Lacking in Epic Feel
I think because this episode was about the attendee list to a meeting. Nothing was exciting about that sentence I just typed.
The only thing that felt epic about all three chapters were two things for me.
when you first discovered that the deaths from the crashed zephrite ship were all from just one assassin. I got the feeling we were about to track down some amazingly skilled and interesting villain. But alas he was just another crazy vegetable like scarlet – so it turned out to be nothing epic at all.
Rytlock jumping into the pit at the end of chapter 3. Finally some action, some kind of bravery, I could picture him like Gandalf when he fell from the bridge and on the way down retrieved his sword to fight the Balrog.
those were the only two parts out of all the 3 chapters that actually caught my attention. The rest was just bland story telling. They need to change gear with the writing and step it up a notch or three.
There is also a lack of drama or emotion. Take Belinda for example. What they should of done is given us a few quests with only her and us so at least we could get some kind of connection. No one cares for when you see people in the red shirts in star trek because they are extras. But what ends up happening is this incredibly awkward cutscene, if it had been Taimi wrapped in vines THEN you would actually feel something because you know that character on a more personal level.
Most of this particular update was filler — go here and fix these people’s problems. Rytlock didn’t even accomplish anything, which is sad because the trailer hinted at a truly groundbreaking lore change with the ghosts.
Well, his attempt allegedly took some of the ghosts away, but not all of them. Although gameplay wise, they’ve obviously got to stay.