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"First impressions of Fable..."

Nice graphics, nice setting, easy combat, lots of farmer accents.

So far I like, it all feels very Terry Pratchet/Harry potter. Mainly because of the accents, still cool game so far.

I got my guy an oriental moustache and everyone keeps calling him ugly. I swear the next person to laugh at him is gonna get my katana sword up their jacksey. Everyone keeps calling me Chicken Chaser for some reason, probably because I keep punting them around everywhere.

I've tried to hold back on killing people for no real reason so far, god knows I came close to killing one guy though as he just wouldn't shut up about fishing. Instead I farted at him and stole his bed for the night, tried flirting with him also but he just laughed at me.

The world's a lot bigger than I expected, haven't actually come across any villages yet as I've been mainly kicking bandits asses in the woods.

Still, I like so far.

Fair enough.

However I seem to remember you having a fondness for BG:DA and if you look upon Fable as being the successor to that sort of RPG it really is a great little title.

But it really isn't.

You must realise I'm not comparing Fable to these games - I just think it's rubbish.

Fable = The new BG:DA. Fun but not exactly challenging.

Morrowind = A great game for those with patience to play it for a few hours to become a tougher character. If you don't have the skill or ingenuity to work out other ways to survive (Spells, thieving etc) then you should stick to the difficult task of breathing that takes up so muchof your concentration.

KOTOR = Too damn easy on normal, most of the combat options are wasted as your characters pwn anything with a bit of foresight and the odd concussion grenade. I'll go back through on hard at some point to see if it's better.

ALL GREAT GAMES

Snap. I'm enjoying playing it through also.

I don't know why all the insultion...

Like the new word I just made up? I'm still playing Fable and loving it. I'm not rushing to do the missions 'cos I'm having too much fun slaying bandits and earning experience points. And I'll still be playing it in the new year.

Dolores I wrote:
> Your Honour wrote:
> I don't generally like RPG's, as I'm not some beardy geek who will
> quite happily spend 100 hours + on Final Fantasy or Morrowind (which
> you do have to do to be able to kill a rat).


Have you played Neverwinter Nights? Thats a class RPG.

Your Honour wrote:
> I don't generally like RPG's, as I'm not some beardy geek who will
> quite happily spend 100 hours + on Final Fantasy or Morrowind (which
> you do have to do to be able to kill a rat).

Or maybe 5 minutes?

I was under the impression that it was supposed to be for the casual gamer (gah - I hate that term, but couldn't think of anything better), which is why the combat was basic, as was the levelling up system too....

Possibly - but Fable was never meant to be that was it?

Hype aside, it's lovely looking and has some great tocuhes, but really, it's a poor excuse for a 'Main Xbox Title' kinda game.