Episodic games are slowly becoming popular. From the release of Game of Thrones: A Telltale Game Series to The Walking Dead, creative developers, are slowly using it to market tv series and popular franchises like Batman. But let us admit it, there are several episodic video games with their plotline and characters that are worth trying.
Life is Strange
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Life is Strange is probably one of the best game released this year. It tells the story of a high school student named Max Caulfield, “who discovers that she has the power to control time”, go back to the past and change the course of history. With the help of her best friend Chloe Price, she must solve the mysterious disappearance of a fellow student named Amber Price, and understand the real course of her power.
Dreamfall Chapters
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Dreamfall Chapters is the highly anticipated follow-up game of The Longest Journey and Dreamfall. The story is set in parallel words: Stark, a cyberpunk future world, and Arcadia, a magical realm. The game follows the story of two heroes on their journey to save the very fabric of reality from destroying. It is all about choices and consequences, where every decision matters. It features a dark, mature, and emotional adventure that you with sudden twists and surprises.
The Uncertain
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The Uncertain will dare you to make moral choices in a world devoid of it. The game is set in a post-apocalyptic world inhabited by artificial life forms like robots. The story follows the perspective of an engineering robot called RT-217NP, an AI who seems to be too curious about the extinct human race. The game will test your skills and let you solve several puzzles. Make fateful decisions and find out the truth that the society has been hiding for so long.
Tales from the Borderlands
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Tales from the Borderlands features an adventurous and sci-fi video game from the creators of The Walking Dead: A Telltale Games Series. It is set in the post-apocalyptic world of Pandora after the events seen in Borderlands 2. The game allows you to control two characters named Rhys and Fiona. Rhys is a Hyperion employee on a mission to make Hyperion his, while Fiona is a Pandoran con artist looking for a way to score her biggest swindle. Explore Pandora and create your story.
These games are all available on Steam. You can download them on any Microsoft Windows and Mac Os gaming desktop. Go and check them out.