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So writing a news post on the level of a Youtube comment is okay as long as we get some comments.

I'll keep that in mind. :)

It's generated a bunch of discussion.

I'm a huge Lost fan too, but I'm not looking for a Lost game from Telltale. The time for that is truly over.

What's the news value of this post? All it does is insult Lost fans.

I never thought of this before, but now that it's out in the open a H2G2 or Dirk Gently series of games would be wonderful!

Lost would have made for wonderful episodic adventures a few seasons back, but now the show is wrapping up, there's a lot less appeal in unravelling more mysteries. We're going to get a conclusion in a few weeks. Why go back?

But not taking the Lost suggestions so literally, it bodes well for "serious" adventures with a big mystery, strange happenings, a dark and twisted theme. Just like the people who asked for Doctor Who.

This style of game could be applied to other similar franchises - X-Files, Fringe, V etc.

I love Lost, a bit addicted, but you have to pay attention and it's very long and drawn out. I'd like to see a game though, and I'm sure Telltale could do it. However it should perhaps be done by someone else, in the same style as that amazon game from the 90s, all gritty and realistic ;)

They did vote for Lost.

You're a horrible man and you make children cry, Tingler :(

Yeah, I'd have to say no to a Lost adventure game. For two main reasons:

1) There are a ton of existing adventure game IPs to explore (Loom, Maniac Mansion, maybe something from the Sierra catalog, etc) or they could do an original IP.

2) I think a Lost adventure game would require a significant amount of pre-existing knowledge of the show. This could turn-off customers/gamers who aren't familiar with the series (such as myself). Where as, Sam & Max can easily be summed up as: "hyper active rabbity thing and talking dog are detectives on weird cases." That's all you really need to know to get into a Sam & Max game. (Yes, I realize Telltale keeps bringing back characters from previous episodes and reference previous events... but that doesn't prevent you from getting your foot in the door).

A Lost video game would be a horrible idea.

I'd love to see Futurama, though. Or maybe a new Discworld game.

I don't know, a Lost game could work if it was rooted in the mythology -- although admittedly a lot of that is being revealed on the show now -- as opposed to flight 815.

Not sure Futurama would be a great idea. The first few seasons were good. Then it went the way of the Simpsons.

They should make a Teletubbies game. Yeah, a noir detective story in which you have to find out who killed one of the Teletubbies. How about that?

Also, Lost is awesome but I don't want a videogame of it for at least 20 years.

That's like saying they can't make a movie out of Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" because the story already exists as a book, and therefore the mysteries have no effect on the movie.
Lost is not reliant of the mysteries for it to work. It is reliant on solid character stories and the dramatic tensions between them.



If they do a rehash of the series, the fans will be thrilled and the newcomers will be intrigued. They can also to a spin -off based on some of the mysteries they didn't answer in the series. Maybe the main character is Jacob with the motivation of getting people on the island. Man that would be awesome...
Add some solid puzzles, and voila; You get the perfect adventuregame!


Who cares about the actors? They replaced Sam & Max didn't they? :)

I would like for Telltale to make a series of games based on a license that I like. But that won't happen :(

Trust me Jeo, no one's more protective about Douglas Adams' work than me, and I'm all for Telltale tackling the series if they want to. I'm confident in their abilities.

Great, now I want a Futurama adventure

I'm pretty torn about the idea of adapting H2G2 or Dirk Gently. The idea to me is very interesting but I haven't even been able to read the new Hitchhiker's book since it's not written by DNA. It might be good, I don't know, but it just doesn't feel right.

I'm not trying to put Telltale down but I just have to wonder wether they could imitate the original style of the books well enough. Being a big fan of DNA, I tend to get overly critical with these things.

Thanks!

Just LIKING Lost is fine, I don't mind people who really enjoy the show and I'm certainly not calling them idiots. It's the people who were prepared to vote for an about-to-finish show to be adapted into a game over many decent choices that would actually suit Telltale that I'm calling fools.

H2G2 for example would be an absolutely superb choice, and most importantly very different from anything they've done before. It may be comedy again, but it's a very unique style that Telltale haven't attempted before, and would make a nice challenge.

I'm all for Telltale doing drama, I just think Lost is a very, very, very bad choice. Not just because it's about to finish, but also because it's reliant on its mystery to work - a mystery Telltale won't be allowed anywhere near, just like the last game and all the spin-off books. It will just have to rehash stuff Lost fans already know, and what's the point of that? And also they won't be able to get all (if any) of the actors.

Well, maybe Nick Jameson. Tell the truth Lost voters - that's all you wanted isn't it? You just want Nick Jameson to do a Telltale adventure game!

24 on the other hand? That would be superb. And that has Jameson too. Or Doctor Who, but that's already getting an adventure game. And it doesn't have Nick.

Well Telltale did all those CSI adventure games for Ubi and who has the rights to make Lost games? Thats right, Ubi.
Telltales CSI games haven't been great but they were enjoyable and leagues better over anyone doing similar games. If it keeps the bills paid and allows them to also make their other great series, then go for it Telltale.

Besides, Lost ventured into alternate reality and parallel universes. It isn't like the shows creators care about what a game might do the the canon.

Woah, I loved the Dirk Gently books! (And, yes, puzzled a lot on the ending of the first :p)

I also enjoyed the Colfer's "sequel" to the H2G2 :)

Like I said on the Telltale forum:
Telltale needs to prove that they can make a game more in the drama departement. Especially now after releasing 5 comedic IPs in a row.
LOST is a perfect vessel for Telltale to do exactly that.
Think about it; You have exotic locations, VERY interesting characters, intriguing mysteries and a FANTASTIC atmosphere if they get it right!

Last I must say that while I didnt take offense by the moderator of this post calling me an idiot (surely because it was meant sarcasticly), but I'm sure there are others who see it differently.
In other words: Stop being such a jerk, Tingler!

I don't particularly care if Lost is adapted into a game or not (if it's Telltale I'll buy it), but I think you just called a large amount of Telltale fans - and my friends and relatives - idiots, Tingler.

Shouldn't the title be "Lost fans should get Lost" ? </bad joke>

@elTee: Ever read anything by Fox?

Aw, screw licensed titles. Let's go for original stuff, for God's sake... it's about time, isn't it?

This is the most biased news post I've ever seen in the history of the Internet.

I'm shocked that EA hasn't already shovelled a few Futurama games out. I guess it could work but I'd rather have more Monkey Island or Sam & Max games. Or other continuations of forgotten LucasArts games, like Loom.

Yea absolutely, speaking as a massive fan of Lost. But Lost is tieing up loose ends (only 5 episodes left now) and it would be a blatent cashcow if they made more games out of it. I want the show to wrap itself up and speak for itself, not require a game to explain WTF was going on.
Now if they're were considering DOTT, The Dig or a proper Indy game then I might be interested in seeing that!! :)

Agreed, Lost is an awful, awful idea. Awful. Awful.

Awful.

Bad. Awful.

Lost would be terrible. Possibly worse than the TV show, but that's a pretty high level of shittyness to live up to. Hitchhikers would be a brilliant choice. I'd love to see a modern game adaption of it. Plus the benefits of introducing it to a whole new generation.

Futurama would be fun, but doubtful they'd be able to get the original voice artists, and that would ruin it for me.