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The antiquated feel continues with the quest system too, as you’re forced into returning to the Heroes Guild to accept your next task. Again though, spellcasting is bogged down by the use of one button, so you have to manually cycle through and decide which one to cast.
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Melee has suffered the most of the three, offering bugger all in terms of variety beyond hammering X until you get a flourish and have to hold it down for a stronger attack.įortunately, range and magic solve the former’s repetitiveness by offering varied spells and abilities that trump those found in later games. The one-button system - which utilizes melee, ranged or magic depending on which of the face buttons you press - was surpassed in almost every way by Fable II’s elegant refinement. Is that a good or bad thing? Well, if you remember how clunky some of Fable’s systems were but don’t care, Anniversary will be amazing, and at the end of the day, that’s all that matters - the remake is, after all, a love letter to fans of the original.įor anyone who has the memory of a sieve, here’s the lowdown. With the exception of Lionhead’s application of some new paint (which makes Albion look great by the way), this is still more or less the same Fable you played a decade ago. That, or Fable was never as good as people remember. Unlike 343 Industries’ Halo Anniversary, it seems that the RPG genre has advanced much more in the intervening years in comparison to the FPS. And yet, Fable still received a warm reception ten years ago, despite the crazy hype that surrounded it - a much warmer one than Anniversary will - perhaps unfairly - receive today.
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Let’s face it, the idea never even sounded fun in the first place, and instead it became a metaphor for the former Lionhead boss’s broken promises. Or it might have been, if the whole concept had ever made it out of Peter Molyneux’s brain and into the original back in 2004. The best part of Fable was always finding an acorn, planting it, and nurturing it over 60 years until it bloomed into a glorious oak tree - providing bountiful amounts of shade for the perky citizens of Oakvale. Reviews // 12th Feb 2014 - 9 years ago // By Joe Pring Fable Anniversary Review