Was Fable as good as I remember?
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- A look at the mechanics, story and innovation of Lionhead Studios' biggest franchise before it shut down.
This game came out when I was 12 and I remember it being so goddamn strange. Turns out that assessment wasn't too far off from the truth.
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The entire Fable soundtrack, more or less
That one cash for gold song that was in South Park
Dreamweaver by Gary Wright
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Milk Bar from Majora's Mask
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the weirdest thing about the game is how your character's age is tied to his level. so by the end of the game he was a wrinkle-faced, white-haired old man (still built like a wrestler), but everyone else didn't age one bit.
It isn't entirely tied to your level. If you donate 1,000,000 to the temple of Avo, you get a youth potion to reduce your age while keeping all of your levels.
@@Fading_Skies yeahh you can do that twice I think? You have to time it right though. I THINK it's possible to stay as young as 30 by the end of the game.
@@Fading_Skies wow, I never knew that.
It makes sense. One can't gain so much experience, knowledge, and skill while still a young man haha
@@Fading_Skies that doesn't explain why the main character is the only one who's aging.
Fun fact: For the "do something evil" Demon door, if you already have a shit ton of evil, he'll be like "holy crap you're the master get in here"
For the demon door in the guild you just have to shine your lantern at it
I remember that. On my first playthrough I threw the sword away and the game ended with "You are now good enough to use the Apologize command."
yes
I remember one of my playthroughs I took a female villager there and murdered her in front of the door and he said It wasn’t good enough lol.
You can also eat a certain number of 'crunchy chicks' (basically eating baby chickens whole)
The music of this game crawls into your soul and stays there forever
Unpopular opinion. The soundtrack in this game was ass, to give credit it did sound magical and captured the atmosphere well but it was very annoying to me and wasen't my taste. And this is coming from a guy that was jamming when hearing music from harry potter.
@@Liam-jy7yi very unpopular. This game’s music is a masterpiece
To the point where time to time I'll find myself whistling the opening to fable 2 absent mindedly
We all know that the oakvale theme is the greatest musical creation
Definitely the case for me with the Guild of Heroes background song. It's like the Fable equivalent of the Hymn of The Fayth from FFX (minus the overarching impact to the plot obviously).
The most memorable part of Fable was planting an acorn and seeing it grow as time passes.
@Dentou Steam That's just a jab at the bogus claims. Back before it came out Peter Molyneux, the head of the studio, claimed you could do that with an acorn in the original Fable. They made a bunch of different claims that they didn't fulfill for Fable.
@Dentou Steam It just works
@@billoo13 yeah I remember the plans/claims of being able to cut certain grass or plants and they would remain cut as they were left and grow back slowly over time
Lmfao this comment made my day
lol.. nope they used that as a side story in Favble 2 instead lol
The most memorable part of the original Fable for me was the Speaking Stones quest that wants you to spell out the word HITS, but you are also given the freedom to make it spell out the word SHIT, and spawn a bunch of enemies after it realized what you made them say.
I was looking for this comment! Shame he didn't mention that in the video.
I think it was different each time around, I remember it being ITHS for me
😂
also when you have to eat live chicken
He even says it in a low tone, like
S, H, I, T... ₛₕᵢₜ
I did that shit, for the first time by accident on first playthrough
"I actually won't be covering the entire franchise in one 4-hour long video" You do you Salt but you know i'd be watching a ten hour video breakdown if you did it
With a raging hard on.
Seriously though long videos are huge on youtube now. Especially video game reviews, people love background noise while they're gaming
Not sure how different the monetization is between one long video vs 3 short ones though
always loved long videos that i can either listen to in the background or listen to as an audio book xD
I'v played fable The lost chapters at least a dozen times! It remains ym fav game of all time!!! I've evenrecently mad e a profile where eI'v got ALL the silver keys and demon doors, and done almost everything there is to do in the game!!! I hopefully can get those last two legendary weapons I haven't collected.... I own all the games, All the novels, even the short stories!
Fable 3 was very good I finished it at like 97%...I was just missing like 1 silver key and maybe 30-40 gnome...from the all gnomes are evil quest...
Fable was something greater than the summ of it's part imo. No singular thing in the game was anything overly special (except the music) but it all somehow fit together to form something quite magical. When I think of Fable, I get a warm fuzzy feeling in my heart, it's a very "cozy" game, I still love it.
I agree 👍 makes you feel at home and is great around holidays
Exactly that, you pinned it down really well.
Whisper calls you “farm boy” while begging for her life because you are childhood friends and that’s what she nicknamed you when you first met. She was trying to invoke the bond you share to spare her life.
Isnt that a Princess Bride reference?
@@littlebird7383 well Buttercup did call Wesley farm boy but that’s not exactly unique. Could be a reference or it could just be them using the same nickname.
I killed her in one of the games that I played and after wards I got so much flack from villagers that I decided then on I would err on the good side if I wanted to play it that way.
