The Expanse: A Telltale Series

Man, Telltale has to be a grandmaster Lich or something at this point considering they died and then had various degrees of comebacks, successors or otherwise. The Expanse is a particular example of newly (re)formed Telltale cooperating with Deck Nine with a popular IP coming from both novels and TV show. Well, I only wish it was a bit better. We play as Camina Drummer serving under captain Cox in her pre-Tycho days. Scavenging some space wrecks leads them to discover possible payload that would ensure they’re set for life… which, of course, means Cox has to set her up. Fortunately our girl survives, manages to return to their ship, and deciding whether their former captain takes a one-way trip to the airlock or becomes a resident in the brig is among the first big decisions you’ll make. Turns out there are people actually looking for whatever you found first, and some of them are not super nice. Space pirates. They’re space pirates. It pains me to say The Expanse just might be the dullest Telltale excursion I’ve played. License itself is strong, and this one doesn’t fall into the Game of Thrones trap where writers crippled themselves with over reliance on canonical characters, but neither the story or characters are all that engaging. Drummer herself comes across as almost sedated for the most part and I don’t think I can really blame the actress on this one since there is an emotional scene where she truly shines, so it has to be poor direction. Your crew fares better although there’s still some dead weight. Khan and Virgil steal the show for being on complete opposite personality ends while both harboring a secret. Maya is the token romantic interest writers are absolutely dead set on hooking you up which becomes annoying if you want to fend off her advances. The twins didn’t really get that much attention in my playthrough beyond the obvious. Naturally, this is an episodic game so you get some chafing from that setup alone. Real issue is the story since it’s a short prequel that gets neatly resolved. Not helped by one episode basically recycling the previous for half the duration as our heroine is experiencing oxygen deprivation. Game also really loves having you “swim” in zero gravity as you’re gathering nebulous scrap, and only occasionally tasking you with optional finds that provide narrative gain. It’s a weird addition to the formula of yapping with characters interspersed with QTEs. Both of which are surprisingly toned down since you only get your crow to hang around with and scant few action scenes. I also counted precisely one instance of what could be categorized as a puzzle with the solution hanging visibly right behind the character. Compliments denied. Compared to the older games this sure got a facelift, but you can tell some budget limitations must have been imposed elsewhere. For a game set on a space ship in the Expanse universe this could be the most constrained Telltale offering I’ve played.

Got the game as part of a Humble Telltale bundle. Only watched a few episodes from the series so knew the gist of the premise. The first playthrough is too short, about 5 hrs, with very little replayability. That may have been fine, but I thought the last episode + epilogue were poor. Most of the cutscenes were pretty well done. I liked Camina Drummer, and it's not a bad story overall. But to me it's not as memorable or interesting as the top tier ones (Wolf Among Us, Dispatch, Walking Dead S1, etc). Don't recommend playing this game with a non gamer as there's plenty of zero g traversal.

This may be the only game I've ever actually ragequit. I expected a railroady Telltale experience, and was fine with that. What I did not expect was the absolutely bonkers save system. Sometimes the game autosaves your progress frequently, sometimes it seems hours. And if you have a fast system it is easy to miss the autosave icon when it flashes, giving you no way to know (not even a "so many minutes since last save" readout on the menu screen). After a lengthy sequence where I talked to my entire crew and even advanced the main storyline according to my log, adult responsibilities took over and I had to close the game out and take care of real life. I wasn't that worried, thinking I might at worst have to repeat the last conversation. Nope. Whole thing, from the beginning. Close game and install next on my steam backlog. It's a shame I may never find out how the story went. That part was interesting.

The Expanse: A Telltale Series, evrenini başarılı şekilde yansıtan, hikâye odaklı ve sürükleyici bir macera sunuyor. ✅ İyi Yanları: Drummer karakterini yönetmek oldukça keyifliydi ve ekiple olan diyaloglar hikâyeye güzel bir derinlik katıyor. Uzayda serbest dolaşma bölümleri, gemi enkazlarını keşfetmek ve verdiğin kararların karakter ilişkilerine etki etmesi oyunu daha etkileyici hâle getiriyor. Atmosfer, müzikler ve uzayın yalnızlık hissi de oldukça başarılı yansıtılmış. ❌ Kötü Yanları: Bazı bölümlerde tempo gereğinden fazla yavaşlıyor ve keşif kısımları uzayabiliyor. Seçimlerin etkisi her zaman beklediğim kadar büyük hissettirmedi. Ayrıca oyun kısa olduğu için hikâye bazı noktalarda daha fazla işlenebilirmiş hissi bıraktı. 🎯 Genel Değerlendirme: The Expanse evrenini sevenler için oldukça başarılı bir deneyim sunuyor. Ben hikâyesini ve atmosferini beğendim. Telltale tarzı oyunları sevenler için de kesinlikle şans verilmesi gereken, kaliteli bir bilim kurgu macerası.

This has to be the worst Telltale game I ever played. Manages to be both way too short, and yet still full of filler. Apparently, Minecraft Story Mode is even worse than this but I'd have to play that to say for sure. - Episode 1 - You loot a ship in annoying zero-G. Make sure you loot all the hidden gizmos using a mandatory walkthrough otherwise there will be story implications! - Episode 2 - You loot another ship in zero-G. Same deal as before, use a walkthrough. - Episode 3 - Explore a space tomb (the only cool moment in the game tbh) - Episode 4 - Absolute filler - Episode 5 - Fight some uninteresting pirates. No way to join them. Absolute skip

Its the only Telltale game that i didnt like so far

I have yet to play the bonus episode Archangel, but I had a blast today playing through the main game. Took me about 6.5 hours to finish the story and I definitely will do another PT to see some of the alternative choices. The only criticism I have is that... in some scenes... their heads seem quite big compared to the bodies xD - but that's just you know, maybe a me thing. Other than that, great story and now excuse, because I need to rewatch the entire show.

Läuft nicht auf meinem 32:9 Screen. FPS Limit = 120 Fps Direkt vor Spielbeginn zwei NoGo´s. Sehr Schade. Liebe die Serie Ps: Keine HDR Settings. Schwarzwert wirkt aber sehr gut auf meinem OLED. Habe ich aus den o.g. Gründen nicht weiter angeschaut. Leider auch keine deutsche Sprachausgabe. Dabei leben solche Spiele doch eigentlich von Immersion. (Untertitel zerstören diese. Immer.)

This game is complete trash. I've never watched The Expanse, nor do I care to, but the characters are idiots. The story and gameplay is paper thin crap.

Really hoped this was a return to form for Telltale games after the disappointment of life is strange double exposure, and while the game wasn't terrible it failed to deliver on meaningful choices that impacted the direction and outcome of the game, the story didn't draw you in or make you feel connected to the characters. Overall it was a very forgettable game. It's also fairly short. if the game is short and your looking for a quick distraction then worth giving it ago.