When
you do episodic games one of the first, or rather, main objectives is to create a story compelling enough to make you want to play the rest of the season.
When
you do episodic games one of the first, or rather, main objectives is to create a story compelling enough to make you want to play the
Not exact matches
If Kojima
does decide to go with the
episodic format, it won't be the first time a horror
game does so; Alan Wake presented itself in
episodic format, and the upcoming Resident Evil: Revelations 2 will go down the same path.
To be clear, I wasn't expecting a complete
game from D4 — the
episodic model guarantees a certain amount of waiting around on the part of the consumer — but this doesn't even feel like a complete episode.
This is nothing new to videogames and it is clearly taking inspiration from the work Telltale
does in their
episodic games.
Langdale's vision of a perfect PS3 future doesn't stop there though, «The future of downloadable,
episodic games is just around the corner.
On the other hand the
episodic structure of the
game does mean that you can play a section and come back weeks later without having to worry about catching up on the plot by reading Wikipedia, not that Wikipedia can always be trusted.
As of right now we
do not know if it will be an
episodic release like the previous Final Fantasy Legends
game over in Japan.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against
episodic games per se, indeed the Quit or Continue crew played through Resident Evil Revelations 2 (and podcasted our thoughts).
Not only
did it reinvigorate the point - and - click genre (take a look at the number of
episodic indie
games released since) but it brought much - needed emotional impact back into gaming, courtesy of strong writing, excellent voice acting and an interesting story.
At ICO Partners we
do PR for a wide range of
games (from SMITE to Armello) and recently we started working on our first
episodic game: The indie title The Lion's Song.
Episodic gaming may allow for developers to improve a
game with each release, but will most of them take the effort needed to
do that?
We don't know exactly what titles they're working on, but three former Star Wars: The Old Republic veterans have joined forces under a studio now called FogBank, working on an «
episodic narrative»
game developed in conjunction with an «interactive storytelling platform.»
The complete retail release of Telltale's The Walking Dead debuts at # 9, and although it's a must - play experience, Brendan has been reporting that Telltale appear to have spent the time between digital and retail releases
doing sweet F - A, as the
game is riddled with all of the bugs that the individual
episodic releases enjoyed.
If nobody played the other 3, you can have them
do some kind of elaborate tutorial that nets them a lot of lv's fast, because honestly, its
episodic content, and expecting a full
game from lv 1 in a
episodic finale shouldn't be expected.
I absolutely love hitman from
game one to blood money to ascension it's all great including this
game looks fantastic but
episodic releases are just wrong and not a very good way to release a
game all it is, is a way to suck more money outta people if they choose not to drop 60 bucks on it now
does square Enix realize how people play
games these days?
Wow wow wow I didn't know Hitman was releasing as an
episodic game WTF is this?
It seems that ps store asia didn't sell
episodic games, well for example i also can't find walking dead michone
If this is how Square Enix plans on
doing games episodic, then this doesn't bode well for FF7: Remake.
I also don't think the
episodic release idea is necessarily a bad thing — sure, it'll make Final Fantasy VII Remake a ludicrously expensive
game, but I don't think the
game would have a chance in hell of capturing the whole Final Fantasy VII story otherwise.
Normally when a video
game or a television season releases as an
episodic series, it's
done so over time.
Don't Stop Believin» is the fifth and final episode of Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series, a five - part
episodic adventure
game from Telltale Games (Batman: The Enemy Within).
Raiders of the Broken Planet will be an
episodic campaign
game, which
does not yet have an official release date for its first chapter, but it will be having a new beta phase this weekend on all systems.
Resident Evil Revelations was a welcome step back to the retro camera, but Revelations brings us back to the future with a shoulder cam, So how
does it fare... With
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Episodic games: When a
game is released in episodes which can be purchased individually, each episode may be reviewed separately, but we may decide it's most helpful to review the full season as a package, as we
did with Hitman.
With an
episodic game, you have to make a good impression faster than you
do with a larger
game and if you mess up that first impression that can spell doom for your series before it has a chance to really excel.
- Love the fact that it's on multiple platforms - Thrilled for the
episodic content — I don't just want «one» classic style
game, I want a whole bunch!
Alot of people are complaining about it being
episodic, I don't think it will be that bead because they are only trying to mimic Sonic 3 and Sonic and Knuckles, which both turned out great as two parts to ONE
game.
«We'd rather build out another
game than we would
do episodic content.»
The idea of
episodic content is not a brand new thing for video
games, but the level of integration we have with spartan ops in terms of connection to the campaign's story and multiplayer modes, is something that I don't think anyone has ever tried before.
Whilst Telltale Games have released a number of immensely popular
episodic series for Wii, including detective duo Sam & Max and Strong Bad's Cool
Game for Attractive People, it would seem that the developer doesn't have any plans to release their latest venture, based upon the cult classic Back to the Future films, for Nintendo's console.
It's not like you could really spoil a
game that's nearly 20 years old, but the later sections might not be
done yet, because the remake is going to be
episodic.
Though few people would care if they didn't, because Resident Evil sucks so much at storytelling that no one but their most devoted fans actually care about what happens to these characters, unlike with a certain other
episodic game series.