The Wolf Among Us: Episode 3 - A Crooked Mile Review

The more you know, the less that's clear. In A Crooked Mile, the third episode in the ongoing Wolf Among Us saga, details start coming into focus, but the role each character plays in this noir mystery is still hidden behind a thick veil. There are puppets and there are puppetmasters, kings, and pawns, and the big bad wolf can't win this murderous game using his wits alone. It's time for the claws to come out.
Sheriff Bigby does not roar his way through the episode, however, with his animal instincts barely under control. In fact, the Bigby I've come to know has learned how to better navigate the politics and personal relationships that heat up the series' plot advancements. In this episode, I could have disrupted a funeral and devastated those in mourning, but Bigby understands love and grief better than his fellow fables give him credit for. It's hard to forget the sheriff's violent choices--not when facing a former victim of his wrath, and certainly not when staring at the empty space where that victim's right arm used to be. But for Bigby, respecting someone's grief is more vital than revisiting a grudge.

Bigby's scars tell a tragic tale.

I love that The Wolf Among Us allows me to claim authorship in this manner. I know that I am constrained by the choices developer Telltale Games allows in this story-driven adventure series, yet somehow I'm always presented with options that make sense for the Bigby I have helped craft. My Bigby cares, but he has no patience for nonsense. He is fearless when peering down the barrel of a firearm, but is scared stiff by the prospect of interrogating a sweet-voiced child. In one excellent scene after another .