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Fable (2004)
Xbox
Released On: Sep 14, 2004
85
8.4
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 87 Critic Reviews
85
89% Positive
77 Reviews
77 Reviews
10% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
1% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 87 Critic Reviews
85
89% Positive
77 Reviews
77 Reviews
10% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
1% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Just remember, Fable is not "Project Ego." What it is, though, is a redefinition for RPG's. It takes out all the frustrating elements of the genre, and instead puts in a heap of fun options and possibilities. This is why; despite its disappointing conclusion, Fable is one of the most gripping and enjoyable games that has come to grace the console scene.
It's very difficult to enter this world without thinking about the promises made (but not kept), all of the things that once had everyone so desperately hyped for Fable, but if you can go in with an open mind, I think you'll find a game that will become one of your treasured Xbox favorites.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 269 User Ratings
8.4
80% Positive
216 Ratings
216 Ratings
14% Mixed
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
5% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 269 User Ratings
8.4
80% Positive
216 Ratings
216 Ratings
14% Mixed
39 Ratings
39 Ratings
5% Negative
14 Ratings
14 Ratings
A very addicting, extremely fun and even thought-provoking game that will suck you into its world and keep you entertained till the very end … which just happens to be another one of its shortcomings. Right as you feel that you are starting to get into Fable, the game ends; the main quest and game can be completed from start to finish in as little as eight hours.
It's the personal interaction with the characters, the constant ethical decisions, that make Fable such an enjoyable game.
While there are a few different ending sequences based on a combination of your alignment and one very large decision you make towards the end, you won't need to play through the whole thing again to see 'em because the game actually allows you to change alignment mid-stream by simply going to the good or evil church and making donations. Whoops!
It's not so much a game with depth as one with width, a fat pool of possible ways to idle away your time between quests, allowing you to craft what feels like an unprecedented sense of social personality, in terms of colour and grandeur if not actual complexity. [Nov 2004, p.94]
For all its advertising about a virtual world governed by cause and effect, Fable is really just a terribly unambitious hack and slash game in a bad marriage with a personality simulator. The hack and slash works fairly well-everything else, not so much.
Fantastic game, one of the best RGPs of all time, actions have consequences and the game itself is also very fun.
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Xbox
Tier 2
+ Offers a fun visual experience for its time
+ Unique action RPG gameplay with a wide variety of mechanics to be selected from
? Gameplay doesn't have long-lasting staying power despite some unique hooks
? The proposed player freedom is a lot more restrictive and shallow than what was promised
- World feels somewhat shallow and empty in spite of its aesthetic accomplishments
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Xbox
You're a hero. Your family is killed. You have to avenge their deaths and stop a guy named Jack from obtaining a powerful, world ending sword. OK. So, this is an action RPG, the first in one of three games. It's a fun game, but not the greatest in the world. It has a lot of errors and there are general hair pulling tasks. Also, the save system is just terrible.
But it's not without its merit. This is the father of Fable II which is one of my favorite games of all time. Check it out.
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Xbox
well this was suppose to be the end all be all of RPg's coming out back in the day. i remember hearing all the things you where gona be able to do in it and how every story on this game was building it up saying 5 years in develpment and there is gona be so much to do! well it was all BS! what we got was a game that takes 10 hours to beat 12-13 hours if you do every thing in the game . a simplistic hack and slash combat system with a GOD AWFUL lock on system . a story that is pretty dull and 2 lame endings.a very small world to explore . the going of good or evil really means nothing out side of some rude gestures you can make and the way your charicter looks. the graphics do look good . the enchantments on wepons is cool as it also makes the wepon look sick and give it bonus damage . this game is playable dont get me wrong but its a piss poor mediocore RPG that looses alot of points for all the lies the develpores have spread on what this game was gona pull off. as far as RPG's go you could find alot more RPG;s that are far better then this .
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Xbox
Here's my Fable. Once upon a time there lived a greedy Microsoft Publisher and his lackey Lionhead, and once they released Fable 1 on the PC, and they did not give the second a chance, they fed us with expectations, and then there was silence, and here in the courtyard 2k21 and still silence, I think that it's time to remind the world that there was once a good game, and in order to remember everything good in it, you need to release it on your pc, only then people will go to buy a new Fable. This is how they say, and my Fable is over, and may my words not become dust in the eyes of Microsoft and the entire fan community of Fables. ~ MY DREAM IS NOT FULFILLABLE ~
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Xbox
Summary In Fable, every action determines your skill, appearance, and reputation. From childhood to death, you'll age and evolve a hero or villain through the actions you choose and the path you follow--be it good, evil, or in between. Your muscles expand with each feat of strength; your body becomes fatter with gluttony; your skin tans with exp...
Rated M
for Mature
Platforms:
- Xbox
Initial Release Date: Sep 14, 2004
Developer:
- Big Blue Box
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Genres: