See what I did there? It was a sex joke. I hope it wasn't too immature for you. For those of you able to stand my sophomoric humor I have good news. Telltale is working on putting out a new game based on a franchise "that'll blow everybody's mind." That's a direct quote from and interview Shacknews did with Telltale's Dan Connors.
When questioned about what was up next for Telltale after Wallace and Gromit and Monkey Island are done Connors responded that, "We've got product in production right now that we've been talking about but we haven't really set a release date to. Everything else, we're just ....we're out in the streets, sort of talking around to different folks to figure our franchises that make real good sense for a May-June timeframe. Hopefully we'll pull something in that'll blow everybody's mind. We're pretty excited about the people we're talking to, so hopefully we'll have a pretty huge announcement here soon."
See, mind blowing. Right there in the third sentence. What could it be? They've already brought back two cherished point-and-click adventures from LucasArts. Could we be seeing another (Full Throttle, please!)? But he says that they're out there talking with people, I don't think they'd have to do too much talking with LucasArts after the popularity of their last two LucasArts based games. Maybe they're bringing some other storied franchise back or possibly other popular animated characters. Quick, to the speculation-mobile, Robin!
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12:00 AM on 10.25.2009
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Still, though, Full Throttle would be sweet!
wait...
Like.. "You know what would look better with your nose??? The BAR!"
Though, I'd rather prefer LucasArts work with DoubleFine if they are going to take back an old franchise back.
Maybe they've finally caved!
or maybe x-wing/tie fighter hd?
or if they are only doing adventure type games what about original maniac mansion?
or indiana jones and fate of Atlantis?
or it very well could be the cancled game Full Throttle: Hell on Wheels?
Unless, you're working on an episodic Doctor Who adventure games. Which is totally on par with Sam and Max for me.
Or Sam and Max season 3. Or some more episodes of Bone.
Or an expanded telltale.
What ever they do it will be great!
This.
I'm beginning to get tired of that Telltale engine. All their games have the same, bland look and it's getting tiring. Playing the most recent Monkey Island episode, I kept on thinking "this could look so much better". That's not to say I didn't love it (and Telltale) -- I think they've done an awesome thing in bringing adventure games back to the fore. At the end of the day, I'm still gonna buy all of their games, yet I know I will keep on wanting more from them.
This post was brought to you by http://www.destructoid.com/dear-telltale-i-love-you-but--140831.phtml and the number 21.
I'll help you out.
@suit: This is what I'm thinking as well.
Grim Fandango and Full Throttle are Tim Schafer conceived games and although I'm confident Telltale could, theoretically, do something with them, without Schafer there'd still be something wrong with it. Also, as above post pointed out, those stories are done, and sometimes it's best just to leave it be.