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... This isn't even up for suggestion! It's got to be the most epic, if not definitely the longest game on the site so far, judging by the longest games forum post where the longest games had a few hundred pages, whereas this one has more than 2000 and is by far one of the most well written games on the site I've read so far. Question is, which game should be unfeatured to make room for it? I haven't read them all yet so I can't make a fair suggestion. What do you guys think? (And isn't it EPIC?) ^_^

... Never mind. :p

Same topic, more than one thread ;)

It's the longest, and I think a great effort, but I would disagree that it is the most epic.

Well, it's one of them :p

I think she meant it was the most epic zombie-based game that she's(and I) have ever played.

Well, it's epic in terms of play length but I think what madglee's saying is that one of the things that typically characterizes an "epic" is a global scope whereas DMW is constrained to a smaller scope (at least in the paths I've played). So while it's "epicly long", it isn't "an epic".

When I think Epic, I think of a story that covers a major span of time like generations or such. For me the game was Epic in the real world taking a year to write; but in play, it only covers a few days to weeks (so I can see how it may not meet the definition in that sense)  =)

I consider something epic by the scale of the adventure. Does the scenery change much, have multiple characters/multiple storylines, have conflict on a national scale, etc?

Berka made a great storygame, but I wouldn't call it an epic, since it's a small scale story of one man's survival.

Right. I'd say it's epic [adjective] with respect to its functionality and expansiveness but it isn't an epic [noun].

Spectacular undertaking. I wasn't trying to take anything away from the story with that comment.

No offense taken, it was a valid observation  =)

I just noticed the note 3J left on it when he featured the story. Not 'Awesome story' or 'You totally deserve it,' he used what is probably the most accurate phrase to get a sense of how great this game is.

"Fuck yes"

Bahahahahaha, so eloquent.