In a recent conversation with Epic Games, Telltale's VP of Creative and the Remaster’s Game Director, Matt Saia, stated that Telltale's goal for The Wolf Among Us Remastered is to make it "shine without changing the heart of what makes the original game so memorable."
The original 2013 game is a critically acclaimed title that received mostly positive reviews, got several nominations at the D.I.C.E. Awards and British Academy Games Awards, and won Direction in a Game Cinema at the 2014 National Academy of Video Game Trade Reviewers.
Early in development of the remastered version, the team decided they wanted to keep the feel of the familiar game intact, with most changes being in visual fidelity. Telltale decided to preserve the original story, core directorial choices, and character identities. They went for major upgrades in the visual part of the game: polished environments, improved lighting, and added definition to the characters.
Some areas got more noticeable touch-ups than others. These include, for instance, Faith and Lawrence's apartment. "Originally, it was a fairly simple space that looked like a typical apartment. As we revisited it, we thought it would be more interesting to reflect the decay of a fallen prince and tie that directly to the characters who inhabit it," Saia explained.
