The Flop Among Us


The Wolf Among Us was a flop for me.  I bought a season pass and played episode one when it released, but I hadn't gotten back to playing the other four episodes until this last week.  I buckled down, played episodes 2 and 3, and then gave up.

I gave this story plenty of time to grip me but it failed.  It was a murder mystery where I never actually got to solve anything.  It was very unsatisfying.

I know these Telltale story-based games are on rails.  There's not much you can do to effect the overall outcome.  But, while most of them keep me on the edge of my seat, this one completely failed to connect with me.

It's sad because I loved the Walking Dead and I've loved the episodes of Game of Thrones and Tales from the Borderlands that have released so far.  I'm actually super excited that the next Tales from the Borderlands just released.  I never felt any of that excitement about The Wolf Among Us.

It would probably be different if I were already invested in the world.  I know a handful of people who have read the comic books and they all loved the game.

I don't know if I can put my finger on one major thing that drove me to give up after three episodes.  I think it was just too slowly paced for my tastes coupled with the fact that I never managed to connect with any of the characters.  The combination killed it for me.

Of all the Telltale games I've tried this is the only one that I haven't absolutely loved.  That's still a really good track record for the developer.

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