Preview: Fable 3

[QueenWren]

I find it amusing that Fable is such a Marmite series. Of course I also think that we gamers are much more critical than devotees of other mediums, but that might just be the view from the inside.

OT: I'm liking the new menus and everything, think it's a bit daft that we'll have to unlock things like hair dye, but could you please fix the story more! I know its tougher in games where the player makes the decisions but other games manage just fine (DragonAge springs to mind). I like Fable, I think the concept is great and I loved the story in number 1 but please just let this be an improvement on the story in 2.

Also as several people have said fix the villagers, makes me want to be evil and slaughter the lot of them.

 

[IamSofaKingRaw]

I can only hope the ending is better

This, and pretty much everything else in Fable 2...
Horrible story and equally horrible ending, combat that punishes you with boredom and nothing else, no real reason to heal, the generic mess that was the spells in the game, just how overpowered the rifle was, oh, and the fact that legendaries were just joke weapons compared to the stuff you unlock barely even halfway through...

And thank god the family thing isn't going to be forced upon me, I could care less for them, much less the damn useless dog I'd of killed off in the first 5 minutes (Fable 2 made me hate dogs for once in my life...).

The menus weren't an issue, and never have been. Deadspace didn't have any issues, and that never made me go "Hey this is nice!", and neither did RE5.

The ONLY shining point with Fable 3 so far, was that out of all the interviews, Molyneux managed to stay out of one of them.

Now you want to discuss a real issue? Customization. I don't want my weapon to dictate what my character looks like, and I sure as hell don't want skills to either. Let me actually shape what my guy looks like. But hey, we all know Molyneux loves doing the needlessly redundant and ultimately retarded thing in the end, and speak of it like gospel until its time to start hating the game to hype the next generic sequel...

edit: Oh yea, forgot another thing. The fart emote. Its one thing to be childish, its another thing just to be plain stupid. It isn't funny to watch someone violate their own rectum with some random guys nose. If I wanted to see that, I'd look up some odd porn.

MWAHAHAHAHA!

> : D

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[Catalyst6]

I foresee countless flow-breaking runs back to the inventory hub, complete with constant load screens and annoying runs back and forth through the same corridors...

 

[Danpascooch]

With a visual interface, how are we going to know which piece of equipment is better than what? Or which item is better than another?

 

[Danpascooch]

I foresee countless flow-breaking runs back to the inventory hub, complete with constant load screens and annoying runs back and forth through the same corridors...

I know, this is BAD

 

[Roofstone]

I am the only one who loved Fable 2 aint I? I dunno why. Sure, it has it flaws. But the story is good, ending is good. DLC's are good. Combat is good(Will overpowered, admittedly). Villagers...Rather annoying. Menu is good. Economy system is good. Dog good.

I love Fable 2. And I am convinced I'll be slapped in the face with euphoria when I get my hands on Fable 3.

 

[Argonnosi]

I protest, I protest, I protest. Fable did not have a horrible menu and inventory system. Fable had what is, in my opinion, the best menu and inventory system I experienced before Oblivion, and it flowed almost seemlessly into gameplay. Fable 2, on the other hand, fucked it up with one of the most cracked ideas ever, which was to only allow you to drink or eat one thing at a time in the menu, after which it kicked you back to the game.

As for Fable 3's graphical representation system, it's a neat idea who's time has passed. Quite simply, what I need from an inventory system isn't "connection," or aesthetic. What I need is an efficient system that allows me to select and use items quickly and easily with a minimum of time spent or frustration encountered. Fable 1 succeeded at this marvelously, and Fable 2 failed, and the graphical system will probably fail as well.

Here's the limit. If I cannot, after some experience with the inventory system, access my inventory, locate the item (just one) that I want, and be out of the system in less than 15 seconds, then it fails the efficiency test. This is what I want out of a menu system. I don't want interactivity, that's what I do when I'm actually playing the game!

 

[Argonnosi]

Who or what is this person, and why does it sound like something that isn't a game play element, so therefore not important. No, seriously, stop spending big money to get big actors and put that money back into the game to make better game play elements. If you want big actors, then maka a movie, not a game.

 

[magma]

Meh, this didn't answer my main question which is are they bringing back epic boss fights?

