I don't know if anybody here played Discworld Noir but it was the best adventure game I ever played.
I would like to see more adventure games try to imitate it
What I liked was that it didn't rely solely of the hero inventory and the things he collected (though he still did collect things and we could look at them through in an inventory mode) but he carried a note book.
He would keep a list of people's names, locations and miscellaneous clues and you could select any of them and try to use them with another to see if there was some kind of association.
I really liked it because there was always some kind of logic between the items you were supposed to use with each other (within the notebook). For example, a man in the game was found dead and a message was written in blood on the wall. When interrogating a witness you find out that the victim was hung upside down by his feet before said witness cut him down to search his body for valuables. When you associate the fact that he was hung upside down with the message that was left on the wall the character realises that the message, too, must have been upside down. The player may make this connection first (or may not have down, and simply been trying different clues in the notebook with other random entries), thus realising which 2 clues should be added together on screen.
Ultimately the game seemed to be far more logical and nothing you had to do seemed like random, irrational feats of logic. (Remember Runaway? I had to uninstall it at the second act because I was referring to too many walkthroughs. It’s a quality I deeply despise in any adventure game).
I don't know why so few other adventure games have taken advantage of DWN's note taking system. I sincerely hope that some games will, eventually.
A small, yet dangerous accountant named "Little Carbohydrate" buys a townhouse in Guam. He names the townhouse "Dune Buggy" and uses it to battle other townhouses in the international Townhouse Tournament.
Sadly, our hero gets hit in the face with a flying comma before he can enter the tournament.
That night, Little Carbohydrate wakes up in Old Hampshire, which is like New Hampshire, except old. With no money in his wallet and no idea what the 23rd number of Pi is, he sets out on an epic quest to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
And so, the game begins here. You control Little Carbohydrate with a special pie-pan shaped controller. The game world is a vast eight feet of free-roaming second-person shooter gameplay.
The title shall be as such: "Captain O'Hoolihan 3: Nine Pretty Bunnies".
(Some programming and invention of pie-pan controllers required. Contents may implode during shipping. Requires 3 (three) AA batteries. No purchase necessary. Many will enter, few will win. Must be a resident of Guam to enter. 0% APR financing until 2011. May contain trace amounts of peanuts and/or anthrax. Do not administer orally. If effects persist after three weeks, consult Jeff Goldblum. Do not give to children under 12. If you are a smoker, pregnant, or taking any MAOI inhibitors, ask your rabbi if this product is right for you. Do not leave near open flame. Do not leave in cold temperatures. Do not leave in room-temperature temperatures. Do not leave anywhere. This product may contain large parts which could be ingested by giant infants. Do not get near eyes. If product is accidentally swallowed, do not induce vomiting or sneezing. If vomiting or sneezing occurs, do not induce swallowing. This product may be covered in flesh-eating bacteria. If flesh-eating bacteria occurs, consult a mortician. If zombies occur, do not use this product as a flotation device. Keep away from pets. May also contain Red #7 dye, salt, guar gum, artificial flavoring, sodium citrate, high fructose corn syrup, a rabid wolf, Rush Limbaugh, enough cyanide to kill a fleet of grizzly bears, vegetable oil. Do not aim near face. May cause scurvy.)
i say ttg should make a game about a guy who's webcam was hacked by evilguys and is now being mind controlled by the bad guys, and your acuall controlling your body gets flung into your own subcouncous and you have to fight your way out. it would be called WABLARGLARGBLE.
i say ttg should make a game about a guy who's webcam was hacked by evilguys and is now being mind controlled by the bad guys, and your acuall controlling your body gets flung into your own subcouncous and you have to fight your way out. it would be called WABLARGLARGBLE.
OH! OH OH OH OHHHH!!! Building from your idea; how about one where some evil genious (you) has some mind control device and use it to get differant people around the world to do his bidding through his minitoring systems, but you can only control one person's mind at a time.
Our computer screen becomes his screen, the narration (for or when he's just describing an object) can be either his voice or the voice of his 'puppet', depending on the situation.
