The Council - Episode 2: Hide and Seek

 PlayStation 4
Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 13 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 13
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 13
  3. Negative: 0 out of 13
  1. GameCritics
    May 16, 2018
    85
    For a second time, the developers of The Council have proven that there’s life and spirit in Interactive Movie genre, making the most elaborately interactive entry the genre has seen. Of course, since this is only the second entry in a five-part series, players can expect it to end at a point designed to leave them desperate for more, and it does. The third installment can’t get here fast enough!
  2. DarkStation
    Jun 20, 2018
    80
    All in all, if you played and enjoyed Episode 1, you should nab Episode 2 whenever you can. It's got a little less dialog and a few more puzzles, but you're still growing into your character the entire time and delving deeper into the overall mystery. After all, you have one hell of a game of Hide and Seek to play!
  3. PlayStation Universe
    May 15, 2018
    80
    Despite a small handful of flaws, The Council Episode Two: Hide and Seek places an exclamation point on one of the cleverest narrative adventure games on the market.
  5. COGconnected
    May 15, 2018
    80
    The Council Episode 2: Hide and Seek does a terrific job of building more intrigue for its fascinating story.
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  1. TheSixthAxis
    May 15, 2018
    The Council’s second episode doesn’t manage to hit the highs of the first, which could be down to it being smaller in scale in comparison. Hide & Seek’s murder mystery does bring you in and advances the overall plot in a big way, but at the same time it feels like more could have been made of it. There’s some story threads dangled for you to grab, but those threads could have been expanded upon more within the context of this episode.

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User Score
6.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 20 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 20
  3. Negative: 4 out of 20
  1. dkmartin13
    Sep 27, 2018
    8
    The best episode in the series thus far, but suffers from bugs and some poor design choices. Despite choices supposing to matter, the coupleThe best episode in the series thus far, but suffers from bugs and some poor design choices. Despite choices supposing to matter, the couple beginnings of this Episode really don't differ all that much, and after an hour in, the game has already moved on to other things. However, those other things further the intrigue, which is what this series has done best up to this point.… Full Review »
  2. lightningsparx
    May 16, 2018
    10
    Incredible adventure game. Thrilling! Your choices can take you down different paths... I can't wait to see what happens next.
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