A few weeks back, we wrote about Telltale's substantial layoffs and promise to focus on fewer, better quality games. We haven't heard much about Telltale's future since then, but a recent interview by Telltale's new CEO, Pete Hawley, points to the kind of changes we might see down the line. Hawley first talked about the adverse effect Telltale's multitude of projects had on the games' quality and innovation, and how players (correctly) felt that games had become predictable. He feels that Telltale moved away from the "magic" of season one of The Walking Dead [Free] by moving toward pure narrative and letting go of some of the interactivity and engagement of that original game. The real sense of consequences isn't there anymore in the way it was in The Walking Dead.
Part of those issues with the lack of consequences and interactivity came from Telltale tackling huge, established IPs that came with all kinds of restrictions, and those restrictions blunted the team's creativity. For 2018, Telltale is only coming doing three games, including ending The Walking Dead and Batman and adding a new, unannounced IP to the mix. Don't expect Telltale to move away from the four-choice wheel anytime soon, though; that might happen in the future, but for now the company is sticking to that formula but trying to improve and polish it.
Hawley also goes into mobile specifically, pointing out that the developer didn't do a good job when it transitioned to new tech with the Batman g...