Mine tries hard, but if somebody pushes him over the edge ...
Even then, he won't go psycho. He stopped short of ripping Gren's arm off, he didn't hit Beast again while he was down, and he didn't kill the lowlife Tweedle.
He's also an honest safeguard of the city. He's not pocketing the proceeds, and he's willing to help less well off Fables if he can.
My Bigby (the one I'm using in the first playthrough) tries hard to be a decent man. He doesn't use violence unless he has to, he doesn't rough people up unnecessarily and generally tries to be a nice guy. Still, every now and then when he gets pissed off, he'll show flashes of his darker side, but it doesn't happen that often.
One of the two main Bigbys I'm doing is generally a nice fella. He's usually patient, is kind and helpful to most Fables when he can be and often avoids doing anything underhanded (pocketing any money found, beating up anyone in his way, etc.).
His downside however, is that he despises criticism of how he carries out his job. He would rather do things his own way without any guidance or someone telling him what to do. Anytime someone tries to tell him not to 'be himself' or alludes to how people perceive him, it annoys him. He's trying to do his best, yet is constantly reminded of how little people think of him or how little they trust him.
Episode 1: Gave Faith the money, lied to Beast for Beauty, kept Snow in the dark about the investigation most of the episode, went to Toad's place first and resolved the situation peacefully, was friendly to Woody at the Trip Trap, snapped at the Trip Trap and tore off Grendel's arm, arrested Dee.
He tried to play nice in this episode and do things the right way, but a day of constant dead-ends and people giving him crap about his demeanor/competence (Crane, Colin, Grendel) wore him down. When Gren and Holly stonewalled him, insulted him, lied to him and tried to kill him (?) he had enough and lashed out.
Episode 2: Empathized with Crane, played good cop in Dee's interrogation, was nice to TJ and let him go when he got upset, told Snow to stay at the office, played nice with Holly, Jack and Gren at the Trip Trap, avoided smashing up the Pudding and Pie, didn't hit Beast a second time.
Feeling regret for his actions at the Trip Trap in episode 1, Bigby went out of his way to do things the right way, even with Snow's death on his mind. He avoided the violent approach throughout the episode. Whilst he tried to comfort Snow at the sight of her doppelganger and was relieved that Snow was alive, friction between the two started over her role in Fabletown.
Her criticism of the interrogation and her advice that Bigby not be himself to TJ aggravated him. Bigby told her that investigating the body at the river wasn't her job, that she should lay low and he tried to keep her out of the murder case as much as possible, believing the case to be his responsibility alone. Her arrival at the Trip Trap did not ease the tension between the two.
Episode 3: Did not interrupt the eulogy, went to the Tweedles' office then the Trip Trap, offered Flycatcher his job back at the Woodlands, humored Rachel, tried to calm the situation between Greenleaf and Snow, did not burn the tree, avoided any violence at the Pudding and Pie, didn't accuse Crane of murder, did not kill Dum.
Tensions between Snow and Bigby continued to escalate. After not appreciating Swineheart's adivce, he didn't approve of Snow inadvertently involving Bluebeard and her accusation that Bigby enjoyed the chaos around Fabletown. He tried to keep Bluebeard out of the case, to no avail. In Greenleaf's apartment, Bigby outright refused to burn the tree down, believing it to be unecessary and cruel, going so far as to tell Snow White that she isn't his boss. Remembering his guilt at maiming Grendel, Bigby spared Dum when he had him at his mercy.
Between Snow asserting her authority, Bluebeard throwing himself into the investigation and Bloody Mary decimating Bigby, Wolf is rapidly losing control of the case and his patience with Fabletown is becoming more strained than ever.
If you read all this without dozing off, congrats.
I really don't specifically try to be nice or aggressive. I just pick the paths I'd take if I were in Bigby's shoes, not going for a theme or something. One thing I dislike so far, though, is that the game seems to encourage passive play. Being aggresive towards characters like Gren or the prisoner gets you criticized, so some players might think, for example, "Oh, I can kill Dum. Damn, I'd kill this douche without regrets but so far it seems that the game doesn't want me to hurt anybody, so I'll leave him alive". That's exactly what happened to me, and I just felt the need to replay to satisfy my first impulse.
Episode 4 put some interesting spin to how my Bigby is behaving.
