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Post by dazk on May 19, 2023 23:57:09 GMT
the Expanse: a telltale series - Episode 1 launches July 27th- pre-orders start June 1st, 2023
- Episodes 2 -> 5 release every two weeks after the first one drops on July 27th.
- Standard Edition $40
- Deluxe Edition $45 (will receive future DLC - no details yet)
- PC (only on Epic Games Store for now)
- PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4
- Xbox Series X|S and Xbox One
Damn Epic games exclusives!!!!!!
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Post by hoku on Jun 1, 2023 17:07:36 GMT
The Expanse: A Telltale Series Story Trailer
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Post by Obsidian Gryphon on Jun 2, 2023 2:48:09 GMT
Yeah, another dinky EPG title. EPG and Sony stamping their exclusives.
Well, I can watch the gameplay but I won't be buying this title full price when it goes to Steam, etc. This title is relegated to the same box as ST Resurgence; to get but not vital to spend $$. Good for dry spells.
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Post by dazk on Jun 2, 2023 3:02:05 GMT
The Expanse: A Telltale Series Story Trailer Looks good but I will be waiting at this stage till it goes to Steam.
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Post by hoku on Jun 3, 2023 2:21:43 GMT
Game previews, articles and QA with Cara Gee (some spoilers obviously)
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Post by dazk on Jun 3, 2023 3:22:45 GMT
Game previews, articles and QA with Cara Gee (some spoilers obviously) Thanks for sharing they were fun articles to read.
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Post by AnDromedary on Jun 4, 2023 16:27:06 GMT
I've seen a preview video of someone who said they could already play the entire first episode and said that it took about an hour. That seems very short even for such a game, doesn't it? How many episodes will there be? Four? Five?
I mean, I just played Star Trek Resurgence and that was about 11 hours which IMo was a decent length. I'd have hoped for something similar here but it seems it'll be quite a bit shorter than that.
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Post by hoku on Jun 4, 2023 17:58:02 GMT
AFAIK there are 5 episodes and 1 DLC something regarding Archangel - no not Garrus - it's also Avasarala's UNN codename if I remember correctly I don't know for certain, but from what I've read and seen, all early access testers/reviewers just got to play the 1st episode.
I preordered the Deluxe version (as suggested by Cara Gee)
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Post by dazk on Jun 5, 2023 0:13:44 GMT
I've seen a preview video of someone who said they could already play the entire first episode and said that it took about an hour. That seems very short even for such a game, doesn't it? How many episodes will there be? Four? Five? I mean, I just played Star Trek Resurgence and that was about 11 hours which IMo was a decent length. I'd have hoped for something similar here but it seems it'll be quite a bit shorter than that. 1 hour??????? I am not paying over $10 for that unless the (I think it's $50+ in Aust.) includes all the upcoming content as well which i thinks is another 3 or 4 episodes.
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Post by hoku on Jun 5, 2023 4:16:53 GMT
I've seen a preview video of someone who said they could already play the entire first episode and said that it took about an hour. That seems very short even for such a game, doesn't it? How many episodes will there be? Four? Five? I mean, I just played Star Trek Resurgence and that was about 11 hours which IMo was a decent length. I'd have hoped for something similar here but it seems it'll be quite a bit shorter than that. 1 hour??????? I am not paying over $10 for that unless the (I think it's $50+ in Aust.) includes all the upcoming content as well which i thinks is another 3 or 4 episodes. whatever the price is where you are, you get all 5 episodes - they are just released every 2 weeks and not all at once. if you go for the deluxe version you get all 5 + the DLC
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Post by dazk on Jun 15, 2023 3:06:18 GMT
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Post by hoku on Jun 16, 2023 12:17:52 GMT
PSA: If you are looking for a reddit alternative, here is the Expanse community on Lemmy in the Fediverse lemmy.ca/c/theexpanse
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Post by hoku on Jul 22, 2023 8:19:42 GMT
the ExpanseWR (Writers Room) changed it's handle to @theexpanseverse and is now on more social media platforms.
It's a good source to follow all Expanse news.
first Expanse action figures revealed at San Diego Comic ConSourceSnaps Expanse telltale game DLC revealed at San Diego Comic ConDue to the acting talent and writers vs studio/media corpo-strike neither Cara Gee nor others were in attendace.
