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hey everybody this is nick from gamers nexus dotnet talking about the wolf among us episode 3 a crooked mile the wolf among us is an adventure series from Telltale Games and spaced off the fables comics universe so episode 3 marks the midpoint in the series and really at this point we're seeing a lot of the conflict from episodes 1 and 2 starting to develop instead of all of these shocking moments that we're used to in for example the end of episode 2 this is more like okay well this is what's happened and now let's explore why it's happening so i think the episode 3 particularly explores the characters relationships and develops not only the relationships that we see between between bigby wolf the protagonist and snow white but also some of the other characters that you might not think at first would have as big of a role so we're talking about Holly Grendel the woodsman and so on and so forth there are a couple of standout scenes in the wolf among us the beginning in the end they're kind of bookends because there are two big conflicts that happen in both of those scenes it's interesting at first because you're starting with a scene where they're supposed to be a lot of well there's supposed to be some empathy and they're supposed to be some sort of tension building there but at the end it's more of a chance for Big B to sort of unleash his wolf self and give players the opportunity to do that finally there is that moment where that fury can come out and in that first scene it's more like he has to sort of hold that back a little and also think of the others who are around and then so I really liked how it the series or how the episode started and finished there are also a couple of mechanical improvements to the quick time generated fight scenes that makes all the physical stuff better this time around I also want to mention that the music there were a couple of moments where that really was heightening the discussions that were happening between characters and just adding to the overall tension of things something like that usually doesn't go noticing games so it's good to see that you know just be a part of the element and especially for something like noir where you know it's not just the the shadows it's not just the the angles that the cameras are using theirs there are more elements like that and musics one of them so I like what what's being done here in the series about that just a couple of mix that I have first of all I think that some of the dialogue options were presented to quickly so I had to make decisions faster than I could actually process and some of the actual dialogue options there were a lot of lot of expletives and I'm not saying that there can't be is just it seemed kind of a natural at the point that they were presented in the dialogue just didn't seem it was timed exactly with with how the other characters were talking even though there are some issues that I have with dialogue I think that it's it's really furthering along the story and it's also heightening some of those tensions that we're seeing between the characters so even though I have to make it a decision a little bit more quickly and it's almost a blind guess for me really it's it's at that point where Big B has to think quickly on his feet and be like okay well I gotta get something done it but I also have to make sure it's not going to get somebody killed not that I haven't done that yet the overall escalation of this conflict is going to really come out in episode 4 and I think that that you know getting everything right from the perspective of the character relationships in a crooked mile was the right call for them for telltale games to make here and there's a lot of desperation that we're already starting to see in Big B and snow white as well so I think this is setting up a greater conflict that will be really fun to crack it's sort of losing that noir feel from the first episode in that yeah we're not really looking specifically at a murder any more it's more about a series of conflicts I don't again I'm not trying to give this away and it's about something greater than just Big B and you know a perpetrator and a victim it's about the overall Fabletown and so by introducing more of the characters or giving them greater roles as the series progresses i think that that naturally develops the conflict well so yeah that's pretty much about all i wanted to say here about a crooked mile so go ahead and check out gamers nexus dotnet for written reviews of all three episodes and hey let us know what you think about the series by commenting here and subscribing here for more coverage of the wolf among us we'll see you guys again soon