Fuck that bitch. Show some respect in the face of death
I mean, she meant it in a derogatory way.
fun fact: in the fable 2 loading screen tips there is a tip that says the fable 1 protaganist murdered the guild master and carved "your health is low" on his forhead after the game ending
Dank Louai it was also found carved on the guild masters ass “ insert potions and food here”
to be fair, it doesn't say that the hero of oakvale actually did it
it just says that its rumored to have happened shortly after or before the hero went to fight jack a second time
point being its still left ambiguous, and its possible someone else got tired of the guildmasters shit. Though they have LOTS of mentions of the sword of aeons as well.. though that could be just the avos tear (they look similar in shape) but the only thing going for it is really shape.
my guess is its the devs/writers way of trying to be like "this is most likely the canon options" without actually stating as such
also remember in fable theresea mentions multiple worlds and timelines, so its possible some weird multiverse shit is going on, which explains heros in fable 2, and fable 3 jespar even mentions how your father designed something to connect and communicate with these other worlds, with other heroes.
I swear I need fable 2 on my PC
@@DivineXPotato bruh it reads:
"around the time jack of blades was felled by a great hero, there was rumors that the guildmaster was murdered by this same hero. they say the words "your health is low" were carved on the guildmaster's head"
but your explanation makes sense
To be fair, it doesn't actually specify that the hero of the first game did it, just that some hero did it.
I played Fable when I was 14. I didn’t notice the poor writing or story issues present. I was in love with the world they created. The score for the game is still one of the greatest I’ve ever listened to and I still play it from time to time while I work.
Me too! Also this game has some insane replayability for what it is. I've replayed it all a FUCK TON of times and I'd do it again.
I mean, when you're young it's not really that you don't see story issues, it's more that you don't really care cause things are a decent time-waster. Fable always felt like a very simple, basic, don't-think-about-it-too-much story, but that was part of its charm, including your ability to do right and wrong. It's when we get older we naturally become more snobby and critical of things since we're no longer happy-go-lucky youths, and can't enjoy things as much.
Roberto La Barbera I know! It hits the nostalgic feels hard. The OG Fable is still the only playable one to me.
Kevin Iz I know exactly what you mean. I’m 30 now and I see things differently. I think I’m one of the only 8 people who liked the Last of Us 2 for example. Nowadays I’m really interested in games that do push the envelope in story telling and graphics, but I’ll never forget where I started.
@@joshuabaker67 "the only 8 people" so..... y'all are The Last of Us.....too
-i regret nothing-
As a dev on this, Fable 2 and Fable 3, thanks for the nice review :). The DLC was certainly not designed before the first game was finished!
One thing to remember is that Peter was primarily involved in Black & White & The Movies, the Fable games were designed mainly by Dene Carter who left at the beginning of Fable 3, Peter was more the 'face' of the games as Dene hated publicity (Which is why you don't really know about him!).
Ah, that's why Fable 3 loses steam after the first couple missions.
I don't have much to say about 2 and 3, as I didn't really play them. But the first game in the series dominated my childhood, alongside games such as Halo 1 & 2 and Morrowind.
I played Lost Chapters much later and genuinely felt like it was a part of the original game with how seem less it transitioned from the original story. A decade or so later and being an adult I got ahold of the Anniversary edition. I was so happy that the game still held up, with many quality of life changes that 8 year old me never noticed were a hassle.
I hope you and the other devs still take pride in making this enjoyable masterpiece.
I truly enjoyed and still love the original FABLE. To me that is one of the greatest rpg ever created. I spent hours playing and replaying that game.
You guys did an outstanding job with that masterpiece. Thank you very much.
Whose idea was to ditch classic unique weapon system and replace it with silly nonsense of morphing weapons from preset parts? Worst design decision of Fable 3 imo.
I actually really liked The Movies when it came out, so I'm pretty surprised to hear he headed that one. This explains what happened to Fable 3 though.
did anyone else go to twinblades camp and get all the bandits to follow you to raid oakvale? it was how my character processed his trauma
No, but I did go back and attempt to marry most of them.
He's not bad, I can fix him!
I didn't even know you could get the Bandits to follow you all the way to Oakvale, lol.
You could do that lol?
I remember doing good throughout the whole game to get a halo but wore the evil mask at the end cause human greed is reality LOL
@@manny9050 i played through 4 times once 100% good. Then evil then one where i started as good and then turned evil and then one where i started evil and redeemed myself. The game does have some roleplay value.
The aesthetic of this game is honestly what made it so good, fond memories; haven’t really come across another game with the same aesthetic.
It just felt, like playing an old fairytale turned into a game. Weird but, worth it.
Not gonna see a game like that for a long time. I haven't played a game that gave me the feeling of true nostalgia like Fable did when it came out 19 years ago.
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is as close as you can get.
what about the old "Fate" games
It's similar to what got me so hooked on the Witcher series and books. That different take on folklore and fairytales. It has tons of charm imo. Fable 1 really nailed that feel for me.
@@aaronbyrd420 Second this. Game is great, and has a similar feel, goes towards more of a western fantasy for those interested
"Try to get your combat multiplier...even higher!"
