Fable: The Lost Chapters review - ColourShed

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  • @Dylan_Goodboy
    @Dylan_Goodboy 5 років тому +68

    God I have so much nostalgia for this game I remember coming home from school and my mom would make me food while I played this game.

  • @elliotpierson8350
    @elliotpierson8350 5 років тому +45

    I love how you have this brief but detailed history before getting into the review

    • @ColourShedProductions
      @ColourShedProductions  5 років тому +18

      That's one of my favourite parts of reviewing games, and can usually give justifications as to why certain features are good or bad...

    • @num2son
      @num2son 5 років тому +2

      ColourShedProductions this is greatly edited.

    • @SocietateaAscendenta
      @SocietateaAscendenta 3 роки тому

      I LOVE THAT STYLE TOO!!!

  • @n4m1k
    @n4m1k 5 років тому +43

    Star wars kotor, prince of persia trilogy, fahrenheit, chronicles of riddic, Oblivion !

  • @Moo19990
    @Moo19990 5 років тому +40

    One of the best soundtracks in video game history.

    • @RPGyourLIFE
      @RPGyourLIFE 5 років тому +2

      Jaden Rials yes! Sends shivers down my spine

    • @andrejz8954
      @andrejz8954 5 років тому

      @@RPGyourLIFE Same! Just bought it today after only playing it around when it came out. The music triggered such a nostalgia rush, that I just had to do it x)

  • @dudlecore7358
    @dudlecore7358 5 років тому +5

    the fable intro will forever warm my heart.. reminds me of my childhood and the best times of my life ... :)

  • @RespectedSwams
    @RespectedSwams 5 років тому +12

    Thank you so much! ColourShed, Fable is one of my favorite series and I can't wait for Fable 4 but can you guys do Fable 2 and 3 or together I wanna hear your thoughts on the game retrospect and near the end of Lionhead Studios. Also, I wanted to hear your team's thoughts on the development of Lost Chapters to the third game. KEEP IT UP!

  • @IchiBan420
    @IchiBan420 5 років тому +3

    How come i just finished the game yesterday and was planning to ask you to review the game, and to my surprise its here, good job dude.

  • @valdopinheiro2193
    @valdopinheiro2193 5 років тому +2

    I fell in love with fable as a kid. the idea of getting older the more you play was insane for me ! I loved it so much ! scars woul stay with you too through the game. It blew my mind as a kid and is something that hasnt been done since for some odd reason.

  • @jamesbuckley6875
    @jamesbuckley6875 5 років тому +8

    Physical Shield is the best thing about Will power. Especially when you do the "take no damage" boast.

  • @ThiagoJaqueta
    @ThiagoJaqueta 5 років тому +13

    Amazing review, I really like how you also gave it a bit of backstory of the development of the game.
    Now in the topic of good Action RPGs. Do you have plans on reviewing The Witcher series too? :v

  • @tomcostello3095
    @tomcostello3095 5 років тому +1

    Grew up playing this game, makes me really happy seeing other did as well.
    Awesome review thank you very much for putting in so much work on it !

  • @Andon122
    @Andon122 5 років тому +4

    Niiice! Hope you review the rest of the Fable games!

  • @TheFableHistorian
    @TheFableHistorian 5 років тому

    This is by far the best Fable review I've seen! I love you added a bit of the backstory into it, makes it feel more complete. Oh and if you just use Physical Shield while doing Without A Scratch, it is really easy.

  • @DarkWraithKevin
    @DarkWraithKevin 5 років тому +5

    Impeccable timing😅, I literally just starting playing this game again and it's been like over 15 years

    • @sebastianmontoya5158
      @sebastianmontoya5158 5 років тому

      What a wonderful coincidence! I player Fable: The Lost Chapters a bit back in 2006 and I bought the game again at the beginning of this week. Will be purchasing Anniversary later.
      I am already 30 hours in and I am enjoying it as much, if not more than my modded TESV: Skyrim. To bad, Fable 2 and 3 seem to be dumb down on matters of combat and magic.
      If anyone is looking for a third person, action dungeon crawler, with a similar art style and flamboyant combat; you should take a look at Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.

