Everything Fable

[Professor S]

I made this Sticky in response to the interest in Fable and the fact that it is being released in two short weeks.


VIDEO
Gamespot has an excellent collection of videos that are free to the public and you don't have to sign up for anything.

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/rpg/fab...able_vp827.asx

http://media.xbox.gamespy.com/media/...26/vids_1.html

SCREENS
Straight from the Lions mouth (pun intended). A ton of screens, almost all that are available

http://www.lhtimes.com/fablescreens1.htm


INTERVIEWS

With the IGN Reviewer
http://alterego.lionhead.net/info/in...interview9.php


PREVIEWS

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/rpg/fab...w_6106196.html

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/rpg/fab...ox_flashtop_bg

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/537/537930p1.html

http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/fable/5...html?fromint=1

http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3133974&did=1


REVIEWS

http://xbox.ign.com/articles/542/542632p1.html

http://reviews.teamxbox.com/xbox/775/Fable/p1/5839/

http://www.gamespot.com/xbox/rpg/fable/review.html

http://www.1up.com/do/reviewPage?cId=3134377&did=1

http://xbox.gamespy.com/xbox/fable/546898p1.html


DEDICATED SITES

Fansite - Formerly EgoManiacs
http://alterego.lionhead.net/wordpress/index.php

Lionhead's Official News Site
http://www.lhtimes.com/

The Developers
http://www.bigbluebox.com


As more info comes in, I will post it here.

[Dylflon]

I saw Dyne playing it at PAX. It looks really fun. Expect a full synopsis of the experience when we get our PAX post up.

[Acebot44]

Team Xbox Review Number 2 (9.5)

Interview With The IGN Reviewer

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Acebot44

Team Xbox Review Number 2 (9.5)

Interview With The IGN Reviewer

Nice finds. I added the interview to my list as it added a lot of perspective to the review. The alternate review I didn't add as it was a forum review and pretty much just said the same thing everyone else did, but with higher scores.

Honestly, the more I read the reviews the more overblown the whole length of the game is. Fable was built around emrgent gameplay. If you rwad any of the interviews with the Carter brothers or Molyneux they explained how the real story was the one you wrote yourself in a "sandbox" game world. I think the more time people spend with this game the more they will see the gameplay beyond just the linear quests that the developers threw in your lap.

[Professor S]

Sorry for the double post, but I wanted to point out a curious revelation in the Interview with IGN Reviewer that Acebot44 found at Alter-Ego.com. I'll quote it for you:

1. Alter Ego: Did you feel like the hours you spent with Fable gave you an accurate view of what Fable was and how it played?

Ben Talbot: Over the course of two days, I must have played the game for around 20 hours. That's considerably longer than it takes me to complete a lot of games I review. During that time, I made it over halfway through the main quest, but I spent just as much time just running about doing stupid stuff and trying things out[/b]

That lends an interesting perspective on the gameplay-length issue that seems to be the hot-button of the reviews. The reviewer never even finished the game but still put a time length on it that was not a reflection of his experience, just what he thought it would take if you went whole hog on the linear questing.

I think the estimate of 40-50 hours may be a more realistic estimate of game length when you take into account how people will play the game (at least how I know I will play it)

NOTE: Added Fable-dedicated sites to the main index

[Professor S]

Added most recent hands-on impressions from Gamespot to the top of the PREVIEWS index. It doesn't really reveal anything new or surprising, but its there. Also, Gamespot added new video of the game.