Fable 3 Starts Off With Tough Decisions

[Banhaze]

DAMN YOU MOLYNEUX!
Damn you for making me hyped for this damn game.
AGAIN!
For the 3rd time!
What is with this man? Everything he says is like honeyed poison.

"Buy this game" he whispers in your ear. "Buy it. For it shall be everything you want it to be."

It NEVER is but I STILL buy it.

 

[Nvv]

I never understood the hate on Fable II, I mean I agree that the ending was sort of a dick move. But the rest of the game was very awesome, in my honest opinion even better than the 1st one. Especially guns, pistol ftw <3

OT: I'm sooo looking forward to the game. Pre-ordered the Collecor's Edition, I've been a fan of the Fable franchise since I got my Xbox all those years ago.

I personally thought the entire game was crap. The ending was just a cherry on top to solidify my opinion. If you would like to know why e sure to ask b/c I don't want to explain myself f you don't want to listen.

So, why didn't you like the game? I would like to know.

Ahem

1. They took out about half of the spells from Fable: The Lost Chapters.

This probably pissed me off the most. They didn't even have the courtesy to replace those magic spells with different ones. We just literally get the half the amount. they also stupidly took out the mana bar so that spamming magic would be available to all. Level 3 time magic + level 4 fire area spell = win.

2. Its the sequel and the size of the game is still small


How small? well look at it this way. FF12 for ps2 is bigger than Fable 1 and 2 combined. There aren't really any places worth exploring on the horribly laid out map. The enivironments don't differ much from area to area. Sometimes I'dforget what city im in b/c they all lok the same.

3. No armor

WTF kind of idea is to take armor out of a RPG? Also why the hell are the character models so poorly made? I have full strength and magic so my character looks like an overweight guy with leprosy? WTF?

4. Stupid stroyline game progression.

I literally didn't know why I was doing what I was doing. I always wondered why I had to gather the person representing skill, magic, and strength to fight an old man in a tower. They alos think that having a "you get locked in prison for 10 years so we can pass the time and your character grows without you playing" moment is necessary in the game. It literally didn't do anything to change my character or the stoy. Why couldnt I just break the fucking guy out with Hammer?

5. Stupid, useless features

Why would/should I marry a generic looking/sounding NPC and have generic looking kids? Will they join me and hel fight the big bad old guy in a tower? No. They just gave you the choice and advertise it like it'd affect the game. why should I get a job? By the end of the game you basically get enough money to buy every property in the game. The jobs are shitty to. As a blacksmith you get to hammer a bent piece of metal by repeatedly pressing A. Wow thatt was so much fun. I'm glad I spent my time doing that to save $10 when I buy a sword. /s

6. Length/difficulty of the game

I think I made a personal record playing this game. Not only did I complete the main plotline in under 3 hours on my first playthrough (yes thats one sitting) I did not die. Only to find out month later that you can't die. You just get a scar on your body or something.

And for the cherry you get the wonderful 2 second intense last boss battle. I used the pistol you get at the beginning of the game (why would I need a better one when I could just use Time Spell + Fire area spell?) to kill him in one shot.

All those are valid points, that I agree with to some extent (except the one about similar looking towns). But for some reason I really liked the game, weird.

 

[Nvv]

I'm in disbelief that people on this thread are still falling for his tricks.

It's not a coincidence that he's blown the last 2 Fable games way out of proportion and then talked about how much he basically despises them afterwards.

Blind enthusiasm should not be rewarded.

I'm going to buy the game, though I'm not falling for his tricks. I do not believe a thing he says before I see it in a video. And after I see it in a video, usually with him talking in the background, I tend to take every positive thing he says with a great amount of salt.
I never listen to the sugar-coated hype of Molyneux, but buy the Fable games and enjoy them for what they are, rather than what he say they will be.

 

[stutheninja]

i thought that fable 2 had a pretty big choice at th beginning, and it definitely effected the game world

 

[Ghengis John]

I hear the old inventory system is out. Which kinda bothers me. I hope that doesn't mean we won't have flavor text on all the items anymore. Their descriptions for crappy items have always been great fun and a lot of the high quality items have interesting back stories attached. The main character can also talk now. Way overdue.

I'm in disbelief that people on this thread are still falling for his tricks.

It's not a coincidence that he's blown the last 2 Fable games way out of proportion and then talked about how much he basically despises them afterwards.

Blind enthusiasm should not be rewarded.

Don't take us all for fools. It's insulting. I've never bought a Fable game based on anything Peter Molyneux has said. He hates them because he wants to create unprecedented "experiences" (i.e: games) and falls short. Where he lands is still a pretty good place in a lot of people's opinions but he's a perfectionist. On the whole it's better than aiming to create an average game and winding up at mediocre, but I've never rewarded him for what he wanted to achieve. I heard nothing about the first fable until it was released so I was inoculated from it's hype completely and I liked what I saw. I've genuinely enjoyed every game in the series for what they were, basing my purchase decisions on facts not promises. I take his lofty ambitions for what they are. If his trick was to create two good games to make me want to buy a third then I can admit it was a brilliant feint. Now take your general disgust for humanity somewhere it belongs like a tea party meeting or a Scientology recruitment drive.

 

[duchaked]

QUESTION 1!
Ketchup...or Catsup?!

QUESTION 2!!
Paper...or Plastic?!?!

