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This game had a lot of elements and mechanics going for it, I enjoyed the sense of mystery even if the final 2 chapters kinda made the twistThis game had a lot of elements and mechanics going for it, I enjoyed the sense of mystery even if the final 2 chapters kinda made the twist really weak and kinda expected in these type of games.The animation a lot of the times is crude and the voice acting sometimes is hilarious even if it was not intentional but there are more positives than negatives and I overall enjoyed the experience and character building and setting .

Out of 5 episodes overall 3,5 episodes were excellent. I really enjoyed decision making, politics, puzzles and mysteries in those. SadlyOut of 5 episodes overall 3,5 episodes were excellent. I really enjoyed decision making, politics, puzzles and mysteries in those. Sadly enough remaining 1,5 episodes was ending which kinda ruined the rest.

The Council is a great example of a narrative game done right.Solving an interesting mystery from the start while uncovering the trueThe Council is a great example of a narrative game done right.Solving an interesting mystery from the start while uncovering the true nature of what's going on and its substantive side-plots keeps you engaged and intrigued by the results. You have a healthy cast of characters to slowly glean information and begin to gain their trust (or lose it) and play politics, mixed with a bit of intrigue (really trespassing and theft, let's be honest), and lots of sleuthing for clues and information. The setting is combined with its interesting characters, tantalizing lore (including real-world occult lore), and plot-twists makes this the best narrative game I have played.Learning information to make informed decisions or put your verbal opponents on their back foot is satisfying. Learning the other characters' weaknesses and immunities is fun if a little gamey sometimes. I hate puzzles, but many of them were interesting if not fun, although some were very easy and others quite hard. Unlocking talents and hidden traits is also fun and adds a bit of depth to your character and your choices. Certain skills are more useful than others, but you earn enough points throughout the game for that not to matter too much. Thankfully the story itself is well-paced and overall quite interesting. Most importantly, I totally appreciate it that your choices truly matter. Not just for the next dialogue or some superficial automatic background comment by an NPC later, but totally changing the way you need to approach future encounters with that character and even others. While the game never lets you reload (rare in games), you may start a new game at the start of any episode or chapter, which saves a ton of time if you simply want to try specific different narrative paths and endings.It all comes together well, but does have a few hiccoughs. Re-searching every room in the mansion every single chapter for newly-revealed items is simply tedious, especially when many are locked but you have no way of knowing ahead of time, forcing you to do even more running around when your path is unexpectedly blocked with no provided reasoning. Additionally, while the characters are each unique, some matter far more than others, and they are the more interesting ones. The others are fairly shallow, preventing you from much caring about what happens to them or gaining their opinion.The dialogues are overall good, but there are many mistakes in the voice acting compared to the subtitles, as well as several spelling, grammar, or typo mistakes. I only saw a single missed translation, however. Overall the voice-acting is also good... except for the main character of all people. His voice itself is good, but he slurs fairly often, awkwardly pauses between certain words, reads a word wrong, or uses the wrong emotion (sometimes using no emotion at all). Why wouldn't this actor listen to his own recording and simply redo it immediately? It's also strange that most characters use an accent for their country of origin, except the main character, his mother, and Peru, all of which are French but use an American accent, ruining immersion (thankfully the main character's voice actor is decent at pronouncing words in other languages). Additionally, the mother sounds middle-aged yet her character is clearly elderly - it doesn't fit at all and was constantly distracting. Finally, not being able to skip certain voiced lines, especially repeatable ones, was annoying.There are certain complaints about the endings, but I thought they were each satisfying and logical. I absolutely would recommend this game for anyone interested in social-based narrative games. I really hope they make a new game that expands on the setting, involves exploring different environments, and really dives into the different factions and characters of the world with choices that continue to really matter. (Since first writing this, they made Call of Cthulhu, a social-based narrative game that was okay, but far inferior to The Council).Mmm... royal jelly.Playtime: 24 hoursRating: 8/10

A disappointing game overall. The first two episodes were intriguing and kept you enthralled. Slowly after that as the story unraveled itA disappointing game overall. The first two episodes were intriguing and kept you enthralled. Slowly after that as the story unraveled it became stale, repetitive at times and not engaging. Choices became less frequent and some interesting mechanics not revisited often.

Big Bad Wolf did what Telltale Games’ works promised but could never deliver. A true revelation in the world of non-linear adventure games.

This game popped up as part of an Xbox Live Gold sale for $9.99 CAD and since I enjoy story-driven, choice and consequence style games, IThis game popped up as part of an Xbox Live Gold sale for $9.99 CAD and since I enjoy story-driven, choice and consequence style games, I figured picking it up was a no-brainer.Along with it being a story-centric game, The Council also has some RPG elements as well, which allow you to add skill points to the main character as a Diplomat, Occultist and Detective. Each of those three main categories have sub categories that you can add skill points to as well. Increasing your skills in these sub categories allow the main character to access locked off dialogue options, study and obtain certain clues relating to solving puzzles etc.The first two episodes of the game start off rather well, there are some interesting dialogue and story options available as well as some interesting character interactions. Episode three is mostly filler and is honestly, rather forgettable. Episode four and five is where the game loses faith in itself, giving you the illusion of making some rather significant choices that could take the story in vastly different directions, only to have the game nullify those choices and railroad you down a much more linear path. The game has two endings and they're both kind of lame and cliched, ending the story rather abruptly.The games voice acting is absolutely terrible; the voices don't seem to fit their character models at all. Two of the main characters are of French origins, but are clearly voiced by North American actors. There are also lip sync issues that occur later in game, specifically during episodes four and five. That kind of breaks the immersion for me.There a number of times where the frame rate chugs concrete, dropping to like 21 FPS. This would happen as I'm running down a narrow corridor in a game that doesn't exactly live in a massive, open world.Overall, The Council starts off as an encouraging game, but definitely loses confidence in itself by the end. Couple that with the terrible voice acting, merely okay story and technical issues and I can really only recommend The Council at a deep discount and for curious fans of the story/narrative driven genre.

