I just finished Episode 8. I liked it for the most part except it left out a few things I wanted to know.
Also, unrelated, I HIGHLY HIGHLY suggest everyone tries their very hardest to solve the puzzles in the early part of the Episode. You don't HAVE to, but you get extra scenes (that are very good) for getting them right.
Do they still show up if you skip to the second half of the patch? I did all the puzzles the first time I played through the first half but didn't keep the save file.
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