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Telltale Games Should be Embarrassed...
- Thread starter Miles Quaritch
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The Walking Dead had save corruption/vanishing saves on PC. Didn't effect everyone but some. I never encountered any issues on the consoles with it, so neither platform is perfect in regards to being error free.
I felt the same way when I redeemed my code they gave me to play. My gut feeling is that TWAU is at the bottom of their list of priorities with what we know they have in production. So perhaps they have the third or fourth team on it and so the result is long delays and bad performance.
But I agree it is far worse than episode 1 as far as production on the 360... very much a letdown.
But I agree it is far worse than episode 1 as far as production on the 360... very much a letdown.
Crab Milk Mickey
Member
Or sounds like a studio that's been technically incompetent (and shady) from the very beginning. I don't recall any of their games not having rampant issues regardless of platform.
Terra_Ex
Member
They need to spend some time working on their engine, TWD was a stuttery mess at regular intervals on console when I played and to my surprise, the PC version also suffered similar woes to a lesser degree. If there was actually something of note going on in the game in terms of processing I'd understand, but even switching camera positions seems to cause the thing to keel over at times, which is pretty sad when all that's going on is a few models are playing animations while talking.
semiconscious
Member
yep. spread way too thin, &, knowing this, i see no good reason to buy into any of their serialized games until they're completed. too much room for disappointment/frustration otherwise...
interactivemonodrama
Banned
This is true for the first season as well.
When EA releases a broken mess they get shit on. When. Telltale releases a mess they get game of the year awards.
QuickSilverD
Member
Do we know how well Telltale games sell on consoles? maybe they don't find it justifiable to spend too much time working on those ports?
immortal-joe
Member
Have not played the game yet, but with TWD, I waited until the last episode came out before playing it. I imagine plenty of patches came out by that time since the game ran perfectly fine on my PS3.
I'll do the same with TWAU. Having said that, Telltale SHOULD have been called out on what was clearly a problematic release on their part.
I'll do the same with TWAU. Having said that, Telltale SHOULD have been called out on what was clearly a problematic release on their part.
meltingparappa
Member
They should be embarrassed because their Walking Dead season two promo image (world's gentlest spoilers) is unbelievably cheesy and is missing a buttrock riff to go with it.
Completely encapsulates why the tone of that first episode felt so off.
Completely encapsulates why the tone of that first episode felt so off.
Haunted
Member
Since you mention MS I assume this was on 360 or something?
Wolf Among Us has performed flawlessly for me on PC so far. Might simply be a case of development platform priorities.
It's not like they're flexing much technical prowess either, so hearing that is a real shame.
Seems like Telltale needs to be added to the list of devs you play on PC or not at all (hello Bethesda).
Laieon
Member
I thought the first episode was great.
Well, you haven't played much, then.
Still haven't learned (or don't give a shit) since the walking dead days.
Technical issues and save problems plague their otherwise great games.
Technical issues and save problems plague their otherwise great games.
Only played season 1 but that image is making me cringe so hard, puts me off playing season 2 now.
Neuromancer
Member
I'm quite irritated with them as well. Not only did episode 2 take a staggering four months, but in the mean time the first episode was given away for free and the season pass got a massive sale. I feel like a chump for supporting them. And yes, the performance of the game, like TWD, is shockingly bad which I don't understand given the style of the graphics and the kind of game it is. You expect frame rate issues for huge open world games, so how can their games run so poorly?
As a personal aside, it's really lame they took away the option to hide their hints (I.e. "Little Bo Peep will remember that you hit her on the head with a truncheon") for TWAU. I'm not an idiot, I understand the basic principle of cause and effect and don't need it spelled out for me every time.
This game is the last Telltale game I'm going to buy in the foreseeable future. Things will only get worse now that they have 10 different projects underway. Shame since I really liked TWD despite its technical issues.
As a personal aside, it's really lame they took away the option to hide their hints (I.e. "Little Bo Peep will remember that you hit her on the head with a truncheon") for TWAU. I'm not an idiot, I understand the basic principle of cause and effect and don't need it spelled out for me every time.
This game is the last Telltale game I'm going to buy in the foreseeable future. Things will only get worse now that they have 10 different projects underway. Shame since I really liked TWD despite its technical issues.
ThatStupidLion
Member
can we just state the obvious and note that Telltale was never a good studio to begin with.
this. Poker night 2 runs really bad on ps3.
