Chapters
Culture concept
132
games
16platforms
The story is split into chapters or similar segments.
Notable people involved: Michael Hoge, Andrzej Sapkowski, Joel '.plink' Nielsen, Stefan Nyul and Dean Dodrill
Alternate names: Episodes, Acts
X360 2015-01-29
WIN 2012-12-07
VITA 2013-11-20
WIN 2002-11-29
WIN 2013-05-25
WIN 2013-09-26
WIN 2015-01-29
WIN 2009-06-30
GEN 1992-03-12
PS3 2011-09-27
WIN 1997-01
PS3 2011-02-25
Note that chapters can exist separate of maps/levels and span a variable number of them. The chapters are usually announced in one manner or another, with either chapter name, number or both. Chapters are not always named "chapters" either (especially in eastern [e.g. Japanese] products where they seem to love using words somewhat related to the theme intead).
Superficially this is a sign that the game is linear and story-driven, but not required to be either.
Superficially this is a sign that the game is linear and story-driven, but not required to be either.
See also: mission-based
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The first Chapters video game was released in 1991.
Telltale Games, Deep Silver, Square Enix and Devolver Digital published most of these games.