  • @DolanTheProDuck
    @DolanTheProDuck 5 років тому +1

    Thank you for this. This is my childhood game, and I love the Fable series more than anything in the world.

  • @AvariceOverlord
    @AvariceOverlord 5 років тому +1

    Really in-depth and cool to actually see someone credit the Carter brothers rather than shifting the glory to the popular guy - Molyneux.
    Did you read the development diaries by any chance (as a source?) Just some of what you said about the development sounds a bit familiar.
    I always feel disappointed by how much this game could of been, but I am honestly happy that it was even made based on its development.
    Edit: also you said Scythe being William is just a myth, but evidence is pretty damning.

    • @AvariceOverlord
      @AvariceOverlord 5 років тому

      Also regarding the credits. Don't forget the amount of takeaways were ordered!

  • @sirpatrick549
    @sirpatrick549 5 років тому +1

    This game and UT2004 were my childhood.

  • @GradyGames
    @GradyGames 5 років тому

    I absolutely loved this game when it was released. So many great memories. Thanks for bringing those back. I remember spending hours killing guards in Oakvale just for the experience. Rumor is Fable IV is being developed and I can't wait. I picked up Fable Anniversary on sale not too long ago and think I'll give it a play on my channel.
    Your reviews are the best! Thank you for putting stories behind the games I love.

  • @LumosX
    @LumosX 5 років тому +1

    Great review. The introduction was very informative. Fable: TLC was the very first "RPG" I ever played, being a wee lad at the time and having read a positive review in a games magazine, and it has a special place in my heart. I never knew about the false hype or the promised multiplayer and everything else, so I could just enjoy what was on display. Married all the ladies.
    Tip: The best spell in the game is the mana shield thingy. Why? Because whenever you HP gets hit, your XP multiplier resets, and with the shield spell that never happens, which means that you can easily keep your XP multiplier in the 30s or even 50s, meaning that you take ~20 times more XP than you normally would. I'm pretty sure I've maxed out all skills across all trees in the endgame using that.
    Too bad Fable II never came to PC. It's also unfortunate that Fable III was a little... disappointing.

  • @lxarchives5482
    @lxarchives5482 5 років тому +4

    Amazing how good it looks on PC in high resolution and FPS! Physical Shield OP!

  • @MarkoUntitled
    @MarkoUntitled 5 років тому

    I'm so happy you reviewed this game. One of my favourites. Great job as usual mate.

  • @MrMattyG
    @MrMattyG 5 років тому

    Fantastic review as always. Looking forward to your Fable 2 & 3 reviews!

  • @nightlife7283
    @nightlife7283 5 років тому

    Man loved the history bit at the start! Really improved the review!

  • @wezbeh4363
    @wezbeh4363 5 років тому +2

    Awesome review! You now just need to review Fable II & III 😄

  • @miguelaponte8876
    @miguelaponte8876 5 років тому +5

    I remember playing this all my early teen years. Shame the "magic" got worse in the sequels that also includes the magic system too. Wish it got rebooted.

  • @jimbeaux89
    @jimbeaux89 2 роки тому

    I first played fable in 2004 on my Xbox. It was right up there with KOTOR 1&2, battlefront 2, halo 1&2 and jade empire. Fable is a game that I go back to at least once a year. One of my favorite games of all time.

  • @Gyrbae
    @Gyrbae 5 років тому +1

    Now you have to do a video on Fable 2. One of the most important games from my childhood which I re-played countless times.

  • @Cez-ario
    @Cez-ario 5 років тому

    I really like the quality of your reviews, keep up with the good job!

  • @Randalftown
    @Randalftown 5 років тому +1

    Hi! Former Fable modder here.
    Having spent 100’s of hours looking through the files of Fable, I can confirm that a good portion of the promised features were at one point or another in development. It’s one of the more interesting games to look through since it has 100’s of pieces of unused content like a 4 player co-op feature

    • @jackcouch8322
      @jackcouch8322 5 років тому

      What else was there?

