I'm not a fan nor a hater of episodic video games. Episodic and non episodic could be great video games if done properly.
About developing episodic games, it depends on game's story. If it's complete in one game, then that's it. Next game is either sequel or spinoff or totally new game.
I plan to make my half-small project an episodic one where you can play on the web and that this is updated every so often. What do you think?
Oh so that's what you meant by episodic. I can see pros and cons of this:Pros:
1. Stuffs get updated over time, making things more interesting and or have more stuffs.
2. Bugs could get removed over time, making the game more stable.
Cons :
1. If the game had save game feature, the update has high chance to break previous save game forcing players to replay the game again.
2. New bugs might appear after the update.