Haunted
Member
enanogrande
Member
I've yet to play Episode 2, but I did have Episode 1 hang for a split second before it prompted me for every decision in my play-through (PS3). It was extremely annoying and pulled me out of the game every minute or so, but I went through it in the hopes it would be fixed in an update. Hopefully OP's case isn't the norm, though other comments in the thread seem to indicate otherwise... :/
RPGCrazied
Member
Any PS3 users try this?
http://community.us.playstation.com...-amp-Database-Helps-to-Maintain/td-p/37322987
My PS3 is about 3 years old, and I have never done this.
http://community.us.playstation.com...-amp-Database-Helps-to-Maintain/td-p/37322987
My PS3 is about 3 years old, and I have never done this.
Neuromancer
Member
The option was definitely missing when I played episode 1. I haven't played episode 2 yet but I asked in the OT and never got a response, so my guess is they didn't bother.
phosphor112
Banned
It really isn't.
crazy monkey
Banned
probably this.
family_guy
Member
It's got nothing to do with specs. Look at similar games like Beyond or Heavy Rain. They don't really have these problems and are even more interactive.
down 2 orth
Member
Poker Night 2 on the PS3 will crash or freeze every now and then when it autosaves, and TWD S1 on the vita has that weird stalling moment every time it switches scenes. I really hope they get better at fixing this kind of stuff in the future, but with that said i would easily purchase more of their games just because they are so entertaining.
Eh, before TWD their games weren't really technical messes. Never had issues with Sam & Max, Wallace and Gromit nor Tales of Monkey Island.
I was also lucky enough to not run into the save issues in TWD
jacob armitage
Banned
Well, they certainly don't reach EA's incompetence, but i understand your frustrations. I don't mind them taking longer between episodes (within reason of course) if they are holding up a high quality, but that is obviously not the case here. Very upsetting to hear.
I'd say just wait for the full season/retail, but that caused new problems with the Walking Dead, just no winning!
Shame, i really want to love their titles but i'm always nervous to jump in.
Also PS4 version of Walking Dead & Fables would be great.
I'd say just wait for the full season/retail, but that caused new problems with the Walking Dead, just no winning!
Shame, i really want to love their titles but i'm always nervous to jump in.
Also PS4 version of Walking Dead & Fables would be great.
NinjaBoiX
Member
The Walking Dead is a technical embarrassment on 360. For what is essentially a sequence of cutscenes, it runs like an absolute dog.
It feels like it barely left beta before they shipped it, it's a horribly shoddy game. I didn't even think it was very good either! I was bored and stopped playing by chapter 4.
Most overhyped game of 2013 for me.
It feels like it barely left beta before they shipped it, it's a horribly shoddy game. I didn't even think it was very good either! I was bored and stopped playing by chapter 4.
Most overhyped game of 2013 for me.
Impeccable
Member
I completely agree and made a post with a similar tone awhile back. Frankly, they have the money to get these amazing licenses but yet all their games are shattered messes.
It's time to upgrade the engine and focus on a cohesive game as well as a cohesive story. I don't even want to touch TWD:S2 SOLELY due to the bugs I had during S1.
It's time to upgrade the engine and focus on a cohesive game as well as a cohesive story. I don't even want to touch TWD:S2 SOLELY due to the bugs I had during S1.
Ah, that clarifies things. Probably should have mentioned that in your first post. Thought you were crazy or had significantly underpowered hardware at first.
OP is not wrong.
All I'm asking is that they take their time, five months if necessary. They have a limited number of episodes to work on and, with the first one being so promising, they should make every single one count. Use the extra time to get your season pass sorted out because that part was an utter mess.
All I'm asking is that they take their time, five months if necessary. They have a limited number of episodes to work on and, with the first one being so promising, they should make every single one count. Use the extra time to get your season pass sorted out because that part was an utter mess.
Here and there I've noticed that some people seem to be under the impression that Telltale is a small studio, but in fact it has close to 200 employees.
Barry Burton
Member
I'm playing TWD on 360 and TWAU on PS3, and both perform really poorly. I'm able to tolerate it, but it's really unfortunate that it's like that.
That's what I said to myself with TWD. Didn't happen.
By the way, have there been any news about whether or not it will be possible to migrate save states between platforms? It would suck to have better performing seasons of these stories on other platforms without being able to take your save states with you.
EmptySpace
Banned
and they're working on 4 games right now?