Seems being thrown into the clutches of death has caused him to listen to those in charge and do his job by the books. As a result, I sent Collin AND Toad's family to The Farm for not being in Glamour. But the line "Well, clearly I've run out of favors" struck me as a painful one when Bigby said it to Collin. After that, I tried my best to do favors to the few Fables Bigby came across without Snow being present. That said, I called out Beauty & Beast for wanting me to kill The Crooked Man, but hey, they weren't hiding it very well to begin with. I offered The Butcher protection from future fallout of his actions provided he goes straight to the Business office. Hell, I even gave Woody a lit cig post-battle, AND stopped to allow Tim to catch up before opening the door.
But then came The Crooked Man's monologue. About how everyone has a role to play, and how Bigby doesn't understand that. How the ones who run the Business office didn't understand that. And up until this point, I heard all the monologuing I could stand from Johan and Jersey. I wanted to just arrest him and take him in as ordered...
...but I didn't. I actually indulged him and offered to listen to what he had to say.
If this was a TV show, I could understand my audience's anger. All that progress? All those attempts to fix the relationships that could be fixed? Boom! Gone with one action at the end of the episode! Sure, sending Collin to The Farm was mean, but "rules are rules." I felt justified with Toad, having given him SEVERAL chances to get a Glamour only to not be able to get one even from a pawn shop sale. But that was just the Sheriff being the enforcer of the laws. Doing the favors to Johan and Beauty/Beast was Bigby's attempt at being a nice guy. And now it looks like he's going to be joining the bad guys!
God, I can't wait for Episode 5 now! I want to see the results of picking that action at the end so badly!
That's exactly how I felt. Bigby almost friggin' died last episode. Snow may have swung too fervently into "by the book" territory, but the impact of playing a little fast and loose with this investigation wasn't lost on my Bigby. He's going to try to play it Snow's way (probably going to try to help out Colin, though, however he can--to Snow's face, I took her side, but when she was gone, I kinda told Colin they'd figure it out). I've been trying to go the "Law & Order" route since episode one, but episode 4 really nailed it home for me. I will bring the Crooked Man to justice. And I mean rule of law justice. Not street justice. I'm totally with Snow on that.
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My bigby is someone that everytime he tries to do something to bring snow closer just ends up pushing her further away
Mine tries hard, but if somebody pushes him over the edge ...
Even then, he won't go psycho. He stopped short of ripping Gren's arm off, he didn't hit Beast again while he was down, and he didn't kill the lowlife Tweedle.
He's also an honest safeguard of the city. He's not pocketing the proceeds, and he's willing to help less well off Fables if he can.
My Bigby (the one I'm using in the first playthrough) tries hard to be a decent man. He doesn't use violence unless he has to, he doesn't rough people up unnecessarily and generally tries to be a nice guy. Still, every now and then when he gets pissed off, he'll show flashes of his darker side, but it doesn't happen that often.
One of the two main Bigbys I'm doing is generally a nice fella. He's usually patient, is kind and helpful to most Fables when he can be and often avoids doing anything underhanded (pocketing any money found, beating up anyone in his way, etc.).
His downside however, is that he despises criticism of how he carries out his job. He would rather do things his own way without any guidance or someone telling him what to do. Anytime someone tries to tell him not to 'be himself' or alludes to how people perceive him, it annoys him. He's trying to do his best, yet is constantly reminded of how little people think of him or how little they trust him.
Episode 1: Gave Faith the money, lied to Beast for Beauty, kept Snow in the dark about the investigation most of the episode, went to Toad's place first and resolved the situation peacefully, was friendly to Woody at the Trip Trap, snapped at the Trip Trap and tore off Grendel's arm, arrested Dee.
He tried to play nice in this episode and do things the right way, but a day of constant dead-ends and people giving him crap about his demeanor/competence (Crane, Colin, Grendel) wore him down. When Gren and Holly stonewalled him, insulted him, lied to him and tried to kill him (?) he had enough and lashed out.
Episode 2: Empathized with Crane, played good cop in Dee's interrogation, was nice to TJ and let him go when he got upset, told Snow to stay at the office, played nice with Holly, Jack and Gren at the Trip Trap, avoided smashing up the Pudding and Pie, didn't hit Beast a second time.
Feeling regret for his actions at the Trip Trap in episode 1, Bigby went out of his way to do things the right way, even with Snow's death on his mind. He avoided the violent approach throughout the episode. Whilst he tried to comfort Snow at the sight of her doppelganger and was relieved that Snow was alive, friction between the two started over her role in Fabletown.
