Play: "Many might see episodic gaming as the future, but in reality the long waits and lack of coherence kills the sense of immersion that makes videogames so great."
Over the past decade, Game of Thrones has become a bonafide powerhouse in the realms of television and fantasy literature. However, despite its massive pop culture presence, there’s one entertainment avenue in which George R.R. Martin’s politically charged fantasy drama has mostly floundered: video games.
I personally loved the Telltale GoT. Probably one of the few where your choice actually matters. Iron from ice!
I loved it too, my favorite tell tale game. Always wishes there would be a sequel
D&D is used as an abbreviation for the main writers of the show (David Benioff and D. B. Weiss) because it's a hell of a lot shorter. So it's not a 'what' it's a 'who' and to be honest he's right. These guys have shown a complete disregard for the material with their recent attempt to rush it to completion to move on to their Star Wars work. These guys showed talent in adapting but don't have an original bone in their body based on their work beforehand.
In that case I agree and I apologize for coming off as an A hole. Dungeons and Dragons kept popping in my head every time I read D&D. Lol
I mean we only have the Telltale game, the 2012 RPG, and some mobile games to choose from. So probably Telltale? Even though I personally thought it was one of Telltale's worst products.
GitHyp: "While the expensive licensed properties made it easy for their games to garner attention on popular gaming news sites, we were always shocked with how few gamers actually played Telltale’s games… especially when analyzing their player counts and comparing to Steam’s most played games."
As hard as it was, I planned on waiting to buy it till all the episodes were out.
Probably should've just bought the season and waited.
Except, that's up in the air, and has even been delisted from digital storefronts. I hope it does get completed, but be thankful you don't have to wait and hope you will get what you paid for, as some gamers clearly do. If I had to guess, I think Telltale will find someone to help finish the last season, but it's not a certainty.
Their games looked like low budget indie titles. Why did they have such a huge staff? No wonder they went bankrupt. Sounds like mismanagement!
*plays trendy music and gets on horse saddle* Because we here at telltale games have the best games like exciting walking dead, this is the future, everybodys doing it! give us youre money :D
Can't say this for certain. But my theory is that word has gotten around that the series may not get finished. That in itself will drive people away
No, everything they released past season 1 did nowhere near those same numbers. Season 2 did ok but sold only a quarter of what season 1 did. Their games have all been financial failures outside of Season 1 and minecraft.
I always enjoyed these games but I just don't rush out and get everything brand new. I don't have the money and I have a huge backlog as it is, so it's a shame it had to go down like that. Sadly, if management was that inept that they couldn't make a successful studio stay in business then they never had a chance. I can't imagine how infuriated I'd be if I poured the extreme hours the talented programmers, artists, etc., put into their games and just get dropped one day out of the blue, like, "Sorry, we sucked at business. Bye!"
The developer requests "a temporary pause".
That's silly. A person can be immersed in a weekly TV show, or a movie series with sequels that are years apart, so why not an episodic game? Personally I was very immersed in Walking Dead Season One, which was the first episodic game I ever played.
I would rather just play the entire game. I see episodic games as a way for Telltale etc. to make more money. Minecraft: SM was abysmmal. I kept waiting to break away from the story and build things, but it never happened. Most people are so busy that they don't have time for weekly TV shows hence Netflix.
i have no issues with episodic content. its just waiting for months for each episode is my problem..
I usually wait until the game has at least four of five parts out for download, that way once i work my way through it i don't have long to wait for the conclusion. It is nice to get a game earlier as you don't have to wait for them to finish the full thing but waiting months between episodes is a lot different to waiting a week for your favourite TV show.
I actually had never thought about the effect episodic gaming could have on immersion because I always seem to wait until the full season is released before I start playing. However, I don't see how it is any different (or less immersive) than a book series. I will start a book series and fianlly finish it 4 years later (reading the books as they are released) and every time I pick up a new book I will still find myself as immersed in the world as I was before, if not more immersed.