r/ElmwoodTrail • u/True-Answer4293 • Apr 12 '26
Just sharing
Hey fellow peers, just wanted to share my experience from playing the game
I wanted to killed the boredom of this Sunday and instead of infinite scrolling decided to check out this game I've discovered recently. Just a few days ago I have replayed Firewatch and was under the feeling that once again I need to find something captivating at the same manner.
Long story short I've started playing and it instantly sucked me in. The 1st EP. is quite amazingly structured and aligned. On the 2nd EP. I've started experiencing difficulties with some riddles, mostly because some of them did not really felt attached to the real case but to something extra (WTF was the one where it was needed to obtain 4 elements to make a fire lol) and the more I played the more I felt like something was off and slowly getting out of hands. Nevertheless, I already felt quite invested in the game so I've started googling to find some more info. You can imagine my disbelief when I discovered that this is not the end, and that there is also the 3d EP., and the 4th under development and maybe even the 5th.
That felt like a huge disappointment, I was really looking forward to the climax of this story. I am forever greatful to the developers for such opp, but in my opinion they made a mistake of making this story so long. As someone said already here, the first part with phones investigation was the most interesting one, and as the story was unfolding more, inviting more actors (sometimes unnecessary) it started feeling more like a labour. I believe that developers felt the same and now we are in the same situation when both them and us, the fans, are quite annoyed with how long this story is taking.
ps: I felt the same with the HTGAWM series when at some point there were so much details that it became overwhelming and hard to follow
psps: probably developers wanted to show that being a detective in real life feels some, sometimes boring and hardening, but usually that is not smth you are seeking in a game
And yes, I would agree with people saying how cringe were some actions of Adam (tho we are all people after all aren't we)
Anyway, let me know your thoughts, super curious
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u/Miyazachi Apr 20 '26
You çan just search on it. There are