Ofc, not everybody can be MC'd (or the game would be too easy)...
Hmmm... OK, I think it would require a lot of thought but I think there's the start of a decent point and click in there somewhere...
BTW, I know this is a thread started by fans, none of this is the intellectual property of Telltale and nothing has been said by any telltale employees (that I know of) to suggest any of these ideas will be used, but what if somebody really did come up with a really good idea for a game?
Is there some possibility they'd use it? I mean I know there'd be a minor risk in using it without making sure the poster didn't go and copyright or trade mark or otherwise register any of their ideas to make them unusable (without paying them a fee).
So far all the tell tale point and click's have been based on 2 comics, a TV series and a movie series. Nothing original. (I'm not saying TTG are 'unoriginal', I'm just pointing out that most of the stories/characters on which they've based their games have not been their own creations).
I think we (Okay, just me) could really use a Firefly adventure series since that MMO idea fell through a year or two ago. I just don't know if Joss Whedon would allow a company to license it; he's kinda tight-fisted with his intellectual properties. He won't even let people publish original novels based on Firefly. That's why author Steven Brust had to release his story "My Own Kind of Freedom" online for free as basically a really long, professional piece of fanfiction.
So anyway, if Joss would allow it, I would really love to see a Firefly adventure game, either episodic or not. With not much else happening right now in the 'verse, I'll take anything!
does anyone here own an itouch? And out of those people, does anyone own the app "Pocket God"? Imagine this, the little pygmies are sick of torture by the giant finger, and go on a quest to put a stop to him. Either a point-and-click, or an RTS, and i think telltale would do phenomenally on it.
Sweet Giuseppe! I do believe I have the next gaming sensation on my hands.
"Ephram, Why Your Head Is Taste Like Wax?" shall be much like Doom, except instead of shooting demons, players must figure out why Ephram's head tastes like wax. Every time you come closer to unraveling the mystery, Jason Alexander's head pops up and yells "WAX, JERRY! IT TASTES LIKE WAX!!". He then storms off-screen while a few notes from "Vivaldi's Four Seasons" plays in low-quality MIDI format. Thanks to advances in technology, players will have at least two different possible solutions to the mystery. If we can pay off Jason Alexander, we may even fit a special third ending into the game. (It involves a sousaphone and a deck of cards.... hi-jinks ensue)
"Ephram, Why Your Head Is Taste Like Wax?" WILL be the most successful game of the decade.
my idea for an awesome game would be a point and click/sword game thats called "The Legend Of Zelda." yeah, its taken, but wouldn't it be awesome to play as link (the one from wind waker and phantom hourglass) and meet all the characters from the games. you would click to go places and use objects, but you would also have to use your sword by pressing buttons. plus, don't forget that there would be several episodes. yup, thats my idea of an awesome game thats probably never gonna be made.
I have had a slightly genius idea for a 2 new telltale games that can be on the wii ware. First let me give you the idea that they should definitely do a second SBCG4AP series for the wii ware and and not the crap xbox live arcade which they used for Wallace and Gromit's Grand Adventures ruining it completely. Anyway the games that i think you should do for wii ware is... Shaun the Sheep and then a Sam and Max/Strong Bad crossover. I think this is a clever idea. Please give a response soon on this idea
my idea for an awesome game would be a point and click/sword game thats called "The Legend Of Zelda." yeah, its taken, but wouldn't it be awesome to play as link (the one from wind waker and phantom hourglass) and meet all the characters from the games. you would click to go places and use objects, but you would also have to use your sword by pressing buttons. plus, don't forget that there would be several episodes. yup, thats my idea of an awesome game thats probably never gonna be made.
Well, the Telltale Games do consist a bunch of former LucasArts Employees and they did acquire a licence for Sam and Max from Lucasarts originally.
A series of adventure games about geeks, gamers, nerds, otakus and role player games like AD&D.
I would call it "Loser's Quest(s)".
