- Role-playing game with real-time combat.
- Every action determines your skills, appearance, and reputation.
- Open-ended story line allows players to choose between the paths of righteousness and evil.
- Your actions and alliances will determine your reputation throughout the land.
- For 1 player.
Product Description
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Fable is a free-roaming role-playing game from the makers of
Black & White. When your mother and sister are kipped, your
first action is to travel across the magical land of Albion to
find your her, the famed Hero. But soon you are plunged into a
world of danger you couldn't possibly have imagined. A dark force
is gathering. A power to bring evil to every town and village in
Albion and to destroy the fairytale lives of the inhabitants.
This evil force has turned the very Heroes into power-crazed,
ruthless warriors. Only your her has resisted. That's why your
family has been taken. And that's why the e of your family is
now in your hands. Oh, and the e of the entire world.
As you embark on your adventure as a young, callow youth, you'll
learn that something makes you different to all the others. You
have a force of will. During your adventures, you'll grow up,
grow stronger, grow more powerful and eventually grow old. But
how you grow is down to you. Use your a great deal and your
muscles will build. Use ruthless cunning and refuse to care about
others and you'll become evil. Use your force of will and you'll
become wizard-like and wise. Your character changes according to
the way you play.
The mystical world of Albion is immense. There are hidden ruins,
huge towns, caverns and ains and hundreds of characters, all
growing and interacting, all with their own artificial
intelligence. Even the ones who aren't human. There is the option
to ally with many of these characters, to learn what they know,
to help or hinder them, to heal them or hack them to pulp.
You face tasks big and small, perilous and rewarding. And with
every step, you decide where you'll go next, what you'll face,
who you'll talk to and, of course, who will feel the force of
your will or the edge of your . The game features innovative
control and unparallel freedom. You don't have to sit through a
word of storyline if you don't want and you are always free to
travel wherever you choose. When and how you tackle the immense,
detailed and gripping battle against the forces of evil is always
down to you.
.co.uk Review
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The role-playing game seems to be in real danger of collapsing
in upon itself with many new titles appearing almost
indistinguishable from each other and increasing complexity
making them extremely off-putting for all but existing fans of
the genre. Fable, though, is something different. Created with
input from famous games designer Peter Molyneux (designer of
titles such as Populous and Black & White), it s to be as
accessible as it is open-ended, as the character you control
gains experience, ages and chooses whether to follow the path of
good or evil--or occupy a grey area between the two.
Fable is played entirely in real-time, so there are no random
encounters or turn-based battles to endure; your character gains
experience in four main areas--general, strength, skill and
will--during all their actions from combat to talking to
villagers. Speing in a certain area allows your character
to become an archetypal fighter, wizard or jack-of-all-trades.
The game's real flexibility though is in the way you interact
with other characters in the game, with the option to charm,
bribe, intimidate and flatter as appropriate. A character's
attitude towards you is further influenced by your notoriety
within the game world and even your sex appeal, allowing you to
play the game exactly as you want. The only problem with Fable is
that the combat is a little unconvincing and awkward, but with so
much else going on this hardly seems to matter. --David Jenkins