The Wolf Among Us - 100%

I honestly was really tempted to sell / trade this game after I got it from the recent Humble Telltale Bundle, but so glad I did not.

The story kept me engrossed from start to finish (and the ending even leaves me wanting more). It was expertly written both in terms of pacing and thoughtfulness. The latter particularly is something that many games do not seem to quite get right. The Wolf Among Us however managed to take somewhat familiar social problems and weave them into a situation where the ideas of choice and responsibility are explored. The game does feel like it has a bit of a slant perhaps, but it’s not glaringly egregious like some other games I’ve played or seen played. Overall, the author seems to be able to recognize the complexity of such situations and how many different ways people may validly respond.

That said, the one thing that did drag the game down a little for me was how annoying so many of the characters were. So many of them want help, but at the same time want to jerk your character (the sheriff) around. And then when you catch them in their lies and pressure them to be honest and helpful, they act like it is somehow you that are in the wrong for not falling for their nonsense. Many of the other characters around were equally shocked if you actually did anything productive to cut through the BS and outright violence thrown your way.

Still, there were at least a couple moments were it was acknowledged that you, the player, are doing the right thing in a terrible situation by at least a couple characters. And, as important, most of the jerks end up getting theirs if you play your cards right.

Finally, I’d like to note that although it’s a bit more like an interactive movie than a game (no real puzzles or possibility to fail unless you’re VERY VERY bad at quicktime events), the “combat” still feels really satisfying.

As far as the challenge of 100%-ing it: it was quite easy and did not require even a full replay. I just had to replay a couple chapters at the end to pick up a couple missing fable entries.