Cow002
05-17-2011, 11:32 PM
So how goes it for you?
I gotta say, with all the negativity swirling around pre realease, I was worried it would be a disaster, because apparently the XBOX 360 version sucked. I'm a huge fan of Fable 1; I first played it about 6 months ago and it easily became one of my favorite games of all time. And I'm pretty darn picky:)
Granted I've only played about 3 hours into it, it's easily exceeded all of my expectations. I'm playing on the lowest of the low graphics (I'm on a mac) and the game looks beautiful. It runs very smooth and I've yet to encounter any bugs, except my character seems to dig his hands through a treasure chest as he's opening it.
The gameplay is great, the combat is very relaxed yet fun. I'm playing on Challenging difficulty, and it's not as easy as others would have you believe. Stuff dies pretty easy, but you have to be careful not to get hit. As a result it becomes necessary to know how and when to use range, magic and melee. But like I said, it's your typical adventure combat with plenty of variety. They've really improved on Fable 1's combat, yet I can see it's roots. The cinematic kills are a nice touch that makes combat feel epic. I'm not sure how I feel about infinite mana yet. I hope the spells are as creative as Fable ones. So far all I have is the fire spell (which looks great)
The story and atmosphere is awesome so far. It's still got that Fable charm that I think got me so hooked on the first one, just expanded. I love how they've implemented the characters into the games environments, it meshes perfectly with the story and is very functional. Character interactions are a bit weird, having to kind of load a conversation with someone gets sort of "meh", but it only takes a split second. The random dialogue is great, but villagers still spat out lines while your shopping or doing a mini-game, which is annoying sometimes and great at others. I remember in fable 1 playing table golf and continually hearing women and men swooned asking for a ring on their finger. I really hope it's not the same here, but it kind of seems like it.
The Sanctuary is a great idea. Not sure what everyone was complaining about, it's not that much more time consuming than the next games inventory, and it's loads of fun. I like being able to SEE what I have rather than it listed in the same old menu. Makes more sense too, in that everything I own goes to a physical place rather than blackhole in my pocket. Very fun to have Jasper comment on current scenario's as well as give some tips. I like that changing clothes or something feels like part of the game rather than stopping to sort through a list of text. The entire lack of any sort of menu does seem a bit unsettling at times, especially while shopping, but I'm coming to appreciate it quickly.
I love the Dog! I'm a huge dog lover though, so I may be biased. I like that he doesn't play that big of a role in combat or other things yet is still very useful.It doesn't seem to fit in to the whole image of a prince, though, as I never looked at any kind of royalty loving animals, but none the less I'm glad he's there.
Overall I'm very happy I pre-ordered (so far), and I've only ever paid full price for 2 or 3 games on steam. I can't seem to see all the negatives everyone is pointing out in the game, though maybe they come with time.
I gotta say, with all the negativity swirling around pre realease, I was worried it would be a disaster, because apparently the XBOX 360 version sucked. I'm a huge fan of Fable 1; I first played it about 6 months ago and it easily became one of my favorite games of all time. And I'm pretty darn picky:)
Granted I've only played about 3 hours into it, it's easily exceeded all of my expectations. I'm playing on the lowest of the low graphics (I'm on a mac) and the game looks beautiful. It runs very smooth and I've yet to encounter any bugs, except my character seems to dig his hands through a treasure chest as he's opening it.
The gameplay is great, the combat is very relaxed yet fun. I'm playing on Challenging difficulty, and it's not as easy as others would have you believe. Stuff dies pretty easy, but you have to be careful not to get hit. As a result it becomes necessary to know how and when to use range, magic and melee. But like I said, it's your typical adventure combat with plenty of variety. They've really improved on Fable 1's combat, yet I can see it's roots. The cinematic kills are a nice touch that makes combat feel epic. I'm not sure how I feel about infinite mana yet. I hope the spells are as creative as Fable ones. So far all I have is the fire spell (which looks great)
The story and atmosphere is awesome so far. It's still got that Fable charm that I think got me so hooked on the first one, just expanded. I love how they've implemented the characters into the games environments, it meshes perfectly with the story and is very functional. Character interactions are a bit weird, having to kind of load a conversation with someone gets sort of "meh", but it only takes a split second. The random dialogue is great, but villagers still spat out lines while your shopping or doing a mini-game, which is annoying sometimes and great at others. I remember in fable 1 playing table golf and continually hearing women and men swooned asking for a ring on their finger. I really hope it's not the same here, but it kind of seems like it.
The Sanctuary is a great idea. Not sure what everyone was complaining about, it's not that much more time consuming than the next games inventory, and it's loads of fun. I like being able to SEE what I have rather than it listed in the same old menu. Makes more sense too, in that everything I own goes to a physical place rather than blackhole in my pocket. Very fun to have Jasper comment on current scenario's as well as give some tips. I like that changing clothes or something feels like part of the game rather than stopping to sort through a list of text. The entire lack of any sort of menu does seem a bit unsettling at times, especially while shopping, but I'm coming to appreciate it quickly.
I love the Dog! I'm a huge dog lover though, so I may be biased. I like that he doesn't play that big of a role in combat or other things yet is still very useful.It doesn't seem to fit in to the whole image of a prince, though, as I never looked at any kind of royalty loving animals, but none the less I'm glad he's there.
Overall I'm very happy I pre-ordered (so far), and I've only ever paid full price for 2 or 3 games on steam. I can't seem to see all the negatives everyone is pointing out in the game, though maybe they come with time.