- Publisher: Telltale Games
- Release Date: Jul 8, 2014
- Also On: iPhone/iPad, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360
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Jul 9, 2014Cry Wolf provides a roller coaster of emotions and a perfect ending of this mature, charming and violent story.
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Jul 8, 2014It’s a satisfying conclusion to the overall arc, that will likely see you wanting to play through it all one more time, just to see what other paths you can take, and what changes those paths may make.
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Jul 22, 2014Overall, The Wolf Among Us has been an amazing experience. While the gameplay and layout are nearly identical to The Walking Dead; the tone, story, and artwork take The Wolf Among Us out of its predecessor's shadow and give it a permanent place at its side as a prime example of expert storytelling in gaming- with the side effect of the two games being cursed to forever being mentioned in tandem.
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Jul 10, 2014An outstandingly paced and flawlessly executed finale to one of the most memorable game settings of all time and space.
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Jul 8, 2014Overall, it was a fun ending to a great series. Its ending isn’t satisfying at first, but it grows on you as you think about it. This is the sort of ending that has you talking with your friends for days about it.
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Aug 6, 2014Episode 5 delivers a stellar conclusion to the adventures of Bigby Wolf. There are great conflicts in terms of dialog and combat, so players will be solicited in all sorts of ways. It also displays Bigby in all his big bad wolf glory and leaves a fair amount of possibilities for a likely second season of series.
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Jul 8, 2014The Wolf Among Us Episode 5: Cry Wolf is a wonderful cap to Telltale’s season. It made me not only want to replay the episode to see various outcomes, but the entire series to see if I had missed any clues planted early on.
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Jul 9, 2014The Wolf Among Us Episode Five: Cry Wolf is the amazing ending of the Telltale Games’ outstanding noir.
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Jul 14, 2014This final episode concludes the series. The episode is short but has a good tempo and we are getting a chance to see Sheriff Bigby's final true form.
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Jul 16, 2014Cry Wolf serves as a satisfying conclusion to The Wolf Among Us, delivering on all the promise that previous episodes held.
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Jul 14, 2014Overall, I found the journey into Fabletown a delight; filled with memorable characters built on a solid mechanical foundation, and while I believe there more to be done with the formula, it’s the finest Telltale has made so far and well worth experiencing.
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Eurogamer SpainJul 13, 2014The Wolf Among Us has been able to stand the difficult comparison against The Walking Dead. The entire game might not be as good, but I've found its world to be much more immersive and its characters more interesting.
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Jul 10, 2014An excellent conclusion to The Wolf Among Us that solidifies the strong standing of Telltale's noir series.
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Jul 10, 2014The Wolf Among Us is superb, and Cry Wolf is probably the best episode.
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Jul 9, 2014A great closure for this experience. We would recommend playing the five episodes all together, but if you've already started playing it, you cannot miss this one.
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Jul 9, 2014It’s not just a great, surprisingly insightful game. It’s also true to the literary genre that inspired it and Bill Willingham’s Fables comics.
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Jul 8, 2014The Wolf Among Us is a noir stemmed in fantasy and (actual) glamour that blurs the lines of right and wrong. I wasn’t able to appreciate the mystery of The Wolf Among Us until the last chapter, but what a gratifying experience it turns out to be.
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Jul 8, 2014I don't want more Wolf Among Us -- I need more. It delivers a tone unlike anything Telltale has given us before, and really shows us how they've matured as a studio.
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Jul 8, 2014Even though many fans will already know how the characters end up, The Wolf Among Us manages to be gripping from start to finish – there’s just no real weak point, and Cry Wolf is a fittingly great ending to a fantastic series.
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Jul 8, 2014This final episode makes the long trip worthwhile. Newcomers should take the plunge with confidence.
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Jul 9, 2014Telltale does it again. The Wolf Among Us has shown that you didn't need the the emotional hook of the first season of The Walking Dead to work. It´s a different beast, more subtle, more meaty and with more to show under the surface.
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Jul 16, 2014Regardless, the storytelling of any Telltale series is captivating and leaves you wanting more. The Wolf Among Us is literally a visual story, and we are just its puppet masters.
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Jul 21, 2014It’s been a crazy up-and-down season, but the conclusion of The Wolf Among Us is a visceral, stylishly violent adventure in Bill Willingham’s brilliant Fabletown at heart, with some great storytelling aptitude to close things out.
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Jul 15, 2014This is one of those rarest of entities: A game that doesn't immediately reveal its true nature, instead having the courage to let it slowly unfurl over the course of nine months. Even now that I think I've seen all The Wolf Among Us is capable of, I'm sincerely hopeful that Telltale gets a chance to defy that expectation.
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Jul 8, 2014Even so, “Cry Wolf” is the end to a story worth experiencing. While not every episode has lived up to its potential, the season as a whole has left us with a world that we’re hesitant to leave behind.
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Jul 8, 2014The last episode of the series completes the arc of Bigby's investigation, and you'll be able to exact some final judgment on the perpetrators, but the resolution stumbles a bit after a spectacular climactic action scene. The whole series is excellent, and the conclusion may want to make you replay it to figure some stuff out you might have missed.
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Jul 8, 2014Despite all the good parts, the finale is underwhelming, which sums my feelings about the overall season. It has amazing moments, but the missteps along the way make them harder to enjoy.
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Jul 11, 2014Some scenes are conveniently placed to remind us our past choices, and all the emotional burdens from the last episode doesn't automatically translate into the beginning of the last one. Nevertheless, Cry Wolf is a solid and satisfying conclusion that echoes long after the credits roll.
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Jul 21, 2014The final episode of The Wolf Among Us failed to completely fulfill the high expectations, and it looks half-heartedly even though it gets away with it to some extent. It completes otherwise neat first adventure series that rape gracefully all memories of your fabulous childhood.
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Jul 9, 2014You are not Columbo with muscles nor are you Sherlock in a pelt. You're a charismatic version of Chazz Palminteri dropping the coffee mug at the end of The Usual Suspects.
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Aug 6, 2014An expected conclusion for Bigby's Story: a couple of well-designed fight scene and a strong moral choice aren't enough to make the series stand and reach the quality of TWD.
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Jul 8, 2014I'm disappointed by Cry Wolf, not because it suggests that Fabletown is destined to remain troubled, or that it doesn't overtly answer a vital nagging question, but because a few too many events are overtly manufactured to fit the plot's needs, rather than making each event feel like it progressed from those that came before.
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Oct 19, 2014I was wrong about The Wolf Among Us – twice. The first time is when I hoped that, having practiced drama skills writing an on-rails zombie adventure, Telltale Games would be able to build something more complex and spectacular. The second time is when I thought that there would be some twist in the case of dead hookers. My failed prediction is not what vexes me; it’s the fact that Telltale just skipped the climax of the story altogether.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 351 out of 425
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Mixed: 39 out of 425
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Negative: 35 out of 425
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