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Telltale games are highly rated, so it's pretty exciting to see the possibility of Minecraft: Story Mode on Linux.
It seems quite a few people feel it's not as good as previous Telltale games, going by user reviews anyway. I've not had a chance to play any of their previous games since they don't support Linux.
According to SteamDB it seems like it will come to Linux:
QuoteChanged App Config
launch/2/config/osarch: 64
launch/2/config/oslist: linux
launch/2/description: Launch
launch/2/executable: Minecraft
launch/2/type: none
And also:
QuoteChanged UFS
savefiles/2/path: .local/share/Telltale Games/Minecraft
savefiles/2/pattern: *
savefiles/2/platforms/1: Linux
savefiles/2/recursive: 1
savefiles/2/root: LinuxHome
savefiles/3/path: Telltale Games/Minecraft
savefiles/3/pattern: *
savefiles/3/platforms/1: Linux
savefiles/3/recursive: 1
savefiles/3/root: LinuxXdgDataHome
This would be the first Telltale game on Linux, so it may be possible for future games to come too.
About the game (Official)
THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME IN THE WORLD OF MINECRAFT
In this five part episodic series, you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond. You and your friends revere the legendary Order of the Stone: Warrior, Redstone Engineer, Griefer, and Architect; slayers of the Ender Dragon. While at EnderCon in hopes of meeting Gabriel the Warrior, you and your friends discover that something is wrong… something dreadful. Terror is unleashed, and you must set out on a quest to find The Order of the Stone if you are to save your world from oblivion.
• Created by award-winning adventure game powerhouse Telltale Games, in partnership with Minecraft creators, Mojang
You can find Minecraft: Story Mode on Steam.
Thanks to the fine folk who sent it in. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Segata Sanshiro 14 Oct 2015
I couldn't care less about minecraft and doubt I'll get this, but if this means we're getting more telltale games then that's super exciting! I was looking at The Wolf Among Us, The Walking Dead, Tales of Monkey Island, Sam & Max, etc checking for any news to see if they'd get ported and looks like this is the first sign.
Never got to play any of these since they were all on Windows (I think that Monkey Island game was on the Wii as well?) but always heard really good things and kept my eye on them. I'm pretty sure they all run on their in-house engine, so fingers crossed we get the other games.
Never got to play any of these since they were all on Windows (I think that Monkey Island game was on the Wii as well?) but always heard really good things and kept my eye on them. I'm pretty sure they all run on their in-house engine, so fingers crossed we get the other games.
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I couldn't care less about minecraft and doubt I'll get this, but if this means we're getting more telltale games then that's super exciting! I was looking at The Wolf Among Us, The Walking Dead, Tales of Monkey Island, Sam & Max, etc checking for any news to see if they'd get ported and looks like this is the first sign.
Never got to play any of these since they were all on Windows (I think that Monkey Island game was on the Wii as well?) but always heard really good things and kept my eye on them. I'm pretty sure they all run on their in-house engine, so fingers crossed we get the other games.
I agree, and if this uses the same engine as previous games then it makes it more likely.
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Well, this is a surprise. IIRC, icculus pinged Telltale several times in the past...10? years about wanting to port their games, but they always ignored him.
I'm not sure this really means the older games will see a GNU/Linux release. They still haven't ported their games that predate their Mac OS X support, right?
I'm not sure this really means the older games will see a GNU/Linux release. They still haven't ported their games that predate their Mac OS X support, right?
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Seems like all these popular franchise games they've made in the last few years have been nothing more than choose-your-own-adventure style interactive stories with loads of quicktime events. I would be interested in playing pretty much anything they released up until Back to the Future: The Game and Puzzle Agent 2 from 2011, but the rest of them not so much. Don't really know much about this latest one but I've never player minecraft so it's probably not for me either. Reviews certainly aren't very encouraging.
EDIT: It's a bit funny that their first Linux game will be for a franchise owned by MS.
Last edited by tuubi on 14 Oct 2015 at 3:54 pm UTC
EDIT: It's a bit funny that their first Linux game will be for a franchise owned by MS.
Last edited by tuubi on 14 Oct 2015 at 3:54 pm UTC
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Back to the Future: The GamePersonally, I found that quite mediocre. It played...like middling fan-fiction. Ditto with Wallace & Gromit and Tales of Monkey Island.
The Sam and Max seasons, those I always quite liked. And I'm still sad they never produced more Bone episodes.
As for the newer ones, I only played the first season of The Walking Dead. I thought it was really good, though.
Still, I never quite managed to shake the feeling that their engine is a bit wonky and held together by duct tape. There were just lots of weird glitches that felt off, that made me lose trust in the stability of the whole thing. But that's maybe just me.
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rustybroomhandle 14 Oct 2015
Haha, maybe they read my blog post.
http://makerseden.screwylightbulb.com/?action=view&url=on-telltales-minecraft-story-mode
Joking aside, this is a good start. Their games are not for everyone and their games sometimes disappear when licensing agreements run out, but it is fairly solid entertainment.
