What category is games like Life is Strange and Until Dawn? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago by turnerpike20@lemmy.ml to c/games@lemmy.world

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So both Life is Strange and Until Dawn have what's called the butterfly effect something that's kind of a questionable concept at best but it's somewhat real. Telltale was famous for games like this as well. But yeah it's like depending on your actions it can change the story and thus play more like a movie with a different possible story. What type of game is this?

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[-] MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 months ago

They're basically an evolution of the point and click adventure. This variation is often just called a narrative game or other similar sounding names. Searching for "games like telltale" should give you a good list.

Telltale were the ones that evolved the point and click into the form it takes now just so you know. Supermassive (until dawn) made their take on the genre feel more cinematic and more like watching a movie with choices but they're ultimately still using the formula that telltale pioneered.

[-] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago

I'm fairly sure years ago that there was a game called alone in the dark that was very similar to this but that was long before telltale. Anything I can remember about it is that it had had fire physics and that every time you started a new level it would load up and say "last time on a loan in the dark" and then give you a tv show style rundown of what you previously done