Telltales The Expanse Episode 1: Unraveling the Secrets of The Expanse - Review

[@ACGreviews]

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[@eldenringer6466]

Good review. I hated that 1 character lol but I'm interested in telltale returning...would have liked to have heard more about that huge part of their story. The expanse was cancelled like 2 or 3 times? So I cant imagine there is any market for this. Shame.

[@devinmounce1838]

The expanse is my favorite Sci-Fi show. I loved telltale’s borderlands but haven’t played any of the others, this is one I’ll definitely be getting.

[@XxShadowOfAgesxX]

Telltale Games’ rebirth was very much welcome. I’m extremely excited for The Wolf Among Us 2. Glad to see they’re doing well.

[@tadeusticeghostal]

Yea so am I. Kinda seems like a dream that it's actually happening.

[@cjbrown1979]

The sequel promises to be awesome. But there's high expectations for it since the first one was so well received. As such the devs announced that release will be delayed into 2024 to ensure it's not rushed.

[@sionbarzad5371]

hopefully they learned their lesson and better treat their employees this time

[@nisserov]

I didn't even know they was back. I thought at first that this was a review an old game. Glad to see!

[@darinherrick9224]

Star Trek. Expanse. Even my wife who is not a gamer is being drawn in. The world needs adventure games/interactive movies and they are practically there only game in town. I'm glad FMV games are making a comeback as well but sadly they are all thriller/horror not scifi/anime/adventure like I want.

[@hihihi1q23]

The main reason the original Telltale died was because they were spending huge amounts getting licenses to established IPs to make games that just didn't sell that well, so feels kind of weird to see them make a game like this.

[@seekerpat]

The financing was probably helped by being a Epic exclusive (PC version). Epic is known for fronting serious money for its exclusives.

[@theamazingbatboy]

Wouldn't be surprised if Amazon helped them out too, for a cut. They've probably yet to see a decent return on a premium series they bought so late in its lifecycle (everyone who has Prime and loves the show should put it on continuous play in a background tab for a couple of nights).

[@protog2663]

The reason they died was because they were doing all of their work in-house while paying 300 employees at a time and which lead to unwieldy business practices. Now they are a team of only 28 people working with external teams and companies which has proven to be more sustainable and less costly.

[@darinherrick9224]

I've always been puzzled why movies studios don't PAY companies to use their license or at least front them the money. It's free advertising for their product. But... That's greed I guess.

[@shahrbanooShadpoori]

If you want to enjoy this more, just watch the show before playing the game, it's a masterpiece and you will learn alot about this universe

[@jordanmcminn998]

No it's not. It is the one of the worst sci fi tv shows

[@accretionist1]

Agreed, I hope they'll make season 7. One of the most important Sci-Fi shows of our generation deserves to be fully finished!

[@NavrasReaktor]

@@jordanmcminn998 lol... nice try...

[@sammywolftin]

@@jordanmcminn998 I personally liked it but I respect your opinion

[@trubblegum5787]

Honestly, I think playing this will help me get into the show. I don't know why, but I've started it like 3 times lol. I think maybe it's the punisher walking around in a fedora... I can't stand them lmao petty I know.

[@tindo]

Wow the graphics look better than previous TellTale games

[@Dolan.Lovendahl_Presents]

Right! The animations look FLUID for once! Never really bothered me, always gave me a good laugh but I can see how the glitches turned off so many

[@neilandrei]

This was developed by Deck Nine who recently made Life is Strange True Colors

[@AQDuck]

If this was on Steam I would buy it in a heart beat, but they just had to go with Epic exclusivity.

[@RyebredroxRPD]

They got a 1 year exclusivity deal so it’ll be on steam eventually. I’m gonna grab it on ps5

[@Uni0nDirect0r]

A kiss of death, if you ask me. Still, they clearly made this game for Fortnite fans, so Epic exclusivity makes sense. Right?

[@hihihi1q23]

It's almost like getting money from Epic to cover development costs is worth more than pandering to a handful of weirdos who are afraid of an extra PC launcher.

[@Uni0nDirect0r]

@@hihihi1q23 Exactly! It's almost like getting money from Epic was more important than building an actual customer base. What can go wrong?