Fable 2 was rubbish because it didn't change enough for it's new setting and without a large enough variation in bosses it was VERY repetitive (not to mention those boss fights in Fable 1 were the best)... and I accidentally killed the main bad guy when I was playing an evil character my first play-through in Fable 2, I barely brushed Y and shot him when I was wanting the interactive end scene to play through, this accidental anti-climax (or boring heroic character end) is a fail-climax.

 

[Dragon-Byte]

that whole costume complaint isn't a bad thing

player DO want to wear the chicken head with the gown!!!

that would be the dev team UNDERSTANDING gamers, not forcing a look or outfit on them

cmon susan, you know better

 

[Macheteswordgun]

It looked good till the third page.... then the bombs dropped.... and so did my hope

 

[ohgodalex]

This actually sounds more irritating than Fable II's godawful menus. If I get tired of my crossbow halfway through a dungeon because it turns out that a fire-augmented sword could cut swathes through my enemies, do I have to backtrack through a dungeon, make my way to this Sanctuary, equip my new sword, and then run back into the dungeon only to discover that the boss isn't an undead and has no fire weakness?

 

[hyperdrachen]

Great now if they'd take all the time and energy they put into the "Sims" portion of the game and put it into some actual combat variety and actual quest content they'll be all set... oh wait... nevermind I'm able to marry people in co-op now... much better.

 

[veloper]

The main problem with the series is NOT the lack of any frills.

What was lacking is challenge and depth.
F2 was worse than F1 in this and it sounds like F3 will be worse than F2.

 

[QueenWren]

This actually sounds more irritating than Fable II's godawful menus. If I get tired of my crossbow halfway through a dungeon because it turns out that a fire-augmented sword could cut swathes through my enemies, do I have to backtrack through a dungeon, make my way to this Sanctuary, equip my new sword, and then run back into the dungeon only to discover that the boss isn't an undead and has no fire weakness?

Ummm... No. According to all the stuff I've read the sanctuary will be accessed ust like the menu (one button press), then you run around in the sanctuary looking for appropriat bits, then press the button again and POW back in the dungeon. Might be wrong but this is definatly the impression I've got.

 

[ZippyDSMlee]

UUmmm...the menus were not the problem with the fable games...and overlord is a ***** when you want to change anything outside of the tower.... options people OPTIONS are a good thing. Ots a concept thats falls on its face when the neat factor wears off and you wish you had a simple menu setup to change sht on the fly wherever/whenever you are.........

It seems they missed the point of menus again..as fable 1 had solid menus fable 2 had over simplified menus and 3 seems to remove menus from you all together.... its just stupid, a menu is a interface to get shit done not wank off at the pretty and walk around in the same area for 10 minutes killing time or wore yet removing options all together because the director is on new "meds", hell even overlord needed a quick path option to select the palce you want to be in the map tower....

IMO Fable 2 took the game in the wrong direction Fable is not a sims clone but rather a *gasp* Action RPG with some customizing options in what you can buy and wear.

What Fable really needs is what it always needed...better AI, refined stealth combat that uses said better AI, a easy way to select and use magic, town AI that uses the AI and not droll over itself or the player, hell how hard is it to design quick and easy but deep game play options hold down a button and press the Dpad to change from attack/range/magic to magic/magic/range or magic/magic/combat or Magic magic/magic, 4 different directions at most 8 different options as anything more than hold tap tap is a bit much,hell have it so you hold down a different button hit the Dpad and change your equipment/weapons again 8 to 12 possible on the fly quick changes.
Prehaps lfet bumper and trigger for combat button swap, right bumper and trigger for equipment/weaopn swap and both bumpers or triggers for magic payload swap(set you payload or pre sets up in menu to quick select in game).

Less is not more in gaming removing more mechanics only makes it more a film and less a game, game you remember that?..... the thing you play that has options in it?

 

[VondeVon]

Zelda chickens?

That moment when my brutal attacks resulted in an unstoppable wave of chicken-violence scarred me.

 

[Normeo]

Doesn't the first fable have chickeny themes? Eg the first title that the main character is know by "chicken chaser" and there are chickens randomly wandering in most of the town