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Post by Beerfish on Apr 8, 2024 19:48:14 GMT
So I finally finished reading the whole series so now I can tread into this thread, very late to the party.
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Post by hoku on Apr 8, 2024 21:58:15 GMT
so it's been a while that I've been in this thread for this awesome scifi universe
also - the ongoing Expanse dragon tooth comic series (set after the TV show, but prior to the 3 final books) has issue 10 of 12 out.
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Post by dazk on Apr 8, 2024 23:03:14 GMT
so it's been a while that I've been in this thread for this awesome scifi universe
also - the ongoing Expanse dragon tooth comic series (set after the TV show, but prior to the 3 final books) has issue 10 of 12 out.
I'd love to get these but the cost in AUD is OTT and the shipping is as much as the figures.
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Post by dazk on Apr 8, 2024 23:03:44 GMT
So I finally finished reading the whole series so now I can tread into this thread, very late to the party. What did you think, did you have a favourite book, character etc?
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Post by hoku on Apr 9, 2024 14:21:55 GMT
I'd love to get these but the cost in AUD is OTT and the shipping is as much as the figures.
At first I thought F*ck it, I'm gonna get the full set. I must have been under the influence of juice or Avasrala spiked my drink... Then I was tempted to "just" get my 3 favorite Ladies from Earth (Avasarala), Mars (Bobbie Draper) and the Belt (Drummer) respectively.
Costs, shipping, limited space, no use case other than pretty dust collector were factors. What settled it however was them not having a voice box for swearing (Avasarala) and speeches (Drummer).
In the end I got or rather will get my Martian honey bun
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Post by Beerfish on Apr 9, 2024 15:22:27 GMT
So I finally finished reading the whole series so now I can tread into this thread, very late to the party. What did you think, did you have a favourite book, character etc? Didn't really have a favorite book, they were all good, though there was a few unnecessary story arc's in one or two imo. (Such as Alex's kid and his wife and kid.)
Many good characters, I probably liked Avasaarla and Joseph Miller the best. The rest of the main characters were all good for the most part.
My one controversial take that no one will agree with. I absolutely hated James Holden for a number of reasons.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 9, 2024 15:39:47 GMT
What did you think, did you have a favourite book, character etc? Didn't really have a favorite book, they were all good, though there was a few unnecessary story arc's in one or two imo. (Such as Alex's kid and his wife and kid.)
Many good characters, I probably liked Avasaarla and Joseph Miller the best. The rest of the main characters were all good for the most part. My one controversial take that no one will agree with. I absolutely hated James Holden for a number of reasons.
I mean, if you liked Avasarala, that kinda makes sense. He is - after all - a fucking idiot.
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Post by Beerfish on Apr 9, 2024 18:30:14 GMT
Didn't really have a favorite book, they were all good, though there was a few unnecessary story arc's in one or two imo. (Such as Alex's kid and his wife and kid.)
Many good characters, I probably liked Avasaarla and Joseph Miller the best. The rest of the main characters were all good for the most part. My one controversial take that no one will agree with. I absolutely hated James Holden for a number of reasons.
I mean, if you liked Avasarala, that kinda makes sense. He is - after all - a fucking idiot. Understatement of the year, not to mention the king of the doubles standards, massively selfish and self serving and an epic back stabber of his benefactors.
But he is naive, overly idealistic and makes some jokes so he is good. He reminds me of Rhys from the Asunder Dragon age book.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 9, 2024 19:35:43 GMT
I mean, if you liked Avasarala, that kinda makes sense. He is - after all - a fucking idiot. Understatement of the year, not to mention the king of the doubles standards, massively selfish and self serving and an epic back stabber of his benefactors. But he is naive, overly idealistic and makes some jokes so he is good. He reminds me of Rhys from the Asunder Dragon age book.
Wait, how did he backstab his benefactors though? Not sure I get that one.
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Post by Beerfish on Apr 9, 2024 21:36:46 GMT
Understatement of the year, not to mention the king of the doubles standards, massively selfish and self serving and an epic back stabber of his benefactors. But he is naive, overly idealistic and makes some jokes so he is good. He reminds me of Rhys from the Asunder Dragon age book.
