Fable: It's Out!

[Nostromo]

If you check your statistics, it says how much time you've spent in the game. Surprisingly enough, I've spent 38 hours in the game. I'm taking my time...

[Nostromo]

Finished it!

Spoiler:

Jack of Blades is a wuss.

[Space05us]

****ing amazon.com. I still havent recieved my copy!

[Imran Siddiqui]

I just beat it. Fun ending (played it both ways). I thought the story was actually pretty good. The reviewers' playing down of the story is actually a bit puzzling to me.

It was a bit short, but I think due to the story and the 'world' a longer game wouldn't be as feasible. Perhaps in Fable2 where you may be able to do other things (ie, more in depth towns and the sort) and have many different story arcs a longer game will work better.

For this game it was a very good length, IMO.

[Nostromo]

It was a bit short

Check in your stats the time you spent in the game. You could be surprised...

[Felch]

Yeah, I've checked, and it's a bit short. To be honest, I have no idea how anyone can spend more than 25 hours on this game. That's including everything, trying to open all the doors, get all the keys and all that. There simply isn't a whole lot to do in the game. A typical, non-insane gamer will probably do most everything in under twenty hours, and people can easily rush it in less than half that time.

The saving grace of the game is the ability to play it a few times and have fun each time. Lots of games lack this kind of replay value.

[pg]

it is nice he apologized but he continues to make bull**** within the last few months if not weeks and probably will continue to do so. also the part where he claims all that features were in development but didn't make it is a lie or at least has been shown to be in the past where ex-programmers have admitted as much. i read sometimes the first time he mentions these features is to the press and the developers find out about them there first which is a big surprise for them.

[Nostromo]

A typical, non-insane gamer will probably do most everything in under twenty hours, and people can easily rush it in less than half that time.

Insane, mmm? That would probably explain it. I probably played too much Blackjack!

[child of Thor]

It comes out on the 8th here - i have 2 days to get in my pre-order and get a 'making of' DVD

unless they have run out of that offer in my local store.

Interesting points on the game so far by the guys here playing it(finished it more like ). Its a shame - but what the hell is wrong with games making people these days? surely they have played many of the great games and have worked out what makes them great games

Fable might well be one of my last brand-new console game purchases(i'll stick to second hand), there might be one or two more but i think i've reached the limit of 'worth playing' games on these latest generation of consoles - its been interesting to see how and where games have gone since my ZX81 days

[child of Thor]

the bbc has an article about Mr.Molyneux's online apology to fable's fans here .

I should be getting the game tomorrow

[Gamecube64]

Wow those brits are Molneux crazy, 3 articles about his games I found in just a couple of seconds.

[Boris Godunov]

I beat Fable in about 20 hours as well, and I did virtually all the side quests.

Fun game, but too short. I played a 100% good guy the first time through, so now I'm going to go back and be evil!

I was disappointed with some aspects:

-the targeting system for ranged weapons/magic is wonky. Switching between targets should be much easier.
-Some of the quests (like the necklace one Imran mentioned) were far too obscure to solve. Finding the silver keys is another example. The silver keys were too gimicky anyway--no explanation was given for their presence in the game.
-Okay, the arena was AWESOME--but you couldn't go back and play it again! I think a terrific feature would have been the ability to go back and battle whenever one wanted, or at least do so after you've beaten the game.
-Whisper just disappeared after the arena, too. There seemed to be a lot of dangling plot threads like that.

Overall, however, it was a fun game that had me hooked.

One terrific way to build you XP is to go back to the graveyard where the zombies spring up constantly. They're slow and easy to fight. If you use the Assassin spell that lets you blip behind them, you can rack up huge combat multipliers and XP. My record CM was 54, I think.

[child of Thor]

ok i have to come clean - i didnt get Fable after all!

I was in my local computer shop this weekend and instead walked out the store with a Gamecube+rebel AllianceIII and Zelda collectors edition(which is what clinched it for me ).
I would like to say thank you very much to all the guys here who have posted their opinions on Fable - even if a good game its just too short for my tastes, and if i'd just taken note of the hype i would have ended up disapointed, so your real views have been valuable.
I just hope any Fable2 takes itself a little more seriously.
I will probably take a look at Fable later - either rent it or wait for it to appear cheap in the pre-owned section.

[Space05us]

I finally got my copy of Fable!

Im only about 10 hours into it

Good game, a lot of negatives, but its still fun. I'd rank it just above Sudeki, maybe a 6/10 where Morrowind would be a 8/10, and KOTOR 8.5/10.

Its sad though, Im married, twice, and I still dont know how to have sex.

[Space05us]

Im still having a lot of fun with Fable, Id say its worth the $50. My sister and friend have characters too, its fun to watch them play and screw up so much.

My sister has way too many spells and she refuses to organize them. She says that would just confuse her now because shes so used to how theyre already organized, yet shes constantly stumbling over the controls and getting whacked in the face trying to find the slow time or berserk spells (practically the only two she uses). Shes also very spendy, she did manage to save up enough for some platemail armour and obsidian greatsword right before the arena, thanks to my mentoring.

My friend is horrible at the game period. His character is only 29 and hes so scarred that I walked out into my living room, glanced at the TV and thought he had a new facial tatoo. I asked him if I could see his tatoo on his face and boy is he ugly, it looks like a balvarine used it as a chew toy. He also has too many spells, but not so many that it confuses him (yet).

My character on the other hand is perfect! :humble: