Make it Multiplayer Oh please...
C'mon you know that if poker night is multiplayer everybody will want to play and share this game, this would be really amazing and i think it's quite easy to do, even with the possibility to create a lobby or join one randomly like on left 4 dead.
I really hope the next episode or even this one (after an update) will be multiplayer !
I really hope the next episode or even this one (after an update) will be multiplayer !
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That's what i'm talking about.
http://steamcommunity.com/app/234710/discussions/0/810921273876655423/
40% about we want multiplayer and 10% about the characters.
But no one is going to listen to it. Defeating the point of having these characters.
Also, this game would probably be a financial nightmare if they have to get the liscences for all of these franchises, get the voice actors, code the game, update the engine/graphics(as shown with Sam's new model), advertise the game, submit this game to the consoles, and THEN top it off by having to figure out multiplayer servers(which aren't cheap), create the remixed music for everything, all for a $5 poker game which gets split between Telltale, Valve, 2K games, Adult Swim(or whatever makes Venture Bros), and the guys behind Evildead.
I'm pretty sure they want to make some money off of this game.
I agree though that the concept isn't well suited to multiplayer.
What do you folks think of this?
Would it hurt anyone if it had an MP mode? Some people would love one, those without friends could still ignore the MP mode.
Now quit asking, you entitled little peons.
Please explain how it would make it generic or diminish the quality of your singleplayer experience. I'm very interested, please elaborate. (I'm waiting)
And i'm pretty sure adopting a P2P system for MP and doing the matchmaking via Steam would be pretty affordable. And why not make that a 1$ DLC?
What would be the point of just adding a multiplayer mode into a game about playing poker with 'A list' celebrities from video games
The multiplayer would just be poker and there are plenty of other poker games and it would lose the charm of the AI or buying drinks etc online and if you want an online poker game I'm sure you could get one really cheap this just isn't and shouldn't be one
It's a good game, and it would be fun if the characters would be "playable" in MP.
I remember when Bioshock 2 added Multiplayer because it was the most requested thing of Bioshock 1 and the multiplayer was completely awful and I would rather tellatle spent Time coming up with more great ideas of drinking or Charcters like Max chatting even though he isn't gambling.
What would the multiplayer be Poker but with people picking their characters?
The moment multiplayer is added just as a feature it may just bump up the price, costs and make the game look less well polished just like Bioshock 2...
telltale went to the effort of creating Tells, AI and even went to the effort of changing it if you buy them a drink
Half the charm would be lost in multiplayer
After you've figured out the AI characters it's going to get boring, which isn't that much of an issue at 5€, but MP could keep it fresh for longer.
There are already plenty of options when it comes to online multiplayer poker but there aren't many that focus on a set of characters playing the game. You say that adding multiplayer wouldn't detract from the core game but it would and in ways you wouldn't necessarily expect.
In short I and many other people don't see the point in Telltale devoting time and effort into doing something many other companies have already done especially when it's not something they are necessarily experienced at.
In the end all a multiplayer version of this would be is people using the characters just as avatars. Now that would be a waste of resources for Telltales.
You still could play the regular singleplayer. What's your point?
It is just like with the horror genre. People kept telling how co-op in a horror games would not work and then when a good proof of concept was released, suddenly some of them realized that it actually works.
If Telltale Games could have afforded to make the game full multiplayer experience, suddenly those naysayers would start to defend the choice since it was Telltale Games (aka their idol) who decided to add it.
Having to buy another thing just to get multiplayer, even for a dollar, means far fewer people would be up for multiplayer than would be otherwise. That's very bad when the multiplayer experience hinges on having other people to play against.
"But it would probably be more expensive" (This may be valid if we are not considering that the game is already out and your argument is pure unfiltered speculation)
"I would be willing to pay extra for it! (I do - a few hours of fun with my friends is definitely worth 1 or 2$ to me)
"Nobody would buy that if it cost even just as little as 1$" (Ehem - hello, me. And i speculate that most still would have bought the game if it would have cost a dollar more)
If that's how you wish to argue, then i happily retire from this fruitless discussion.
I didn't say "nobody". I said "not nearly as many". People are only going to bother to spend $1 on a DLC if they're particularly interested in it. The people who already know they want multiplayer aren't the ones I'm worried about here. I'm thinking of the players who didn't care whether or not the game had multiplayer when they bought it, but tried it on a lark since they already had it. These people are much less likely to try multiplayer if they have to pay a dollar to get it.
I make completely reasonable points. You wanted to know how adding multiplayer could impact the single-player experience, and I told you. You didn't like it, so you're basically going "la la la I'm not listening". Well, I'm sorry, but that doesn't change the facts.
I'm not sure where you are from but if you are from the US then i've payed 1$ more than you anyways, because most games cost more in Europe. Most AAA titles cost 50Eur here while costing 50$ in the US (that's usually 10 to 15$ more) or in this case about 1$ more, but by your logic that would mean that it keeps people from buying games. While money doesn't grow on trees, having actually worked in retail i can tell you that many people don't give a damn about small amounts like that, that's why you find so much neat but useless and cheap garbage at the counter - that's what keeps stores going. Back to games: People spend used to spend more on less, like Oblivion's legendary horse armor DLC for example, which was a bestseller, and basically gave us the modern DLCs, it cost something like 3$ or so, and did nothing but add horse armor. No, money doesn't grow on trees, but if people can buy something for small amounts then they tread it like it would, and that's why it would work.
A waste of resources and forgetting what makes the game great. Besides, if you want a multiplayer game, you can go find a multiplayer poker game on the web. What's your point.
Someone wake me up, this must be a nightmare.
Remember that strategy of going all-in every hand just to make everyone else fold in Poker Night 1? Imagine someone doing that to you. Every hand. Every game. Sure, they probably don't have anything, but you can't just ignore that kind of insane betting. Wouldn't that be fun, having to call $15,000 every hand?
If you want to play poker with strangers who hate you, go to a casino. If you want to play poker with fake money and strangers who hate you, go play one of the millions of free online poker games out there. If you want to play poker with your friends, buy a pack of cards and some chips--they're not expensive--and play poker with your friends. It would probably be a lot more fun than any video game could provide you.
I'm going to sit here and enjoy the fact that my single-player comedic poker experience is devoid of scoundrels and morons (excepting Claptrap), and I'm going to appreciate that Telltale did not waste their budget on adding a crap multiplayer mode to the game and instead spent it on everything else that makes the game as good as it is now.
You can keep trying to fit the square peg in the round hole if you like. It's not really going to change anything.
Like for example? I keep talking but people don't seem to read my post before replying to me. Makes me feel like a babysitter. And why is it so obvious? Do you have any official statements?