fans.

>>30306

Just curious, what would you guys like out of a game featuring Clementine?

Would you guys like TWD if it didn't feature zombies? Would you still be interested in it? Would it have the same appeal?

I just got a 7 day ban for "off topic posting" (a two word shitpost to keep the thread from page 10) on literally the only thread on 4chan I post on. Meanwhile, actual off topic posts are still there, undeleted. I might be upset if this wasn't so hilariously ridiculous. At least I still have /ttgg/…

>>30308

Yes? I'm not sure how it would work but the draw of TWD for me is the characters and their relationships.

>>30309

>I just got a 7 day ban for "off topic posting" on literally the only thread on 4chan I post on

May I ask what thread? I saw a thread on /qa/ complaining about janitors on /vg/, and skimming over the thread, it looks like the same asshole who ruined /ttgg/ on 4chan is now doing the same to /lisg/.

>the draw of TWD for me is the characters and their relationships.

That's why I'm asking. If zombies aren't the focus of TWD then why not just go the extra mile and get rid of the zombies altogether?

>>30310

I guess zombies are a good tension-source considering they can be loud of noticable or stealthy depending on what the setting or plot requires. I can't think of anything else off the top of my head that can have it's own laws and rules bend to the plot like that and have it still be horror.

>>30310

It was /dag/, which has had issues with strange deletions (for a period, any image or discussion on a specific character being deleted) and rampant (actual, disruptive) shitposting going unpunished in the past. It wouldn't surprise me if the board's janitorial staff is fucked.

The zombies are just a plot device to throw the characters into tense situations. Not unlike how LiS isn't really about time travel. These elements aren't the focus, but the stories wouldn't work as well without them.

>>30312

>LiS

Some would say that an explanation isn't needed for everything, but there are plotholes present in that game because of a lack of an explanation for Max's time traveling abilities. Would you say the same is true for the lack of an explanation for zombies in TWD?

>>30312

Didn't /dag/ get combined with /meg/? What characters were getting targeted? I posted there for a little while it was pretty fun.

>>30313

Well, zombies are a simpler and easier concept to write than time travel is. Max's "journey" is interesting enough that it's easy for most people would be willing to overlook plotholes related to the fantastical elements. On thd other hand, while Remember Me had some interesting concepts and characters, Nilin does some incredibly morally questionable things that the game just ignores, to a level that wasn't ignorable.

Additionally, zombies, time teavel, etc. make these stories more appealing, at least initially. Like, I've seen a bunch of people clamoring for a Mass Effect adventure game where you'd play as a C-Sec officer solving crimes. Those people would probably not be interested in the same hypothetical game set in the real world.

>>30314

This was a while back now but it was Blackwall. There was some annoying shitposts and bad memes surrounding him but even regular posts zbout him or his story would be deleted.

/meg/, being the tiny, insular community is, wasn't open to merging. Instead /dag/ became /dag/+/bwg/ (BioWare General) to placate both the people that wanted one BioWare thread and also those on /dag/ that didn't want to merge with /meg/.

>>30310

The zombies are the catalyst, remove them and you'd need to come up with something else. I'd say ultimately it'd be a bad decision because the zombies provide an everpresent threat to the survivor's that serve to push them into different situations.

>>30318

To me, it felt like a totally fake political "friendship". But I don't know if that's what they were intending. If they wanted their friendship to be believable and genuine, they failed.

I actually took every opportunity I had to betray her and doing so really improved Mira's scenes for me.

>>30318

I think they were conflicted. She was supposed to be a tool for Mira to express her morality/loyalty, or lack there of. But also someone who is meant to induce paranoia because it's King's Landing and they wanted the player to feel uneasy about everything.

These two don't mix well, however. If Sera is sketchy and bitchy, then you don't really owe her any loyalty. If she'd a true friend you'd feel morally conflicted about betraying, than there's no real tension there. Torn between these two functions, their relationship never had time to properly develop.

>>30321

Me too. Another child would be able to engage with and understand Clementine in ways that an adult couldn't and it would also be a dynamic we haven't seen before in TWDG. Sarah could've been that for Clem in S2 but we know how that went.

>>30322

I also wouldn't count Sarah, since she was technically older than Clem, enough so for her to not be in the same age group as Clem.

>>30323

Sure, but she seemed to be around the same emotional level as Clem (if the latter was written realistically for her age) and was the CB member closest to her in age. Regardless, we didn't get much believable interaction between the two of them beyond the first two episodes and it feels like a huge opportunity was missed.

I'd say Duck was on an even lower level than Clem despite being only two years older than her and the difference would only become bigger as they aged. It still would've been cute to see them interact more. I enjoyed what we saw of their friendship.

I just wonder if we'll get anymore opportunities since it seems they'll just continue to age Clem into adolescence and focus on her relationships with adults/people much older than her.

>>30321

How do you think Duck's friendship with Clementine would have evolved if he survived S1?

>>30325

I think he would've become hardened after two years in the apocalypse, and would've started acting less child-like as a result. I also think that after enough time together there could've been a potential romantic relationship between Clem and Duck.

