Fables

[fuhier]

I loved the first fable it was so fun i spent a lot of hours owning every item all buildings maxing my skills making myself as young as possible etc. Now with fable 2..... it added a lot of new ideas and i thought it was amazing at first but looking back and watching yhatzee i see its pretty much a load of crap. It had a lot of good ideas concepts etc but it dropped the ball on a lot of them. As those who watch E3 know theres gonna be fable 3 *kinda fast peter molyneux don't ya think* and he is of course as always saying how great it gonna be set the bar blah blah blah but so far all im seeing is fable 2 maybe on a bigger scale with one weapon and changes..... anyone care to share there thoughts on it?

 

[ThePizzaGuy556]

I personally loved the first fable because it had charm cause it really was all about fantasy and it had a great atomsphere. Fable 3 continues to destroy what i loved about the first one cause the year keeps getting higher and highger. i miss the bows and armor

 

[Palademon]

I recently played the first Fable again and I miss the control scheme for attacks from it. X to attack with occasional B strike, better aiming with projectiles, and magic that was easy to choose from without levels or rings. WTF HAPPENED???

EDIT: I WANT ARMOUR AGAIN

 

[Kurokami]

I loved the first fable it was so fun i spent a lot of hours owning every item all buildings maxing my skills making myself as young as possible etc. Now with fable 2..... it added a lot of new ideas and i thought it was amazing at first but looking back and watching yhatzee i see its pretty much a load of crap. It had a lot of good ideas concepts etc but it dropped the ball on a lot of them. As those who watch E3 know theres gonna be fable 3 *kinda fast peter molyneux don't ya think* and he is of course as always saying how great it gonna be set the bar blah blah blah but so far all im seeing is fable 2 maybe on a bigger scale with one weapon and changes..... anyone care to share there thoughts on it?

What was the story in fable 2?

 

[bak00777]

I loved the first fable it was so fun i spent a lot of hours owning every item all buildings maxing my skills making myself as young as possible etc. Now with fable 2..... it added a lot of new ideas and i thought it was amazing at first but looking back and watching yhatzee i see its pretty much a load of crap. It had a lot of good ideas concepts etc but it dropped the ball on a lot of them. As those who watch E3 know theres gonna be fable 3 *kinda fast peter molyneux don't ya think* and he is of course as always saying how great it gonna be set the bar blah blah blah but so far all im seeing is fable 2 maybe on a bigger scale with one weapon and changes..... anyone care to share there thoughts on it?

what do u mean "Kinda fast Peter Moylneux"? Fable 2 has been out like 2yrs

 

[fuhier]

Second fable your poor *again* and ur sister gets killed you find a dog and take revenged and bam the game is over faster than 15 year old boy. Honestly i loved it but looking back its a load of crap. and in fable 3 your brother is evil you get the shit end of the stick as always dethrone him and thats half of the game and the other half is you being king which sounds exactly like fable 2

 

[Vrex360]

I loved Fable 1. I was a new gamer at that time so I wasn't aware there was any hype as a result I wasn't dissapointed by it. I found it quite charming and fun to play and had genuine fantasy elements and a bit of clever writing.
But Fable 2 did dissapoint, there wasn't as much of the original's charm and it just felt so short and so limited compared to the original. I can hope for better in Fable 3 but honestly I'd prefer it if Albion would return to just being fantasy instead of early eighteenth century, for some reason I just preferred it the way it was before.

 

[Sygmist]

I personally loved the first fable because it had charm cause it really was all about fantasy and it had a great atomsphere. Fable 3 continues to destroy what i loved about the first one cause the year keeps getting higher and highger. i miss the bows and armor

I completely agree. The original Fable definitely had a charm about it, and I think it was mostly due to a, for the most part, linear story. Sure, you could affect the end outcome, and you could play through it from the perspective of being good or evil, but the charm in it for me was watching this story unfold and being drawn into the character. I think that's what a lot of RPGs are missing nowadays. They get too caught up in this whole sandbox idea, mixed with trying to make 'choices that are supposed to change everything'. All I really want is a novel story, with some fierce parts, some haggard parts, some near tears, and some laughs. Instead of going further in that direction, Peter went the other way.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy all the side things, but they shouldn't make up the majority of the experience. There's a good balance that I think Fable struck, and the second one completely overshot.

 

[TheSuperiorXemnas]

I love both of the Fable Games, but I happened to like the second one a bit less than the first. Fable 2 removed some items that I really enjoyed, including the Chain and Plate Armor look. Not to mention how we were able to sneak into homes and stores and steal items that were on the shelf. Seriously, what happened to Sneaking around from the first one. If you listen to Yahtzee (Of Course You do) then you hear one of the concepts is that picking sword combat is the one mostly used by enimies so he is forced to take the same decision as well.

