Developers and gamers can benefit from the clear advantages of episodic gaming.
The most disappointing and infamous video game endings even sour the overall thoughts of a game. Most of these titles represent some of the finest entries in their respective series, marred by an ending we can't quite forgive.
There is no game called Final Fantasy VII Remake Part 2, but Rebirth had a great ending imo. Felt robbed by the ending at first, but the more I've seen it and during my 3rd playthrough, I started to understand and realize a lot more that make me appreciate the ending.
I was enjoying FFVII Remake, even though those whispers throughout the game were annoying. But the ending was so bad that I don't even want to play Rebirth. On top of that, from what I saw on reviews, the ending of Rebirth is even worse.
Also, I'm glad to see Zero Time Dilemma being recognized as the trainwreck it is. After the amazing two first games (especially the near perfect second one), the low quality of the trilogy end is baffling. The new characters are bad, the old characters don't feel like themselves, a surprise "alien technology" pops out of nowhere, the big twist was like "eh?", and it doesn't really finish the story nor explains the loose threads from the second game.
The Half-Life soundtrack (as well as Half-Life 2) is now available to play for free on a number of music streaming services.
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No....just like DLC, to the consumer it starts off as a neat little gift in a cheap little box. Next thing you know its a giant overpriced box with little dlc codes and blocks all throughout it, and each episode is a total rip off.
And if did happen don't expect it to be 5 dollar episodes, the price will slowly increase till no one buys it, then stay just below that line.
No. I don't want episodic gaming.
I'm yet to play an episodic game (and Half-Life 2 doesn't count, it messed up the concept by failing to understand how it works) where I feel like this is how gaming should be. The episodic games I do own, where bought on the cheap/free and in a full pack. The experience just doesn't work for me.
DLC packs ARE episodic gaming, and I'd bet half they "NO YUR WRONG" people on this thread have already bought into that. They're half-hour add-ons to the two-hour blockbuster movie that keeps the story going.
Could an episodic series survive without the retail component to lean on? The Walking Dead and Sam and Max say yes.