That's another thing I'd like to see explored. How Clem would act around a boy she likes.

>>30329

Yeah, though I'm not sure if Doug really counts since I don't know if he put himself in, or what it is he even does at Telltale.

>>30331

Thanks for the stream.

>>30333

>Firewatch was shit

>Walking Dead S1 was a fluke

>Vanaman is just a pretty face

Prove me wrong

>>30334

It's a pretty enough face that I don't think I care.

>>30334

Eh, I still think season 2 would've been better written by him, without the telltale executives stifling his creativity of course.

>>30338

I'd say Minecraft is actually better than Michonne. I don't care about either game, but Minecraft actually have some legitimate positive points. Your choices matter more in Minecraft for one thing, there a few actual hubs in it, and your inventory has more importance than anything they've put out since TWDS1.

Oh shit. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s37gM2fLM4I

Sorry for posting two videos in a row, but Telltale put out a behind the scenes trailer for Michonne.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IJ0D11rXYo

Despite the middling (at best) reception to Michonne, I still want to play it. But not for $15.

I will stay strong and wait to see what people think of the whole series once all the episodes are out.

>>30342

Well so far Michonne shows that telltale hasn't gotten better, as it has the same problems as season 2 only accentuated. As much as I don't want to say this, I don't think telltale will make anything of quality with TWD ever again.

Hypothetically speaking, if I were to make some sort of rule 34 with SFM, what would you guys like to see?

No Clementine!

>>30344

>No Clementine!

Then what's the bloody point?!

>>30344

Sure why not?

>>30346

Well if I did make something what would you want?

>>30347

Maybe tftb?

>>30348

Okay, I got something in mind. It won't be rule 34 exactly, but it should be good.

>>30349

>won't be rule 34 exactly

fuckin dropped

>>30350

I suppose I can make something more explicit afterwards.

>somebody who says he's willing to make porn creates more activity than any actual TT content

What has this place come to?

>>30352

>What has this place come to?

It's not this place. It's TT now making any quality content worthy of discussion.

>>30353

This meme never invoked a ghost of a smirk in anyone. It should die.

That said, I miss Kenny. I miss him more than Clementine and Lee combined.

You know… Michonne isn't really that different from Molly, Holly, and Jane. Just replace dead sister with dead kids and you have Michonne.

>>30355

Don't forget Athena. TT has a huge boner for that character archetype.

>>30356

Hell I think even Beskha counts. Just replace dead sister with "I used to be a slave."

>>30357

I don't know. At that point we might as well include every other tough female character too.

The whole dead younger female family member as a catalyst for cynicism and lone wolf shtick is weirdly specific, and yet extremely common in their games.

>>30359

Too soon…

>>30361

>For Henry's design

>surejan.gif

>>30359

;_;7

Ijust don't get how telltale seems to think that killing dozens of characters minutes after introducing them is supposed to be emotional. You just get desensitized, if anything. TfTBL had the right of it. Smaller cast, more time with the characters, lots of good and happy times. That way we get attached to characters more, and when something tragic happens, it's actually impactful.

>>30362

Since we're on the subject of Scooter, I might as well bring up something that I heard about, and how it can impact Clementine's future.

From what I heard, Scooter was killed off because his voice actor asked to written out of the script. His voice actor had a stroke and it was getting impossible for him to fill the role. This is relevant to Clementine because if Melissa Hutchison for whatever reason, wanted to be written out, or if she were unable to fill the role of Clementine, telltale would have to kill her off.

>>30363

I don't know about that. Scooter was a mainstay of that series so they (Gearbox) wanted his "removal" to be something big.

If Hutchinson didn't want to play Clementine again, they'd probably give her a happy farewell, stop using the character altogether, and/or age her up to a young adult and use that as an opportunity to recast. I doubt they'd kill her just because.

>>30364

>and/or age her up to a young adult

I'm not sure this, because I keep hearing that telltale can't go past the comics in timeline. So they wouldn't be able to age her up that much.

>>30366

Thanks for streaming!

>>30368

Of the first season, yeah. I'm sure the animation would be miles better than what's in the telltale game.

>>30368

I'd be too autistic about it not being "my story". If such a TV show were to be created, they would no doubt go with the most popular choices, which I find stupid about half of the time.

>hurr durr, let's risk the whole group over a dude who is certainly going to die in a few minutes

>let's be merciful to these serial killers who were targeting us, surely they have learned their lesson and besides my moral high ground is more important than the life of the little girl I'm taking care of, speaking of which,

>let's fucking starve!

>let's shoot this random person and draw the walkers to us, fuck it!

>>30370

Don't forget,

>this person is bit, let me cut off their hand right in the middle of a walker herd

>let me kill someone I've known for a long time and has shown to care about me to save the life of someone I barely know and has shown to care about themselves more than me

Batman news coming soon, courtesy of Greggy.

And Marvel is still MIA.

Holy shit, we actually need a new thread? Unbelievable! Well, here it is >>30373

I decided to make some OC for the OP pic instead just slapping the /ttgg/ logo on another pic.