First, on a completely unrelated note: I love Terry Pratchett, so you have a special place in my heart already :)
And yeah: Telltale has lately gone in the direction of really shoveling the licensed adventures out and that is not a bad thing per se. But I really hope they don't think they can keep doing that forever without devoting some attention to other parts of a game. Like you said the graphics quality and animations have not improved noticeably over the years and while I am the last person that says that an Adventure needs AAA graphics the immersion is a bit broken if the characters all look shell shocked all the time.
And yeah, I am completely puzzled as to where the story takes us and why it would be worth partaking in it. Let's be honest: The trailer shows the nether portal as a big "Wow..." moment. But we all know what the nether is like, we went there ourself. We all have been scared by creepers, had our stuff destroyed... and we know that the main character does not die in Episode 1. Heck he probably does not die in the last Episode. I'm simply worried that the story can not live up to what we have already seen and can not really pull off suspense when you have played Minecraft. But I'd really like to be wrong on all counts!
And yes - lets hope that telltale will prove us wrong! But right now I'm not seeing this one grabbing my interest at all - although maybe I'm not the target audience. Maybe this is more geared towards then younger players (or at least constrained by them - I can't see them being allowed to do anything similar to the adult themed games they've been putting out recently)
First, on a completely unrelated note: I love Terry Pratchett, so you have a special place in my heart already :)
And yeah: Telltale has lately gone in the direction of really shoveling the licensed adventures out and that is not a bad thing per se. But I really hope they don't think they can keep doing that forever without devoting some attention to other parts of a game. Like you said the graphics quality and animations have not improved noticeably over the years and while I am the last person that says that an Adventure needs AAA graphics the immersion is a bit broken if the characters all look shell shocked all the time.
And yeah, I am completely puzzled as to where the story takes us and why it would be worth partaking in it. Let's be honest: The trailer shows the nether portal as a big "Wow..." moment. But we all know what the nether is like, we went there ourself. We all have been scared by creepers, had our stuff destroyed... and we know that the main character does not die in Episode 1. Heck he probably does not die in the last Episode. I'm simply worried that the story can not live up to what we have already seen and can not really pull off suspense when you have played Minecraft. But I'd really like to be wrong on all counts!
Hello fellow Pratchett fan!
And yes - lets hope that telltale will prove us wrong! But right now I'm not seeing this one grabbing my interest at all - although maybe I'm not the target audience. Maybe this is more geared towards then younger players (or at least constrained by them - I can't see them being allowed to do anything similar to the adult themed games they've been putting out recently)