@rodplays3726 so? I could say I want shade wrath of angels remake and it's not because of graphics, it's because the og game was clunky as fuck and i want to play it on console
Oh yeah you can get married to her forgot about that I kinda just abandoned her then turned the orphanage into a brothel so yeah I think I did the right thing
"Landlords are the REAL heroes" is one of the funniest accidental morals I've ever seen in a video game, so Fable 3 is still great for that reason for me
I mean, there is one major punishment for going down in combat. You accumulate scars, which in turn make your character less attractive to the NPCs of the world. You may not care about that, but I personally hate walking down the street and seeing everyone around me puking because of how ugly I am, and I don't want to see it in a game either!
@@mattg4705 don't really agree with that I didn't really like him or Jasper kinda wished I could have killed Jasper as well and I was actually surprised he stayed dead I kinda figured you were going to pull some power of friendship BS on us
There was a rumor about the MC rebuilding the hero's guild and each character you meet was suppose to be a hero, Page, Sabine, Saker, Swift, Ben Finn, Walter, Etc.. Etc.. Its even metioned by Theresea when you get to the old guild hall. That whole plot line was scrapped in favor of the shadow army nonsense
I like how in Fable II Theresa and the guards tower over you. Then as you are slowly getting up to their height, you meet Hammer, who is impossibly tall. Then you somehow surpass her as well. Now we get to Fable III, where the giant from Dweller Camp and Saker are on another level entirely.
@@AlossriaASMRit’s actually a theme through the games that’s hard to catch unless your super familiar with lore lol. Basically Fable 1 takes places closest to the origination of the Archon, or the first king, who bound his soul with the Sword of Eons, and thus the Hero’s bloodline is born. Scythe is a character you meet in that game and he is basically a mummy but he’s thought to be the Archon, also known as William Black. You play as one of his way down the line decedents in each game. Fable II takes place roughly 500 years after the first, however the third game is roughly only 50 years after the second, meaning that the need for hero’s has changed with the times. Plus by the third game people find hero’s utterly terrifying, showing they fade into obscurity by the third game. Bonus lore: The Crawler is original cannon from before Fable 1 he comes from the spire
Fable II is peak nostalgia for me and I spent so many hours on that game, immersing myself in that world and it’s quaint, charming atmosphere. I loved the everything about it. It wasn’t the best game ever made by far but it was certainly one of the most appealing ones that knew how to draw you in. So I remember being excited for Fable III, and then being disappointed with the actual game. Sadly there’s just no denying that so much of the gameplay was an obvious downgrade from 2, and 1, in a lot of ways. So while Fable III was an inferior sequel, and I wouldn’t play it for fun now, if I’m ever doing a Fable marathon, I’m absolutely playing through it because it still manages to capture the aesthetic of the world of Fable even if it falls short of being as complete a gaming experience as it’s predecessors.
@@anonymousxaela761 lmao so because I don't like Walter and thought he was annoying that means I'm trying to be "cool or edgy" is that what your end game is in comment sections to be cool and edgy for people who overall don't care? Grow up kiddo your biast is showing
Fable 1 had a great concept about an academy of heroes that allows freewill for people to be either heroes or villains. It was interesting concept and it would've been better had the allow us to have a sequel where we get to experience the downfall of the heroes guild and heroes in general.
One thing that brings me back to Fable 3 is the dynamic combat animations. That the animations react to where the controller is aiming versus where the character is facing still impresses me. Case in point is seeing my guy shoot over his shoulder to hit someone behind him.
That's the most frustrating part about Fable 3, it compounded on all the hard work from the two previous games in fluidity, fun, and spectacle of combat. It even managed to keep the jobs from 2 relatively the same. It got the art right, it got the physical design of towns right, it even improved upon items by allowing your personal weapons to reflect your in game choices and in a positive manner. So much good all undone by a really really bad main story, a progression system that should have never gone past the brainstorming phase, and Aurora existing at all. Tbh I think Microsoft Game Studios should have asked Playground to use the Forza engine to remake Fable 3, completely scrap the story in favor of something much less grandiose and a rehash and expand on the characters and the sizes of locations due to all the new tech. Do that and it's an amazing game Oh, also remove the voiced protagonist, that's just silly and uncalled for
@@victorkreig6089ah yes, humans talking that is the silly part of this game totally, not magic, not that children can have foursomes in this game nah, the humans talking that is the part that sticks out lmfao
I enjoyed all 3 games tbh, and i started on the first fable when it was released. That one will always hold a special place in my heart. One of my top 5 games of all time.
@@PennywiseTheDancingClown274i bought fable 1 3x. Once for xbox once for the lost chspters and finally for lost chapters on steam. Only other game i did thst for was skyrim and i feel cheated out of money for biying skyrim 3 times.
... ya know I just realised this game was why my brother got into economy. Because he loved buying property. Like. All of it. Heck the main quest, that was his life work in that moment. Meanwhile I was a master of pies. And bartending. Never got into the groove of the music though. I also wanted the bone swords so I let the enemies pummel me into the ground just for that sweet sweet aesthetic
I actually enjoyed this game and I had fun with it. The one thing I didn’t like was how rapidly the time jumps went once you became Queen (or King if you chose male) and how there’s no warning that this time jump will cause the end of the game. And it hits you with a final hurdle like it’s deliberately trying to make you fail. But I was lucky, I had a friend who had played it before me and she told me how much gold I actually needed and when the final time jump was, without being too spoilery. And so I was able to be a good ruler, keep all my promises and hold off the evil. I admit that I had my character have several children, since Heroes are important it seemed like a good idea to establish several bloodlines. So I had four kids. Two in Albion and two in Aroura.
I remember when Fable 3 was coming out and they said that your Fable 2 playthrough would impact Fable 3. Turns out if you chose a female character in Fable 2 then in Fable 3 they would talk about your mom (the old queen) and if you chose male, they would mention the dad (the old king). That was the only thing the playthrough affected.
@@StaffOfFunagreed, when fable 1 came out i think that was round about the same time kotor released, and kotor DESTROYS fable when it comes to rpg...... I dont like the combat but the rest of it is awesome
@@themanwithnoname1839 Yeah i think Kotor deserved bigger scope but i love it for what it is. Fable 1 was epitome of how Molyneux became pathological liar or delusional dreamer.
I think Fable 3’s biggest failing is the absolute letdown that is the idea of being the King after Logan’s fall because the actual “You get to be King!” mechanic was an absolute joke. If you had been in Logan’s shoes and needed to keep the army happy cos you need to be ready for the invasion, while also balancing the needs of your kingdom as well, you would have understood the stress he was under as he tried to navigate those difficult choices. But you never really get that impression as the actual monarch because you can raise the 8.5 million through being a landlord, something which is ridiculously easy compared to Fable 2. It was hard to reach 1 million in 2 and was a fairly well paced system that made you feel like you’d earnt your way but in 3, you have more money than you know what to do with if you manage it properly, so there’s no incentive to make hard choices when the game makes it super convenient to have your cake and eat it too. So you can pick all the benevolent options - and get the angel wings Theresa gives you instead of devil wings which is just silly lmao - and still have enough money to save everyone, so there’s no incentive to make the hard decisions for the good of the realm Logan felt compelled to make even if he didn’t want to do so. He didn’t need to do anything he did which was genuinely tyrannical, so his character feels weaker as a result when if you were presented with some of the same genuinely morally complex choices, you would find yourself saying “Now I understand Logan’s struggle.” As it is, not so much. It’s a useful summary of the whole game really; a great concept, very poor execution.
The issue here is, if you have more than one profile you can gift yourself millions from a different playthrough, so you can just do the first one tl make a shitload of money and resources then just gift your new character all the best shit will millions kf gold and have the game won before you even get throught the tutorial lmfao rofl, ESPECIALLY if you have friends going to college for computer programming lmfal rofl
It was WAY easier to make money in Fable 2 than 3 because the game still gave you rent money while the console was off, but that element was removed in Fable 3, it only generates money while you're playing. A lot of people don't seem to remember that.
I didn't even mind that as it felt like the time I put in working in Fable 3 early game paid of later. What did bother me is the road to rule locking off all rpg elements and progression. The RNG nature of chests, weapons and special moves and even npc interactions where just random expressions which was often stupid and even children like your 2 white parents having a random black child. All rng and a major step down. The dumbing down of gameplay like the removal of sub targeting, counter kills and chaining.
@@stevenviljoen160 I don't disagree with most of what you said but two white parents can have a black kid in real life if you understand recessive genes so that complaint just comes off as racist
The Fable series was my first introduction to fantasy RPGs and I was OBSESSED once I started. Fable 2 was my first and I adored it (the song Temple of Light is one of my all time favourite songs), went on to 3 and didn’t hate it too much, I actually really loved seeing how industrialisation shapes a country you’ve explored centuries before. Finished off with fable 1 and actually fable 1 wasn’t as good as I was expecting, I really really loved fable 2 and the spooky and quirky quests (reanimating dead corpses for luuuuurve and banishing demons in swampy lands). Loved this retrospect, thank you for you service!
I love all of the Fable games but Fable 3 is actually my favorite simple due to the fact that my dad and I could play it together. We have replayed that game more times than I could actually count from my teenage years to well into my adulthood. I’m now in my 30s living across the country from him and really hoping the upcoming fable release let’s you play with another player in a similar way so we can keep our fable play through going without having to replay fable 3 for the nine millionth time.
love this story. me and my brother loved fable TLC and took turns watching eachother play for so many afternoons. when Fable 2 had multiplayer we LOST our minds! it was a little dissapointing one of us had to be a henchman but that was still cool. and when 3 let you actually keep your hero it was like a dream come true. videogames are a wonderful way to connect with family:)
@ Yes!! My dad and I had the exact same experience with the Fable games. Right now we are playing Diablo IV together. We are both fairly busy and disinclined to text/call or use social media so setting up semi-regular gaming days helps us stay connected even when we’re so far apart.
This was the only Fable game I ever played and it was some very strange stroke of luck I was able to play it. We didn't have a lot of spare money but I found the Fable 3 demo or something on the xbox's store when I was in high school and had begged for the little bit of money to be able to get the full title. I was thrilled when he said yes and had an absolute blast playing it; was always so confused when people said it was the worst one lmao
@@attilamarics3374if you play them with an understanding of what an RPG can be in today's context, then yeah they're not great. But you have to consider how long ago these games came out. 1 & 2 were pretty groundbreaking when they were released. Between the depth of the lore and gameplay mechanics, they were excellent. I liked 3 as well, but 1 and 2 are clearly the better of the 3 games.
I'll be honest, I've only played the first one and really enjoyed it. I was steered away from the second and third though, so I always love watching retrospectives. I am incredibly excited for the new one coming out! This will make my Saturday morning divine!!!
Fable 2 is amazing, and I love Fable 3 too, though I don't think 3 hits the highs of the other two, all 3 Fable games are worth playing - with the benefit of hindsight available, I'd say they're worth playing provided you go in with no expectations. I believe the games are on Gamepass, so that's possibly an option?
This isn't even remotely necessary, just a cool hidden trick. I did use it for Fable II, but I discovered buying from the owned Bowerstone blacksmith and selling in Fairfax is also super quick. Then in Fable III, just work for a bit and buy a few properties. A few hours later and I'm loaded.
I haven’t played Fable III in over 10 years and when I did I only did the bare minimum to beat the story. After watching this I downloaded it from Gamepass. The ability to shatter the economy of Albion in a way that is near tyrannical is now one of my favorite things to do in all of gaming.
You can do basically the same thing in fable 2 and it's a drastically superior game. Only difference is you have to buy the buildings in person, instead of on a minimap. The gold still automatically goes to you though. You don't have to manually collect it like in fable tlc.
The only one i ever played but it made a huge impression from the combat system to the comedic gold of the gnomes. It was the first game i played that made you feel like a hero/villain and had quite a bit of gravity to the decisions to uphold your promises at the end when you had to choose which to break from enormous cost that springs up on you. Still think it was a work of art for the warm memories it gave!
I played it backwards too , also the lady that the player sees in the other world is actually the players great great great great aunt from fable 2 , actually all the protagonists after the first game are actually the descendants of the first fable hero .
Also hey! : D I was 3 when it was 2004! Damn. Time... Sure does fly. Fable 3 holds a special place in my heart because I and my brother would play co-op. Then we both enjoyed the first two Fables seperately.
While I agree with everything you've said, Fable 3 is still my favourite part. (and I started with the Lost Chapters). The world, the characters, voice acting, british humour and atmosphere are just perfect in this and the plot is also nice
The only thing that brought me to this was the couch co op. Good with your kid or companion. Problem is it makes you so OP and the game doesn’t scale up, so it becomes a walking stimulator pretty quick
And it shouldnt, the heroes in this game are SUPPOSED to be over powered, theres a reason there was only like something like ten of them at a time maybe less, its a lot like the avengers, they were far more powerful when there was only three, but now theres hundreds and we can barely tell if thor is stronger than cap........
My biggest gripe with Fable III was all the damn loading times. Putting inventory behind loading on those old consoles was a terrible idea. There's a reason we used menus. Xbox Games Studios still haven't learned this lesson. Starfield is yet another loading screen simulator.
It's weird.. I couldn't finish Fable 2 but completed Fable 3, albeit dreadfully and bankrupting the entire nation because, as you've stated, the game doesn't particularly tell you to ball till you fall. That said, maybe I should play them again and not complete the stories until I'm OP Isekai protagonist with Scrooge McDuck money.
i played all of them in order and i initially didn't like 3. at least not by myself. it wasn't until i did a full co-op playthrough with my niece who was 7 at the time. between me just being silly and the games humour it became so much more fun. there's one side quest where you had to dress up like a chicken to lure real chickens back into a pen and i don't think she stopped laughing once during that whole bit. it may not be the best game but i still vividly remember and appreciate the game and that whole playthrough.
@@JustSomeKittenwithaGun some of wants page wants for "the people" at times feel dumb founded to me partly, like they want all these luxarys but struggle to understand how much it costs. Though reently been doing replay again after many years on 360 (on good run currently) next run i might enjoy more as make it more evil run as helped page build a damn school then she had go at me for now restoring bowerstone which was like "umm b word much".
@@JustSomeKittenwithaGun He was the KING! I don't think he should be so concerned if people thought him crazy when there is an evil darkness on the way. And his sibling who is just dying to pick up a gun and shoot anything would have absolutely believed him.
I always found it kinda funny how regardless of weather you played the Hero of Bower Lake as good or evil, they canonically did bugger all about Reaver sacrificing the youth of innocent ppl to the Shadow Court for the better part of 50 years.
Great watch as always 👊🏿. I think it's definitely in the bucket of those games where it's fondly remembered coz of the era and it's probably the Fable game that got most people into the series. So i definitely think you aren't alone in being more attached to this entry than the others despite the others being held in maybe slightly higher regard.
Combat does have some stakes, at least. I didn't realize until near the end of the game but every time you die, you get a big scar. My character was gruesome by the end.
The first Fable did have lighthearted comedic tones but was much more dark and serious in its story and events and got more jovial the more games came out which slowly ruined the experience for me.
True Fact: The Labors of Heracles is the first RPG fetch/kill quest. The formula has changed little since Homer the Developer established it in his 1st Edition.
