I loved Episode 3, whats with all the hate?
Did it feel like the story was rushed? Yes. Id be doing one "chore" for 10 seconds than another chore, than I see Carver, than bed time. . .
Where there times I wished they did something differently? Of course. I really wish Carver didn't kill Reggie so quick into the episode.
BUT
Absolutely loved Episode 3. The writing and everything. Loved that the episode answered some questions in relation to the plot and I really enjoyed the intensity of the episode. I personally would have liked more "gameplay" where Clem can explore/ chat/ pick up items, as many are saying. However, I thought Telltale did an excellent job of moving on with the story and ending the Carver saga. We met and are now with some pretty cool people and I cant wait for Episode 4.
For those who know me on here, you know I love to complain about wait times and delays. It seemed that every time I said there would be a delay/ longer wait in the release date thread I would get down voted like there was no tomorrow (even though I did turn out to be right.) I think its funny now that so many who were backing Telltale earlier are now saying "they are done" and "they suck." This episode was great. And of course there are going to be parts every episode you don't like but I think this episode was actually a very good quality episode.
If you are going to diss Telltale, and they have a lot to be dissed about, stick to the long waits in between episodes and the lack of communication.
Where there times I wished they did something differently? Of course. I really wish Carver didn't kill Reggie so quick into the episode.
BUT
Absolutely loved Episode 3. The writing and everything. Loved that the episode answered some questions in relation to the plot and I really enjoyed the intensity of the episode. I personally would have liked more "gameplay" where Clem can explore/ chat/ pick up items, as many are saying. However, I thought Telltale did an excellent job of moving on with the story and ending the Carver saga. We met and are now with some pretty cool people and I cant wait for Episode 4.
For those who know me on here, you know I love to complain about wait times and delays. It seemed that every time I said there would be a delay/ longer wait in the release date thread I would get down voted like there was no tomorrow (even though I did turn out to be right.) I think its funny now that so many who were backing Telltale earlier are now saying "they are done" and "they suck." This episode was great. And of course there are going to be parts every episode you don't like but I think this episode was actually a very good quality episode.
If you are going to diss Telltale, and they have a lot to be dissed about, stick to the long waits in between episodes and the lack of communication.
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But other than that and the things you mentioned, I thought the episode was great and kept me off my seat for the most part.
I liked this episode for what it did right, but I'm not going to shut up about what it did wrong in my eyes.
In my opinion.
OK so normally I am super excited anxious and emotional while playing these episodes but playing thru this one the most common thought I had was "OK this is when it gets awesome" but then most of the time it just kinda.... didn't. It left me feeling confused and underwhelmed.
Carver was a good villain but at this point he feels like wasted potential, all that build up made it underwhelming for him to turn out so one-dimensionally evil. It could have been an interesting moral dilemma to have the opportunity to see his views proven right in some way or for something to happen to make you question your morals and then you would have an actual reason to agree with his philosophy, which would make the whole morals vs survival theme that ep4 seems to emphasize that much more difficult. But instead it was just Carver is EVIL EVIL EVIL. His evilness was just so clear cut it just automatically pushes you to be like no! you are a psycho and I disagree! Whether or not watching his death proves him right was an interesting question but it just feels like they could have given that decision more context and weight instead of being like "well I really hate you cuz you are evil so I want to watch you die". I mean that is interesting too I guess but it should have felt like more of a turning point in Clem's philosophy instead of just being like "she is desensitized to violence now." idk
Meanwhile it's like Christa & Wellington don't even exist, I mean I understand why no one is really talking about it but it feels like we should have had some kind of reminder that she is still out there and that maybe we should be trying to head there (or not). In ep2 it felt like such a huge deal with the Luke or Kenny choice and the arguing about Wellington, but that was just abandoned too. There is no longer any tension about who to trust and who to side with when it was specifically built up in the previous episodes. Instead the focus is "MY NAME IS KENNY AGHGH I AM EXCITABLE WE MUST GET OUT SO HELP ME CLEM YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN"
Why did the whole "do I trust the cabin group or not" issue disappear? why did Carver say that mysterious stuff about Luke, and who on earth was this George character who Alvin supposedly killed? I guess now we will never know?! And what about Kenny's mental state? For a while there it seemed like they were going for an interesting angle with the whole "maybe he's crazy from losing his family so maybe u shouldn't trust him either'. but then he goes right back to being his S1 self, dialed up to 100. On one hand i liked how Kenny was so Kenny- protective yet manipulative, hotheaded yet loyal. There were some great moments with that. But now thinking about it, that's pretty much exactly who he was in S1 so what's the point? In the end it felt like too much too soon, why are you being so heroic? It was great at the moment but if that's where his arc is going it feels way too early, like where are we going to go with his character now? In the preview he was so nice! I mean that's cool for Clem but not very exciting lol.
TLDR i felt like the episode abandoned stuff that it was building up to and the characterization was weird & it felt out of place. Determinant characters might as well not exist. Everything that everyone was hyped about was not even addressed in the episode. That might be a stupid complaint but isn't that the exact point of the episodic format?