The fantasy story here is good but the directors, showrunners or whoever else decides on the direction of the episodes is doing an atrocious job and should be sacked before making another series, although I can easily see this show being cancelled.

The constant flashbacks and varying timelines are incredibly confusing and you never get an indication on screen as to which timeline you are watching so it takes ages to work out what is going on when you keep seeing characters who died several episodes earlier.

I don't know if they are assuming that all viewers are familiar with the storybooks and video games but they shouldn't. They should forget that and concentrate on the show itself and make it accessible to everyone and play out the story chronologically so it actually makes sense.