Pretty much agree . . . (Off-Topic)

by Ragashingo , Official DBO Cryptarch, Tuesday, October 27, 2015, 13:41 (3318 days ago) @ cheapLEY

2. Similar to number one, Episode 5 basically abandoned everything that made Episodes 1-4 good. It was all the small talk and relaxing moments, the moments that really make you feel a part of the world. Exploring the dorms and talking to people. Max playing her guitar. Chloe dancing on the bed. Etc, etc. Episode 5 had precisely none of that.

The art gallery was that. Including the ability to small talk and to sit and think.

Way to go with the obvious and really stupid ending, DONTNOD. You did the one thing that could have made me hate the ending. Seriously, five year olds everywhere saw that coming. It's not clever or original, it doesn't present some grand message.

I'm of the opinion that the journey preceding that moment (aka: the entire game) and the presentation of the moment itself were both good. To the point I basically cried along with Max despite suspecting things might end the way they did. I did wonder if Max would come out of hiding and comfort Chloe as she died. That would have been a neat moment but I'm ok it didn't happen.

In the end the final episode did feel a bit rushed and did unfortunately fall into the trap of being a time travel story instead of the relationships story the rest of the game mostly was.