27th August 2004, 11:42 AM
Well guys, Fable is almost here. It's crazy to imagine, but it's finally almost here. And thus the reality starts to set in.
The reviews are in, and Fable seems like a great game. However, it's easy to understand why so many people (myself included, to a lesser extent) are so disappointed and disillusioned by the game. It set out to be the most innovative RPG since the creation of the genre, with insanely ambitious ideas and incredible-sounding concepts. Unfortunately, most of what Fable sound so damn amazing was taken out of the game in the final product. Now I understand why this happens, but what irks me the most is that the developers said basically nothing about almost all of the removed features and I had to find out about them from reviews of the final build this morning. Aside from the stuff that we already know is gone like multiplayer, enormous environments, and being able to have children, a number of things have been taken away that have only just been revealed, and only by the reviewers. You are no longer competing against other adventurers, one of the coolest features of Project Ego. That's gone. Kids won't copy your hairstyle, something I was looking forward to. I don't think if that extends to copying clothing style (I really wanted my awesomely bad fashion to become the rage in Albion), but I assume it does. You can no longer take clothes from people you've just killed or knocked out. I have no idea why, even Morrowind let you do that. The gorgeous (but much smaller than the first screens showed) environments seem to be completely blocked off for the entire game, meaning you cannot frolic through the woods or meadows. That to me is the most disappointing.
It still looks like a great RPG and if I knew exactly what to expect and didn't have such insanely high expectations for it, Fable would still be on my most-wanted list. I know I'll be able to appreciate it for what it is eventually much like I did with Shenmue and KOTOR, but right now I can't help but me disappointed on so many levels. I'm mostly just mad at BBB for keeping so much of this from us. I'm still getting it September 14th, just not with as much enthusiasm as I did a few months ago.
Discuss.
The reviews are in, and Fable seems like a great game. However, it's easy to understand why so many people (myself included, to a lesser extent) are so disappointed and disillusioned by the game. It set out to be the most innovative RPG since the creation of the genre, with insanely ambitious ideas and incredible-sounding concepts. Unfortunately, most of what Fable sound so damn amazing was taken out of the game in the final product. Now I understand why this happens, but what irks me the most is that the developers said basically nothing about almost all of the removed features and I had to find out about them from reviews of the final build this morning. Aside from the stuff that we already know is gone like multiplayer, enormous environments, and being able to have children, a number of things have been taken away that have only just been revealed, and only by the reviewers. You are no longer competing against other adventurers, one of the coolest features of Project Ego. That's gone. Kids won't copy your hairstyle, something I was looking forward to. I don't think if that extends to copying clothing style (I really wanted my awesomely bad fashion to become the rage in Albion), but I assume it does. You can no longer take clothes from people you've just killed or knocked out. I have no idea why, even Morrowind let you do that. The gorgeous (but much smaller than the first screens showed) environments seem to be completely blocked off for the entire game, meaning you cannot frolic through the woods or meadows. That to me is the most disappointing.
It still looks like a great RPG and if I knew exactly what to expect and didn't have such insanely high expectations for it, Fable would still be on my most-wanted list. I know I'll be able to appreciate it for what it is eventually much like I did with Shenmue and KOTOR, but right now I can't help but me disappointed on so many levels. I'm mostly just mad at BBB for keeping so much of this from us. I'm still getting it September 14th, just not with as much enthusiasm as I did a few months ago.
Discuss.