Note that I have finished all of the game, though I haven't yet played Before the Storm.

In a word, playing this was an experience, almost as much as it was a game. The first episode was certainly a slow boil, and the second didn't get too crazy. However, by the third, I was hooked. I couldn't have stopped playing if I tried at that point. Overall, the atmosphere was consistently engaging.

I will admit to a couple of small gripes at the ending of episode 5, mostly that your previous choices didn't seem to have any effect on it. I get why, but it kind of pushes you to rationalize your way through it, given the lack of an explanation for what happened to everyone else, if Chloe survives.