Our ongoing rankings consider how much fun each interactive is, what kind of stories they’re telling, and whether the viewer’s choices actually have any effect on the story. 16, we’ve updated our look back at all the streaming site’s interactive specials. With the service’s latest interactive, Johnny Test’s Ultimate Meatloaf Quest, out on Nov. But just how fun are these specials? How interactive? Do the choices we make even matter? Each of these shows prompts viewers to choose how events unfold. Wild franchise is just Bear Grylls hamming it up in nature. Most of Netflix’s interactive specials take place in the worlds of existing series, though Bandersnatch largely stands alone, since Black Mirror is an anthology show, and the You vs. Wild, the streamer’s ambitions clearly started expanding. Netflix’s initial interactive titles were all tailored toward kids, but with the release of 2018’s Black Mirror: Bandersnatch and 2019’s You vs. Netflix’s interactives are an ongoing experiment with mixed success, but they’re demonstrably getting more ambitious and creative over time. They’re like proto-games in a Choose Your Own Adventure-style mode.
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Its interactive content - hybrid movie and game experiences, mostly based on pre-existing franchises - lets viewers participate in the stories they’re watching. Netflix recently added actual games to its list of offerings, the latest step in a plan the streaming service has been working on since 2017, when it first started experimenting with interactive specials.