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\"Episodic<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

If you gander over the site, you’ll notice a common theme pop up. The writers here love a certain genre of games. Maybe you’ll realize it from a certain list ranking Telltale Games<\/a>. Or where one game ranked on our 2020 Game of the Year<\/a> list. Maybe it’ll be the roundtable<\/a> of games we wish they made. If you haven’t guessed it yet, I’m talking about episodic games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, after the reveal of <\/a>Life is Strange: True Colors<\/a><\/em>, the staff started talking. Specifically, whether we liked Life Is Strange: True Colors<\/em> releasing all at once, or if we prefer the episodic game approach. So we thought, why not just make a topic about it? So here it is. A few of us here at VGU decide to discuss our thoughts on the episodic game release structure and whether we love it or hate it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Josh Miller – Hypertime Host<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I HATE IT!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Telltale Games<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

There are a few points I want to touch on as to why I hate the episodic game release schedules. First, and probably most criticized, are the delays. Too often has an episodic game planned monthly release gone sour. What should be a five-month span with one episode releasing a month inevitably extends beyond that. Tell Me Why<\/em> is an outlier in that it released weekly in August and September of last year. Tales From the Borderlands<\/em> though? Ten months. Same with The Wolf Among Us<\/em> and Life is Strange<\/em>. Guardians of the Galaxy<\/em> was eight months. Consistency was always rough.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To pair up with the release schedule was the cost. Especially with Telltale. Season passes to get all episodes would release for $29.99 when the first episode dropped. By the time the last episode released, the season pass would be on sale. Sometimes before then. When this happened repeatedly, I asked myself why would I bother spending full price to experience a game over a span of 10 months? I could wait until the last episode drop, pay half the amount, and experience the full game in the same week the final episode released. It seemed absurd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Telltale Games<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The last reason I’ll mention is the fear of being invested in other games between episodes. Let me give you an example. The Walking Dead: A New Frontier<\/em> released throughout 2016 and 2017. Episode 3 dropped at the very end of March with episode 4 hitting a month later. Do you know what else came out at that time? Persona 5<\/em>. Not a game you can finish over the weekend, and one that sinks its teeth into you hard. Nothing could pull me away from that game. That’s ultimately another problem with episodic releases. They hope that you will be there for each episode, and depending on what else releases, that may not be the case. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are more reasons, but those are what I will leave here. Ultimately there are so many factors that, for my playstyle, lessen or ruin my enjoyment of an episodic game. Games like Until Dawn<\/em> or Asura’s Wrath<\/em> have shown you can have breaks in a game similar to episodes that give the urgency of experience to the player, not the publisher\/developer. That way I can experience a chunk of a game daily, weekly, monthly, whatever; but it will be at my pace. I will take that any day over episodic releases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Graydon Webb – The Contrarian American<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I PREFER IT!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Dontnod Entertainment<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Episodic games have always been one of my favorite aspects of modern gaming. Ever since the first Walking Dead<\/em> season, I could appreciate the idea of timed releases as a fascinating and unique concept. Frankly, I never really understood the hate these games got, as episodic titles as a whole really satisfied the kind of gamer I found myself to be: story-driven, and easily distracted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I love the most about episodic games is the ability to break a game into segments, allowing for easier play sessions in short bursts. Even when episodes are, say, three hours long, the cinematic fade-to-black clich\u00e9 made for scenes that assisted with the pick-up-and-play format. As I said before, I get distracted pretty easily by the stresses and nuances of daily life. I don’t always have the ability to sit down for a long gaming session. But episodic breakdowns make games feel a lot more approachable, especially ones that rely so much on a hearty narrative and decision-making.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Dontnod Entertainment<\/strong><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps my favorite part of the episodic format is the enjoyment of seeing a narrative play out over time – pardon the pun. I absolutely adore the feeling of knowing a game is coming out in small bits over the course of a few months. This instantly excites me, as I can expect a good chunk of my year to bring me new parts of a thrilling narrative. This was especially pleasurable with a game like Life is Strange 2<\/em>, which changed up the setting and plot details with every episode. I just love stretching out that fun and always having something to look forward to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, there are drawbacks to episodic games, I will admit. Waiting around does stink sometimes, and one of my favorite games of all time – Telltale’s Jurassic Park<\/em> – was made arguably better by including all of the episodes in one package. To be honest, I’ll take episodic titles any way I can get them, as long as their stories hold up in the end. If the finished product is an emotional adventure in about 15 hours or less, chances are I’ll melt no matter how the installments are delivered to my eyeballs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Allan Muir – Texas Red<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Am Tired Of The Formula<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first foray into episodic gaming was back in December of 2010 when Telltale released Back to Future<\/em>. It wasn’t, until like most people, The Walking Dead Season 1<\/em> that I started getting into the genre. Sometime after I finished TWD Season 1 I joined VGU after responding to a listing on a “game journalist” site. (You can check out the podcast that convinced me to join here<\/a>) But enough of that, I played the games Telltale put out after Walking Dead Season 1<\/em> and I honestly had a good time with the stories being told for the episodes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It wasn’t until Tales From The Borderlands<\/em> that I started getting content with the formula. The formula of episodic releases as a concept. When I recorded a spoilercast about Tales From The Borderlands<\/em>, Adnan Riaz mentioned how the release cycle of the game was a detriment to the game. He also compared the releases for the episodes of Life is Strange<\/em> saying how Telltale would take 1-3 months per episode while Dontnod took 1 or 2 at most. There were also reports of crunch culture<\/a> at Telltaleuntil it closed in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Credit: Telltale Games<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

With the relaunch of Telltale in December of 2018 one half of the duo who bought the rights to Telltale, James Ottilie addressed<\/a> the state of Telltale’s episodic releases. He said: “We will probably keep the concept of episodes but with different pacing. This is a different world, from a media consumption standpoint. We need to look at how people like to entertain themselves. I like the idea of binge-watching.\u201d This was dovetailed with the announcement that The Wolf Among Us 2<\/em> would restart development from the ground up with AdHoc studios, who are staffed by former Telltale employees working on narrative and cinematics, and Telltale working on gameplay and the move to Unreal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While all this was happening Life is Strange 2<\/em> was still releasing episodically. But the gap between episodes was getting bigger. The heir apparent to Tales From The Borderlands<\/em> for best story in my eyes was becoming just that, it was becoming Telltale. However, with the three Chapters of Tell Me Why<\/em> that was released, Dontnod redeemed themselves. The episodic future interactive based stories all changed when Life is Strange<\/em>: True Colors<\/em> was announced by Square-Enix on March 18th and would be ditching the episodic format for a more binge-able experience. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

And there are our opinions on the episodic game release schedules. Sound off with your own opinions in the comments below. Also don’t forget to check out our podcasts Players Club and WIN for more video game content from us here at VGU, or if you enjoy comics, check out Hypertime to Podcast too! There’s plenty of content on our Youtube channel<\/a> as well featuring an episodic game or two if you want to give that a gander as well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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