What if season 2 takes place AFTER #150 of the comic book?
Out of all the possible proposals for when/where S2 could take place in FABLES continuity, this sounds the most exciting as it allows Telltale to have a lot more leeway with the fates of particular characters. But how would Telltale bring new fans/players who haven't read all one hundred and fifty issues of Willingham's universe into the fold? I haven't read much of the comic, and I don't want to buy all of the collections just to bring myself up to speed.
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Eh... I don't think so. Telltale would have WAY too much to catch the game fans up on. The reason they made Season 1 a prequel is so they didn't have to teach about all the events of the comic series.
Also with the way the series is finishing, it seems that Willingham is ending it in such a way that if he didn't return to it in the future, the end would be obvious...
TWAU set after Fables would be a nice idea, but there would be too much to explain so ppl had enough of an idea of what was happening etc...
IMO, this idea looks cool at first thought but not when you dive deeper into it -
They would have to set it up in a way where they could make players understand the story without reading FABLES, which would be incredibly difficult.
Also, I'm not sure how some fans would react to it. I want to see more Fabletown from Telltale, period, but what I absolutely loved from Wolf Among Us is the noir and dark spin they put on it that seems to fit best in a 1980s NYC atmosphere.
And just saying, they have 20 years to work with, so they could make a story that fits well. It may be difficult, but certainly not as difficult as making one after the comics.
I agree. TellTale has a lot of time to work with before the first issue of the comics, they should use it in any way they can...
Maybe a Fables DLC could be pulled off, but it would have to involve characters that we have already met.
TellTale can't just assume that everyone who played TWAU has read the comic in it's entirety, or at least caught up on it's events and characters through other means.
This seems like a good idea. But the only problem is that some people didn't read Fables. Why not just use The Book of Fables to give players backstory on everything? Then it's all good.
Please no. TWAU should stick to 1980's noir theme, I love it. If anyone wants more 'modern' fables, then there's the comics. I would prefer the entire TWAU to be set strictly in 80's (maybe excluding War Stories dlc or something like that).
There are a lot more characters in the comics than the game... plus some are dead and some are alive.
There is too much for even the Book of Fables to explain without it being several pages worth of info.
Well shit. I'm out of ideas.
Sorry
So much shit has changed from 1 to 150, I mean, Bigby might be dead
Dude! Not everyone knows that :P
Although there are others who have ended up dead...
No, like many people have said already, it would be too big of a task for getting the people who haven't read the comics up to speed, and it would impose far too great restriction on Telltale's creative freedom (much more than the Season 1's 1980's setting).
I think it would be cool, i haven't read the comics but if they could find a way to do it well, i would be interested.
Another idea would be to do a series of dlc's that were each self contained episodes about different fables and major interactions that they had with Bigby. They could use 2 or 3 of these stand alone dlcs to lead up to the next full seasons events and set it all up with some backstory for the gamers.
All the more reason why I think Telltale should pursue the idea of an alternate reality, if leaping ahead of #150 is a no-go. I can't speak for everyone else, but I feel tired whenever I play through a story that's basically a prequel, since I know particular characters or situations will have to turn out a certain way no matter what I do.
Have season 2's villain use a crystal ball, or kidnap the Ghost of Christmas-Yet-to-Come, or something along those lines. There's more than a few concepts that could easily work inside the universe of FABLES without needing to jump the shark.
Thanks Shubalubadingdong. I think it could be an interesting way to go.
Can someone pls tell me how comics are finish?.......
It hasn't finished yet...
The penultimate issue (issue 149) is being released on the 18th of this month. The oversized, 150 page, final issue will probably be released in March and supposedly that is the end of Fables after a successful 13 year run!
Although it's creator/writer Bill Willingham has stated in past interviews that he may continue the series again if he thinks up more stuff for it XD
But we don't know how the comic will end yet, it could end with the 'poster' characters dead or otherwise indisposed...
I'm on the fence with the idea; I say more prequels.
That's a good point, but not necessarily the case. A well written story can stand on it's own regardless of how much back story there is from the comics. The fables characters have existed for hundreds of years before the start of the first game, and I don't think anyone was left confused because of it. In fact, touching on only some of what has happened centuries before the start of the game has only made fans want more. This could very well be the case for a season 2 that takes place after issue #150 of the comics.
From my own experience, the first Star Wars film I saw was episode V: The Empire Strikes Back. That was so well written that I didn't feel lost because I didn't see Episode IV. Quite the contrary: it made me want to know more about the hero who was made famous by blowing up this mysterious Death Star that I knew nothing about. I was left wanting to know more.
It really all comes down to a well written story, and thus far Telltale has shown the writing ability which would make a post comic book game very plausible.