![]() Not all of them seems massively consequential, and I found them to be far less dividing than those in The Walking Dead, but each episode ends with a summary of your decision making and a percentage of players who chose the same as you. There’s no real warning when a choice might occur, though there is the option to pause the game by pressing the spacebar, for those who prefer time to think. These consequences are rarely anything of massive proportions – you won’t branch off into a different story entirely, for example – but they will change the way characters interact with you and, in some cases, can mean the difference between life and death. ![]() ![]() Like Telltale’s previous release, The Walking Dead, the game puts you in a multitude of situations where your decisions will have real consequences on the setting. Fear and poverty are entrenched in the lives of the Fables, forcing many to make difficult choices in order to survive.Ĭhoices are exactly what this game is about. The Wolf Among Us tells a dark and surprisingly mature story about fantastical characters engaging in very real struggles. As another body drops and tensions rise, it becomes clear that the crime is affecting everyone. These questions can only be answered with the help of Snow White, Fabletown’s assistant to the deputy mayor. Who murdered Faith and why? Was it the Woodsman? Her pimp? Or is there something even more malevolent at play here? This sets the stage for a mystery that permeates the series and sets you on the hunt for the truth. Only what follows is something far more grizzly, in the form of Faith’s severed head deposited on the steps of The Woodland, Fabletown’s headquarters. A fight follows, and the Woodsman gets away, and after a few choice words with Faith, you go about your business. The Woodsman, Bigby’s legendary nemesis, is found roughing up a prostitute named Faith. The story begins following a domestic disturbance that you’ve been called in to investigate. Is he a changed man, or a monster, barely contained? That’s up to you to decide. Dialogue options let you play him how you please. With a violent history to atone for, he’s distrusted by some and feared by others. He’s the sheriff of “Fabletown”, the name given to the Fable community at large. Our hero – and the sole playable character – is Bigby Wolf, quite literally the Big Bad Wolf, in human form. Those who can’t afford the spells, have to live on The Farm, a sanctuary from non-human Fables, where they can live as they please, with one exception – they can never leave. Those who don’t look human enough have to buy “glamours”, spells that make them appear like anyone else. Now, forced to live in the “real world”, the Fables find themselves struggling to survive. It’s a world of fairy tale characters living secret lives in New York after fleeing a calamity that has overtaken their Homelands. The game is set in the Fables universe. For those unfamiliar, Fablesis a comic book series created by Bill Willingham and Lan Medina. So, I realise that starting this review, that probably most people are already very familiar with this game, but now I’ve played it too, so damn it all, if I’m a few years late. In my defence, I had planned to buy it eventually, but a good friend of mine saved me from the terrible act of parting with money, by buying it for me as a gift. Okay, so that’s maybe a bit of an exaggeration, but The Wolf Among Usis one such game, where I really missed the boat. Because of this most heinous of practices, I’m often not only very late to the party, but by the time I’ve arrived not only has the party ended, but the attendees have died of old age and the venue has crumbled into dust. I should preface this review – maybe, all of my reviews – with the explanation that I’m one of those thrifty bastards who, only very rarely, buys a game while it’s still fresh. If there’s one thing Telltale Games does well, it’s spinning a good yarn, but just how good is their adaptation of Fables? Read on to find out!
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