I used to exploit the hell out of this game by letting the game run uninterrupted for 14 hours straight. I used to buy several houses and shops then go afk for 14 hours. During that time I would work on my models, shower, cook and have my meal while watching TV / DVD's, do some reading and sleep. I repeated this process for a week, before long I owned every single purchasable structure, rented the houses for a reasonable price and furnished each house with the highest grade furniture. After doing this I wound up with $150,000,000 way before I faced Logan and I finished the game with a grand total of $300,000,00. I had everything I could possibly buy, from cosmetics, to every variation of the very limited and boring selection of weapons, all the clothes and piece of art. I got bored and gambled all the money I had on a chicken race..... I lost all the money but earned it back within the next week.
you really nailed just how important it is to make all that gold before reaching the end of the game and being able to keep your good choices, which is indeed the perfect ending for a noble and not evil hero
so, you say there lack of emphasis on collecting enough gold for the end. but also complain about the end being too easy....if you've collected enough gold..... pretty sure THATS the reason there wasn't much emphasis on it. its to catch people off guard their FIRST playthrough...only people who have played/spoiled the ending already would even KNOW to collect that much gold...forcing most normal players to make decisions at the end that could potentially be harder to make if you weren't as prepared. just my thoughts
Fable 2 was my first ever RPG, and then Fable 3. Like there was nothing else in the genre in my game lineup at the time (I played them as they were released) so I had a harder time being disappointed by Fable 3 than maybe people that played it after other/better games. I still like it, despite its flaws. It doesn't take itself seriously, and so I'm not bothered when things are a bit dumb, or could have been executed better. Also, I truly am one of those people that likes easy combat. While it was a tiny bit difficult to do a "no death" run in Fable 2 to avoid scars, it was cake in Fable 3, so it went in the "cosy game" section of my games.
When I was 13, I actually thought that this was the greatest game I ever played and didn't realize it was the opposite until I got to near the end and had to make a ton of decisions before the final battle. The fact that 70-90% of background NPCs disappear depending on your choices made the end game feel absolutely dead and boring to play.
I remember getting a Xbox360 bundle with this game in it for Christmas when I was younger. Had no internet at the time(lived in the middle of the woods in southern US). I remember playing this game so much as a kid alone at night on the weekends. Making up my own adventures and baking pies along the way. Good video, per the usual. Much love.
Fable has always been an interesting series to me, I discovered the first one way back when it came out when I was a teenager and I loved it and it's sequel but I didn't know all the controversy about the promises made for those games and I honestly think the third game is very underrated. Also, hearing that you were eight years old in 2008 makes me feel very very old because I was born in 1989. Anyways, the fable franchise has always been known as "baby's first RPG" it's not, by any means, a bad trilogy, but if you're looking for complexity, maybe you should look elsewhere.
My main issue with fable 3 was the utter lack of actual menus, it was so annoying. They must've thought it'd be the future of gaming; but there are lists and menus and text for a reason. Sometimes they can be overlong and zealous but that's to be expected of some games.
I just finish this game again today, I must say the mechanics of being King are so linear, you don't feel like a monarch indeed, it will be nice having so many options about how you will reign Albion.
I distinctly remember using the chicken costume the whole game and being a psycho, thanks for bringing back quality memories of economic disaster and murder Walter was the only thing holding me back from going full psycho ingame. his character is fucking fantastic.
Fable 2 was my first, not only that it was gift given to me by a dear friend not too long after my mother died so that game will always be special to me.
Big fan of all 3 fable games. Even the third one with all its flaws is still enjoyable for the nostalgia, mostly. The first one will always be my favorite though.
Your experience buying Fable 3 on a whim was the same way I experienced Fable 1 and Morrowind. Probably why they're two of my most favorite games ever.
It's the magic of going into something with absolutely zero expectations every now and then, especially in childhood, that creates the games you remember most fondly and often... most oddly.
@@Fizhyfacts. It’s the same for me with Fable 2/3, GTA IV and Fallout 3. I had no idea what I was getting into with these games but GTA IV and the Fable games are some of my favorites from my childhood. And if it wasn’t for Fallout 3, I wouldn’t have found the goat that is Fallout NV.
What a fantastic review, really balanced as well not just bashing the game outright as others do. Yes it has its faults, a lot of fault, but Fable 3 has a certain charm to it, I love the world of Albion and I’ll always have a soft spot for the game
Wasn’t there a very intricate spell system that had multiple elemental combos and attack types? That was my favorite part and you never mention it! Changing out the gauntlets to see what I liked the most was good.
I think the Fable titles are all pretty good entry points, so wherever you started tends to be the one you like most. For me, that was Fable 3, I loved it, but when it comes to the new Fable, 3 is hardly the example I'd want the developers to look at for how to do Fable.
Fable 3 was my first Fable game I played also. I think it was free with Xbox Gold a while ago. Then I played 2 a year ago, and then 1 recently. It is very weird how it progressed. I remember in 3, I could beat most enemies easily with just the gun. Used at most 3 healing potions. I started playing 2 again a few days ago, and it is already much harder. I also noticed they did not make the job minigames any more accurate in terms of input delay. You have to press it earlier than it seems, or you will be too late.
I clocked Fable 3 multiple times through. I made so many millions by leveraging the royal treasury and buying all the houses, then lowering the rent to get a full good ending with a full treasury. It was fun. But that’s really why I play it.
the biggest flaw was not revealing Logan's delima earlier. If the game had made it clear early on that Logan was trying to save the world by being a tyrant and why we, as players, could've interacted with the game as it was clearly intended to be.
Fable 3 is my favorite only because of the unique settling. I cant think of any other fantasy game, movie, or book that's set in an early modern/ 1st industrial revolution setting other than The Brothers Grim. Im sure there's some out there but it's pretty rare. I know seampunk is becoming increasingly popular but Fable 3 is at that "pre steampunk" sweet spot.
i love how it tried to do a dark turn mid way through by making you choose between your bank and your kingdom. but if you've already bought all the houses, you can easily save everyone by spending your own fortune without doing any of the "evil" options earn money. completely breaks the story, but fun to do. it's a messed up game, but all 3 will always a special spot with me. all of them had issues, all of them are still very worth playing.
I think what suckered me in with this game, was the thing that ALWAYS suckers me in with these types of games: If you let me spend 30 hours grinding money to own literally the entire world before the game even begins, i'm basicly sold! I'm so addicted to doing sidecontent as early as possible, that i'm one of those insane people who will clear the entire map of everything it's physically possible to do, as soon as it becomes available... And yes, that means i cleaned the entire map of EVERY Assassin's Creed game as much as possible before even looking at a main quest, only leaving things i needed actual story locked gear or progression to get, only to sweep over the map again when i got new gear or new sidecontent got unlocked! So when i played Fable 3 and the job system became available, i actually grinded 10 million gold from jobs alone, despite knowing that housing and shops would be easier and faster later on!
Thanks for this great revisit to a game i had lots of fun playing when it came out, but ended up hating it for all the failures it has. I really enjoy the combat system of the Fable games and last year i played Fable 2 for some nostalgia... and gave Fable 3 a miss... I'll never forget that no matter HOW you fight, WHAT you fight, your weapon will either be bones or bandit themed. I deliberately grinded over 100 wolves to see if i got a wolf themed weapon... but all i got was Hollow Man, despite avoiding them as much as was physically possible in the game. In fact, i probably dedicated a few hours to killing about 500 wolves and it affected nothing. Also, that surprise ending on the first play through felt so unfair that i recall my partner at the time splutter in disbelief and summarise that everything he had done up to that point had been pointless. No matter how he wanted to play the game he was railroaded to fail from the start. Every play through after that was just about buying property and grinding for gold. It sucked all the fun out of the game. Beautiful world, great music, absolutely LOVED Reaver's design and Stephen Fry acting him. That was the lasting impression from the game. Much preferred Fable 2
Fable 3 always had such a weird message to me. Like, it's probably just me looking to deep into it but it always felt to me like the game was spinning a pro-imperialist narrative with only certain people being destined for greatness and the only way to fulfil that greatness is to become a monster, either as a direct tyrant or buy buying up/owning everything.
As far as actual quality goes I'm inclined to agree, but I still find Fable 3 to be lovable, I'm probably biased as it was my entry point but that's fine by me.
@@Fizhy haha my “Meh” was brash, it is my least favorite but that’s likely because I started with the first, making it my favorite, of course! 3 is still great.
Fable 3 was my first fable game as well, and I still think of it fondly. It got me into other Semi-Open World RPG/Action games like the witcher, Assissin's Creed, etc. It is also still my favorite game most likely due to nostalgia but I remember really likely the aesthetic and feel of the game.