[@Buffypoodle]

As an Expanse fanatic I’m buying it either way, but to be fair I was genuinely surprised by how much EGS has added in terms of features since I last used it

[@Mike0193Azul]

Game was fanstastic. Hooked me so much I am now starting the tv show. TellTalle games need more love. Their games are unique and emotionally impactful. Wolf Among Us, Walking Dead Season 1, Batman, and now The Expanse are my favorite games of theirs

[@noahmcclellan4372]

Camina and Cara Gee's performance were my favorite from the show. So this is a buy for me. Anyone who is a fan of the show should check out the novels. The novella that focuses on Amos back on earth, "The Churn" is particularly fantastic.

[@badplayerone1731]

I love The Expanse TV Show its a totally underrated TV show. And of course I will check this out as well! The more The Expanse the better! Also can’t wait to hear Chrisjen Avasarala curse again!

[@vahnn0]

If you haven't read the books, you should give those a go. When I first read Them, I couldn't believe how quick a read they are. The pacing is perfect.

[@badplayerone1731]

@@vahnn0 I have them but not yet the time to start. Thanks for the info I will give it a try 👍🏻

[@03dashk64]

The audio books for the expanse are really well done too. Avasarala of the tv show has nothing on her book counterpart. They really toned her down for the tv show

[@arbknight12]

This game makes me wonder what an Alien or Predator Telltale game would be like

[@Kasper0822]

Probably something like Until dawn.

[@super_terram]

Please. No.

[@titlasagna2172]

Please yes

[@bacomancer]

I will definitely grab it a year from now once it's on steam, hopefully. I love The Expanse, and.. I kinda love the rebirth of Telltalle, ngl.

[@GradietPanda12345]

Watching the video while I’m commenting. Thanks for being one of the only reviewers I watch and take seriously

[@Monkeypuzzle]

I absolutely loved The Expanse and have been anticipating this game for months. I enjoyed what I played, but, I felt a bit let down when it ended in an hour. I bought the deluxe edition, and at $45, that ends up being $9 per hour episode. My baseline for video games is usually $1 per hour. This is more like movie theater pricing. I guess I could replay it to explore the branching paths, but I really wish they made the eps at least twice as long or at least released them all at once. Waiting two weeks for another hours worth is rough.

[@ADR69]

Drummer was a phenomenal character in the show

[@Scroolewse]

I don't understand how choices could possibly matter in a video game prequel to a show. Either every choice you make has no impact or the prequel is just non canon if you make certain choices.

[@RedEyedJEdi410]

Can't wait to dive into this! I love The Expanse. And Cara Gee.

[@disregardthat]

bro thank you for mentioning the old lady's voice actress. I couldn't help but cringe every time she talked, not necessarily cause of her lines or anything, just the performance. it's pretty bad

[@ACGreviews]

Its crazy man

[@kj34sdf4]

I can't believe it's already been more than 15 years since Telltale updated Sam & Max.

[@EveryD4yRunner]

Never played a telltale game but Expanse May be enough to draw me in. I loved the show, and I want more.

[@shahrbanooShadpoori]

If you liked what you see, play the wolf among us too, it has one of the best writing ever

[@EveryD4yRunner]

@@shahrbanooShadpoori thanks for the heads up on that

[@tishyo77]

@@EveryD4yRunner Play the Walking Dead, it has one of the best stories in the history of gaming.

[@eiadtarabulsi]

I'll have to check out The Expanse. It's good to see Telltale Games make a comeback. Thanks, Karak! As always, I appreciate the hard work! God bless and stay safe

[@Phil_529]

Great show and books.

[@dylanb503]

Would be great if they did a origin story for Amos Burton.

[@joergbock1976]

I think that would be a very sad and disturbing show.

[@ldmaier96]

You should read “the churn” - it’s a novella that does just that from the original books’ author. It’s excellent!

[@sifunmon]

That would make it a crime story set on Earth

[@View619]

We don't need to see Timothy's origin story. That just sounds like a sad time.

[@arcticlusher]

Glad see TellTale again!! This game looks amazing

[@zikarisg9025]

To me the main question here is how short is too short for game episodes. Releasing a 5 hour game in episodic format seems an odd choice. This is much shorter than prior Telltale games. Even as an Expanse fan I'm gonne pick this up in completed form during a sale.

[@WorldsWorstBoy]

I've never heard of the show, so I'll pass. Sadly. Because I love TellTale and I'd like to support them.

[@Hazard2005]

Loved the show and looking forward to playing this game, once all the episodes have been released.

[@Katolapse]

Thank you for reviewing this!

[@tyleroutland435]

I played episode 1 I thought it was decent I'm interested in episode 2.

