According to my dreams "The trek across chapters 1 and 2 are a good thing". I think I figured out why I initially thought chapter 3 was weak. In chapters 1 and 2 you are always exploring and progressing, getting closer and closer to the dark fountain. A true adventure you know? But in chapter 3 you spend the majority of your time going nowhere and instead in the same place playing a video game with Tenna, it doesn't feel like an adventure.
What do you think about this? Do you agree with what was revealed to me in a dream?