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@Branthog said:

@SlasherMan said:

@MildMolasses said:

Not nearly on the level of the previous installment. I'm having a hard time understanding where people are coming from when they say that they had a hard time making choices, as nothing really seemed that dramatic to me. There are definitely some interesting story beats, and possibly the best environments yet, but it didn't give me an emotional gut punch like the last episode

I feel the same way.

Not as good as the last two episodes, but still pretty enjoyable.

Episode three didn't give me any gut-punches, because I felt I wasn't given much choice in the matter. I even restarted episode three (the one and only time I've done this in this game) to see if I could steer things the other way. Nope. All of my choices lead to the same character being murdered on the side of the road. Instead of a gut-punch "oh my god, what could I have done to help this", I just felt it was a piece of formulaic manipulation. More so than the obvious manipulations in the rest of the game.

It's really no different in this episode from that perspective (or hell, even any of the other episodes).

@Branthog: I believe Kenny only helps if you appeal to him saying that Clem is your only family. He agrees to join even if he says you were always against him at first. That's how it was for me anyway.

@MildMolasses said:

Not nearly on the level of the previous installment. I'm having a hard time understanding where people are coming from when they say that they had a hard time making choices, as nothing really seemed that dramatic to me. There are definitely some interesting story beats, and possibly the best environments yet, but it didn't give me an emotional gut punch like the last episode

I feel the same way.

Not as good as the last two episodes, but still pretty enjoyable.

• Killed the kid with a wrench.
• Told Vernon the truth.
• Took Clementine to Crawford.
• Saved Ben.
• Showed everyone the bite.

Full party, everyone joined.

This episode just didn't do it for me, though. By far the weakest of the bunch yet. I didn't really have to think about any of the decisions I made, they were all relatively easy choices (and the statistics at the end of the episode show that, aside from killing the kid), and quite frankly it's pretty apparent that at this point whatever you choose to go with the story will still conclude in largely the same way for everyone. Lee getting bit didn't shock me much at all... I guess since I play as Lee I'm not exactly attached to his character as I am to the NPCs. After all it's the character that I play... and he's already died a few times during my playthrough in some pretty gruesome ways, so what's another death? It was also one of the possible endings that I was expecting for the series.

The scene with the kid's burial was mostly annoying to me. Maybe it's because I have a heart of stone, or just that I'm dead inside, but it felt like the game was going like "CAN'T YOU SEE HOW SAD THIS IS? SO SAD! SAAAAD! CRY NOW BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT SAD FEELS LIKE!". It all just felt a tad forced is what I'm saying.

Also, have to say, not a fan of how they handled Chuck. He was a pretty interesting character and I would have liked to see more of him instead of Ben/Christa/Kenny, though I suspect the thing with Ben will pay off somehow (and I'm hoping in a way that justifies how I kept giving him second chances).

On the plus side, this episode introduced some of the best characters so far. Really liked Molly. Very reminiscent of Daphne (Brea Grant) from Heroes, which is definitely not a bad thing at all. Vernon was cool as well as the woman that tagged along, who naturally ended up dead.

Anyway, still pretty enjoyable even if it does fall short compared to the second and third episodes.

Awesome! Thanks for the tip.

@jesterroyal said:

There is a severe difference to in game buying power at level 40 and level 80. I think these tweaks can be traced back to cash shop sales and trying to stabilize the economy. At 80 I know i can get myself a bank slot in a week or less of hard work, however, at 50 I just don't have the ability to make that kind of cash and I'm way more tempted to buy one for real money. If i cared about that sort of think and could power level though 20 minute dungeon runs I might. I imagine that's what they are attempting to curb. But, I'm no economist so that's just my thoughts on it. I also remember hearing something in the lincolncast that dungeons could net a silver per minute in some cases which is insane.

Caudecus's Manor Story Mode runs are probably the best for farming XP and gold. You can easily get anywhere from 30-40 silver per run (more if you get a rare item to sell on the TP), and each run would take no more than 15-20 minutes. I've heard they've made this dungeon significantly tougher now in Story Mode, so I don't know if that is still the case.

@Drakoji said:

I can't enter the game, they say I have a problem with my router or something, anyone is getting this?

Same here.

Amazing! I was hoping the community would step up and do some magic to fix this.

It'll probably take up a good portion of my gaming time for the first couple of weeks at least. I don't see myself being obsessed with it in an unhealthy way though.

@Doctorchimp: No, the backplate is certainly unnecessary. First time I've even ever seen these sold as accessories to a card. I'd have assumed each card had its PCB reinforced enough on its own without the need to go and spend more money on stuff like this. I could understand the use of that if you're buying a particularly heavy aftermarket cooler (and even then, it's a bit of a stretch to actually need something of the sort), but otherwise no. And no, the stickers didn't melt down and mess the card up. They're paper stickers, aren't they? And even if they weren't, the back of the card isn't where the heat is emitted, so it should be fine either way.