The game's story occurs between two seasons, so if you haven't watched it and plan on watching it, it will contain very heavy spoilers. I don't think that the game's enjoyment is completely dependent on watching the show, but it will be severely impaired if you haven't. There are only a few characters from the show appearing in this episode, but all of them have great performances and behave like you'd expect from any episode from the tv series. However, they won me over every single time, quickly making me care by introducing high stakes to some event as the scene unfolded. I wanted to keep playing the other character because I was too immersed in that scene that just ended. This pattern repeats, and I must say, every time the character changed, it always felt jarring to me. Then it introduces the context of the next character only to ramp up tensions towards the end of the scene again. The usual flow of the game consists of a brief introduction of the character/scene in a relaxed pace, followed by a rise of tensions up to a climax, at which point the game changes characters giving the player a calm after the storm. The three characters are all related in their origins. They never meet, but even though in different places, they all move the same story forward, and their actions impact the others. You play three new characters that are not part of the show. However, the action that matters in this game happens in the form of dialogue, and that's where it truly shines. I find a particular action scene choreographed rather poorly, almost breaking suspension of disbelief. There is some action that requires pressing the right buttons quickly, which I believe is the weakest point of the game. This system works very well by giving you hard choices in tense scenes, whose consequences feel potentially very impactful. Most of the gameplay of this game consists of picking dialog options on a timer all other gameplay is secondary and forgettable. I don't share that criticism because it relates to something that doesn't personally bother me, but it will bother some people, so can you be disappointed with the purchase?įirst, I'll describe the game a bit. I played through episode one, and I loved it! Having said that, there is criticism about it and I believe it's partly warranted. Only the very end of it has short updates about new episodes. Note: This review was written by the time episode 1 came out.
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