Truly words to remember
yeap, ill never forget THAT door lol
Words to remember... And being reminded of over and over and over
i remember soon as i got the optain to kill the guild master taking that way with out thinking twice ........ i reget nothing
I used to think about that then I made it my personal mission to see how high I could get it I got to 300 then gave up I think I completed my mission
Your health is low and you are now despised but atleast new quests are available hero.
"Yo sick bandit gear bro.
Is that an angry mob behind you?"
Funniest line in the whole video
The most memorable part of this game was when Whisper departed. Whisper may not have been the best person but I did consider her a friend and when she said she was leaving forever, it hit me real hard as a kid. I never thought of never seeing a friend again and it felt so bittersweet. And I really get it now after graduating from school and losing contact with a couple of friends.
Man, I killed her every time.
@@spruce1509 there is literally no difference between killing her and not killing her. other than thunder getting mad at you. which is what i wanted to happen anyways, because i hate him.
@@spruce1509 I think I did like 50/50, I always felt bad killing a friend but she didn't hold back either lol
Ah, the adult life :|
My wife left me on the game after being with me for over 30 hours of gameplay. It actually hurt and I didn't play for awhile. 😄
honestly still surprised how many character based options fable had back in the day that modern rpgs just don't have, like really why can't i get fat in skyrim when i eat 100s of bread loafs or just emote to a npc with a wave or romance a normal person
I love it how npcs mention your achievements and tittles when they see you, but in Skyrim the Companions are always going to call you a whelp, even after you have kill Alduin
Clearly the Dovakin's stomach has an Oblivion Gate in it.
See that mountain…..
@Tristan haven't played thus game
I actually liked fable when I tried it out but damn the camera movement on pc is so fucking shit. It like wobbles when you move the camera around.
“Try to build up your combat multiplier even higher!”
“There are quest cards at the guild for you, hero”
Mfer still said that to me after breaking 100 combat multiplier.
hero! your health is low! do you have potions or food!
"check the guild for more quests"
The trick was to save your experience elixers and use them at the most opportune time.. There is a good spot on the road by the prison you rescue your mom from.. Get your multiplier up really high say 120-130X then drink the elixer. The next time you visit the college to level up, you literally unlocked every skill in the game.
The trading system was also retarded... Sell all rubys, then buy all rubys. sell all buy all, sell all buy all. Literally make millions then donate millions at the church for a blessing of youth. Then donate even more millions at the church for the priest just to laugh at you as you realize you get nothing for it the second time... The priest just laughs and says the gods are fickle today. Buy all and sell all for unlimited gold.
@@Stiffmiester979 He really believes into your ability of building up your combat multiplier even higher. A supporting father figure is good.
Fable might have enough plot holes to sink a tanker, but it's still awesome.
Fable 1 and 2 don't have the worst stories, but it's certainly not the biggest draw of the game.
@@ossiehalvorson7702 I found the story quite interesting actually.
Liked the many fairytale parallels this game depicted-such as King Arthur’s Excalibur, Jack in the Beanstalk, Red Riding Hood, no Goldilocks or Hansel & Gretel though sadly.
All I remember doing in this game was making the village lady scream “ chicken chaser” 😂 the good old days
It's hilarious hearing them shout that out!
And kick them chickens while running is also a very satisfying activity too
Chicken chaser, do you chase chickens 🐔😆
Wow! My memory recounts them saying. “Chicken Kicker!” I guess i need to play it again if i can score a new X Box X.
@@josephwright5921 maybe “chicken kicker” was another one of the titles you could unlock? There were a bunch of different ones u could get by doing various things then all the people would call u by that title. “Chicken chaser” was just the one you started with by default.
Fable's music is absolutelly orgasmic. Never heard something similar in games since.
I strongly agree, every single piece of music is memorable from the main menu theme to the combat music and the melancolic tune from the demon doors
I wish the first game's music was in the third game.
Castlevania in Xbox 360 has good music like fable
The music in Fable is awesome!
@@sjoperdje fable 3 needs more og fable music
i finished the first fable like 200 times, seriously the time when that one game you bought had to last a year.
I remember those times... When games were complete. I must've played through the first Knights of the Old Republic well over 100-almost 200 times and probably only played a dark side playthrough once or twice. Did you do something similar with choosing one path or was it equal good and evil for you?
@@joshp2542 halo1, diablo2, starcraft, where the games i played hundreds, played fable alot too
@@hihihihihello i have played terraria for 500+ hours and i have never beated it i just delete my world half way trough. i have done this atleast 40+ times
Back in 2006 my mom bought me an Xbox and the only game I had for it was kotor I played it so much I could beat it 15 to 18 times a day no joke!
@@joshp2542 I always chose light side merely on the fact I don't like Hanharr or G0-T0
The Sword of Aeons and Avo's Tear are the highest DPS weapons in the game, while the Solase Greatsword does more base damage, the Sword of Aoen's and Avo's Tear are light weapons which means you can swing them faster leading to more hits and thus more damage in the same amount of time.
The difference between damage per second, and damage per swing.
@@nobodie9996 They never made the Sword of Aeons a heavy weapon. That's a really weird lie.
