Review Fable scores with Killer Betties

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Fable: The Lost Chapters

<A href="http://www.killerbetties.com/">Killer Betties</a> gives us <a href="http://www.killerbetties.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=574&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0">their review</a> of <A href="http://www.microsoft.com/games/fable">Fable: The Lost Chapters</a> where it gets a <b>4/5 stars</b>. Here's a bit of the fun:
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<blockquote>The additional content of The Lost Chapters, which is interwoven within the original game, blends in seamlessly with the rest. The expanded content and the additional chapter made it feel like I was getting an expansion pack together with the original game. For those who have conquered the original storyline, you will need to play through the game again in order to get to the new chapter. The additional quests amount to just a few more hours of gameplay if you play straight through them. Newcomers to the game will certainly enjoy the new content, but whether original gamers justify getting a second copy of the game may depend on your finances.</blockquote>
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Well, in all fairness, this port offering has more to it than most of the XBox ports we've seen in the past.
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[Sol Invictus]

Yeah, besides the obvious graphics and sound upgrades the interface is supposed to have a pretty big boost, as well, not to mention the new content here and there that wasn't present in the original game - not referring to the Lost Chapters content.

 

[vazquez595654]

In all fairness I would have to say Fable sucks. It still feels like an xbox game and the tiny levels with the transitions are a joke. Hell any game can have amazing graphics if you reduce the size of the world into small levels like that (think Deus Ex 2 and Thief 3). The game also feels like your on a rail. You don't feel compelled to explore because you know your just wasting time and will eventually have to get back into the storyline. The character development is simplistic and the games interface caters to 12 year old kids. The game is like a graphics demo with and overdeveloped interface and weak cliched rpg elements thrown in.

Quest are like, "Please save my daughter" (bitch shut the fuck up).

The good and evil black and white thing lost its novelty in 1998. How about the grey area. That would be cool. In fact that reminds of Arcanum and Bloodlines.

Horrible voice acting. Sounds exactly like Black and White. The music is...is...well it can't be that good because I can't remember it. You wanna hear some amazing music play the Age of Empires 3 demo although I'm not sure about the actual game. Tthe demo seemed kind of weak but I only played it once so I'm not sure.

All in all my review for a game costing 50 bucks is a 2/10. It gets 1 point for installing without crashing and another for playing without crashing.

Just so you have an idea of where I'm coming from in terms of good and bad games here are some comparisons

Arcamum = real rpg but the graphics and animation are horrible
Morrowind = fucked up gameplay but worth playing just to dream of what could have been
Arx Fatalis = atmospheric, original, real rpg, weak character development
Vampire Bloodlines = atmospheric, original, real rpg, really weak character development
Gothic 2 = headed in the right direction (most elements work well) unfortunately the whole game feels like a chore. And the controls are kind of weak for PC first and only game.