Fable 3

 

 

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this game is another game i enjoyed overall but again the hype did not do it justice because of the length of the game. if you just do the most basic campaign you are looking at about 6-8 hours of gameplay. the rest is side quests looking for new things and hunting down keys and gnomes

I adored Fable: The Lost Chapters, which I played on my PC with about 13 CDs you had to switch about every time you moved to a new scene; I played it until the CDs were dead, and went out and bought another copy with another 13 CDs. I loved Fable 2, and have three copies of it, but my XBox360 melted down on my 250th game, or thereabouts, so I'm going to buy another one. All of this is just to show my devotion to the franchise; I don't play any other games on the XBox.

Fable 3 deviated so badly from the norm that there was no fun in it. You start off almost at the top, needing to raise a rebellion to take the kingdom back from your no-good elder brother. This means you depend less on your own acquired skills than on diplomacy in gaining allies to fight your battles for (with) you. Furthermore, the concept of bringing Fable forward in time, i.e, timed right after Fable 2, inevitably dictated the clashing, crashing involvement of Albion in the Industrial Revolution, with Luddites aching for your leadership. The Industrial Revolution in what's basically a swords-and-sorcery game? What were they thinking?

The first two games had essentially coming-of-age storylines, where you start as a kid and grow through your efforts until you're strong enough to take down whatever Big Bad was assigned as your primary enemy. Starting as an adult catapults your efforts away from your own personal growth to 'doing good for your country' and that's just not what Fable used to be. Others have written about the technical troubles; to me those are secondary to the issue of Lionhead's new vision of what Fable should be. They've taken the idea that your moral or immoral actions should have consequences and applied it not to the player but to the third party, Albion; hence, there's no immediacy to the consequence and no bang for the buck.

Better Fable 4 go back in time and have Hero as a child in Albion during the Roman invasion. Of course it starts out with the Romans riding into town and slaughtering everyone except Hero, who must fit himself or herself (Boudicca?)for revenging the deaths of his family and friends against the Empire. There are plenty of great mythological creatures/demigods to populate the countryside with, both British and importeds, and different weapons available -- spears, swords, and crossbows, you know? -- and magic and treasures (which you can raid in order to build a mercenary army to thrust the Romans out of Albion after you've killed their mascot or demi-god or whoever you're up against at the end -- a Hercules clone, maybe).

Oh, man, why am I writing Fable 4 for Lionhead? Lionhead should be writing it for me! :(

Oh, and the clothing in Fable 3 is atrocious. I generally play as a woman, but the fashion sense is totally wrong and out-of-period, too. The IR started in Regency times, which is the mandatory setting for a next-generation follow-up to Fable 2. I have no idea when that bizarre fur stole thing was supposedly in style, but I kinda think never. I played as a man to avoid the women's clothing, and that further spoiled the game for me.

I just didn't have any fun with it, and that's the most damning comment any reviewer of a game can make.

This game is very similar to Fable 2 with a few new features. For the most part it is a lot of fun. However, the quest line, path finding, loading, and various glitches seriously detract from the gameplay (eg. unexplained spouse deaths) Sometimes you will fast travel to an area and have to wait about 10 minutes before your quest line finally appears. Also, the "moral decisions" at the end are juvenile at best, and absolutely stupid at worst. So basically the game is fun, if you can ignore how poorly it runs at times, but the ending is so poor that I feel that we are owed a free expansion or something.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Boring...
I was hoping for something better... but it never came. The story is slow to start and boring. There is some innovative stuff about real administration but except for that you... Read more

Published 5 months ago by Simon Ladouceur

2.0 out of 5 stars Short Ugly and Brutish
The Good
-Clothing management system
-Some mini games and quests were amusing
-Improved multiplayer
-The Traitors Keep DLC is fun and engaging

The... Read more

Published 9 months ago by Aaron Myradon

2.0 out of 5 stars Fun, but horrible at times
This probably could have been the best fable of all, but the map was the biggest downside for this game. Read more

Published 10 months ago by Seithenin

4.0 out of 5 stars Quickie review for those new to the series
As my first game of the fable series, I did not expect it to be all that great, as i had heard about the seemingly large shoes Fable 3 had to fill. Read more

Published 11 months ago by Flibber

3.0 out of 5 stars Fable 3, easy as 1,2,3
So I decided to buy this game when it cost 40 bucks. I should have waited a bit until it went down to 15-20 bucks.
I do admit that the game is fun. Read more

Published 11 months ago by T. MacRae

4.0 out of 5 stars Enoyable addition to the fable series
I haven't beat the game yet, but so far I enjoy it. It is similar to fable too and many of the powers and abilities are the same, as well as similar powers and abilities similar... Read more

Published 12 months ago by silvermanatee

1.0 out of 5 stars Rent this.. don't buy it..
It's a fun game however it is VERY glitchy and short. I'm glad I bought this used instead of paying the full price.. Finished it in a couple of days of casual play.

Published 16 months ago by sherri_elaine

3.0 out of 5 stars Fable 3
I am not a strong video game player; I am casual player, so my review is for the casual person.

Fable three, is a decent game, not the greatest. Read more

Published 16 months ago by Mack-War

5.0 out of 5 stars What you expect me to whine about glitches I never experienced?
Great game. I am very frustrated with these reviews above an below me. The game is great. I love it. But it is repetitive and yes we have seen a lot of this before. Read more

Published 17 months ago by JRB

4.0 out of 5 stars The casual gamer's RPG
This game is fun to play but is really intended for the younger more casual gamer. It's pretty easy to finish the game and once you are done there really isn't a whole lot of... Read more

Published 17 months ago by Andrew D. Paul

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