Fable or Feeble
Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 8:27 am
Ok, prepare for the shit storm. Now that I have accepted my future fate here, let me tell you about Fable.
This is supposed to be an open ended RPG but all I found was a drastically linear game, aside from shooting sparrows for evil points. Everywhere you tured there was something else I wanted to do but was forced in the storyline direction. At least in Zelda you could roam the seas or search Hyrule field without being pushed toward a certain area of the game. The same with Morrowind, the game sucked but you could roam freely.
Also, I couldn't upgrade my character for shit. Everthing in that damn game costs and arm and a leg from the start, none of the usual gradual increases that you get with other action RPGs. I would try to steal shit but the town guard would shoot at me. If you can shoot at me I should be able to whip your physical ass. These guards had no life meter and I myself almost blew a fuse in my brain with white hot anger. When the guards are pissed at you you can't do shit else in the town. I tried to get my hair cut and the bitch was like "No, get out." There needs to be the option of getting that wench to cut your hair while smoky is outside lookin' around for you. Seems like that would get your ass off the hook with Serpico out there and then you could give the barber a good tip.
Maybe I'm not the person this game is marketed towards. It seemed like Big Blue Box had a 3D platformer that they tried to mask with a MMORPG skin. I'm a big Zelda fan for the fact that the game elicits a since of discovery. Fable just didn't do that for me. It didn't hold my attention past the hype. This could also be a vice for me, maybe I shouldn't read hype.
At any rate I'm glad a still have my copy of Burnout 3.
This is supposed to be an open ended RPG but all I found was a drastically linear game, aside from shooting sparrows for evil points. Everywhere you tured there was something else I wanted to do but was forced in the storyline direction. At least in Zelda you could roam the seas or search Hyrule field without being pushed toward a certain area of the game. The same with Morrowind, the game sucked but you could roam freely.
Also, I couldn't upgrade my character for shit. Everthing in that damn game costs and arm and a leg from the start, none of the usual gradual increases that you get with other action RPGs. I would try to steal shit but the town guard would shoot at me. If you can shoot at me I should be able to whip your physical ass. These guards had no life meter and I myself almost blew a fuse in my brain with white hot anger. When the guards are pissed at you you can't do shit else in the town. I tried to get my hair cut and the bitch was like "No, get out." There needs to be the option of getting that wench to cut your hair while smoky is outside lookin' around for you. Seems like that would get your ass off the hook with Serpico out there and then you could give the barber a good tip.
Maybe I'm not the person this game is marketed towards. It seemed like Big Blue Box had a 3D platformer that they tried to mask with a MMORPG skin. I'm a big Zelda fan for the fact that the game elicits a since of discovery. Fable just didn't do that for me. It didn't hold my attention past the hype. This could also be a vice for me, maybe I shouldn't read hype.
At any rate I'm glad a still have my copy of Burnout 3.