I think that Telltale is one of the best things to happen to adventure games in some time - not necessarily because of the quality of their games but because they demonstrated that it is once again possible to be a successful developer while doing just AGs. I might even go so far as to say that Double Fine Adventure and Project Fedora owe their conception/revival at least partly to Telltale's success.
The episodic model has its drawbacks - the first two S&M seasons were too repetitive but the third one and the ToMI episodes were just fantastic! Taken as a whole, they are IMHO some of the best adventure games ever. Seriously! I just started BTTF (had to watch the movies first) and so far, so good. I have little interest in the Jurassic Park and Wallace&Gromit franchises so I don't think I will be picking those up anytime soon. Can't wait to see what they will make with King's Quest!
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