[@Valaran1]

My biggest peeve with Telltale games has always been the illusion of choice. No matter what choices you make, they all pretty much arrive at the same final outcome, just in different ways. And so it tells a great story, but it fails to make me feel invested in that story, because the ending is still their choice, not my choice. I'll wait and see reviews on the full series.

[@jothain]

Quite true. It's obvious that making true branches in plots would take serious effort, but still. What you wrote is the biggest flaw in their games. End result is still is in the same ball park.

[@mrplayfulshade]

Idk The wolf among us, Batman season 2 even had 2 completely different episode 5's just based on the choices you made during the game so while I understand this comment but it also is a bit of a gross understatment to Telltale's ability to make character relations change alot during the game. so.....illusion of choice? I wouldn't call it that

[@mahkhardy8588]

Love TellTale games, they look good, they have good acting, they have great story 👌

[@pgaven9396]

This is also available on the Ps5. Yes you heard that right. I preordered it and episode 1 was ready back on June 27th.

[@27STS]

Loved loved the show. Was way into it. Full circle as Ty Frank originally created the story to be a game.

[@adamlawrence4690]

I'm very new to Telltale and just into Episode 2 of Walking Dead and loving it. This games looks great and have been eagerly awaiting for you review. And as always- comprehensively well worth the wait. Big Thanks and well done 🎉👍🇦🇺

[@caubert]

This is not actually a Telltale made game, Deck Nine is the developer and you know them from Life is Strange follow up games. And this is a good thing, Deck Nine has made a good Expanse game here and they yeah have made it in "spirit" of earlier Telltale games.

[@michaellangan5037]

Whew, that captain’s VO is *jarring*

[@Alex660]

"Flashes forwarded 8 hours prior" i think that could be a flashback. But overall great video, i really enjoyed the exploration of the destroyed ship and the zero G, walking up the walls etc. Looking forward to the next episode.

[@ACGreviews]

My bad

[@fabitoselajuega]

I bought the game to support the studio. Great impression so far, though a tad short. Let's see how the rest of it goes

[@AudioPhile]

Bugger thought this was altered carbon at first lol.

[@HandsomeMain]

Glad to hear someone talk about Khans voice. She sounded like a dm doing an old man voice. Still liked the game tho

[@debbiec4530]

Thanks for this excellent review. I feel you are an honest reviewer and I respect that.🤠💕

[@fellowshipofgaming847]

I would love a game following Amos. Dummer is awesome. But Amos is my favorite.

[@zenithquasar9623]

My main problem with this one is that this is not the Telltale we knew...so, I don't know how to feel about it.

[@lordfuture1]

How different are the story outcome that you can make from your choices? The first telltale games had me but on subsequent renders, I found that there really wasn't much choice just an illusion of such is this new iteration of telltale games different?

[@TheGamingPile]

Still can't believe the guardians of the galaxy telltale game isn't available anymore, it was so fun!

[@fabitoselajuega]

I really wanted to buy this .and was not able to find it anywhere. I winder what happened

[@wade_says]

Just picked it up on PS5. Guess I’ll have to start watching the show now.

[@NeedCoffeefix]

I wish the TV show continued. It left too many questions. The comics and books kept going

[@MacKingish]

There’s a massive time jump though. I still have hope they pick it up again at some point. I believe the actors have said they’re up for it.

[@NeedCoffeefix]

@@MacKingish I really hope so 🤞

[@CMTechnica]

Honestly I kind of hope they leave it at season 6. Spins offs? Sure. Continuation? Pass. After the time jump in the books the Laconia Empire just… steamrolls everything. It’s boring. Besides, it’s a mostly new cast of characters that aren’t interesting

[@dr.fistus94]

read the books. i implore ya´ll to READ THE DAMM BOOKS. they are awesome

[@unpausegame]

Good job mate!

[@dezmond1219]

I’m so glad telltale is back. I’m mostly excited for the wolf among us 2

[@abeidiot]

Now I want a new season with cgi aged characters

[@SerpC]

Great review as always! Interested to see where the later episodes end up.

[@dibrenn3432]

It was good but man I blinked and the episode was over and I take my time!

[@nekokikogaming3530]

Sooo does the game include all episodes? Or is it going to charge you per episode? Funnily enough, the psn page for the game doesn't mention anything about episodes at all or the time between their release.

[@malyfsborin]

No episodes will be released every 2 weeks

[@nekokikogaming3530]

@@malyfsborin I get that. But is each episode going to cost the same price? Or is the one purchase going to get you all episodes as they release?

