I have never disagreed with Joe before but now i can say I do. [video=youtube;oSaw85bliyQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSaw85bliyQ&feature=sub[/video] I understand what Joe is saying for some reasons, but for most of it I disagree, Fable III is not boring, its just once again, disappointing, like I said in the most disappointing games thread, the Fable franchise is not BAD and that doesn't mean you should not get it, just wait for it to be in the bargain bin, than get it, same goes with Fable III. I don't know, what do you guys think?
True, Fable 3 is not the most spectacular game in the world, and maybe not the best in the series, I'm not sure but I do know that it's also not a bad game. It's got charm and uniqueness with a good story and colourful characters with some top voice acting. However, it's got awkward combat at parts, little exploration for extras, and a few other problems. Like every game it has flaws and problems but it's still a game that's fun to play and explore, I'd rate it an 87% Bargain bin buy I would say yes!
To be fair, if your primary defence of a game is "It's a steal if you find it in the bargain bin!" then it's probably rather lacking. :/
I haven't played Fable 3, I played the first one and loved it though and I've heard great things about this new one. I suppose if someone doesn't like the game they'll find basically all the faults possible within the game. Every game has it's faults, some more than others and you'll just see them better if you dislike the game.
No, but if that's the best thing you can say about a game, it doesn't bode well for it. It's saying "Yeah, I wouldn't pay more than bargain bin prices for it."
I think Joe is an uptight child with a huge ego and a joke of a 'journalist'. You shouldn't really take anything he says for granted. I think I'm going to go through his points for fun. Spoiler 1: Sanctuary It's not tedious at all, Joe just has ADD of course and can't handle 3 button presses. His sadness is further expanded when he's upset he couldn't surprise his NPC girlfriend with a gift and even more when his character doesn't do an animation of giving it to her. 2: Navigation Once again Joe makes himself look like an idiot since it takes a simple glance to see which direction the 'breadcrumb' trail his headed, hell you could even see it using peripheral vision. I used the button in Dead Space that points you towards your objective all the time (I really liked the animation, judge me go ahead) but that didn't stop me from enjoying the wonderfully done gray corridors. The lack of a map is bull though so I'll give him that. 3: Loading Screens Deal with it, they don't look that long at all. 4: Co-op "People want to co-op meaningfully". No Joe, people just want to co-op to have fun. The point of co-op is to jump into my friends game and wreck stuff with them. Now having the second character get to interact 'meaningfully' with the hosts world is a nice bonus, that's all it is, a bonus. "Fable 2 was promised co-op and you bring it in Fable 3". Man for a 'journalist' Joe sure is surprised at how Molyneux works. He does that a lot with his games Joe, once again deal with it. 5: Co-op Restrictions Ok that's a legitimate complaint, congrats on it Joe. 6: Black Dye DLC Yea dlc sucks, but you don't have to buy it. Although I bet he bought all of it. 7: Melee Combat is Useless I guess another legitimate complaint. I can't tell since when I played the game I only used guns since they were sweet. 8: Magic is OP OH NO, MYSTICAL POWERS LIKE SUMMONING FIRE FROM MY FINGERTIPS AND BRINGING DOWN LIGHTNING BOLTS IS OVERPOWERED BAWWW. People expect magic to be powerful in their games because it's a god-like power. It's actually surprising to see a game where magic sucks. Plus combining spells is badass, why the hell would somebody complain about that? 9: The Game is too Easy This one could be a genuine complaint but it's a pretty minor one since the difficulty doesn't matter as long as the game itself is fun. I played the shit out of Godhand which was ridiculously hard but I had a blast every moment. Also the comment about if there's no tension in the combat then the combat is pointless is one of the most ******ed things I've ever heard. Maybe the game wasn't made for you to have your ass beat in every moment? Plus I felt no tension while playing games like Republic Commandos and Epic Mickey recently so by his reasoning the combat in those 2 games should be taken out because it's pointless. 10: Dumb NPC Interactions Fable had shit interactions since the first game, your fault Joe for expecting better. I can't be bothered for the 20+ other things, but I lol'd pretty hard at the amazon thing. Oh wait no the fact that he's made the game killed his NPC family is even funnier.
I've played all three Fables so far, love 'um and I don't see why some people are bashing the second and third one, yes they changed some things in the game etc deal with it. Like Ienzo said, every game has it's faults haters only bring them faults and make them bigger -or something- I guess..
