Should Nick Breckon return as head writer?
I ask because I know that a lot of people have complained about the writing of Season 2 and have criticized it extensively (not enough hubs, development, etc.) So I ask, should Nick Breckon return as Season 3's head writer, or should they get someone else and who (and don't say Vanaman, he's not coming back)?
In my opinion, yes, he should return, I loved the episodes he wrote (All That Remains, A House Divided, No Going Back) and I think he is a great writer. But if they were to go with someone else, either Mark Darin or Pierre Shorette I feel would be great head writers.
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I don't really care who heads Season 3, as long as its kept consistent from episode to episode. Continuity is important.
Yes, he should. He wasn't on par with Season 1 writers, not always, at least, but he was and still is a very decent writer, IMO. Episode 5 of Season 2 is one of my favourites, it even had me tearing up a little at the end, which even S1E5 haven't accomplished... which may have been due to me holding back, but, either way, I thought I was holding back in S2E5, too. Didn't work.
No Going Back is also one of my favorites, if I had to say, probably 2nd behind No Time Left, but both episodes had me tearing up as well, and I am not an emotional guy at all.
In my opinion, no. Not because he's a bad writer (I actually think the opposite) but I think we should get a new writer for a newer take on season 3.
He should just write the entire season, switching writers was a bad move. Episode's 3 and 4 are proof of that.
Do you have anyone in mind who you think should do this. And maybe not as head writer, but would you like it if Breckon were to write an episode for Season 3?
Nick Breckon should return as the only writer, even if Season 3 is delayed because of it. In Harm's Way, and Amid The Ruins in particular, were fucking abysmal.
Season 1 did the same thing with alternating writers, though.
Well remember, Sean Vanaman didn't write every episode in Season 1. He wrote 1, 3, and 5; Darin and Whitta wrote 2 and 4. I'm just worried that having one single guy write an entire season would be too much work for him, maybe I'm wrong, but it would be nice if he wrote every episode.
Season 1 at least felt like it was the same people writing it. In my opinion, Season 2's Ep. 3 and 4 were pretty bad, at least in comparison to the Ep. 3 and 4 of Season 1.
Well I like In Harms Way, written by Pierre Shorette, that's why I put him as a possible candidate if Breckon wasn't head writer. Amid the Ruins wasn't that good, I will admit, but having someone who doesn't write for Telltale doesn't help in my opinion.
I don't know who would :P and I wouldn't mind Breckon writing an episode.
It would be great if Nick returned. But I would like to see new writers too.
I liked In Harms Way though, but Amid the Ruins I agree felt completely different from the rest of the season.
I guess, yeah. But the writers of Season Two weren't very good.
I don't know anything about video game writers other than what people write on here so I guess I would be fine if he was the lead writer. I would say they could bring in an author to write the story Paul Kemp is someone I like who writes dark themed stories and a good character writer.
Then you may not be happy to hear that Eric Stirpe (co-writer of Amid the Ruins) is going to be a writer for Tales from the Borderlands.
I want a writer/group of writers who can be consistent with their characters and with the different choices they allow you to make.
I remember that they brought in Gary Whitta in season 1 to be a story consultant, so maybe it could work.
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I feel Breckon did that quite well in his episodes, that's why I want him to return in Season 3.
I want Nick Breckon to lead, but there also needs to be a consistent group of writers and not switching off. I know Season One did this but they all planned the season together, and I'm pretty sure this season didn't do that.
They really need to stick with one writer. If not Nick at the start of season three, they better damn hope it's a good writer. I don't want another dysfunctional season after such a long wait.
Even Sean Vanaman didn't write the entire first season, Mark Darin wrote Starved for Help and Gary Whitta wrote Around Every Corner. While you can't expect someone to write an entire season, there should be more consistency with how the episodes are written, and there wasn't as much of that in Season 2.
He may have. I would need to replay the series and know which ones he did. All I know is it didn't persist the entire season...
Season 2, Episode 1: All That Remains (Nick Breckon, Andrew Grant)
Season 2, Episode 2: A House Divided (Nick Breckon)
Season 2, Episode 3: In Harms Way (Pierre Shorette)
Season 2, Episode 4: Amid the Ruins (Eric Stirpe, J.T. Petty)
Season 2, Episode 5: No Going Back (Nick Breckon, Pierre Shorette)
You're welcome.
Now I just have to go play S2...
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Maybe I'll just take your word for it....
If it's the story of the episodes you folks disliked, I don't think much would change whether Nick wrote them or not. He was, afterall, the lead writer. So I imagine everything was given the all clear by him and the stories would have been the same. Besides, I distinctly remember episode 1 being complained about.
Also, didn't Pierre write a Wolf Among Us episode? I could be wrong, but I don't think that was badly received? Anyhow, shouldn't really judge writers based on one episode. Especially as it's a team effort.
I doubt they'll stick with one writer for a season either. It seems like the Telltale way to have multiple writers. TV shows, which they want to emulate, do the same, do they not?
He co-wrote the first episode of The Wolf Among Us, "Faith," with Ryan Kaufman.
Explain. And who do you think should be head writer instead?
I think they should hire someone new. Only Let one person be in charge of the main story. This shared writer bullshit is what ruined S2.
People need to remember that they shared writing responsibility in Season 1 as well, Sean Vanaman didn't write every single episode and you can't expect Breckon or whoever writes Season 3 to write the whole season. There just needs to be better consistency.
Well, it could be that Eric Stripe just wasn't a good fit for TWD, or he's just a horrible writer.
I guess we'll find out soon enough won't we.
Yes, please. I´d love for him to write the whole season.
I would like that to, but it's not going to happen, you can't expect one guy to write an entire season, it would make the gaps in between episodes longer and Telltale seems to like having them released every two months.
I realise it won´t happen but hey, wishful thinking makes me happier.
This guy's talent is really overstated, to be frank. The episode I liked the most in Season 2 was the first one, and I guess that's due to characters not appearing to act inconsistent because of them still being new.
I really wish the Season followed up on the premise of Clementine being all alone with a group of idiots she couldn't trust. Instead, Episode 2 suddenly turned Carlos and Rebecca into Clem's BFFs and made Clem into a jerk who hated Ben and is fine with Kenny being a belligerent jackass, and Episode 5 is full of moronic bullshit like:
-Totally deflating the stakes of the Russian standoff by having nobody on Clem's side get hurt.
-Clementine being forgiven for causing the gunfight.
-Everybody suddenly forgiving Luke for fucking Jane when earlier Kenny was eager to lynch him.
-The game not allowing us to have a proper conversation with Arvo, leading to the unpleasant situation where a bigoted jackass' torture of a foreign prisoner is "justified" by him suddenly doing something as extreme as shooting a child. This is what hacks like Ken Levine do.
The final confrontation being between two unlikable jackasses, with Jane suddenly doing something idiotic for the sake of CONFLICT!
The writing working overtime to squeeze "feels" out of Kenny's endings, no matter how inconsistent his contrition and regret is with his violent rage.
No, Season 2 sucked as bad as Resident evil 5 and Silent hill 4 mixed together, and that is bad.