The Wolf Among Us: Episode 5 - Cry Wolf

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8.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 425 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 39 out of 425
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  1. Escherichia
    Jul 9, 2014
    6
    This is a short episode, and it does not offer much content. The final chapter is, for better or worse, dedicated exclusively to put everything together in the most obvious ways. The big reveal felt rushed and left me a little underwhelmed. I would have appreciated a few more argumentative resources and a little less "action" scenes, but I guess you cant always get what you want.
    I guess    This is a short episode, and it does not offer much content. The final chapter is, for better or worse, dedicated exclusively to put everything together in the most obvious ways. The big reveal felt rushed and left me a little underwhelmed. I would have appreciated a few more argumentative resources and a little less "action" scenes, but I guess you cant always get what you want.
    I guess I expected a little more from this season when I played its superb first episode, but by now, I knew what the game was going for. Im somewhat thankful for being gradually let down by episodes 2 though 4; episodes 1 and 5 would feel like a completely different game written by completely different people otherwise.
    If it wasnt for episode 1, I wouldnt feel dissapointed, but as it is, I think this thing had a lot of potential, and didnt live up for it. This episode is an ok ending for an ok game, nothing more, nothing less.    … Expand
  2. TheWalkingFat
    Jul 8, 2014
    6
    This episode is a big improvement from episode 4 that being said it had some really slow parts. And if the parts weren't slow it was nearly impossible fighting scenes. But for the most part I liked it; I liked the Crooked Man, Nerissa and Vivian but season 2 isn't confirmed and may not happen. So why the ending? It felt like Telltale was playing with us a bit.
  3. meediocre
    Jul 19, 2014
    7
    This is more of a review of the entire season, than specifically about this episode. Firstly, the game's artwork and visuals are exceptional, and some of the voice-acting is top-notch. And, in comparison to The Walking Dead's first season, it is something completely different, so well done developers for bringing to life a comic book I had no idea existed.

    However, as lovely as it is to    This is more of a review of the entire season, than specifically about this episode. Firstly, the game's artwork and visuals are exceptional, and some of the voice-acting is top-notch. And, in comparison to The Walking Dead's first season, it is something completely different, so well done developers for bringing to life a comic book I had no idea existed.

    However, as lovely as it is to watch and follow, the level of interaction is pitiful. It's basically QTEs mixed with dialogue selections, nothing else. Ok, you can move Bigby around a room a little bit, and sometimes when you're in a fight sequence you might need to thumb a control stick in a particular direction, but overall the level of interactivity is lacking. I know huge fans of the game will say that it's all about how you respond to conversational dialogue and situations, but it never really feels like anything you do or choose to say will make any kind of difference to the on-rails script. Ok, in this episode there is one choice you need to make that impacts which way a certain character is dealt with, and I really enjoyed being asked to make such a moral decision. However, when I play a game, I want to feel like I'm not just a spectator. I really hope that the player gets to do more in the environment and to alter the course of the narrative in future games. Probably a tall order, I know.    … Expand

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84

Generally favorable reviews - based on 33 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 33
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 33
  3. Negative: 0 out of 33
  1. Riot Pixels
    Oct 19, 2014
    56
    I 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.
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  2. Softpedia
    Aug 6, 2014
    95
    Episode 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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  3. Everyeye.it
    Aug 6, 2014
    60
    An 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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