Kevin Smith plus other collaborators could make the script of the adventure game series. The design could be done like in a TV series, but lots of side stories and characters.
At the same time being a parody of stereotypes making fun of them, looking deeper into that kind of people and see that those weird people are better than they seem and think about being insanely obsessed with certain topics forgettings other vital stuff for life (friends, family, job, sentimental stuff...).
It could be inspired in "Revenge of the nerds", "IT Crowd" and popular nerds and geeks.
what we need is a game about garden gnomes. think, at day, you try to be still, and at night, you are pirates and ninjas!just think. keeep thinking....ok, now you can stop thinking.
what we need is a game about garden gnomes. think, at day, you try to be still, and at night, you are pirates and ninjas!just think. keeep thinking....ok, now you can stop thinking.
does anyone here own an itouch? And out of those people, does anyone own the app "Pocket God"? Imagine this, the little pygmies are sick of torture by the giant finger, and go on a quest to put a stop to him. Either a point-and-click, or an RTS, and i think telltale would do phenomenally on it.
Yes, I have an iPod Touch.
Also...
Pocket God is really amazing, all of you guys should try it.
Thirdly, if they could get the creators to agree, that would be so cool! However, controlling the finger trying to put a stop to the pygmies putting a stop to it would be even cooler!
I'm sure I've seen some Telltale staff members mention having seen Red Dwarf once or twice. Plus like Wallace and Gromit it's huge in the UK - the new specials got two million viewers.
It would be cool to hopefully see a Sam and Max meets Strong Bad game. Sam and Max would end up in strong bad's world, and Strong Bad and Homestar would end up in Sam and Max's world. The same game play for each game would be the same, except different characters would be in it. For example, When strong Bad is in the other world, he can walk around the city and use items like his nun chuck gun. Something like this would be the best....thing....EVER! The only problems would be deciding how the episodes would present themselves and what rating it would be.
Forgive me for suggesting this but what if Telltale made.... a Thomas and Friends game for Wii Ware. I know it sounds like a strange idea but i want to see a proper Thomas the Tank Engine game. Before anyone says it yes there has been a PS2 Thomas game but that uses Eye Toy which is bad. if telltale don't make it they could suggest the idea to someone else.
Has anyone here seen The Chaser's War On Everything"? That could potentially be made into videogame form, p/a/c, where you use the right items to piss off politicians and the media. Of course, it would still have to be set in Australia, and of course it would be impossible to get the Chaser's to record the lines without screwing up, but it has potential. Also - Charles Firth in the USA - gotta be in there.
Or have I just typed all this and no one's going to know what I'm talking about...
I have to second the Dr. Who idea seen earlier in the thread, as goddamn solving everything with a sonic screwdriver and possibly a satsuma would be awesome.
I have to say I would love Telltale to make a Star Trek game - two of the my favourite adventure games of all time are 25th Anniversary & Judgement Rites. The episodic format of the various series makes it perfect for Telltale's style. I personally would prefer one based around The Next Generation or Deep Space 9 (I wouldn't like to play one set around the original series without the original actors and I think it's too soon to do one for the recent film).
Here is a game licence that I think would be right up Telltale alley.
GET SMART
I was watching the movie the other day and said to myself, this is perfect TT material, witty diolouge, great point and click potential and most inportantly, a signature opening that could rival Sam & Max. Just tossing that out there incase someone at the company comes across this and are looking for new ideas.
Life In Hell (the original Matt Groening comic).
Penny arcade, Flight of the Concords, Star Trek, Dr mcninja, Xkcd, Daisy Owl (webcomic), Pearls before swine, Ms paint adventures (this one has the best potential).
Here is a game licence that I think would be right up Telltale alley.
GET SMART
I was watching the movie the other day and said to myself, this is perfect TT material, witty diolouge, great point and click potential and most inportantly, a signature opening that could rival Sam & Max. Just tossing that out there incase someone at the company comes across this and are looking for new ideas.
you know you wanna:D
THIS
But in the style of the old series.
