Planet of the Apes: The interactive movie evolved

Planet of the Apes: Last Frontier

Planet Of The Apes: Last Frontier is an odd bird. Despite giving players the agency to affect the world and story, it’s not a traditional videogame, and with its hyper-realistic visuals, it’s not a movie. The interactive experience straddles the line between the two art forms.

Like Telltale Games such as The Walking Dead, it lets players make choices that shape the ­narrative, but those decisions are done without exploration. Players don’t control a main character. Instead, Planet Of The Apes: Last Frontier acts like a movie shifting from scene to scene. The developers, Imaginati Studios, lets players watch Hideo Kojima-length cutscenes and peppers the experience with choices.