Fable III
 

Well at the M$ conference this morning they announced Fable III comming late 2010. Eurogamers article on it - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fable-iii-preview

First Trailer - http://www.eurogamer.net/videos/fabl...ment-trailer-2 (Not very intresting though)

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Shame, I wanted a couple more extensions to Fable 11.:(

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It looked like there was going to be but its apparently just the same game released in 5 episodes. Strange move this far into a games life I think.

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Yeah, I agree w/ u icestar.

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It's a rip. Its like (or is!) Games On Demand for £19.99 - games that you can buy at retail or tinternet for £5 to £10

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Out Friday. I've got the special wotsit edition pre-ordered.


http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-...critic-reviews

A selection...

CVG - 9.2/10

gamesradar - 9/10

gameinformer - 9/10

IGN - 8.5/10

1UP - B+

joystiq - 4/5

Eurogamer - 8/10

GiantBomb - 3/5

Destructoid - 5.5/10

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Game dispatched my copy yesterday for some reason. Either a mistake or instructions for Royal Mail to hold it up.

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Just ordered. Hope its good as there so much choice at the moment am finding it difficult to decide what to get and what to leave for a while.

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A not very promising write up from ElReg.
Looking forward to what you guys think.

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http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-...critic-reviews

81 is not too bad.

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Well its in my hands but I've not had time to play it yet. Hopefully will get round to giving it some attention tomorrow :)

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Bought it yesterday but not played it yet , looking foward to it later , really enjoyed fable II and i am sure i will enjoy III as well :-P

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I had yesterday off work, & have put well over 10 hours into it already. I love it. Played in the afternoon. Went out for dinner. Played again Friday night... through to 7am Saturday :erm:

The "Sanctuary" (the room which you have instead of a normal pause-menu) takes some getting used to, but does work fairly well once it's all unlocked.

The story is great, & the voice cast are excellent. Finally met Stephen Fry & Jonathan Ross' characters last night.

Graphically it isn't amazing, but it does look good.

Combat works well. Like Fable 2, you simply have one button for melee, one for magic, & one for your gun.

Instead of having the power of "Will" like the previous games, your character wears special gauntlets which channel your innate magical power. You can eventually unlock the ability to wear two at once, & "weave" two spells together. My Hero is currently using Fireball & Shock, which is quite cool. My Hero has got a nice glow now 'cos of so much magic use.

Your ranged & melee weapons mutate over time depending on how you play.

The "Road to Rule" where you spend Guild Seals (XP) to unlock new abilities works fairly well.

Don't have much of a property empire yet, just a growing selection of Stalls.

EDIT:

Only real annoyance so far is the glowing trail. It messes up sometimes...

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its a great game , people in the game world press diss peter peter molyneux and say he talks crap , what they dont realise he does deliver a good game fable III so far is great and worth my money its fun and wants me to play more , isnt that what a game is all about ???

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Well he does talk a bit of crap here and there but when him and his team get it right they really do get it right. If he just stopped making false promises he'd have a little more credibility.

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Just got it today ,needless to say had little time to play it because of RL and now son is playing it..Guess it will be some time next week before I get another go..;)

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Good stuff :tu:

I finished the main story on Sunday night. Loved it. Not my fave game of the year (that's Mass Effect 2, followed by Red Dead Redemption), but definitely one of them.

Buggy, yes. Slowdown at times, yes. But it's still great...

The title update is due in a few weeks, by the way, so will hopefully iron out the main bugs.

Oh, & make sure you make lots of money :)

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Finished the main story to, Great game. Really started to annoy me the slowdown at certain points but luckily it didn't last to long when it did happen. Really didn't like the new setup when interacting with people much prefaired how it was setup in Fable 2.

Really liked the sanctuary idea and how it was implemented. I didnt think I would when I read about it but they did a real good job with it and it felt very easy and natural to use while playing the game.

Am with Matt. Make sure you build up plenty of Gold ;)

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Ohh I like making pies.;)

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Yeah, I was very sceptical about the Sanctuary at first, but it actually worked well. As a way for your character to be able to select from a vast choice of weapons & clothes, it also makes more (in-game realism) sense than simply hitting Pause & using a menu.

LOL. Be sure to invest in Shops & Houses as soon as you can...

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^^^^^ Post-Revolution spoilers there btw in case anyone wonders ;) :)

And here:

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Did anyone else get the addon section?

I thought it was a bit weak myself as it was all too easy to complete it in less than an hour.Plus as in Reevers old house did we really need another arena type addition?Or yet another shooting range courtesy of the Mercenary village.Far too like the last addition to Fable 2..I'm very disappointed. :(

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I didn't bother with the DLC, as I'd finished the story & moved on to another game by the time it was released.

If they had released it earlier*, I probably would have bought it. I may well get it whenever I decide to re-play the whole game (I want to re-play the trilogy at some point).


*[Which they actually did, accidentally...IIRC, the Understone DLC was mistakenly released around the time of the game's release, & some people did actually buy it from the Marketplace before MS realised & pulled it.]