RYAN JOHNSON
The Council: Episode 5-Checkmate Review
The Council wraps up with Episode 5: Checkmate. Sadly short and a little too quick to tie ends up, it’s rather rough on it’s own. When seen as a wrap up to a series though, it is satisfying and gives you the feeling that your choices over the last year really meant something.
The Council: Episode 4-Burning Bridges Review
The Council continues it’s wonderful spiral into madness, frustrating reviewers and YouTube personalities alike with differing stories based on how your decisions branch. While Episode 4 was weak (at least for this reviewer) and full of strange twists, it further shows the power of choice within this universe. Big Bad Wolf has a lot of work ahead of them if they are going to make a satisfying Episode 5.
The Council: Episode 3-Ripples Review
Due to a slight error in obtaining the code, Episode 3 of the Council gets it’s review a tad later than most outlets, but that actually gives Ryan at The Gamer’s Lounge a chance to really see how this choice-driven narrative diverges so much, with his experience being different from other reviewers’. While the game still better end with some sort of branching choice rewind, the permanency rings in every decision made. Episode 3 brings us back to some of the biggest parts of what makes this series good.
The Council Episode 2: Hide and Seek Review
The Council finally returns with Episode 2: Hide and Seek. Within, a murder has happened, and it’s up to you to solve it. The game emphasizes player choice and lasting impact, but the murder itself made Ryan at The Gamer’s Lounge feel as if his choices meant less. Is the episodic game worth keeping up with? Ryan gives you his feelings.
The Council Review: Episode One-The Mad Ones
The Council is a new narrative-based game that looks to upend the tropes that such games have falle into. With an emphasis on character development and choice permanence, it infuses the genre with some RPG elements. Depending on how the rest of the five episode series goes, The Council right now is shaping up to be a wonderfully intriguing title with more replay value than the traditional narrative videogame experience.