    • @Randalftown
      @Randalftown 5 років тому +1

      jack couch a couple of cool things I found was an alpha Bowerstone that is the same size as the entire finished gameworld, code and half finished models for monsters that would appear in Fable II, babies, a functional full loot system like in the Elder Scrolls that let the player loot weapons and gear off of enemies which I got to work and a title generator with some code referencing voice synthesizer code which I assume would let the player create titles that NPCs would say out loud.

  • @Gametesterboy
    @Gametesterboy 4 роки тому +2

    the atmosphere of the fable games is just sooo cute haha

  • @Nerodrgn
    @Nerodrgn 5 років тому +1

    I don't know how many times I played the fable series over and over growing up, it was one of my all time favorite game series. My only issue was how fast the games seemed to go even when I was doing all the quests I possibly could.

  • @EdselClips
    @EdselClips 5 років тому +1

    This game is also very nostalgic to me because I remember playing this game sooooooo much on the original xbox, I got it on PC a few months ago and beat it the second day I had the game haha.

  • @Gady1986
    @Gady1986 5 років тому +1

    Just started playing last night on my One S after over ten years and I played vanilla so I'm in for a treat in Lost Chapters 💪🏼🔥

  • @hajde8128
    @hajde8128 3 роки тому +1

    I played this game so much I can recite the entire script word for word.

  • @alexanderangelov230
    @alexanderangelov230 5 років тому +1

    Ah, what a coincidence! I just bought an old Xbox and Fable. I searched for a walkthrough because I forgot how to play it although I finished it on PC. Very nice game for what it was promissed.

  • @lupeg8406
    @lupeg8406 5 років тому

    DUUUUDE YOU DESERVE MORE SUBS!!!!!! FOR ALL YOUR REVIEWS !!! KEEP THE GRIND UP :)

  • @SensationalSpidey25
    @SensationalSpidey25 5 років тому +1

    Seeing that gameplay at 60fps made me fucking NUT it was so beautiful

  • @adamphillip5305
    @adamphillip5305 5 років тому

    Great review. Been thinking about starting this game again on my laptop. Only ever played the original version on Xbox & loved it regardless of its flaws & false promises.

  • @groovesalad89
    @groovesalad89 5 років тому +2

    Great review! One of the greatest RPGs. Love it!

  • @steveclews
    @steveclews 3 роки тому

    Russell Shaw's score for the temple of light was just incredible honestly i could stand in the demon door room for hours

  • @5persondude
    @5persondude 5 років тому +1

    The "acorn growing into a tree" concept doesn't seem like it should be so demanding. Wouldn't they just have to store an XYZ coordinate, a timer, and have a handful of partially-grown tree models to give the illusion of it growing over time? In fact, the "timer" could just be replaced by referencing the in-game "Time Played" stat and having the progress be represented by how close that stat gets to, say, 4 hours after the initial amount when the acorn is placed.
    Granted, I'm no experienced programmer like a normal developer, but I have used a couple of programming applications like Java so I'd like to think that I at least have a basic understanding of how coding works. Like ever since I tried out some programming languages, I've always liked pondering about how I would re-create game mechanics on my own. Just felt like brainstorming because Fable's acorn mechanic has inspired me to think more about the coding side of games.

  • @ongamex
    @ongamex 5 років тому +4

    One of the best games ever made!

  • @havefunman0164
    @havefunman0164 5 років тому

    dude this is legit one of the very best video game content channels on youtube ! your work and videos are outstanding keep it up ! :P please can you do some videos about the metal gear franchise ?? that would be dope

  • @MATYFONTES
    @MATYFONTES 5 років тому

    I'm just playing Fable Anniversary, amazing game, playing it again 13 years later, still awesome!

  • @BeyondDM
    @BeyondDM 5 років тому +3

    woohoow a new colourshed video🤗. Just in time. I was going to go to bed

  • @TheLethalIntrospectionCrew
    @TheLethalIntrospectionCrew 5 років тому

    This game is peak adolescence for me, thank you for giving it your awesome touch!

  • @Caluma122
    @Caluma122 5 років тому

    Great stuff! Keep up the hard work! Love your reviews.

  • @theblacksheep1000
    @theblacksheep1000 5 років тому

    VERY COOL DUDE! AWESOME REVIEW
    yet one thing I never understood...
    why did he have those freakishly huge gloved hands?

  • @hcirs9425
    @hcirs9425 5 років тому +1

    Just as good on the second playthrough as it is on the 10th one. Such a classic

  • @Kacp3rrak
    @Kacp3rrak 2 роки тому +1

    23:10 personally, even if you're evil, stopping someone from destroying or taking over the world where you yourself want to cause more evil and chaos in is good for your own personal gain. That's my own head-canon for the evil character at least

  • @DamnofCenturies
    @DamnofCenturies 5 років тому +8

    Well, to be fair, he wasn't wrong: Fable was the best game ever at the time. Peter Molyneux is an arrogant pathological liar though.

    • @BullworthGraduate
      @BullworthGraduate 5 років тому

      I wouldn't say "best game ever" though.

    • @DamnofCenturies
      @DamnofCenturies 5 років тому +2

      @@BullworthGraduate At the time I would rate it as at least _one_ of the best. It hasn't aged very well though.
      Your profile pic is arguably one of the best games of that era too. Was talking about that game with a friend the other day, listened to the soundtrack for nostalgia.

    • @BullworthGraduate
      @BullworthGraduate 5 років тому

      @@DamnofCenturies - I still play it every now and then. Never gets boring in my opinion. : D

  • @burritosforlater
    @burritosforlater 4 роки тому +1

    oh fable..... r.i.p thousands of undead to completely max out everything

  • @KatWithCigarette
    @KatWithCigarette 5 років тому

    What an absolute masterpiece of a game. I've played it back in the day when my brother brought it pirated on a dvd, and I'm still playing it even today on my Steam account. It's so charming, so peaceful and so welcoming. Simply turning on the main menu, being welcomed by this relaxing music, moonlit statue in a forest. It's a game I would run away from my problems to, get lost in, and feel better. It's flawed, indeed, but it's still the best god damn game I've ever played in my stupid life so far 💙

  • @Icedude32
    @Icedude32 5 років тому

    Awesome review. Would love to see what you think of Overlord 1 and 2 :)

  • @TheKpa11
    @TheKpa11 5 років тому

    I also played this game a lot without knowing of the hype. I do really like the additional lore content that was only available in books, by the Oracle, and the "Tales of Albion"
    I really liked the concept of the Hero's Guild and SOME of the ideas of being a Hero. I liked reading about the "Fall of the Heroes" journals about a Hero wanting to be as great as the Hero of the first Fable, but ultimately growing up in the time that heroes were scorned and looked at as dangerous, power hungry, and selfish. And how ultimately it lead to a hunt for heroes and the fall of the Guild itself.

  • @ivSpooIKy
    @ivSpooIKy 5 років тому

    Another great video! Keep up the great work

  • @sonny_crockett
    @sonny_crockett 5 років тому +2

    Wow what a very interesting game, might want to check it out.

  • @danielleal1285
    @danielleal1285 5 років тому +3

    Hopefully fable 2 is ur next review

  • @vessie1773
    @vessie1773 4 роки тому

    Unreal Tournament, Fable, Morrowind, KOTOR, Painkiller, Wolfenstein when being secretly on PC late on night...
    I want back by childhood ;.;

  • @Volksgenossen
    @Volksgenossen 3 роки тому

    Fable is an excellent story driven action adventure game with some RPG features.
    20 years ago it was a great RPG but it doesn't hold up to contemporary RPGs. There is very little customization or choices to be made (besides choosing to be good or evil).
    I would still recommend playing the game at least once to anyone who hasn't yet. It is still an excellent game.

  • @miniuzi10
    @miniuzi10 3 роки тому +1

    Although this is literally one of my favorite games of all time, I wish they made the game hard. But goddamn do I love the artstyle

  • @lokchucklindryfry94
    @lokchucklindryfry94 5 років тому

    Nice review! Will you review kotor?

