The Wolf Among Us

I dint finished it yet, but you dont need to finish a game to know its amasterpiece.

Is this game over 10 years old? Yes. Did I originally watch Jacksepticeye back in the day play it to completion? Also yes. Did I still play this and have a banger of a time? Yes. Crazy stuff, I know, but I'll pretend like this game is a vintage find and you, poor gamer reading this, don't know whether or not to get The Wolf Among Us. In essence, if you are a fan of classic Telltale nonsense, very stylised graphics and stories/characters that had me and my friend go, "wow, these people are kinda dumb," HIGHLY recommend. This game is peak 100% what you expect from it. When you've played many choose-your-own-adventure, your-choices-matter, "X character will remember that" styled games, you know what you're getting into. This game will not break the mould on branching storytelling by any means — product of the time — but I'll be damned if it still wasn't a lot of fun, and some of the choices you do make are properly satisfying. Narratively, this game offers you the chance to portray very different Bigby "The Big Bad Wolf" Wolfs. You can play the villain who has suddenly been given a lot of legal power: nothing has changed, violence first and questions later, still the bad guy everyone knew from the old fairytales except now he's the Sheriff of Fabletown. Or, you can play a protagonist who is just like anyone else in this story: a victim of their past actions, trying their best to be a new and improved person, but no one will look past who he was long enough to see that he's genuinely trying to change and help people. Not even a lot of games TODAY offer you the ability to have a character you can really analyse, or make behave according to whatever interpretation of that character you find interesting. So having a game where that is not only present but actively in your face — not subtle, put as little or as much thought into it as you want — I like it. The story is still somewhat jank, with characters disappearing without a trace, backstories or concepts not really being explained with any satisfaction, and some choices turning out very differently than what you expect. And while some of the mistakes I made were my own stuff-ups, or my friend not making a decision in time, there are just moments where something doesn't click, something doesn't work, or, in one case, an item completely disappeared from my inventory that I could have actioned if I still had it. Overall, enjoyed this game immensely. May my Bigby Wolf himbo never change. And I recommend that, whenever you can, steal the money. Just every time. There's literally no consequences, do crime.