The Wolf Among Us

Zack

For those of you who enjoyed 'The Walking Dead' video game, Telltale brings a new interactive adventure game in the form of 'The Wolf Among Us' based on the comic 'Fables' by Bill Willingham. Currently, there's only one episode out at the moment though the second one will most likely be out in the next couple of weeks. As someone who enjoyed 'The Walking Dead' alot, I've personally enjoyed playing the first episode here. As far as choices that are tracked I went through the following.

! Give money to Faith? No.
Lie to Beast? Stayed out of it.
Stuck up for Snow? Yes.
Did you go to Toad's or Prince Lawrence's? Toad's
Did you save Prince Lawrence? No. (Kind of an inevitability from the last choice.)
Did you go after the wood cutter or Tweedle Dee? Dee.

Trailer for those who care to watch it:
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korobka

Great, great stuff here. Maybe not quite as engrossing as the first Walking Dead episode, but it was incredibly engrossing nonetheless. It's also greatly piqued my interest in the Fables comic series. I'm definitely gonna pick it up, once I finally finish Sandman.

! Give money to Faith? Yes.
Lie to Beast? Told the truth.
Stuck up for Snow? Yes.
Did you go to Toad's or Prince Lawrence's? Toad's
Did you save Prince Lawrence? No.
Did you go after the Woodsman or Tweedle Dee? Dee.
! I'm quite curious to know what would have happened if I went to Prince Lawrence first. I already saw from a one hour playthrough that he'll survive if you go to his apartment first. Unfortunately, it cut off right there, so I didn't see what happened to Mr. Toad. Everyone seems to pick Toad's first, since I can't find any other walkthroughs that pick Lawrence. And while I obviously know I can just play t again, I'd rather find out first, before I go through pretty much the exact same thing over again.

Zack

! I believe you just don't see the other dumble twin and they're rough with Mr. Toad's son though I don't believe any real injury occurs. As for Lawrence, he can still die if you go to his place first if you tell him Faith is dead and you don't stop him from shooting himself which gives credence to Dee's story about him shooting himself.

HEATXZ

The Wolf Among Us is a great game I'm still waiting for Episode 2

korobka

@Zack:

! I believe you just don't see the other dumble twin and they're rough with Mr. Toad's son though I don't believe any real injury occurs. As for Lawrence, he can still die if you go to his place first if you tell him Faith is dead and you don't stop him from shooting himself which gives credence to Dee's story about him shooting himself.

Duly noted. Thanks for the heads up. I'll be sure to that into account on my subsequent playthrough.

Neaeran

Played it twice now. Really really like it.
They really know how to make interesting and symphatetic characters. Even guys as Mr. Toad or Gren, they put thought in every side-character and it really shows. Although some of them aren't really nice to Bigby, you see where they are coming from and you can understand why they are like this.
And the ending … dammit!

! I wonder what happens with Snow. I mean, it is clear that she returns, but i'm not that familiar with the universe. Does she just magically resurrect or how does that stuff happen?

Also, we need a Telltale Games-Thread, with the upcoming Game of Thrones and Borderlands-Games.

Zack

! I think it's been implied that even Snow probably couldn't recover from something like that still. With the magic words revolving around 'My lips are sealed' and you can notice Faith's ribbon having lips on it I believe, I'm gonna guess that neither Faith or Snow are dead. There's probably some magic trick involved. Of course, that still has a tragic element if Lawrence dies.

Prismeru

As a really faithful fan to the comics series i could only WHAAAAAT at the ending. I'm already hoping for the next episodes.

korobka

Episode 2 (technically) has a release date.

http://www.complex.com/video-games/2014/01/the-wolf-among-us-episode-2-release-date

All I can say to that is…It's about GODDAMN time, Telltale. We should've been on the cusp of Episode 3 at this point. Unfortunately, this company is proving itself again and again to be completely unreliable when it comes to release dates. The fact that they've scooped up two other properties, and are interested in yet another (James Bond) doesn't bode any for better for future release schedules. …Rant over.

Zack

Eh. From the sounds of things, something specifically bad went wrong that was fairly unsual. Their biggest problem over the time was not being able to communicate that they were having issues over the timespan better. As for their future games, I'm pretty sure the plan at least now is that they'll only start the next two series after getting done with the current two.

korobka

What they should be doing is not trying to set any potential release dates until they're sure– The Walking Dead Season 1 was supposed to be once every two months, but that never happened a single time. It also wouldn't hurt if they finish everything up before putting out even the first episode. That would give them the ability to release at a much more consistent pace.

Prismeru

Maybe they are considering that the comic is ending this year and want to take it into account for the release of subsequent episodes.

Hey, you should all read Fables. It's great.

Zack

@Prismeru:

Maybe they are considering that the comic is ending this year and want to take it into account for the release of subsequent episodes.

Hey, you should all read Fables. It's great.

I like the setting, so I might see what I can find.

Prismeru

:3 http://www.amazon.com/Bill-Willingham/e/B001K8P5CE/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_7?qid=1389979945&sr=8-7

korobka

So episode 2's finally out. I'm a little under half way through. Things are a bit slower this time around, but that's fine. It's still just as immersive as the last one, and it does a surprisingly good job at making fairy tail characters feel like real people. …Also, Bluebeard is creepy as hell.

Regarding the big twist at the end:

! They sure resolved that quickly. Turns out it was Holly's sister, which Grendel made reference to before his fight with Bigby at the end of Episode 1. She was given a glamour to look like Snow White. She's perfectly fine, as she just went off to take care of something else. I must say Bigby and company sure reaccustom to the fact that she wasn't brutally murdered and decapitated a lot quicker than I expected them to.

Zack

! Yeah. That also means my theory that nobody had actually been murdered is wrong. No idea who it could be at the moment now though at this point, I feel we haven't seen the killer. Since the crooked man was mentioned in this episode and the next episode is called 'The crooked mile', I guess the next episode will focus on him. Based on the evidence, I'd say he's Dee and Dum's employers including for whatever it was that Faith stole. Beauty also has debts to him, and it appears that Lily(Holly's sister) did as well.

korobka

That twist at the end…Woo, boy. It was a great reminder of how satisfying and shocking a moment can be, when I have no clue it's coming (which rarely happens anymore.)

! Also, I must say that I never expected to see any story, game or otherwise, introduce the Little Mermaid in the middle of a topless strip tease. That was quite…~~nice~~ interesting.

Zack

Just a heads up for the episode 3 release date:

PC/Mac (worldwide) - Tuesday, April 8th
PlayStation 3 (North America) - Tuesday, April 8th
Xbox 360 (worldwide) - Wednesday, April 9th
PlayStation 3 (Europe) - Wednesday, April 9th
iOS - also coming next week!