Run into someone you don’t like? Insult them! Does your character have to give an important speech? Crack some jokes instead! The options are pretty vast…but the characters and the world will ALWAYS remember what you’ve done. See, TellTale games pride themselves on offering choice and variability to the player. A certain level of reflexes is required to play these games, but otherwise, they can be easily enjoyed by just about anyone.Īnyone who isn’t overwhelmed by simulated social anxiety, that is. In the game, you walk around, pick up items/clues, spend a lot of time talking, and engage in QTE (Quick-Time-Event) sequences during fight scenes. They are all considered episodic adventures, and are about ten-hour-long stories broken up into five, two-hour chunks. The collection of Telltale Games’ worksįirst, though, let me explain how all TellTale Games work. As a player, though, you’d hardly notice this challenging production, because the end result is an unforgettable adventure with one of the greatest stories in gaming, a highly memorable cast, and consistently hilarious dialogue and set pieces. The game had an extremely troubled development cycle, to the point where (reportedly) only five staff members continued to work on the game and push it to the grand finale. Tales from the Borderlands released in 2014, and is set in the Borderlands universe created by Gearbox Studio. I’m also saddened that so few people remember it. I’m really happy that the developers have managed to bounce back financially and in the public eye…though I am saddened that their greatest masterpiece might never see a sequel of its own. They have two games on the horizon, one being a sequel to The Wolf Among Us, and another being set in the universe of Amazon’s The Expanse. Nowadays, TellTale Games has undergone renovations and a resurgence, and is doing much better for itself. However, after years of praise, the formula was beginning to get a little stale, and TellTale Games eventually collapsed under the pressure in an infamously disastrous bankruptcy. From there, the studio went on to produce one hit after another (alongside the occasionally lackluster adventure), such as Telltale’s Jurassic Park, TellTale’s The Wolf Among Us, and Telltale’s Batman. Ten or so years ago, the game developing company TellTale Games was practically a household name thanks to the runaway success of their breakout hit, TellTale’s The Walking Dead.