Gaming The Wolf Among Us: Season One Review

You (they?) lost me as soon as you mentioned "quick time event"

Seriously why do devs STILL insist on this jarring mechanic?

When I'm in a fight I want to be actively engaged, not waiting for a prompt, second guessing which random button it's going to be this time.

When in a cut scene, I want to sit back and watch it, not keep expecting to suddenly have to "press X to not die" with little warning!

(dishonourable mention for "press button repeatedly as fast as possible to do action" like grates/grapple in Batman Arkham series. Hold = passable. Furiously hammer button = irritating)

 

"Un-interactive cut scenes are dull"
turns into
"The interaction you added requires too much effort / takes away from the cut scene"

I'm not accusing you of holding both these positions, just that a portion of the player base seems to think A, and a different portion seems to think B, so the devs/designers are between a rock and a hard place.

FWIW, I think TWAU uses the quicktime events reasonably well - they are fast enough to be challenging, but missing them is rarely (so far, I'm not all the way through...) a case of 'you missed it you die, reload checkpoint', which are the real scourge in my opinion.

 

Generally speaking, I agree with you there...

 

Personally, I found TWAU to be an incredibly engaging and well made 'game', on the iOS. I saw it more as a slightly interactive story, and a very intriguing one at that.