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IGN Fable Review (GMR OWNED!!!)
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Disco Stu said:
Actually i do distinctly remember them calling it free roaming at one point, but that was back before they really thought about the game and they still had the player planting seeds all over the land.
I agree though free roaming worlds are hardly something to be talked up, great for MMORPGs maybe but they lead to sparsley populated lands with nothing to do but roam...hardly contusive with an action orientated game.
deadhorse32
Bad Art
Ha the hype about planting stuff and coming back YEARS later and to see the trees growing.
ONLY THE XBOX AND HIS WONDERFUL HDD CAN ALLOW THIS.
"If you plant 1000 seeds, and you come back later There is a big forest and it grows SO BIG YOUR XBOX EXPLODE"
-Jeffry McWild ( not a exact quote but you get the point )
ONLY THE XBOX AND HIS WONDERFUL HDD CAN ALLOW THIS.
"If you plant 1000 seeds, and you come back later There is a big forest and it grows SO BIG YOUR XBOX EXPLODE"
-Jeffry McWild ( not a exact quote but you get the point )
IJoel said:
Here's the thing: If you're looking to explore aimlessly for hours upon hours, well, you're doing it in the wrong game. That's my point: Albion is a well-inhabited world -- it's pretty much all settled and you're not going to be wandering all that much.
Fable is about building a hero. It's not about being Lewis and Clark mapping uncharted territories.
PSO is an odd comparison, because that was self-contained dungeons. fable is like many/most RPGs of this generation -- you go from area to area connected by paths; it's not a world, per se. if you played FFX or star ocean 3 (which, erm, isn't out yet either, but) you have the general idea.
Well, I think a lot of people were expecting a large, seamless world on the level of something like Grand Theft Auto. I guess I can't name names, but it seems like the press hasn't really been shy about hyping it up as the GTA of RPGs.
Is it sort of like Zelda: OOT? (edit: In terms of how areas are connected and strung together)
Is it sort of like Zelda: OOT? (edit: In terms of how areas are connected and strung together)
Disco Stu said:
Oh man. I don't want to know.
Well, from the stuff that was described (not too long ago) you could influence trade and market values for various items to your advantage, buy things for your house, etc...
My point was more that they provide distractions that aren't tied specifically to being a hero.
They talked Fable up as being free-roaming, but I had a feeling there would be "paths" through forest and fields and shit like that. To be honest, I prefer that, since I have some odd fascination with collecting everything and I end up spending hours upon hours in one area just to make sure I got it all. It's just more focused and better, all around, for enjoyable gaming.
i think xian nailed it when he cited FFX. like an RPG, there are areas to explore, and roads(basically outdoor dungeons with off the beaten path chests strewn about) that connect one big area to the next. but it's hardly vast -- morrowind this is not. and thank god for that.
i think my disappointment with fable came when i discovered that the process of aging is artificially induced through finishing chapters. i mean, i wasn't crushed, but it basically reset my expectations.
i think my disappointment with fable came when i discovered that the process of aging is artificially induced through finishing chapters. i mean, i wasn't crushed, but it basically reset my expectations.
Wellington
BAAAALLLINNN'
chespace said:
...!?
Jesus. The more I hear the less I like. :|
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
Member
Well, you also age a lot faster if you use magic often. From the IGN review: "In the span of 20 game days, when using magic heavily, you will easily reach the max age of 65 (at which point you just stop growing older). It's meant to represent the strain of using magic, but it's far too severe and could keep some folks from using magic as much as they should, which is a shame."
Mega Man's Electric Sheep
Member
I didn't live up to everything my parents expected, but I bet they'd give ME a 9.3
I think at some point, you have to stop thinking about what could have been there and just enjoy what IS there. If you like what is there, it gets a high score. Seems simple to me.
I think at some point, you have to stop thinking about what could have been there and just enjoy what IS there. If you like what is there, it gets a high score. Seems simple to me.
BlackTyrano
Member
Please don't tell you're saying this game's world is as linear as the one in FFX, a game likely to be the most pathetically linear and limited Japanese RPG ever to be released(as far as the world/fields/dungeons go).
Damn has this gen ruined exploration in RPGs forever or what?
Damn has this gen ruined exploration in RPGs forever or what?
Optimistic
Member
Hmm, I'm not too sure about Fable. I think with a game this hyped, I'd be better of waiting to hear the impressions from those who buy it on this and other boards. On the other hand, it DOES sound like the reviewer enjoyed the game immensely, after getting over the fact that it has had so many features dropped. But I'll have to wait until I hear first hand impressions before I decide whether that's the case. I hope it is. I need me a good action rpg.
As for the linearity...it's a bit of a disappointment, but disco stu put it into perspective. I don't like the sound of those load times, though.
As for the linearity...it's a bit of a disappointment, but disco stu put it into perspective. I don't like the sound of those load times, though.
i agree. i certainly didn't care that my character was aging. who wants to age?Disco Stu said:
i just want to play a fun-ass RPG with interesting shit to do and a cool story. fable has most of that stuff. just some of it isn't as fully executed as it should be.
MEH
buy/rent and play the game. otherwise move on with your life right now. these threads are getting mega-redundant now.