[@malyfsborin]

@@nekokikogaming3530 it’s one price for all episodes man. They’re not selling individually anymore.

[@Biring1]

How often will the episodes be released?

[@Jackomack]

Every 2 weeks

[@joearnold6881]

I need to go back to these books. I read the first… three? I think? Plus the novellas that bridged them. I got distracted tho

[@ziomekthemad9394]

How long is it? I wanna reccomend it to my mom in fact 😅

[@RomainDelmaire]

Judging by previous Telltales games, I'm assuming it should be around 2 hours per episode.

[@emisat8970]

Hope she enjoys but... it can be pretty graphic.

[@CrimsonEsso]

Now wrap that "compelling story" into an actual game with actual gameplay. THEN and only then we can talk. When The Expanse game has Mass Effect gameplay wrapped around that "compelling story" i will be interested. Meanwhile if i wanted noninteractive nongame story about The Expanse, i would just watch the damn show. That's it.

[@tyleroutland435]

I really hope this game sells well.

[@fabitoselajuega]

You and me both

[@MiladGolshan]

Available only on Epic for PC.... NO THANK YOU

[@pgaven9396]

Its available on the PS5 too. I played it yesterday.

[@bryanwines3319]

So glad the tell tales games are back n running strong I hope they do a marvel tell tale game n another Batman

[@EE-jp5ev]

Ill check this out when it hits steam, in the meantime guess ill be watching the show finally!

[@jonny-b4954]

Honestly it was way too short. Like, basically no conversations with characters. You barely get to settle into "your ship." And everything you pick up, you never even get to give the item to the character. It was fuckin weird. Like they rushed the first episode. I did enjoy it though. They just better not do this short of episodes next season. Absurd. So $40 I paid for 5 - 45 minute episodes? That's a rip off.

[@pvtcmyers87]

Commenting for the algo! I forgot about when this game was coming out.

[@MrJekken]

imagine if this had ray tracing

[@AdnanAhmed]

Good stuff bosmang.

[@jbellamy1371]

Instant buy for Cara Gee

[@NoMansLand98]

£30 is a bit steep in my opinion for this type of game...

[@Uni0nDirect0r]

Well, you could get Baldur's Gate III for £50, so £30 for a 1/3 of rather short game is not "bit steep" price, it's outrageously high.

[@NoMansLand98]

@Uni0nDirect0r yeah, I'll be waiting for a steep discount or for it to be added to game pass...

[@FestArc]

I always enjoyed the TellTale games but still don't like the episodic format. I'd rather they just made one game. So I wait for all the episodes to be out then get the game.

[@Elknkam]

I thought telltale games went bankrupt? Well good too see they are back. Wish they made a wolf among us 2

[@ShootingStar1313]

Telltale?! Didn't they "go under" a few years back?

[@s3m4jno5w4d]

Ashford, from the series

[@simplygame5530]

7:24 - verdict

[@XXLpeanuts]

I'm sick of games releasing on epic games store with barely any normal PC features like ultrawide support etc. Devs just don't have to care about putting in basic features because there is no review system. Thankfully there is a refund system. This game and Star Trek Resurgence both got refunded by me, this one hurt the most because it looks like a good game (Resurgence was also good tbf but basic af) but because it released on Epic they don't have to hit any kind of quality control expectations and they don't have to worry about feedback from players. Worst platform of all.

[@saifhesham344]

I kinda feel that the voice acting was not really good anyone got the same feeling or just me ?

[@alexhodor]

Why was this deleted and re-uploaded?

[@LouSassol69er]

Maybe editing mistake

[@Jordan-we7ei]

Probably uploaded before the embargo lifted or sm

[@Senumunu]

people kept hyping the show but after watching about 10 episodes i dropped it its not very good

[@MrTokyoJunkie]

Doesn't start until Season 2

[@Duran762]

Illusion of choice is disappointing tho why do they still advertise that your choices matter

[@puntybrah]

That wooden facial expression is not doing them any good tho, most devs out that has already mastered the capture motion and this is a story and characters driven game..

[@mynameizearl23]

Give the fan what we really want. Batman season 3

[@EastyyBlogspot]

Is this the same telltales of old or a new company ?

