Allright, i admit i like fable 2-3 (Haven't tried the first)
Both games had some sort of magical atmosphere i could only find in older games (Zelda etc)
But while Zelda ends on a high note, both those fable games take a twitchy turn into a brick wall.
//Fable 3 Spoiler//
//Fable 3 Spoiler//
Example 1. I was King, and was doing nicely. Had picked every "good" choice and were gathering lots of gold. I had about 2 million infact, and steadily rising.
I was casually doing the small quests and the main one in between.
Here's the lame part. (Which im sure atleast some of you will recognize)
I had 120(?) days left till the attack, and i finished my verdict on the Dweller camp.
Next i would do some more quests, gather some more gold- while the days count down and finish the game.
Well, that didnt happen.
Suddenly all those hundred days disappered and i get tossed into the last one, without
any warning/oppertunity to change anything, not even your damn sword.
(Now i know, its an "invasion" but seriously, skipping half a year infront without warning, is bad)
And thanks to the "Clever"(god i hate it) Autosave system, im stuck there now, in the invasion.
- And walter yelling "We were not ready"
Damn right i wasnt ready, i wasn't ready for the calendar skipping a hundred days in one button press.
Example 2. Immersion Win/Fail
So, i started dating a poor girl, which i found not as annoying as everyone else. (read cute)
Anyways, she married me, the king, and we' moved into a big mansion, i paid LOADS for the upkeep- to keep her happy and healthy. We then married, and got a child.
After some time, i noticed she still wore those rags, even tho she lived with the king, in a mansion, with a weekly allowence of 10k$ (Random number) - I found that weird.
Secondly, when i entered our home, our child suddenly had grown up.
But it was black. Yes, it was black. And both the parents were white.
Now, im not racist, but i came to the conclusion of she cheating on me, and shouted GTFO /Divorce
-And yes, i wrote that in RP style, to pass on my point of immersion.
(If you somehow played alittle on the cheating husband/wife thing, Lionhead, i would've laughed) This however just seemed like a sloppy RNG'ed baby.
I've got countless of other examples. For example dating a Posh, Nasty cougar from Millfields- Who suddenly wants to go hand-in-hand on a date to Bowerstone Market to see a statue.
A fine' rich, stuck up lady in high heels wants to cross 10 forests packed with wolves / bandits, get maimed by a balverine, cross a couple of mountains and 15 miles of dirt road.
To see a statue, and get a kiss.
And she loved me for it.
I can't make any sense of this game. Seriously.
Just when im about to like it, and get real immersed- it slaps me awake and shows
me half-assed work.
A game with so much potential- but the worst thing is the makers of this Jigsaw-puzzle
didn't BOTHER to put the last 10 pieces in.
Its not that they couldn't, the just didnt.
/rage
So', anyone else frustrated? ;O
Both games had some sort of magical atmosphere i could only find in older games (Zelda etc)
But while Zelda ends on a high note, both those fable games take a twitchy turn into a brick wall.
//Fable 3 Spoiler//
//Fable 3 Spoiler//
Example 1. I was King, and was doing nicely. Had picked every "good" choice and were gathering lots of gold. I had about 2 million infact, and steadily rising.
I was casually doing the small quests and the main one in between.
Here's the lame part. (Which im sure atleast some of you will recognize)
I had 120(?) days left till the attack, and i finished my verdict on the Dweller camp.
Next i would do some more quests, gather some more gold- while the days count down and finish the game.
Well, that didnt happen.
Suddenly all those hundred days disappered and i get tossed into the last one, without
any warning/oppertunity to change anything, not even your damn sword.
(Now i know, its an "invasion" but seriously, skipping half a year infront without warning, is bad)
And thanks to the "Clever"(god i hate it) Autosave system, im stuck there now, in the invasion.
- And walter yelling "We were not ready"
Damn right i wasnt ready, i wasn't ready for the calendar skipping a hundred days in one button press.
Example 2. Immersion Win/Fail
So, i started dating a poor girl, which i found not as annoying as everyone else. (read cute)
Anyways, she married me, the king, and we' moved into a big mansion, i paid LOADS for the upkeep- to keep her happy and healthy. We then married, and got a child.
After some time, i noticed she still wore those rags, even tho she lived with the king, in a mansion, with a weekly allowence of 10k$ (Random number) - I found that weird.
Secondly, when i entered our home, our child suddenly had grown up.
But it was black. Yes, it was black. And both the parents were white.
Now, im not racist, but i came to the conclusion of she cheating on me, and shouted GTFO /Divorce
-And yes, i wrote that in RP style, to pass on my point of immersion.
(If you somehow played alittle on the cheating husband/wife thing, Lionhead, i would've laughed) This however just seemed like a sloppy RNG'ed baby.
I've got countless of other examples. For example dating a Posh, Nasty cougar from Millfields- Who suddenly wants to go hand-in-hand on a date to Bowerstone Market to see a statue.
A fine' rich, stuck up lady in high heels wants to cross 10 forests packed with wolves / bandits, get maimed by a balverine, cross a couple of mountains and 15 miles of dirt road.
To see a statue, and get a kiss.
And she loved me for it.
I can't make any sense of this game. Seriously.
Just when im about to like it, and get real immersed- it slaps me awake and shows
me half-assed work.
A game with so much potential- but the worst thing is the makers of this Jigsaw-puzzle
didn't BOTHER to put the last 10 pieces in.
Its not that they couldn't, the just didnt.
/rage
So', anyone else frustrated? ;O
