Tagged: adventure
For an episodic noir detective drama, Blues and Bullets is quite surrealist, seemingly inspired in equal parts by Telltale adventure games, Sin City, and occult horror such as Silent Hill. These far more so than the U.S. history from which… Read More »
Telltale Games is starting to develop an unhealthy pattern in the seasons of its adventure games. For some strange reason, the developer just can’t seem to put together a highly compelling fourth episode. Perhaps it’s just the unfortunate fact that… Read More »
It’s been a long, winding road for Bigby Wolf in The Wolf Among Us. Enduring the scrutiny of the entire Fabletown community in a case wrought with dramatic twists and turns, things have finally come to an end here in Cry Wolf…. Read More »
Telltale Games is not comfortable just doing the same old thing. The studio created a winning formula with The Walking Dead, and is making small, but significant, changes with each successive franchise adapted to that formula. The Wolf Among Us… Read More »
“One question: what are your favorite games?” I asked Andrew Gleeson, a member of the three-man development team behind indie title Titan Souls, which was on display in a silver Airstream trailer in the parking lot across the street from… Read More »
It seems that Telltale Games always hits its stride and greatest excellence in The Walking Dead whenever a season’s third episode comes around. This was true last year with the incredibly depressing Long Road Ahead, and it makes sense, as… Read More »
I tend to avoid survival horror games. It’s not based on inherent design flaws or an overall lack of interest in the genre. Quite simply, I jump in my chair at anything remotely scary. Playing games like Amnesia: The Dark… Read More »
Telltale Games debuted the newest episode of its serialized mystery series, The Wolf Among Us, on April 8. The new entry, entitled A Crooked Mile, begins immediately after Episode 2 when Bigby Wolf, the sheriff of Fabletown, made a startling… Read More »
Last autumn Telltale Games released the first installment of the company’s new episodic adventure game series, The Wolf Among Us. The initial outing, entitled Faith, introduced players to the Fables universe — one populated by the flesh and blood incarnations of… Read More »
The Stanley Parable feels like a conversation between player and developer. Illusions of choice and consequence are masterfully maintained, despite the very nature of the “story game” experience on offer. As in most video games, player agency upon the virtual… Read More »
