Fable: It's Out!

[Felch]

Any game that lets you beat your wife old school style is pretty hard core.

[Imran Siddiqui]

The targeting system is messed up. I end up targeting allies way to often, and sometimes it just targets nothing, even though a guy is lit up red.

Yeah, it gets bad sometimes, but I haven't run into too many problems as I get farther in the game. Just don't hold the Left Shoulder button down because that turns even an ally red.

I've found that in Fable, marrying and then killing your wife can be quite profitable and easy to do

Apparently killing your wife is better for your reputation than beating her with your fists and getting divorced. Kinda funny.


I finally had to consult the Fable board at GameFAQs, because that damned Lady Grey necklace quest was pissing me off. Thankfully most of the quests are not anywhere near as frustrating.

[BustaMike]

I think I got the best bow in the game. I'm only 50% of the way through the game, maybe, but my bow already can hit for 1000 damage! It's making the game a little too easy.

I've achieved my quest to be the biggest alcoholic Fable has ever seen. After constantly drinking regardless of what I'm doing, I've become a "dipsomniac."

I've married and killed 8 chicks and 1 dude . I was pretty disappointed when I got no money for marrying the dude, but the hot sex made up fo.... uh... I mean, no . I killed him, too.

[alva]

Hey, a modern Henry the VIII game.

[pg]

i read that apparently the last quest is pretty easy to do and many people end up finishing the game by accident. supposedly you don't want to finish the game right away because it locks out content or something. so make sure you guys have two saves at least.

btw, if you build a pc yourself you can make a good one for like ~600 usd.

[BustaMike]

Important

If you are thinking about buying this game, don't. Rent it. It's not worth the $50 (not that I paid that, but still).

[Moral Hazard]

Busta: Your other posts indicate that it's worth it, Kinda. Why not?

My numbers are on prices for the Gaming rig are a bit old. The $200 one is accurate though. Buy them for people with a $50 commision.

If you build the computer yourself (or build it through MWave), you can save alot money vs. Dell, Falcon etc. Or at least you could, haven't done it in a while.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I was pretty disappointed when I got no money for marrying the dude

Well, that would have been solved by knowing what a dowry means .

f you are thinking about buying this game, don't. Rent it. It's not worth the $50 (not that I paid that, but still).

I disagree, it's worth it and more! After I finish this one, I'm going to be the evil bastard .

ou don't want to finish the game right away because it locks out content or something

Well, apparently taking the quest ends all your other quests. I think after that you can keep playing but there are no more quests. You can just go around and kill stuff .

[BustaMike]

I beat it. My total game time was just under 20 hours. I did nearly everything that you can in the game. I had portions where I was max evil or max good. I managed to sleep with the Mayor... not easy. I killed every last person in Oakville, the bought every building and rented them all out. I got all 25 silver keys. I even got the stupid frying pan.

I can't see that there's much worth replaying, since I did everything, and I don't think 50 dollars is worth only 20 hours of gameplay total. That's why you should rent it.

Well, that would have been solved by knowing what a dowry means.

The game says "Dowry of 0 has been received."

[Imran Siddiqui]

I can't see that there's much worth replaying, since I did everything, and I don't think 50 dollars is worth only 20 hours of gameplay total.

There are some quests which you can only pick one option. And there are interesting choices that you can make during the game based on which alignment you want to play. Then again, if I want to roleplay a character, I wouldn't have him be max evil and max good in the same game. Unless you really want to be a 'powergamer'.

And if you played it for 20 hours, that's a normal console game length. Try most FPS games for one. IIRC, Beyond Good and Evil was similar. And I have read on the Fable forums of people playing it for 30 hours.

The game says "Dowry of 0 has been received."

Yeah, which means you don't get a dowry for marrying a man, which you would have known if you know what a dowry meant .

[BustaMike]

Imran... I'm not sure you know what a dowry means, because as far as I know it simply means money that your wife gives you when you marry. Not only does the game refer to him as my wife at several points, but he was clearly the ***** in the relationship. I don't know what you're trying to prove, acting like I don't know some common word, but you kind of look like a jackass, especially because given its definition, you don't seem to know what it means.

As for the 20 hours thing... I wouldn't buy Beyond Good an Evil either, I'd rent it. Same with Deus Ex: Invisible War or similar single player shooters. Good multiplayer shooters with replay value I would buy though, like Unreal Tournament or Splinter Cell: PT.

[vovan]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Yeah, which means you don't get a dowry for marrying a man, which you would have known if you know what a dowry meant.

From the Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Main Entry: dow·ry
Pronunciation: 'dau(-&)-rE
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural dowries
1 archaic : DOWER 1
2 : the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage
3 : a gift of money or property by a man to or for his bride
4 : a natural talent

Mike being the other dude's bride, you'd think he should get some money.

But man, the game is cool. A friend of mine got it Friday, and we've been playing it the whole weekend instead of doing work. (I don't have an XBox... Or a TV for that matter either.) They really should port it to PC so I could play it myself.

Vovan

[pg]

Originally posted by BustaMike
Not only does the game refer to him as my wife at several points, but he was clearly the ***** in the relationship.

[Imran Siddiqui]

I'm not sure you know what a dowry means, because as far as I know it simply means money that your wife gives you when you marry.

No **** sherlock. Now explain to me how a man is a woman (wife & bride always refers to a woman no matter how a game bug refers to him). Dowry's are brought by the family of the woman to the man. That is why the man brings 0 dowry. That is why you will always recieve a 0 dowry for marrying a man. Speaking of being a jackass for not known the usage of a word...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowry

A dowry is an archaic marriage custom where the bride or her family is required to give a gift of money or valuable goods to the groom or his family. In some areas where this was practiced, the size of the necessary dowry was directly proportional to the groom's social standing, thus making it virtually impossible for lower class women to marry into upper class families. In some cases where a woman's family was too poor to afford any dowry whatsoever, she either simply was forbidden from ever marrying, or at most became a concubine to a richer man who could afford to support a large household.

The tradition of giving dowries is perhaps most well known in the country of India where it is still largely carried out despite being prohibited by law as of 1961.

The converse of a dowry is a bride price.

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=bride

bride n.

A woman who is about to be married or has recently been married.

[Middle English, from Old English brd.]

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

[BustaMike]

Based on how the game is programed and based on what the game said to me when I married, it makes sense that you might be able to receive a dowry for that marriage. It still makes sense that in this marriage, my spouse or his family ought to be giving some kind of monetary contribution to me. Calling it a dowry or not is semantics... it's irrelevant.

I can't believe your need to tell me I don't know some simple word. It's ****ing obvious how I meant it, and if you weren't so nitpicky it would make perfect sense.