Wait, how did he backstab his benefactors though? Not sure I get that one. Here is his norm:
Get some power person like Fred Johnson or Avasrala, or Drummer to fix their ship put it at the front of repair line, supply it, pay the crew big bucks to go do a certain mission, grumble about but then agree to do it. Then once he is there he, on a whim, just decides to do what he wants leaving the benefactor up the creek.
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classic example, Drummer asks them to go and shut down the one colony world for ignoring gate rules. Holden grumbles but agrees to do it, gets there and on a WHIM changes the plans and decides to just arrest a guy instead of doing what he was paid because well he is holden he can do what he wants. Almost gets his ship screwed and crew killed as a result and then leaves his benefactor with the mess that has to be cleaned up. He never has a 2nd thought about it.
The mission Avasarala sent him on to one colony world he totally botches that up by blatantly taking sides. He was consonantly talking to his crew about being a democracy and he just did his thing with no second thoughts or true constantly time after time.
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Post by AnDromedary on Apr 9, 2024 23:01:11 GMT
Wait, how did he backstab his benefactors though? Not sure I get that one. Here is his norm: Get some power person like Fred Johnson or Avasrala, or Drummer to fix their ship put it at the front of repair line, supply it, pay the crew big bucks to go do a certain mission, grumble about but then agree to do it. Then once he is there he, on a whim, just decides to do what he wants leaving the benefactor up the creek. spoilers:
classic example, Drummer asks them to go and shut down the one colony world for ignoring gate rules. Holden grumbles but agrees to do it, gets there and on a WHIM changes the plans and decides to just arrest a guy instead of doing what he was paid because well he is holden he can do what he wants. Almost gets his ship screwed and crew killed as a result and then leaves his benefactor with the mess that has to be cleaned up. He never has a 2nd thought about it. The mission Avasarala sent him on to one colony world he totally botches that up by blatantly taking sides. He was consonantly talking to his crew about being a democracy and he just did his thing with no second thoughts or true constantly time after time.
Well, that's one way to look at it. I'd argue a little differently though. On the Illus mission, there wasn't really much he could do differently as far as I can see. He didn't really take sides either. The main problem there was more that Avasarala sent him there specifically to fail and by some weird turn in fate, he and the Roci crew actually managed to turn this thing around in the end (which did screw her plans up, true but it's not like she played with open card on this situation either, so no foul there IMO). As for the Freehold situation, I do agree with you there. They really should have refused the job in the first place. I am not blaming him for not condemming an entire colony to a slow death sentence though. That was clearly disproportionate and wrong. But yeah, they (the entire crew, not just Holden though) should really have thought this through before taking the contract, that's for sure. Don't think he ever screwed Fred over, they were pretty tight, especially in the end there.
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Post by AnDromedary on May 15, 2024 13:45:48 GMT
So, over the last year or so, I revisited the entire book series again, this time in the form of the audio books. The narrator took me a while to get used to, his voice isn't what I'd call a typical narrator voice. But once you get used to his general cadence and timbre, he is doing a fantastic job. He gives all the characters a subtle but still distinct variance in tone and accent. I also think he got better as the series progressed. I also took this opportunity and bought the audio version of Memory's Legion, which contains all the novellas. I hadn't read them before and now I could insert them between the books in the right chronological order. Overall, they are great aditions to the story and the writing fits in well with the novels. It all feels like one cohesive story, which is great. The last novella (The Sins of our Fathers) really did feel like a subtle dig at modern politics. When they talk about Jandro as a bulli and a narcissist but also with enough charisma to reel people in and how he will take power if just no one stands up and calls him out, that to me very clearly reflected developments in several political parties in different countries around the world since the 2000s. Oh but also, I was so dense. I totally missed the fact that the administrator woman was Nami Volovodev, the daughter of Anne and Nono. Only got i because it was mentioned in the author's notes after the sotry. I don't think I need to say anything about the novels themselves anymore, They are just fantastic, from page 1 of Leviathan Wakes to the last page of Leviathan Falls .(That ending! ) So yeah, can totally recommend the audio books as well. Just don't get thrown off by the narration in the beginning, just stick with it.
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