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And so Bigby Wolf's first gaming adventure comes to a close. It's been an uneven journey, to say the least, with some episodes feeling particularly light while others have crammed plot twists and action scenes in so tightly you can barely breathe. The writing, as you'd expect in a Telltale game, has been sharp and memorable, but the gameplay has wobbled as the developer struggled to adapt this prequel to an existing story (the Fables graphic novel it's based on) into the same framework that served The Walking Dead's standalone side-story so well.Of course, this is the point where I wave my hands in an ominous way and warn of potential spoilers ahead. I won't be revealing any blunt story details, but as always, just by talking around the way the story unfolds, you may learn more than you wanted to.
Surprisingly, that warning isn't quite as dire this time around, despite this being the final chapter in the tale. There really aren't that many twists left to reveal at this stage, as the action picks up with Bigby entering the lair of Fabletown gangster The Crooked Man. Events unfold pretty much as you'd expect - assuming you've ever seen a hardboiled crime thriller or two-fisted action movie before.
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