I played 2 first, then 3 then 1 (then _sigh_ The Journey) - I'd returned to console gaming after a HUGE gap & basically rotated 2 & 3 for like two years solid! My next game was Skyrim and I finally started playing more difficult games - one good thing about Fable being easy is that it really helped me figure out how to use all those fancy buttons on the controller (over a decade ago, before this I'd only used the Megadrive controller or mousey-keyboard)... I loved the British sense of humour and especially Michael Fassbender as Logan (developed a huge crush before seeing what he looked like then a MASSIVE one after seeing him in real life). BTW We never found out who voiced the female protag in 2, did we?
I really enjoyed playing with new people whenever I started new playthroughs of the game where if it was someone's first time playing I'd help them out with getting the good ending
i think fable 3 has the best morality system late game because your choices actually effect the world around you if you follow through on your promises the world is beautiful and happy but if you break them its disgusting and if you're unable to fund the war or purposely steal money everyone will die so if you want people to live and be happy you have to donate out of your pocket
not gonna lie I just typed "Fable 3" in google and this vid came up... I remember playing fable 3 like 20 times, I loved the game... Not sure if I should play it again because it might tarnish my memories of it.
My favorite part is the treasury. One of the only parts. It would get bigger as we get more gold. Also I loved that the female hero was not resigned to being a "brawn hilda" (like in 2). They exist but if the female hero is to be a placeholder for me it was nice to have her look vaguely like me. I feel kinda sad for any "brawn hilda"s that played the game.
One thing I noticed you didn't mention- the living weapons. These were touted heavily in the marketing as weapons that change based on your playstyle, and there really aren't any alternative weapons to use. Well, unless you try really hard and know the prerequisites, you always end up with basically the same weapon because the game is pretty aggressively linear. You almost always end up with a bone hilt for all of your weapons because you fight hordes and hordes of hollow men in Mourningwood, and no other enemy really comes close to that volume prior. Once, I even actively tried to get a different hilt on my weapons by only killing hollow men with the weak, piddly spells you get early on, and I STILL got the bone hilts. It's a feature that would have been cool in a more open game, or even if you got then later on in the game after the world opened up, but as it was implemented it was so disappointing.
My first playthrough I lost so many people because I didn't engage in the housing market. I like that it doesn't shove "You need money" in your face, it actually meant the first play had some real decisions at the end.
Personally i liked 3 over 2 for 3 reasons which no one talks about. And i will also explain some downsides to them 1. Co-op multi you were your hero not a premade "good, Bad, or Neutral" co-op felt much better. How ever locking achievements to multi was a bad move. This can be cheated though with 2 person co-op if your get both characters to have a parent on both sides. Split screen. 2. The world felt more reactive and more open with if you did things. Being able to repair building and manage income was neat in 2 you couldnt repair and shops didnt get new traders. The downside if your spending gold to repair properties that frankly dont feel like their worth anything. I do like how shops dont need repaired but houses do feel a bit fast on thier decay in major towns vs the mountian or hippy camp. The lake homes decayed 2.3x slower then ones in bowerstone. (i watched a video ages ago explaining which ones to get etc.) 3. The plot twist half way through, I honestly felt that logan did try but went very badly at it give or take thats how things work in the real world higher ups hide things yada yada. With that said by the end most if not everyone knows of the darkness so explaining an invasion is coming is the best way to put it. An given a year with questionable time skips i wish you could undo the choices or for ppl to understand them.
You COULD “die” in this game. But youd just get a scar from being “knocked out”. Youre a hero, suppose it made more sense that you wouldnt die since youd just restart from a checkpoint without any “real setbacks”. And the scars would affect how people see you
Fable 3 is a really good game, just not a good FABLE game. I think by playing it first, you were able to enjoy it as it’s own thing without any real expectations. It is funny to think about how the series is best experienced backwards…
A lot of people dont like fable 2 & 3 but they’re still to this day some of my favorite games the buying houses, the clockwork weapons, the stupid humor, so many cool things in em
I beat this game in a single sitting once. I didnt max out the economy grind so i didnt get to save *everyone* but I made enough to save enough to make my exorbitant rent get overlooked lmao
Playing the series backwards is like playing an improving game but with worsening graphics
Definitely helps me appreciate how little graphics matter
@Fizhy even though you said that I think they should remake this series or aleast fable 2
Tbh this can be said about most game franchises, it also has to do with growing up
@rodplays3726 so? I could say I want shade wrath of angels remake and it's not because of graphics, it's because the og game was clunky as fuck and i want to play it on console
@@MAHMatthew ok good for you
The sheer audacity of getting married to Elise and having children with her in the middle of that quest is applause-worthy. I salute you.
plap plap plap plap get pregnant get pregnant
@@rykehuss3435I understand that reference. The circle of life plapp plapp
Gigabased
to be fair she is the mc fiancee before that guy, sooooo yeah anti-ntr it is
Oh yeah you can get married to her forgot about that I kinda just abandoned her then turned the orphanage into a brothel so yeah I think I did the right thing
"Landlords are the REAL heroes" is one of the funniest accidental morals I've ever seen in a video game, so Fable 3 is still great for that reason for me
"That's why you always tip your landlord." - Royce DuPont
Buy house after house, rent being cheap, and when you own EVERYTHING then you raise the price.
the real heroes are the ones who travelled decades into the future on their xbox
I mean, there is one major punishment for going down in combat. You accumulate scars, which in turn make your character less attractive to the NPCs of the world. You may not care about that, but I personally hate walking down the street and seeing everyone around me puking because of how ugly I am, and I don't want to see it in a game either!
Snuck er in at the end eh 😂
always felt to me the game's story ended just when it felt like it was getting started
I found that the story started the moment you went to Aurora and discovered the darkness too bad the game ends almost immediately after that
Yeah it feels EXTREMELY short.
@@zambekillerhowever its impossible to not cry over having to kill walter
@@mattg4705 don't really agree with that I didn't really like him or Jasper kinda wished I could have killed Jasper as well and I was actually surprised he stayed dead I kinda figured you were going to pull some power of friendship BS on us
Ikr? Compared to 1 and 2 this game really feels like a flash in the pan
I remembered having kids and families in every city, occasionally I’d bring all the mom’s together just to piss them off lol
😅😅😅 same
Sounds like a few familiar people...
@@JoshuaJacobs83 that one girl who swiped right on lile a hundred guys and gathered them all to compete for her?
There was a rumor about the MC rebuilding the hero's guild and each character you meet was suppose to be a hero, Page, Sabine, Saker, Swift, Ben Finn, Walter, Etc.. Etc.. Its even metioned by Theresea when you get to the old guild hall. That whole plot line was scrapped in favor of the shadow army nonsense
Man that woulda been a hell of a lot better
Should've done both. Basically "We need heroes to win this fight" but not every hero is good. So you gotta be careful.
I like how in Fable II Theresa and the guards tower over you. Then as you are slowly getting up to their height, you meet Hammer, who is impossibly tall. Then you somehow surpass her as well. Now we get to Fable III, where the giant from Dweller Camp and Saker are on another level entirely.
It seems in F3 the bloodline has gotten considerably weaker
I've never noticed that before!
@@AlossriaASMRit’s actually a theme through the games that’s hard to catch unless your super familiar with lore lol.
Basically Fable 1 takes places closest to the origination of the Archon, or the first king, who bound his soul with the Sword of Eons, and thus the Hero’s bloodline is born. Scythe is a character you meet in that game and he is basically a mummy but he’s thought to be the Archon, also known as William Black. You play as one of his way down the line decedents in each game. Fable II takes place roughly 500 years after the first, however the third game is roughly only 50 years after the second, meaning that the need for hero’s has changed with the times. Plus by the third game people find hero’s utterly terrifying, showing they fade into obscurity by the third game.
Bonus lore: The Crawler is original cannon from before Fable 1 he comes from the spire
Fable II is peak nostalgia for me and I spent so many hours on that game, immersing myself in that world and it’s quaint, charming atmosphere. I loved the everything about it. It wasn’t the best game ever made by far but it was certainly one of the most appealing ones that knew how to draw you in.
