Lead Designers Sean Vanaman and Jake Rodkin sit down with AJ LoCascio in the first episode of Playing Dead – the topic of conversation is what exactly Telltale’s upcoming game based on the Robert Kirkman comic ‘Walking Dead‘ is.
The game is based on the comic rather than the AMC TV show. Taking place in the greater Atlanta area, the game focuses on a group new to the ‘Walking Dead’ universe. Episode One (yes, it would appear we’re going to see another episodic game from Telltale) is set at the start of the zombie outbreak, a point on the comic’s timeline that sees main character Rick comatose after having been shot. Expect to see some familiar faces in the game, serving as sort of a reverse character builder Telltale’s Walking Dead will explore what some of the folks from the comic books were doing in the early days of Armageddon.
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The Walking Dead video game revealed at Comic-Con 2011
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Mass Effect 3 Teaser airing during The Walking Dead premiere
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cXjxMbF14Q
[..YouTube..] @Skinner0816 You go and make it then, obviously they are busy making this masterpiece
[..YouTube..] @Skinner0816 Homestar Runner hasn’t updated in over a year, and it hasn’t updated regularly in over two years, so at this point it’s safe to say it’s dead. If the Chaps don’t have time for a five-minute cartoon, they sure as hell don’t have time for a full-length video game.
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[..YouTube..] @SiinkOrSwiim NUMEROUS companies put out developer videos for their in-production titles. Hell, Bethesda and THQ doing this all the time.
[..YouTube..] Can’t wait, love the show, hopefully this game can amount to expectations.
[..YouTube..] I liked Super Mario Sunshine 🙁
[..YouTube..] I don’t give a shit about 15 minutes interviews.
How about some gameplay demonstrations instead of talking about it?
[..YouTube..] @Username4453 Don’t count on that. It’s TTG, they don’t do that stuff. They used to do point-and-click adventure games. Now they do cheapass QT rip-offs of Heavy Rain and uninteresting TV adaptations with Phoenix Wright mechanics.
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[..YouTube..] I’m all for a story heavy zombie game, but in all honesty I wish it was Bioware handling it. Not because I dont like tt just because bioware kicks ass with story/character driven plotlines. Like kotor, but the walking dead
[..YouTube..] too bad the show is butchering the comic
[..YouTube..] @MrVogelpommes Exactly my perspective!
[..YouTube..] This game will be something like dead island?
pretty good game by the way, but this will be like it?
[..YouTube..] SPOILERSS!!!!! FUCK MY LIFE. I should not have seen this
[..YouTube..] @MrVogelpommes well id say that undead nightmare’s pretty damn good?
[..YouTube..] @Stuckomatic You say this because two of their most notable games were the worse they’ve ever produced since they’ve first started in 2004. (3 if you’re counting Law and Order.) Not every game has to be some RPG/Open-World masterpiece or FPS Blood fest. I’m giving this a chance because not only is it my favorite comic/zombie-themed franchise; though it’s looking waaaay better than how JP or BTTF were hyped, combined, you must admit.
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[..YouTube..] I was looking forward to this untill they said it was going to be episode based at 2 hours a episode. I will probably wait till they all release then play them all…
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[..YouTube..] is based on the comic? I’ll pass call me when is about the show
[..YouTube..] Sounds really cool. I’m definitely going to check it out.
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[..YouTube..] This is fucking brilliant, great idea Telltale. I feel bad for not knowing who the host of the show is ’cause he’s really good! I’m not sure what the game is going to be like but The Walking Dead story has everything you need to make a good game of it, good luck and I can’t wait to see more!
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[..YouTube..] I just hope they do the comics justice and blow that piece of shit show out of the water.
[..YouTube..] @yoran35 kirkman wrote the show himself and he said in the walking dead chronicles book that its the story he wanted to tell but couldnt
[..YouTube..] @Cede181 NO, telltale did not put out ONE single hit – it was all mediocre stuff – sam&max, back to the future, jurassic park? just no…
[..YouTube..] fucking right!!
[..YouTube..] @darkinertia2 I’m aware of that, but the problem with the show is the production. Can it get anymore Hollywood cliché than that? The acting is horrendous, the dialogue is pathetic, the grittiness is absent. Even Darabont, the director fired the entire staff and stepped down. If Kirkman is happy with the finished result, he is an idiot. And, if that’s the story he wanted to tell originally, I’m glad he wasn’t able to do so in the comics.
[..YouTube..] Best show on TV! Never read the comics though.
[..YouTube..] @Cede181 That’s totally true. Do you know if the new game will be a point&click too? Or I probably won’t buy it :p
[..YouTube..] @lilrocker1391 I agree with you on the 2 hour thing, that’s a little too short for my taste. Though you have to remember that each episode you will have to make choices that will effect the overall ending of the game. So the episode are probably going to be shorter because more choices in the game mean more writing for the writers. If there were no choices than each episode would probably be about 4-6 hours long, an average Telltale game.
[..YouTube..] Thank you very much for the spoiler warning and the time to jump to.
[..YouTube..] @eigenlaut Telltale’s Sam and Max games were great. Sure, they were no Hit the Road, but they made me laugh, and they were proper adventure games in a time when the genre is all but dead. I liked their Monkey Island revival and SBCG4AP too. BttF and JP were shit, though.
[..YouTube..] I was thinking the show should have a videogame since it sticks to the simple mechanics of a zombie show, which is surviving a zombie apocalypse, unlike what the movies did to Resident Evil which really doesn’t look like a zombie movie anymore. Looking forward to this game. 🙂
[..YouTube..] @arnudo Well, if you watched the video, it isn’t really sure how it will be, but there will be an emphasis on story rather than gameplay, it’s not really clear yet.
[..YouTube..] @yoran35 i guess haters gonna hate then cuz i thought the show was the best adaptation of the comics that they could do…obviously he couldnt just tell word for word the comic story or else millions of people would already know what happened, the actors are great representations of their characters besides dale, and its not some high action nazi zombie left 4 dead game. its walking dead. like kirkman said, “its a soap opera, but with zombies” and thats what he pulled off
[..YouTube..] what to we do to buy this game do we buy each episode with ms points or credit card ?
[..YouTube..] It´s comming for pc ? It would be cool to see it on steam.
[..YouTube..] Game looks like it sucks dick
[..YouTube..] Just take one look at the list of games Telltale Games has developed and there’s a more than a telltale sign that this is going to suck
[..YouTube..] @eigenlaut BTTF and JP I can agree on, but Sam & Max mediocre? Are you some sortive COD fag or are you just out of your fucking mind? Sam and Max has more charming and witty characters in one episode than most “whole” $60.00 games put out on the market today.Tales of Monkey Island had one of the most gradually building an enriching stories of any form of episodic gaming.It made me actually care about Morgan and Guybrush. Go back to COD if you don’t have any real criticism, let alone played them.
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[..YouTube..] am i the only one who thinks graphics makes this game look like an iphone game?
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