So yes, I bought Fable 3 collector for 90$ (a lot of nice taxes adds to the price yes...) Do I regret getting that edition of the game? Me no, my wallet yes. I have finished the main 'quest' of the game sunday night, took me about a week and a half to finish. Here again if you don't want ******SPOILERS DON'T READ***** further.
The game started with that chicken, I thought it was a pleasant way to introduce the theme of the game: Rebellion. The scene in which you lose your bf/gf and the villagers got me interested from the start, I thought i could save them all but the game rapidly teaches you that: ' You cannot save everyone, you cannot make a choice without consequences'. I quickly attached to Walter and Ben, they are funny charismatic bunch. But that was it, the rest of the main quest and the story fell flat a tad for me. I was more emotionally attached to little sparrow than to my current queen of Albion.
I can understand wanting to repeat some quest, to have systems and patterns, it's fine. But Fable3 quests are very very (did I say very?) repetitive. So you meet Bob in Brightwall Village, he ask you to deliver a package near the lake. So you get to the valley, find the guys near the lake, give him the package and go back to Bob, quest completed. Now, next to Bob there is a chicks, that asks you to... deliver a package in the valley. So, in the valley you find a guy, near the lake at the exact same place as the previous one (same spot, same dialog, same reward) and you go back again to the quest giver. Rinse and repeat for about 15 villagers in Brightwall AND AGAIN you do that for every villages/cities. Balls!
I was so bored until I get to those caves (with the shadow creatures) they got my attention and I was actually very into it, atmosphere was creepy, creatures were as well, Walter's dialogue was not reassuring. It thought it would have some connection with that tower in Fable2!? But not.... Those creatures came out of nowhere, no story they are just there.... and they want to kill you, for unknown reasons. And they finally take over Albion and massacre all your kingdom. Meh, I guess they were just angry yes?
I saw tons and tons of critics finding this game beautiful. Is it really? I thought it was very ordinary, I was actually expecting more, having played Fable and Fable2. I mean I can understand that sometimes you have to sacrifice visual and art for the sake of gameplay, but clearly it isn't the case here.
BALLS! Bugs. Yes this game contains a handfull of bugs... Many times my character was half in the ground while interacting with other NPCS ( like dancing inside the grass, yes inside!) I found it also terrible to dig THROUGH my dog. Lots of clipping, lots of textures flickering. I can happen yes, but in this game there are too many lil issues like that.
The interactions with villagers at times was plain weird, like the quest in which you have to flirt with a married man so they would divorce (cuz the chix said that the hubby was mistreating her). So there was that hubby in the house that wouldn't move because I had moved in by mistake a child I had adopted so he was standing there, bugged. I was trying to flirt with him, while... my boy was looking and saying: ' Hi Mum!' and while 3 other villagers were inside the house saying: ' Oh! It's the queen!' while the wife was outside staring and waiting for me to finish the quest.... It was plain weird. Oh also the dog chilling nearby screwing up interactions ( wanted to dance with the hubby and I had the /pet popping out). Also it looks like 75% of the females of the game are lesbian whores... just saying, it's weird or the devs have a liking for those?
Oh but the game has its moments, enjoyable ones! I loved the D&D/minis quest ( so far the funniest one, liked it a lot) And the 'Gnomes are evil' ones, yes it's a simple fetch but still very funny, I like.
Overall an ok game, I would give it a 6/10... I was expecting way more from them.
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