So I remember being excited for Fable III, and then being disappointed with the actual game. Sadly there’s just no denying that so much of the gameplay was an obvious downgrade from 2, and 1, in a lot of ways.
So while Fable III was an inferior sequel, and I wouldn’t play it for fun now, if I’m ever doing a Fable marathon, I’m absolutely playing through it because it still manages to capture the aesthetic of the world of Fable even if it falls short of being as complete a gaming experience as it’s predecessors.
Oh aye I can't wait to do a Fable II video in this style
@@Fizhy I can’t wait, 2 deserves a deep dive breakdown like this. 😁
Two was great all the way up until the end
Amen brother
@@Longshanks1690thankfully every once in a while someone drops a new good review of the whole series
I actually loved fable 3 and its story. I replay it all the time. I love the music and a lot of the mechanics and weapons themes.
Not to mention the FPS boost it got made it super smooth and it's easier to go back to because of it.
It went in a super interesting way, it's too bad there was no way for the hardware to actually be able to flesh out the ideas.
same here, loved the game
Same. I hated fable 2 (mostly because I could not get it as it was xbox exclusive)
@@klausklautklopapier4679 I do not think there is a pc version. Unless the game is on the xbox game pass store
Bad or not, this game will always hold such a special place in my heart. Walter's death traumatized me as a kid. The nostalgia is unreal.
I feel that bro I cried to my mom after his death it was a mix of sad and traumatizing
I just felt bored and ready for the lame boss sequence to end
What? Walter was so damn annoying I had opposite reaction I was so happy not to have to hear him anymore
@@PennywiseTheDancingClown274 You're not cool or edgy
@@anonymousxaela761 lmao so because I don't like Walter and thought he was annoying that means I'm trying to be "cool or edgy" is that what your end game is in comment sections to be cool and edgy for people who overall don't care? Grow up kiddo your biast is showing
Fable 1 had a great concept about an academy of heroes that allows freewill for people to be either heroes or villains. It was interesting concept and it would've been better had the allow us to have a sequel where we get to experience the downfall of the heroes guild and heroes in general.
You get the downfall when you see how disgraceful Hammer is in Fable II
One thing that brings me back to Fable 3 is the dynamic combat animations. That the animations react to where the controller is aiming versus where the character is facing still impresses me. Case in point is seeing my guy shoot over his shoulder to hit someone behind him.
Chicken chaser (cheers)
That's the most frustrating part about Fable 3, it compounded on all the hard work from the two previous games in fluidity, fun, and spectacle of combat. It even managed to keep the jobs from 2 relatively the same. It got the art right, it got the physical design of towns right, it even improved upon items by allowing your personal weapons to reflect your in game choices and in a positive manner. So much good all undone by a really really bad main story, a progression system that should have never gone past the brainstorming phase, and Aurora existing at all.
Tbh I think Microsoft Game Studios should have asked Playground to use the Forza engine to remake Fable 3, completely scrap the story in favor of something much less grandiose and a rehash and expand on the characters and the sizes of locations due to all the new tech. Do that and it's an amazing game
Oh, also remove the voiced protagonist, that's just silly and uncalled for
@@victorkreig6089ah yes, humans talking that is the silly part of this game totally, not magic, not that children can have foursomes in this game nah, the humans talking that is the part that sticks out lmfao
@@themanwithnoname1839 I've seen house cats with more brains than you lmao
@@themanwithnoname1839He's referring to the Protag being voiced, that wasn't a thing in Fable 1 or 2
I enjoyed all 3 games tbh, and i started on the first fable when it was released. That one will always hold a special place in my heart. One of my top 5 games of all time.
I pity you, obviously you grew up with only crap games. Sad to see.
I prefer Fable 2, personally.
Fable one will always be best I was so excited for lost chapters
Fable 1 came out when I was 11. Loved that game so much. Top 5 all time for me too man. Good times
@@PennywiseTheDancingClown274i bought fable 1 3x. Once for xbox once for the lost chspters and finally for lost chapters on steam. Only other game i did thst for was skyrim and i feel cheated out of money for biying skyrim 3 times.
... ya know I just realised this game was why my brother got into economy. Because he loved buying property.
Like. All of it. Heck the main quest, that was his life work in that moment.
Meanwhile I was a master of pies. And bartending. Never got into the groove of the music though.
I also wanted the bone swords so I let the enemies pummel me into the ground just for that sweet sweet aesthetic
I hated Lute Hero so damn much. Why? Well IT WAS THE SAME FEW GOD DAMN NOTES! I hate it so much!
Honestly it's amazing they got the cast that they did for this game
For sure
I actually enjoyed this game and I had fun with it. The one thing I didn’t like was how rapidly the time jumps went once you became Queen (or King if you chose male) and how there’s no warning that this time jump will cause the end of the game. And it hits you with a final hurdle like it’s deliberately trying to make you fail.
But I was lucky, I had a friend who had played it before me and she told me how much gold I actually needed and when the final time jump was, without being too spoilery.
And so I was able to be a good ruler, keep all my promises and hold off the evil. I admit that I had my character have several children, since Heroes are important it seemed like a good idea to establish several bloodlines. So I had four kids. Two in Albion and two in Aroura.
I remember when Fable 3 was coming out and they said that your Fable 2 playthrough would impact Fable 3. Turns out if you chose a female character in Fable 2 then in Fable 3 they would talk about your mom (the old queen) and if you chose male, they would mention the dad (the old king). That was the only thing the playthrough affected.
Fable series was always one big lie and devs overpromising only to deliver barely mediocre rpg games.
@@StaffOfFunagreed, when fable 1 came out i think that was round about the same time kotor released, and kotor DESTROYS fable when it comes to rpg...... I dont like the combat but the rest of it is awesome
@@themanwithnoname1839 Yeah i think Kotor deserved bigger scope but i love it for what it is. Fable 1 was epitome of how Molyneux became pathological liar or delusional dreamer.
I think Fable 3’s biggest failing is the absolute letdown that is the idea of being the King after Logan’s fall because the actual “You get to be King!” mechanic was an absolute joke.
If you had been in Logan’s shoes and needed to keep the army happy cos you need to be ready for the invasion, while also balancing the needs of your kingdom as well, you would have understood the stress he was under as he tried to navigate those difficult choices. But you never really get that impression as the actual monarch because you can raise the 8.5 million through being a landlord, something which is ridiculously easy compared to Fable 2. It was hard to reach 1 million in 2 and was a fairly well paced system that made you feel like you’d earnt your way but in 3, you have more money than you know what to do with if you manage it properly, so there’s no incentive to make hard choices when the game makes it super convenient to have your cake and eat it too.
So you can pick all the benevolent options - and get the angel wings Theresa gives you instead of devil wings which is just silly lmao - and still have enough money to save everyone, so there’s no incentive to make the hard decisions for the good of the realm Logan felt compelled to make even if he didn’t want to do so.
He didn’t need to do anything he did which was genuinely tyrannical, so his character feels weaker as a result when if you were presented with some of the same genuinely morally complex choices, you would find yourself saying “Now I understand Logan’s struggle.”
As it is, not so much.
It’s a useful summary of the whole game really; a great concept, very poor execution.
The issue here is, if you have more than one profile you can gift yourself millions from a different playthrough, so you can just do the first one tl make a shitload of money and resources then just gift your new character all the best shit will millions kf gold and have the game won before you even get throught the tutorial lmfao rofl, ESPECIALLY if you have friends going to college for computer programming lmfal rofl
Wow that was very well put together. I completely agree with you
It was WAY easier to make money in Fable 2 than 3 because the game still gave you rent money while the console was off, but that element was removed in Fable 3, it only generates money while you're playing. A lot of people don't seem to remember that.
I didn't even mind that as it felt like the time I put in working in Fable 3 early game paid of later.
What did bother me is the road to rule locking off all rpg elements and progression.
The RNG nature of chests, weapons and special moves and even npc interactions where just random expressions which was often stupid and even children like your 2 white parents having a random black child. All rng and a major step down.
The dumbing down of gameplay like the removal of sub targeting, counter kills and chaining.
