The Walking Dead (video game) - Telltales

[Neil]

we call those adventure games, been around for about 30 years LOL! But in adventure games you typically can go in different directions and do things in different ways!? This looks like a single path, with just clicks to move on!? Or am I misunderstanding something and infact you can take different options and go in different directions!? -- -------- Post added at 09:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:45 AM ---------- one good thing about the jurassic park one was that you didnt just fail or win, you could falter or fumble at something and it branched to a different event based on what you did. OK! So my interpretation of it being a concrete single thread of story/tasks is wrong!?

[kidgloves]

There's an excellent disussion about this game from a writers and gamers perspective on Giant Bombcast. Im very hopeful for this. http://www.giantbomb.com/podcast-xml/ So many Brits seem involved as well

[kidgloves]

This is out on the PS3 tomorrow. Should also be on the 360 as well but I haven't seen anything official yet.

[Rancid Carcass]

The review is out on IGN - and it's a good one! http://uk.ps3.ign.com/articles/122/1223558p1.html

[Neil]

Well, I never! Be interesting to see another review!

[kidgloves]

Another good review http://www.joystiq.com/2012/04/24/th...sode-1-review/ and another http://www.shacknews.com/article/733...ad-game-review and another http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/...ode-one-review

[Neil]

Didn't realise the game is being delivered in five episodes, one a month! So it be 4-5 months until you get all of them!

[SymphonicX]

Didn't realise the game is being delivered in five episodes, one a month! So it be 4-5 months until you get all of them! Yeah I'll probably hold off until they're all out and available. The idea is nice on paper but as a consumer I'm really put off by "episodic" releases. I like to buy a game and cane it all the way to the end, with it being my choice when to give up playing. This idealogy is a bit fragmented for my liking - so I won't be bothering until it's all out and there are some good recommendations here from people who've played it.

[Tricky]

So is this a game in the true sense or just an interactive movie where you have to push a button every now and again or choose certain lines of dialogue?

[bassman]

I wasn't too interested in this game, but now that I hear it's less of a run-and-gun zombie game of recent years and more of an experience....I may just have to check it out. When all episodes are available, that is.

[Neil]

Yeah I'll probably hold off until they're all out and available. The idea is nice on paper but as a consumer I'm really put off by "episodic" releases. I like to buy a game and cane it all the way to the end, with it being my choice when to give up playing. This idealogy is a bit fragmented for my liking - so I won't be bothering until it's all out and there are some good recommendations here from people who've played it. Yes:- - I'd buy it in a couple of months when most of the episodes are out. a) So there's plenty to play from the outset, b) More than than ONE episode has been reviewed - What's to say the latter one's don't stink! - A review from a couple of folks here would be good!

[Danny]

Yes:- - I'd buy it in a couple of months when most of the episodes are out. a) So there's plenty to play from the outset, b) More than than ONE episode has been reviewed - What's to say the latter one's don't stink! - A review from a couple of folks here would be good! -and whats to say later episodes wont be cancelled, it wouldnt be the first time. point and click adventure games aint exactly a hot commodity with the meat head gamerbros.

[Andy]

To be honest my interest in this bottomed out as soon as i found out telltale games where behind it and nothing ive seen has revived it. Dont think ill bother with this one.

[Trancelikestate]

Back to the future was a massive disappointment. So much could have been done but instead, no. I paid for that game. I did not pay for Jurassic park and was still disappointed. At least the JP models looked realistic. These walking dead models are far too cartoony. Picture Zelda with zombies. Whoever chose tell tale for a zombie game, especially this one was high as hell. Wouldn't hurt to focus on the familiar characters either instead of creating new ones. Tell tale is notorious for this. Not even so much as a cameo from any of the original JP characters and I'm sure they would've created new characters for BTTF if it would have been an option at ALL. Tell tale games don't feel like video games at all. They're more like those comic books Tom Hanks wanted to invent in "Big". Choose your actions/dialogue. Might sound good but for real gamers it sucks. It doesn't have to be a mindless shoot em up but it should have guns.

[Neil]

To be honest my interest in this bottomed out as soon as i found out telltale games where behind it and nothing ive seen has revived it. Dont think ill bother with this one. Have you read the reviews?