PC Purchase: Fable 3 or Witcher 2?

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Pinstar

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I've got a fairly beefy PC and budget for a game purchase at the end of this month. I'm eyeing two games who are of the same general genre (Fantasy Western style RPG) who are both sequels of a franchise that I have never played before.


Give other people's experiences with these IPs as well as the general look and feel based on previews out there, if you had to choose one, which would YOU pick and why?
 

YuheJi

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I've heard a ridiculously large amount of bad things about Fable 3. So I would pick Witcher 2 in a heartbeat (plus, i enjoyed the original Witcher, and Witcher 2 seems to be an improvement in every way on the original).
 

Javarock

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Witcher!

Heard it was good.

Fable One and Two would be worth it but

Fable 3 is complete crap.
 

Danceofmasks

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Witcher 2.

On the subject of Fable 3, though .. that thing was barely an rpg.
The devs are adding a hardcore mode which might mitigate that somewhat, but time will tell if the implementation is adequate.
 

Onyx Oblivion

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This is the silliest comparison/choice since the old "Borderlands vs Fallout 3" debate.

They really don't seem to have many similarities outside of the basic idea of the setting being fantasy.

Also, you're asking this on a PC gaming website that you've been on for almost 2 years. YOU KNOW THE PRIMARY ANSWER.

OT:

I vote Pokeymans. But I vote that for everything.
 

Bonecrusher

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witcher's story was a really interesting story. (of course, it is from a novel). gameplay is not that good, but story is awesome. i think witcher 2 will be the same. so i go with witcher 2.

fable is a weird game. fable 1 was like "morrowind lite edition", but nothing else. i didn't play fable 2 that much, because it didn't published on pc. played just a hour, didn't give me much excitement. and i am waiting for fable 3 for pc, however many people tell it is worse than second game.
 

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Witcher 2. Not really a huge fan of either, but Witcher: Enhanced Edition was much more enjoyable over-all. My biggest annoyance with the first game was the combat but it's been over-hauled with the sequel into a much more tolerable endeavor. Plus you can't help but feel like a badass in Witcher, where-as in the Fables you spend all your time just trying to figure out how you're suppose to feel about yourself. And for me, not very successfully.
 

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Onyx Oblivion said:
I vote Pokeymans.
I concur

OT:
Fable 3 sucked real hard on xbox(regretful purchase imo), so it boils down to the witcher 2, which i will be purchasing after i recieve my paycheck.....
 

OManoghue

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I'd say Witcher 2 as well., I liked Fable 2 and 3 was alright, but the Witcher 1 was pretty awesome.
 

Eclectic Dreck

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I'm going for the Witcher. I enjoyed fable 1 and 2 but I don't really have any desire to play more of it.
 

AmrasCalmacil

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I really liked Fable 3 but I imagine you'll have a better experience overall with The Witcher 2.

And by better I mean epic dark fantasy stuff, as opposed to, uh... Albion.
 

badgersprite

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I'm the only person in the world who actually seems to have liked Fable 3, so while I haven't played The Witcher 2 and can't give any actual comparison, I advise you to take The Witcher 2. Just by statistics alone, you're probably way more likely to enjoy that.

Most people really hate Fable 3, for reasons that make sense. I can see why they dislike it. It doesn't have any character customisation, any kind of skill tree or skill management, it has practically no fleshed out characters, it barely qualifies as an RPG, and it's simple as hell. Whether you can find anything else that makes it playable for you is a matter of chance, really.
 

Blindrooster

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Ya know, I own all 3 fables and the first witcher. I would rather have the witcher than all three Fables. (Hurt me a little to say that, cuz i loved the first. The witcher is just such a rich game, and the witcher 2 just looks better.
 

Danceofmasks

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Onyx Oblivion said:
OT:

I vote Pokeymans. But I vote that for everything.
Well, pokemon are good games ... wherein their idea of "streamlining" is doing stuff like ditching HM Flash, or making Ice Punch based on physical attack, or TMs being reusable.
Y'know, fixing annoying shit while not messing with the core game (with the possible exception of dreamland abilities).

Tell that to Fable.
 

Radeonx

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Fable 3.
Fable 2 was decent, where Witcher 1 was shit.
Not really a tough decision if I had to choose between those two.
 

BabySinclair

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Witcher 2 or Geralt will slice up whatever character you make in Fable 3, unless it's a chick, then expect a sex card/cinematic.