Portal is the game of the year

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wiglaf
So in the last eight years, you can think of three examples? Nice.

Edit for your bizarre edit: You're going to have to be more specific, I liked the other post better.

Asheron's Call had episodic content monthly since 1998.

LOTRO has it every other month.

Sam & Max also..

Long story short, no this is not new, and no it is not exclusive to PCs.

[Wiglaf]

Sam and Max

Whatever. You can think of like three examples prior to this year. Arguing it's not new is stupid.

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wiglaf
Sam and Max

Whatever. You can think of like three examples prior to this year. Arguing it's not new is stupid.

I can think of it being done as early as 1998. I'm not sure how you can say it is new when I can point out specific examples that date back nine years.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Sn00py
asleepathewheel, I assume you're talking about addons? I don't count addons as episodes. An addon is like adding a new character to the same story as last week. A new episode is another story continuing from the previous story.

whoosh!

[Asher]

Originally posted by asleepathewheel


whoosh!

It's more effective when you pair that comment with the one from the prior paragraph, where he lamblasts me for not seeing the "big picture".

[Wiglaf]

Originally posted by Asher

I can think of it being done as early as 1998. I'm not sure how you can say it is new when I can point out specific examples that date back nine years.

You only gave 2 examples from before 2007...and they certainly were not as high profile as half life or mass effect.

[asleepathewheel]

Originally posted by Asher

It's more effective when you pair that comment with the one from the prior paragraph, where he lamblasts me for not seeing the "big picture".

Eh, you did a good enough job, without me piling on

It was a rather tired joke I threw out anyway, I'm surprised that he didn't get it. OTOH, maybe not...

[Asher]

Originally posted by Wiglaf


You only gave 2 examples from before 2007...and they certainly were not as high profile as half life or mass effect.

Half-Life's wasn't in 2007. And sn00py's comment wasn't about HL. It was about Portal.

HL2 had planned episodic content in 2004.

[Wiglaf]

OK, my response is to this

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Originally posted by Sn00py
Their plan is to release "episodes" with progressive upgrades to the game (graphics, gameplay, etc), because they don't think its a good idea to release a new game every 4 years, which expotentially get bigger with each version.

It's a VERY smart idea and one I think will catch on in the future of gaming, especially PC gaming.
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Welcome to 2004.
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Episodes I don't think had caught on by 2004. They still have not caught on in 2007. This is not a big deal, I did not mean to drag this out, but in the original context snoopy's post is defensible.

NOW I AM GOING TO WALK AWAY.

[Harry Tuttle]

Why buy when you can try?

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/404612

[FrostyBoy]

Originally posted by Asher

Half-Life's wasn't in 2007. And sn00py's comment wasn't about HL. It was about Portal.

HL2 had planned episodic content in 2004.

Why the hell would I be talking about Portal when the episodes are obviously for HL2?

And I knew Episode 1 was in discussion in 2004, I played it the week it was released. (probably your one sided brain is going to interpret that as me having played it in 2004, if it did, I suggest you learn to use the other side more).

I think I need to be more clear regarding my comment on episodes being more popular in the future. 1st, I wasn't talking about Episode 1 or 2 because I am fully aware they were long in production and already released. 2nd, it ISN'T popular; if it were popular, it would be common practice, but it isn't, developers create either addons and/or sequels.

[Jon Miller]

Asher could have mentioned EVE as well.

JM

[Asher]

The problem is, sn00py, it is popular but you just didn't know about it. It's one of the areas where single-player games are taking a book from MMORPGs, which have been doing it (popularly) for about a decade now.

[Patroklos]

developers create either addons

How are add-ons fundamentally different from content "add-ons" like HL EP1 and EP2?

Add Ultima Online, near monthly content additions since 1997.

[Guynemer]

Originally posted by Wiglaf


Er, Mass effect and episode 2 are quite recent. It is not unreasonable to say episodic content is pretty new to PC games, and I can't think of more than one or two examples of it in 2004, 2005, or 2006. Can you?

Sam & Max

edit: didn't see Asher's reply


Why the laughter, Wiggy? Did you play Sam & Max? It's really quite good.