If you thought that Tales from the Borderlands was a strange fit for Telltale Games, then nothing will prepare you for this. As part of a bizarre collaboration with Mojang, the Californian company has announced its latest episodic project: Minecraft: Story Mode. The title will presumably deal with all of that deep subject matter in Markus ‘Notch’ Persson’s indie smash hit. Ahem.
The first episode’s due out in early 2015, and despite Microsoft’s ownership of the brand, will release on PlayStation platforms. If it’s anything like Game of Thrones, then we’re assuming that that means the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 3 for now. According to the press release, it will be an “all-new narrative-driven game series” and “will mix new characters with familiar themes”.
Those of you that are captivated by the property’s protagonist Steve may be sad to learn that he’ll be sitting on the sidelines here, though. “We’re not intending on creating an ‘official’ story for Steve, or explaining the world of Minecraft in detail,” a Mojang spokesperson said. “It will be a cool game.” Will it really, though? Will it really? At least this announcement minigame is neat.
[source mojang.com, via eurogamer.net]
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This is the dumbest thing I've read all year.
@get2sammyb why?
I'm sorry, did I just fall asleep for a couple of months there? It must be April 1st right? Seriously though, this is ridiculous...
@ferrers405 I'm already getting increasingly tired of the Telltale Games formula, so instead of disappearing for a little while and coming back with something mind blowing, they announce yet another series based on a property that has zero lore or characters to draw from, and promise a "narrative-driven" adventure that will "not explain the world of Minecraft in detail".
I suppose there could be a fun children's story hidden in here, but this is not what I want from Telltale... I wish they'd just stop and think about what they're doing for five minutes.
@ferrers405 the whole focus of a Telltale game is telling an engaging story (heck the clue is even in the name of the company). I just don't see how basing it on a franchise which doesn't have any plot focus in it's games at all is going to work out for the best. Also one of the hallmarks of Telltales formula, and what makes them so great, is the tough player choices. How will that be represented here - "which brick shall I lay first"?
Nope. I'm with Sammy here, it's daft as anything. Seems to me to be a very financially driven concept too (as they know anything with "Minecraft" in it will sell millions regardless). Maybe it's just my complete disinterest in Minecraft influencing me here, but I just don't see how anybody in their right minds thought these two things put together would actually be a good idea for a decent game.
Wait, What?
To play devil's advocate, I suppose the lack of existing narrative could help this, as the writers are essentially working from a clean slate. But, yeah... We'll see.
Must be a slow news day!
Calling this right now, next big collaboration - "Telltale Games and Giants Software come together to bring you 'Farming Simulator: Tales from the Barnyard'"..........
@get2sammyb Could not agree with you more, this just seems dumb but hey I wouldn't mind being proven wrong.
Yeah. I grew tired of telltale games as of late, this is no exception
So this, Borderlands, Game Of Thrones, Walking Dead 3 and Wolf Among Us 2? They're becoming as bad as Lego games (he says while buying every sodding Lego and Telltale game). I suppose if they build the story around Minecraft, as in a group of people in the 'real' world who play Minecraft it could open up story possibilities and be quite neat. As of now I can't understand why, bar money, they'd do it but until we see it we can't judge.
Alternatively, my six year old nephew who's read the article while with me on the bus is now so excited he looks like if we got off the bus he could backflip all the ten mile journey to his mums. If it's a kids game with enough narrative and choices for them to get then it could really clean up.
"Yet another series based on a property that has zero lore or characters to draw from".
I'm assuming you have never watched Game of Thrones...
They need to do this
https://www.youtube.com/show/mobsquad
On top of the latest Minecraft update it has been a good day!
@get2sammyb I don't agree with you because I love Telltale from the beginning with Sam & Max, but I don't like Minecraft, although I suppose they can do a good job, Borderlands for example had a mediocre story and they made a fantastic first episode, should i say the best of all series that they published.
Okay? That's a intriguing choice. Thanks MS again for supporting PS platforms!
Isnt Youtube full of Minecraft already? My kids watch Diamond Minecart Dan guy and his Dr. Tryorous and Grimm stories keep me entertained in the background while I cook.
Really, I still dont believe this is real? Why on earth would anybody pay for this?
OTOH Skyrim pack w/ that music changed the whole game for me. Someday I really neec to play Sktrim. Among 30,000 other games.
@get2sammyb LOL
@SteveButler2210 Hahahaha hell nah. I was hoping TellTale eventually do a Breaking Bad game or something that makes sense but that won't be happening in a while.
3 words......What. The. @#%*?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXDwIo5_AMo
I trust Telltale a lot since all the games I played from them I loved, but this I really need to see first. It doesn't sound like a good idea at all.
However, if it's successful, I hope they make a collaboration with Nintendo and give a story mode to Mario
In spite of what you wrote, I'm kinda excited for this. Kinda of a minecraft maniac right now lol
April Fools comes early....???
This is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.
saw this news just now on N4G, and i thought it was a joke at first.
Barmy
A Minecraft story mode 😂😂 I literally just laughed out loud haha
Looks like they're just trying to make money out of the huge Minecraft community.
I am looking forward to this! If you don't want it DONT buy it, stop sh*tting on stuff other people enjoy.
I don't play MineCraft, but I thought the allure of it all was that there wasn't a narrative just worlds to alter and shape as the player wishes to? Putting the game into a story driven structure just totally goes against the grain....I'll have to ask my girlfriends 10yr old niece what she thinks of it to get a super fans perspective.
I'll reserve judgement until I see the final product. I think TellTale could pull it off, and if they do I definitely want to see the end result.
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