The Wolf Among Us (Telltale Games)
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Two to three hours per episode, and you buy the whole season at once. So yeah, more like 9 - 13 hours by the time the release them all for 1 payment, which to be honest is very well priced.
They are easily capable of finishing the game in one go and releasing it at full price. So why the episodes? How do we, as gamers, benefit from this scheme? We don't, it's a blatant cash grab, similar to the way they're splitting book inspired films into two or three parts in the film industry.
I therefore refuse to support them, even when the product is finished and priced fairly.
Telltale have a proven history with episodic content with Sam and Max, Back to the Future and The Walking Dead. It's pretty safe to say it's not a "blatant cash grab". Also, they are not forcing you to play the game in episodes. If you don't like playing one episode at a time simply wait until all the episodes are out then play them, problem solved. The movie comment is, well... would you sit through a 10 hour long Lord of the Rings film? or a 7 hour Hunger Games film? or how about a 7 hour Bourne film? if that doesn't take your fancy, maybe a 20 hour long Harry Potter movie?
You forgot to mention how our gaming experience is improved by the episodic content. When I buy games I want to fully experience the vision of the developers and I can't do that with their latest game, can I? I have to wait for a year, while they release episode after episode, slowly milking the cash cow.
Yes, there's the option of waiting for the full package that comes at the lower price but that just means I'm being forced to wait. If there were a viable reason for waiting, I'd consider it but I won't do it just because some muppet worked out this scheme is the most profitable for them.
As for films, i was thinking about films such as the last part of Harry Potter or The Hobbit. The latter was split in three(!) which is quite amusing considering it's lighter than the first LOTR book which fitted perfectly into just one film..
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To be fair The Hobbit as a book was not great and left holes and characters without any closure, PJ and his team has tried to fix all the flaws the book had with the movie hence why it is a long movie split into 3 parts. Although I have not seen the movies yet as I want to watch all 3 one after the other or at least one a day.
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That was a VERY short episode, there was literally about 2 minutes of actual gameplay (If that!)
They've becoming an interactive TV series more than anything.
Still very good though, but I wanted at least another 15 minutes.
They've becoming an interactive TV series more than anything.
Still very good though, but I wanted at least another 15 minutes.
Well I have started again, and loving it of course, well the story anyway. I have one MASSIVE problem with it though, and I'm hoping I am just being stupid and have missed something... Please tell me there is a way to turn off the story notifications? You could turn them off in The Walking Dead, and I find it hard to believe they would stop you from doing it in this??
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Edit- Reading a few game forums, everyone else seems just as baffled as me. There is no option to change it. Unbelievable decision!
Cheers
Edit- Reading a few game forums, everyone else seems just as baffled as me. There is no option to change it. Unbelievable decision!
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Just finished it. Thoughts here- http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=26684364&postcount=1281
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I agree with your review, the whole thing was a bunch of inconsequential decisions and QTEs. TWD season 2 is the same. I also can't stand the little "x will remember this" messages which appear and are blatant lies. In TWD S2 it even says it 5 seconds before one of the guys is killed, so I don't see how he can remember it!
The gaps between episodes was too long as well, so I lost track of the story and what all the characters were up to. The engine is also very rubbish and lagged a lot on the 360.
The acting was great though, but I think this will be a very forgettable game for me.
I think the acting was great and the story good. The characters were great as well, but the problem is even if all of those aspects were absolutely amazing I really still can't say the game is great as it is so devoid of gameplay. TWD season 1 was the same. I absolutely loved it, some of the most memorable gaming ever for me, but even so, I had to say 7/10.
Please tell me you can turn off story notifications in TWD season2?
Please tell me you can turn off story notifications in TWD season2?
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I'll take a look when I get home and let you know. I should have checked by now since I've finished 3 chapters and they annoy me. I think one of the devs said they didn't want people to be able to turn them off.