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Dullsville...A Review of the Actual Release Sept 14, 2004

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: September 15, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Dull. That coupled with jittery rendering, bad physics and horrendously monochromatic enviroments make this RPG rather annoying to play. I was bored stiff within the first 10 minutes. I figured I'd give it an hour...yawn.

The cut scenes are not animated (crude cartoon drawings made to look like they're being clever). And talk about "loading"! I thought Baldur's Gate had a lot, but this one wins the prize. Sudeki beats the hell out of this game.

Kids may like and eventually come to master the complex battle engine (with three concurrent modes of combat), but the lack of a 'femme fatale' playable/interactive character won't hold the adolescent mind very long.

Worth the wait? No. Beautiful to look at? No, unless all you've been playing lately is Quake.

After all the hype I feel cheated. I've been made to cough up 50 bucks for a crude psychology experiment.

One last note: why is voice talent in Western RPG's so bad? Sudeki's 'talent' made you grind your teeth. In the land of Fable, Jamaica apparently lies just off the coast. Once again, annoying.

xbox wizard and pro

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 10
Date: August 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this is going to be the greatest game, other than halo 2. i am looking forward to this game because you can choose how you live your life in the game. you have different wepons and magic. this game is almost like Moorwind. this game is going to be dabomb

thats awsome

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 12
Date: August 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game is going to be great and i agree that this will be the greatest rpg of all time based on the trailers, articles in countless magazines and grafics im going to get this game the day it comes out if u love rpg's get this game.

This looks sweet

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 13
Date: August 08, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am so looking forward to fable and I cant wait for it to come out it looks so cool. I was wondering if you could make female charactors because I havent seen any. If someone knows the answer please write it in your review I beg you please please please

I'm excited for it.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 14
Date: August 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Fable sounds like it will have a developed interaction sytem more creative but similar in design to KOTOR, being that I really liked that game, albeit it was somewhat simple, it was fun, I can't wait to see fable, Graphics should never be the firstmost important thing on our minds for games, it should be gameplay and story. That's what this game is hoping to deliver.

Sucks

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 16
Date: December 07, 2004
Author: Amazon User

this game bit the graphics were great and all but the game was really short and easy i am an okay gamer and i beat this game in 2 days.It is kinda fun how like GTA u can run up 2 people and slash them then let the guards go after u.Over all i would'nt buy this if your a huge rpg fan then just rent it at blockbuster

This is gonna be a great game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 9
Date: July 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I am so phsyced about this game. You have the ability to be good or bad. It has real time combat and magic. It also has customization and branching conversations with different stories. There is also leveling up, like any RPG. It has swords, magic, and bows. You can be highly revered by villagers or despised. Although it dumped an originally planned co-op mode, it still should have awsome gameplay and enormous replay value with the ability to be Righteous or devious. Plus this comes with a bonus DVD with 4 hours of making of features and game demos.
Pre-order this game now. Also, don't review this if you dislike RPG's, fantasies, and adventures because your giving it a bad score( at least most will) because of its genre.

Great RPG

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 4
Date: September 21, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This RPG (role playing game) is more of action or adventure game. It is better for young teens. The pictures are the story looking. All and all a great game couldn't put controller down you should at least rent it it will be one of the top 10 games this year.

Too short...awesome game.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 20, 2006
Author: Amazon User

While the game was incredible. I did find the main story line way too short. However I waited another year, went back, and played the game again. This time I tried being completely good,(I obviously went Evil the first time) I also went on all the side missions and did pretty much everything there is to do in the game.(I.E. opening all the demon doors, getting all the silver keys, finding the dolls...etc) Over-all I found it more satisfying the second time. Getting to play both sides and experimenting on the different missions really adds variety to the game. I think there is probably a little bit of something for everyone in this game. If you think it was too short, then you should go back and play it with a different path or trying everything you can think of. If you still think it was too short, then you are probably comparing it to Morrowind! Over-all I enjoyed the game.

GTA for a medieval world?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: November 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Many of the reviews mention that this game did not live up to the hype. From the perspective of someone who's playing the game 3 yrs after its release, I missed all of the hype. That being said I probably rank this game higher than those who bought the hype. Apparently within the hype were a lot of broken promises.

This game shares a few similarities with GTA San Andreas. (hence my title) It offers a large open ended world where you can kill random people. If you choose to kill innocent people, the guards/police will come after you. In both games you can have multiple wives/girlfriends in different cities (both of which give you gifts if you keep them happy).

That's about where the similarities end. You can't steal cars, boats or planes (obviously). In fact there are no modes of transportation (except teleporting). You get so lost in the game that you don't even notice that there isn't a single horse in the entire world. That aspect of Fable is nothing like GTA. The actual game is more comparable to Zelda.

This game has an excellent journey with a very abrupt ending. My biggest complaint with this game is that once you take your final quest the game is over. They should follow the lead of GTA style games, where once you've completed the main story line you can continue to free-roam and complete side quests. After you've worked so hard to get the best weapons, and max out your attributes you should be able to actually use them.

When people complain about a game being too short (I'm looking at you Gears of War, Bioshock, Halo 3) what they're really saying is, now that the game is over I wish I were still playing it. I consider it to be a compliment.

This game has tons of secrets and plenty of things to do every step of the way. After switching from PS2 to Xbox 360, I'm finding that there are a ton of Xbox exclusive games that offer hours of entertainment! This is only my second RPG (KotOR was my first). I'm not a big fan of turn based fighting where you queue up your next move. Since Fable offered live action fighting this aspect was better than KotOR, but KotOR had a better story line.

The bottom line is; Fable is a deep action adventure RPG where the journey is greater than the destination. This game is great even 3 years after the initial release (maybe even better because you avoid the hype).

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