Original post from 2024-06-16.

bsky: @centuriichan.bsky.social

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[–] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Unless your game is actively getting generated by AI, handling multiple branching storylines is n times the amount of work for n branches of the storyline a lot of players will never get to explore and will just watch on YouTube.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    There's no detriment to either players or developers if people do a single playthrough on their own and then watch others' storyline choices after.

    I only played through Life is Strange once, but I wouldn't have bought it in the first place if I didn't feel I would have meaningful interaction with the story. Story-focused games with only a single narrative thread are much more likely to get the YouTube treatment from me.

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