John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

Note: This review contains spoilers for John Wick and John Wick: Chapter 2.

When a popular film like John Wick: Chapter 2 (Chapter 2) ends on a cliffhanger, a sequel will surely follow. Audiences would wait two years for John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (Chapter 3), which started production even before Chapter 2 had released and came with high critical praise. At the time, it had also become the highest-grossing film in the franchise, making $327.7 million against a budget of $75 million, in only 10 days. Of course, it’s difficult to maintain a high level of quality throughout a trilogy and while Chapter 3 does do that where it counts, it unfortunately feels lacking in story.

Deltarune Chapters 3 & 4

Note: This review contains spoilers for Deltarune Chapters 1 & 2.

At the end of my review for Deltarune Chapter 2 (Chapter 2), I expressed hope that we wouldn’t have to wait another three years for Chapters 3-5. As it turned out, we had to wait four years for Chapters 3-4 and Chapters 5-7 are still in development. Despite this long wait, however, my hype never really went away, though it helped that I kept up with the development through Toby Fox’s newsletter. As promised, Toby Fox started charging for future chapters, though the price tag of $25 would ensure that those who paid now would get Chapters 5-7 for free when they officially released (as well as carry over their save data from the free version). Shortly after the website countdown ended, and after I managed to recover my saved data from a previous computer, I started playing Chapters 3-4 In earnest and did whatever I could to dodge spoilers throughout (I started grazing them towards the end, but nothing too major). While not without nitpicks, Deltarune proves itself worth the price of admission (so far).