@@stevenviljoen160 I don't disagree with most of what you said but two white parents can have a black kid in real life if you understand recessive genes so that complaint just comes off as racist
Fable 3 teaches you an important lesson, money fixes all problems.
And the only way to avoid catastrophe, while being a nice guy, is to become the ultimate scumbag landlord house flipper.
I thought it was Child labor?
Damn I miss this game. It was my first Fable game too and I absolutely love it. Once you get to the creepier bits, it just won my heart.
I played them in order but I also liked 3. Walter dying broke my heart as a child
@@richarddavies5674 Lucien shooting my sister and dog, and Walter dying, are the most emotional moments
@@richarddavies5674 Walter was such a special and lovable character. It was painful ):
The Fable series was my first introduction to fantasy RPGs and I was OBSESSED once I started. Fable 2 was my first and I adored it (the song Temple of Light is one of my all time favourite songs), went on to 3 and didn’t hate it too much, I actually really loved seeing how industrialisation shapes a country you’ve explored centuries before. Finished off with fable 1 and actually fable 1 wasn’t as good as I was expecting, I really really loved fable 2 and the spooky and quirky quests (reanimating dead corpses for luuuuurve and banishing demons in swampy lands). Loved this retrospect, thank you for you service!
The Temple of Light is GORGEOUS. The music of Fable has such a deep peace to it :)
I love all of the Fable games but Fable 3 is actually my favorite simple due to the fact that my dad and I could play it together. We have replayed that game more times than I could actually count from my teenage years to well into my adulthood. I’m now in my 30s living across the country from him and really hoping the upcoming fable release let’s you play with another player in a similar way so we can keep our fable play through going without having to replay fable 3 for the nine millionth time.
love this story. me and my brother loved fable TLC and took turns watching eachother play for so many afternoons. when Fable 2 had multiplayer we LOST our minds! it was a little dissapointing one of us had to be a henchman but that was still cool. and when 3 let you actually keep your hero it was like a dream come true. videogames are a wonderful way to connect with family:)
@ Yes!! My dad and I had the exact same experience with the Fable games. Right now we are playing Diablo IV together. We are both fairly busy and disinclined to text/call or use social media so setting up semi-regular gaming days helps us stay connected even when we’re so far apart.
i dont hate fable 3, i just dont understand how they made basically the same game as fable 2 but somehow did it way worse..
This was the only Fable game I ever played and it was some very strange stroke of luck I was able to play it. We didn't have a lot of spare money but I found the Fable 3 demo or something on the xbox's store when I was in high school and had begged for the little bit of money to be able to get the full title. I was thrilled when he said yes and had an absolute blast playing it; was always so confused when people said it was the worst one lmao
I bet you didn’t play the other ones then
@@dzy3030 I recently played all 3 the first time. and they arent good. They feel like bady made indi games.
@@attilamarics3374 they are great but they just aren’t games you play you probably like cod and rpgs games.
@@dzy3030 Fable is an rpg too.
@@attilamarics3374if you play them with an understanding of what an RPG can be in today's context, then yeah they're not great. But you have to consider how long ago these games came out. 1 & 2 were pretty groundbreaking when they were released. Between the depth of the lore and gameplay mechanics, they were excellent. I liked 3 as well, but 1 and 2 are clearly the better of the 3 games.
Fable 4 will make Fable 3 look good.
And Fable 3 is dogshit, so that's wild.
Haha most likely it will be abysmal and full of woke shite
I'll be honest, I've only played the first one and really enjoyed it. I was steered away from the second and third though, so I always love watching retrospectives. I am incredibly excited for the new one coming out! This will make my Saturday morning divine!!!
Fable 2 is amazing, and I love Fable 3 too, though I don't think 3 hits the highs of the other two, all 3 Fable games are worth playing - with the benefit of hindsight available, I'd say they're worth playing provided you go in with no expectations. I believe the games are on Gamepass, so that's possibly an option?
Definitely try the second one, it's a good game - if the first is 9/10 I'd say the second is 8-8.5 for sure
Literally felt like a fever dream I have been looking for this game for years haha . I just remember the child factory workers and kicking chickens 🤣😭
-Rent out houses.
-Exit game.
-Change Date setting to 4 years forward.
-Enter game.
-Profit.
-Repeat.
This isn't even remotely necessary, just a cool hidden trick. I did use it for Fable II, but I discovered buying from the owned Bowerstone blacksmith and selling in Fairfax is also super quick. Then in Fable III, just work for a bit and buy a few properties. A few hours later and I'm loaded.
Can't do that cuz of the house upkeep system.
Worked in Fable 2, so they specifically came up with a way to stop players from exploiting it
Wrong fable, that would be Fable 2. You could only earn income while actually playing the game in Fable 3 and manage upkeep
I haven’t played Fable III in over 10 years and when I did I only did the bare minimum to beat the story. After watching this I downloaded it from Gamepass. The ability to shatter the economy of Albion in a way that is near tyrannical is now one of my favorite things to do in all of gaming.
I just bought it in the thriftshop for 1$99. Lets give it a try.
You can do basically the same thing in fable 2 and it's a drastically superior game. Only difference is you have to buy the buildings in person, instead of on a minimap. The gold still automatically goes to you though. You don't have to manually collect it like in fable tlc.
The only one i ever played but it made a huge impression from the combat system to the comedic gold of the gnomes. It was the first game i played that made you feel like a hero/villain and had quite a bit of gravity to the decisions to uphold your promises at the end when you had to choose which to break from enormous cost that springs up on you. Still think it was a work of art for the warm memories it gave!
I played it backwards too , also the lady that the player sees in the other world is actually the players great great great great aunt from fable 2 , actually all the protagonists after the first game are actually the descendants of the first fable hero .
Also hey! : D I was 3 when it was 2004! Damn. Time... Sure does fly.
Fable 3 holds a special place in my heart because I and my brother would play co-op.
Then we both enjoyed the first two Fables seperately.
That's how it was for me and my brother, too.
I was in the sack.
While I agree with everything you've said, Fable 3 is still my favourite part. (and I started with the Lost Chapters). The world, the characters, voice acting, british humour and atmosphere are just perfect in this and the plot is also nice
The only thing that brought me to this was the couch co op. Good with your kid or companion. Problem is it makes you so OP and the game doesn’t scale up, so it becomes a walking stimulator pretty quick
And it shouldnt, the heroes in this game are SUPPOSED to be over powered, theres a reason there was only like something like ten of them at a time maybe less, its a lot like the avengers, they were far more powerful when there was only three, but now theres hundreds and we can barely tell if thor is stronger than cap........
My biggest gripe with Fable III was all the damn loading times. Putting inventory behind loading on those old consoles was a terrible idea. There's a reason we used menus. Xbox Games Studios still haven't learned this lesson. Starfield is yet another loading screen simulator.
I think all the Fable games are great. I played the original on OG Xbox.
The stories are all well connected, game play is fun.
"This is my daughter, and her name is 'Dave'" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's weird..
I couldn't finish Fable 2 but completed Fable 3, albeit dreadfully and bankrupting the entire nation because, as you've stated, the game doesn't particularly tell you to ball till you fall.
That said, maybe I should play them again and not complete the stories until I'm OP Isekai protagonist with Scrooge McDuck money.
i played all of them in order and i initially didn't like 3. at least not by myself. it wasn't until i did a full co-op playthrough with my niece who was 7 at the time. between me just being silly and the games humour it became so much more fun. there's one side quest where you had to dress up like a chicken to lure real chickens back into a pen and i don't think she stopped laughing once during that whole bit.
it may not be the best game but i still vividly remember and appreciate the game and that whole playthrough.
As an 8 year old in 2008, the scene where the hero tells walter "teach me to be a hero" will ALWAYS make me cry
The whole plot of Fable 3 could have been resolved if Logan just actually told his advisors and his sibling what was going on.
He did tell people and they thought he was crazy
@@JustSomeKittenwithaGun some of wants page wants for "the people" at times feel dumb founded to me partly, like they want all these luxarys but struggle to understand how much it costs. Though reently been doing replay again after many years on 360 (on good run currently) next run i might enjoy more as make it more evil run as helped page build a damn school then she had go at me for now restoring bowerstone which was like "umm b word much".
@@JustSomeKittenwithaGun He was the KING! I don't think he should be so concerned if people thought him crazy when there is an evil darkness on the way. And his sibling who is just dying to pick up a gun and shoot anything would have absolutely believed him.
I always found it kinda funny how regardless of weather you played the Hero of Bower Lake as good or evil, they canonically did bugger all about Reaver sacrificing the youth of innocent ppl to the Shadow Court for the better part of 50 years.
Great watch as always 👊🏿.
I think it's definitely in the bucket of those games where it's fondly remembered coz of the era and it's probably the Fable game that got most people into the series. So i definitely think you aren't alone in being more attached to this entry than the others despite the others being held in maybe slightly higher regard.
Combat does have some stakes, at least. I didn't realize until near the end of the game but every time you die, you get a big scar. My character was gruesome by the end.
The first Fable did have lighthearted comedic tones but was much more dark and serious in its story and events and got more jovial the more games came out which slowly ruined the experience for me.
True Fact: The Labors of Heracles is the first RPG fetch/kill quest. The formula has changed little since Homer the Developer established it in his 1st Edition.
I used to exploit the hell out of this game by letting the game run uninterrupted for 14 hours straight. I used to buy several houses and shops then go afk for 14 hours. During that time I would work on my models, shower, cook and have my meal while watching TV / DVD's, do some reading and sleep. I repeated this process for a week, before long I owned every single purchasable structure, rented the houses for a reasonable price and furnished each house with the highest grade furniture. After doing this I wound up with $150,000,000 way before I faced Logan and I finished the game with a grand total of $300,000,00. I had everything I could possibly buy, from cosmetics, to every variation of the very limited and boring selection of weapons, all the clothes and piece of art. I got bored and gambled all the money I had on a chicken race..... I lost all the money but earned it back within the next week.
you really nailed just how important it is to make all that gold before reaching the end of the game and being able to keep your good choices, which is indeed the perfect ending for a noble and not evil hero
so, you say there lack of emphasis on collecting enough gold for the end. but also complain about the end being too easy....if you've collected enough gold..... pretty sure THATS the reason there wasn't much emphasis on it. its to catch people off guard their FIRST playthrough...only people who have played/spoiled the ending already would even KNOW to collect that much gold...forcing most normal players to make decisions at the end that could potentially be harder to make if you weren't as prepared. just my thoughts
Fable 2 was my first ever RPG, and then Fable 3. Like there was nothing else in the genre in my game lineup at the time (I played them as they were released) so I had a harder time being disappointed by Fable 3 than maybe people that played it after other/better games. I still like it, despite its flaws. It doesn't take itself seriously, and so I'm not bothered when things are a bit dumb, or could have been executed better. Also, I truly am one of those people that likes easy combat. While it was a tiny bit difficult to do a "no death" run in Fable 2 to avoid scars, it was cake in Fable 3, so it went in the "cosy game" section of my games.
When I was 13, I actually thought that this was the greatest game I ever played and didn't realize it was the opposite until I got to near the end and had to make a ton of decisions before the final battle. The fact that 70-90% of background NPCs disappear depending on your choices made the end game feel absolutely dead and boring to play.
I remember getting a Xbox360 bundle with this game in it for Christmas when I was younger.
Had no internet at the time(lived in the middle of the woods in southern US). I remember playing this game so much as a kid alone at night on the weekends. Making up my own adventures and baking pies along the way.
Good video, per the usual. Much love.
Fable has always been an interesting series to me, I discovered the first one way back when it came out when I was a teenager and I loved it and it's sequel but I didn't know all the controversy about the promises made for those games and I honestly think the third game is very underrated. Also, hearing that you were eight years old in 2008 makes me feel very very old because I was born in 1989. Anyways, the fable franchise has always been known as "baby's first RPG" it's not, by any means, a bad trilogy, but if you're looking for complexity, maybe you should look elsewhere.
Fable 3 is not the most hated. That would be Fable: The Journey, the on-rails one for Kinect.
Yeah but out of the main Fable games I mean: I never bothered with Xbox Kinect let alone Fable: The Journey.
@@Fizhy the worst part was that they tried to position it like a mainline game, but it absolutely wasn’t.
My main issue with fable 3 was the utter lack of actual menus, it was so annoying. They must've thought it'd be the future of gaming; but there are lists and menus and text for a reason. Sometimes they can be overlong and zealous but that's to be expected of some games.
I just finish this game again today, I must say the mechanics of being King are so linear, you don't feel like a monarch indeed, it will be nice having so many options about how you will reign Albion.
I distinctly remember using the chicken costume the whole game and being a psycho, thanks for bringing back quality memories of economic disaster and murder
Walter was the only thing holding me back from going full psycho ingame. his character is fucking fantastic.
Fable 2 was my first, not only that it was gift given to me by a dear friend not too long after my mother died so that game will always be special to me.
Big fan of all 3 fable games. Even the third one with all its flaws is still enjoyable for the nostalgia, mostly. The first one will always be my favorite though.
Your experience buying Fable 3 on a whim was the same way I experienced Fable 1 and Morrowind. Probably why they're two of my most favorite games ever.
It's the magic of going into something with absolutely zero expectations every now and then, especially in childhood, that creates the games you remember most fondly and often... most oddly.
@@Fizhyfacts. It’s the same for me with Fable 2/3, GTA IV and Fallout 3. I had no idea what I was getting into with these games but GTA IV and the Fable games are some of my favorites from my childhood. And if it wasn’t for Fallout 3, I wouldn’t have found the goat that is Fallout NV.
What a fantastic review, really balanced as well not just bashing the game outright as others do. Yes it has its faults, a lot of fault, but Fable 3 has a certain charm to it, I love the world of Albion and I’ll always have a soft spot for the game
Wasn’t there a very intricate spell system that had multiple elemental combos and attack types? That was my favorite part and you never mention it! Changing out the gauntlets to see what I liked the most was good.
I really liked fable 3!!! I started on fable 2 and its my favorite but I remember really loving this game
I think the Fable titles are all pretty good entry points, so wherever you started tends to be the one you like most. For me, that was Fable 3, I loved it, but when it comes to the new Fable, 3 is hardly the example I'd want the developers to look at for how to do Fable.
Fable 3 was my first Fable game I played also. I think it was free with Xbox Gold a while ago. Then I played 2 a year ago, and then 1 recently. It is very weird how it progressed. I remember in 3, I could beat most enemies easily with just the gun. Used at most 3 healing potions. I started playing 2 again a few days ago, and it is already much harder.
I also noticed they did not make the job minigames any more accurate in terms of input delay. You have to press it earlier than it seems, or you will be too late.
Wait for new Fable to say "Hold my beer. I could do worst than this." 😂
As long as it isn't Journey I'm interested
Have you ever even played a Fable game yourself to completion? Or do you just like to be a bitch?
This comment aged like fine wine.
I clocked Fable 3 multiple times through. I made so many millions by leveraging the royal treasury and buying all the houses, then lowering the rent to get a full good ending with a full treasury. It was fun. But that’s really why I play it.
the biggest flaw was not revealing Logan's delima earlier. If the game had made it clear early on that Logan was trying to save the world by being a tyrant and why we, as players, could've interacted with the game as it was clearly intended to be.
Fable 3 is my favorite only because of the unique settling. I cant think of any other fantasy game, movie, or book that's set in an early modern/ 1st industrial revolution setting other than The Brothers Grim. Im sure there's some out there but it's pretty rare. I know seampunk is becoming increasingly popular but Fable 3 is at that "pre steampunk" sweet spot.
Man fable 3 was the first one I completed. I know it has its faults but this game has a special place in my heart. 😅
oh aye
The pause menu being a level you have to load into was a pretty dumb idea tbh.
