I have just finished playing the famous RPG game Fable III on Games for Windows Live (G4WL) [PC]. I will try to summarize and critic this game without giving any spoilers, yet showing how my path in the kingdom played out.
If you have never played any of the games of the Fable series before then there are some basic things you should know that is a constant throughout all 3 of the games that are currently out. The Fable stories are based around your character called The Hero. Being a hero means you posses the power of magic, strength, and stature. Heroes have the ability of not just using magic, swords, and firearms, but as well how they use them. You have the choice to choose whether you will use your powers for good or for selfish/evil nature. Throughout each of the 3 games you are given choices whether to take the righteous path or a more or less evil path.
I have played Fable I and II multiple times attempting and succeeding in having different outcomes of my choices being from the most pure of heart heroes to being an evil despicable villain. In Fable III I choice the path I always choose first when playing any Fable game for the first time. I play as a righteous, good natured hero.
The choices you make in Fable III have consequences that will affect all of the kingdom of Albion. These choices you make not only alter the world around you but your being itself. Your very body morphs with your morality, sprouting wings of angels, or black wings of moths as well as devilish horns.
This is a fun game to play, being either solo or if you wish to play multiplayer over G4WL or if you are playing on the Xbox 360 over Xbox Live. There are even special achievements specifically for playing online with another hero.
If you have played the other Fable games then to compare Fable III to the first two Fable games I would give it a lower rating as far as gameplay goes, however I believe Fable III to have a better storyline than Fable II.
Something I was surprised and somewhat disappointed in with Fable III was there was less clothing options. I find it boring looking at the same clothing all the time. In Fable II there was many different types of clothing available which I enjoyed. I even was able to create a clothing set that somewhat resembled the infamous antagonist of Fable I.
To sum it up, Fable III took me approximately 34 hours of play time to beat, not including any downloadable content which I have yet to buy. I could cut this play time down significantly but would sacrifice playing through exactly how I would want to. When I play through again as my morally-inept character I believe I will be able to cut out that large time frame.
Rating:
Graphics: 10/10
Gameplay: 8/10
Storyline: 9/10
Online Play: N/A (I haven't played online with anyone yet so I could get the full experience of the game playing as the sole hero.)
Overall: 9/10
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