Poker Night at the Inventory thread

[Hanz Ketchup]

I just thought this needed a thread.
Telltale promises this will be a 'new style of poker', so we can expect it to be different from Telltale Texas Hold 'Em.
The article on the Homestar Runner Wiki claims that there will be swears, more than the occasional 'crap' from Strong Bad. EDIT: The latest trailer shows Tycho saying 'fuck' (bleeped out, of course), which gives us an idea what to expect when it comes to the language.
Given Telltale's past experience with poker games, I think this'll be very fun and worth the price tag of $5.
EDIT: Brand new information!
Pre-ordering the game will unlock the "Dealer's Visor" hat for the Heavy in TF2.
Over the course of the game, there will be special 'Bonus Rounds' in which you can gamble for one of 3 items, which will be unlocked in TF2 also.
-The Iron Curtain (replaces Sasha)
-The Lugermorph (replaces the Scout and Engineer's pistols)
-Dangeresque, too? (Equippable by the Demoman, possible misc. item?)
-Liscense to Maim (Misc. item for all classes)
-Enthusiast's Timepiece (new Spy watch)

[Psychopath]

I hope they manage to get the Heavy's VA in the studio.

That would mean that Valve could get a hold of Heavy's VA to record some new lines, he hasn't gotten any new lines since the goldrush update.

[Dusty]

Pssssh new lines, who need 'em? Pyro has gotten along just fine and s/he hasn't gotten any since the game started

[Saltonara]

That's because more than half the time you can barely understand what it is saying.

Anyway, I don't really know what to think of this game. At this moment, I just think the crossover is a stupid gimmick to make people buy the game.

[AcidLead]

I JUST REALIZED

THIS IS A MEME THAT COSTS MONEY TO REPEAT

IF WE DID THIS FOR EVERY MEME STUPIDITY COULD BE CONTROLLED INTERNET-WIDE

[Hanz Ketchup]

Strong Bad - not a meme
Tycho - not a meme
Max - not a meme
Heavy - lolo TF2 nope.avi XD

[NAGN]

I still think it's a rather pointless tie-in

[Psychopath]

"Telltale hopes to make such dynamics believable and entertaining, but also authentic: Strong Bad, the Heavy, and Max will all be voiced by their original actors, with Tycho's debut speaking role coming courtesy of Bay Area beatboxer, vocalist, and Telltale VA vet Andrew "Kid Beyond" Chaikin."

http://www.gamepro.com/article/previews/216419/pax-2010-poker-night-at-the-inventory/

Heavy gets new voice clips confirmed.

[Hanz Ketchup]

Hopefully this means new lines for the Heavy in TF2?

[NAGN]

Hopefully this means new lines for the Heavy in TF2?

How woudl any of these actually fit in TF2

[aptanananananator]

Unnecessary crossover to squeeze 5 bucks out of some suckers.

[NAGN]

Unnecessary crossover to squeeze 5 bucks out of some suckers.

exactly

they take what's popular amongst gamers and they throw them into a game that's really not special at all

[Saltonara]

Unnecessary crossover to squeeze 5 bucks out of some suckers.

At this moment, I just think the crossover is a stupid gimmick to make people buy the game.

[Killah Zillah]

Unnecessary crossover to squeeze 5 bucks out of some suckers.

exactly

they take what's popular amongst gamers and they throw them into a game that's really not special at all

Yep!

They could just as easily replace all the characters with fruit and it wouldn't be any different. It's just a poker game with video game character labels on it. I guess occasionally you'd hear a line of dialogue from one of the characters, but you could do the same exact thing they're doing with some google image searches, some youtube searches for dialogue clips, and a pirated copy of Flash and then post it on flashchan and save a Lincoln for everyone interested in this!

I guess hard core fans of Telltale Games would get a kick out of it since their very first game was a poker game.. but for the rest of us who aren't it's just a poker game, nothing more and nothing less.

[Hanz Ketchup]

Updated with new info.