Great episode! Poor season. :(
S2E3 in my opinion was one of the best there's been yet, it was so intense and it really took things to a new level with its brutality. However I and I've noticed many others have mixed feelings about the story and what the main plot of the season is.
Compared to season one, so far season two is nowhere near as good in terms of character development and exploring of hubs etc which are severely lacking, when Carlos died I didn't care as I did when S1 people died like Carley, Duck and Katjaa etc, there has been no development what so ever with guys like Carlos and Alvin etc. Why do they never give us the time to interact with them? Well maybe they have too many characters now, so they dont have time to cover most of them, in S1 we had a small group of people which gave us more time to get to know them and even care about them.
Walter and Reggie were both good, normal and interesting characters who we get to like, but then they just get killed off and instead they keep people on who have no personality and don't say much like Jane and Mike, the same old do what you have to do to survive types. Walter and Reggie remind me a lot of S1 characters thanks to their good personalities.
As for the story I just don't get where it's meant to be going right now, after S2E1 which was a great episode and start to the season, however whatever choices you made in this episode or things you say to anyone have had absolutely no change or consequence in the story, it's almost as if whatever you say to anyone does not change their mood or opinion of you. Rebecca and Carlos are good examples, actually make that everyone.So does anyone ever say anything different based on how you treated them earlier in the series? That thing that says "Rebecca will remember this" for example always seems irrelavant now as it doesnt seem to mean anything anymore.
As for the plot of the story, I don't get where it is going, we have had hardly any involvement with the rest of the 400 days people and the plan of going to Wellington has not been mentioned at all in Ep3, they're just going nowhere right now.:(
I hope the season somehow puts itself together and makes more sense, there's still 2 more episodes so lets hope they match S1 even though it would take a miracle.
So what do you think?
Compared to season one, so far season two is nowhere near as good in terms of character development and exploring of hubs etc which are severely lacking, when Carlos died I didn't care as I did when S1 people died like Carley, Duck and Katjaa etc, there has been no development what so ever with guys like Carlos and Alvin etc. Why do they never give us the time to interact with them? Well maybe they have too many characters now, so they dont have time to cover most of them, in S1 we had a small group of people which gave us more time to get to know them and even care about them.
Walter and Reggie were both good, normal and interesting characters who we get to like, but then they just get killed off and instead they keep people on who have no personality and don't say much like Jane and Mike, the same old do what you have to do to survive types. Walter and Reggie remind me a lot of S1 characters thanks to their good personalities.
As for the story I just don't get where it's meant to be going right now, after S2E1 which was a great episode and start to the season, however whatever choices you made in this episode or things you say to anyone have had absolutely no change or consequence in the story, it's almost as if whatever you say to anyone does not change their mood or opinion of you. Rebecca and Carlos are good examples, actually make that everyone.So does anyone ever say anything different based on how you treated them earlier in the series? That thing that says "Rebecca will remember this" for example always seems irrelavant now as it doesnt seem to mean anything anymore.
As for the plot of the story, I don't get where it is going, we have had hardly any involvement with the rest of the 400 days people and the plan of going to Wellington has not been mentioned at all in Ep3, they're just going nowhere right now.:(
I hope the season somehow puts itself together and makes more sense, there's still 2 more episodes so lets hope they match S1 even though it would take a miracle.
So what do you think?
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I did marathon of s1 straight to s2 recommend it then see the problems clearly really depressing
Personally just being honest after playing 7 episodes in a few days. s2 ep 1 was the worst and felt it was impossible from then to save the plot
The rushed Omid death was so lame and poorly written also how they left Clem to herself just stupid
Playing Frizbee with a dog for 10 seconds then they kill him brutally WAT?
Carlos can't understand what a bite looks like as a doctor it was also only on one side of Clem's arm also
The new group tries to kill Clem on multiply occasions then locks the small dying girl in a shed. Then Luke refuses to save her life in case he gets into trouble WTF how can I ever connect or sympathize with this new group
Carlos DON'T GO NEAR MY DAUGHTER!! next episode asks Clem to mind her. Rebecca a complete B**** next episode really nice no character consistence taking me out of the story
Lack of gameplay and puzzles when played s1 found myself looking forward to the hubs and puzzles the most where I feel I can really influence the game and felt part of the story playing at my own pace never liked cutscenes they were just fillers to the hub areas to me.
Hear people saying no Hub areas or puzzles is for story branches for me lie all illusion of choice with no real impact
I felt episode 2 was good but puzzle with the windmill nearly ruined whole episode for me only chance for a puzzle they must think were stupid or something really disappointing for me in otherwise great episode
Episode 3 was great, but felt rushed. Hopefully the dude who wrote Episode 3 does not return for Episode 4.
I'm sick of hearing about hub areas. I really am. Sure, we may or may not get to "know more" about the characters, but it interrupts the flow of the story every single time, and to be honest, I don't feel like I care about these characters less due to the lack of hubs.
People talk about Reggie a lot in this vein, that you didn't get to know him therefore his death wasn't as sad. It was plenty sad for me, but did you ever consider that you really weren't supposed to get to know him? He had put himself in the place of being a "good guy". He was nice and funny, and you wanted to get to know him, and then Carver kills him so early on. It's so completely out of the blue, and it's what really convinces everyone that they need to escape ASAP. The purpose of his death wasn't really sadness, as with Carlos' it was shock, and it still kept a good level of sadness, for me at least, because I had initially liked him.
So far, I consider All That Remains a better premiere than A New Day because it wasn't as slow, but still managed to get in all the character development that it needed. A House Divided I considered to be the best episode, and now In Harm's Way has taken that same place. Given that, I'm going to say that Season Two is better than Season One. I haven't missed hubs, and while it would be nice to increase the length of the episodes, none of them have felt "cut short", and to be honest it was those same hubs that inflated the length of the S1 Episodes, so it's not too much of a problem for me. I disagree with their logic, but if they can still make great episodes, then fine.
Aaaand you lost me. *All That Remains* is in my opinion anemic on character development. We got the necessary amount of it so as not to call them one-dimensional, but that is it.
Hell, the setup for some of the characters even contradicts itself later, except for Nick, who had an arc and evolution on Episode 2. Oh, but he was then relegated to determinant limbo. What was the point of determinately antagonizing some of the group members when you met them and have the **(?)___ will remember that** pop up if they are going to respond later in the same way?
IT ISNT EVEN FINISHED YET!
we have NO idea what is coming up. for all we know it could surpass season 1 its self. we dont know yet. they could have the biggest thing about to happen, that will shock us even more than S2 E3 did.
like in season 1, when they ended the cannibals, the villains were gone. did the rest of the season suck? NO, IT DIDN'T.
so just wait and see the rest of the season my gosh. sorry, i just had to get that off my chest.
something that would ultimately crush our feelings.
like the next episode would be based on the baby and jane and trust, and you can do ALOT with that.
and maybe episode 5 will have something huge.. leave us TOTALLY breathless.
i don't think you can compare the walking dead and twou because there based on totally different subjects and stories.
but if i had to pick which one i prefer i think the walking dead is alot better. just the story in general leaves me hanging and wanting more.
don't get me wrong though, i love the wolf among us also, but i love the walking dead alot more.
i agree.
i wouldnt mind more hubs, but ... i agree with what you said there.
Uncharted 2 is another good example ( ihave others but I'll wait in case you want to hear them)
But agree with your points played them all and definitely are excellent and better then the prequel funny thing actually thinking of AC2 when made the point and never put it in like your choices also Crash Bandicoot, Arkham Asylum etc