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"Fable"

What do you guys think of it? It should be the best RPG ever made, I can't wait to play it. It's worth buying an Xbox for Fable alone.

The only thing wrong with the start of Morrowind is your accuracy with weapons.


I can see how people would be put off by the ridiculous idea that you can stand next to someone swinging your sword, and only actually hit 5% of the time.

I'm the last person in the world to give a monkey's about RPG beardy crap and pixies and stupid gay bears, but it's the lack of that stuff that I liked about Morrowind.
But horses for courses and all that.

I'm not going near Fable for the simple reason that Molyneaux hyped Black and White with the exact same things "ever changing lands" "developing character over time he *actually bears the marks of battle*" etc and it turned out to be little more than an enjoyable Tamagotchi game ruined with micro-management.

Anything with Molyneaux's name on gets warning bells from me.

Goatboy wrote:

> It takes time to get into. Which you can either want to do or not, but
> it's not boring.

Granted i'd have liked to kill people from stage 1, but it's not just that. I find the setting dull, I'm not into all the beardy speak and leveling up and all that kind of stuff. I'm sure it's good if you like painting models of orks and controlling army's of wood elves at the weekend, but it's just not my type of thing.

Fable looks sweet though.

Morrowind is dull if you are an ass and expect to be casting spells and wiping out anything in the first few hours of playing. Fable will annoy you too because it'll take time to get into, time to start approaching anything like proficient and handy.

Morrowind starts you off on a boat with no clue as to what to do, weak as a newborn and unprepared for anything.
Give it time and you'll be nails-hard, feared and respected in towns and able to do anything you want to.
There's no stats or owt in it, combat isn't turned-based, you dont have to faff about comparing attack+45 skill or anything like that.

I spent my first 3 days in Seeyda Neen (1st town) pearl diving (earned almost 1,000) and running errands for people. By the time I had explored the areas, helping out people on the way and accepting little jobs, I was a lot tougher than I was at the start.
By the time I hit Balmora, I was already saddled with a reputation and they loved me.

You can't just start off attacking people/things/creatures because you'll get dead/arrested.
It takes time to get into. Which you can either want to do or not, but it's not boring.

If it turns out like they'll hyping it up to be then i'll poo myself with happy.

Highly unlikely though, but from what i've seen it's looking damn nice. Just hope they don't go down the same road that Morrowind goes down and just make it too dull.

Well, Peter Molyneux is in charge of development, and he rarely fails to deliver. The screenshots look amazing, the world of Albion looks like a perfect setting for an RPG, it features vast environments and a unique character development system. I have heard that everyones character will turn out different.

Maverick42 wrote:
> But lets not forget that another game from these production studios
> promised so much, yet failed to deliver; the overly hyped and
> disappointing Black & White.

Fable is being developed by Big Blue Box - An independant developer who was'nt involved in Black and White.

Lionhead are just publishing the game.

If it turns out like they say it will, it'll be the best damn game ever. But it's unlikely it will *completely* match up to that.

If it turns out to be how they say it'll be, Fable will be the perfect for me.

*fingers crossed*

It looks class, it sounds class and I think it'll be better than class. But lets not forget that another game from these production studios promised so much, yet failed to deliver; the overly hyped and disappointing Black & White.