Part of the problem may be solved if they brought back the Physical Shield Spell from the first game, bring back the sneaking around, keep the possibility of owning metal armor again, and add veriety to the diolouge to possible significant others. I was mostly fond of the Balverines from the first Fable, which make them look like werewolves than just mutated monsters. And one thing that was really tedious in Fable 2 was how you drink or eat, having to open up the menu every single time.

Thats all I can think of for bringing back game content from the previous Fable, but now I would like to voice my Opinions on how to make the game better by adding something completly new. The ability to kill your kids would be nice as Yahtzee suggested. Let your children grow up without the need for it to be done after the quest (Like after saving Garth) and increasing the age in which they could be adults and move out of the house. Thats all I could think of at the moment but I still am kicking around another idea or two.

 

[fuhier]

I love both of the Fable Games, but I happened to like the second one a bit less than the first. Fable 2 removed some items that I really enjoyed, including the Chain and Plate Armor look. Not to mention how we were able to sneak into homes and stores and steal items that were on the shelf. Seriously, what happened to Sneaking around from the first one. If you listen to Yahtzee (Of Course You do) then you hear one of the concepts is that picking Strengh combat is the mostly used by enimies so he is forced to take the same decision as well.

Part of the problem may be solved if they brought back the Physical Shield Spell from the first game, bring back the sneaking around, keep the possibility of owning metal armor again, and add veriety to the diolouge to possible significant others. I was mostly fond of the Balverines from the first Fable, which make them look like werewolves than just mutated monsters. And one thing that was really tedious in Fable 2 was how you drink or eat, having to open up the menu every single time.

Thats all I can think of for bringing back game content from the previous Fable, but now I would like to voice my Opinions on how to make the game better by adding something completly new. The ability to kill your kids would be nice as Yahtzee suggested. Let your children grow up without the need for it to be done after the quest (Like after saving Garth) and increasing the age in which they could be adults and move out of the house. Thats all I could think of at the moment but I still am kicking around another idea or two.

Yeah those were some of my fav parts of fable. Peter always has these grand ideas but honestly he never fully gets them. First one was pretty close but the second one.... fell right as the race started broke all its teeth and got sent to the ER from what ive seen the third looks exactly i mean EXACTLY like the second but time will tell

 

[fuhier]

I loved the first fable it was so fun i spent a lot of hours owning every item all buildings maxing my skills making myself as young as possible etc. Now with fable 2..... it added a lot of new ideas and i thought it was amazing at first but looking back and watching yhatzee i see its pretty much a load of crap. It had a lot of good ideas concepts etc but it dropped the ball on a lot of them. As those who watch E3 know theres gonna be fable 3 *kinda fast peter molyneux don't ya think* and he is of course as always saying how great it gonna be set the bar blah blah blah but so far all im seeing is fable 2 maybe on a bigger scale with one weapon and changes..... anyone care to share there thoughts on it?

what do u mean "Kinda fast Peter Moylneux"? Fable 2 has been out like 2yrs

Took him 4 years to go from first to second and the second seemed rushed. How long was the first in production? I dont honestly remember but if i remember correctly it was a lot. 2 years for most creators isnt a lot of time unless they take the game before it and just recopy it and add some new stuff but this is just from what ive seen in some games

 

[bak00777]

I loved the first fable it was so fun i spent a lot of hours owning every item all buildings maxing my skills making myself as young as possible etc. Now with fable 2..... it added a lot of new ideas and i thought it was amazing at first but looking back and watching yhatzee i see its pretty much a load of crap. It had a lot of good ideas concepts etc but it dropped the ball on a lot of them. As those who watch E3 know theres gonna be fable 3 *kinda fast peter molyneux don't ya think* and he is of course as always saying how great it gonna be set the bar blah blah blah but so far all im seeing is fable 2 maybe on a bigger scale with one weapon and changes..... anyone care to share there thoughts on it?

what do u mean "Kinda fast Peter Moylneux"? Fable 2 has been out like 2yrs

Took him 4 years to go from first to second and the second seemed rushed. How long was the first in production? I dont honestly remember but if i remember correctly it was a lot. 2 years for most creators isnt a lot of time unless they take the game before it and just recopy it and add some new stuff but this is just from what ive seen in some games

ok, i see what u were saying, i thought that u were saying Fable 2 just came out and now they are anouncing the 3rd one, i retract my statement