They cut it's damage per swing in half, but they never slowed it's swing speed, and even with the damage nerf, it is *still* one of the two highest dps(econd) weapons in the game, tied with Avos Tear.
If you're gonna make stuff up, pick something that isn't so easily checkable.
Furthermore, you cannot even *GET* Avos Tear in the original. It doesn't exist. So why would you assume he never played The Lost Chapters, when the second item he named is exclusive to that version of the game?
Seems more like *you* never played Fable at all lol.
One of the most memorable lines for me is when you have to do the werewolf escort mission and the guys walk up and say thank avo you’re here
"PLEASE!!! *woman screams* YOU'VE GOT TO SAVE MY FRIENDS!!!"
@@72poopdog lead the wayyyty!
Ahhh the legend of Chicken Chaser. What a tale.
Chicken Kickin is a great sport.
I agree we need it bought back for the Olympics, just don't do it in Hyrule they are a sensitive bunch.
Does he chase chickens, though?
People would really like to know.
@@LJAndrews1986 Chickens in Hyrule are strong and independent, they can take care of themselves.
Chicken Chaser! What, you chase chickens?
*reeeees in terror when HoO uses magic spell
"it's not a phase mom my name is Deathbringer now."
Damn, and I got stuck with Chicken Chaser...
@@Summonergeek yeah you have to buy your titles
Ruined the first time you hear "Deth-brin-GER, ah powrful MAAN!"
Lionheart was my favourite
Arseface ftw
this series has so much potential. a modern remake for the original that not only fulfills the original promises but great expands on all the basic ideas and adds new ones could be amazing. It wouldn't even be hard to do at this point.
Sooo......how do you feel in 2023?
Time travelling snark! Love it.
@@antdowd918I'm from 2 months in the future. And for anyone responding to me, I'm speaking to you from the past...
Agreed with some great fps, graphics, and character models lol
Yeah, a breath of the wild type world and more morality stuff and I think it would be great
"I actually won't be covering the entire franchise in one four-hour long video so we can all breathe a sigh of relief there."
As a fan of MauLer's critical analysis, I sigh with disappointment.
Ew a mauler fan 😬🤢🤮
@@deferencetodusk ♥
Ayy, a fellow massive!
Back when this game was released I was enthralled by it. I don't think it has aged that well, but back when it came out, many new game mechanics were introduced that we take for granted these days.
i think it has aged very well after watching 2 minute of this video i realized i missed it and went back and now replaying the game. after that im gona play lost stories
The original game has very different graphics, a little outdated but not clunky as they seem here. It was the Art and Sound i loved so much about this game i still have it
Which new game mechanics are you talking about?
Dude I don't know, watching this video is the first I've seen in years, and it looks Great! The story was pretty good, and the character building was pretty fun, but for 2004, these graphics are better than some games nowadays, I think it looks super fun and if I still had my Xbox I might give it another run through. So, respectfully, I disagree lol
JbuckeyeT this video is for Fable Anniversary, which is the graphically remastered version of the original Fable that was only released a few years ago. The original Fable’s graphics look very different.
You can abuse the combo multiplier by always having a force shield on. The multiplier drops when you take damage, but the mana shield prevents that. Totally broken, shittons of exp.
I used the infinitely spawning enemies during a couple of story moments to get my multiplier over 100
I used to abuse the assassin rush spell when fighting things like trolls, just as they are about to smash the ground, you use assassin rush, and for whatever reason, your character will appear to have taken damage but it actually has no effect on your health. Works great in the arena lol. No sure how well known this is.
Thanks for the tip.
The game is unbalanced in many ways however its pretty irrelevant since its so easy you can just do whatever and win.
Go totally good, then totally evil, maxing out berserker and physical shield.
Combined, it is by far the most broken combo.
I remember this one demon door that said have the children follow you... so you can sacrifice them lmfaoo. This game is so worth doing a good save and a bad save lol
Which one?
@@theinfamous3976 I honestly don't remember it was so long ago. Not the 7months of this comment ... when the game came out the first time lol
This game had amazing good and bad stuff. And you'll see it as a halo or horns growing out your head. And people reacted to it it was wild
@@theinfamous3976 There is no such Demon Door unfortunately.
There is a Demon Door that wants you to perform a great evil act in front of it. This can be accomplished by eating a few “crunchy chicks” if you find it less morally repugnant to be a “Person Eating Tasty Animals” than a “Person for the Ethical Treatment of Animals” and killing a child is more morally acceptable to a “PETA” member.
See 52:41
The sword of aeons/avo’s tear actually deals more DPS than any heavy weapon just because you swing more times per second with it.
No way
I remember being too goddamned terrified to go into Darkwood when I was younger. It wasn't the area itself, although the creepiness didn't do anything to help, it was those bloody Balverine's. They came back in future games but they weren't nearly as annoying as they were in the original. In future games, you could stun-lock them and just kill them easily. They didn't get nearly as bad invincibility frames and were easy to avoid even with a young and not very tactical mind. But in this game, I mentally shat myself whenever they jumped in the air and would roll around like an idiot to avoid getting dropped on. They also never seemed to die to my master longsword which was really annoying too.
