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I don't know why you guys are expecting better from Telltale.
They're working on a huge number of IPs at the moment. I can understand taking on the work for more money, but it's going to stress out their staff and their output is going to suffer.
Almost all of their games have not been their own IP. There's maybe one or two titles that aren't at least partially from other people's creations, and if they're not then that's a problem. What happens if they run out of licenses other companies are willing to give them? Especially if they continue to release games supposedly at the level of this Jurassic Park game: a string of mediocre games may still bring in some offers, but when people stop buying them they'll be screwed.
And that's not even getting started on the puzzles. Telltale seem to be following along with the inevitable trend of LucasArts/Sierra's battle: games with easy puzzles and no consequence for your actions. Only they're nowhere near as talented as either LucasArts or Sierra, and don't seem to want to extend themselves aside from in the wrong direction of easier and easier games and shitty quick-time movies.
Do not look forward to their King's Quest games, despite what they've said they'll be doing with it.
As a note: Cognition has received all of its funding. I certainly hope Phoenix do better with their own IP; at least it seems to match the "emo" style they were going for in The Silver Lining a fuckload better than should be in a King's Quest game.
They're working on a huge number of IPs at the moment. I can understand taking on the work for more money, but it's going to stress out their staff and their output is going to suffer.
Almost all of their games have not been their own IP. There's maybe one or two titles that aren't at least partially from other people's creations, and if they're not then that's a problem. What happens if they run out of licenses other companies are willing to give them? Especially if they continue to release games supposedly at the level of this Jurassic Park game: a string of mediocre games may still bring in some offers, but when people stop buying them they'll be screwed.
And that's not even getting started on the puzzles. Telltale seem to be following along with the inevitable trend of LucasArts/Sierra's battle: games with easy puzzles and no consequence for your actions. Only they're nowhere near as talented as either LucasArts or Sierra, and don't seem to want to extend themselves aside from in the wrong direction of easier and easier games and shitty quick-time movies.
Do not look forward to their King's Quest games, despite what they've said they'll be doing with it.
As a note: Cognition has received all of its funding. I certainly hope Phoenix do better with their own IP; at least it seems to match the "emo" style they were going for in The Silver Lining a fuckload better than should be in a King's Quest game.
to bear with. And here I thought that adventure gamers were a more monocle crowd, given the low amount of adventure games these days.
