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===Episode 3 - ''A Crooked Mile''===
===Episode 3 - ''A Crooked Mile''===
''Episode 3 - A Crooked Mile'' received positive reviews, much better than the previous ''Smoke and Mirrors''. Game Informer stated "A Crooked Mile is a much more balanced episode than its predecessor." Aggregating review website [[Metacritic]] gave the PlayStation 3 version a score of 84/100,<ref name=MCPS3EP3 /> the PC version 83/100,<ref name=MCPCEP3 /> and the Xbox 360 77/100. <ref name=MCX360EP3 />
''Episode 3 - A Crooked Mile'' received positive reviews, much better than the previous ''Smoke and Mirrors''. Game Informer stated "A Crooked Mile is a much more balanced episode than its predecessor." Aggregating review website [[Metacritic]] gave the PlayStation 3 version a score of 84/100,<ref name=MCPS3EP3 /> the PC version 83/100,<ref name=MCPCEP3 /> and the Xbox 360 version 77/100. <ref name=MCX360EP3 />


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The Wolf Among Us
File:Fables Telltale Logo.png
Developer(s)Telltale Games
Publisher(s)Telltale Games
Writer(s)Pierre Shorette[7]
Composer(s)Jared Emerson-Johnson
SeriesFables
EngineTelltale Tool
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows,[8] Xbox 360,[8] OS X,[8] PlayStation 3,[8] iOS,[9] PlayStation Vita[9]
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
    • INT: February 4, 2014[5]
    • NA: February 4, 2014 (PS3)[5]
    • EU: February 5, 2014 (PS3)[5]
    • INT: February 5, 2014 (X360)[5]
Episode 3
    • INT: April 8, 2014[6]
    • NA: April 8, 2014 (PS3)[6]
    • EU: April 9, 2014 (PS3)[6]
    • INT: April 9, 2014 (X360)[6]
    • INT: April 10, 2014 (iOS)
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.[10] It is developed and published by Telltale Games[8] and distributed by Vertigo and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. It is canon with the comic book universe and is set as a prequel to the comic book.[11] The game will consist of five episodes,[12] 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 2014.[13]

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.[14]

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 that scene to allow the player to try again. In some instances, failure to active particular quick time events results in minor game decisions.

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 in an interview with All Things Digital in February 2011.[15] Telltale formally announced plans for a Fables game at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in June 2011.[16] After several postponements, Telltale's Fables game was re-announced at the New York Comic Con in October 2012.[17] It was revealed under the working title of Fables, but it was revealed that it would receive a new name in February 2013.[18] The final name is The Wolf Among Us, after the main character Bigby Wolf.[10] The first episode was originally scheduled to be released in the first quarter of 2012.[19] It was later postponed until the third quarter of 2012.[20] It was postponed again to the third quarter of 2013,[21] then to October 2013.[7] 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.[18]

Synopsis

The Wolf Among Us is set in the year 1986, decades 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 (voiced by Adam Harrington), 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 at the "Business Office" 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. Bluebeard also works at the Office though his motives are unclear. 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. The second episode introduces Georgie Porgie, the owner of the Pudding and Pie strip club and Faith's pimp, and Clever Hans, the club's bouncer. The third episode introduces Bloody Mary as an agent of the Crooked Man.

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 woken up by Snow White, who has discovered a severed 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 Woodlands, but finds the place surrounded by human police. He sneaks through to discover Snow White's head on the steps of the apartment.

Bigby is taken in by the mundy police, who have also found White's body; during their interrogation, Mr. Crane uses a memory loss spell on the entire station to extract Bigby as well as the body and the case file from police custody, to ensure the police will forget the case ever existed. Back at the Business Office, Bigby takes over from the more aggressive Bluebeard and begins to interrogate the suspect only to have Snow White, still alive, walk in on them, and she explains that the victim they thought was her was actually a lookalike. After his initial shock, Bigby goes with Snow to talk to TJ, who had witnessed the body being dumped in the river by unidentified men that were suppressing laughter. Bigby and Snow examine the body and find it is really Lily, Holly's sister disguised by a cheap and black-market glamour. After informing Holly of Lily's murder, Bigby goes to Georgie's strip club where Lily last worked, learning there that Lily's last client at a nearby seedy hotel was a "Mr. Smith". Bigby goes to the hotel and is surprised to find Beauty working there as a clerk secretly from the Beast to earn rent money, and doesn't want to create any more strife in their marriage. As Beauty escorts Bigby to the room where Lily met Mr. Smith, Beast appears and believes that Beauty is cheating on him with Bigby. During a fight, they break down the door to the room to discover a murder scene. Beast quickly backs off as Bigby examines the scene, finding that someone had attempted to dress Lily and play out the mundy version of the Snow White fairy tale. A last check of the room reveals an envelope of photographs revealing that Mr. Smith was really Mr. Crane. Crane, seeing this through the Magic Mirror, takes the lamp from the Aladdin story and smashes the mirror with it.