[@shahrbanooShadpoori]

It's a mix of both, there are both new and old developers in the studio

[@EastyyBlogspot]

@@shahrbanooShadpoori hopefully none of the people who came back were the ones who literally drove the company into the ground

[@hihihi1q23]

@@EastyyBlogspot Telltale was still making great games up until they shut down. The reason they went broke is because they signed all sorts of expensive licensing deals with major IP holders, and their games just didn't sell enough to cover costs.

[@EastyyBlogspot]

@@hihihi1q23 yeah was more the stories I heard about not great working conditions and some people just not being great to work for

[@QueensErik]

Great video, Karak! I just finished Episode one today. I was surprised that you didn't mention performance issues. I played it on the Series X and not only were there long loading times (it locked-up during loading screens twice), texture pop-ins were very noticable and I had the game completely freeze for 15-second chunks during the spac-suit booster pack segments. That aside I did enjoy it. I hope they can find a way to fix these problems. It would be a huge bummer if these same issues were in every episode on the Xbox.

[@malyfsborin]

Ran fine on my PS5.

[@QueensErik]

@@malyfsborin I had a lot of texture pop-ins. And two separate occasions where the game just froze for like ten seconds at a time. I'm glad to hear it ran well for you! Maybe I don't have to worry about it running poorly for episode 2.

[@paulmarine5055]

Where did the BG3 review go? Did you come a little too soon😅

[@L.K.48]

That's what she said!

[@DavidMccee]

Can you play this without watching the show first?

[@ACGreviews]

Yes

[@Elidrys]

Could but you are REALLY missing out on a wonderful show

[@DavidMccee]

@@Elidrysmaybe episode 1 might just convince me to watch

[@davewills6121]

@@Elidrys Actually its not, plodding and dull most of the time, its end was pretty obvious.

[@DavidMccee]

@@ChrisP3000x I’m aware of what a prequel is, was just wondering wether there would be too many references to the series to understand what is going on

[@hamidious]

Here is hoping Telltale avoid the mistakes that made them close house the first time. Looks like money mismanagement and waste. I mean their games were selling well and getting high praise yet they shut down.

[@LoneWalker59]

The only games that made Telltale a profit were: The Walking Dead Season 1 and Minecraft Season 1. All the others sold poorly and probably couldn't even pay for the investment in licenses... It's strange to see them do the same thing again, using a license that nobody knows about, but I believe that Epic has funded the project to the point that any sale is already a profit.

[@PSL1969]

Belters... Yikes!

[@OGLOCdr3w]

its 45 mins? Is the whole game $20 bucks? I love the show but ain't no way im dropping 70 if the whole games 4 hrs, I'd just watch someone stream it. Assuming the choices that matter are what color shirt the companion I chose to save is wearing. Will wait and see though.

[@rdalcroft3934]

The whole season is £30 (5 episodes). They are not selling it per episode!

[@CMTechnica]

It’s $40 USD for 4 episodes. $45 for the deluxe with the bonus 5th

[@rdalcroft3934]

@@CMTechnica there’s only the one price option here in UK. £30. For all 5 eps.

[@Whiskey0880]

Hope it's better than how the books and tv show went......uuughh.

[@brianwest7344]

prequel and woke. I'll give this a miss. Old telltale was great, modern one not so

[@theknifesong]

how is it woke?

[@gameskyjumper1721]

So is Until Dawn Telltale game?

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

No, it's Supermassive, riding the wave of Telltale

[@booma_]

no steam ?

[@imtotallynotbigbossinhidin2289]

so happy telltales is back.

[@Quasiguambo]

Obviously it would be smart to do something with the Thomas Jane detective character

[@ULTRAOutdoorsman]

Khan? More like Khringe

[@kenzieelton6126]

45 minute episode is stupid for 30 quid+ game. Better not be all the way through cause thats a rip off otherwise.

[@OPFlyFisher304]

comment, comment indeed.

[@chinaman1]

why is this game not on steam?

[@JewTube001]

too much junk on steam. its mostly for porn games

[@nickllama5296]

45 minutes per episode??

[@ablazedguy]

EGS exclusive, pass

[@jgmaster12]

Any physical release planned?

[@edmundmondo1682]

After getting scammed by their walking dead series, I know there is nothing meaningful in any of the choices in a telltale game. Your choices won't matter.

[@Revealingstorm.]

So the full game is about the length of one episode of the older games? Not sure I'm a fan of that

[@thuhuongthai7240]

No, the full game isn’t out yet, and isn’t the length of one episode.

[@jakubnovotny1010]

fucking SPOILER right at the beginning, no I did not need to hear it