Mini rant aside, there's so much about this game that I haven't found in any other game no matter how much I look for it. Maybe it's because this was my first ever video game but there's just something about it I love and will never be replaced.
yeah dude I remember as a kid those balverines would drop behind me and leap through me just fucking me right up lol
love that game
same, first game too.. only the witcher kinda gave me these vibes
I was laughing at salt dealing with those mushrooms with the bow like a tool. You just use lightning and auto target and you'll zap the whole field of them in half a second lmao.
I couldn’t figure out how to use the inventory, I sold my clothes for $ ended up running dark woods with the rusty katana naked. it was very difficult.
Big man play: accept the bribe AND report the guy for two gold and basically no karma gained/lost!
I always thought that the reason you lose the ability to use magic in jail is because the guards confiscated your Guild seal. I don't think it's ever stated explicitly, but given that you need it to teleport, I always assumed that it helped you focus your other magic powers, too. Like, will is innate to the user, but isn't really all that useful without something to focus and direct it with. Like wands in Harry Potter.
I thought they explained it in the game that is exactly how magic works. That was how it worked in Fable 3
@@valmaxianelvengod And the reason why there's no heroes anymore in Albion by the time of 3 is because people got tired of jackass heroes eventually and destroyed the old guild. I always liked that part of the story. Makes sense to reason they'd eventually start using their power for self serving purposes.
but in the training part at the guild you can use thunder without having the Guild Seal
@@valmaxianelvengod ah but in fable 3 you also need the magic gauntlets to cast spells! which to me implies the guild seal is only for teleportation and such, while the gauntlets are the true Harry Potter wand type thing, although there’s never really a point where you have the guild seal without the gauntlets and vice versa so it’s hard to say
@@SeviathTheHumanDrago I like that part a lot too, it’s a very real feeling part of the story, it’s not an insane incredible story about the hero’s guild falling valiantly, they were just assholes because they held a bunch of power, and people got sick of that, it’s just like a super cold cut realistic way for the guild to fall apart and I love it
It's incredible how visually well the first Fable has aged. Even mecanically. Missed it on the OG days so tried it a while ago and it was a blast (until the final boss, that is).
"Thunder is Whisper's sister...."
Yeah and he goddamn acts like it too....
Kiwicider “Fawm Boii”
@@arkotheuhh7297 idk why but i actually like the way he says it, it just sounds so stupid it sounds good
Yooooo I just laughed way too hard in public at this
I always loved killing thunder
I've always had a soft spot for this franchise. The music, the art design, the humour ... I love it all. But I would be lying if I said I wouldn't see the massive flaws each installement has. I'd still love to have a Fable 4, tough.
Same, Fable 1 was my first true experience with hype as a kid. Even though being lied to sucked immensely, I still played the absolute shit out of this game and was completely blown away by the depth of the game at the time.
Edit: have to add something: was the anniversary edition or whatever version is being played in the video censored in some way? I'm remembering blood and dismemberment in quite a few places where it was missing in this video.
@@Lysergiik Now that you mention it... Can't say since I only played the original. Maybe there's an option to turn the blood off? Damn, it's been too long.
B.U.V. 82 Fable 4 is being made actually
➊ MistahTeeLecksAhFly Ⓥ I thought it was only rumors ?
tyler devlin ? Pretty sure it’s being made, by the developers of Forza
Man I love Fable. Whenever I recommend Fable TLC to people, I always describe it as "imagine Skyrim made ten years earlier" and "it's a perfectly average video game. It doesn't do anything amazing, but it don't do anything bad". Sure, some quests and areas I really do not appreciate, but they're never long enough to overstay their welcome, at least not for me
It's one of those games where if you take any one aspect of the game in isolation, it's going to be pretty meh. The game has to be appreciated for all aspects together, because it's a pretty unique experience. Some other games like Kingdom of Amalur sort of try, but in all the worst ways with almost none of the positives.
it's like a story we have heard so many times before, but now the player is the main character, lovely graphics/art style, great music. 10/10
The original Fable is my favorite game ever. A game way ahead of his time,i loved it
Same
The second game I ever played was fable 3. The first was Halo: Reach interesting both franchises driven to the ground. I played them both in a rented Xbox 360 it died
NatarisX I disagree. I played “Fable: The Lost Chapters” with no context as to what the game was. I didn’t pay attention to game development at that time and played it about a year after it’s release.
I was absolutely blown away by it. Maybe it would seem bland if you were promised an entire universe for a year and got something different, but that would be the same with any game. That wasn’t the case for me.
It *was* ahead of its time. I’d never played a game where every small decision I made had such an effect of the world around me. How I was perceived by NPCs, my appearance, what I had access to, the environment... pretty much all RPG games these days have the morality system that started with Fable. It was honestly the best game I’d ever played at the time and it’s still in my top 3 today. Between Dark Souls and Shadow of the Colossus.
Gonna play original and remastered XD
I love Fable and Fable II but I found Fable III disappointing
"Hero your health is low, do you have any options or food?"
potions *
Autocorrect you've struck again...
