Help Fable 3 help please!

[Jupitus]

Hi folks,

my lad has a problem on Fable 3, Xbox 360. In the 'Battle of Albion' there is an objective 'Destroy the Mortar'. This is where he is stuck... there is a flaming cart near a row of sandbags and his character is seemingly stuck ... anyone else seen this or able to help?

Ta!

 

[Turamber]

I can't say I noticed an issue with this. The area is littered with barrels of gunpowder which can be ignited by fireballs ... has he tried casting them willy nilly to blow up the scenery?

 

[Damini]

Our copy still hasn't arrived Sadness.

 

[Raven]

I am stuck with a useless (for now) PS3 so can't help /grump

 

[Shagrat]

Glad theyve kept some of the humor for Fable 3, some nice little touches.

great lines from bandits if you walk into a fight wearing a dress (as a man) haha

 

[old.Tohtori]

Oh there's a third?

 

[Wazzerphuk]

gamefaqs.com

 

[Jupitus]

Thanks guys - ended up ditching it and hiring something else

Help appreciated nonetheless!

 

[Damini]

Is anyone else feeling a bit meh about this game?

 

[Turamber]

I liked it, certainly through the first part of the game. However after accomplishing what I thought was the main aim of the game it lost its way a little bit. A better save function might have been nice too at that point.

 

[Damini]

I miss being able to stack your spells. I miss being able to chose your emotes. I miss the old levelling system, and the old inventory, and the ability to scroll through quests.

I just think they've needlessly complicated where they didn't need to, and needlessly simplified where they didn't need to.

 

[Aph3x]

I totally agree with you there Dams, why mess around with a formula which worked rather well in Fable 2.

 

[Sparx]

Im not going to bother with Fable, the second was was a massive let down. I really dont trust anything that comes out of Peter Molyneux mouth

 

[Damini]

I really enjoyed the second one, glitchy as it was. This one though?

If I wanted to spend time shaking hands, I'd have bought any one of a number of politician simulators. Oh, wait... there aren't any? Maybe because it's FUCKING TEDIOUS.

 

[old.Tohtori]

I really enjoyed the second one, glitchy as it was. This one though?

If I wanted to spend time shaking hands, I'd have bought any one of a number of politician simulators. Oh, wait... there aren't any? Maybe because it's FUCKING TEDIOUS.

*whistles* Government simulation game - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Aph3x]

Im struggling to actually care about the people and the world in this one, emmersion seems to be lacking as the general play is clumsy to say the least. I've just done a small side quest where I had to rescue a small child which involved me running into a cave and running back holding this kids hand. Possibly the most tedious quest I've played through in an RPG, very slow walking speed of the child was annoying in itself but if you go more than half a foot ahead of this annoying brat she stops dead refusing to move a step further untill you go back and hold her hand again.

Feel very let down by this after really enjoying Fable 2 (apart from the end where I made the wrong choice).

 

[Ch3tan]

Well I asked the question in the console forums, but this thread has answered it for me. I'll wait till I can pick up fable 3 second hand and cheap -which won't be long judging by the general "meh" factor towards this game.

 

[old.Tohtori]

How's the moral choice system? More effect then a few wrinkly lines?

How's the fable? Aka the story?

The humor? More or less of it?

Still need to fart 500 times to impress citizens to f*ck em?

Is there still a ridicilous amount of clothing options? Or even mroe so?

So in effect, the question lies; is it still as uselesly addictive like red dead redemption, with little actual content, but for some reason you play for hours?

 

[Damini]

The emote wheel is gone now, so you have two choices when faced with a character, and it basically boils down to "spit in their face" or "spoon with them". You can't interact on the fly, so it is a cut scene each and every time. If you want someone to follow you, you have to hold hands with them. Macho roleplayers, beware. You might as well dress as a carebear. Look at me, I'm well evil. Please interlock fingers with me now. Oooh, you have such soft hands.

The humour is still there.

The story is... okay. Evil brother, you're trying to summon an uprising.

The shops are a bit naff - each one has on average two items there. You can't really access your inventory, or tab between quests. You can't really switch around with weapons, or shop for the best - the black smith is pretty much redundant. You chose a weapon, and the more you use it, the more powerful it gets. If you want to change outfits, you have to go to your wardrobe back in some mystical house place. If you want to change weapons, you have to go back to your armoury in some mystical house place. If you want to change what magic you use, you have to go back to your armoury in some mystical house place. If you want to fast travel, you have to go back to your map in some mystical house place. It really breaks up the game play.

The moral choices are a bit underwhelming so far. Kill someone, or spare them.

Your dog doesn't fetch, so in effect they've just added a "throw ball while retarded dog stares at you with indifference" option. I don't think the dog gets injured either, so you have no incentive to care. Every time you want to interact with your dog, it's another cut scene. I found this massively dull, so am now shunning him. In the last game, I loved my dog. I renamed him, and everything. Okay, I've renamed my dog this time, but his name is fetchyoufucktard, rather than Mr Bitey.

I just don't feel like I care in this game. They did a lot of consumer research, and discovered that the majority of people are retards and couldn't work out how to level up, or stack spells. So they've just taken all that out of the game. Appealing to the masses is all very well and good, but it creates blandness. It has lost all its nuances, and is just another "run to this place" hack and slash.

 

[Aph3x]

I think the best bit of advice I can give you Toht is this. If you have Fable 2 play through it again and save yourself some money.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Heh, actually i've played fable 2 for a bit and even if it was a bit naf, i still had fun with it.

But from what Damini wrote, it seems they took out all the stuff that was at all fun in it.

Hack 'n slash? I'll wait for D3 thanks

 

[Helme]

Does this seem to be the end of the series?

I'm asking because I hope Lionhead will go back to making innovative games again, fuck I'd be happy with a Black & White 3 at this point

 

[Damini]

Review: Fable III - Destructoid.com

Spot on review.

 

[Shagrat]

It does seem like a step back in some ways, compared to Fable2.

I'm getting much the same feeling as I had when I played GTA4, world looks nicer and shiny, but its lost the immersion of its predecessor and just doesnt pull me in.

Although the singing gnomes are ace

 

[Turamber]

Holding hands with the criminal to 'bring him to justice' seemed a bit silly ... then he warned me 'don't think you can hold anything else!' and I giggled. A lot.

 

[Damini]

We're taking our copy to trade in this weekend. Given up on it. The final straw is the "cut scene with people, press A, press A, press A, get a quest, run somewhere" monotony with every single character you make friends with. It struck me that if you're playing a computer game and reading a book at the same time, it's not providing enough entertainment value.

Epic fail, lionheart studios. Epic fail.

 

[Jimmy]

Is it not as good as the last ones then?

 

[Turamber]

Is it not as good as the last ones then?

Sadly not. The story is good, if a little brief.

 

[Aada]

I'm glad i held back Fable 2 i enjoyed i picked it up for £10 for the GOTY edition heh.

This one won't be long i see a lot of trade copies piling up in the shops already.

 

[Jupitus]

You can get COD BLOPS on XBOX silly cheap trading in Fable 3 at ASDA.