However, the music is rather forgettable and there’s some visual anomalies involving certain characters and locations.Įpisode 3 is a bridge between this game’s first and second half. The action scenes in particular benefit from some improved sound design. Its voice-acting and dialogue is excellent and the pacing in conversations is of the best in Telltale’s history. In terms of presentation, episode 3 maintains the bar set by the opening. The politics and reasons given for it are rather simplistic and aren’t anything we haven’t seen in the post-apocalypse genre.

While it sets up a world of conflict for our characters, the engagement comes from the peril it puts them in, rather than the situation itself. It’s here that we’re let in on the game’s greater plotline. “The action scenes in particular benefit from some improved sound design.” Specifically in the connection between your character and their sister-in-law that’s the subject of conversation throughout. There are also some storylines that feel abruptly forced in this episode where they previously felt like a choice. It’s odd, considering Clementine was another layer of tension previously, and here, feels more relegated to the support role than ever before. Oddly enough, the most predictable moments involve Clementine, and the most unpredictable involve the player character and their family. These moments have their depth and purpose, it’s just less interesting from a gameplay perspective when you’re able to predict the beat of a scene.Īs discussed previously, the gameplay here is unchanged from Telltale’s formula, so the context for each of the scenes – whether they’re dialogue based or focus combat and puzzle solving – is highly important in whether the mechanics are interesting or not. Their unpredictability and messiness keep you on the edge, meanwhile the story reveals feel less like a new puzzle piece, and instead, confirm information that we picked up on. That’s why the best moments of episode 3 are the greyest. “These moments have their depth and purpose, it’s just less interesting from a gameplay perspective when you’re able to predict the beat of a scene.”

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