While some might quibble with this one, this writer remembers being absolutely floored by this reveal when first playing through this landmark first-person shooter way back in the very early 2000s. While The Wolf Among Us 2 is still (apparently) being worked on by Telltale, this reveal in the first game still hits quite hard – nearly eight years later. This reveal is truly shocking, however, and it really hooks players for the rest of the game. Of course, while gutsy, there’s no way they would kill off such an important character, so it’s revealed that her body was actually just “glamoured” (magically altered) to make it look as if it was Snow White. In particular, the cliffhanger ending at the end of Episode 1 – in which it is revealed that major character Snow White, a romantic foil for player-character Bigby Wolf (Big Bad Wolf, get it?), was killed exactly the same way as another character earlier in the game. This game is set in the world of Bill Willingham’s comic series Fables – in which mythical beings of all stripes live in present-day New York City and hide their true nature from the “mundanes” (aka normal people). While any number of different reveals across Telltale’s games could’ve been mentioned here ( Batman, The Walking Dead, and Borderlands just to name a few), the one that stuck with us the most was 2013’s The Wolf Among Us. Telltale Games, which was shuttered and then quickly reborn (thankfully), are known for their excellent writing and use of cliffhangers and plot twists to keep gamers engaged throughout their episodic releases.
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