Back in March, Big Bad Wolf released the first episode of The Council, the developer?s take on the narrative adventure genre. They hope to revolutionize the genre with choices and character growth that really matters, and the first episode, The Mad Ones, left me with a promising impression of what?s to come. Now, the second episode, Hide and Seek, is out, but unfortunately this episode doesn’t live up to the lofty standards The Mad Ones set.
Short-Lived Impressions
When I ended my playthrough of The Mad Ones, I was not in a good position. I decided to spend time with a certain character, and that very character ended up dead at my feet, through no action of my own. So for me, Hide and Seek opens with Louis having to defend himself against a murder that he didn?t commit. After I proved to Lord Mortimer and others that Louis was drugged and that he was innocent, it was back on the trail on finding his elusive mother, with the ever cryptic clues she left behind. Had I have made another decision at the end of the first episode, things may have been a bit less dramatic, but the outcome would still be the same. The character would still be murdered, and Louis would still be looking for clues on his mother?s whereabouts. It?s a bit disappointing that my bad choice has only seemed to affect the cutscene I?ve seen at the beginning of the episode, especially considering the gravity of the situation. There?s still a chance a major event like this can affect events in later epis...