Favorite Thing: The story took a little too long to get going but once it did I enjoyed it.Least Favorite Thing: If you want to keep a goodFavorite Thing: The story took a little too long to get going but once it did I enjoyed it.Least Favorite Thing: If you want to keep a good stock of items and not miss any conversations the game forces you into this boring loop of thread the same paths over and over each time things reset for a new episode/quest.Date Completed: 2019-03-17Playtime: ~ 16hEnjoyment: 7/10Recommendation: The story is interesting enough to be worth your time.

The Council could be better, yes. But the main plot is pretty interesting and characters looks authentic in the Mortimer's mansion, I evenThe Council could be better, yes. But the main plot is pretty interesting and characters looks authentic in the Mortimer's mansion, I even have no question about what such powerful persons doing in such place without any guard or servants. RPG elements give player the opportunity to replay the moment and see different result(not always exactly), based on your skill build tree. But dialogs are still simple enough to get what you need from NPC without potions and skills, I think its definitely plus. Also, I like visual style of decorations and characters, some faces are horribly difficult to forget. ;)Beside, game has a lot of technical issues such as walking through the objects and walls in a second episode, lip sync, freezes while sounds tracks loading, body block of main characters, etc.But for me its still 10. :)

The Council started with a big bang but ended with a huge sigh of disappointment. It has a great level of details to represent the world at the end of XVIII century, it has some nice changes to the stagnant genre of "choices matter adventures", but the story and storytelling are not up to par with them. Also, world feels unresponsive, the pacing feels inadequate and in short, it could have been a great game, but it failed on the most important things.

Although the idea of blending role-playing elements with traditional adventure gaming sounds intriguing, The Council doesn’t do anything particularly interesting with either of them after a very strong introductory episode.

The Council’s conclusion unfortunately cannot match its promising beginnings. Pleasantly difficult puzzles are contrasted by an incredibly stupid story, further impaired by bad voice acting, erratic graphics and number of technical mistakes small and large.

The Council is a fantastic example of what adventure games are capable of, with tons of content, choices, and characters you won’t soon forget. If you’re looking for something to fill the void that Telltale Games’ departure from the industry is leaving behind, The Council is a worthy contender – so long as you’re ready to deal with everything that comes with it.

I didn’t enjoy The Council particularly much. It has some good stuff to it — the premise is great, and it’s fun sparring with (sometimes fictional) historical characters — but for me there were too many design issues, there was too much potion hunting, and the twist at the midway point just ruined everything.

A game full of clever & fresh gameplay ideas. But it ultimately falls victim to its episodic structure, with a disappointing last couple of chapters and uneven distribution of its technical budget.

As far as episodic games are concerned I actually find them to be very enjoyable and I have enjoyed most of the Telltale games that have beenAs far as episodic games are concerned I actually find them to be very enjoyable and I have enjoyed most of the Telltale games that have been released, but in my opinion I think the genre has gone a little stale. Focus Home Interactive have now gone into the episodic genre and for me The Council has breathed new life into the genre. The most important thing of a game of this nature is the story, and thankfully they’ve done a wonderful job here. The story was interesting from start to finish and most important of all it makes me excited for the next episode and that was mainly down to the fantastic cliffhanger ending. Hopefully though the next episode won’t feature the same amount of technichal issues the first episode has because whilst none of them are major problems they can ruin the immersion levels somewhat at times. If you like being able to choose your own destiny then this first episode has you covered. There are an array of choices to be made in the game and the best thing is that these choices actually feel important and in the grand scheme of things they actually matter, which is great. I must admit throughout my time with this episode I did become more attached to certain characters and I just felt that the characters I didn’t become attached to needed a little bit more of a bang. Something that really surprised me about this game was the gameplay that was present. The episodic genre isn’t blessed with much gameplay and the gameplay that is present is often tedious, but that’s not the case with The Council. The Council has a number of different mechanics in play at the same time and this without a doubt keeps the gameplay fresh and interesting and in a way it gives the genre a bit of uniqueness. The presentation side of the game is something that I enjoyed quite a bit, especially when it came to the sound design. Don’t get me wrong the visuals aren’t bad and they do their job I just thought they lacked a bit of polish at times whereas the sound design made the gameplay stand out, and a special mention has to go out to the fantastic voice acting. At the end of the day The Council has made me fall in love with the episodic genre again and they’ve done that by implementing fresh ideas which in my opinion make the genre become relevant again. If you’re a fan of good story games where what you do actually matters then you will absolutely love The Council, and when it’s all said and done I can’t wait to see where the series takes us.