Sunday, November 7, 2010

Fable 3

I was quite excited to get Fable III into my 360 console. I thoroughly enjoyed the first title of the Fable series. The second Fable was on my "meh" list and had an okay time. Now as for Fable III I'm happy to say its a great way to go out for the series.

Story: So the basic story is that your tyrant brother has gone to far, and must be brought done by a revolution. So embarking on your quest you gain followers by finishing quests and making promises to groups of people. Now once you gain your king or queenship you learn that the "Darkness" is coming and your brother was being a dick to gain money for the defense of Albion. In such, you have the choice of being a good and just ruler but dooming your people, or being a cruel, tyrannical ruler but saving your people from ultimate disaster. There ya go the story in a nut shell.

Graphics: The graphics are of that great (or not so great) Fable cartoonish style. The one big problem with the graphics in this game are the frequent graphical glitches I ran into. For one often in cut scenes hair wouldn't appear properly under their hat.

Gameplay: The gameplay in Fable 3 is that of every other Fable but with one big difference. Instead of gaining experience for the way you kill people (Magic, Melee, or Musket) you gain what is called Guild Seals. You spend these on what is called The Road to Rule and choose between more damage for melee, magic, and range or even more money for jobs completed. Also a fun tid bit, whenever you upgrade any attack attributes whatever weapon you have starts to turn a colour and turns into a different shape. Besides that its like any other RPG, do quests gain your "experience" and become an awesome badass and take down the evil ruler. Though that's where the good stuff ends, and the bad stuff begins. For one there is often a massive frame rate glitch that often happens during a fight or during a job which makes it a pain in the ass. Also your auto lock on will often lock onto an invisible object and fire at nothing. There's plenty of bad glitches and quirks, but it is sooo worth it.

Sound: The track in Fable 3 is the normal medieval style music. The voice acting in Fable has never been that of great nor amazing. It continues in this game with lips just flapping so it looks like they're taking. All in all its not a huge game changer as Fable was never big on the cut scenes.

Overall: 8/10 Its fun, funny, and Fable
Story: 7/10 Nothing great but nothings to bad
Graphics: 8/10 I enjoyed the graphical style of Fable 3
Gameplay: 7/10 A lot of gameplay glitches but some decent gameplay none the less
Sound: 6/10 Decent track but less than decent voice acting

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