I'm getting along in Fable III. I spent much of yesterday playing.

If you liked Fable II, you'll like Fable III. It's basically more of the same. You go on quests, get married, have a dog, etc.. It's not remotely a difficult or challenging game, but it is a crap load of fun.

The gnomes are a hoot.

But I have to tell you, the Darkness Incarnate chapter, where you head to Aurora, is awesome. AWESOME. I'm going to steal bits and pieces for my tabletop RPGs...

Makes me want LotFP all the more...

Seanchai

Shame lionhead couldn't be bothered to properly test the game first. It's the most broken bug ridden glitchfest i've ever seen. my mate couldn't even play it.

For those who haven't had the pleasure of meeting Ghost Whistler, he cannot talk rationally about video games and is completely full of shit. There isn't a game out that he actually likes. If you're curious, check out his past "contributions" to this subforum.

Apparently, his mate suffers from the same condition.

As for Fable III, it does have flaws. However, it got an 80 on Metacritic, an 8.5 on IGN, and a 7.5 on GameSpot. Not a must-play game by any stretch, but hardly an unplayable mess.

Seanchai

It does suffer from some really bad slow down at times but nothing game breaking.  It's fun but not as free and open as fable 2 was and the storyline was abit to easy to finish with minimum effort or need to do sidestories(a friend of mine keept bugging me about the fact i was taking my time playing the game when he had long since finished the story and wanted to come and cause havok in my game), im glad they made the demon doors abit trickier to open this time though(pitty they mostly filled them with junk) and the gold doors and keys are fun to hunt for.

Im just wondering where they can go next with the franchise, maybe a prequal or something.

Overall though it's a bloody fun game and deserves the high ratings its getting from both fans and reviewers.

Quote from: Seanchai;420403For those who haven't had the pleasure of meeting Ghost Whistler, he cannot talk rationally about video games and is completely full of shit. There isn't a game out that he actually likes. If you're curious, check out his past "contributions" to this subforum.

The Settembrini of video games.

Quote from: Seanchai;420403For those who haven't had the pleasure of meeting Ghost Whistler, he cannot talk rationally about video games and is completely full of shit. There isn't a game out that he actually likes. If you're curious, check out his past "contributions" to this subforum.

Seanchai

For those who haven't had the pleasure of meeting Seanchai, he cannot talk rationally about any games and is completely full of shit. There isn't a game out that he actually likes. He is one of those perpetually petulant basement dwelling nerds who only posts on theRPGSite to harass Pundit and stir up ill will. If you're curious, check out his past "contributions" to this forum.

Quote from: Seanchai;420403For those who haven't had the pleasure of meeting Ghost Whistler, he cannot talk rationally about video games and is completely full of shit. There isn't a game out that he actually likes. If you're curious, check out his past "contributions" to this subforum.

Apparently, his mate suffers from the same condition.

As for Fable III, it does have flaws. However, it got an 80 on Metacritic, an 8.5 on IGN, and a 7.5 on GameSpot. Not a must-play game by any stretch, but hardly an unplayable mess.

Seanchai

Really? Rationally? You muppet, go to the Lionhead forums and see for yourself just how many other irrational people there are.

And while you're about get some reading lessons you thick twat. I didn't say I experienced the same problems as he. He can't even play the game at all and had to get a refund. I completed the game, though lord knows why as it's an utter turkey in almost every way. That it has so many glitches and bugs is just icing on the cake, and sadly par for the course these days. Games are routeinly being released unfinished and/or untested - look at Black Ops, biggest release ever and virtually unplayable online due to lag. Don't believe me? Browse their forums or Youtube. New Vegas, much the same. Broken quests, companions that just vanish completely. Graphicall glitches abound. You want to defend shit like that? Get real.

Quote from: Seanchai;420256If you liked Fable II, you'll like Fable III. It's basically more of the same.

Thanks for letting us know.

I had just got done replaying Fable II when I saw the first ads for Fable three, and when, on the recommendation of one of my players, I went to pick up Fallout: New Vegas, I happened to see it was actually out.

Cue wailing and gnashing of teeth, for no matter how awesome I am, I can still only reasonably play one video game at a time.

Fallout 3 kept me engrossed for weeks. Fable II was a lot of fun but ultimately felt short and fluffy.

I went with Fallout: New Vegas.  Still, its good to know that in a few weeks, when I am finally exhausted with New Vegas (seriously: I'm on my second play through now...), that Fable III will not disappoint.

Also: New Vegas is buggy as hell and is something akin to Fallout 3.5. Mostly the same game (with new quests and goegraphy) and some good changes but most changes are seriously unnecessary and occasionally painful.  Despite having ten additional levels I felt LESS skilled when I hit the cap than I did in Fallout 3, and perks are even worse!