  • @cutestitch8675
    @cutestitch8675 5 років тому +1

    Fable is realy special game, good memories

  • @mathewm6294
    @mathewm6294 5 років тому

    Please make this into a series, maybe review Fables 2 and 3?

  • @greywolf187
    @greywolf187 4 роки тому +1

    the aging system happens when you use the ages of might/skill/will potions for xp points, not because decads have passed in the world

  • @ColeEdits
    @ColeEdits 4 роки тому +1

    Should do Fable 2 man

  • @lupeg8406
    @lupeg8406 3 роки тому

    Love this channel

  • @almightydeity
    @almightydeity 5 років тому

    My favorite way to play was to do unscarred runs. If you invested in the shield spell and bought only will potions it was really easy to never lose HP or get scarred. Beat the dragon as both perfect good and perfect bad with nary a scar. It really shows how easy the game is as well. You don't even need mana augmentations.

  • @jonnyhogan1921
    @jonnyhogan1921 5 років тому

    finally i have found a brother! dude! this is the only RPG i have ever beat. im not into RPG's all that much but the world of fable sucked me in. im so glad my dad gave me this for my Bday back in 2004. childhood was good

  • @miniuzi10
    @miniuzi10 3 роки тому

    This was the game that got me into video games

  • @Czah5
    @Czah5 3 роки тому

    Apparently, collecting experience in Fable is just that. You are collecting the life experience of slain enemies, thus rapidly aging you as you "level up." So you are, in actuality, aging faster than everyone else in the game. One of the aspects that soured me on the game because I am a notorious xp grinder.

  • @misha4855
    @misha4855 5 років тому +3

    ColourShed cover the Witcher Games I'd love to hear your opinions on the series.

    • @jesserogalski1402
      @jesserogalski1402 5 років тому +2

      Funnily enough, I'm in the middle of replaying the Witcher series (currently on 3) and Fable the Lost Chapters. Fable gets a bit repetitious in long plays, unfortunately. But the Witcher games hold up. Even the original, which was always a bit janky.

    • @misha4855
      @misha4855 5 років тому +1

      Jesse Rogalski The first is definitely a hit the combat is meh but the story and the world building make up for it

  • @abdullahiabdullahi6629
    @abdullahiabdullahi6629 5 років тому

    Hey Colourshed, I was wondering if you’re either British or Australian. (p.s I’m a fan of your yt channel and you do post some interesting video)

    • @AceD500
      @AceD500 5 років тому

      Ive think Austrailla because V8 Supercars Race Driver aka TOCA Race Driver series are sold only in Austarilla.

  • @ClellBiggs
    @ClellBiggs 5 років тому +1

    I was really disappointed that they didn't announce a new Fable at E3.

  • @ipimees
    @ipimees 5 років тому

    Another good video, nice job

  • @Starkeyfamilygaming
    @Starkeyfamilygaming 5 років тому

    This is such a great game ! That’s why I am found to play it often on twitch!

  • @retrostansolo
    @retrostansolo 5 років тому

    I'm actually playing through this again on the Xbox one x back compatible Fable Anniversary and it looks and runs great, it is inhanced. I still love the original Xbox version.

  • @vazilin4ik
    @vazilin4ik 4 роки тому

    You forgot to mention the potion that gives you XP twoards a certain category, just get your multiplyer up and the potions effect (1k exp) will be multiplied by your multiplyer. So get a 20 something multiplyer and instead of 1 k get 20k exp

  • @edgelordsupreme3961
    @edgelordsupreme3961 3 роки тому

    my friend found a glitch where you can get a bow in bowerstone and use it he started shoing butterflies and accidentaly killed the mayor he still hasnt reached the point where he is supoused to talk to her so im very excited to see what happens

  • @slippingjimmys
    @slippingjimmys 5 років тому

    I have an Xbox official magazine from 2001 with an interview from Peter, back when the game was called Project Ego, he said “If you go into a town as a child, and carve your name into a tree, and return 20 years later, it will be a huge tree with your markings, or if you slice a childs face in a village, and returns years later, the village will be a city and have a man walking through town with scars all over his face. You can wander through a field and kill a stranger and a week later hear an army march through the field because the man you killed was actually royalty”
    This...is why I wholeheartedly and will FOREVER loathe Peter, as a child I literally lost sleep over the excitement I had for this game. When I finished it the day I bought it, legit could have cried.
    I felt so fucking betrayed by the one obsession and comfort I had as a suuuper depressed kid.
    I hope one day someone makes the game he promised.

