Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series - 'Order Up'
Overview -
'Order Up' is the fifth episode in the first season of 'Minecraft: Story Mode', following 'The Order of the Stone', 'Assembly Required', 'The Last Place You Look', and 'A Block and a Hard Place'. Typically the fifth episode of a Telltale season is the final one ('Game of Thrones' was an exception), but the company has announced that season 1 is getting three more before it’s complete. Still no word on a second season.
Video Review
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Sky City is quite impressive, and character models for the new people are unique. Otherwise this is the same 'Minecraft' we’ve come to know and love. Stuttering is less of a problem than in most Telltale games, even with longer, more involved fight scenes.
Audio Review
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The acting is great, as usual. The dialogue is a little hokey, especially near the beginning of the episode when everyone is high-fiving each other, but this is a family game after all. The sounds are less memorable but the score is the same pretty 'Minecraft' stuff.
Final Thoughts
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'Minecraft: Story Mode - Order Up' is a return to form for the series, which has been struggling a bit in narrative heft the last few episodes. The witherstorm probably went on longer than it should, but it was a serviceable origin story for the new Order of the Stone. 'Order Up' seems more like a new season than a fifth episode, and I think that will end up being an advantage as we move forward.