Her criticism of the interrogation and her advice that Bigby not be himself to TJ aggravated him. Bigby told her that investigating the body at the river wasn't her job, that she should lay low and he tried to keep her out of the murder case as much as possible, believing the case to be his responsibility alone. Her arrival at the Trip Trap did not ease the tension between the two.
Episode 3: Did not interrupt the eulogy, went to the Tweedles' office then the Trip Trap, offered Flycatcher his job back at the Woodlands, humored Rachel, tried to calm the situation between Greenleaf and Snow, did not burn the tree, avoided any violence at the Pudding and Pie, didn't accuse Crane of murder, did not kill Dum.
Tensions between Snow and Bigby continued to escalate. After not appreciating Swineheart's adivce, he didn't approve of Snow inadvertently involving Bluebeard and her accusation that Bigby enjoyed the chaos around Fabletown. He tried to keep Bluebeard out of the case, to no avail. In Greenleaf's apartment, Bigby outright refused to burn the tree down, believing it to be unecessary and cruel, going so far as to tell Snow White that she isn't his boss. Remembering his guilt at maiming Grendel, Bigby spared Dum when he had him at his mercy.
Between Snow asserting her authority, Bluebeard throwing himself into the investigation and Bloody Mary decimating Bigby, Wolf is rapidly losing control of the case and his patience with Fabletown is becoming more strained than ever.
If you read all this without dozing off, congrats.
Oh, that must have SUCKED during Episode 3. So many scenarios where that could have happened...
I really don't specifically try to be nice or aggressive. I just pick the paths I'd take if I were in Bigby's shoes, not going for a theme or something. One thing I dislike so far, though, is that the game seems to encourage passive play. Being aggresive towards characters like Gren or the prisoner gets you criticized, so some players might think, for example, "Oh, I can kill Dum. Damn, I'd kill this douche without regrets but so far it seems that the game doesn't want me to hurt anybody, so I'll leave him alive". That's exactly what happened to me, and I just felt the need to replay to satisfy my first impulse.
Mine isnt evolving at all, It seems that no matter what dialogue or actions I take the game contnues as if I my choices DOnT matter at all, hmmmmmmmm
Episode 4 put some interesting spin to how my Bigby is behaving.
Seems being thrown into the clutches of death has caused him to listen to those in charge and do his job by the books. As a result, I sent Collin AND Toad's family to The Farm for not being in Glamour. But the line "Well, clearly I've run out of favors" struck me as a painful one when Bigby said it to Collin. After that, I tried my best to do favors to the few Fables Bigby came across without Snow being present. That said, I called out Beauty & Beast for wanting me to kill The Crooked Man, but hey, they weren't hiding it very well to begin with. I offered The Butcher protection from future fallout of his actions provided he goes straight to the Business office. Hell, I even gave Woody a lit cig post-battle, AND stopped to allow Tim to catch up before opening the door.
But then came The Crooked Man's monologue. About how everyone has a role to play, and how Bigby doesn't understand that. How the ones who run the Business office didn't understand that. And up until this point, I heard all the monologuing I could stand from Johan and Jersey. I wanted to just arrest him and take him in as ordered...
...but I didn't. I actually indulged him and offered to listen to what he had to say.
If this was a TV show, I could understand my audience's anger. All that progress? All those attempts to fix the relationships that could be fixed? Boom! Gone with one action at the end of the episode! Sure, sending Collin to The Farm was mean, but "rules are rules." I felt justified with Toad, having given him SEVERAL chances to get a Glamour only to not be able to get one even from a pawn shop sale. But that was just the Sheriff being the enforcer of the laws. Doing the favors to Johan and Beauty/Beast was Bigby's attempt at being a nice guy. And now it looks like he's going to be joining the bad guys!
God, I can't wait for Episode 5 now! I want to see the results of picking that action at the end so badly!
That's exactly how I felt. Bigby almost friggin' died last episode. Snow may have swung too fervently into "by the book" territory, but the impact of playing a little fast and loose with this investigation wasn't lost on my Bigby. He's going to try to play it Snow's way (probably going to try to help out Colin, though, however he can--to Snow's face, I took her side, but when she was gone, I kinda told Colin they'd figure it out). I've been trying to go the "Law & Order" route since episode one, but episode 4 really nailed it home for me. I will bring the Crooked Man to justice. And I mean rule of law justice. Not street justice. I'm totally with Snow on that.