Once Upon a time, a place named Telltale Games, brought us a spectacular game, "The Wolf Among Us". It is filled with excitement, sadness and most of all, MYSTERY. This is by far my favourite telltale game alongside The Walking Dead and Tales from the Borderlands. It brings out emotions which can be displayed by the choices you make, either a full Paragon Bigby or Renegade Bigby, It's your choice, it gives you the chance to be the person you want to be, alongside memorable characters with EXTREMELY good chemistry. It is overall an AMAZING game.
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kelinjoshua10 February 2018
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burnzyburns9 September 2020One of the greatest video game stories EVER CREATED, The Wolf Among Us is Telltale's best project they ever came up with. Yes better then The Walking Dead, Batman, and Borderlands. A sequel was in the works and unfortunately it'll likely never be released. Take a sec and play this game you will be hooked instantly.
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quincytheodore6 August 2014Telltale Games cleverly sews together a specific niche for themselves with classic adventure system and comic book style art. The Wolf Among Us, unlike their survival oriented The Walking Dead, is a one of a kind mix of noir and fable. While the concept itself has been done by TV series or comics, this game offers a unique muse rarely found in any other games. It doesn't escape the grasp of flaws, most notably from the lagging, and it's relatively short but like Cinderella's nocturnal escapade, it's also everlastingly sweet.
Without revealing much about the plot, the game revolves around Bigby Wolf, a more literal interpretation of wolf than expected, as the Sheriff of Fabletown, a glorified community-appointed fixer. While the jargon might sound too conservatively medieval, the game actually sets in modern metropolis of New York. Furthermore, its playful contrast between the two different realms works wonderfully, albeit in much darker tone than any tale would lead you to believe.
It's been a while since a game focused on detective work prowled by. The Wolf Among Us utilizes the sleuth aspect with magical properties and manages to create a mature and strangely captivating tale. As in The Walking Dead, choices are imperative and will heavily influence later consequences. The outcome of event is determined by how players ascertain situation, divulge secrets, exercise discretion or trust certain individual. Interactions between characters are varied, and these multitudes of decisions, even down to subtle dialogues or gestures, can immerse players to the bizarre world and odd predicament they are going through.
Players would be hard pressed not to sympathize with Bigby and his fellow mythical colleagues as wicked crimes terrorize them. Decisions or remarks made could have immediate or far-reaching repercussion, or they may just be merely fleeting words. There are also bits that need some timing or deduction skill to solve, but they are not particularly hard. The screenplay these personalities dance to is amazingly written with equal consistent pace, whimsical banter and the less glamorous daily profanity.
Action sequences still use QTE, as archaic mechanism as it may be, the game tries to make them more responsive. It doesn't possess much innovation, but it surprisingly makes for engaging combat, and it is a tad more polished than their previous one from The Walking Dead. Unfortunately, these instances are hampered by constant frame rate drop. It's a usual occurrence that the changing of scenery is accompanied by slight lag, which shouldn't happen much considering the technical aspect of the game isn't that taxing.
For a game that has bountiful dialogues, The Wolf Among Us invests plenty towards the voice chanting, just like Little Mermaid did. Characters are well fitted, they sound very appropriate and have knack on wittily quipping on any given moment. Since the game is decision based and cycles through players' choice, the delivery might stumble, but the seasoned voice actors along with good editing produce coherent and continuous scenes.
There is not much melody aside from a few ditties, mainly humming and thumping that quietly very effective in setting the tone. Some simpler themes works to create noir atmosphere, and even though it has fable element, the game never quite sounds merry. One minor complain is sometimes sound effect doesn't fit the visual, perhaps due to slight frame rate drop, but it's not often enough to be a malady.
The game is divided into five episodes, each might last about one and a half hour, making the total playtime somewhere around eight hours. It's decent, but a bit short considering it's released across the span of several months. Players can replay the episodes to find branching outcomes or all entries to Book of Fables, a catalog of events and characters of the game, which is a nice touch, but nevertheless not a very enticing incentive to replay the game.
The Wolf Among Us is an alluring adventure game, one that belies its cartoon art and delves deep at the characters' and their motives. With the rate Telltale Games is going, they might just create a genre to themselves.
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Graphic : Artistically well done, good contrast on lighting, although a bit flawed by the frame rate stagger. 7/10
Sound: Great voice acting for everyone, no persona seems out of place, dialogues are meticulously crafted. Its deceptively hushed theme captures the ambiance well. 8.5/10
Gameplay: It's classic point-and-click adventure mechanic with a bit of QTE, but it fits its purpose and pretty engaging for such simple gameplay. 7.5/10
Presentation : Brilliantly told story with peculiarly dark touch. Characters are welcoming, funny and twisted in their own right. 9/10
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tommyshelbypeaky-928627 August 2020There's something about this game that no matter how many times I'll play it, I'll just can't get enough of it. I Highly recommend this gem of a game to the people who have not played it yet.
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jebyvyson16 January 2020I originally want to give this game a 8/10, but I went back to the game and boy did I love it. The story is like a good noir crime story with fairytale characters. From the beginning, it felt bizarre but I quickly got invested with its world and characters. The main protagonist, Sheriff Bigby Wolf is probably the most accurate character when it comes to making choices: You make a choice that's either satisfying or disappointing, either way, you're playing a character that just can't win. It has good acting, best style of art direction, and great narrative storytelling.
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g-leno17 April 2014Based on the comic books 'Fables', this game is a story based RPG where your choices have an effect on the rest of the story. Made by the same people that gave us the brilliant Walking Dead and Back to the Future games, this game is the same style as those, but has a little more action in it. The animation is spot on for the feel of the game, giving a touch of brightness to what is, at is heart, a very dark and gritty tale that is meant for the mature gamer.
The characters are well done and are a fresh take on classic fairy tale characters, almost like the television series 'Once upon a time'. I loved this games take on Georgie Porgie, and there are numerous little hints and nods to many of the well known characters that may not appear in the game.
All in all, the adult content makes this game a refreshing experience, and the episodic release means that there is no rush to play the game and you can play through it bit by bit making it last longer. I hope games like this continue to be made and that the level of quality is on par with this game. -
hellraiser722 November 2016I'm a fan of the "Fables" graphic comic series, I really love the concept which is wild but strangely works, the notion of what would happen when the characters of fantasy came to reality; let alone mixing both the noir and fantasy genre turned out to be a wicked combo. This series also may have been the partial inspiration for the TV shows "Once Upon a Time" and "Grimm". Having this as another volume in the Teletale Game series was just a dream come true for me.
The art is great it's really gets everything making it really look like the graphic comic series come to life. From the grittiness and grime of Fabletown to the character models themselves.
Music is also great, it really sounds like something out of a John Carpenter film, which fits like a glove for this game as this game has a really dark, dangerous and moody nourish atmosphere.
Gameplay is about the same you'd expect from any Teletale game but I wouldn't have it any other way. To me it's a bit of a throwback to some of the point and click games of the early to mid 90's that have became a lost practice; those kind of games were always about observation, investigation and decision making.
I really like it from the choice aspect where you are constantly weighing the pros and cons of your range of choices hoping you've made the right choice. However you can't take too much time as there is a counter on the menu, so choice carefully. There is the usual point and click where your investigating areas and searching for clues. The action is solid, sort of like in the arcade game "Dragons Lair" as it's based on reaction, really like some of the fights Bigby is in and gets to do. Two that stand out are the fight with the Jersey Devil whom looks like one of the Skinwalkers from Indian folklore which makes sense and that is who I partial suspected who the Jersey Devil could be. And the other which is the fight with Bloody Mary which is a lot of fun, almost reminds me a bit of the battle with the multiple Agent Smith's in "The Matrix Reloaded".
However what really makes the game like all Teletale games stand out is the story itself. It take place way before volume one of the series which is cool, the way the story plays out it really feels like another volume in the series. The voice acting is great and fits like a glove as their all how I imagined they would sound like. Really like the voice actor Adam Harrington whom plays Bigby, he almost sounds like Steve Blum but isn't. As well as Erin Yvette as Snow which is a sweet, strong and sexy voice.
The characters are their usual selves if your familiar with the series. I really love the back and forth between both Bigby and Snow, both of them are one of my favorite fictional couples. Despite knowing ahead of time of their relationship if you've ever read the series, you still have a great feel for both of them, there are sparks flying between both of them.
Some might be a little confused or even swayed by the fact most of the fairy tale characters their familiar with may act and seem contrary to the versions were familiar with. But in a way that just adds to the mystery of the game and series, as it takes the assumptions we've already drawn out and turns them on it's head. Just showing that we can't take anything for granted and nobody is whom they seem.
I even like how just like in the series this game gets into not just the ethical boundary concept which most of the Teltale games usual do but also other social and philosophical issues like the constant difficulty in adjustment and adaptation to change and transition, our subconscious need to hold onto and reclaim traces of the past, but also identity.
When you hear about some of what's happened to certain Fairy Tale characters were familiar with and what life in the reality realm has done to them it's kinda interesting and for some sad. Like with the Beast and Beauty talking in one episode how both use to be royalty and ruled a kingdom, but when they were forced to immigrate to our realm they reign ended and worst of all barely remember who they use to be.
Bigby whom to me is my favorite character in the series because he has a fascinating arc as he is a former villain reformed kinda similar to Regina in "Once Upon a Time". But despite the changes he made in his life, he is still constantly wrestling internally to keep the wolf inside in check.
In a way I can't help but feel there is some truth in this, in a way these down to Earth versions of the Fables represent ourselves as we've grown up our perspectives and prospects about ourselves and life constantly change, especially on the fantasy characters we eternally hold dear. Things like that you have to ask yourself can or are you still you, or have you changed so much that your someone else entirely.
I wouldn't mind another volume for this game, probably take place somewhere in the middle of the series or even after or before one of the story arcs. Though personally I'd like to see another DC Vertigo property made into a Teletale game, one I had in mind is "John Constintine Hellblazer" yeah that would be awesome, it's just a thought.
"The Wolf Among Us" howls with intrigue.
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pouyammasoud28 August 2019When i saw download page i wasn't sure to download it but from episode1 i was sticked to it until last episode. I just prayed for next season but when i heard no more season i was going to commit suicide!!! I loved each character especially Bigby Wolf!! But what a great pitty that telltale games had been shut down and we would never see season 2. This is for sure the best game ever in history!! It deserves to be played more than 10 times. As i said, this game controls your emotions!! Also you'll learn many things about fairy tale stories!! Hope see bigby again in movies or games.
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mertuna3 December 2018RIP twau and telltale games :( we will wait forever for you bigby wolf
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darkphoenix-8316417 December 2015What a unique game. The Walking Dead was good, really good but for some reason I preferred this. It's edgy, fantastical and often darkly comical. Not to mention an insanely bad ass protagonist. The numerous twists and turns coil together to create a sense that you have no idea what is going on or who the killer is. Best of all, you get to play your way, be the Big bad wolf everyone knows you for or the good guy trying his damnedest to make up for past mistakes. How you shape him is all up to you. The only gripe I have is that it does not optimally function on Xbox360 consoles, even with a hard-drive. Even so, it is an amazing experience and a unique mystery that needs to be experienced at least once. Definite must-play.
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adriantomcat23 August 2014This is the finest storytelling game I've ever faa king played. -Incredible ending, I'm not disappointed. -After the ending I think the game is over, but hell yeah, the game makes you thinking again -_- -So this is the type of game that makes you think a lot. Not just in- game, when you're not playing it, even after finished it, I fa king think for the storyline for a
few hours. -And also makes me want its sequel.
This game will definitely teach you something, it's a guarantee. Especially decision-making skill.
Give it 9 or 10? Is 9.5 exist?? No? Okay, 9 then. -Maybe it's because of a minor glitches on gameplay. Which has no effect on the great storyline though, but yes it is flaw. -There are some animation elements in the scene that are less integrated. Example when clicking "Look" to the wall magz for the second time, Bigby still use the
"walk_in_&_get_closer_to_the_wall_magz" animation, when he was already IFO the wall magz.
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kaushikassagur19 December 2020If you haven't played this already, you're missing a lot, seriously. Really great animation, storyline and soundtrack. Genuinely enjoyed this one.
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ocesarebr2 January 2024A game of the style that you only need to close to platinum, but unlike other Telltale games, this one has a type of collectibles that don't mean you just have to close the game, but it's still super easy to platinum. Unfortunately it is a full English game, there is no dubbing or subtitles in Brazilian Portuguese, unfortunately. So I didn't pay much attention to the story, but it seems interesting, but because it doesn't include subtitles or dubbing, it's bad. It was my twenty-second platinum and I think I'm doing well in this hunt, since theoretically I'm not platinuming "garapa" games and I started this month, practically, last month. Platinum #22 Platinum Game on January 1, 2024.
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Analog_Devotee3 August 2021One of the top tier games in the story-driven cinematic genre... The Wolf Among Us and The Darkness are the only two games that had such an impact on me that I dove into the source material, both of which originated in comic form. You will fly through these episodes in proper binge-style as you won't be able to handle not knowing what comes next. The world is alive and thriving with mystery and intrigue!
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Badr90s6 October 2021The best interactive/noir game I've ever played, iconic badass protaginist (Big bad wolf) Bigby performed by a super voice actor, great characters dark story and even darker shocking moments, gore violence and partial nudity, this game is for sure provide a complete adult unique experience, the best telltale game and the best fitting soundtrack, a 9.5/10 must play.
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AvionPrince1618 August 2021The video game have a visual identity with the characters and the animation and it have some mysteries. The investigation is nice to follow along. Some choices are hard to make, it will clearly make you think twice sometimes. Clearly well made until the end who is like the "jugement dernier". Nice video game, i can clearly recommend it.
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fountasalexander31 October 2022A Telltale GEM! TWAU is a mystery about the murder of a local girl and Sheriff Bigby Wolf is on the case.
Being a telltale fan, I had only just finished playing this game these past few days and I am so impressed!
With a season 2 coming out next year that I'm definitely going to buy, TWAU exceeds immensely in its expectations! The characters are written incredibly well and Bigby is such a cool protagonist.
The Wolf Among Us is now one of if not my favourite telltale game ever, and easily of my favourite games in general!
The soundtrack was perfect for the theme this game puts out, thank you telltale for this masterpiece. -
martinsplads29 June 2019As a enormous Telltale fan I have to say that The Wolf among us is so bizarre and unreal that it just sucks you in this world were fables just tries to have a life among real human beings, but when a serial killer is on the leash and completely destroys the entire society. This adventure setting makes the game so much interesting and captivating to be a part off. The fables slash human characters are all interesting and the drama between feels real when the plot escalate to pure madness among the supernatural. So with all this amazing stuff the game is absolutely a great buy, but but guys is very violent with a lot off swearing so if you are a person with a bad stomach then stay away but if you don't mine that then get it cause it's almost perfect.
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fnajafiafra8 August 2021The story line make you sit and enjoy the darkness of this masterpiece.
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generationofswine15 April 2022If you read the comics... you are going to predict a lot of the game. You already know what is coming just because of the chronology of the game.
That being said, they nailed some of the voices, Bigby and Snow sound like I imagined they would. Jack, on the other hand... not so much.
Anyway, this is about as good as it gets. It looks like the comic. It sounds like the comic. The characters are true to the comic.
It is like you are sucked into the very pages.
The only down side is that the action is a bit clunky. Other than that, the options make for multiple plays and each time you are going back to Fables at it's height, Fables before the reconquest, Fables when the comic was as spectacular as they come. -
Telltale's game in adaptation of the Fables comic book (2002), The Wolf Among Us is a game in which you make the decisions for the main character Bigby Wolf and each decision can decide the future of the plot. The Plot takes place in a dystopia where fairy tales were banned from their lands and now they have to live with humans learning to hide from them and having to use a spell called Glamor to look like humans, with this new reality comes an administration to take care of Fairy City and protect them from themselves.
I really enjoyed the game, not only for its well-constructed script but also for the soundtrack, character design, artistic style, it's all very well planned, the choices really affect the character's future and as much as the story is with tales of fairies, it's not for kids, Vertigo stamps tend to have delicate themes with a more depressing view of the world and violence in different parts, trying to be as real as possible but having good mixes between surrealism and realism. A good game indeed, second only to The Walking Dead. -
Seb_329 March 2021This is the typical play style we have come to know and love from Telltale games, which still works great in 2021, and probably will continue to work for decades, even if its not innovative it works for what it sets out to do, and for what we have come to associate the style of telltale games with.
This is not where telltale shines brightest though. Its with a great narrative and the feeling that there is consequences to your actions. In this occasion also being able to stick to the foundation and the stories that has already been told, through real books and tales that your mother told you before bed when you were a kid. To be able to build up a story about decade old characters that are well known and making them feel real in a much harsher world than we have ever seen in any fairytale before it, despite that still making their key essence and personality shine through, even if some of them may have taken an unexpected turn in life, and changed for the better or worse. Which you are able to decide for some of the characters, especially Bigby wolf. Deciding if you are going to play dirty of nice, with the people of fable town being affected with every possible success and mistake.
This is the pure excellence of telltale and the wolf among us, as one of their best games. They are able to make these people and the typical fairy tale tropes and characters that we all know and love, and manage to put them in a dark and violent world - And slowly through the story to demolish our hope, that there actually exists a "Happy ever after" in this world.
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TheMysteriousReviewer11 October 2023I'm not gonna lie, I was not familiar with the Fables series until I played this game. I never knew what to expect from this as a movie about a werewolf. This game is a lot more than just a your typical werewolf game. The Wolf Among Us is not only one of the best video games based on a comic book series, but also among the best Telltale game I've played next to Minecraft Story Mode. It twists a fairy tale world into an adult oriented city around the characters we know in the fairy tale stories. This would probably have one of the most interesting and intense detective stories in any media. The characters are intimidating and memorable, featuring side characters that would give a player an option to give them extra development. And that's exactly what I love the most when playing Telltale games. The gameplay would give the players options to allow the game itself to give more time with options they want to do. Not to mention how the action can be both dramatic and make this game a huge thrill ride. And the graphics know how to produce the comics into the game. I know some of you may not be familiar with the graphic novel series either. But honestly, I think this is going to get you into it. This game is an absolute must play. I also did not know what to expect for an upcoming sequel. After playing this game, now I'm excited to play the sequel when it comes out. This is one of these moments for a specific series I have not heard of, and this game has already won my respect for it. Maybe I should read the graphic novel series some day and I'm sure they will be more of a thrill ride compared to this.
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kobemackenzie21 July 2022The wolf among us is base off Bill Willingham's Fables comic book series. The wolf among us is an episodic graphic mystery-drama adventure game. The art style looks fabulous. And the game has a great mystery to figure. All character are based on classic stories we heard when we were children for example the characters in the game are the big bad wolf, Snow White, Ichabod crane, the 3 little pigs and many more all with a different twist to them. The voice actors do an amazing job playing their characters. And the games choice System really works wonders for the game each choice giving you different content and affects your hole story and how characters will treat you. Overall this is a really good game can't wait for the second one!
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taheriitaheriiarian5 June 2021This is the number one game for me not because of the gameplay but because of the phenomenal story and the choices in the game.