But back to Fable: Is Fable III like Fable II in that there are a good dozen super cool legendary weapons and fabled treasures that you can only get AFTER you've beaten the game?  Is there another stage like the Tower, late in the game where it takes away all of the neat stuff you've been collecting and forces you to fight one of the hardest bosses in the game with just a crap sword and no healing potions?

Inquiring minds want to know...

Quote from: Spike;421226But back to Fable: Is Fable III like Fable II in that there are a good dozen super cool legendary weapons and fabled treasures that you can only get AFTER you've beaten the game?  Is there another stage like the Tower, late in the game where it takes away all of the neat stuff you've been collecting and forces you to fight one of the hardest bosses in the game with just a crap sword and no healing potions?

I haven't finished yet, so I can't say. I can tell you what the weapons are like: they grow with you, becoming more powerful as you do. The non-generic ones grow in specific ways if you meet their goals. Each weapon seems to have three different goals and bonuses. For example, an evil weapon might give you a damage bonus if you kill 30 villagers, while another might give you bonus gold for digging up 30 knickknacks.

Seanchai

The storyline is actually alot better this time around and doesnt punish you like the tower did, once you become king though i'd either use the money glitch or make sure you do alot of cash related quests coz your gonna need every penny if you want to keep everyone in albion alive(somewhere around the 6.5 million gold range is required)...oh and if your going the good guy route just remember to ignore everything reaver suggests in advance

The weapons evolving is a cool addition to the series though some have strange requirements that seem abit random(one wants you to kill 300 inncoents yet also wants you to be a nice guy aswell for instance) theres also a fair few nods to well known(at least in the uk) tv shows and other comedic references(one legendary weapon is called "a huge pair of scissors" another "mallets mallete"), also theres not just demon doors this time but golden doors which require there own special keys to open.

Cool, those sound like interesting additions to the game, so I have something to look forward too.

I did notice, almost by accident, that the way to 'succeed' in Fable II, money wise, was to buy up some property for rent, maybe a few shops or something... then just stop playing for a while, a few weeks maybe, while you do 'other stuff'. When you come back you'll have enough money to buy anything you want.

On the other hand, in my most recent 'completionist' play through: near expert money grinding still only left me about half way to buying the castle at the end of the game+ a few hours. Though I DID open all the doors (which, I should point out, was stupidly annoying in several cases... not least the 'sacred cheese bearer door', which was a lot less amusing when you actually had to do it than it probably sounded on paper.

Question: The model for the female character in Fable II was.... bad.  Particularly once you had spent some strength XP, looking a lot like a male model with a bra drawn on it.  Is that still the case in III? I like dimorphism in my pink-skins.

They fixed the earning whilst turned off thing this time though which sucks, though if you buy every shop and stall you'll make a fair sized chunk of cash in no time and you can always leave the game on overnight and probably earn a fair chunk that way(though not sure your fans will appreciate it lol), the money glitch is similar to the stat glitch from fable 2 btw so only requires a second dummy profile to set up a gift train of cash(the rest is easy to find online for those interested).
Your character doesnt really change bodily this time other than growing taller and maybe developing slight glowey runes like last time so the female hero doesnt end up looking like a bad sex change video

Quote from: Spike;421603I did notice, almost by accident, that the way to 'succeed' in Fable II, money wise, was to buy up some property for rent, maybe a few shops or something... then just stop playing for a while, a few weeks maybe, while you do 'other stuff'. When you come back you'll have enough money to buy anything you want.

Fable III still has the poor, poor, poor, I can almost buy that, trying working a profession, poor, pocket money, pocket money, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich, rich track as well. There comes a point, if you're moderately diligent, fairly early on in the game where money no longer matters.

One irritating feature for me is that you have to keep your properties in a constant state of repair or they stop producing coin. If you could repair them all at once, or repair all the properties in a given location all at once, I wouldn't mind. Clicking on house after house is for the birds, however.

Seanchai

I was in the store had Fable III in my hand ultimately put it down for now.  I'll probably pick it up much later when it hits a reasonable price.

Instead I picked up Fable 1 for $12, a game I'd never actually finished and started playing it again.  Sure graphically it's not a contest.  But I'm actually enjoying the game play or more particularly the combat much more  then Fable II.  Fable 1 actually was more of a challenge then I remember it.  It doesn't hold your hand nearly as much or lead you around by the nose.  Combat, well doing really well at combat required timing and skill much more then Fable II and the Demon Doors are much better.