This game made me decide never to play an episodic game until all episodes are out. I lost interest and track of the characters and story during the interludes.
This article makes me want to play the final episode; the game's beautiful, subtle, and thoughtful in a way few developers dare.
I did exactly this by accident. KRZ came recommended to me by a mate after a few episodes were out but I never got around to playing it. I did take the dive though last year when all the episodes were out and I'm glad I did as I think what happened to you would certainly have happened to me!
The final episode is definitely worth playing though. It's the emotional climax it needed, I think.
I highly recommend playing the final episode. Interestingly I recall the devs mentioned Trump's win and the subsequent political tension caused a big change in the way the game was developed and the themes they wanted to include. So I don't know if the wait was so bad- I don't know what the last episode was originally meant to be, but the way it is now is a beautiful examination of the most painful, human, vulnerable pieces of the american dream.
This article makes me want to play the final episode; the game's beautiful, subtle, and thoughtful in a way few developers dare.