Fable Gone Gold

[Morfiend]

I plan on playing through it twice, if it is as fun as it sounds.

Once as a evil bastard, i will try for as many different girls as possible. The second time I think I will try a goody good gay mage.

*EDIT*

Anyone picked this up yet today? Will ebgames have it today?

[Shaftoe]

Well I cruised over to Best Buy after work tonight to pick up Fable, but was told it won't be available until Thursday.  Anyone else have a similar problem?  I'm in the midwest.

[Merusk]

I know the Best Buy near me doesn't get shipments for the week until Thursday nights, so the soonest they ever have anything is Friday.  Might be you're having a similar problem with yours.

[Pig Destroyer]

Picked mine up today from EB with no problems.  Only got to play about an hour, so no real review from me yet.  Goddamn work.

[Shockeye]

Outpost.com is showing Fable for $34.99 and Fry's Electronics (they own Outpost) will have Fable tomorrow for $36.99 in store.

[Ardent]

I'm hoping that the sound of crickets in this thread is an indication that the people playing Fable are so absorbed that they don't have any time to post opinions.

[Sky]

I'm hoping that the sound of crickets in this thread is an indication that the people playing Fable are so absorbed that they don't have any time to post opinions.

Waiting for ebgames.com to stop saying "Hold" and start saying "Shipped". Why the hell do I order through them, I know better.

I'm actually quite absorbed in Gothic II right now.

[schild]

I was barely able to stop playing to post this message. It's like single player GuildWars with twitch. Just a heaping pile of love. After I go through it (which should be in a day or so.....Rosh Hoshana is tomorrow, sigh) I'll write something up..

[Rasix]

Hmm.  Looks like I'll have to chance that nobody bought me this for my birthday and run out and get it.

I feel an illness coming on. I may have to leave work... the pain...

[schild]

I feel an illness coming on. I may have to leave work... the pain...

That's just the rat poison you drank for breakfast.

[Rasix]

I feel an illness coming on. I may have to leave work... the pain...

That's just the rat poison you drank for breakfast.

I saw the skull and crossbones and just thought it was a pirate drink. NOT MY FAULT MAN.

I did, however, have a crappy breakfast. Nothing like eating a bag of Skittles that's been sitting on the floor of your Honda for 3 days.

So, does this game invoke tingly sensations like KOTOR?

[MrHat]

lol I took the afternoon off yesterday, then went to EBgames and they didn't have it in yet.

So went late last night, picked it up, came home, slept, called work, and now I"m playing it.

Silly girlfriend isnt' letting me do anything bad though...

[schild]

So, does this game invoke tingly sensations like KOTOR?

Hmm. KoToR didn't give me any tingling sensation. In fact no RPG has since Planescape: Torment. Though, I'll tell ya, Fable is pretty fucking good. The writing is good. The graphics are Fantasmicastic. I mean so good that I had to invent a word. They have a really nice charm to them.

Just fucking buy it. It's that simple. This is a Must Own Game.

[CmdrSlack]

I am on "shipment watch" for my local GameStop.  They said it would be in and ready to purchase "sometime after noon."

It's now noon fifty, and I am debating whether to just ride my bike down there since I have another errand to run in the same area OR keep calling till I know for sure it's in.

Since there's two gamestops within 5 blocks of my house, it's not too bad, I guess.  If I piss off the one, I just go to the other.

[Morfiend]

Just fucking buy it. It's that simple. This is a Must Own Game.

I wouldnt say its that good. I have about 3 hours played, and so far my feeling is, "Its pretty cool".

The graphics ARE good, but I have also experianced quite a few slowdowns. I get slowdowns almost every time I open a chest, also some other times.

The NPC interaction is ok so far, but not quite as good as I thought it would be.

That GOD DAMN TARGETTING SYSTEM. Thi is one of my main gripes with this game. It fucking keeps targetting friendly npcs in the middle of battle. I have done several escort quest, and I cant count the times I have clicked the target button and then my Lightning attack only to have my toon  pull a 180 and blast the npc I am trying to escort.

Also, that bastard guildmaster keeps telling me to build up my combat multiplier. IM TRYING YOU FUCK. They keep hitting me!!

My overall impression is: Its a fun RPG but it doesnt live up to the hype.

[schild]

Just fucking buy it. It's that simple. This is a Must Own Game.

I wouldnt say its that good. I have about 3 hours played, and so far my feeling is, "Its pretty cool".

