Good Idea? (Let me hear your opinions)
I don't think so but I've already got a thread with my opinions so I want to hear yours.
Here's a strawpoll: http://strawpoll.me/3216832
Well, I'm going to go, I want to forget this exists.
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I'm optimistic, there's not even a trailer or pics out so it can judge the game yet.
I have no right to say anything bad or good about it yet as there is little to go off by, but for the record, when I saw this I thought I was hallucinating xd
I honestly think this is dumb as hell, Minecraft isn't a story property and it's extremely odd as to why they would pick this, it's like they were thinking, "Oh, we made everyone give a shit about an FPS, we're so awesome that we can can make an online building game worth a shit." i don't know how this is going to work, Telltale could potentially be shooting themselves in the foot, they're not the best writers, nor are they the most professional developers out there.
Can you stop comparing this to Tales?
This is nothing like Tales and it won't be the same in any way.
Minecraft has no story, no characters, no lore, nothing. It's a pointless game nobody wanted, I don't see the potential.
And then once episode 1 comes out there will be threads about how awesome it is, that's what happened with Tales from the Borderlands.
Can you stop comparing this to Tales?
This is nothing like Tales and it won't be the same in any way.
The options in the poll are kinda limited. You lack middle ground. The two most positive options are basically "I'm a Minecraft fanboy" and "optimism". Anyway, I would say that despite hating Minecraft myself, this is an extremely smart choice by Telltale.
There's I don't know, how much middle ground did you want? :P
I wanted "I'm a telltale fanboy, but not that much of a fanboy."
:P
Well I would change it for you but I can't, sorry. XD
My instinct is that this is not a good idea.
How is anyone to know that? We haven't seen any type of gameplay at all.
It's fine, I was just kidding. It's good that you're trying to get other peoples opinions out there, though.
I want to see where the Forums lie, I was one of the people rudely and harshly hating it yesterday. I still stand by my opinions right now but I apologized for being rude to everyone and i'm done fighting...I have zero hope for this but I won't be rude about that anymore.
so far every telltale game was a complete success but i'm Wondering what could go wrong with minecraft sort of game mixed with a story based game because minecraft does not have any story to tale, at the end of the day i'm optimistic about the game because i've never got any let downs with telltale games.
i hope for the best after all its minecraft
have a nice day !
I'm not arguing but you can't say it'll be like Tales until we get info, so you have no reason to comparee the two.
Well I welcome you to the Forums, have a nice day too.
It will probably be the same in the sense it'll be comedy based though. It's an assumption, but a logical one I think, as I don't see how they could make a serious game with the IP.
Maybe something akin to Strong Bad in terms of humor.
Edit: By the way, Golden, because you seem reasonable. I wouldn't necessarily look at Minecraft not having a story as being a weakness, especially if this is a comedy based game. It could be considered a positive, but it also has negative aspects too, just like working with a story rich IP does. (Said in general, I'm not defending Telltale. Just stating simple facts really. If I were to defend them, I'd say they have the right to make what they want and they've earned my trust when it comes narrative.)
the idea is dumb and the fact that people are comparing it to borderlands is a joke borderlands actually had lore and a good story hell there is enough lore in borderlands 2 alone to make it work the people who hated on borderlands were just people who had only played bits of the first game who were too worried that it would affect twd minecraft has zero lore or story and i don't see how it will work
Well i like minecraft i understand u do not its fine by me but im getting this game and i feel this will be good for telltale to make a story from scratch i would love to see how that turns out and such but the cons like i told u on the other thread is the fanbase majority is not the greatest fanbase
And you can't say that it is nothing like Tales or that it won't be the same in anyway either.
I can though, it's the fact that since we don't have any information, I can say that at the moment.
Eh, Comedy based.
Thanks for the compliment but I'll tell you I can be reasonable but I had an emotional breakdown on the Forums yesterday so I got a little harsh about it. I understand you think they will have great creative freedom but I don't understand why they chose Minecraft to make a story not in any way connected to Steve or to explain the world... It seems like a grab for their fans to be honest. They usually earn my trust and I usually defend all the games they make but this is disappointing in terms of trying to keep my trust.
From a creative standpoint, and not financial, probably because they think they can have a lot of fun with it.
I can't be bothered posting the links again, though maybe I should create a thread, but if you check my post history (about 2 - 3 posts back), I found a few videos which may give a hint towards the direction they'll head in, narrative wise. The videos/stories linked to obviously aren't the greatest, but with Telltale's writers behind it, I think they can create something fun for everyone, depending on the humor involved. And this is coming from someone who's never played Minecraft before and in case I need to state my age, I'm 29.
Yes, the creative part of this is cool but they could have created their own universe which would have gotten more support.
Well, it would be nice of you to make a new thread to show case this. I don't find a story in minecraft good at all...Minecraft on it's own...Is better. Minecraft is shown to be about making your own story and world and building it up...Establishing a story in it...Especially a 5 episode dialogue based game seems crazy to give to Minecraft.
Yeah, don't they actually have enough resources to do their own thing, now? The naysayers of Telltale kind of have a point in saying that all Telltale does is cash in on other franchises, rather than making their own. I guess they're testing the waters with Minecraft, but I don't know...
Eh, I still don't like it but after my breakdown yesterday i'm willing to see where it goes.
Last post, I promise, as there's not much point going back and forth over this, and I imagine you're quite tired of doing so like I am even if the discussion is civil.
But . . . why make their own universe if an existing one, Minecraft in this case, seems an ideal fit? Perhaps that's the wrong way to put it, but . . . what I'm getting at is I believe the IP itself has interested them creatively.
Anyhow, I'll quickly create that thread, I guess. It's only a simple copy + paste job anyway. Hopefully it won't do more harm than good.
It's okay, it's civil and I don't mind that. It's my last post for right now too as I have stuff to do.
I figure that making thier own universe gives them the chance to make new lore and story...Yes Minecraft does the same but it just seems better to make their own story than go and jump on an existing franchise which is hated by many. It would be generally accepted easier than the Minecraft one and it seems like it just would have been better to make their own IP.
It's a risk to take to be honest. (Your thread)
Eh... It was MAJORLY disappointing, I was expecting something else and it seems like a pretty bad idea, I don't like Minecraft, I'll probably play it anyway but I'm waiting until they announce something more interesting like, well pretty much anything else, that being said due to Minecraft's lack of story they might have a chance to get really creative but they might get dragged down by minecraft memes or something, to be honest I have no idea what to expect for this, but I'll keep Brian K. Vaughan's comments about wanting a Saga video game and liking Telltale games as consolation I mean there might not be such a thing but I'll have hope...
Well, I think this is a bad idea, especially when they have a franchise that fans are already clamouring for Season 2 (TWAU), and even if they didn't choose TWAU Season 2, they could have decided on one of soooooo many other franchises which have rich storylines, instead of Minecraft.
Well to update you all...
No it's stupid is in the lead with 25 votes...
Then we have optimistic but not sure in second with 17 votes....
And in third we have i'm not sure with 7 votes...
This is what I see with the lack of information available: