What's this? Another timely review? Indeed! Here, just for you, is our review of the first episode of The Wolf Among Us, "Faith". Will it live up to the wonder that was The Walking Dead or will it fall flat on its face?
Well, don't read this. Go read the review if you want to find out.
Jennifer
Yeah, having read the first Fables trade paperback, and reading that the comic's creator confirmed that the game is canon with the comics, the scene in question really threw me for a loop. It will be interesting to see how they resolve that.
I just got through the second one, and there's a good explanation of how at least it partly will be resolved there. Just not... the parts.
Anyway, about the episode itself: it's pretty damn awesome. I have to admit that I wasn't that hyped - I've been following Telltale since the beginning, and even though I still enjoyed their recent games I kinda figured I got everything I was ever going to get out of them. Still, the writing, animation, graphics, music, all of that seems to have improved. Made me enthusiastic about Telltale in a way I haven't been in quite a while. Love the atmosphere, someone over at Telltale must have been watching Drive. Great music, great colours. Didn't really notice any puzzles (only different approaches to certain situations), but that's fine with me. You can't keep comparing these games to the old Lucasarts games forever.
Looking forward to the other episodes, and more importantly, looking forward to more Sam & Max. The graphic style of this game combined with the original artwork of Steve Purcell sounds incredible. They should finally be able to get really, really close to how that world looks in the comic. Wolf Among Us looks incredible in that regard, especially Snow's/Crane's office.
MrManager
There's a scene which (from what I've read) doesn't fit with the canon at all, though I assume that'll be logically wrapped up in some way or other, seeing the creators of the comic were involved in the production of the game.
Yeah, having read the first Fables trade paperback, and reading that the comic's creator confirmed that the game is canon with the comics, the scene in question really threw me for a loop. It will be interesting to see how they resolve that.
for a hack.But no, I was actually fairly excited for this series, and the review confirms my suspicions that it delivers. Looking forward to having free time to dig into this.