Why So Many Hate The Fable Game Series

Fable is a video game series that I really enjoy. The Fable RPG games are often judged harshly, but that was also largely brought about by people who worked on the games, themselves. These Xbox exclusive games, that have since joined PC, promised a lot of features that never made it into the games. #fable #xbox #gaming

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Examples of Peter Molyneux overselling or making promises that didn’t happen

2002 Xbox: The Difference DVD Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIDoxmVIyds

“Every Footfall your character makes changes the world.” - 2:40

2003 GamePro Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FutFcFhZ3E0

Ability to play co-operatively with up to 4 players locally - 4:10

Bring your memory device to a friends house to import your friends character into your friends wolrd as an “Alter Ego” to the main character of the world and swap back and forth. You could also trade items.

Peter Molyneux Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeLXE_lpGJs

The ability to defeat dragons - 0:30 (There are no dragons in the game, except for 1 that was added on as a boss in The Lost Chapters DLC Expansion)

Described the marriage and family systems as much more in-depth than they are. He described killing the mayor and the mayor’s daughter and inheriting all of their money and having an absurd amount of gold. This isn’t really something that happens in the game. He also said the player was able to shove their dead wife in the top room of the house. 2:54

E3 2004 Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHalmnejGug

Erik the Blood Slayer - 0:47 - Other Heroes can beat you to your tasks/quests and take the credit. Competing with AI Heroes for activities and fame. (Closest that comes of this is other Heroes scripted to say they took the good Guild quests before you, like Briar Rose near the beginning of the game, but this is scripted and there’s no way around it. It’s just a story event.)

Other people will dress like you because they idolize you - 1:20 (closest you get to this is a generic Hero “Doll of You” that has nothing to do with your appearance.

Made comments that depending on what you play like or weapons you use, you could catch arrows coming at you in mid-air. Also made a promise of Shurikens being usable (there are no shurikens) - 1:53

Promised Teleporting to “Wherever You Could Reach your hand out to” and said he hates the idea of backtracking on the same paths over and over (While teleporting is in the game, it’s only to specific points and you have to do a lot of running on the same paths)

Another 2004 interview

https://youtu.be/jgnsf-E3VYY?si=5KGEHKBMlF_mSuAc

How Fable Was Made And Why The Creators Hate It

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IzamQvbYhY

Peter Molyneux - Biggest Liar In Gaming?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBhOdYAE60I