Fable III

Got it last night. So far so good. Playing a lute and flirting while dressed like a chicken is comedy gold.

So how is it compared to the other games. I though they were...average. Does it actually open up a bit in the field now? Are interactions still shallow? Is it worth the money or should I just wait? Consider that I have about 9 complete(40 hour+) runs of Dragon Age under my belt. I want a new fantasy RPG, but the last two have not really done it for me, so I am borderline on getting this one.

Do we ever get to mete out sweet, savage justice on Reaver or does he keep hiding behind cutscenes throughout the entire game?

I have to say I like how this game runs a lot smoother than Fable 2 did. I kinda miss having the menu for interactions with people though.

Yeah, I didn't like him that much either. And if he's doing all of the stuff he's apparently doing in the game, I'm gonna put my foot down at bulldozing a large portion of the city just to put in more factories. Screw his support.

Do we ever get to mete out sweet, savage justice on Reaver or does he keep hiding behind cutscenes throughout the entire game?

No.

I can just imagine the tagline for IV: "You get to batter reaver to death with his own spine!"

^Screw that. They'd better make a DLC dedicated to humiliating him in increasingly painful ways before running him through a wheat thresher.

But he's played by Stephen Fry! You can't hurt Stephen Fry!

I'll be able to play this soon as my little brother is buying it. My mother doesn't seem to understand it's not age appropriate. It's making me feel all nostalgic for the first game.

I just finished my first playthrough last night. I enjoyed Fable II, and there are some things I like about this one, too. My overall impression, however?

Fuck this game.

Why?

I played through it a first time, then found out that there is a bad ending. Being the awesome, Lawful Good ruler of an almost empty country is very unpleasant. So I decided to do another play-through where I'll get enough money to finance my policies in the king phase. It's really annoying if you screw up, or rush to the end of the main quest.

What I don't get is how Logan was so incompetent that even taxing the citizens to oblivion and granting that bastard Reaver free reign to scrape up what was left that he couldn't raise more than 400,000 over five years. I got 1250% of that through real estate in the indeterminate-but-implied-to-be-short time it took me to set up the rebellion.

I know tyrants are more often than not inefficient, but that was just incompetent.

edited 2nd Nov '10 3:44:35 PM by Geostomp

So is it even worth renting? And hows the multi-player?

I'd say that it's not worth the $60 price tag, but is an enjoyable game.

I started a new playthough after becoming King, as I didn't feel like raising all that money at once and, on my current playthough, I'm building my real estate empire as I go. I'm enjoying this game though. The only complaints I have though are:

1. Small Glitches

2. Only being able to see your entire inventory at pawn shops

3. Too many balverines.

On the other hand, the Sanctuary works great, and I no longer have to return to the wife every five seconds without running the risk of getting divorced.

edited 2nd Nov '10 7:56:18 AM by lrrose

I'm loving it.

I don't remember if balverines were quite as big of a pain in the sitting parts before this game, but the fact that I can't seem to go two steps without running into a pack with two white ones bugs me almost as much as those damn giant mercs throwing bombs at me.

edit: I gotta agree about that inventory complaint. I realize that Lionhead was going out of their way to eliminate menus, but they seem to have forgotten why menus existed in the first place.

edited 2nd Nov '10 10:35:49 AM by Geostomp

The removal of menus and the such(RPG elements) is kind of what's preventing me from getting this game. It sounds like they've stripped it down too much. Oh, and the glitches. Seems like more testing was needed.

But is Reaver really in this game? If so I might have to reconsider, that guy was the best thing about Fable 2.

He's in, but he's somehow become an even bigger jackass and remains completely smug and untouchable then entire time.

I can't get enough of the "Fart Intimidation".

You grab someone by the head, saying something like, "Put your nose here!", then fart for 20 seconds in their face. You then let them go, and give one final blast in their face as they convulsively stagger - then they faint.

He better be killable come next game, I want to set him on fire then impale him on a sword then kick him down a mountain that ends with him being impaled on spikes made of lightning. Or something to that effect.

I'd like the option to kill him, turn him into a Hollow Man, then bring in a bunch of other Hollow Men to kill him repeatedly for all eternity. He still keeps his immortality, he just pays for it this time.

\DEARLY.

I'd be satisfied with tossing him to the Shadow Court so that they can enact all sorts of unimaginable demonic magic-based punishments for us.

It couldn't happen to a nicer guy.

I find Reaver one of the most amusing characters in WRPG history, I'd hate for him to die. I may have to look into this game now knowing he's in and dickish as ever, thanks!

edited 2nd Nov '10 4:51:13 PM by Vertigo_High

Actually he's dickish in wholly unamusing ways. His introductory scene shows just how depraved he is very well.