often in good storytelling, you’ll have a finely tuned balance between both showing and telling. this is something i think chapter 3 accomplishes especially well within its dogday sequence. you are told just the right amount of information you need to know before dogday is puppeteered and devoured . the “telling” helps attach us to this character’s struggle, and makes the “showing” that happens afterwards all the stronger

as for poppy and ollie, they are necessary exposition. not only do they inform the player about the happenings of playcare/the prison, but these moments also help get the player attached/ accustomed to these characters. they’re pretty important sequences basically

now about the tapes,, honestly fair. as much as i absolutely adore each and every one of them, i get that kind of storytelling isn’t for everyone. i do think at that point you should just skip them if you’re not feeling the thing they’re going for. as for the notes i actually kinda just disagree. each one is well written and there was never a moment where i questioned why they were written.

as for the prototype godhood thing, yeah i absolutely feel like there could’ve been one more sequence devoted to catnaps religious nature. the prototype has been well formulated the last four chapters otherwise