Date played: July 2nd
Platform: PC
Session fun rating: 10/10
I was in the mood for a good story, so I fired up The Wolf Among Us by Telltale Games. Of course, I absolutely loved The Walking Dead's 2 seasons, so I'm not too surprised that I had a great time with the first hour of The Wolf Among Us.
In New York City, fable characters of old live in the midst of regular humans, or as the game calls them, mundies. The fables must purchase a spell called "Glamour" to hide their true nature. Characters that can't afford it are sent upstate New York to a farm. The game stars Bigby Wolf, who is really just the Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs. He is the sheriff and must protect the fables from each other.
There's a really cool noir vibe in this game that contrasts nicely with these fantasy characters. The game opens with Bigby getting out of a cab in a neon flooded street and lighting a cigarette. He received a call from Frog, who reported a disturbance in his building. After a brief conversation with him, Bigby investigates the disturbance and finds The Woodsman, drunk, beating up a hooker in his room. There was a great fight sequence, typical of Telltale's games quick time event style. Eventually, Bigby and The Huntsman fall out of the window down into the street. The prostitute saves Bigby from The Huntsman by striking an ax straight into his skull. Fables are really hard to kill though, so he gets away.
The mystery thickens as the girl explains that she can't divulge the reason why The Huntsman was beating her... She leaves, but promises to come visit the wolf at his apartment in the Woodlands building.
Back at his apartment, Bigby crosses paths with Beauty and Beast. There's something weird going on, but it's not clear at all yet. He also had a great scene with one of the three little pigs who visits him from the farm illegally. Bigby passes out on the couch and is woken up by Snow White who urges him to follow her. Tragically, the prostitute's bloody severed head lies on the stairs in front of the building. After the initial shock and a brief investigation of the scene, they headed back to the business office to meet the mayor, Ichabod Crane.
The old fucker was pissed off about the murder but was confident in Bigby's and Snow's ability and trusts them to find the killer. The business office is filled with legendary paraphernalia, including the magic mirror from Snow White. After talking to the mirror and reading some old fables, we discovered that the murder victim is a woman known as Donkeyskin. I am really excited to see where this story goes!
Platform: PC
Session fun rating: 10/10
I was in the mood for a good story, so I fired up The Wolf Among Us by Telltale Games. Of course, I absolutely loved The Walking Dead's 2 seasons, so I'm not too surprised that I had a great time with the first hour of The Wolf Among Us.
In New York City, fable characters of old live in the midst of regular humans, or as the game calls them, mundies. The fables must purchase a spell called "Glamour" to hide their true nature. Characters that can't afford it are sent upstate New York to a farm. The game stars Bigby Wolf, who is really just the Big Bad Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs. He is the sheriff and must protect the fables from each other.
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| Bigby Wolf patrols the streets of New York City |
The mystery thickens as the girl explains that she can't divulge the reason why The Huntsman was beating her... She leaves, but promises to come visit the wolf at his apartment in the Woodlands building.
Back at his apartment, Bigby crosses paths with Beauty and Beast. There's something weird going on, but it's not clear at all yet. He also had a great scene with one of the three little pigs who visits him from the farm illegally. Bigby passes out on the couch and is woken up by Snow White who urges him to follow her. Tragically, the prostitute's bloody severed head lies on the stairs in front of the building. After the initial shock and a brief investigation of the scene, they headed back to the business office to meet the mayor, Ichabod Crane.
The old fucker was pissed off about the murder but was confident in Bigby's and Snow's ability and trusts them to find the killer. The business office is filled with legendary paraphernalia, including the magic mirror from Snow White. After talking to the mirror and reading some old fables, we discovered that the murder victim is a woman known as Donkeyskin. I am really excited to see where this story goes!
