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IGN: Fable Legends Forgets What Made Fable Great
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I agree with this notion.
SEGAvangelist
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Isn't Fable II the best selling Fable anyway?
I think Fable 2 was GOTY worthy SHUT UP
That's a perfectly valid opinion. I might not quite share it, but Fable II was indeed a genuinely great game.
One with expansion was fantastic, a shame they progressively got worse with each sequel. I agree that this game looks worse as a Fable title. A shame MS had to bury this franchise to the ground after the first.
I dunno, as an RPG, I thought the story and characters were terrible to nonexistant, and as an Action game, the questing boring and linear and the combat too easy. I'll never be able to see how Fable is a great game.
The Last Wizard
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I liked 1,2 and 3. I wish they would've just made a 4. I had my eye on this game but the d and d style demo really turned me off.
I'm actually kind of optimistic about this one. Probably the color pallet and the 4 player instance dungeons in an ARPG setting. I've been wanting something to scratch my PSO itch since PSO (I even got hard into PSU somehow).
I mean, the reality is it will probably suck, but at least I can try it for free first?
That said, I have no allegience to Fable. never played one. don't have time for RPGs anymore.
I mean, the reality is it will probably suck, but at least I can try it for free first?
That said, I have no allegience to Fable. never played one. don't have time for RPGs anymore.
NullPointer
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Fable 2 was amazing, and had both a gorgeous world to explore filled with bandits and creatures and hidden treasures, it also had heart and soul in terms of personal interactions, and how you could play with them. There's also nothing else out there like it.
That's probably my favorite "happy place" game ever, where you could play as a an actual hero (and not just a different flavor of anti-hero), and yeah, where Fable 3 dropped the ball on almost everything I loved about the series, Fable Legends doesn't even have a spark of it.
It could still be a fun time on its own, but I wouldn't look to it for what drew me into the series.
That's probably my favorite "happy place" game ever, where you could play as a an actual hero (and not just a different flavor of anti-hero), and yeah, where Fable 3 dropped the ball on almost everything I loved about the series, Fable Legends doesn't even have a spark of it.
It could still be a fun time on its own, but I wouldn't look to it for what drew me into the series.
Phreakuency
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Agree on none of the series being 'great'.
1 was above average and suffered from being a major disappointment to what we were all expecting.
2 was very good imo. One of the better games I remember from last gen. Played through it all, got all the hidden gargoyles, just a brilliant game, world and feel to it all.
3 was above average and surprisingly not up to the quality of 2. Felt cheap and tacky.
Legends looks terrible. Seriously I thought the proper gameplay shown looked like a typical f2p type effort and the top down controlling the enemy stuff was just a mess of an idea and looked like a mobile game.
Biggest disappointment (from what was shown) of the show for me.
1 was above average and suffered from being a major disappointment to what we were all expecting.
2 was very good imo. One of the better games I remember from last gen. Played through it all, got all the hidden gargoyles, just a brilliant game, world and feel to it all.
3 was above average and surprisingly not up to the quality of 2. Felt cheap and tacky.
Legends looks terrible. Seriously I thought the proper gameplay shown looked like a typical f2p type effort and the top down controlling the enemy stuff was just a mess of an idea and looked like a mobile game.
Biggest disappointment (from what was shown) of the show for me.
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The PSO itch really does need a scratching.
Yeah, not feeling it yet.
I played the other Fable games to explore the world, tolerating the middling combat and presentation. I'll be happy to try Legends out, but what I really want from Fable is a big world to explore how I like and some better story-driven campaigns that I could play SP or MP.
There was an interview with Lionhead a few months back where they said they are making Legends so they could build all types of games off of it. Hopefully they are working on some other types now and not just banking on this MP stuff for the first season.
I'm fine with the seasonal approach.
I played the other Fable games to explore the world, tolerating the middling combat and presentation. I'll be happy to try Legends out, but what I really want from Fable is a big world to explore how I like and some better story-driven campaigns that I could play SP or MP.
There was an interview with Lionhead a few months back where they said they are making Legends so they could build all types of games off of it. Hopefully they are working on some other types now and not just banking on this MP stuff for the first season.
I'm fine with the seasonal approach.
Guys guys guys...this will always be the best Fable:
The series has always been incredibly easy compared to the average game. For that, I think having a dungeon master "villain" will make for some interesting gaming that hasn't really been done on consoles.
I'm excited about the shift towards having players be the enemy force, through gameplay that differs from what the "good guys" are playing. Between this, Zombi U's versus mode, and Mario Party 10's gamepad controlled Bowser, I welcome our player driven overlord.