I REALLY want to see someone do a MacGyver adventure game. And by someone I mean Telltale Games.
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EDIT: Damn, Beat me to it!
EDIT2: Go play Lego Universe.
I would like to see more adventure games try to imitate it
What I liked was that it didn't rely solely of the hero inventory and the things he collected (though he still did collect things and we could look at them through in an inventory mode) but he carried a note book.
He would keep a list of people's names, locations and miscellaneous clues and you could select any of them and try to use them with another to see if there was some kind of association.
I really liked it because there was always some kind of logic between the items you were supposed to use with each other (within the notebook). For example, a man in the game was found dead and a message was written in blood on the wall. When interrogating a witness you find out that the victim was hung upside down by his feet before said witness cut him down to search his body for valuables. When you associate the fact that he was hung upside down with the message that was left on the wall the character realises that the message, too, must have been upside down. The player may make this connection first (or may not have down, and simply been trying different clues in the notebook with other random entries), thus realising which 2 clues should be added together on screen.
Ultimately the game seemed to be far more logical and nothing you had to do seemed like random, irrational feats of logic. (Remember Runaway? I had to uninstall it at the second act because I was referring to too many walkthroughs. It’s a quality I deeply despise in any adventure game).
I don't know why so few other adventure games have taken advantage of DWN's note taking system. I sincerely hope that some games will, eventually.
My subconcious is a real wise guy. He/She/they also likes to lace my dreams with... [Removed] ...Oh, and Chaco too.
But back on topic, They should make Cave Story on wiiware with better graphics and DLC and revised music.
Wait...
Sadly, our hero gets hit in the face with a flying comma before he can enter the tournament.
That night, Little Carbohydrate wakes up in Old Hampshire, which is like New Hampshire, except old. With no money in his wallet and no idea what the 23rd number of Pi is, he sets out on an epic quest to discover the true meaning of Christmas.
And so, the game begins here. You control Little Carbohydrate with a special pie-pan shaped controller. The game world is a vast eight feet of free-roaming second-person shooter gameplay.
The title shall be as such: "Captain O'Hoolihan 3: Nine Pretty Bunnies".
(Some programming and invention of pie-pan controllers required. Contents may implode during shipping. Requires 3 (three) AA batteries. No purchase necessary. Many will enter, few will win. Must be a resident of Guam to enter. 0% APR financing until 2011. May contain trace amounts of peanuts and/or anthrax. Do not administer orally. If effects persist after three weeks, consult Jeff Goldblum. Do not give to children under 12. If you are a smoker, pregnant, or taking any MAOI inhibitors, ask your rabbi if this product is right for you. Do not leave near open flame. Do not leave in cold temperatures. Do not leave in room-temperature temperatures. Do not leave anywhere. This product may contain large parts which could be ingested by giant infants. Do not get near eyes. If product is accidentally swallowed, do not induce vomiting or sneezing. If vomiting or sneezing occurs, do not induce swallowing. This product may be covered in flesh-eating bacteria. If flesh-eating bacteria occurs, consult a mortician. If zombies occur, do not use this product as a flotation device. Keep away from pets. May also contain Red #7 dye, salt, guar gum, artificial flavoring, sodium citrate, high fructose corn syrup, a rabid wolf, Rush Limbaugh, enough cyanide to kill a fleet of grizzly bears, vegetable oil. Do not aim near face. May cause scurvy.)
OH! OH OH OH OHHHH!!! Building from your idea; how about one where some evil genious (you) has some mind control device and use it to get differant people around the world to do his bidding through his minitoring systems, but you can only control one person's mind at a time.
Our computer screen becomes his screen, the narration (for or when he's just describing an object) can be either his voice or the voice of his 'puppet', depending on the situation.
Ofc, not everybody can be MC'd (or the game would be too easy)...
Hmmm... OK, I think it would require a lot of thought but I think there's the start of a decent point and click in there somewhere...
