The Wolf Among Us
Hey guys I'm not mad about The Wolf Among Us anymore. You might not have been aware I was mad at The Wolf Among Us, but in case you assumed that was the case, that is no longer the case. I have made it just slightly difficult to figure out why that is. SLIGHTLY.
When we last left the Wolf, Snow White was damseled (as I guess all fairy tale princesses are), and everything was wrong and I hated it. The game starts with a really clumsy recap and Bigby sitting in a police station being questioned by the real police. You know, that aren't fairy tales? Those guys. But there's a weird noise and Ichabod Crane shows up and is all "Come on, stupid," and you go back to beat Twiddle Dee with a pipe, because fuck that guy. I actually go pretty easy on Twiddle Dee, although I do steal his money, see previous sentence, and then after a brief melee with Bluebeard, who apparently WORKS FOR US (I was under the impression he was a wanted criminal?), who should walk into the room but SNOW WHITE!
YEAH! She's not dead! It turns out the dead body was just glamoured to look like Snow White, and now it's a matter of figuring out what the hell is going on. While I hate the bait and switch, I am glad that Snow White isn't dead. She's a good character! I like her!
So you investigate the dead body, and it's an imperfect glamour, too many buttons and what not, and eventually we find this weird bottle with Snow's picture and hair, and I figure out the plot immediately. This prostitute was glamoured to looked like Snow White so some creep can pretend he's banging Snow White, and some shit went wrong, problem solved, but I still needed to work through it. The prostitute turns out to be the sister of the troll from last episode, so that's sad. We also get a chance to interview Toad Jr., who I go easy on, because who is going to be an asshole to a child? A child toad? WHO?
You go to the shitty bar to inform the next of kin, Jack of Fables is there to be a dick, so I throw him out, and we learn where the prostitutes are hanging out of Fabletown, a club called Pudding and Pie, because every goddamn place is a goddamn nursery rhyme around here. I go to investigate and meet the complete scumbag that is Georgie Porgie, and I beat the shit out of his strip club a little. (PROTIP: This game is rating M for boobs) I eventually get access to the sleazy motel where all the prostitutes do their prostitute business, where it turns out Beauty works! Hi Beauty! Nice of you to be a character!
There is a brief tussle with the Beast, who thinks Beauty is cheating on him? (The hell are you even doing here?) and eventually you manage to break into the crime scene, which is a shitshow. Blood all over the upholstery and everything, it's gross. You investigate, and there is this really weird vibe in which the murderer has this weird obsession with the Disney version of Snow White? Like, there's a tape that plays a near-match to the score of the movie, and there's a costume in the closet that looks similar (if off-colored), and there's a book with the iconic glass coffin in it. It was kinda clever, if not quite on target enough, if only because they seemed to be actively dodging copyright.
But you eventually find an envelope full of photos, with candid pics of Snow White, and also oh yeah, a picture of Ichabod Crane totally raping a lady! WELL THEN! We then slam to black, because that's a pretty good cliffhanger! I am excited to see where this goes, ALTHOUGH I've got a feeling this isn't going to go according to plan. Just a hunch.
I like the developments of this episode, especially the fact they haven't jettisoned their best character. I continued to be a dick to Ichabod Crane, because fuck that guy, and I think I've mended my relation with Mr. Toad, if only because there was a child present. I continue to work under the assumption that I have to provide just enough business to get things done, so I still tend to break shit and never part with money easily. I think I'm doing okay on that front. I'm totally expecting that if one person is glamoured, both people can be, so Ichabod is probably innocent of being a huge creep. But yeah! The "next on" scene keep hinting that I'm going to murder someone, so...let's see how that goes.
Maybe I'll commit to finishing this before I go on vacation this weekend. MAYBE.
Hey guys I'm not mad about The Wolf Among Us anymore. You might not have been aware I was mad at The Wolf Among Us, but in case you assumed that was the case, that is no longer the case. I have made it just slightly difficult to figure out why that is. SLIGHTLY.
When we last left the Wolf, Snow White was damseled (as I guess all fairy tale princesses are), and everything was wrong and I hated it. The game starts with a really clumsy recap and Bigby sitting in a police station being questioned by the real police. You know, that aren't fairy tales? Those guys. But there's a weird noise and Ichabod Crane shows up and is all "Come on, stupid," and you go back to beat Twiddle Dee with a pipe, because fuck that guy. I actually go pretty easy on Twiddle Dee, although I do steal his money, see previous sentence, and then after a brief melee with Bluebeard, who apparently WORKS FOR US (I was under the impression he was a wanted criminal?), who should walk into the room but SNOW WHITE!
YEAH! She's not dead! It turns out the dead body was just glamoured to look like Snow White, and now it's a matter of figuring out what the hell is going on. While I hate the bait and switch, I am glad that Snow White isn't dead. She's a good character! I like her!
So you investigate the dead body, and it's an imperfect glamour, too many buttons and what not, and eventually we find this weird bottle with Snow's picture and hair, and I figure out the plot immediately. This prostitute was glamoured to looked like Snow White so some creep can pretend he's banging Snow White, and some shit went wrong, problem solved, but I still needed to work through it. The prostitute turns out to be the sister of the troll from last episode, so that's sad. We also get a chance to interview Toad Jr., who I go easy on, because who is going to be an asshole to a child? A child toad? WHO?
You go to the shitty bar to inform the next of kin, Jack of Fables is there to be a dick, so I throw him out, and we learn where the prostitutes are hanging out of Fabletown, a club called Pudding and Pie, because every goddamn place is a goddamn nursery rhyme around here. I go to investigate and meet the complete scumbag that is Georgie Porgie, and I beat the shit out of his strip club a little. (PROTIP: This game is rating M for boobs) I eventually get access to the sleazy motel where all the prostitutes do their prostitute business, where it turns out Beauty works! Hi Beauty! Nice of you to be a character!
There is a brief tussle with the Beast, who thinks Beauty is cheating on him? (The hell are you even doing here?) and eventually you manage to break into the crime scene, which is a shitshow. Blood all over the upholstery and everything, it's gross. You investigate, and there is this really weird vibe in which the murderer has this weird obsession with the Disney version of Snow White? Like, there's a tape that plays a near-match to the score of the movie, and there's a costume in the closet that looks similar (if off-colored), and there's a book with the iconic glass coffin in it. It was kinda clever, if not quite on target enough, if only because they seemed to be actively dodging copyright.
But you eventually find an envelope full of photos, with candid pics of Snow White, and also oh yeah, a picture of Ichabod Crane totally raping a lady! WELL THEN! We then slam to black, because that's a pretty good cliffhanger! I am excited to see where this goes, ALTHOUGH I've got a feeling this isn't going to go according to plan. Just a hunch.
I like the developments of this episode, especially the fact they haven't jettisoned their best character. I continued to be a dick to Ichabod Crane, because fuck that guy, and I think I've mended my relation with Mr. Toad, if only because there was a child present. I continue to work under the assumption that I have to provide just enough business to get things done, so I still tend to break shit and never part with money easily. I think I'm doing okay on that front. I'm totally expecting that if one person is glamoured, both people can be, so Ichabod is probably innocent of being a huge creep. But yeah! The "next on" scene keep hinting that I'm going to murder someone, so...let's see how that goes.
Maybe I'll commit to finishing this before I go on vacation this weekend. MAYBE.
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