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Posted byGreenGoblinin/gaming-Jan 11 at 5:56 PM

Anyone play Telltale Games?

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They seem more like stories than "games", filled with Quicktime Events and dialogue choices. Anyone like them? If so, what are the best ones?

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  • LackingSaintJan 12 at 4:32 AM

    A lot of people skipped Tales From The Borderlands because who really cares about the Borderlands universe, but even as somebody who doesn't even like those games or their writing, TFTB was FANTASTIC. Likeable characters, hilarious set-pieces, some genuine emotional tugs. The best thing they've done.

    • ArislynJan 12 at 7:19 AM

      TFTB was my absolute favorite! I need to play through, again, and see how it goes if I acknowledge Jack. (My first time through, I took every opportunity to either ignore him or tell him what a jerk he was.)

      Game of Thrones...whooooo, boy. It was excellent. However, it left me feeling like I had been repeatedly kicked in the gut. You made the best choices you could and it just didn't matter. Everything always went all pear-shaped in the worst possible way. Still, it was great storytelling!

      • LackingSaintJan 12 at 7:28 AM

        Games of Thrones had some definite ups and downs I felt, but holy shit that "hold the gate" choice (you know the one) is probably the toughest decision in a telltale game

      • ArislynJan 12 at 7:31 AM

        OMG. That was gut-wrenching! I was just like, "No. No, no, no! You don't make me choose this, you bastards!"

  • Data_7Jan 11 at 7:48 PM

    Their Walking Dead games are great; The Wolf Among Us is good but too slow for my tastes.

    On a side-note, I'll never understand why folks feel the need to deride games like these as being "not games". They're as much games as Mass Effect or Monkey Island, just with more of a focus on storytelling than combat gameplay; it's like saying that The Wolf of Wall Street isn't a movie because it puts too much emphasis on storytelling rather than action.

  • ProjectPotatoJan 11 at 6:37 PM

    I think their Walking Dead series and The Wolf Among Us are among their best works

  • RedAntisocialJan 11 at 8:42 PM

    I've played a few, Sam & Max Save the World, Tales from the Borderlands, and Takes of Monkey Island come to mind. I find story based games (even some Visual Novels) to be an entirely enjoyable experience.

    • AtelierJan 12 at 4:32 AM

      "Even" visual novels? You break my geeky heart.

      • RedAntisocialJan 12 at 6:01 AM

        Most of the geeks I know have no idea what a VN is...

      • ArislynJan 12 at 7:15 AM

        I adore VNs! Nothing like a great story to grab you and pull you into another world.

      • AtelierJan 12 at 6:29 PM

        You hang out with the wrong geeks.

      • RedAntisocialJan 12 at 6:32 PM

        It may be that I don't hang out with enough geeks...

      • AtelierJan 12 at 6:36 PM

        Well, I definitely empathize with the antisocial part of your userid.. :) It's a joke, anyway. There are board game geeks and PC geeks and otaku geeks and subgroups like otome obsessed geeks... The last subgroup got me from a vague interest in VNs to full fledged obsession.

  • TickTockJan 11 at 10:44 PM

    The Wolf Among Us is far and away one of the absolute best "advebture games" I have ever played. Myst didn't make me get the feels: WAU did.

  • AtelierJan 12 at 4:31 AM

    Having dialogue choices alone makes them more "games" than all the kinetic novels on my Steam account whose only interaction is to press the space bar when you've finished reading. :D As long as things use game engines and are sold through game distributors, "game" is the best name we have for them.

    I could do without the quicktime events--they seem like useless attempts to justify the game level.

    Anyway, Minecraft Story Mode is cute.

  • SaerynXJan 11 at 9:49 PM

    I don't like QTE, or at least I didn't until tomb raider 2013, it always felt like cop out on the devs part but TR actually felt like a way to make a cut scene interactive. It broke up the gameplay and felt like a whole experience.

  • Wildestdream93Jan 12 at 1:41 PM

    Yes I do!! and thoroughly enjoy them. My favourite one to date is The Wolf Among Us. But I'm certainly looking forward to The Walking Dead Season 3. I will admit, I wait for all the episodes to be out before I purchase a series. =)

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