Talk:Kentucky Route Zero

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Webster, Andrew (26 October 2012). "'Kentucky Route Zero' is a bluegrass adventure with robots and cats". Ars Technica. Condé Nast Publications.
Hall, Charlie (11 April 2013). "Breathe In The Road: Cardboard Computer and Kentucky Route Zero". Polygon. Vox Media.
"The Making Of: Kentucky Route Zero". Edge. Future plc. 10 October 2013.
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Kuhar, Andrew (January 28, 2020). "How the creators of Kentucky Route Zero ended their seven-year saga". Polygon. Retrieved January 28, 2020.

Release Dates of Acts

Is there a reason why the release dates of the acts was removed? It was a useful reference. Maybe I'll add it back unless there's some reason I'm unaware of for its deletion. Aibara (talk) 04:41, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

In the lead and infobox? Because of WP:VG/DATE. Note that this game isn't really episodic (which implies each act was a separate purchase), it was just updated over time using that format. However, it should definitely belong in the development section. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 10:44, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
- The current information in the infobox is misleading, especially given that the dates of release are nowhere else in the article (the best we have is vague mention in the lede). Kentucky Route Zero was not released in 2020. I'm of the opinion that VGDATE should be ignored here, given the unusual release structure of the game (really, games). Chubbles (talk) 13:58, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  - The final planned update of the game before it was a finished product was in 2020. It was not episodic in the same sense as games such as Life Is Strange or any Telltale game, so I disagree that we should ignore VGDATE here. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 21:40, 4 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    - There is a strong dissonance between what is in the infobox and the entire Critical Reception section. Also, it flatly contradicts the lived experiences of most of the people who have played the game. If it is not episodic in the same sense as those games, it is in its own category of staggered release; I think that makes it a perfect (single) candidate for making an exception to the rules. Chubbles (talk) 04:43, 5 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
      - Yeah, I guess technically it doesn't fit the precise definition of an episodic game but almost every source seems to describe this as an episodic game so ignoring it seems strange. And many of those sources are not just from years ago, they are from this year. --Mika1h (talk) 21:01, 4 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Just in case this is contested again, the first act was originally available as a separate purchase on steam, so it’s untrue that you could only buy the full game. And it’s just ridiculous to say that a game that was released over a full decade wasn’t episodic. ParallelSmokies (talk) 06:13, 16 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Publishing

@Dissident93: Hello! About the fact that only the consoles versions are published by Annapurna. Really it’s just something I know from following the game, but we can look for info here and there. For instance there are two websites, kentuckyroutezero.com and kentuckyroutezero.tv, one made by Cardboard Computer for the computer versions, one made by Annapurna for the console versions. Annapurna’s website also only mentions “Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition” and only the consoles in the platforms. On stores, “Cardboard Computer” is the credit line for the computer versions and “Annapurna Interactive” for the console version. In the game, the Annapurna logo only appears in the beginning of the game on the console versions. And I’m sure press articles at the time of the console versions announcement stated it, don’t have the time to look for them now. Hope that makes sense? ~ nicolas (talk) 22:34, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Actually, kentuckyroutezero.com mentions it in the second piece of text on the page: “It is available for Windows, Linux, and MacOS as 'Kentucky Route Zero: PC Edition' and, in partnership with Annapurna Interactive, for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation, and Xbox One as 'Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition.'” ~ nicolas (talk) 22:35, 26 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The logo appears on the PC version as well, or at least it did when I played it upon release. ~ Dissident93 ^(talk) 10:39, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You are right about that indeed, they are keeping all the versions of the game in sync. It is still very clear from the official Annapurna page and other official sources mentioned above that they only publish “Kentucky Route Zero: TV Edition” for “PlayStation, Xbox, Nintendo Switch”. And their logo is not on the PC edition website which explicitly mentions the TV edition as something else on another website in partnership with Annapurna. At the end I don’t care that much, I just think we should be exact. ~ nicolas (talk) 22:21, 15 November 2022 (UTC)[reply]