My Fable III review.

[Firis]

It was fun but uninteresting.

*SPOILERS*
I started the game trying to be a good guy, so I made all the good choices and had fun rolling around in the game, that is until I stepped out of the castle, realized that each shop only sells two items, that there are too many dig spots that allow me to go take **** breaks before I can maneuver again and the downright lack of interesting qualities in the campaign, so it made me push for linear conquest to get to the King mode so that I could be a happy and loving Monarch. As I enter the combat system I am shocked to learn that just like Fable II you cannot actually die but merely get 'knocked out' but unlike Fable II there is EVEN LESS consequence for falling asleep during fisticuffs.

Ignoring those factors, the campaign was fun and the characters were interesting, but all the minor quests were so easy that they could be done while drunk, and combat was so breezy I didn't stray from the rifle throughout the whole game.

Now I entered King mode, after defeating the promisingly cool Evil, now I learn that despite me being a good Hero, I have to be an arse to save the Kingdom, so now I am Evil/Good/Bipolar as ****. The King mode becomes very fast paced and easy being mostly me holding the 'X' button while being a green Chicken on a throne. And a feature which really drove me nuts is that I can murder my entire civilian population and no one gives a noodle basket.

The game comes to close and the Evil is here... Big battle? Grand adventure? NO! a quarter mile stroll through Bowerstone killing forty enemies then shooting Walter to death in a anti-climatic battle that seemed illogical on how the Evil gets expelled from the land. This is followed up by all the other characters treating the death like Walter was a pet Hamster.

Fun game, bad characters, boring story, bad combat.



EDIT: As crap as I found the game, the coin and card deck was pretty sweet.

 

[Ionium]

Yep time to go back to fable II

 

[Recycled Human]

Not to be argumentative but I strongly suggest some dicipline. In fable 2 guns were grossly overpowered so it's no suprise that fable 3 has guns as one of the easiest ways to own in combat. For an engaging, challenging combat that's both fun and rewarding try melee. Try it with just your hero sword/hammer. I'm not saying it's going to involve complex maneuvers or special ways to fight certain enemies, but it will bring you to the red more and test your resolve for whether you hold out on dropping that potion or chugging down the red stuff constantly.

I can't convince ya to like the characters or story but I really loved it. All the characters were really cool in my opinion. Anyway, good review, I especially liked the 'death of a hamster' bit.

 

[VicOnTop]

your cool.. wrong and ignorant. but cool

 

[Tremed]

Personaly I think this game is out right the worst thing I've ever played and I want my money back. The game is really lacking in everyway. I'm never buying another Lionhead game, they put no effort into making a fun storyline, there is little to no customizationnow and you form no bonds with any of the main characters.

 

[Dark Drakan]

your cool.. wrong and ignorant. but cool

How can an opinion be wrong?

 

[Aruu]

your cool.. wrong and ignorant. but cool

I'm getting pretty sick of people calling others ignorant just for the fact they like something that they don't. :/ It's a petty attitude to have.

Back on topic, while I do really like the game, I have to admit that the final battle was even more disappointing than Fable II's. At least in II, before Lucien, you got that battle against the shard with the other heroes. In Fable III you just ran through the city, just like you did when you stormed the castle a few hours before.

Yeah, fighting Sir Walter had the emotional impact, but it was also over pretty fast. They should have played on that a lot more.

 

[Firis]

your cool.. wrong and ignorant. but cool

I am most certainly not cool, and how can my opinion be wrong? It is an opinion. A more proper use of the word would be like this:
Your grammar is wrong.

 

[Mastperf]

How can an opinion be wrong?

Someone might say XXX is the greatest boxer in the world. Someone else might say YYY is the greatest boxer in the world. Boxer XXX fights YYY and loses. One of their opinions was wrong. Preference can't be wrong but opinion certainly can.

 

[Aruu]

Someone might say XXX is the greatest boxer in the world. Someone else might say YYY is the greatest boxer in the world. Boxer XXX fights YYY and loses. One of their opinions was wrong. Preference can't be wrong but opinion certainly can.

