That's the quandary facing the newest installment of Wizards of the Coast's Duels of the Planeswalkers
standalone game series, as it comes closer and closer to feeling like Magic Online under heavy competition and pressure from games like Hearthstone.
Not exact matches
While the package falls short as both an update (none of the
games have been mechanically improved in any significant way) and a historical package (the
standalone expansions «Case Zero» and «Case West» are missing), it's still enjoyable getting to see how the
series has evolved over time.
Originally developed by Creative Assembly and published by SEGA for Windows, the
game is the first in the new Total War Saga
series of
standalone games inspired by great turning points of history.
At about this time last year, Telltale
Games, the creators of the Sam and Max
series of episodic adventure
games, announced they would be instituting a new pilot season, where a single
standalone episode would be released in order to...
While Xtreme Legends does work as a
standalone title, I do think that the original
game's story mode is the best in the
series so the
game feels incomplete without it.
Strategy Spun off of the Total War franchise, the
series of
games known as «A Total War Saga» is a new class of historical Total War
games comprised of
standalone games focused on exciting, pivotal moments in history rather than whole historical eras.
Finding out how the choices you've made will impact the
game's dramatic conclusion is reason enough to plop down $ 60 on Mass Effect 3 and while, yes, the
game does offer the finality fans are looking for, it also offers so much more, serving as a compelling
standalone title that newbies to the Mass Effect
series can also thoroughly enjoy.
As a full,
standalone game, Yorbie Episode 1: Payback's a Bolt is not an episodic
game series, which means future episodes will not be free.
Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer + NFC Reader / Writer Pack: a physical copy of the Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
game, one special amiibo card and the NFC Reader / Writer accessory (SRP AU$ 69.95) Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer Standalone Game (SRP AU$ 59.95) Standalone NFC Reader / Writer accessory (SRP AU$ 29.95) New Nintendo 3DS Cover Plates: one features K.K. Slider and the other features a variety of animals from the series (SRP AU$ 17.95 e
game, one special amiibo card and the NFC Reader / Writer accessory (SRP AU$ 69.95) Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
Standalone Game (SRP AU$ 59.95) Standalone NFC Reader / Writer accessory (SRP AU$ 29.95) New Nintendo 3DS Cover Plates: one features K.K. Slider and the other features a variety of animals from the series (SRP AU$ 17.95 e
Game (SRP AU$ 59.95)
Standalone NFC Reader / Writer accessory (SRP AU$ 29.95) New Nintendo 3DS Cover Plates: one features K.K. Slider and the other features a variety of animals from the
series (SRP AU$ 17.95 each)
In addition to the
standalone Animal Crossing: Happy Home Designer
game, available in shops and on Nintendo eShop from October 2nd, there's also a range of bundles available from launch *, plus
series 1 of an all - new range of collectable Animal Crossing amiibo cards.
The Escapists: The Walking Dead is a
standalone mash - up of 8 - bit indie puzzle role - playing
game The Escapists, mixed with popular comic book
series The Walking Dead.
Nathan Drake's video
game career came to an end last Spring with the release of Uncharted 4: A Thief's End, but Naughty Dog plans to continue the
series with a
standalone spinoff, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, for the PS4 on August 22.
To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the original Macross TV
series, Bandai Namco funded a new
standalone game called Macross 30 developed by Artdink.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is an action - adventure
game and a
standalone expansion to Naughty Dog's Uncharted
series.
Dave Cox: We deliberately took the decision that this
game would be a
standalone game and not tied into any of the previous
games in the
series.
It's the only
game in the
series to get an English translation, and its
standalone story makes that okay.
And there's Super Smash Bros Crusade, a
standalone fan
game trying to be a sequel to the Super Smash Bros
series.
Development of the
standalone Saint's Row 3 expansion, Enter the Dominatrix, will now be incorporated into the next
game in the Saint's Row
series.
* A
standalone expansion
game set in the medieval centric Mount & Blade universe that does not require the original
game in the
series.
Naughty Dog's upcoming title, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, may be a
standalone title within the
series» canon, but fans will be pleased to know that the
game...
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood is a good spinoff title that isn't quite as appealing as a
standalone game, but tries hard to appeal to the nostalgia of
series veterans.
Arkane rounded out the story that began in the first
game with Dishonored: Death of the Outsider, which marked the first
standalone adventure in the
series and was released on September 15, 2017.
Based in the fictional Forgotten Realms city of Neverwinter, Neverwinter is a
standalone game and not part of the previous PC
series Neverwinter Nights.
It's worth noting that while NieR: Automata is a sequel to the original NieR, as well as the Drakengard
series, it is meant to exist as a
standalone experience with nods and allusions to the older
game.
The matches were nuanced and on point enough to be
standalone content (like subsequent entries in the
series), but the leveling system, training mini
games and stat - tracking really made me aware of my growth into a top tier tennis player throughout the campaign.
The
series» signature complex enemy patterns and waves of projectiles will keep players on their toes with the
game's fast - paced combat as they battle to retake Scarlet's manor in this
standalone adventure!
Torrance, Calif. — December 22, 2015 — XSEED
Games, the independent - minded console publishing brand of Marvelous USA, Inc., today announced that the rich,
standalone entry in developer Nihon Falcom's acclaimed Trails
series of roleplaying
games, The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel, is now available in North America for the PlayStation ® 3 computer entertainment system and PlayStation ® Vita handheld entertainment system.
«I've always wanted to create a
standalone game based on the mod I created for the ARMA
series, and working with Bluehole gives me the resources and creative freedom to build the experience I've always envisioned,» said Greene.
MGS3 is also a good entry point - it's a prequel set in the 60s, so it's probably the
game that works best as a
standalone Cold War potboiler without much concern for the
series» baroque mythology.
Then you've got
standalone DLC, which has become more common recently with open world
games such as inFamous and Assassin's Creed, taking the mechanics of the original
game — or just the setting — and acting as both a lower priced entry point to the
series while giving fans something more, and acting as something different enough to be a success.
Nexon announced that there's a new free - to - play multiplayer shooter inbound for PC
gamers based on Shirow Masamune's popular manga
series Ghost in the Shell:
Standalone Complex.
Among the most well - known and popular PS3 exclusive
games are the Uncharted, God of War, Killzone, SingStar, Yakuza, Little Big Planet and Gran Turismo
series, and outstanding
standalone titles like Heavy Rain.
A controlled world is actually one
game grafted onto another: there's the open world that you explore, and then there's a secondary and more traditionally linear adventure that is at best overlaid upon the open world in a
series of «go from point A to point B» missions, and at worst, tucked into discrete,
standalone zones.