@@codycole2684
It's fine, just helping out. I know how bad autocorrect can be. Lol
Try to get your combat multiplier even higher
Hero, there's a new quest card at the guild for you.
This is the last game I truly enjoyed playing. I was at the end of my rabid gamer phase so I maxed out every aspect of Fable and loved every minute of it. I was never really able to get into a game quite as I did with it and even tried again with Fable 2 but I lost the magic.
A lot of people blame the games for not being as interesting or good but fail to realize they are the reason why and have just grown out of the phase where they can truly enjoy playing. Some people are able to bring the joy of playing into later life and some cannot. Life just got too complicated for me to be able to invest the time needed to really enjoy games. I am much sadder as a result. I loved this video tho, it brought back a little blue to the gray.
"Whisper insists that we murder them with a bow" that got me
i remember I always chose the evil thing to do and ended up with horns on my head, red glowing eyes, and walking around leaving fire and smoke in my wake. The people would scream in fear and run away whenever I came into town. I did end up playing both good and evil, it was so satisfying to see how your actions changed the peoples perceptions of you. It was fun game. Chicken Chaser. lol. I never did play 2 or 3.
i wanted to go evil but ...being bald or not having horns was a nope.
Fable 2 it the best oit of all of them
Fable 2 and 3 are both super fun! But 2 is better
Same I have played both good and bad and fable 1. I wanna play fable to continue the lore but its not on pc sadly
I've always loved Fable's music. Everytime someone uses fable music on videos, it hurts my soul every time. Its so nostalgic.
"Outside of every thin person, there's a fat person trying to get in"
I think we all learned that in the pandemic.
I've played through this game so many times and yet never knew about half of the optional stuff till I watched this.
I had no idea you actually got to see Whisper again after the arena
“Hero, your Will energy is low.. *incomprehensible babble fading out*”
"Watch that" I think he says
@@Jach28 it is
@@Jach28 He does say that. The first few times I thought he said "Watch out!" so I was running around looking for an enemy who wasn't there.
@@dalemcdowell8885 I always thought he said "What's that?" Like the VA recorded that line before the lines about Will energy and they kept that line in for some reason.
"Your health is low, do you have any potions? Or food?"
Theresa's story is so sad :(
This game will forever hold a place in my heart. The music, atmosphere, everything - nothing could ever replace it.
I remember playing Fable 1 in the early 2000s 😭😭 Forever will have a special place in my heart.
Thank you for putting into words how I feel about my first and favorite rpg with a morality system. Also my favorite animation in this game is how sometimes a bandit’s head will come off, spin on the air for a few seconds while the body falls, and then you can kick it around for fun.
"Lightning might be overtuned."
Fond memories of using time magic and basically easymoding the game.
Ha, that's my current skyrim strategy whenever I get tough enemies lmao.
Playing through this game for the first time, I'm loving it. So many neat details that games 15 years later don't even think about having
It's one of the greatest games of all time.
I remember playing the first one on PC out of curiosity. I started loving it as I played further. I love the whole good and evil thing which changes your alignment and appearance! That was what I remembered about the game the most.
Killing the guild master is actually kinda hilarious. Its a bit tedious with all the guards but after that the guild master talks himself up and then dies in one hit
theres also a joke in the loading screen about his death
I remember as a kid my dad walked in while I was in the whore house and made me uninstall
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My dad played it before me. And he just didn't tell me about the whore house or the sex minigames.
I remember everyone i walked past calling me a chicken chaser. This was the default title until you changed it. It was pretty funny but when i was a kid i was so confused as to why everyone was calling me that. i was like "But i don't even chase the chickens"
You must've kicked a chicken.you dont get called that otherwise
@@Laureasairon yes you do, i did another play through about a year ago and there's even a quest reference to it in fable 3
I had kicked chickens, and I thought the villagers found out and were teasing me about it, until my second playthrough.
@@JesterAzazel haha
CHICKEN CHASER, DO YOU CHASE CHICKENS?
Fable now that I'm older impacted me more than I realized. I cried when his mother was killed. That whole level taught me so much about life and death. I felt my heros pain so much. Idk if others feel this way. Matured me in a way at such young age.
Fable was so fucking good. i loved just going around looking like a badass with horns.
Fable 1 - The Lost Chapters will forever hold a special place in my heart.
I was maybe 12 or so when I first got this game, and the athmosphere created in the game through the music and game design was just magic to me.
Just as an example, the Darkwood Trader Escort Quest: Being 12 Years old and deciding if you let a dude that got bitten die on his own in this forsaken place, or taking the risk he could be turning into a balverine himself was just mindwrecking to me then.
I recently replayed it with a good friend of mine together and still can recommend it a ton, I have to say this is one of the games I will always remember for being truly unique.
It is just a shame the other Fable Games were so bland in comparison for me...
might be my fav mission ( i mean quest)
@@abitsk3tchy761 Same here! :)
I SCREAMED when that guy turned into a balverine. I was so scared going into that forest.
