This review contains spoilers
This was an excellent episode but I'm a little fucking pissed off. There's a part where you can choose to kill the guy who shot Mariana, or let him turn into a zombie. I chose to kill him. He didn't die after the first two swings, so I hit him one more time. Apparently that counts as "destroying his skull"? In this series, there have been multiple times where you have to repeatedly bash a head to make sure you kill it, and it's not some morality choice, but here it is? Sigh Well, at least the only thing it seemed to affect is Jesus leaving which I figured he wouldn't be sticking around anyway. Still, fucking annoying.
A lot of very layered decisions this time around. Every little thing made me think how this would affect my relationship with the Prescott survivors, Gabe, Kate, and especially Clem and David, and I was left wondering if I'd be able to stop a war in Richmond (I'm guessing it's unavoidable, though, Joan had quite a manipulative speech). Genuinely some of the hardest decisions I had to make in these games.
I know a lot of people will probably hate David, but I think he's kind of great. He's got some empathy to learn (one teenager stealing one thing of medicine to use on a sick baby isn't worth exile), but I also can't help but want him and Javi to succeed with each other.
I've mostly liked Kate, but I've purposefully avoided any and all romance with her as it comes up, while also making it clear that I care for her safety. I get that Kate and David didn't have a great marriage and she clearly doesn't want to be with him anymore, but all that needs to be done is some proper damn communication and everyone can be alright (although I'm sure that's not happening).
I really liked Clem and David seeing each other again and what came out of it. Idk, it just felt like I balanced the relationships really well which had a satisfying payoff.
they introduced a character with my name, and i don't hear my name used very often (clint) so i'm gonna have an out of body experience anytime he's mentioned. how do you common name people deal with this. doesn't help that he's rolling over for joan, poopyhead.
My choices:
-Kept Mariana's murder to myself (didn't see it as something that needed to be done immediately; when it was clear that it was more than just a couple of rogue gunmen is when it become pressing)
-Tried to save AJ (I know he lives either way (thanks to season 4 existing), but I'm still choosing to believe that he needed it)
-Destroyed Badger's skull (I DIDN'T MEAN TO FUCK OFF GAME)
-Brought Max back with me (he's definitely redeemable)
-Stuck with David's plan (quit trying to instigate me lady!!!)
Genuine criticism of this season that I haven't mentioned previously: the QTEs suck. They weren't notable in season 1, but then season 2 tried and make them a little more involved, but now here they're too involved and confusing. The game will have me press "Q" twice in a row, but then the third time will ask me to use "E" for not apparent reason. Sometimes you shoot by pressing Q or E, other times you have to manually aim with the mouse. Throw in the WASD keys to react to arrows, and it's a bit of a shitstorm. What was wrong with season 2's QTEs? Also, I miss season 1's brief segments of first person where you had to actually aim at walkers' heads instead of just aiming in their general direction and sometimes missing cause it's not up to you.
A lot of very layered decisions this time around. Every little thing made me think how this would affect my relationship with the Prescott survivors, Gabe, Kate, and especially Clem and David, and I was left wondering if I'd be able to stop a war in Richmond (I'm guessing it's unavoidable, though, Joan had quite a manipulative speech). Genuinely some of the hardest decisions I had to make in these games.
I know a lot of people will probably hate David, but I think he's kind of great. He's got some empathy to learn (one teenager stealing one thing of medicine to use on a sick baby isn't worth exile), but I also can't help but want him and Javi to succeed with each other.
I've mostly liked Kate, but I've purposefully avoided any and all romance with her as it comes up, while also making it clear that I care for her safety. I get that Kate and David didn't have a great marriage and she clearly doesn't want to be with him anymore, but all that needs to be done is some proper damn communication and everyone can be alright (although I'm sure that's not happening).
I really liked Clem and David seeing each other again and what came out of it. Idk, it just felt like I balanced the relationships really well which had a satisfying payoff.
they introduced a character with my name, and i don't hear my name used very often (clint) so i'm gonna have an out of body experience anytime he's mentioned. how do you common name people deal with this. doesn't help that he's rolling over for joan, poopyhead.
My choices:
-Kept Mariana's murder to myself (didn't see it as something that needed to be done immediately; when it was clear that it was more than just a couple of rogue gunmen is when it become pressing)
-Tried to save AJ (I know he lives either way (thanks to season 4 existing), but I'm still choosing to believe that he needed it)
-Destroyed Badger's skull (I DIDN'T MEAN TO FUCK OFF GAME)
-Brought Max back with me (he's definitely redeemable)
-Stuck with David's plan (quit trying to instigate me lady!!!)
Genuine criticism of this season that I haven't mentioned previously: the QTEs suck. They weren't notable in season 1, but then season 2 tried and make them a little more involved, but now here they're too involved and confusing. The game will have me press "Q" twice in a row, but then the third time will ask me to use "E" for not apparent reason. Sometimes you shoot by pressing Q or E, other times you have to manually aim with the mouse. Throw in the WASD keys to react to arrows, and it's a bit of a shitstorm. What was wrong with season 2's QTEs? Also, I miss season 1's brief segments of first person where you had to actually aim at walkers' heads instead of just aiming in their general direction and sometimes missing cause it's not up to you.