All of their games are DD, but unless they've said that it's DD only (they did for the three seasons of Sam and Max I got for $20) you can order a DVD for just the price of shipping. For a deal like this I'd look into it to make sure...maybe contact support...

The question is how they handle the pack. If they add each season detached to your account, there should be no problem to order some of the cd versions. In case of the pack that would be the three Sam & Max seasons, Back to the Future and Strong & Bad. Just check the shop page of each game for a Collector Pack, as example Back to the Future. I found no cd versions of the Walking Dead, Puzzle Agent, Hector and Law & Order, but there is the option when the seasons of completed they also get a cd version.

Edit: Checked the forum if there is a thread about the bundle, but found nothing. Like Talin recommended you maybe should contact support if you are still interested in the pack.

If I remember correctly, it was something around 10$. I try to group stuff before asking them to send them so it should have been something like 10$ for 2 DVD and 2 soundtracks I think. It is also useful to check for promo (specially around Christmas) where shipping costs are sometimes offered.

I hate it whenever I see someone who's opinion of episodic gaming was tarnished by Valve, since Valve seems to have screwed the companies that do use episodic releases. C'mon, folks. Valve looked at a release model that required them to have reliable, pre-stated release dates and said "This is totally for us." How could they be less self-aware? It's just doesn't make sense to judge an idea by the performance of the one company in existence least capable of pulling it off. It's like saying a McDonald's diet menu disproves healthy eating.

Try these ones:
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28792
http://www.telltalegames.com/forums/showthread.php?p=619221#post619221

It looks like a purchase of the bundle will entitle you to free backup / collector's DVDs if available, for the price of shipping and handling. Currently that would be five DVDs (one for each Sam & Max season, Strong Bad and Back to the Future).

I don't really like their activation system. For their older games they also offer the option of manual activation keys, so you don't need to be online with the computer you want to install the games on, but you're still dependent of Telltale and would have to ask for a new key each time you re-install a game on a new computer. Fortunately the DVD offers offset that shortsighted practice a little.

So from what I gather you'd get a DD bundle of 10 complete series for about 43 Euro (incl. VAT), and backup disks for half of them if you pay 8-20 Euros extras.

It might be worth it for Sam & Max alone, if you're a fan. Not sure about the other games; Puzzle Agent and Hector seem decent enough, Strong Bad is supposed to be okay, too, Back To The Future appears to be a matter of personal taste, and I don't expect much of Jurassic Park and Law and Order. I've got no opinion on The Walking Dead yet. I'd definitely get the bundle, if I had no other games to play. Considering my backlog I'll have to think about it some more though. I haven't even finished Sam & Max Season One yet, and if I'm honest to myself, my feelings somehow echo that of another poster in this thread who said that recent indie adventures like the WadjetEye's games (or even Time Gentlemen Please) are much more fun to play despite their less professional looks. Telltale's better adventure games are quite good, but by no means must plays, I think, not even for adventure fans.

Thanks for the links. I wouldn't say the Telltale games are not good as the last indie games, they are different because of the episode style. That allows you to finish one episode and come back later or play all episodes in a row. It really depends on how well they can keep a main story alive through all the episodes, which was fine for me in Monkey Island. The biggest risk is that not every episode is done in the same quality and so can ruin the whole experience, that's why I only would buy complete seasons.

About the DRM, if I remember well, the disc version did not have any DRM, except for Wallace & Gromit.

I think you actually can compare them because the Blackwell series is also episodic in nature. But I didn't mean to say that the Telltale games are not as good (although maybe I did), I just meant that I personally enjoyed these indie games a little more. Not quite sure why. Maybe because I thought the stories in WadjetEye's games more meaningful and interesting and the humor of Time Gentlemen Please more refreshing because it was more anarchic and less predictable. Or maybe I'm just more drawn to 2D graphics, which admittedly makes the comparison a little unfair.

Then again, I actually enjoyed the first four episodes of Sam & Max Season One and even found them funny. But I guess it gets a little repetitve that you always have to revisit the same locations and talk to the same people in every episode. Maybe that's what bugs me, too. It looks like the episodic nature is also there to save them some work by recycling, while in the Blackwell games all rooms are new, even when the locations are familiar, because they each use a different graphical style and were remade from scratch. And the characters feel less static, as if they have their own life and don't just wait for you in the same spots in order to offer some new dialogue options and puns for you.

I can only agree here. The Blackwell series has indeed a kind of episodic style, but with more depth and telling a more mature story. But in my eyes Telltale and Wadjet are following different attempts. Telltale is more focused on using existing templates and needs to fullfil them at some points. As example, they can give Guybrush a little bit more depth, but he still needs to be recognizable as the old funny Guybrush. With Monkey Island and Sam & Max they found the right combination between something new and keeping the old alive, but. Talking about the own created series it seems they have a focus on humour, but except Puzzle Agent I can't really judge that.

Btw, Wadjets "Da new guys" kind of remembered me on Telltales Strong's Bad. Watching only the trailers they remind me on that anarchic american humour I can't get used of it.

I've decided to get the bundle despite the DRM and the rather average reviews of half of the games included, because I would have bought Sam & Max Beyond Space and Time and The Devil's Playhouse sooner or later anyway. So, just in case any fellow Europeans are interested:

Surprisingly I was charged only $44.99 (about 37 EUR via PayPal), so apparantly no $=EUR conversion and no addition of VAT either, which is totally awesome. The shipping of the 5 collector's DVDs to Germany would cost another $22 (up to 6 weeks) or something between $30 and $40 for faster traveling. (I think I'm going to check out the games before I decide if it's worth it.)