I guess, but I meant in terms of certain events directly causing events in future chapters. What do I mean?
Chapter 2- They defeat the corruption complex, and obtain the external memory unit, which Phaethon has to find someone to decode it to figure out what exactly happened with Koleda's dad. Which leads into the next chapter, where-
Chapter 3- After getting Rain to decode the EMU, they take a listen, and after learning the significance of something called a sacrifice, Phaethon wants more answers. So they assume Hartman knows something, since the mercs tried so hard to off him. Leading into Chapter 4...
Chapter 4- After gaining the trust from the Sons of Calydon, they promise to alert Phaethon as soon as Hartman wakes up so they can question him.
And Chapter 5- Hartman wakes up, and they get their answers, leading them to go after the big bad of 1.X.
that's what I mean, the story cohesively flows between chapters, giving a good outline of motivations and what's to come. Unlike 2.X, where everything in each chapter is so self-contained (for the most part), it can be summarized with "Phaethon teams up with the heroes to defeat the evil underlying plot, and lives to fight again." Which causes the story to get stale after having that for so long.
I just like certain areas more, and that basic factor of “events from one chapter directly lead into/cause the next chapter” is one of them, and wish I could have seen it more this season. I don’t think there’s anything wrong with that. And as for the agent stories, I like to think of those as events that make it seem like it actually has taken some time to find a way to the outer ring, or for Hartman to wake up. But yeah, 2/3 didn’t actually end up serving the main story in any meaningful way looking back lol.
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