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The Wolf Among Us
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Developer(s)Telltale Games
Publisher(s)Telltale Games
Writer(s)Pierre Shorette[6]
Composer(s)Jared Emerson-Johnson
SeriesFables
EngineTelltale Tool
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows,[7] Xbox 360,[7] OS X,[7] PlayStation 3,[7] iOS,[8] PlayStation Vita[8]
Release
Episode 1
    • INT: October 11, 2013[2]
    • INT: October 14, 2013 (OS X)[1]
    • NA: October 15, 2013 (PS3)[2]
    • EU: October 16, 2013 (PS3)[3]
    • AU: October 16, 2013 (PS3)[3]
    • INT: December 4, 2013 (iOS)[4]
Episode 2
Episode 3
  • TBA
Episode 4
  • TBA
Episode 5
  • TBA
Genre(s)Graphic adventure
Mode(s)Single-player

The Wolf Among Us is an ongoing episodic graphic adventure video game based on Bill Willingham's Fables comic book series.[9] It is developed and published by Telltale Games[7] and distributed by Vertigo and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is canon with the comic book universe.[10] The game will consist of five episodes,[11] with the first episode being released for Microsoft Windows and Xbox 360 worldwide on October 11, 2013,[2] for OS X worldwide on October 14, 2013,[1] for PlayStation 3 on October 15, 2013 in North America[2] and on October 16, 2013 in Europe and Australia,[3] for iOS worldwide on December 4, 2013[4] and PlayStation Vita before the end of 2013.[8]

Gameplay

The Wolf Among Us is a point-and-click adventure game, where the player, in control of the protagonist Bigby Wolf, can move about the environment and examine and interact with other characters or objects. It is similar to Telltale's previous game, The Walking Dead, in that the player may make choices in their actions or through conversation trees that will influence future events in the story, including events in future episodes. These include major decisions, such as deciding which of two culprits to chase after while allowing the other to go free. Like The Walking Dead, these choices are recorded by Telltale, and general statistics on the major choices are presented to the player after completing each episode to allow them to compare their take on the story to others. Telltale has worked to make some of these choices affect parallel events within the narrative, such as choosing which of two people to help first, and later learning from the second one that their help could have been used before.[12]

Some scenes are more action-oriented, requiring the player to respond to a series of quick time events. Failure to do these correctly may end the scene with the death of Bigby or another character, but the game will restart at a checkpoint just before these scene to allow the player to try again.

Development

Steve Allison, the senior vice president of marketing at Telltale Games, announced they were working on a game based on the comic book Fables (comics) in an interview with All Things Digital in February 2011.[13] Telltale formally announced plans for a Fables game at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June 2011.[14] After several postponements, Telltale's Fables game was re-announced at the New York Comic Con in October 2012.[15] It was revealed under the working title of Fables, but it was revealed that it would receive a new name in February 2013.[16] The final name is The Wolf Among Us, after the main character Bigby Wolf.[9] The first episode was originally scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2012.[17] It was later postponed until the third quarter of 2012.[18] It was postponed again to the third quarter of 2013,[19] then to October 2013.[6] In February 2013, it was revealed that the game took longer to develop than Telltale originally anticipated due to the success of The Walking Dead. Telltale incorporated many of the game mechanics from The Walking Dead into their Fables series.[16]

Synopsis

The Wolf Among Us is set around middle of the 1980s, 30 years before the events of the first issue of Fables. For years, many of the magical and mystical lands described in myth, legend, and folklore (known colloquially as "the homelands") have been occupied by an enigmatic tyrant known only as the Adversary. To escape the Adversary's marauding armies and totalitarian regime many creatures and characters known as "fables" fled to the mundane world and created an enclave known as Fabletown in colonial America, now located in modern-day Manhattan. To mask their presence from the native humans (referred to as "mundies") all non-human fables have to purchase an enchantment known as a "glamour" which allows them to appear human, or be relocated to a rural community known as "The Farm". The reformed Big Bad Wolf, Bigby Wolf, is the sheriff of Fabletown and is responsible for hiding the community from the wider world and enforcing its laws.

Characters

See also: List of Fables characters

The player-protagonist of The Wolf Among Us is Bigby Wolf, formerly the Big Bad Wolf. He is the sheriff of Fabletown, working presently under interim mayor Ichabod Crane, aided by Snow White and her Magic Mirror in his investigation along with the help of Bufkin the winged monkey that manages Fabletown's records. Bigby resides at the Woodlands apartments, where he is currently allowing Colin (one of the Three Little Pigs) to stay with him after blowing down the pig's home. Beauty and the Beast are also residents of Woodlands, though currently struggling with a troubled marriage. One of the Fables that he frequently contacts is Mr. Toad and his son TJ (Toad Jr.), who live in a run-down apartment building nearby.