Is there some possibility they'd use it? I mean I know there'd be a minor risk in using it without making sure the poster didn't go and copyright or trade mark or otherwise register any of their ideas to make them unusable (without paying them a fee).
So far all the tell tale point and click's have been based on 2 comics, a TV series and a movie series. Nothing original. (I'm not saying TTG are 'unoriginal', I'm just pointing out that most of the stories/characters on which they've based their games have not been their own creations).
I think we (Okay, just me) could really use a Firefly adventure series since that MMO idea fell through a year or two ago. I just don't know if Joss Whedon would allow a company to license it; he's kinda tight-fisted with his intellectual properties. He won't even let people publish original novels based on Firefly. That's why author Steven Brust had to release his story "My Own Kind of Freedom" online for free as basically a really long, professional piece of fanfiction.
By the way, I haven't read it myself but Brust's story looks pretty good. Anyone who wants to check it out can go here:http://dreamcafe.com/myownkindoffreedom.html
So anyway, if Joss would allow it, I would really love to see a Firefly adventure game, either episodic or not. With not much else happening right now in the 'verse, I'll take anything!
"Ephram, Why Your Head Is Taste Like Wax?" shall be much like Doom, except instead of shooting demons, players must figure out why Ephram's head tastes like wax. Every time you come closer to unraveling the mystery, Jason Alexander's head pops up and yells "WAX, JERRY! IT TASTES LIKE WAX!!". He then storms off-screen while a few notes from "Vivaldi's Four Seasons" plays in low-quality MIDI format. Thanks to advances in technology, players will have at least two different possible solutions to the mystery. If we can pay off Jason Alexander, we may even fit a special third ending into the game. (It involves a sousaphone and a deck of cards.... hi-jinks ensue)
"Ephram, Why Your Head Is Taste Like Wax?" WILL be the most successful game of the decade.
sincerlly
the Strong Bad of England (sort of)
W&G156
Well, the Telltale Games do consist a bunch of former LucasArts Employees and they did acquire a licence for Sam and Max from Lucasarts originally.
I would call it "Loser's Quest(s)".
Kevin Smith plus other collaborators could make the script of the adventure game series. The design could be done like in a TV series, but lots of side stories and characters.
At the same time being a parody of stereotypes making fun of them, looking deeper into that kind of people and see that those weird people are better than they seem and think about being insanely obsessed with certain topics forgettings other vital stuff for life (friends, family, job, sentimental stuff...).
It could be inspired in "Revenge of the nerds", "IT Crowd" and popular nerds and geeks.
Ever heard of Half Life 2: Episode 2?
Yes, I have an iPod Touch.
Also...
Pocket God is really amazing, all of you guys should try it.
Thirdly, if they could get the creators to agree, that would be so cool! However, controlling the finger trying to put a stop to the pygmies putting a stop to it would be even cooler!
yeah, but i no got it.
all the action takes place in a limited number of locations, there's only a few key cast members.
can you just imagine .. its perfect.
Dun
Dun
Dun...
Zero wing!
THIS.
...No seriously, If you could get all the actors, It would rock.
My smeg, that's what I was going to say...
Eeeeeeeeerieeeeeeeee....
Or have I just typed all this and no one's going to know what I'm talking about...
Grand Theft Auto: Bikini Bottom.:)
Well either that or Stargate.
Other than that, what about Freelance Police? Or Plunge through Space? Some epic game divided into four-or-so episodes would be neat.
GET SMART
I was watching the movie the other day and said to myself, this is perfect TT material, witty diolouge, great point and click potential and most inportantly, a signature opening that could rival Sam & Max. Just tossing that out there incase someone at the company comes across this and are looking for new ideas.
you know you wanna:D
Penny arcade, Flight of the Concords, Star Trek, Dr mcninja, Xkcd, Daisy Owl (webcomic), Pearls before swine, Ms paint adventures (this one has the best potential).
THIS
But in the style of the old series.
I REALLY want to see someone do a MacGyver adventure game. And by someone I mean Telltale Games.