Fable 2 is easily the best of the franchise, it took everything that was great about Fable 1 and improved upon it, scope is bigger, new gameplay mechanics introduced, lots more to do.
Fable 3 had better characterization, but it's gameplay mechanics and story did let it down. - You start getting into the swing of things and then... BAM. It's over. Done. Finished.
| S.T.A.G.E. said: Fable 1. Imho it's the only one that mattered. The others failed to build around its promise. I had been saying since I joined this site that the franchise would fall apart due to bad direction despite it's sales. |
They *all* failed to build around their various promises. Lets not kid ourselves here. That is Peter Moleneux fault.
The franchise is still fantastic, it's full of character and charm, it's certainly not a no mans sky kind of game where the game was released and none of the promises were met leaving you with a boring shell of what "could have". They were still bundles of fun.
The games themselves did have direction, but the management and poor execution truly dragged the entire package down.
I mean mis-management is still dragging it down.
Microsoft for instance hasn't even provided Steam with more keys for Fable 3 after the game sold out, it's like Microsoft is allergic to money. - Would it cost them a crap ton of money to generate more keys? Doubtful.
| ResidentToxy said: I found that going back to the first Fable, the engine is very outdated and the game mechanics feel very clunky. |
They did remaster the first Fable in Unreal Engine 3. - It actually does bring it up a notch in terms of visuals and makes it less of an eyesore to play.
But considering what console generation the first fable is coming from, IMHO it has aged better than most games of that era.
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