They should make telltale texas hold em 2
I love the concept.. and well I love texas hold em.. The key to there being a next game is.. the ability to save your highest score..or highest stack..that would add to the replayability(is that a word?) anyway if you had about 10 characters in the second game.. the ability to play tournaments.. ability to play limit and no limit.. this would turn a really fun game into something you'd play quite often..hey better than solitaire.. If you mix the characters great voice acting and great writing with a game that has a lot of replay value..then you got a winning formuka for the "casual gamer" that telltale seems interested in.. What do you think?
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It may be a while before you see Telltale Texas Hold Em 2 but we are brainstorming similar concepts
Dudebrough, Shakey, Krinkle and Weinhead shall return
Did not find any game where you can invite your friends to play some poker without having to pay some extra fee.
This would not replace a face to face poker once a month - but it would be nice training...
Or how about a Telltale Monopoly game? I still have my old Westwood Studios Monopoly game. It was fun, back in the day, to log into their server using the WCHAT program, and play with people online. I think online games like this, would build a great community for Telltale.
I would much rather have Telltale focus on adventure games and games with great stories (and not make them really easy to please very casual gamers like they sort of seem to be doing at the moment).
I chose this game over others because in the demo i liked the dialog and the jokes, i want to write em down and remember when i play real cards.
A upgrade or a new sequel? What would a sequel have to offer, that a upgrade wouldn't have?
Second, there should be a character list you could choose from (personally, I don't care at all for Harry Weinhead).
Incorporating both ideas, why not a menu with a small selection of games, say three or four different card games? Add to that a host of TTG's characters (perhaps, excluding the CSI squad) that you may choose to play against. There is a large primary and supporting cast to choose from and only so many seats to fill around the table. You could get some interesting card game banter by mixing and matching characters.
I especially like an idea of a Bridge tournament with the option to choose a partner from the cast of TTG characters. I envision each character having his own way of hinting at the cards he's holding.
P.S. It just occurred to me that such a game could be used in marketing/advertising. You must realize that someone might be purchasing only one game or series from TT. Sure, they see the other games being offered, yet aren't sold on the game's promotion page alone.
This game would allow the player to sample all of TT's characters for one low price. I can see a Nick Park fan only here to purchase W&G games, see a card game, which includes the characters of Wallace and Gromit as players and purchase it too. Then, he gets introduced to the other TT worlds by selecting their characters to challenge in a card game. He might then be compelled to try a different game, like Bone or Sam and Max based on his introduction.
It would be really awesome if they could incorporate connections over WiFi so that you could play with other players from across the globe.
One thing I noticed in the original that I'd like to see in a new one is more interaction between the characters. They didn't really talk to each other much. More talking would be nice.
Customizable computer AI would be nice, as well as multiplayer support (offline, and maybe online too).
What would be really awesome is if you had a commentator like the televised poker games. That would be epic!!!!
I've been playing awhile so it's mostly re-runs for me now - although there's still a new one popping out every once in a while!
I believe all the voice actors were the programmers themselves. The game was supposed to be an internal tech demo, but it was so awesome they released it as a game to the public.
Sam: I think you're bluffing.
Superball: Negative sir. I never bluff.
If this is correct I hope it includes great facial animations and original voice overs. You wouldn't want a heavy character that doesn't use the voice actor from TF2.
That is, of course, assuming that that's what the crossover game turns out to be.
Why do we need the exact same game with new character models?
It's not like Texas Hold-em has changed.
But then that wouldnt be that "these guys would get together" as the trailer says.
If this was a Super Smash Bros game with Telltale characters though, it'd be epic!
Hah. I said that on my Twitter the other day. Though games by Telltale have usually not been violent and have been heavy on comedy and storytelling (and puzzles) so a SSB game would be out of character for them...
And yet, they're making 2 full episodic series based on Jurassic Park AND Back to the Future, so I doubt they would have the time or resources to throw a THIRD episodic series in development.