One of the leading adventure studios of our time is the one called Telltale Games, – continues to release new episodes of two series at once, falling under the genre definition of “Interactive film”. Series The Walking Dead And The Wolf Among Us They go alternately, plunging us into the atmosphere of the zombie apocalypse, then in the Universe of the Fables comic book, on which the story of the sheriff Bigby Wolfe and his difficult problems are based. If so far we have met individual parts of this story, now, after the release of the last episode, we can finally evaluate the entire plot entirely.
Needless to say, in games like The Wolf Among Us, The plot plays not just paramount, but the most primary and generally almost the only important role?
In this regard, we are forced to warn: the text below contains spoilers. We tried to minimize their number, but we can’t do without exposure to the secrets when it comes to a review of a product like The Walking Dead or The Wolf Among Us.
A man lived in the world – twisted legs
By the beginning of the fifth episode, the main character – the brutal and eternally unshaven sheriff of Bigby Wolf, is also a large and terrible gray wolf from children’s fairy tales – he finally managed to get very close to the chief mafiosi of Feibantaun – a twisted uncle. The faithful servant of the law is not reasonably believes that the local “godfather” is most directly related to the murder of prostitutes: “donkey skins” Feite and trolls Lily, who was so fond of ordering the mayor of Crane so much. Not because, we recall that he was a fan of interspecific crossing, but because Lily did not hesitate to disguise him as an assistant to the mayor – a snow -white, for a long time and unsuccessfully desired.
Oh yes, wait. After all, not all, in the end, managed to play in the first four episodes and, much worse, not everyone read reviews on Stopgame. Let us remind ourselves a little, what does all these wolves, uncles and strange priestesses of love with ribbons on the necks have anyway.
How it all began ..
Faibbleun is a town where the legends live – fairy -tale characters who had to run from his world in order to settle in our, much less magical reality. Human -like creatures were more fortunate – at least they do not need to regularly lay out a tidy sum for the so -called “glamor” – spells that give all sorts of toads and trolls an anthropomorphic appearance. With money, the heroes of children’s fairy tales are mostly tight, so they have to work hard. And this work can rarely be called decent – it is clear that refugees from the invented reality do not have higher education and a decent diploma! So the beauty, who works a night porter in a shit of hotel, can still be said well with a good job. The mermaid and the donkey skin turned out to be less lucky: they were able to find a place for themselves only in the brothel.
The extremely unpleasant mayor of Crane, his assistant Snow White and Bigby Wolf, who personifies some kind of law, control. They control it not that brilliantly: to the problems of the inhabitants of the town, the authorities, in essence, do not have much business.
It is known that where the authorities are inactive and turn a blind eye to troubles, all sorts of “shadow generals” and “godfathers” often appear, which take on those functions that the ruler cannot cope with. Their help is rarely free.
Here it turned out about the same. The twisted uncle lented money to the needy, promised defense defenseless, got his own gang and gradually took the whole city to his hands.
Where the mafia is inevitably or later the murders begin. Feightun was no exception. In past episodes, our brave sheriff found the cut heads of girls of easy behavior on the steps, he had been investigating for a long time, chased for alleged criminals, and he did all this in the best traditions of gangster detectives about some ambitious American twenties or no less remote thirties.
Take away from the screens of children and pregnant women. Yes, this is exactly what you thought. These are guts, gentlemen.
… and how – ended
The final episode of the season in a sense can be called the “face” of the whole history. Scriptwriters from Telltale, Obviously, they decided to make a fifth of the most dynamic one, which took it from the adventure “primary source” and brought closer to the real action.
Well, well, maybe not so real, because we all know what is performed Telltale Action looks somewhat strange. We will have to press countless times on the “Up”, “down” and “right/left” buttons, dodging the blows of various opponents. We will again try to get a cursor along the luminous red mug on the enemy’s forehead to give him the face. There is a place for both the frantic pursuit of the car and the battle with the Boss, during which Bigby will show his true face. Or a true tail, if you like, coupled with true wool. Finally, it will not do without the blood that fall out of the gut and chopped heads. There will not be in the last part only as for the scrupulous type of investigation that we were engaged in previous episodes. There is no need: the criminals are found, the figures on the board are placed, which means that it remains only to bring the story to a happy ending. Or not very happy – this is how it will work.
The last series of the season only confirmed that we, in general, understood before: this fairy tale is not for children at all. This is a tough and even cruel, but at the same time a stylish detective a la noir, in which there is still a place, albeit not too difficult, but more or less moral choice. Even at the very end, when, it would seem, everything is already clear, the sheriff decides the fate of the main villain, determining to live this or die, and if he die, then when and under what circumstances. Obviously, the decision we have made should somehow affect the development of events next season. Like a very ambiguous ending of the episode, which, as it were, hints: it only seems to us that we guessed everything, completed the investigation and punished all the perpetrators.
Fairytale heroes solve important issues on the old fashioned way. All gathering together, arguing, screaming, waving their hands until anyone who takes responsibility and stops this bazaar.
Gloomy, smoking and unshaven
We are already used to the ability Telltale make “juicy” characters, in which I somehow immediately believe. It would seem that in the very final of history there can no longer be any surprises against the characters: it remains only to clarify the details of the plot, but not the characters.
However, here the developers managed to throw us a couple of surprises. A guy who all the way looked just a disgusting type, not causing a shadow of sympathy, suddenly touches us with the true background of his actions. A twisted uncle, calling himself “only a businessman”, will make speech and make us think more than once: on the side we should be on which? Whether a person in the end is
accusing? Finally, even a Snow White, which seems to be completely unnecessary to arrange any surprises at the end, will behave not that completely unpredictable, but a little not like it could be expected from her. The characters are not just alive and different – they are deep. At the same time, which is characteristic, none of them in the end is “in all white”. There are no villains or knights in sparkling armor. There is a community of creatures forced to survive in difficult conditions. They are left to their own and trampled by city jungle. And by the end of the story, they all become practically native to us.
Responsible and responsible, that then his decision can then be outraged for a long time and with pleasure for a mug of beer. Here with about the same sour faces, yes.
The finale turned out to be worthy. A degree of tension, which increased as it approaches the last episode, resulted in an excellent climax. The first story of the sheriff of Bigby Wolfe and his Fabyltown took place. We will wait for the following.
Pros: high intensity of passions;unexpected faces of characters and fate of characters;complex moral choice;The dynamic rhythm of the narrative.
Cons: The action scenes still seem somewhat ridiculous.