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Recap

Culture concept

More or less briefly retells what happened in previous game of the series when it is relevant to the current story. Usually to set up the premise, either as a memory refresher or to bring up to speed players who skipped the previous game.

28
games
5
platforms

Alternate names: Previously happened, Recapitulation
Name variations: recap sequence

Dead Space 3 (PlayStation 3)
Dead Space 3
PS3 2013-02-05
The Darkness II (Windows)
The Darkness II
WIN 2012-02-10
Dead Space 2 (PlayStation 3)
Dead Space 2
PS3 2011-01-25
Dead Space 2 (Xbox 360)
Dead Space 2
X360 2011-01-25
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (Xbox)
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
XBOX 2001-11-06
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Windows)
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
WIN 2010-07-27
Prototype 2 (Xbox 360)
Prototype 2
X360 2012-04-24
Dead Space 2 (Windows)
Dead Space 2
WIN 2011-01-25
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee (Windows)
Oddworld: Munch's Oddysee
WIN 2010-12-20
Alien Breed 2: Assault (Xbox 360)
Alien Breed 2: Assault
X360 2010-09-22
The Darkness II (Xbox 360)
The Darkness II
X360 2012-02-07
Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void (Windows)
Starcraft II: Legacy of the Void
WIN 2015-11-10

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Games by year

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The first Recap video game was released on November 6, 2001.

Electronic Arts, Team17 Software and Blizzard Entertainment published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 12
X360 7
PS3 6
Mac OS X 2
Xbox 1