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

The Wolf Among Us: Episode 3 - A Crooked Mile is ranked in the 93rd percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
PC Gamer
Top Critic
88 / 100
Apr 8, 2014

A great comeback from episode two, A Crooked Mile amplifies the drama—though sometimes in the wrong ways—and confronts Bigby with hard choices and proper detective work.

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IGN
Top Critic
9.2 / 10.0
Apr 8, 2014

Halfway through the first season of A Wolf Among Us, A Crooked Mile represents a new high point in the story.

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8.5 / 10.0
Apr 8, 2014

A Crooked Mile takes the story in interesting new directions, while also giving you more of a say in how and when events pan out

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GameSpot
Kevin VanOrdChris Watters
Top Critic
8 / 10
Apr 7, 2014

The Wolf Among Us hits its stride with an electrifying third installment.

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8 / 10.0
Apr 11, 2014

A Crooked Mile is the most focused episode of Wolf Among Us yet

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Apr 15, 2014

In for a penny, in for a pound. If you're reading a review of Episode 3, it's likely that you've already played Episodes 1 and 2. A Crooked Mile is a great follow-up to what's come before in Telltale's exploration of Fabletown. The stakes are raised emotionally and physically, and there's the great debut of a new villain for Bigby to contend with.

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7.5 / 10.0
Apr 8, 2014

The Wolf Among Us: A Crooked Mile isn't as interesting as episode two, but the undeniable charm of the world and the characters is still ever present. This series has not only inspired me to read the Fables comics line, but I'm also emotionally invested in practically all of the characters, and the wait between episodes has become almost unbearable. At this point it wouldn't be a bad decision to go all in if you were on the fence.

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7.8 / 10.0
Apr 7, 2014

While we wanted more answers, episode three of The Wolf Among Us is a thrilling ride. The plodding pace of episode two is replaced in favor of far more drama and action. Though the series has yet to recapture the magic of the first episode, The Wolf Among Us still offers a grim fairy-tale world worth getting lost in.

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8 / 10.0
Apr 8, 2014

There's still plenty to uncover, with two episodes to go, and things are setting up quite nicely for an explosive finale, but don't enter A Crooked Mile expecting to get much in the way of answers. The conclusion will come soon enough but until then, enjoy the bloody, twisted ride.

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Unscored
Apr 10, 2014

I'm perhaps not quite as in love with this series as I was after episode 1, but I badly want to find out what happens next, and I badly want to play episode 3 again to see what I might have missed.

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Apr 9, 2014

The mystery is what drives The Wolf Among Us, with the many colorful characters, suspects, and witnesses encountered along the way heightening the overall experience and imbuing it with undeniable style. But with a two-month layoff, the connections to Episode 2 will seem more tenuous than the storytellers would likely wish. So whether that means players should hold off to play the game through in one extended setting, or simply replay past chapters and refresh their memory, it shows just how distinct The Wolf Among Us is from its zombie colleague.

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8 / 10
Apr 10, 2014

Telltale's profanity-laced murder investigation continues to balance the fantastic and the horrific with aplomb, and this episode provides some of the strongest character moments thus far.

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Apr 7, 2014

The third episode of The Wolf Among Us adds an illusory time limit, and it works damn well at ramping up the tension of Bigby's investigation before a stellar climax.

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ZTGD
Top Critic
8.5 / 10.0
Apr 17, 2014

From the very first episode, I considered Wolf Among Us to be Telltale's finest work yet, and after episode 3, my opinion hasn't changed. Now all that remains is the excruciating wait for episode four.

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9 / 10.0
Apr 17, 2014

Fabletown is in upheaval, and these characters that I've cared about for a long time are getting thrown into increasingly dark and tragic scenarios. And I love it. Telltale continues to be faithful to the source material while adding characters and plot twists that surprise you. Even though the controls threw a roadblock into my immersion in a couple places, I'm still heavily invested in The Wolf Among Us, and can't wait to see what happens to Sherif Bigby and Snow next.

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Apr 11, 2014

The latest episode of The Wolf Among Us, A Crooked Mile, effectively torpedoes any theories you might have had on where the plot is headed.

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Apr 11, 2014

Though it feels a bit shorter than it should be, The Wolf Among Us: Episode 3 - A Crooked Mile offers a great mix of forwarding the plot, developing characters, and some intense action.

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9 / 10.0
Apr 8, 2014

With only two episodes left until the case can (presumably) come to a close, the third episode of the series brings us back on the path to the killer and takes where we need to go for the bitter end of The Wolf Among Us — even if it's to places we may not necessarily want to wind up.

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9 / 10
Apr 9, 2014

I'm completely invested now. I worry about Bigby. I'm pointlessly going through the decisions he made, I made, attempting to figure out how they will change the way the rest of the fables' view their protector. But most of all I want to finish this case and catch whoever is responsible for this titanic mess, and then rip his limbs off. Bigby's indignation and quest for vengeance is infectious.

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Twinfinite
Twinfinite Staff
Top Critic
4 / 5.0
Apr 9, 2014

The Wolf Among Us continues to be Telltale's sharpest and most stylish series to date, with quick witted writing and a visual style which still seeks to impress… and does.  (Seriously, why aren't MORE high-def games cel shaded?  It looks really good!)  Add on to that impressive reveals and a mystery that's building up to something bigger, and it's safe to say that at this point, the whole season is definitely going to be worth following through to the end.

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