Fearing for Snow's safety, Bigby makes his way to where Snow and other Fables are holding a funeral for Lily, and tells Snow of his suspicions. As the funeral proceeds, the Tweedle Brothers arrive and tell Bigby to drop his case against Crane. When the others see the Tweedles, a confrontation breaks outs, wounding Bigby and an enraged Holly and Grendal before the Tweedles escape. Bigby and Snow return to the Business Office to try to determine where Crane may have gone, their efforts stymied by the broken Magic Mirror missing one piece. Bluebeard arrives and demands that Bigby and Snow take action. The three discuss three possible leads when Bufkin reveals Crane had an appointment for "his witch" early the next morning. The three tenuously agree to investigate three possible leads: Crane's apartment, Lily's possessions, and the Tweedles' office. Bigby learns that Crane has been embezzling money from Fables, and has been working with a witch named Aunty Greenleaf to obtain the glamours he used. After locating her apartment ,but arriving too late, Bigby and Snow confront Greenleaf. She assures them Crane had just left for the "Pudding N Pie", to try to use a defunct ring on the prostitutes there to force them to speak to his innocence.

Bigby and Snow got to the strip club, and find Crane attempting to sway the prostitutes with no luck. As Bigby accosts him with his crimes, Snow comes to realize that Crane is likely innocent of the murder of Faith and Lily despite other crimes against Fabletown. As they leave the club with Crane, Bigby and Snow are boxed into an alley by Bloody Mary and the Tweedles, all working under the Crooked Man. Mary demands they turn over Crane, and after Bigby refuses, the Tweedles then both shoot him, eventually forcing him to transform into the Big Bad Wolf. The Wolf severally injures the Tweedles, but Mary then shoots him with a silver bullet, stunning him. Snow is forced to give up Crane while she attends to Bigby, and as they leave, Mary gives them a cryptic clue about a Fable even more powerful than the Crooked Man, saying "Long live the Queen".

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 (iOS), TBD (PS Vita)
Notes:
  • The first murder of a Fable in several years leads Bigby on the trail of a killer.
Episode 2 - "Smoke and Mirrors" February 4, 2014 February 6, 2014 (iOS), TBD (PS Vita)
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" April 8, 2014 April 10 2014 (iOS), TBD (PS Vita)
Notes:
  • Following a shocking revelation, Bigby pursues Ichabod Crane, who is now in hiding.
Episode 4 - "In Sheep's Clothing" Q3 2014 TBA
Notes:
  • Bigby must delve into the criminal underworld to find Ichabod Crane, before either he or Crane is killed.
Episode 5 - "Cry Wolf" TBA TBA
Notes:

Reception

Aggregate review scores
Game GameRankings Metacritic
Episode 1 – Faith (PS3) 87.00%[22]
(PC) 86.14%[23]
(iOS) 83.57%[24]
(X360) 80.96%[25] 		(PS3) 86[26]
(PC) 85[27]
(iOS) 83[28]
(X360) 82[29]
Episode 2 – Smoke and Mirrors (PS3) 86.40%[30]
(PC) 78.12%[31]
(X360) 74.20%[32] 		(PS3) 83[33]
(PC) 76[34]
(X360) 73[35]
Episode 3 - A Crooked Mile (PS3) 90.67%[36]
(PC) 83.96%[37]
(X360) 79.00%[38]
(iOS) 75.00%[39] 		(PS3) 84[40]
(PC) 83[41]
(X360) 77[42]

Episode 1 – Faith

Episode 1 – Faith received positive reviews. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation 3 version 87.00% and 85/100,[22][26] the PC version 86.14% and 85/100,[23][27] the iOS version 83.57% and 83/100[24][28] and the Xbox 360 version 80.96% and 82/100.[25][29]

Episode 2 – Smoke and Mirrors

Episode 2 – Smoke and Mirrors received polarized, but overall positive, reviews, with most praising the writing and character development, but some criticizing the lack of action sequences and the extreme departure to a darker and more gritty tone from Faith. Aggregating review websites GameRankings and Metacritic gave the PlayStation 3 version 86.40% and 84/100,[30][33] the PC version 78.12% and 76/100[31][34] and the Xbox 360 version 74.20% and 74/100.[32][35]

Episode 3 - A Crooked Mile

Episode 3 - A Crooked Mile received positive reviews, much better than the previous Smoke and Mirrors. Game Informer stated "A Crooked Mile is a much more balanced episode than its predecessor." Aggregating review website Metacritic gave the PlayStation 3 version a score of 84/100,[40] the PC version 83/100,[41] and the Xbox 360 version 77/100. [42]

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