During Christmas 2014 (or possibly 2013), I was given a copy of The Wolf Among Us by my brother on Steam. I had no real idea what it was or what it involved. At first, I thought it was possibly something to do with the social activity known as Werewolf, but no idea other than that until I decided to install it. I was amazed, it wasn’t that. What it was, was a story driven game made to look like an American TV Drama Series and set in the world of the Fables Comics by Bill Willingham and published by Vertigo (the comics, not the game; that was published by Telltale Games).
For those of you who are unaware, Fables is a comic series about the characters and creatures from Fables and Folklore who have been pushed into our world after being forced out of theirs. I have not read the comics myself. The first time I had heard of them was in an episode of The Big Bang Theory. Since then I have tried to read them, but was not spurred on until I played this game. I have since bought a copy of the first few in a volume collection, but have not got round to reading it yet, my reading schedule has been busy with me reading several un-interesting books that I was far too into that I could not simply stop reading. Anyway, that’s what the Fables Comics are.
The game mentioned above is set in the above mentioned comic series and soon after receiving it from my brother, I played it; and couldn’t get enough of it. I wanted to keep on going, and when I was not at my computer, there was nowhere I would rather have been than behind my computer playing another episode. I liked everything about it; the ideas, the characters, the setting, the actions, the story, the themes, even the opening sequence (which at times I still cannot get out of my head). I absolutely positively enjoyed and loved every minute of it. I was at the time positively certain that I had found my new favourite game.
Since then though, there has been a problem. You see, despite classing it as my favourite game (quite possibly); I almost could never play it again. For a game where your decisions affect play and what happens within the story, it still felt like I had already watched it (sorry, played it) and that because it was story driven that if I played it again, it would still be the same no matter what I did. Anyway, a few weeks ago, I threw caution to the wind and decided to play it again, and you know what, it feels the same even if I do things differently. I know what is going to happen, it’s like reading a book again, and I just don’t think I will be able to continue with it. I could still play it, but I may have to wait a long time (I don’t know, maybe 5 years) before I can, just so I can properly experience it again, like I had before.
What this really all comes down to is this; I need a second season. The internet is awash with other people who think so, and there are constant rumors that one might be coming, but given Telltale’s current schedule, it looks more and more like if it is to come out, it won’t be for a long while, that is also, if at all. I want another season, why wouldn’t I want to play more and discover more of what is possibly my favourite game of all video games.
Now, I know this won’t spur Telltale on to make another one, or at least I don’t think so, what with them already making loads of new seasons and shows of some other story based games and franchises like Game of Thrones, Borderlands and of course The Walking Dead, however, with some time and patience (most of which is being used to wait for Godzilla 2018), I am sure that the overall popularity of the game and pressure from fans may force Telltale’s hand in the right direction. In the meanwhile, I do have a copy of Tales from Borderlands I can get into, and see what that is like, I might enjoy it more than The Wolf Among Us, maybe not, but if it’s as engrossing, at least it will be able to fill some time of mine, and once that is done, I suppose I can play another game of theirs……….for the time being.
GENEPOOL (I sometimes imagine myself as Bigby in the Opening Titles, walking alone through the streets).