on the crest of a wave
its like magic!
Rollin' and ridin'
slippin' and slidin'
its magic!
Episode 3 of Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series - "More Than a Feeling" - continues on in the epic tale of the Guardians from a continuity that is not entirely discernible as they follow the trail given to them by the Eternity Forge in the last Episode. However, if the title card isn't an indication, the episode also deals with the relationship between Gamora and Nebula as well as their relationship with their adoptive father Thanos, much as Episode 2 focused on Rocket and his backstory.
However, this is blended together well with the quest for the mysterious voice that's been calling Peter Quill to the temple, as well as some explanation about the Eternity Forge from a source that will be very familiar to anyone who has seen Guaridans of the Galaxy Vol. 2. With the Kree still at their backs, the Guardians are split once they learned that taking the Forge to the temple where it was made can either empower it to bring back anyone who has ever died ever...or destroy it and keep its power from being used by less than appropriate hands.
Naturally, especially given both the backstory of Drax the Destroyer and the revelation about Rocket in the previous episode, the Guardians are effectively split down the middle as to what to do with it. Either way, because it's Telltale, the story has to progress...although, from the looks of the ending, your choices may very well matter for the first time ever. We'll have to wait until Episode 4 to see the full, if any effects...though I will admit, I should have seen the ending coming.
The flashbacks to Gamora and Nebula's last mission together do a lot to develop their characters in a similar way to how it did in Vol. 2. Depending on player actions (and, I'm happy to say, statistics show most people are not hilariously sociopathic), Quill can either help them mend that relationship or see it split apart.
On the whole, it's definitely not bad, but it suffers the same problems as the previous two episodes - namely the interface with point and click and the quick time events. Given that these are both hallmarks of Telltale, it's a little hard to call them criticisms, though I do find having to stumble around looking for the one thing I'm supposed to activate in a scene to become rather tiresome, and QTEs...well, there's a few anti-frustration features where only a few of them result in you having to restart a sequence, which is nice.
So, it's still somewhat irritating mechanically, but there was more substance to get me interested in the story again, which is really all I can ask for.
Guardians of the Galaxy: The Telltale Series is now available from Telltale Games for Android, iOS, Microsoft Windows, Playstation 4, and Xbox One.
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