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Is Fable really worth getting taking into consideration the next few months?

I have the DS on pre-order, Halo 2 and Prince of Persia 2 on pre-order, my US PS'TWO' arriving this week with KillZone, GTA San Andreas and Xenosaga 2 on pre-order as well as Metal Gear 3 and Gran Turismo 4.

I don't want any 'ums' or 'ahhs', I just want a straight forward, honest, quick and dirty paragraph to sum up the game, both pros and cons and whether or not you actually think it is worth getting.

Cheers!

Is Fable really worth getting taking into consideration the next few months?

I have the DS on pre-order, Halo 2 and Prince of Persia 2 on pre-order, my US PS'TWO' arriving this week with KillZone, GTA San Andreas and Xenosaga 2 on pre-order as well as Metal Gear 3 and Gran Turismo 4.

I don't want any 'ums' or 'ahhs', I just want a straight forward, honest, quick and dirty paragraph to sum up the game, both pros and cons and whether or not you actually think it is worth getting.

Cheers!

in a word yes. great game started off easy and progressed well, im 7 hours in and its been real fun but i only really got it as a halo 2 gap filler so what do i know!

It is on my list of games to get, but not immediately. It isn't a long game, 10-12 hours at most seemingly. Do you like RPGs much? Black & White style? Because that is to a degree, what Fable is like. It has received a lot of good review, because it is really good. Knowing your penchant for spending vast amounts of money, I'd say get it, beat it over the weekend and then trade in/return it soon after. This isn't a Morrowind type game where you need to spend 4 straight months playing it just to get to the good bits.

Big fan of RPG's, just get the feeling this is more of a gimmic thatn anything else.

I'd say yes, it's worth it - but after my initial play on Friday, I haven't gone back to it and don't feel compelled to.

Just buy it from GAME and return it within the 7 (or however many) days.

I really like it. Been playing for like 10-12 hours and i havent even got around to doing most of the stuff. When slawter came over my house last night we got my character absolutely rat arsed. Muchos fun. :D

Let's put it this way.

I had plans to go out this weekend, but instead I've clocked up 24 hours play on Fable. That's the longest time I've spent on a game in a very long time, even Wind Waker didn't have me hooked for that long in such a short space of time.

I guess it all comes down to what sort of gamer you are, me I could just spend hours and hours messing around with the communities and levelling up my character with not a single thought going to the missions or the storyline.

If you're looking for a quick fix though it also caters for that, Hedfix has shown that the game can be completed in 11 hours, probably quicker.

Anyway, I love it. Definetly the best single player game on Xbox so far and I've still got a long way to go. Not to mention I'll be playing it through numerous times to try out different methods and tactics and stuff.

Just don't go expecting a straight forward RPG.

I agree. i didn't go to church yesterday thanks to this game!!

I can't rent or buy PAL games so I either buy to keep or don't buy it.

Cheers for the opinions. Will probably go ahead and get it before Xenosaga 2 is released.

It's region-free.

A UK copy should work in your US machine - it works the other way round anyway.