Season 1 of developer Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead was our pick for best game of 2012 and was a heart-wrenching, intensely emotional experience. Nobody would envy the project that would have to follow it, and that place falls to The Wolf Among Us, based on comic-book writer and artist Bill Willingham’s Fables series. The game adaptation is out now on Xbox Live Arcade, PC, and Mac OSX and will be out on the PlayStation Network on Oct. 15.
Due to the identical controls and comic-book roots, comparisons between this title and its undead-crazed predecessor are inevitable, but The Wolf Among Us, which places players in the role of Bigby Wolf, a sheriff tasked with keeping a town of fairytale and storybook characters (known as “Fables”) in line, establishes itself as a distinct and often superior experience.

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