Yet, you've gone all Blizzard fanboi on us. So I have reason to believe that your playstyle differs greatly.

I've gotten the combat multiplier up to 7. I think that guildmaster wants us to hit 10. Use the right analog stick to cycle through l-targeted people. Also, you only have to hit L-target once, if you hold it down it will go to the next closest thing after you kill an enemy - probably why you were targeting the escortees.

Anyway, Morphiends just upset because he can't handle the twitch. Ignore him. Go to EB, Peter Molyneux needs new performance upgrades for his Bugatti.

[Sky]

Hey, my ship status is changed from Hold to Open. Is that good? God I hate ebgames.com.

I saw the skull and crossbones and just thought it was a pirate drink. NOT MY FAULT MAN.

But why's the rum gone?

...I can't take time off work for games, my boss is also a gamer and knows when they come out...then again...he wasn't here all morning! The bastard!

[CmdrSlack]

Hey, my ship status is changed from Hold to Open. Is that good? God I hate ebgames.com.

I saw the skull and crossbones and just thought it was a pirate drink. NOT MY FAULT MAN.

But why's the rum gone?

...I can't take time off work for games, my boss is also a gamer and knows when they come out...then again...he wasn't here all morning! The bastard!

It's good to be the King.

[Morfiend]

I've gotten the combat multiplier up to 7. I think that guildmaster wants us to hit 10. Use the right analog stick to cycle through l-targeted people. Also, you only have to hit L-target once, if you hold it down it will go to the next closest thing after you kill an enemy - probably why you were targeting the escortees.

Anyway, Morphiends just upset because he can't handle the twitch. Ignore him. Go to EB, Peter Molyneux needs new performance upgrades for his Bugatti.

Yeah, I know WHY im targetting my escort, I just dont like the fact that I AM. I didnt know about the R-stick to change targets, that should help a lot.

Is any one else noticing the slowdowns Im talking about? Is my Xbox on the way out?

anyway, like I said, its good. Just not the holy grail some people have been claiming.

I have been thinking. My natural playstyle usually leades me to evil, not not totally evil, more like Neutral-Evil. I wonder if you get anything for staying neutral, or am I going to have to play one extreme or the other to get all the good stuff? Psychopath or Saint.


P.S. Anyone get any man love yet?

[schild]

I get no slowdown.

I'm playing the first time through straight (as in the first option they give for everything) but I'm also stealing from houses. I've killed one merchant to see if he'd drop all his wares. But, he was a traveling merchant and no one gives a shit about gypsies.

[MrHat]

What I can't shake is this feeling that Fable could have been 2x what it is now if it were designed for a PC.

[NewGuy]

What I can't shake is this feeling that Fable could have been 2x what it is now if it were designed for a PC.

Because it is true?

[schild]

I wouldn't want to play Fable on the PC. Too much twitch. It's almost Soul Caliber like in terms of combat. It belongs on a console.

[MrHat]

I wouldn't want to play Fable on the PC. Too much twitch. It's almost Soul Caliber like in terms of combat.

Can't believe you even compared them.

My current melee attack combo consists of X-X-X-X-X-X

[Merusk]

I wouldn't want to play Fable on the PC. Too much twitch. It's almost Soul Caliber like in terms of combat.

Can't believe you even compared them.

My current melee attack combo consists of X-X-X-X-X-X

With handicapping on my daughter owns me in SC2 with that exact combo.

Hell, she does it with a similar combo in Super Smash Brothers Melee without handicapping.  Damn you, Pikachu!

[murdoc]

So, I wracked up 5500 gold in fines in the first town I went to, and need to meet someone in said town.

Guess I'm going exploring to find the other 5000 gold I need just to go back to town.

No slowdowns that I've noticed, but I haven't played very much yet. Only had a couple targetting mishaps, the first being me nuking the tester at the Heroes Guild as I was getting tested on my Will skills.

He still gave me a A+ though, which I thought was decent for a guy I toasted a little.

[Koyasha]

I still can't decide whether to buy this one or not.  It irritates me that I understand there's no option to play a female character - and I even hear there's very little reason for it, as it would supposedly take little more than changing the dialogue.

I wonder why it is that some of the better RPG's have this huge glaring annoyance, at least for anyone who prefers female characters.  Planescape: Torment pissed me off because of that too.  Loved the game, but having to play as a guy annoyed me.

