It’s the sort of thing that results in the plot having some pacing issues, even if you aren’t playing them one episode per fortnight as they were originally released. The first and third episodes in particular felt like they ended a few scenes before a natural ending point, and thus just kind of abruptly stopped before the plot has come to a proper conclusion or at least a tense cliffhanger. The episode breaks also felt strangely placed in some areas. Considering most of the TV series’ seasons had 10 episodes each, it leaves the Telltale series feeling oddly small in comparison to the show it is adapting, with disappointingly few scenes between Drummer and the rest of the crew as the series progresses. The 5 episodes of The Expanse: A Telltale Series range from around 45-60 minutes each, depending on how much exploration you do and if you get stuck on one of the game’s handful of puzzles. That said, the series’ overall brevity made my time with those characters very limited. Whether you prefer a more personable or utilitarian Drummer is in your hands, depending on the choices you make throughout the series. With a cynical and aggressive exterior belying a more tender and caring personality behind the front she puts up in front of others, it was intriguing to be able to make choices between, say, saving a piece of valuable salvage or her crewmate’s limb, as neither option felt necessarily out of character for her. Drummer was always very pragmatic, having been part of several different factions in the show. By the end of the first episode, the crew is propelled onto a treasure hunt after discovering the location of something very valuable, in a race against a band of vicious pirates, the Europa’s Bane.Ĭamina Drummer was a particularly fascinating character from the TV series, and giving her the spotlight in a narrative-driven adventure game like this is a particularly interesting way to give her more depth. In the 23rd century, when humanity has colonised Luna, Mars and the asteroid belt, Camina Drummer (voiced by Cara Gee, reprising her role from the TV show) is serving aboard the spaceship Artemis, eking out a living scavenging wrecked spaceships alongside a motley crew of Earthers, Martians and Belters. The Expanse: A Telltale Series is set a few years prior to the events of the first season of the TV show. The Expanse: A Telltale Series offers a good amount of fanservice for fans of the show, with a killer central performance by Cara Gee, however, it suffers from being disappointingly short and feeling oddly small and low-stakes and maintaining many existing flaws of Telltale Games’ old formula. Co-developed with Deck Nine, the game is a prequel to the hit Syfy/Amazon Prime TV series The Expanse, which itself was based on the series of novels by James S.A. Following the studio’s majority closure 5 years ago, Telltale Games is back with its signature brand of point-and-click adventure games with The Expanse: A Telltale Series.
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