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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!

I wasn't referring ot the dodgy Far Cry console rip. I just find it hard to believe that the general opinion from game reviewers is that Fable is just an average >> good RPG that falls way short of what was expected.

You must be the first person to say it is the best game of this generation.

Knights - bored the hell out of me.
Riddick - was good but not THAT good.
Xenosaga - intrests me about as much as a punch in the face.
Far Cry - Looks good but hasn't been released yet and I very much doubt it'll be better than Fable
Disgaea - See Xenosaga

More so than Riddick? Knights of the Old Republic? Far Cry? Xenosaga? Disgea?

Erm...

I think Fable is, story wise, just as long as most RPGs. What it doesn't do, is force you to spend ages running around and levelling up before you're strong enough to progress to the next bit.

Thats where most RPGs make up the game time. Its not that the story and stuff goes on forever, they just have you running around the same areas for hours, levelling up your character for ages so you can finally stand a chance against the next boss.

You can do that in Fable, but its not something thats forced. I'm more like Tilt on this game - I can spend ages just enjoying the community atmosphere in the game. Instead of running around the same bit of countryside and talking to boring, broken record style villagers, I can just stay in South Bowerstone (which I've pretty much chosen as my hometown) and just do stuff there, like take the wife to the tavern and maybe five finger discount a few things from peoples houses.

No RPG has ever really done that before - not even Morrowind. Theres plenty of freedom in Morrowind, but the people living in the towns are exactly the most intelligent. Last night I went into Bowerstone tavern with the wife again and some girl started coming onto me - the wife saw her do it and had a right go at her "Oi !! You leave my man alone you tart !!" ;-))

indubitively

Noooooooooooo!

Best single player game of this generation of consoles.

So you think Fable is the best game of all time?

I was mainly referring to this generation of consoles, I'll wait till I've completed it to decide on OOT.

Yep, mainly because you can get away with all the stuff you couldn't in OOT. :D

> OOT?