Oh, well.  I'll probably rent at least, and maybe buy it.  Just felt like I needed to gripe about that, since it's annoying, for an RPG.  Even lots of action-adventure games are giving a choice these days, for an RPG to not give one...kinda stupid for a game that by all reports I've heard is very, very open in all other aspects, letting you do whatever you want to with your character.

[schild]

Changing this game to be the story of a girl would be a monumental affair involving the changing of EVERYTHING including combat due to the skeletal movements of the male. It would be a different game and frankly, Lionhead was right in their decision. Women didn't "court" males back in the days of Fable. Men courted females, that's supposedly a big thing in the game (haven't gotten far enough to tell, even though I can sneer, flex, and flirt). Anyway, I don't think that asking for females is a gripe in this particular instance, it truly would be a different game altogether.

[Arcadian Del Sol]

Short and sweet: Fable is worth the retail price. Its not a Morrowind 2 because the game is clearly busted up into 'stages' or 'chapters' and for some of these stages, the moment you enter them, the Deus EXBox dude takes you by the scruffy parts and drags you to the quest that will end that chapter and says, "have at it, chump."

at which point you can spend the next month of your life specfically NOT having at it, and enjoying the game.

The quests are semi-dynamic. They are repetative, but you can self-dynamicize them by wagering part of your payment with great boasts. example: If an escort mission pays 500 gold, you can wager 200 for a payout of 600 to do the mission in your underpants. No, I'm not making that up. You can do the mission in your underpants for bonus gold and bonus reputation points.

For those who are waiting to hear it: yes - this game has a Black & White style tutorial that consists of the entire first three 'chapters' of the game, and anytime you want to replay, you get to take this manatory tutorial all over again. There, happy now?

The art and story-telling is "Shrek Style" - meaning, its clearly done in a 'nursery rhyme, fairy tale' kind of way, but some of the aspects and features tilt up and aim at a higher demographic. For example, the game is full of morality tales to children about how to be good human beings, and then it immediately makes a left turn and you're kicking some dead guy's head around like a soccer ball.

And the stats include things like how much sex you've had, and breaks it down on a gender-to-gender basis.

My character is  in his early 20's I estimate now and I'm aiming for a heroic warrior with a dash or two of rogue thief. Basically, I do good deeds in order to spend those karma points on stealing things from villager's homes. I mean, who wants horns right?

As a result, my character is becoming strong as an ox, but maintaining his lean, archer-like figure (due to having very fast reflexes and very high guile). I'm also becoming pale because I find night time to be the best time to steal things and to see bonus items on the ground from long distances (some items glow, you see). Result: I'm not getting sunlight exposure, so I'm turning into an albino fighter-thief.

and I have a gryphon tattoed on my chest that makes the ladies purr when I'm shirtless in the tavern.[/b]

[Arcadian Del Sol]

I wouldn't want to play Fable on the PC. Too much twitch. It's almost Soul Caliber like in terms of combat.

Can't believe you even compared them.

My current melee attack combo consists of X-X-X-X-X-X

maybe you should parry a little.

[Sky]

Goddamned EB. I'll get Fable on monday.

[MrHat]

I wouldn't want to play Fable on the PC. Too much twitch. It's almost Soul Caliber like in terms of combat.

Can't believe you even compared them.

My current melee attack combo consists of X-X-X-X-X-X

maybe you should parry a little.

There's no need.

Don't get me wrong, I'm loving this game, really like the magic sounds and the way I go 'hey, that's cool'.  I just don't think it's fair to compair the combat to Soul Caliber - the greatest fighter game ever created.

[Tairnyn]

Just fucking buy it. It's that simple. This is a Must Own Game.

Would you consider the game (and the rest of them, I suppose) worth investing in an XBox?

I'm tempted, but I fear Rome Total War will come out and then I'll never touch the console again.

[Shannow]

Just fucking buy it. It's that simple. This is a Must Own Game.

Would you consider the game (and the rest of them, I suppose) worth investing in an XBox?

I'm tempted, but I fear Rome Total War will come out and then I'll never touch the console again.

One week from today....

veni vidi vici!

[Morfiend]

Just fucking buy it. It's that simple. This is a Must Own Game.

Would you consider the game (and the rest of them, I suppose) worth investing in an XBox?

I'm tempted, but I fear Rome Total War will come out and then I'll never touch the console again.

I would consider buying an Xbox for KOTOR and Beyond Good and Evil probably before buying one for Fable. But if you do buy one, you can get all of them. yay.