Console Gaming

Welcome everyone to my first blog post(yay!).The theme today is one of the most anticipated games of the year and, from what it seems , and a definate buy for me.I’m talking of course about Fable 3, a sequel to one if the best action-rpg’s ever made.

Okay, before we get started here’s some information about the game:

Title : Fable 3

Gendre : Action-RPG

Developed by : Lionhead Studios

Published by : Microsoft Game Studios

Platforms : Xbox 360 (and possibly Windows later)

Release date : Late 2010 (no official date yet but estimated around November)

Storyline

As in every Fable game, in this too, not much is revealed about the storyline.Several rumors have arose but the facts are these.The game takes place 50 years after the end of Fable 2 in the world of Albion which is now ruled by tyrant who uses his influence to his advantage.In the beginning of the game you are given the choice to import one of your saved files from Fable 2 into Fable 3 so your player in 2 can now be aged and become your parent in 3.Pretty cool.The basic objective of the game is to overthrow the current king , but to do that the player is going to need some support from the people.In order to gain this support , the hero will have to acomplish varius missions in villages or towns, and the harder a village is influenced by the king, the harder it’s going to be to make it come on your side.But the game doesn’t stop there , actually this is just half of it as in the middle of the story you finally manage to overthrow the tyrant.After that you are placed in charge and have the chance to be kind ruler of albion, or a tyrant like your predecessor.

Gameplay

So the gameplay, eventhough it has the same core, its going to have some major changes.Firstly Lionhead’s creative director, Peter Molyneux, has stated that in an attempt to make the game more “accesible” they are going to deminish a bit the RPG character of the game.That means that any of you who expect another classic RPG where the player is underpowered at the beginning and kills the bad guy at the end are going to be disspointed.Another new feature in Fable 3 is the touch.Now eventhough this looks strange, if you take the time and review the previous Fable games you will notice that there is no touchin.Molyneux is going to change all that by adding the Dynamic Touch in the game with which the player will have a whole new range of expressions , among them some that allow him to for example grab someone’s hand and lead him whereever he wants.Moreover, to those who, like me, though that the game was going to end up like one of Lionhead’s earliest, a strategy game that is, he swiftly stated at a major website that the game would not be becoming another management game so I guess we can rest assured.Another major change is the anouncement of Aurore a whole new continent to which the player will be able to go and explore.Lionhead has also mentioned that the way in that you behaved would not only affect your appearance but also your weapons look’s and stats.Finally the Health/Mana bars are now absent and the leveling system is redefined.

Rumors

Several speculation are heard with the most important of them beeing these:

1. Fable 3 is going to be a bit more difficult as to most of the gamers the previous one was way too easy(Let me remind you that it was rated M and as a matter of fact you couldn’t even die, you just respawned on the spot)

2. Fable 3 is going to have a lot more armor sets that ARE actually ARMOR sets, unlike the previous one where the best outfit in the game was some sexy pirate clothes.

3. Fable 3 is going to have a bigger gameplay story thus making it more durable in time.

Pics and Trailer

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