I would guess that you'll switch between characters. But I haven't read the comics. Is there a character in their that they focus on more? Or are they evenly talked about? If there's no major main character then I guess you'll switch between the ones they use.
I'd love to play Cinderella. She's the one out there being the deadly jetsetting James Bondian lady secret agent. I totally wanna play a badass spy princess. Oh god yes.
I doubt Bigby will be the protagonist through all the episodes. I'm assuming at least one episode will take place on The Farm and Bigby isn't allowed there. It would be fun to have a different protagonist in each episode, especially since Fables has such an awesome cast.
Playing as Flycatcher as he's depicted from "The Good Prince" onwards would be amazing. Such a cool, well-developed character.
The easiest pick for playable character would be Bigby from the early run onwards or Boy Blue. It really depends where it all fits in the overall storyline. I personally hope that you play as a mix of characters. It's always been a true ensemble story.
I want also a Prince Charming. I think that will be great for fable and then have a naive and stupid little princess for playing some ironic games with her like in RamaCity.
I've only read what's in the first two Deluxe editions (Issues 1-18) so I'd lean towards Bigby, Snow and/or Prince Charming. If it's a mystery-style investigation, definitely the first two.
The great thing about Fables is that whenever they add a new character into it, you're immediately already interested because you're familiar with them. They don't have to be a long standing character to start out.
I'm guessing they'll have a new Fable from some fairy-tale not yet in the comics as the protagonist. This would allow them to "own" a character, do whatever they like with him, and not interfere with the books' story. This could be anyone of course, but for the fun of speculating (and yes, I know a few of these are problematic with previous cameo appearances, but that can be worked around):
Peter Pan
Robin Hood
King Arthur
Wicked witch of the West
Achilles
Bone (still hoping they'll continue this series :-P )
I want also a Prince Charming. I think that will be great for fable and then have a naive and stupid little princess for playing some ironic games with her like in RamaCity.
Is there a character in their that they focus on more? Or are they evenly talked about? If there's no major main character then I guess you'll switch between the ones they use.
This is kind of interesting actually. If there is a character you'd call the main protagonist of Fables, it would definitely be Bigby. So they could probably just use him if they wanted to keep things simple. But there are also a lot of arcs where they move the spotlight away from Bigby. One of the things I really like about this series is how often they'll take a character who seems like kind of a weakling, like Flycatcher or Boy Blue, and turn them into a total badass. So I can definitely see the main character in the game being someone other than Bigby, or possibly even a different character in each episode.
I can also see it being someone not yet featured in the comics--either a "mundy" who discovers Fabletown or an as-yet-unmentioned fable.
This would allow them to "own" a character, do whatever they like with him, and not interfere with the books' story.
Back when the Fables game was announced, if I recall correctly, Bill Willingham himself indicated that the game's story would actually be considered canon. So there actually IS room for Telltale's work to add to, change or interfere with the comic book universe.
That doesn't mean they won't go with a new protagonist for all kinds of other good reasons, but for once it appears that Telltale's storytellers won't have to work so hard to stay out of the way.
I've only peeked into Fables history, but wouldn't that make Bigby as the protagonist more or less impossible?
I don't see why. I've only read up to issue 51, so I might not know all the backstory, but my understanding is that Bigby had been the Fabletown sheriff for quite some time before the start of the comics. It seems to me that there could be a lot of interesting stories in that time-frame.
Fables is coming along really well. We’ve gone back in and really tried to take a lot of what we learned from The Walking Dead and get that integrated into the story with Bigby and the characters that he meets. We want to make it a real interesting battle for Bigby between: Should he give in to the wolf side, or should he try to get along and keep everybody safe? There’s a lot of work in trying to make that work.
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Flycatcher would actually be perfect for certain events later on in the series.
The easiest pick for playable character would be Bigby from the early run onwards or Boy Blue. It really depends where it all fits in the overall storyline. I personally hope that you play as a mix of characters. It's always been a true ensemble story.
I'm guessing they'll have a new Fable from some fairy-tale not yet in the comics as the protagonist. This would allow them to "own" a character, do whatever they like with him, and not interfere with the books' story. This could be anyone of course, but for the fun of speculating (and yes, I know a few of these are problematic with previous cameo appearances, but that can be worked around):
Peter Pan
Robin Hood
King Arthur
Wicked witch of the West
Achilles
Bone (still hoping they'll continue this series :-P )
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This is kind of interesting actually. If there is a character you'd call the main protagonist of Fables, it would definitely be Bigby. So they could probably just use him if they wanted to keep things simple. But there are also a lot of arcs where they move the spotlight away from Bigby. One of the things I really like about this series is how often they'll take a character who seems like kind of a weakling, like Flycatcher or Boy Blue, and turn them into a total badass. So I can definitely see the main character in the game being someone other than Bigby, or possibly even a different character in each episode.
I can also see it being someone not yet featured in the comics--either a "mundy" who discovers Fabletown or an as-yet-unmentioned fable.
I say Bigby with a mystery to solve. Or maybe the cubs grown up.
Back when the Fables game was announced, if I recall correctly, Bill Willingham himself indicated that the game's story would actually be considered canon. So there actually IS room for Telltale's work to add to, change or interfere with the comic book universe.
That doesn't mean they won't go with a new protagonist for all kinds of other good reasons, but for once it appears that Telltale's storytellers won't have to work so hard to stay out of the way.
I've only peeked into Fables history, but wouldn't that make Bigby as the protagonist more or less impossible?
I don't see why. I've only read up to issue 51, so I might not know all the backstory, but my understanding is that Bigby had been the Fabletown sheriff for quite some time before the start of the comics. It seems to me that there could be a lot of interesting stories in that time-frame.
So, Bigby's the protagonist.