Fable 3 was my first Fable too, I still love how being a good king ends up being the worst choice.
i love how it tried to do a dark turn mid way through by making you choose between your bank and your kingdom. but if you've already bought all the houses, you can easily save everyone by spending your own fortune without doing any of the "evil" options earn money. completely breaks the story, but fun to do.
it's a messed up game, but all 3 will always a special spot with me. all of them had issues, all of them are still very worth playing.
I think what suckered me in with this game, was the thing that ALWAYS suckers me in with these types of games: If you let me spend 30 hours grinding money to own literally the entire world before the game even begins, i'm basicly sold!
I'm so addicted to doing sidecontent as early as possible, that i'm one of those insane people who will clear the entire map of everything it's physically possible to do, as soon as it becomes available... And yes, that means i cleaned the entire map of EVERY Assassin's Creed game as much as possible before even looking at a main quest, only leaving things i needed actual story locked gear or progression to get, only to sweep over the map again when i got new gear or new sidecontent got unlocked! So when i played Fable 3 and the job system became available, i actually grinded 10 million gold from jobs alone, despite knowing that housing and shops would be easier and faster later on!
It sounds like Yakuza 0 would be your kind of game
Thanks for this great revisit to a game i had lots of fun playing when it came out, but ended up hating it for all the failures it has.
I really enjoy the combat system of the Fable games and last year i played Fable 2 for some nostalgia... and gave Fable 3 a miss...
I'll never forget that no matter HOW you fight, WHAT you fight, your weapon will either be bones or bandit themed. I deliberately grinded over 100 wolves to see if i got a wolf themed weapon... but all i got was Hollow Man, despite avoiding them as much as was physically possible in the game. In fact, i probably dedicated a few hours to killing about 500 wolves and it affected nothing.
Also, that surprise ending on the first play through felt so unfair that i recall my partner at the time splutter in disbelief and summarise that everything he had done up to that point had been pointless. No matter how he wanted to play the game he was railroaded to fail from the start.
Every play through after that was just about buying property and grinding for gold. It sucked all the fun out of the game.
Beautiful world, great music, absolutely LOVED Reaver's design and Stephen Fry acting him. That was the lasting impression from the game.
Much preferred Fable 2
Fable 3 always had such a weird message to me. Like, it's probably just me looking to deep into it but it always felt to me like the game was spinning a pro-imperialist narrative with only certain people being destined for greatness and the only way to fulfil that greatness is to become a monster, either as a direct tyrant or buy buying up/owning everything.
You missed the achievement for making a royal proclamation in a chicken suit >.
My favourite one
Yeah I played Fable III first, so no matter what the quality was the concept of Fable translated and left a positive impression.
Ye it was my first one, I played it on my older brothers Xbox 360 so it holds a special place for me
@@zachtyrer6825 for sure!
I remember doing a run where I broke all my promises and then drained the money off the treasury to my own funds.
1 and 2 are amazing.
3 was meh.
As far as actual quality goes I'm inclined to agree, but I still find Fable 3 to be lovable, I'm probably biased as it was my entry point but that's fine by me.
@@Fizhy haha my “Meh” was brash, it is my least favorite but that’s likely because I started with the first, making it my favorite, of course!
3 is still great.
Fable 3 was my first fable game as well, and I still think of it fondly. It got me into other Semi-Open World RPG/Action games like the witcher, Assissin's Creed, etc. It is also still my favorite game most likely due to nostalgia but I remember really likely the aesthetic and feel of the game.
I played 2 first, then 3 then 1 (then _sigh_ The Journey) - I'd returned to console gaming after a HUGE gap & basically rotated 2 & 3 for like two years solid!
My next game was Skyrim and I finally started playing more difficult games - one good thing about Fable being easy is that it really helped me figure out how to use all those fancy buttons on the controller (over a decade ago, before this I'd only used the Megadrive controller or mousey-keyboard)...
I loved the British sense of humour and especially Michael Fassbender as Logan (developed a huge crush before seeing what he looked like then a MASSIVE one after seeing him in real life).
BTW We never found out who voiced the female protag in 2, did we?
But 2 didn't have voices for the protags?
I really enjoyed playing with new people whenever I started new playthroughs of the game where if it was someone's first time playing I'd help them out with getting the good ending
i think fable 3 has the best morality system late game because your choices actually effect the world around you if you follow through on your promises the world is beautiful and happy but if you break them its disgusting and if you're unable to fund the war or purposely steal money everyone will die so if you want people to live and be happy you have to donate out of your pocket
If I remember correctly, siding with Reaver on some things does unlock secret locations. 37:38
not gonna lie I just typed "Fable 3" in google and this vid came up... I remember playing fable 3 like 20 times, I loved the game... Not sure if I should play it again because it might tarnish my memories of it.
My favorite part is the treasury. One of the only parts. It would get bigger as we get more gold. Also I loved that the female hero was not resigned to being a "brawn hilda" (like in 2). They exist but if the female hero is to be a placeholder for me it was nice to have her look vaguely like me. I feel kinda sad for any "brawn hilda"s that played the game.
Fable 3 taught me having more money was the solution to all your problems.
I love the custom weapon mechanic in this game
One thing I noticed you didn't mention- the living weapons. These were touted heavily in the marketing as weapons that change based on your playstyle, and there really aren't any alternative weapons to use. Well, unless you try really hard and know the prerequisites, you always end up with basically the same weapon because the game is pretty aggressively linear. You almost always end up with a bone hilt for all of your weapons because you fight hordes and hordes of hollow men in Mourningwood, and no other enemy really comes close to that volume prior. Once, I even actively tried to get a different hilt on my weapons by only killing hollow men with the weak, piddly spells you get early on, and I STILL got the bone hilts. It's a feature that would have been cool in a more open game, or even if you got then later on in the game after the world opened up, but as it was implemented it was so disappointing.
"don't believe what anyone tells ya... some of the best times i've ever had happened when i was drinking alone." ~bandit, fable 3
My first playthrough I lost so many people because I didn't engage in the housing market. I like that it doesn't shove "You need money" in your face, it actually meant the first play had some real decisions at the end.
Named my son Logan. His dad is happy cos Wolverine and that was part of it I guess, but I also played through the fable games during my pregnancy.
Named him after his real dad 😋
@@JustSomeKittenwithaGun I wish lol, his dad is an arse
Personally i liked 3 over 2 for 3 reasons which no one talks about. And i will also explain some downsides to them
1. Co-op multi you were your hero not a premade "good, Bad, or Neutral" co-op felt much better. How ever locking achievements to multi was a bad move. This can be cheated though with 2 person co-op if your get both characters to have a parent on both sides. Split screen.
2. The world felt more reactive and more open with if you did things. Being able to repair building and manage income was neat in 2 you couldnt repair and shops didnt get new traders. The downside if your spending gold to repair properties that frankly dont feel like their worth anything. I do like how shops dont need repaired but houses do feel a bit fast on thier decay in major towns vs the mountian or hippy camp. The lake homes decayed 2.3x slower then ones in bowerstone. (i watched a video ages ago explaining which ones to get etc.)
3. The plot twist half way through, I honestly felt that logan did try but went very badly at it give or take thats how things work in the real world higher ups hide things yada yada. With that said by the end most if not everyone knows of the darkness so explaining an invasion is coming is the best way to put it. An given a year with questionable time skips i wish you could undo the choices or for ppl to understand them.
You COULD “die” in this game. But youd just get a scar from being “knocked out”. Youre a hero, suppose it made more sense that you wouldnt die since youd just restart from a checkpoint without any “real setbacks”. And the scars would affect how people see you
Guns and a low magic setting. That's all I need to say. There's just nothing to like about 2 and 3.
Fable 3 is a really good game, just not a good FABLE game. I think by playing it first, you were able to enjoy it as it’s own thing without any real expectations. It is funny to think about how the series is best experienced backwards…
A lot of people dont like fable 2 & 3 but they’re still to this day some of my favorite games the buying houses, the clockwork weapons, the stupid humor, so many cool things in em
Fable 3 was amazing! One of the few games that actually let you be a King and make choices.
I beat this game in a single sitting once. I didnt max out the economy grind so i didnt get to save *everyone* but I made enough to save enough to make my exorbitant rent get overlooked lmao