QUESTION 3!!!
Do you sleep with your chin OVER...or UNDER the blankets?!?!?!

 

[Arawn.Chernobog]

Molyneaux is promising us the Moon again? Golly gee...

I'll wait till 2 weeks after it's release... and I'm talking about the PC release (if there is one), because I'm not buying a console for another one of Molyneaux's lies.

 

[Fr]anc[is]

anc[is]The decision will be what gender you are. Calling it now. That's not what Peter thinks it is, but that's what it will be

Why does everyone keep acting like this is new? Gender choice was introduced in Fable 2. It's not just you- I'm seeing articles everywhere acting like this is Fable 3's trump card. Even if it was new, it wouldn't be a selling point.

I think you missed my point. There won't be an epic choice at the beginning, or it will be really dumb and pointless.

 

[TheSchizoid]

Well, it doesn't really matter what the choice is. With GameStop's preorder bonus weapon it looks like I'll be playing evil again. Evil was fun in 2 until I tried to play one of the expansions which needed one of the expressions you only get when you hit 50% good. I had to play and go from 100% evil/corrupt to hit 50% good just to get through that damn quest. Hope I don't have to worry about that this time around.

 

[LitleWaffle]

Gah! Too many good games coming out all at once!
Spare me of the awesome.

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

I never understood the hate on Fable II, I mean I agree that the ending was sort of a dick move. But the rest of the game was very awesome, in my honest opinion even better than the 1st one. Especially guns, pistol ftw <3

OT: I'm sooo looking forward to the game. Pre-ordered the Collecor's Edition, I've been a fan of the Fable franchise since I got my Xbox all those years ago.

I personally thought the entire game was crap. The ending was just a cherry on top to solidify my opinion. If you would like to know why e sure to ask b/c I don't want to explain myself f you don't want to listen.

So, why didn't you like the game? I would like to know.

Ahem

1. They took out about half of the spells from Fable: The Lost Chapters.

This probably pissed me off the most. They didn't even have the courtesy to replace those magic spells with different ones. We just literally get the half the amount. they also stupidly took out the mana bar so that spamming magic would be available to all. Level 3 time magic + level 4 fire area spell = win.

2. Its the sequel and the size of the game is still small


How small? well look at it this way. FF12 for ps2 is bigger than Fable 1 and 2 combined. There aren't really any places worth exploring on the horribly laid out map. The enivironments don't differ much from area to area. Sometimes I'dforget what city im in b/c they all lok the same.

3. No armor

WTF kind of idea is to take armor out of a RPG? Also why the hell are the character models so poorly made? I have full strength and magic so my character looks like an overweight guy with leprosy? WTF?

4. Stupid stroyline game progression.

I literally didn't know why I was doing what I was doing. I always wondered why I had to gather the person representing skill, magic, and strength to fight an old man in a tower. They alos think that having a "you get locked in prison for 10 years so we can pass the time and your character grows without you playing" moment is necessary in the game. It literally didn't do anything to change my character or the stoy. Why couldnt I just break the fucking guy out with Hammer?

5. Stupid, useless features

Why would/should I marry a generic looking/sounding NPC and have generic looking kids? Will they join me and hel fight the big bad old guy in a tower? No. They just gave you the choice and advertise it like it'd affect the game. why should I get a job? By the end of the game you basically get enough money to buy every property in the game. The jobs are shitty to. As a blacksmith you get to hammer a bent piece of metal by repeatedly pressing A. Wow thatt was so much fun. I'm glad I spent my time doing that to save $10 when I buy a sword. /s

6. Length/difficulty of the game

I think I made a personal record playing this game. Not only did I complete the main plotline in under 3 hours on my first playthrough (yes thats one sitting) I did not die. Only to find out month later that you can't die. You just get a scar on your body or something.

And for the cherry you get the wonderful 2 second intense last boss battle. I used the pistol you get at the beginning of the game (why would I need a better one when I could just use Time Spell + Fire area spell?) to kill him in one shot.

All those are valid points, that I agree with to some extent (except the one about similar looking towns). But for some reason I really liked the game, weird.

II know many people do I'm baffled why though but still people have their own tastes. I personally think they try to hard to make the role playing part of the rpg (by giving you option to marry, have children, be male/female etc..) and overall the game part lacked severely.

 

[Kuchinawa212]

well I liked fable 2, so I'm glad to play fable 3. With this news it looks to be quite the exciting game

 

[dancinginfernal]

Didn't they have something like this in the second game as well?

Old Town?

 

[JashobeamZ]

I think I speak for everyone when I say this..

Step 1.) Have Sex
Step 2.) Kill everything
Step 3.) ????
Step 4.) Kill everything again

Steps 1-4 are all profit.

i agree with this statement.
the biggest events i ever accomplished in fable 2 was having several wives at one time and having them all be sacrificed together while they argue, however i was always annoyed that i wasn't able to sacrifice my children as well.

 

[archvile93]

I notice there's still no word on the PC version. Did they just quietly kill it?

 

[Nifty]

Peter Molyneux wants you to know that Fable 3 is going to be great, and the game is going to force you to make a devastating choice early on.

Don't panic, everyone, if Peter Molyneux said it it's not true.

 

[Randvek]

Is "Peter Molyneux wants you to know that X" an internet meme? Is it becoming one? It should be. Someone fill me in.