SPECIAL REVIEW : The Wolf Among Us - Ep. 1 "Faith"

 

 I AM VERY EXCITED TO BRING YOU THIS REVIEW. I have been looking forward to this game for a long time now, and me being an avid supporter of developer Telltale, I will pour my soul into this episodic game review. My friend Sri also played this game recently, so check his review too, if you like. "http://indiburger.blogspot.com/". 
   The Setting and Story

NOTE: This series is based on the Fables comic series by Bill Willingham, set 30 years before the first comic.

He'll tear your arm off, you know.

Welcome to Fabletown, a hidden part of New York City where "Fables" have been removed from fairy tale homelands and forced to scrape together an existence. You are Bigby Wolf, the Big Bad Wolf if you will, the acting Sheriff of Fabletown. As you have a violent past behind you, residents of Fabletown are slow to trust you, but you do your best to prove you've changed...or that you're still a loose cannon. When a fellow fable is brutally murdered, its up to you to piece together how it happened and who the culprit is. Over a five-episode series, you will be forced to make tough decisions, and shape how Bigby appears to the citizens of the town he protects. 
The Gameplay

The Wolf Among Us is largely a point-and-click game, peppered with a few amazing QTE's. These fights let you sometimes choose the literal direction a fight goes, such as whether you should beat them with your fist or throw them(and yourself) out a window. The narrative is built so that your important choices are recorded, and will be remembered in future episodes. The story will force you to make hard choices, such as to help a friend in need, or take down an important suspect. These decisions WILL change how the story unfolds, and may lead to some unfortunate ends to certain characters. Be warned, this game is violent.

What's Wrong

The game is bogged down by a sometimes slow framerate, and bad transitions between dialogues. HOWEVER, I rarely ran into these problems on my PC.

The Verdict

"Faith" sets the stage for an incredible thriller, and I, having purchased the season pass, will be here to experience it. Hopefully, if you like a good story, you will become the Big Bad Wolf...

Score : 9.5/10

Future Fun Times and Such...

Seem legit.

As my reviews has been going fantastically so far(sarcasm is fun), I felt that it was necessary to outline my future reviews for the next few posts. My next three reviews will focus on the later entries in the Dead Space series, the second and third entry. I was too scared to finish the first game and I don't plan on finishing it in the future. This series is excellent in its own way, as Isaac is a broken hero, who by the beginning of Dead Space 3 may as well be on the verge of suicide. The gameplay shines in its atmosphere and how fun it is to dismember your foes. One such experience is to stasis and enemy, shoot his bladed limb off, grab it with Kinesis, and impale him with it. It's these kinds of moments that will create stories of your desperate struggles to survive in the bloodied metros of the Sprawl, to the desolation of Tau Volantis. Secondly, I will reviewing certain entries in the MGS series, particularly some of the more recent entries, more on that in the future. I also plan to make do on how I said I would be putting up updates of gaming news alongside my reviews, because obviously the contents of this blog aren't riveting enough for our high-tech generation(sarcasm again). Lastly, I recently recieved an Xbox One(WHOOO don't hate), so you can expect reviews of some of the launch titles, such as Dead Rising 3 and Ryse. Both are very good games in their own right, so you can expect a detailed review as to why sooner or later. I have always followed the Dead Rising series, so you can expect a few reviews on that subject as well. I have plenty of material to sift through, and I know that readers will be emotionally affected by my dulcet works or writing. Sarcasm is so fun, isn't it.