God, this was boring.
Well-written, but boring.
That is an amazing accomplishment given the episode involves several impressive sword-fights, a surprise resurrection, a murder attempt, surprise revelations, and an attempted marriage. A staggering amount of things happen this episode and yet all of it feels rather glacially paced. This is quite upsetting given the first episode started so promising.
The Lost Lords isn't bad, per se, but it does ape a lot of the book's structure. Virtually the entirety of the episode is set up for future events with no real sense of payoff. Events happen but they're all part of a larger structure which is invisible to the player.
Asher is a welcome edition and there's too little of him. |
No jokes about being faithful to the books/show.
I've already made them all.
Hehe.
Jon Snow's appearance is little more than a guest star. |
We also get some good news with another character's revival who has his own subplot. Everyone else is treated to nothing more than set-up and events which move them along a little bit in their stories. There's too many characters to really get much focus and I can't help but think this story would have been better with two or three characters rather than the five we have.
There's some very tense scenes like a part with a wounded character lobbed in a cart full of corpses, the aforementioned murder attempt, and the fact a marriage alliance could mean the end of House Forester or not. I also loved the funeral for a pair of characters killed in the previous episode, which ends on a beautiful and treasonous song. There's a lot of good in this game, but it's not all good.
Mira has one of the most interesting stories but there's almost no progress on it. |
The episode has guest appearances from television show characters Tyrion, Margaery Tyrell, and Jon Snow but their appearances don't really play much of a role in the story. No, let me correct that, everyone but Margaery isn't really integrated into the plot very well. She, at least, has a strong connection to one of the Foresters and her influence can play a key role in one of the choices. I just hope said choice has consequences.
In conclusion, I really hope this isn't a sign how the next couple of episodes before the finale are going.
6/10
I would recommend the Metro series. (Metro 2033 & Metro Last Light) either the redux version for next gen or cheap off Xbox Live.
ReplyDeleteI've got Sunset Overdrive, Assassin's Creed Unity, and Far Cry 4 to play but it's definitely on the list now for the redux. There's also Arkham Knight coming up!
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