Not really. Greatest is another form of opinion, you know. There is no one person or thing that's better than everything else in the entire world. Put it this way, someone says cats are the greatest animal in the world. Someone else says chipmunks. They get into a fight, and the cat wins. That doesn't mean the second person is going to stop thinking that chipmunks are the greatest animal ever.

No-one's opinion is ever wrong, because it's what they think. It isn't fact, it's what they feel.

 

[Mastperf]

Being the best at something isn't opinion, it's fact. The fastest runner in the world is the best, regardless of peoples opinion of them. Again, you might prefer another runner but if it's your opinion they're the best then you're factually wrong. Opinions can be and often are wrong. Someone may think that a certain person would make a better president than another. If that person runs for president and they turn out to be totally corrupt and money hungry and the other person gets elected the next election and brings on a period of peace and prosperity, one of those peoples opinion was wrong.

 

[VicOnTop]

I'm getting pretty sick of people calling others ignorant just for the fact they like something that they don't. :/ It's a petty attitude to have.

Back on topic, while I do really like the game, I have to admit that the final battle was even more disappointing than Fable II's. At least in II, before Lucien, you got that battle against the shard with the other heroes. In Fable III you just ran through the city, just like you did when you stormed the castle a few hours before.

Yeah, fighting Sir Walter had the emotional impact, but it was also over pretty fast. They should have played on that a lot more.

i was really ****ed off the ravens just lost.

anyways, it was a bad review, guy doesnt understand what a fable is clearly

 

[Dark Drakan]

Someone might say XXX is the greatest boxer in the world. Someone else might say YYY is the greatest boxer in the world. Boxer XXX fights YYY and loses. One of their opinions was wrong. Preference can't be wrong but opinion certainly can.

Everyone loses eventually, wouldnt stop them being the greatest ever. If you were to look up the greatest boxers in the world list i bet most of them lost more than once.

Same as the best developers in the world may create one poor game but wouldnt automatically remove all their previous accomplishments. I mean the top 10 highest rated games ever made are hated by some people and some average rated games are loved by some people because they have enjoyed them more. In their opinion the highest rated ones might not appeal to them and in their opinion suck but someone else might think they are the best thing since sliced bread. Both differing opinions but couldnt tell one of them they are right or wrong because regardless of a rating or status everyones opinions and tastes differ. The games that sell the most for example arent always going to be the best. Guess you could call it a preference in a way but their reasoning for their preference would be their opinion.

Bottom line is reviews are nothing more than one persons opinion and your opinion may differ from theirs and you may review the same game differently but neither of you are wrong.

 

[Aruu]

Being the best at something isn't opinion, it's fact. The fastest runner in the world is the best, regardless of peoples opinion of them. Again, you might prefer another runner but if it's your opinion they're the best then you're factually wrong. Opinions can be and often are wrong. Someone may think that a certain person would make a better president than another. If that person runs for president and they turn out to be totally corrupt and money hungry and the other person gets elected the next election and brings on a period of peace and prosperity, one of those peoples opinion was wrong.

It's still someone's opinion. I know you personally might think of it as being wrong, but it doesn't make that the person who's opinion it is wrong by any stretch of the imagination. We're allowed to think what we do, that's the beauty of having free will, and it absolutely does not make our opinion wrong. There's counter arguments for everything, and like Dark said, if someone I looked up to lost, in my opinion, they wouldn't stop being the greatest.

For example, I personally thought that Halo sucked. It's not my type of game, and I was really lousy at it. Does that mean my opinion about it is wrong to someone who thinks Halo is the best game ever? No, because for me, it was a lousy game, hence, my opinion is justified.

 

[Bluedrake]

anyways, it was a bad review, guy doesnt understand what a fable is clearly

I assume you refer to the game series. He is entitled to his opinion as you are to yours. There's no need to be rude.

