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I got fable as a gift, being that i canceled my pre order. Anyways, i have played for quite some time now since realese. I haven't gotten very far in the game, but i sure have spent lots of time in it. I was suprised on how un-explorable the places are. The only place where i fell that i can explore is the towns and the guild hall. I thought i would be exploreing places for a while. The discription of the game lead me to belive so. I'm glad they have the teleport ability in there or else i would go nuts. Travling form one town to another by foot is just nutty. All the load times for a little area. In places i been i seen some areas that could have easily been combined. I have no clue why they did this. I was worried about getting lost when i first set out for quest. Then quickly realized i couldn't get lost in this place.
I don't know if they made some AI idiots or not, but i find it annoying. Every thime im using my arrows trying to protect some mindless merchants, they go walking twards the danger. They either end up getting killed by A.) The Bandits/critters/what ever else, or B.) get shot in the back by one of my arrows. So that in turn, forces me to run up there and swing my sword (Giant swords kick ass) around and fight that way. This brings me to another point.
The camera in this game is quite annoying as well. When im fighting guys i would kill one then there are some behind me, so it auto locks (sometimes) to the nearest guy behind me. My character turns around but my camera stays in one spot. It's easy to fix some times, just let go of "L trigger" and press it again. small annoyance like i said, but in the heat of battles its quite fustrating.
There are some more downsides to the game but i need to play more to see if they are more of an annoyance then anything else. The save thing i dislike as well. It's confusing and akward. Thinking, "if i save here, where will i be if i reload?". I rember saving before i did something in town, and when i reloaded i was back at some other spot in town and it was alot eairler then when i saved. Quite confusing.
The good in the game do out weight the bad though. I really like the way your character changes through out the game. Use alot of magic and age fast. Use heavey weapons and get buff. Use ranged attacks more and be thin. You get scars that age and fade with you. Different hair styles and tattos. The armor and weapons seem a little to easy to obtain so early in the game. I alrady have plate boots and leggins, and a full set of bright chainmail. i can afford master weapons already and probly the rest of the plate armor if i find it. The armor in the game looks good though. I love the bulkyness of it all. The weapons are quite nice too, i choose to use the GreatSwords. Bigger the better i think. I swing that bad mo fo around merclessly. There for im buff. I also use a moderate amout of magic so now im a buff grandpa.
I have to say though so far im slightly disapointed with it. I was hopeing for the game to open up more as i went on. The un-explorability is a let down. Besides that it's quite fun, and has a good feel. Those are just my first impressions. So, sofar its good.
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