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Time skip

Culture concept

The story skips a long time period at some point.

66
games
15
platforms
Fable: The Lost Chapters (Xbox)
Fable: The Lost Chapters
XBOX 2005-10-18
Firewatch (PlayStation 4)
Firewatch
PS4 2016-02-09
Fable Anniversary (Xbox 360)
Fable Anniversary
X360 2014-02-04
Dead Space 3 (Windows)
Dead Space 3
WIN 2013-02-05
Asura's Wrath (PlayStation 3)
Asura's Wrath
PS3 2012-02
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (PlayStation 3)
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
PS3 2009-06-09
Asura's Wrath (Xbox 360)
Asura's Wrath
X360 2012-02
Gigantic Army (Windows)
Gigantic Army
WIN 2010-11-12
The Last of Us (PlayStation 3)
The Last of Us
PS3 2013-06-14
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath (Windows)
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
WIN 2008-03
Mafia II (Windows)
Mafia II
WIN 2010-08-24
Assassin's Creed II (PlayStation 3)
Assassin's Creed II
PS3 2009-11-17
Commonly a menial and extremely long period that would not contribute to the story or gameplay one whittle.

A week skip is acceptable if the story otherwise follows an extremely tight timeline, e.g. the story covers only 2 hours gametime. Normally this should only be for skipping several years.
Related:
* Growing protagonist

Popular tags

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Parent groups

Time, Story time span

Games by year

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The first Time skip video game was released in 1983.

Ubisoft, THQ and Microsoft published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 24
X360 9
PS3 9
Linux 8
Mac OS X 5
PS4 2
MS-DOS 1
Apple II E 1
Win3.1 1
Xbox One 1
PS Vita 1
3DS 1
SNES 1
PS2 1
Xbox 1

Most common companies

Ubisoft6
THQ4
Microsoft4
Bethesda Softworks4
Campo Santo4
Codemasters4
Virgin Interactive3
BeautiFun Games3
2K Games3
MinMax Games3
Nintendo2
Feral Interactive2
Double Fine Productions2
Electronic Arts2
Capcom2