Fable 1 is probably my favorite, but Fable 2 is really good as well. I think some of the charm is lost on it, but it is a much more fleshed out game while still retaining many of the great qualities from the The Lost Chapters
My old self was always so afraid to do the dark wood trader escort back in the days, the dark woods just really scared me especially when your character is just a skinny newbie at the beginning, I was really afraid too of failing a quest before for whatever reason that was lmao
Way back when I first played this game, I kept expecting there to be a "twist" that your mom was Jack of Blades, since her hero name was Scarlet Hood and Jack also wears a similar garment.
Scarlet Robe*
I think a better twist would've been that she was the Queen of Blades trapped in a mortal form. For the same reasons: both she and the Queen wore scarlet robes..
I remember my perfect save without any scars, and 20 years old character with almost all uprgade (never liked to max the one that makes you to big). Such a fun game.
I had a maxed out character (only 3 in physique, also didn't want the hulk) who was 18, had the halo and butterflys, black hair and no scars. Exploits aplenty.💪
@@Sephiroth5200 only way i could enjoy the game, did you also do the skorm bow and then come all the way back to the light side ?
@@MrOrzeker Absolutely. Right before I used the Hero Save exploit at the Temple of Avo the first time you go to Witchwood. That's how I always got the halo with black hair.
The best part of Fable was the how the narrative felt like a real story you were uncovering.
Did you play Dragon Age: Origins around when it came out? I revisited it recently and found it holds up fairly well. If you have some past connection to it maybe it's worth looking into
Heh, no kidding? I actually just found Origins at Gamestop about a month ago myself and wanted to revisit it. Along with far cry 2, halo reach, and trying fallout new Vegas for the first time
hm... didn't know that game... Thank you!
Im playing it now ans its still a great game.
origin have the best story but worst gameplay (if you compare the gameplay of dragonage 2 and inquisition) 2 have worst story , inquisition kinda mixed good point of origins and 2
@@bobbeatbox idk i like the game play more in origins. Its harder and theres far more skills. Inquistion is basically a hack and slash. Even on the hardest difficulty with enemies at your level turned on its still too easy and whatever type of character you build you pretty much have one route to take. Everyone basically has the same character running around skill wise.
"He teleported into a locked tower but my guile was high enough"...............bro............just hit the door with your sword and break it open .-.
When I see that part, I never lockpicking that door. So that how was it.
The original fable game was awesome. I loved the freedom to choose your abilities and mold your character.
It's amazing, didn't knew about the remaster, was prepared that the graphic gonna be outdated, but they hold up so well! Really makes me itching for another go
Thank you!
Fable II is still one of the most positive gaming experiences of my childhood and I'd do anything to replay it again for the first time. Good video, brought up good memories :(
Your commentary style is very enjoyable and entertaining, just thought you'd like to know that.
Right?! I came for the video but I ended up staying because he actually made the story sound even more enjoyable.
yes but am i the only one who plays this one the orignaly xbox the graphics are way superior, more copmplex dose dont equal better the graphics where way simpler and shit and i loved them still do still play it to this day
Talk about the video stupid
@@j.jayile4285 of course i humbly apologies for having somehow offended you by asking a question slightly unrelated to the video, and i shall endeavor not to repeat my current actions here.
i hope the big words didnt strain your brain to much dick
@@freziaplanet4198 I was talk to paul not you friend
I love the Fable series. For all it's flaws and undelivered promises, it's still a wonderfully charming series that is unique and tons of fun.
Thank you for making that point man it's what I always come back to when comparing the other fable games, fable 1 just has a certain feel to it that nothing else had
899 people still getting called chicken chaser to this day
Chicken chaser?
Chicken chaser!
You chase chickens
There is a genuine charm about your videos. They are like a playthrough with commentary that also reviews. Can't say that I can binge watch them all in one sitting but I find myself going back and rewatching them from time to time.
I 'member the nonstop hype leading up to this game. Bought a bootleg PC copy in '09 Afghanistan, it was a BLAST to play for a few hundred hours. Very cathartic in between missions. Great review!
First video of yours I've ever seen. Subbed instantly. Love the pacing and your commentary. Excellent video.
Yeah, Fable takes the older, Ancient Greek definition of “hero” as the norm- being an unusually powerful demigod of sorts who is destined for great, if not necessarily good things. I actually always found that idea quite interesting, because other games just wouldn’t use the word “hero” at all unless it was good stuff you were doing.
Also yes I think the Lost Chapter was originally meant to be for the vanilla game, since it was possible to bug your way to the Northern Wastes in the original XBox release from what I remember. No quests or anything, but the location is there.
Originally, the Jack of Blades sword, named the "Sword of Aeons", caused 550 of damage, but it was later downgraded to 230 of damage in "The Lost Chapters" & this downgraded version was reused for the Anniversary Edition; Its counterpart, named the "Avo's Tear", which has existed since TLC, also causes 230 of damage.
👿 - One of the worst decisions in my opinion. And I’m *totally* not bias.
For real the sword of aeons was soooooooo fucking strong in the og version
It was only strong because it was the end of the game, why not give you an overpowered toy to play with if you decided to play after the credits. Once they lengthened the game they couldn't have you running around with a one handed 550 dmg sword, you would melt everything.
