The Walking Dead Episode 3: Long Road Ahead is a solid follow-up to Episode 2. It's much closer to the quality of Episode 1 thanks to some much better pacing and better character moments. Puzzles returning was also nice but the second half of this episode was weak compared to the drugstore sequence of the first so it's disappointing that nothing is still able to beat that whole great sequence.
The Full Review(No Spoilers for THIS Episode, Spoilers for Previous Episodes):
One Bad Day
After a fantastic starting episode and a great second one, The Walking Dead's third episode continues the momentum. It's not the perfect episode but yet again it's a great episode with some very tough choices.
Our story continues a week after what happened at the end of the previous one. The group is back at the motel but missing a few people. Kenny still wants to go out with his RV while Lilly still wants to stay and defend the motel. However, the big problems starts when Lilly realizes that someone has been stealing their supplies.
This is just the very beginning though as thar story evolves quite quickly and then it goes into some very interesting places. The writing here, especially the relationships between characters was much better than the second episode. Because Episode 1's writer Sean Vanaman is back. With Co-Writers Mark Darin, Jake Rodkin and Harrison G. Pink.
The first 40-50 minutes of this episode are especially very well written and really well paced. However, the second half of the episode does have some moments that slows the story. Thankfully everything gets a little bit more interesting with 2 new additions to the cast and an interesting cliffhanger.
In terms of gameplay, the little puzzle boxes of Episode 1 returns. The second episode was much more of a linear story even though it had a HUB area. This is linear too obviously but you have a little bit more options to decide which thing you do first.
It's still not as strong as the drugstore of Episode 1 but the train here in Episode 3 works as a nice HUB you can explore and unlock more of. The choices here are also very very tough. Episode 1 Carley or Doug level stuff. Technically this episode was better which was nice to see.
The Walking Dead Episode 3: Long Road Ahead is a solid follow-up to Episode 2. It's much closer to the quality of Episode 1 thanks to some much better pacing and better character moments. Puzzles returning was also nice but the second half of this episode was weak compared to the drugstore sequence of the first so it's disappointing that nothing is still able to beat that whole great sequence.
The Full Review(No Spoilers for THIS Episode, Spoilers for Previous Episodes):
One Bad Day
After a fantastic starting episode and a great second one, The Walking Dead's third episode continues the momentum. It's not the perfect episode but yet again it's a great episode with some very tough choices.
Our story continues a week after what happened at the end of the previous one. The group is back at the motel but missing a few people. Kenny still wants to go out with his RV while Lilly still wants to stay and defend the motel. However, the big problems starts when Lilly realizes that someone has been stealing their supplies.
This is just the very beginning though as thar story evolves quite quickly and then it goes into some very interesting places. The writing here, especially the relationships between characters was much better than the second episode. Because Episode 1's writer Sean Vanaman is back. With Co-Writers Mark Darin, Jake Rodkin and Harrison G. Pink.
The first 40-50 minutes of this episode are especially very well written and really well paced. However, the second half of the episode does have some moments that slows the story. Thankfully everything gets a little bit more interesting with 2 new additions to the cast and an interesting cliffhanger.
In terms of gameplay, the little puzzle boxes of Episode 1 returns. The second episode was much more of a linear story even though it had a HUB area. This is linear too obviously but you have a little bit more options to decide which thing you do first.
It's still not as strong as the drugstore of Episode 1 but the train here in Episode 3 works as a nice HUB you can explore and unlock more of. The choices here are also very very tough. Episode 1 Carley or Doug level stuff. Technically this episode was better which was nice to see.
The Walking Dead Episode 3: Long Road Ahead is a solid follow-up to Episode 2. It's much closer to the quality of Episode 1 thanks to some much better pacing and better character moments. Puzzles returning was also nice but the second half of this episode was weak compared to the drugstore sequence of the first so it's disappointing that nothing is still able to beat that whole great sequence.