The series has always been incredibly easy compared to the average game. For that, I think having a dungeon master "villain" will make for some interesting gaming that hasn't really been done on consoles.
I'm excited about the shift towards having players be the enemy force, through gameplay that differs from what the "good guys" are playing. Between this, Zombi U's versus mode, and Mario Party 10's gamepad controlled Bowser, I welcome our player driven overlord.
licktheenvelope
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... 2 was a bigger letdown than 1, imo.
preach it antitrop!
I downloaded a PSO2 translation patch and scratched that itch last year.
Wolfgunblood Garopa
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I just don't get what Lionhead is doing with Fable.
staticneuron
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I had no hype or expectations for the first fable so I remember enjoying Fable 1 and Fable 2. I haven't played Fable 3 but alot of comments about that game seem to make me want to avoid that title. I understand though what the OP is saying. Legends looks like a genre shift and I would also lose interest in the series if it did. But I wouldn't call myself a diehard fan, just someone who thought the first 2 fables were enjoyable.
The game is very evolve esque in my eyes. You can be the villain( evolve monster) or the players. It's a double edged sword branding it as fable. You get the brand recognition but you also get people wanting the normal fable.
As long as the game is like 15 bucks per season or FTP with transactions, I'll give it a go.
As long as the game is like 15 bucks per season or FTP with transactions, I'll give it a go.
Yeah I'm actually more interested in Legends than I ever was for any other Fable game.
At the very least I think it looks freaking amazing. A lot of times during the demo it felt like I was watching Shrek run in real time. And I mean a very distant and fond memory of Shrek, because it probably hasn't aged that well and I haven't watched it in a while
SEGAvangelist
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Twitch will be streaming gameplay in about an hour.
Completely agree with this. The series is pretty awful.
Xbox twitch?
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British farts?
DidntKnowJack
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::shrug::
I loved Fable 2 and about 80% of Fable 3.
At any rate, I have to agree with the thrust of this article and it really makes me wonder who in the hell would want to play a Fable game solely for its multi-player. (Though I admit ignorance of this game, is there any single player component?)
anexanhume
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Fable 1-3 were decent, simple ARPGs. I haven't been remotely interested in the series since then. Doesn't look like that will change.
Admiral Bone to Pick
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Angry Joe's "Why Fable III Sucks"
The Fable series represents a lot of what I hate about modern western development. It overpromises and then underdelivers with linear, dumbed down gameplay that's often far too easy.
The Fable series represents a lot of what I hate about modern western development. It overpromises and then underdelivers with linear, dumbed down gameplay that's often far too easy.
Pretty much this. Though I did enjoy Fable 1 at the time, I think it was hurt more by unrealistic expectations rather than any real flaw in the game itself.
Yup. All 3 games were hindered by reaching behind their grasp and not paying attention to what few things actually made Fable interesting to play. Fable was always a B tier RPG, turning it into a multiplayer dungeon crawler isn't going to change that.
LiLSnorpSnorp
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Am I the only one who adored fable the lost chapters? 
Flintty
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I want to be excited for Fable Legends but I'm not feeling it. Multiplayer is all well and good but I want to go on a story driven adventure with my fully customisable hero. I want to be able to change my play style from mele to magic whenever I want and I want a big world to explore. All of this with the usual British humour.
The Xbox One was a perfect opportunity for Lionhead to finally realise the original Fable dream. Why haven't they done it? My wife, perhaps a bigger Fable fan than me, also agrees.
The Xbox One was a perfect opportunity for Lionhead to finally realise the original Fable dream. Why haven't they done it? My wife, perhaps a bigger Fable fan than me, also agrees.
Lucent
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Summed it up nicely.
SirMossyBloke
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Loved fable 2. Fable 3 was one of the worst games of last gen. Not surprised this looks like shit.
This this this. Dammit Phil!
GuitarAtomik
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"This spin off of a game isn't like the main series and it bums me out even though I enjoyed it."
I'll never understand this line of criticism. Enjoy it (or don't) for what it is. If this was the proper sequel to the main line of Fable, they would probably have called it Fable 4.
I'll never understand this line of criticism. Enjoy it (or don't) for what it is. If this was the proper sequel to the main line of Fable, they would probably have called it Fable 4.
Those were my exact thoughts, an opportunity to make the Fable game we've always been promised. Who asked for this?
I loved Fable 2, any mention of fable makes me want to play it again. Also Fable 4 would have been a great post-launch title for the xbox one.
Isn't that what people want from Fable...
SmokedMeat
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The only Fable I truly enjoyed (loved even) was the second title. So really, the franchise as a whole isn't so hot, and this latest Legends game was another disappointment for me. I'd rather see a proper Fable 4.
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