I just assumed Erica shot first this time because she'd had the vision to warn her of what was to come. Knowing she was about to get shot caused her to not hesitate to shoot, which caused her to shoot John. John, however, was probably not who was originally in her vision. I think it was Cordelia due to Cordelia's journal saying "I need to make sure I'm gone when Erica gets here. If I'm not here then the events in the vision can't come to be." She's referring to a vision she's been having, but I think it was the same vision Erica had or something similar. Maybe she was seeing Erica shoot her in John's place. Hard to say, but I think it was probably related.
Watch Episode 4 come out and this be completely off base.

I stayed up all night and played Episode 3 from beginning to end. I'm still reeling from everything that happened. I love that we are given confirmation of Cordelia being the Oracle at the beginning of the game (instead of the end) and playing as both Cordelia and Erica. It was very cool to see how their abilities worked together.
I had read a review that mentioned being confined to one building in this episode and wasn't sure how well that was going to work out. It definitely worked. The scenery, story, puzzles... I think Cognition as a whole is my new favorite adventure game of all time. Sorry fangirling a bit here.

Anyway, the game continues to be amazing, and I thank you all for this experience. I hope this is somewhat coherent as I really need to sleep.

Oh, I almost forgot. Forgive me if this is something covered in the next episode, but I was trying to figure out when Cordelia was being attacked by Keith. The timeline for that confused me. I'm thinking it had to be how he got her into the room before Max died? I just remembered Max saying something about how she needed to survive so that she could kill him. They must have known that it was Keith who put them there?
Alright, I'm going to bed!
