It’s one of the least interactive parts of the whole game and suddenly being introduced to a bunch of new characters that Sean and Daniel already care about, but you’ve never met before, is confusing and ineffective (we kept thinking we must’ve forgotten something from Episode 4, it being so long since we’d played it). Although the main problem from a storytelling and gameplay perspective is that the first hour spent at the commune is so incredibly dull. Daniel seems quite happy to be there and it’s not really clear why Sean is so adamant on leaving or why his mother is so willing to help him. That’s obviously a gross simplification of how real parenting works, but the game still manages to get its points across relatively well.Įpisode 5 starts one month after the end of the last episode, where the pair have been living with their estranged mother on a sort of hippy commune close to the Mexican border. Throughout all five episodes you’re constantly influencing the way he sees the world and treats other people, moulding his personality to be more or less law-abiding and morally upstanding. As becomes clear by playing through each one the real theme of the sequel is the effect your decisions have on Daniel. ![]() ![]() ![]() You can read our reviews of each individual episode here, with Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, and Episode 4 (including a bonus interview with Dontnod).
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