Last edited by rustybroomhandle on 14 Oct 2015 at 5:41 pm UTC
http://makerseden.screwylightbulb.com/?action=view&url=on-telltales-minecraft-story-mode
Joking aside, this is a good start. Their games are not for everyone and their games sometimes disappear when licensing agreements run out, but it is fairly solid entertainment.
Last edited by rustybroomhandle on 14 Oct 2015 at 5:41 pm UTC
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Avehicle7887 14 Oct 2015
This game has also been released on GOG yesterday: https://www.gog.com/game/minecraft_story_mode
I'd probably buy this if it were to come on Linux. I'm not a very big fan of Episodic games, the only Telltale title I own is Tales of Monkey Island, that one's pretty fun and runs well in Wine :)
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I'd probably buy this if it were to come on Linux. I'm not a very big fan of Episodic games, the only Telltale title I own is Tales of Monkey Island, that one's pretty fun and runs well in Wine :)
Last edited by Avehicle7887 on 14 Oct 2015 at 4:04 pm UTC
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I couldn't care less about minecraft and doubt I'll get this, but if this means we're getting more telltale games then that's super exciting! I was looking at The Wolf Among Us, The Walking Dead
Agreeing to both!
Never played any of the new style interactive story Telltale games, but I would definitely want to try one - if it is just not Minecraft!
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Wow, this is certainly interesting. Like others, I'm not even remotely interested in this particular game, but I'd love to see everything up until Hector and the first Puzzle Agent available for Linux. I dual-booted back then, and have played them all (minus CSI), but I'd buy them again on GOG or Steam if they get ported.
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I don't care about this game in the slightest bit, but if this leads to Tales from the Borderlands coming to Linux then this is awesome news.
Funny thing, I don't care for playing Borderlands at all, in terms of gameplay. I picked up Borderlands 2 when it first made its way to Linux and wound up hating the game. I hated the gameplay, hated how the weapons handled/felt, hated the bullet sponge bosses, and hated the skill trees, but I really liked the world and the characters. So when Tales from the Borderlands was announced, that got my attantion. A story-driven game in that world without any of the crappy FPS gameplay and weaksauce levelling was music to my ears.
Funny thing, I don't care for playing Borderlands at all, in terms of gameplay. I picked up Borderlands 2 when it first made its way to Linux and wound up hating the game. I hated the gameplay, hated how the weapons handled/felt, hated the bullet sponge bosses, and hated the skill trees, but I really liked the world and the characters. So when Tales from the Borderlands was announced, that got my attantion. A story-driven game in that world without any of the crappy FPS gameplay and weaksauce levelling was music to my ears.
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malevolent 14 Oct 2015
Well, I respectfully disagree with many of you ;)
I love all TellTale games, and I played Tales of Money Island, Back to the Future and Walking Dead under wine and I really enjoyed them.
Despite I don't play minecraft (i've played for a while... but is not my type of game), their games are like a movie, so I will buy it for sure, and if they release former games I do not own because I decided a while ago not to buy native linux games, I will buy each and every one :)
So porting their engine to linux, now that steambox release day is near, seems finally me and other aventure gamers will enjoy their games in our beloved platform! :D
I love all TellTale games, and I played Tales of Money Island, Back to the Future and Walking Dead under wine and I really enjoyed them.
Despite I don't play minecraft (i've played for a while... but is not my type of game), their games are like a movie, so I will buy it for sure, and if they release former games I do not own because I decided a while ago not to buy native linux games, I will buy each and every one :)
So porting their engine to linux, now that steambox release day is near, seems finally me and other aventure gamers will enjoy their games in our beloved platform! :D
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GustyGhost 14 Oct 2015
I'm actually really surprised that there is any hint of anything new in the Minecraft universe coming to Linux. What with the MS acquisition and all...
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I have bought all of their recent games, since they are great. This is the first one that hasn't my interest, since I dont like minecraft, and by casuality it will be the 1st one with linux support. Whatever happens, I hope than they will port all their games, at least those that came after TWD.
Still, if the game turns out to be good then I will buy it too, but hopefully this time I will support Linux at the same time.
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Still, if the game turns out to be good then I will buy it too, but hopefully this time I will support Linux at the same time.
Last edited by edo on 14 Oct 2015 at 8:09 pm UTC
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I would like to just point people towards this:
https://www.telltalegames.com/community/discussion/100608/linux-steamos-port
https://www.telltalegames.com/community/discussion/100608/linux-steamos-port
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I really loved Borderlands 2 so I would be more interested in seeing Tales from the Borderlands come to linux
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I would like to just point people towards this:
https://www.telltalegames.com/community/discussion/100608/linux-steamos-port
Thanks for working on a Linux port and for reaching out to us for testers! :)
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