    • @scottoleson1997
      @scottoleson1997 5 років тому

      SlippingJimmys Obviously developers don’t care about content that much because I never see anyone these days having interest in that kind of stuff because Red dead 2 is cool but just as linear and bland as any other open world

  • @shortylove876
    @shortylove876 5 років тому

    I love this game. I just replayed it last month

  • @liammclean6047
    @liammclean6047 4 місяці тому

    Just picked up fable the lost chapters for £3... but I'm gonna be playing it on the 360 haha, hopefully it's not too bad, I've heard to save often cause it can be glitchy

  • @tinameek6564
    @tinameek6564 3 роки тому

    The game that my father bought a
    Xbox for. He replayed it 4or 5
    times.

  • @RaveRaptor7
    @RaveRaptor7 5 років тому +1

    WHAT
    HOW DO YOU DO CUSTOM DESIGNS?!

  • @SuperHns
    @SuperHns 3 роки тому

    I remember this game Fable was the first game on PC that asked me to have a gfx card with pixel shaders LOL also Prince of Persia Sands of Time asked for that.

  • @garcemac
    @garcemac 5 років тому

    "Never say it will be the best game ever" - from the man who made Dungeon Keeper. Quite possibly the best game ever.

  • @drahunter213
    @drahunter213 3 роки тому

    Yeah i remember playing thi so much that it started me speedrunning games lol
    I still remember beating lost chapters a something like 4 hours 35 minutes or 5 hours 35 minutes and when I sped run it was always one of those times…I can’t remember which one it was but it was only afew hours and I ran right though it lol…it was actually just fun speed running this game and just playing it for fun too it has so much replay ability because of the story and side quests

  • @noraeld5020
    @noraeld5020 3 роки тому

    That lore is pretty interesting - i wish they'd had time to show it

  • @AceD500
    @AceD500 5 років тому +2

    Ive love it that game.....shame why they never made sequel to PC!

  • @elitef40
    @elitef40 5 років тому +1

    I hope Midnight Club 3's next

  • @jamesthekid6609
    @jamesthekid6609 5 років тому

    What about fable the lost chapters anniversary for 360?

  • @CarrowMind
    @CarrowMind 4 роки тому

    They actually explain the aging: The more you use magic the faster you age, so if you went the entire game without once casting a spell except for the tutorial you'd still have black hair at the end of the game!

  • @GCeckk
    @GCeckk 5 років тому

    Will you do fable 2?

  • @jesusbear7367
    @jesusbear7367 5 років тому

    How I play Fable:
    Me: shit!
    NPC: Well that's not very nice, is it?
    Me: shit!
    NPC: Well that's not very nice, is it?
    Me: Shit!
    NPC: Well that's not very nice, is it?
    Me: Shit!
    NPC: Well that's not very nice, is it?
    *Actual conversation I had with an NPC*

  • @LoganLS0
    @LoganLS0 5 років тому +8

    The biggest flaw: You can't marry Whisper and there aren't any other black women in the game.

  • @MidnightMechanic
    @MidnightMechanic 5 років тому +4

    If it did everything Peter promised... it would be Skyrim.

  • @claudiobizama5603
    @claudiobizama5603 5 років тому

    It's weird to see Molyneux without Guru Larry bashing him.

  • @polishrocker93
    @polishrocker93 3 роки тому

    8:32 you say William is the “descendant” of the protagonist and his family thousands of years later. I think you mean ancestor.

  • @YuniorGamboa
    @YuniorGamboa 5 років тому

    I'm not into this series but I love the way your videos are made.
    Great channel

  • @jayive34
    @jayive34 4 роки тому

    Hero, your Will Energy is low. Watch that.