
IncGamers: Mike West, Designer on Fable III, talks us through what we can expect from Hardcore mode and the reasons for its inclusion.

The Outerhaven writes: Being fans of Fable, we decided to do an in-depth retrospective on the Fable franchise, exploring its choices, consequences, tone, and lasting impact on RPG design.

The Outerhaven writes: An in-depth retrospective on the Fable franchise, exploring its choices, consequences, tone, and lasting impact on RPG design.

Fable II launched back in 2008 and remains the best the series has offered. Ahead of the series comeback, it's time to look at the classic.
I'd love to play it again, this time on pc though. Forever waiting on that pc port.
Loved this game, oh and i always saved my dog at the end, hope the new Fable has a animal companion.
Fable 2 was the best inthe series. Peter waaaaaaay over promised with fable 1 and it was good but disappointing. He didn't go crazy eith hype for the second game and it was surprisingly awesome. Then he ran his mouth promoting 3 and it was the worst of the 3.
I only got to play it once 😩 I'm so tempted to buy a Xbox 360 slim but planning on getting the series x soon since I got a PS5 in February Im ready to get saints row 1&2 back, GTA 4, fable 2, but I also want to play infamous 1&2 again Sony screwed us over with the stream only for saints row 2 and other gems smh
The game definitely needs to be more punishing. The game is just wayyy to easy. I mean whats the point of wanting to get stronger/level up if you can just plow through everything anyway? Make the enemies harder, add punishing death repercussions, and bring better reason to want to level-up/upgrade...
I'm still a little bitter about fable II remaining exclusive to be honest. Well between that and the fact that moleyneux's little 'white lies' like to walk the line between boasting and false advertising is also a little concerning.
I was a big fan of the first one, to be fair it had a great sense of humour and a wonderfully fun atmosphere. A nice breath of fresh air in a time where ninety nine per cent of games feature angst anti heroes who wear hoods and show their maturity through swearing a lot.
Still... it's gonna take something real special to make me buy this game and a 'hardcore mode' that doesn't sound so hardcore kinda falls short. I mean, improved AI? Shouldn't that just... well... be in the game anyway?