Second season
I was wondering whether there are concrete plans (and funds...) to put out a second season?
I hope the sales were good enough to justify another season (otherwise I have to torture people into giving their credit card information
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(just kidding)
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PS: Heh, this comes from a 'godless belgian'.
I hope the sales were good enough to justify another season (otherwise I have to torture people into giving their credit card information
)(just kidding)
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PS: Heh, this comes from a 'godless belgian'.
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Anyway, I hope they have something new and amazing in the next season. It would be a bit boring if the next season just reuses what has happened in the first season - but I doubt TTG will do that. I am sure they will have some new fiercely thickening plot in the next season.
I used to work for a game company myself. But then again, different continent and different culture. I really want to watch the credits, more out of curiosity than anything else. (Note to designers: I hate to be forced to watch it)
On the other hand: I was a 'game designer' but would like to play other games. And see how others solve some 'marketing' problems.
But yes, those who are really into "sam & max" should get an option to skip what they aren't interested in and play the game. And see the credits if they chose and from my point of view: I want to see the credits.
Those who care will notice what has changed. (to put it under a very broad brush. If I wasn't interested I would have never seen the max for president webpage WHICH I LOVE!!)
Ultimately it was pointless and didn't flow right - each episode has it's own begging middle and end - and the same would happen with Sam & Max However a unifying the installer (or even omitting it - could you make it run from the disc?), settings and launcher - like the episode selection menu on DVDs would make the package neater.
EDIT: Plus similarly to Sam and Max the intro was first class.
On the subject of skipping the credits, how about bringing back the double click to move straight to a door item etc... from older games and allowing left click to skip action as well as speech - don't get me wrong it's great but when you are anal retentivity trying to hear all of Sam's
Sorry.. and I really mean that.
It was criticism, but I hope it was constructive. I really love the work you put in to the game(s) you provide us.
(I know how sometimes it comes across when people say: hey, I'm a programmer and I would do things X or Y..
That said, I don't think it would make any sense for these games, especially not the way people would like. Each game begins and ends with a long cutscene, and the stories don't take place right after one another, so it still wouldn't play like one big game.
Although, being able to fast-forward through the opening and end credits would be a nice touch
That...would be so awesome.
Maybe the workers get carried away and makeover the whole street too? =P
I'd love to see more of the city streets too. Dark alley's and just random city corners. I think the streets need more people too. Adding one or two street thugs loitering around would make the streets feel less empty. They don't even have to be a big part of the puzzle. Just an oppotunity for more dialoges and more interaction.
Diversify.
And keep all of it's good qualities, of course.
And of course more locations within a single episode.
That puzzle was easy! I don't know how you completed the game if you couldn't work that one out. (You HAVE completed the game, right? :P)
I think time travel could work. Every episode Sam & Max can go to a different time... should be fun.
But that said, yes, I'd certainly love like to see a time-travel episode or two in the future. It's a difficult but always very promising theme, and adventure games dealing with time-travel are unfortunately still exceedingly rare. Besides that, I can't think of anyone more likely or worthy of pulling off a succesful spiritual sequal to DOTT.
Okay, so picture this...Sam and Max discover that the season's ultimate villain is plotting to go back in time and assasinate someone important, thereby changing the course of history. Sam and Max eventually get ahold of a time machine (possibly made by Bosco) and chase after him.
However, they quickly find out later that the assassin's intended target is none other than Steve Purcell in the late 1970s! Realizing that if Steve goes, then the two will never be born (and possibly reality itself will be destroyed), the Freelance Police must do everything in their power to keep him out of evil's clutches.
Why terroize a street, when you can terrorize a mini-mall?
I think a Blues Brothers nod would not be amiss.
Also I'd like to see the duo buying (or interecting with more) nonsensical stuff from Bosco (besides the 1,000,000,000 items) or buying 'food' from the store across the street.
But what is top on my list, is adding a bit more to the office location (ie: Flint's Paper), after all that location is on every ep and changing Bosco's costume, Sybil's job and a few things here and there get a bit dull.
Man, now I at least want to see an "Old West" version of Bosco's.
With Time Travel or Parallel universe, you can change Bosco more ways than one. I mean, rather than accents to change in each ep, they can have jobs or mental disorders. Sort of like DOTT where Fred's ancestors is present, but with a slightly similar name and personality. One can have Bosco's ancestor to be some inventor named Sosco who existed in 19th century America. Or if they go with the parallel universe route, they can have Bosco to be a hot Chick who's mental disorder is OCD rather than paranoia. Or if mental disorders seems a bit un pc, they can go with other things like making Bosco in one universe a kleptomaniac.
The theme of the series could be that there is a villain who is trying to conquor the multiple earths by going there and causing havok one way or another, causing an unbalance in Sam and Max's neigborhood (butterfly effect.) To stop it, Sam and Max must visit each parallel earths to fix what has changed.
If telltale goes with this, they can sneak in a 2d or 2.5(by going cel shading? or goin flat like in ep 5 to reduce cost?) universe like the old game or if telltale has the license to the cartoon content, they can have one universe to be the cartoon one. The voice actor for Max in ep 1, sounds like a dang ringer to cartoon voice actor. All they need is a local voice actor who sounds a lot like Sam from the cartoon series.