Optimistic
Member
They were mega redundant three years ago. It's just like watching the same thread in reruns for the last three years.
"MolYElynx sux!11", "The fftaures are dropped!1", "even though I have no intention of buying this game, I'm disappointed!", "I own a Nintendo system, and the rpg genre is non existent! I must FITE the praise rpgs get on other systems!!". etc.
"MolYElynx sux!11", "The fftaures are dropped!1", "even though I have no intention of buying this game, I'm disappointed!", "I own a Nintendo system, and the rpg genre is non existent! I must FITE the praise rpgs get on other systems!!". etc.
I think a 9.3 is closer to how much I'm going to enjoy Fable. Seems that way. I like practically everything I hear about the game.
But how is GMR owned? That doesn't make any sense. For one, I thought we couldn't "trust" IGN, let alone Hilary? What if GamePro were to give Fable perfect 5s? I suppose GamePro would therefore own IGN. Or are we cool with IGN again?
But how is GMR owned? That doesn't make any sense. For one, I thought we couldn't "trust" IGN, let alone Hilary? What if GamePro were to give Fable perfect 5s? I suppose GamePro would therefore own IGN. Or are we cool with IGN again?
Kcerrid 31
Member
Wow, it looks like Fable's quickly becoming the Matrix Reloaded of the Video Game world. I just hope that the die hard fans can at least get some joy out of it and take the game at face value. Also keep in mind that games like this happen every generation toward the end of a platform's lifetime, you know those games that push current hardware to its limit.
We saw this with Super mario 3 on Nes, we saw it with Donkey Kong Country on Snes, Gunstar Heroes on Genesis, and on and on......
This game is mainly a prelude for things to come next Gen. and I, for one, am all for it (Random turn-based style battles can go straight to hell as far as I'm concerned)
We saw this with Super mario 3 on Nes, we saw it with Donkey Kong Country on Snes, Gunstar Heroes on Genesis, and on and on......
This game is mainly a prelude for things to come next Gen. and I, for one, am all for it (Random turn-based style battles can go straight to hell as far as I'm concerned)
Optimistic
Member
P90 said:
The nail in the coffin is that your character will look old if he uses magic? OH NOS THE GAME IS TEH BRokEN!111 Hahahahaha, get the hell out of here.
ManDudeChild
Member
Kcerrid 31 said:
The difference of course being that I think we can all agree that each of the titles you've listed above were indeed among the best of the best.
Optimistic
Member
And from all reports Fable sounds like it's at least a very good action rpg. Even though many of the features originally planned have eben left out, it's still doing more than any other console rpg yet, in terms of innovation and originality.
Kcerrid 31
Member
Speevy said:
OK that's it!! It's quotes like this one that make this thread become more and more silly, like someone said, trying to find something NOT to like about the game. For everyone posting here, it should be mandated by all mods that everyone at least try this game out and post a short review.
I remember a poster a while back was claiming he owned an Xbox, but was owned to high heaven so badly by a mod, he now resides in an insane asylum (poor soul). So, if you're going to judge, you gotta play the game as well (It's gonna be BIG FUN once GTA SA is released)
Two things came to mind after reading this:
1: After hyping up this game so much the past few years, how could IGN be expected to give it less than a 9.x score?
2: The people here on gaming-age are so psychologically weak that they need to do anything they can to convince themselves that this game is good. I.E. this review negates the "negative" (as if an 8 is a bad score, but after being hyped up for years they couldn't expect anything less than a 10) GMR score. For most people I'd say this rhetorical war over whether Fable is a "good" game or not won't even affect anyone who plays the game but is only used as fodder in this rhetorical console war on the internet. This goes not only for Fable but for all big games and systems ever released. Seriously people, if you want to convince yourself that this is a good/bad game then you can do it to yourself and not have to start pointless threads on a videogame forum. But I suppose that there must be so many people out there with this condition that, as they say, "birds of a flock fly together" and that if you repeat anything long enough, it will become the truth. I'm not pro or anti-Fable but I'm sick of all these stupid Fable threads in which people are using the words of gaming publications as ammunition in some lame war and what people should be doing is reserving judgement until they play the game for themselves and then they can see what it's like for themselves.
1: After hyping up this game so much the past few years, how could IGN be expected to give it less than a 9.x score?
2: The people here on gaming-age are so psychologically weak that they need to do anything they can to convince themselves that this game is good. I.E. this review negates the "negative" (as if an 8 is a bad score, but after being hyped up for years they couldn't expect anything less than a 10) GMR score. For most people I'd say this rhetorical war over whether Fable is a "good" game or not won't even affect anyone who plays the game but is only used as fodder in this rhetorical console war on the internet. This goes not only for Fable but for all big games and systems ever released. Seriously people, if you want to convince yourself that this is a good/bad game then you can do it to yourself and not have to start pointless threads on a videogame forum. But I suppose that there must be so many people out there with this condition that, as they say, "birds of a flock fly together" and that if you repeat anything long enough, it will become the truth. I'm not pro or anti-Fable but I'm sick of all these stupid Fable threads in which people are using the words of gaming publications as ammunition in some lame war and what people should be doing is reserving judgement until they play the game for themselves and then they can see what it's like for themselves.