Gyaruson Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 No it's not. It's a good game with widely documented faults. It's not overrated. If a game has glaring faults *cough UNCHARTED 2 cough* that are widely ignored then you have overrated. Nobody talks about its faults, they talk about how Molyneux is up his own ass. No one ever talks about the shitty (nonexistent) conversation system, the monotonous button mashing combat, the retardedly obvious morality choices or the fact that the game doesn't even take itself seriously. All anyone ever complains about is that Goddamn tree that doesn't actually grow over time, and the fact that there is always some non-important piece left out of the final product because Molyneux doesn't deliver. - http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox/fable - http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/fable-ii - http://www.metacritic.com/game/xbox-360/fable-iii All three above 80%. That's overrated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted January 3, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 People do complain about the conversation system, mostly the farting. The morality system is pretty black and white but then again most all games with morality systems are that way. The combat was fun IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 3, 2011 Report Share Posted January 3, 2011 I thought the combat was fun too. Sure it's not as deep as other games, but it's enjoyable. And the fact that the game doesn't take itself seriously isn't a "bad" thing, it's just something that maybe you personally don't like. I love that it doesn't take itself seriously. That said, Fable III was a disappointment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewblaha Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 (edited) I like Ninja Gaiden a lot, but....yeah. It's overrated by the hack n slash community, not really the entire gaming community. Difficulty is fine if its actually difficult, but being cheap is shit. NG2 is the worst offender. Thank God Sigma 2 fixed it. The story is shit, the voiceacting is awful, the characters have as much personality as a pubic hair, the level designs are atrocious, and the animations are stiff as hell. I myself dont really like "canned" combos. Thats why I dislike Tekken. Remembering button press sequences is lame. The entire game is all about blocking and pulling out the same awkward looking combo ad nauseum. I like a bit of customization. That being said, Sigma 2 is a lot of fun if you play it like a normal person. I like mixing it up and shooting useless ninja stars and using crappy weapons and running around like a retard. Co-op is also fun. Plus, titties. Lots of titties. Sigma 2 had such a bad port though. Fable III is a good game if you expected something. If you expected nothing it's fucking great. Edited January 4, 2011 by Chewblaha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyaruson Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Fable III is a good game if you expected something. If you expected nothing it's fucking great. I expected nothing and was still disappointed. It's not so much the farting, or the fact that it doesn't take itself seriously that bothers me, I think. What bothers me, is that Molyneux tries to act like Fable games are these epic adventures full of amazing moments of heroism and questing. When, it's not. At all. It's just a dude running around. There are no big battles (not even when you're king does that fight seem massive - it always felt isolated to wherever your player was at the time), no life changing decisions. I mean, I only saved about 2 million of my citizens and still didn't notice much difference, except that nobody ever came to collect the dead; and that was just annoying. I dunno, you just can't sell me shit under the guise that it's steak and expect me to be happy that it's pretty good for being shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewblaha Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 But you hated the other Fables in the series. It's different if you've played previous ones and disliked them. If you have no idea what it is or was before, you're probably going to have a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 This probably belongs here: http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/xbox-360/2008/11/01/fable-2-non-gamer-review/1 I should point out that the only reason the 'non-gamer' played it was because it was thrust upon her by her brother as part of his work. Which means while the non-gamer may enjoy it they're: 1. A fucking non-gamer, i.e they don't actively go out n buy n play games. It's like making an anti-virus suite for Mac owners. 2. About the only way the non-gamer will end up with this game is if a gamer sits them in-front of it. Very few gamers would want to inflict that on friends n relatives. There is a market for this game full of peopel who would probably very much enjoy this sort of thing. The problem is there's pretty much abso-fucking-lutely no way to get that market to play this game without delving a copy of Fable and an xbox to their door and say 'play this game or you will die in 7 days'. So about the only audience the series can reach are regular Joe gamer. And, especially the vets, this is a game that doesn't massively appeal and would be like sitting Stephen Hawking down to watch an episode of HOW2. Why do that when you have 100 odd research papers sitting in your pigeon hole that would provide something much closer to your kind of level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMightyEthan Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Fable III is a good game if you expected something. If you expected nothing it's fucking great. All I expected out of Fable III was that it would basically be Fable II with a little bit of new stuff added. I was still let down. I mean, I enjoyed the game okay, but not as much as either of the first two. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister Jack Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 You guys are making me glad I didn't buy Fable III. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 All I expected out of Fable III was that it would basically be Fable II with a little bit of new stuff added. I was still let down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewblaha Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Fable III is a good game if you expected something. If you expected nothing it's fucking great. All I expected out of Fable III was that it would basically be Fable II with a little bit of new stuff added. I was still let down. I mean, I enjoyed the game okay, but not as much as either of the first two. That's expecting something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deanb Posted January 4, 2011 Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 But if you expected nothing from the game then you'd more than likely not buy it. You wouldn't buy it if you didn't at the very least expect it to be decent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yantelope Posted January 4, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2011 Agreed. Sounds as though Ethan, like me, anticipated nothing more than incremental upgrades and was still let down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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