As the game opens, the player is introduced to the The Woodsman who lives in the same building as Mr. Toad, and Faith and Prince Lawrence, characters from the Allerleirauh/Donkeyskin fables. Standing in Bigby's way are Dee and Dum Tweedle, twin thugs working for an unknown agent. Bigby also encounters Holly, a Troll that runs the Trip Trap bar, and Grendel, a barfly there.

Plot

Note that the plot descriptions below may change based on player choices made in the game.

Bigby is called to an apartment building by Mr. Toad due to a commotion being made by the Woodsman in an upstairs apartment. There, Bigby stops the intoxicated Woodsman from attacking a young woman. After fighting with the Woodsman and knocking him out, Bigby talks with the woman, believing she is a prostitute, and helps to make sure she is safe.

Bigby returns to his Woodlands apartment in Fabletown to rest, and he goes to sleep after a discussion with Colin, one of the Three Little Pigs on how people are terrified of him, only for Bigby to be wakened by Snow White, who has discovered a decapitated head on the steps of Woodlands; Bigby is shocked to discover it is the head of the woman he saved earlier. Clues on the head lead them to identify her as a fable from the Allerleirauh story; her name was Faith and she had been married to Prince Lawrence. They are about to go to Lawrence's apartment when Mr. Toad calls and warns Bigby that someone is ransacking the Woodsman's apartment. They investigate both locations. At Lawrence's they find that he had attempted suicide before learning of Faith's death, feeling he had not provided her with a good life, but he has a chance to survive if the player chooses to investigate Lawrence before Mr. Toad; at Toad's, they find that he had been pressured by Dee and Dum Tweedle, working for an unknown employer, to search for a mysterious object that the Woodsman was believed to have. Without any other clues, Bigby decides to find the Woodsman to discover his role in the murder, while Snow White returns home to Fabletown.

Bigby heads to the Trip Trap bar, the Woodsman's usual drinking spot, to find its owner Holly and barfly Grendel to be covering for the Woodsman's apparent absence. When the Woodsman comes out of the bathroom, Bigby tries to talk to him but Grendel transforms into his fable form and attacks Bigby. The two fight, but Bigby, partially transforming into his wolf form, gains the upper hand. Just as he is about to take the Woodsman in for questioning, Dee Tweedle enters the bar, also looking for the Woodsman; on seeing Bigby, both he and the Woodsman attempt escape. Bigby is forced to go after one, arresting him for suspicion of murder charges. Bigby takes his catch back to Woodland, but finds the place surrounded by human police. He sneaks through to discover Snow White's head on the steps of the apartment.

Episodes

Episodic releases for the Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, OS X and PlayStation 3 platforms were released near-simultaneously within the same week; the iOS and PlayStation Vita episodic releases are expected to trail these by about a month or so.

Chapter Episode Release date
(for Microsoft Windows, Xbox 360, OS X and PlayStation 3) 		Episode Release date
(for iOS and PlayStation Vita)
Episode 1 - "Faith" October 11, 2013 December 4, 2013
Notes:
  • The first murder of a Fable in several years leads Bigby on the trail of a killer.
Episode 2 - "Smoke and Mirrors" Q1 2014 Q1 2014
Notes:
  • Bigby continues investigating for the 'now-serial killer' walking the streets of Fabletown. He also attempts to find answers from Faith's pimp: Georgie Porgie, and becomes more involved with Beauty and Beast's affairs.
Episode 3 - "A Crooked Mile" TBD TBD
Notes:
Episode 4 - "In Sheep's Clothing" TBD TBD
Notes:
Episode 5 - "Cry Wolf" TBD TBD
Notes:

Reception

Aggregate review scores
Game GameRankings Metacritic
Episode 1 – Faith (PS3) 87.88%[20]
(PC) 86.14%[21]
(iOS) 83.57%[22]
(X360) 80.96%[23] 		(PS3) 86[24]
(PC) 85[25]
(iOS) 83[26]
(X360) 82[27]

Episode 1 – Faith

Episode 1 – Faith received positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation 3 version 87.88% and 86/100,[20][24] the PC version 86.14% and 85/100,[21][25] the iOS version 83.57% and 83/100[22][26] and the Xbox 360 version 80.96% and 82/100.[23][27]

References

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  10. ^ "CCI: "Fables" Creators Panel Recap". Comic Book Resources. 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2012-05-07.
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  21. ^ a b "The Wolf Among Us: Episode 1 – Faith Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
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  23. ^ a b "The Wolf Among Us: Episode 1 – Faith Reviews". GameRankings. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
  24. ^ a b "The Wolf Among Us: Episode 1 – Faith Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
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  26. ^ a b "The Wolf Among Us: Episode 1 – Faith Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
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