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Post by 2coldMack is even more baffled on Nov 18, 2018 5:57:32 GMT -5
yeah the first ones under different management. At some point Telltale became a "let's ruin the memory of another franchise movie as a tie-in game!" like LJN started doing on the NES decades before, and it's always a recipe for disaster in terms of long term brand appeal Yeah, again.....no. I'm looking through all the games, and at worst, I'm seeing "Mixed reviews" for like...two of them. At no point did their rep become "Ruins properties". Like.....you're just not stating facts.
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Post by The Dark Order Inferno on Nov 18, 2018 11:40:22 GMT -5
Telltale were the Funko of games, licensing popular/cult properties and producing a niche product based on them. The difference is Telltale's niche product ua a lot more expensive to produce than squarehead statues and the hardcore fans of their genre didn't exist in large enough numbers to sustain the licensapalooza.
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Post by The Ichi on Nov 18, 2018 12:18:06 GMT -5
yeah the first ones under different management. At some point Telltale became a "let's ruin the memory of another franchise movie as a tie-in game!" like LJN started doing on the NES decades before, and it's always a recipe for disaster in terms of long term brand appeal Yeah, again.....no. I'm looking through all the games, and at worst, I'm seeing "Mixed reviews" for like...two of them. At no point did their rep become "Ruins properties". Like.....you're just not stating facts. If anything they were praised for putting a fresh spin on some franchises, like their Batman.
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Post by Cyno on Nov 18, 2018 12:31:11 GMT -5
Telltale were the Funko of games, licensing popular/cult properties and producing a niche product based on them. The difference is Telltale's niche product ua a lot more expensive to produce than squarehead statues and the hardcore fans of their genre didn't exist in large enough numbers to sustain the licensapalooza. They also never really evolved their gameplay past what they did with The Walking Dead. The writing quality also took a nosedive after awhile (further exposing the warts with their gameplay never really changing from TWD), which made their later games and reputation suffer. The dropoff from the Walking Dead games to their later games is staggering, both in terms of quality and in sales numbers.
Calling them a modern day LJN is harsh because they weren't just phoned-in, barely functional schlock trying to make a quick buck off of a licensed property. But they got too ahead of themselves with TWD's runaway success and their games and staff suffered from horrible mismanagement because of it.
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Post by Hot Noodle Truck on Nov 18, 2018 20:26:52 GMT -5
They might have another lawsuit on their hands soon with The Fun Pimps (terrible name for a company) over the console rights for 7 Days to Die. So if anyone is unlucky enough to own the console version (like me) it's going to be a long time before it gets updated.
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Post by Starshine on Nov 18, 2018 22:00:03 GMT -5
yeah the first ones under different management. At some point Telltale became a "let's ruin the memory of another franchise movie as a tie-in game!" like LJN started doing on the NES decades before, and it's always a recipe for disaster in terms of long term brand appeal How did any of these games "ruin the memory" of anything? They're largely meangingless side stories for well established franchises. They've changed roughly diddily-squat about anything.
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