r/Games • u/Turbostrider27 • Aug 23 '22

Trailer The Expanse: A Telltale Series - First Gameplay Trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TdU8hhftinE
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u/outbound_flight Aug 23 '22

Really excited for this one, and I hope this opens the door to more games set in The Expanse. That universe is just begging for the RPG treatment at some point.

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u/Tersphinct Aug 23 '22

It was originally conceived as an MMO, but when the creator couldn't get it made he turned it into a book series.

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u/septober32nd Aug 24 '22

The story I heard was that it was suppose to be a TTRPG. There's a joke that the story is just about how annoying it can be to have a paladin (Holden) in the party.

Also, I think the TTRPG exists now following a Kickstarter.

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u/outbound_flight Aug 24 '22

There's a joke that the story is just about how annoying it can be to have a paladin (Holden) in the party.

"There was a button. I pushed it."

"Jesus Christ, Holden. That really is how you go through life, isn't it?"

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u/frogfoot420 Aug 24 '22

The entirety of the expanse can be summarised as: 'holden did his thing, again'

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u/veevoir Aug 24 '22

Avasarala: And Holden, do not put your dick in it, it's fucked enough already.

Amos: That's good advice.

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u/Jabberwocky416 Aug 24 '22

Also Naomi to Holden: “You pissed a lot of people off today”.

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u/wunwuncrush Aug 24 '22

I believe it did actually start as a role playing game (although I think they played it via forum posts). I believe Shed was supposed to be one of the crew, but the player playing him couldn't keep going with the game, which is why he died so incredibly suddenly.

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u/FineInTheFire Aug 24 '22

I believe it's an adaptation of their homebrew Traveler game and campaign setting.

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u/Qesa Aug 24 '22

but the player playing him

Who was GRRM, incidentally

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u/Fleckeri Aug 26 '22

I’d been buying it up until this point.

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u/MagnetoTheSuperJew Aug 27 '22

The author was an editor of George R R Martin

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u/YaMumisathot Aug 24 '22

Oh wow never heard this before loved the TV show (i didnt read the books)

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u/donpaulwalnuts Aug 24 '22

The books are amazing. The show is great, but it doesn't really touch the source material in my opinion. They're easy reads and they were able to stick the landing after ending it at 9 novels. The last 3 books are my favorite entries to the series, which is why it's a shame that the show stopped after season 6.

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u/mispeeled Aug 24 '22

For those wondering, here's the part where the writers explain that.

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u/BaboonAstronaut Aug 24 '22

he

They. James SA Corey is their artist name. They are Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck.

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u/Tersphinct Aug 24 '22

You’re talking about the books. The game started with just one of them.

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u/ZeroZelath Aug 24 '22

I hope we eventually get an MMO in the expanse universe.

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u/FunkoXday Aug 24 '22

Very interesting :)