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The Wolf Among Us (for PC)

Jeffrey L. Wilson
 & Jeffrey L. Wilson Managing Editor, Apps and Gaming

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The Wolf Among Us, Telltale's journey into the world of Bill Willingham's Fables, is a well-crafted point-and-click adventure game that thrills, despite being light on puzzles and challenge. - The Wolf Among Us (for PC)
4.0 Excellent

The Bottom Line

The Wolf Among Us, Telltale's journey into the world of Bill Willingham's Fables, is a well-crafted point-and-click adventure game that thrills, despite being light on puzzles and challenge.

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Pros & Cons

    • Beautiful comic book-like graphics.
    • Incredible voice acting.
    • Engaging plot.
    • Thrilling Quick Time Event (QTE) sequences.
    • Occasionally froze in testing.

The Wolf Among Us ($24.99), a point-and-click adventure game that's a canonical prequel to Bill Willingham's popular Fables comic book series, continues developer Telltale Games's recent trend of blending licensed properties with engaging, well-written stories, light puzzle-solving challenges, and reflex-testing Quick Time Event (QTE) sequences. Recent Telltale Games titles have tapped the zombie apocalypse (The Walking Dead) and sci-fi comedy (Tales From the Borderlands) genres, but The Wolf Among Us draws inspiration from film noir cinema, while keeping the black outlines and bright colors associated with its source material. The murder-mystery isn't particularly challenging, but if you want to spend a few hours in an immersive world filled with interesting characters, top-notch voice acting, and beautiful visuals, The Wolf Among Us should find a home in your PC gaming library.

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Final Thoughts

The Wolf Among Us, Telltale's journey into the world of Bill Willingham's Fables, is a well-crafted point-and-click adventure game that thrills, despite being light on puzzles and challenge. - The Wolf Among Us (for PC)

The Wolf Among Us (for PC)

4.0 Excellent

The Wolf Among Us, Telltale's journey into the world of Bill Willingham's Fables, is a well-crafted point-and-click adventure game that thrills, despite being light on puzzles and challenge.

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About Our Expert

Jeffrey L. Wilson

Jeffrey L. Wilson

Managing Editor, Apps and Gaming

Since 2004, I've written about consumer tech for many publications, including 1UP, Laptop, Parenting, Sync, Wise Bread, and WWE. I now apply that knowledge and skill set as the managing editor of PCMag's apps and gaming team.

The Technology I Use

As a member of the App & Gaming team, I use a wide variety of apps and services. Google Drive is an essential file-syncing service for moving documents between team members in this work-from-home era. Scrivener has been an invaluable writing tool as I rework my fiction manuscript. YouTube Premium and YouTube TV deliver hours of entertainment (though I only use the latter service during the F1 and NBA playoff seasons).

In terms of hardware, I use a Lenovo Thinkpad Carbon X1 laptop for work and an Origin PC tower for playing PC games. I also have a Steam Deck, which lets me play my favorite titles under a shade tree. Of course, I have a smartphone, and the Google Pixel 9a is my handset of choice.

My main input devices are the Das Keyboard 4 Professional and Logitech MX Vertical Ergonomic Mouse, though I bust out the Hori Fighting Commander Octa or Hori Fight Stick Alpha when mixing it up in fighting games. I have a thing for arcade sticks. I collect Neo Geo AES games, too, but only if I can find the carts on the (relative) cheap.

For video and music consumption, I fire up my Lenovo Tab P11; it has a sharp screen and great Dolby Atmos-powered speakers. My Kindle Paperwhite has received much use, too. I have a standalone, Sony Blu-ray player connected to a TCL television when it's time to go full cinephile. I'm also a vinyl guy, so the Bluetooth-enabled Audio-Technica AT-LP60XBT keeps the wax spinning.

My first computer was a Commodore 64. Long live BASIC and retro computers!

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