Narrative adventure titles have gotten a boost in popularity in recent years, first with Telltale?s excellent licensed offerings, and more recently with DONTNOD?s Life is Strange series. The narrative genre offers exciting plots with branching paths and a small amount of gameplay. The complaints for the genre are relatively universal, though. Many feel that the decisions in narrative adventures don?t feel like they matter, and that overall the stories aren?t all that interactive. After all, you rarely get to customize your character, and you only have a small set of dialogue options to choose from, so players can feel like they’re funneled into where the developers want them to go.
Big Bad Wolf?s The Council is an episodic adventure that makes the promise to rethink the genre, offering choices that truly matter and character customization that mimics RPGs. The first episode, The Mad Ones, offers a glimpse into the developer?s attempts to stir up narrative adventures. Secret Society
The Council stars Louis de Richet, who comes to the island of Lord Mortimer after learning about the disappearance of his mother. Louis’s mother just also happens to be an important member of a secret society, one that is merely hinted at during the opening hours, but will surely come into play more as more episodes are released. The Mad Ones, being the first episode, largely introduces the player to many of the guests of the manor and sets the stage for the player.
The guests you?ll...