Ep 2 thoughts (i was the one playing!)
Episode 2 was an ep that freaked me out at the time it released, and it wasn't an episode that I particularly liked (in fact, this was the ep that made me start wondering if I should keep liking this game). Sean and Daniel behavior shocked me; they were pretty mean with each other compared to Episode 1. The ending of Episode 1 was cute and all, but in Episode 2, in the beginning, Sean was very mean with Daniel, and Daniel was kinda mean with Sean, too(i mean is realistic of the game, i guess, sean and daniel are a big and a little brother so they will be hostile with each other sometimes, but i used to find a bit…mean, due to the circumstance that they were in, to they be acting this way with each other). However, while playing the ep now, i didn't get much bother and i didnt find they that hostile with each other. I’m not sure if was because of our play (sean and daniel weren't that angry with each other) or if I simply got used to it, but their personality definitely change a bit compared to how they were in Episode 1.
Daniel having a creepy baby doll toy 🤣. The doll's name is "Blonde Demon", could this be a foreshadow for "Lone Wolf"? Hmm, not gonna lie, "Blonde Demon" is a very fitting and cool name for this daniel; I can totally picture the gang members calling Daniel this way or this being Daniel's criminal name.
Sean is such a cool brother in our playthrough that the game world works in his favor💢; he won that dice game on the first try and with a huge score!! I didnt understand pretty much nothing of this game at all,i wasnt even trying much, but somehow he won. No way! we want Daniel's drawing, so we redoit again. The second round was hilarious: Sean and Daniel being two dumbasses, being forever stuck on small points🤣—Sean stuck on 6 and Daniel on 4—but luckily, Daniel managed to get a higher-score roll at the end.we got mushroom drawing, way better
It’s so sad that Mushroom has to die; her death is heartbreaking, especially if you’ve had witnessed the death of a pet too. Seeing Mushroom’s stiff little body and her lifeless little eyes… I won't lie, I almost cried but didnt. We let Daniel kill the cougar; the way Daniel kills it's much more creepy than I remembered, it very fast and brutal. Poor animal, it’s not its fault, it’s just instinct, but I hate the thought of mushroom being eaten and not having a proper burial. The important thing is that Daniel feels bad about it afterward. love that Daniel keeps his promise, especially in mexico, he never forgot her
Claire seems somewhat traumatized by what Karen did. I wonder why? compared to Stephen, she appears to be more affected by. Perhaps it’s because, in a conservative culture, the blame often falls on the woman or mother; since Karen is a daughter, Claire becomes the example of woman on karen's. So, if Karen acted the way she did, it looks like a result of her mother's or simply implies that the mother failed in her mission to raise a decent daughter. That might be why she feels so haunted by it; it’s more complicated for her because the blame fall more into her.
Is actually quite admirable that the grandparents were also outraged by what Karen did. They seem somewhat xenophobic (not the most extreme, but still), yet they are deeply upset with Karen for abandoning her husband and children. Given that Esteban is Mexican and the two children look much more like him, their xenophobic mindset could have served as a justification for Karen's action; however, they get very upset by it and dont approve at all
the grandparents are very red flag, i know, but i like them (i think there's room for improvement for them)
Can't believe Daniel really told the truth to Chris when we ask him to!! WHAT!? (he listens to Sean?) this Daniel is scaring me, no way we gonna get PW or R cuz of him💢 Daniel you not gonna do that to me
Chris is so Nice, too bad that we don't see him much but he's very cool, i like Chris(and wow, indeed the Chris girl aka Kat from Lost Record indeed looks like Chris haha🤣 even the personality)
That photo of Karen wearing her dad's firefighter helmet is very relatable; Ana and I have a photo just like it too, the only difference being that we were kids, not teenagers. I think it’s a tradition of firefighters' kids. makes me wonder if some people of the game's team had firefighters parents (this is a funny coincidence that we share with this game).
Episode 2 was an episode that a lot of people were disappointed or simply bored with it, and I think I can understand; it doesn't have as much going on compared to Episode 1, and the grandparents' house segment is pretty limited since we can't go to many places due to their rules, so it doesnt have much to explorer. and this ep is a bit of an unpleasant/shocking episode because Mushroom dies in it(ngl, dont like that they kill mushroom so early💢), Daniel can kill an animal, Chris can get hit by a car (some people even thought that he had died), plus the situation with Chris and his dad isn't really resolved, and so on, things happen in very frustating ways. But playing it, I didn't dislike the episode as much as I did back then. it was nice