As for not understanding what a Fable is... How would you define it?

 

[Angel]

yeesh - how off topic can one thread get? :lol:

this was just meant to be one person's review of the game - what they liked and didn't like about it. All this waffle about the validity of opinions is just...yeah...

 

[Bluedrake]

yeesh - how off topic can one thread get? :lol:

this was just meant to be one person's review of the game - what they liked and didn't like about it. All this waffle about the validity of opinions is just...yeah...

I hear you. But back on topic, I agree with a lot of the OPs points. I was disappointed by Fable 3. The only reason I keep playing is that I want all the achievements.

 

[Angel]

I know I won't get all the achievements - I don't have Gold for one thing and I'm so crap I can't even get past Saker without getting knocked out :lol:

 

[Recycled Human]

I hear you. But back on topic, I agree with a lot of the OPs points. I was disappointed by Fable 3. The only reason I keep playing is that I want all the achievements.

What exactly disappointed you? Combat? Use something other than guns, I never found fallout's combat particularly engaging because of the exact same reason, even on the hardest difficulty you could still one shot things. But fight with melee and get ready for some challenge.

Story? I've noticed there's two types of people playing fable, the fantasy guys who fangirl over JoB who's claim to fame is that he took more than one hit to kill and was a pompous ass to everyone...and he had a cool voice. Then there's the rest of us, who like the progressive nature of fable. I know I play this game because it focuses so much on the individuals experience with Albion and not on these overly hyped characters and boss battles.

Characters? You didn't feel an emotional connection to Walter? By far one of the most developed characters of the genre. When he said he was proud of my character I was hooked, because I was proud of my character.

The stores? Though item selection was limited, stock changed pretty regularly. That sure beats the resting for seven days crap.

The choices weren't as powerful? Ok this go around your given a number of people you've got to save and you are directly responsible for their lives, good side has the weight of the constant balance of money and time (if you weren't a land baron you had some tough decisions to make) and evil side had to deal with people booing them everywhere they went. For me it became maddening to the point where I'd kill them just to shut them up.

The thing that makes fable fun is that it's your game. You get to shape it, you are given a world and the abilities to interact with that world but it's up to you how you do it.

 

[Bluedrake]

What exactly disappointed you?

A lot of things.

I didn't like the fact that combat was so unbalanced that I have to use a fighting style I don't care all that much for to give myself a challange. I didn't like the fact that I could beat the whole game with one fighting strategy. All the enemies could be defeated the same way. No special weaknesses or characteristics. All you needed was a gun or a fire spell. The game should challenge me. I shouldn't have to challenge myself for the game!

The story? Of course the game should be about the protagonist. That's why he is the protagonist. The bosses are there to be a foil to the protagonist. It adds to the feeling of being a hero when the villain is built up as a massive threat and you finally take him down. Jack of Blades accomplished that by always being in the hero's way and generally making a nuisance of himself. The Crawler? He shows up twice, he ends up dead the second time. Where's the build up? I just don't get that feeling of dread of a shadowy menace hovering over me.

Characters? Yes, Walter is nice and all that, he's a very good character with kickass lines and kickass development. I got attached to him. In fact, I cared more about him than about the hero.

Why are you always so preachy? You come off as really hostile and your message is basically "Didn't enjoy the game? Well, that's because you're playing it wrong. There's nothing wrong with the game. There's something wrong with you!"

I'm glad you enjoyed the game. I wish I could have enjoyed it more. I tried my damnedest to enjoy it, but I ended up getting bored. It had very few things that I like in a game. We all have different tastes, and Fable 3 didn't meet mine like Fable TLC and Fable 2 did.

So in all, I'm not bashing Fable 3 for the sake of bashing, but because the game did not provide what I had come to expect from the series. I loved the first two, but the third moved in a direction that did not suit my tastes. That's all.

So please, let's not get into a debate here. It can only degenerate into a flame war. Once again, you loved the game and I'm glad you did. Enjoy it, and have a great time.