Length of an Episode?

[Grim.Reaper]

Just curious if anyone knows how much content (measured in hours of gameplay) is usually contained in a single episode with these games.

[20 fps]

1h30 - 2h.

[Grim.Reaper]

Thank you for the quick response....I know we also get six episodes, is there any typical time frame of how frequent new episodes are released (i.e. once a month, etc.)?

[Sabrewylf]

One particular episode in TWAU was extremely short though, if I recall correctly. About 1 hour. The longest you get is usually around 2 hours indeed. 90 minutes is about the average I'd say.

[Planeforger]

Originally posted by Grim.Reaper:

Thank you for the quick response....I know we also get six episodes, is there any typical time frame of how frequent new episodes are released (i.e. once a month, etc.)?

More like every 6-8 weeks. Sometimes shorter, and very rarely longer than that.

[MorningLightMountain]

Originally posted by Sabrewylf:

One particular episode in TWAU was extremely short though, if I recall correctly. About 1 hour. The longest you get is usually around 2 hours indeed. 90 minutes is about the average I'd say.

The recent average has been ninety. Their earlier games were quite often between two and three hours at minimum. Things may be changing as Tales from the Borderlands was around two to two and half for most people. But that's just one episode.

[Connobar]

I think with the multiple characters we'll see a two hour plus episode. If not, it may come off as very rushed and congested.

[dubesor]

I checked the last games in terms of playtime, either recorded by my own or by hundreds of others on sites like howlongtobeat. All playthroughs were blind and played at casual normal pace. I calculated both the DLC as well as Tales from the Borderlands as 1/17th of the total avg.

The Walking Dead S1
EP1 - 2h 26m
EP2 - 2h 32m
EP3 - 2h 37m
EP4 - 2h 45m
EP5 - 1h 36m
Avg./EP - 2h 23m

400 days DLC - 1h 27m

The Walking Dead S2
EP1 - 1h 38m
EP2 - 1h 50m
EP3 - 1h 31m
EP4 - 1h 33m
EP5 - 1h 38m
Avg./EP - 1h 38m

The Wolf Among Us
EP1 - 1h 58m
EP2 - 1h 20m
EP3 - 1h 25m
EP4 - 1h 16m
EP5 - 1h 09m
Avg./EP - 1h 27m

Tales from the Borderlands
EP1 - 2h 18m

Total avg./EP = 1h 49m

edit: Math

[Planeforger]

Originally posted by The Maguire:

I think with the multiple characters we'll see a two hour plus episode. If not, it may come off as very rushed and congested.

On the other hand, this season is six episodes long - so they might be able to keep them the same length as the average Walking Dead episode without any problems.