Ep1 out next week! Had planned to get this on PS3 but gotta wait another week for it. Maybe I'll pick it up on 360...

https://twitter.com/telltalegames/status/538025079599144961

12/2 PC/Mac; PS4 SCEA
12/3 Xbox One & 360; PS4 SCEE
12/4 iOS
12/9 PS3 SCEA & SCEE

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What are tell tale games like?

How do they play?

Are they well-done?

How much do they usually cost?

>What are tell tale games like?

adventure point & click games with random QTE

>How do they play?

see above

>Are they well-done?

yup, mature stories beautifully executed with multiple paths/endings

>How much do they usually cost?

around 20-25 $ for 5 episodes

Probably should've saw it coming.

Technically it's pretty bad on the PS3, seems to struggle very often when loading, and graphically it isn't impressive at all. Maybe PC/current gen version is better is you're thinking of buying it.

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yo

that bastard

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their TWD games have been plagues with glitches and terrible performance on every platform they come out on. I think they just don't really have a big enough team to support all the stuff they dev for, probably outsourcing tons of shit.

I might cop tho


www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

probably uglier than either of the Walking Dead series' truth be told.


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"All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players:
They have their exits and their entrances;
And one man in his time plays many parts..." -The Bard

the story was good as per usual, wish I felt like I had more control but that's another issue

good god I've never played a game this glitchy. Fuzzy backgrounds galore, stuttering, very distracting visual miscues in the middle of a serious story.

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i don't plan on getting into the the latest season for a few more weeks/months when i have time to burn through them.

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not sure how much time will pass but they've mentioned a character (Oberyn) that was introduced in Season 4.


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The story and atmosphere are great but the technical issues really hindered my enjoyment of the game: terrible lag that affected QTEs, repeated dialogues due to visuals not loading in time, save issues (had to replay a whole section). Gonna think twice before I buy another Telltale game.

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Donut of the Heart cover in Javascript - https://youtu.be/afLc2CkC8lk

It seemed to lag really bad towards the end of the story.


Game choices: I wanna replay this one because I think I messed up some choices I made towards the end.

The recap of the last episode was basically the reverse of what I had done.

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or Game of Thrones isnt garnering any excitement?

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to make a truly "satisfying" game.

Not in terms of "Oh, it's dumb that Tyrion/Margaery/Jon Snoo is in this." That doesn't bother me at all, and it's to be expected from a sales perspective.

I'm talking tone.

Having played both seasons of Walking Dead and A Wolf Among Us, I can say that GoT is the bleakest feeling installment. There is no right answer. You will be filled with anxiety on every decision, and you will instantly regret whatever choice you make. It feels like there is no way to win.

And that is remarkably true to the world that GRRM built.

Westeros is a machine that inputs hope and outputs misery. It exists to chew up good people, and to shave the decent bits off run-of-the-mill bastards, shaping them into highly efficient megabastards.

And so far, the game reflects this. You don't get any wins, no matter how small. If you manage to to get an NPC to temper their usual reaction of disdain or hate with like 5% respect, that's what this game counts as a win. It's brutal.

I'm still enjoying it as another dip into a fictional world I love, but I'm not enjoying it in the sense of saying "Wow, that was fun and I would like to do that again." Not at all, really. And it's not going to get better. The best we could hope for is one cathartic moment of pushing a dagger through that fat Whitehill fuck's many chins. Even still, I doubt that House Forrester is going to be standing proud and strong come Episode 5, and no one is going to walk away from this feeling good about what happens.

"If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention."

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Managed to convince the lady to still marry Rodrick after offering a section of the forest to her house. Felt more like winning a job contract but it was a nice feeling, pretty sure I did a fist pump lol

It's just the game's engine that's letting me down, it's buggy as hell.

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Gang Starr / Nujabes blend - https://youtu.be/lsci1vu6ick
DOOM Tribute - https://youtu.be/qmBQ2BDefKM
Donut of the Heart cover in Javascript - https://youtu.be/afLc2CkC8lk

I think it's a fine placeholder for my thirst as the next season comes closer and closer. I'm not sure it's building towards anything worthwhile; I hope this doesn't end up feeling as confused about what to do with itself as Wolf Among Us did. I'd totally settle for quality on par with Walking Dead Season 2 but so far the best thing there is to say about Game of Thrones is that it feels like you're in that world and the characters from the show are portrayed well here.

Plus the quality of Telltale's engine is really starting to bug me. I wish they had the budget of someone like a David Cage to tell these stories. Or they could afford to take a year off to build something out of Unreal 4 and really let their nuts hang. At some point their leaning on being THE studio for narrative experiences is going to but up against the fact their games seem like they could have run on a PS2 just as well as a PS4.

And the watercolor design they went with on this one is just inexplicable. Nothing about the show('s cinematography) is gross or smeared, I'm not sure what compelled them to make everything look like the beginnings of an acid trip gone bland.

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