@@LizardHunter777 BULLSHlT! It was OP.. because in the LORE of FABLE, the SWORD OF AEONS, is the weapon that allowed William Black to defeat.. The Court, and becoming the first and greatest Archon of the Old Kingdom!!
@@LizardHunter777 Well, you can already "melt everything" in Fable 1 without "a one handed 550 dmg sword", anyway. So you are just being bias.
The evil path was more fun imo, love the assassin’s armor in this game. Also I hope 4 is good
4 is cancelled
@@everythingpony damn for real? Wasn’t there a very early stage gameplay clip recently leaked? Thanks I had no clue…
When it comes to killing whisper I usually don't. Her dialogue indicates a change if you stand there long enough she says "Please just walk away Far-...Hero"
"YOU'VE RECEIVED A NEW QUEST CARD!"
*flute tune*
“CHECK THE GUILD FOR MORE QUESTS!”
If I remember correctly, the Lost Chapters was a re-release including cut content missing from the original game. So your pretty much right when saying the original game was released early/unfinished.
I beat the whole game so many times it was so damn good man, my fav part when when your in the arena fighting easy to hard monsters.
Jack Of Blades :)
Commentary was top tier " While you continue to macaulay culkin over you're big dead dad" 10/10
My armor my helmet my sword and my shield bring these to me and the path I shall yield.
🥴
Funny, i remember it as "My armor, my helmet, my sword and my shield, gather for me and the path I shall yield".
@@Lafreshidon that's probably correct then. Haven't played the game in years
Unfortunately I never had the pleasure of playing Fable 1 but damn if I didn't play the shit out of Fable 2, it's a shame that it doesn't get talked about as often because it was really fucking good, and revolutionary to my tiny kid brain growing up.
One section in particular which blew my mind was when my character was sent out to the spire to work for eight years. By the time he came back the family he left behind grew up and had little personalities. It was tragic in that I missed out in seeing them grow up but the family which was completely optional to have with a random girl, changed because of the choices he made.
Also he got fat when he ate pie.
Please review
"...the old guildmaster was found dead, with 'your health is low' carved into his head."
"revolutionary to my tiny kid brain growing up." Thats pretty much how all bad things get labeled as good things.
Fable 1 dwarfs 2
also he got fat when he ate pie... LOL
7:10 the funny thing about this part is that the guild alarm is sounded when beetles are near but not bandits
I just found this channel through the Metal Gear and Dragon Age videos and I gotta say I'm seriously a fan.
You bring a smile to my face, and having already watched the video one fable 2, and just beginning here... I hope you'll do one for 3, even if it seems to be everyone's least favorite of the trilogy.
I still play fable 2 sometimes. It's my favorite. I listen to the music sound track every night before bed . It's so good.
I just finished replaying fable 2.
The music truly is gorgeous.
I have MASSIVE amounts of nostalgia tied to Fable 2.
It’s always annoyed me that 2 was never ported to pc to play years later. Always loved 2 over the mess that was 3
@@SoaringxDragon Yeah, me too, man.
I remember having fun playing it as a kid, but I also didnt hear any of Steven's lies so I wasn't disappointed and angry either.
I am guessing you mean Peter Molyneux
@@AvariceOverlord he even lied about his name what a terrible person
@@AvariceOverlord tbf stefan molyneux does a lot of telling lies, but... different man (I think?)
Stefan Molymeme isn't a liar, he's just woefully naive and misinformed.
Molyneux is a massive liar, and a con artist. He made a game called Curiosity. Where players tap a cube. He sold DLC such as a $77000 DLC and others, all because he said the content at the center of the cube is worth it and "would be life changing" ... Then a person finally got into the cube, and there was a video of Molyneux saying "we could have just given the winner a ton of money, or a car, but we will do something better, we will make the winner into a literal God" and then Molyneux did an advertisement for his upcoming super shitty mobile micro transaction game, and promising the winner that they would get to influence the game "like a God" and would get "a small portion of the revenue". So okay, the winner tried to contact Molyneux, and the team replied that he will get his prizes later. He kept mailing them once per month until they stopped replying. Two years later he went to the press to say he STILL had not received the prize. Molyneux promised via the press that he would take care of it. But he didn't. That was in 2015. Fuck Molyneux, he is a con artist, a liar, and a shitty game designer who always boasts and never delivers. His bloviating mouth should be permanently sealed with cow excrement to shut him up.
Doesn't even matter how good the game is today. it was an essential part of my childhood. the music and mannerism's of character's live rent free in my head to this day. follow. wait. *fart emote*
Got to love how they cast Hugo Myatt, who played Treguard the Dungeon Master in legendary the children TV show Knightmare, as Weaver the Guildmaster in Fable.
Shout out to Danny Elfman for the incredible soundtrack.
No wonder why I love the soundtrack!
He only did the title/ main theme, the rest was done by someone else. That iconic, floaty fantasy tune was not him. He did the actiony, dramaticish song that plays during major story cutscene and the title screen.
@@Kevin-jb2pv Russel Shaw
When you come over to get a quick answer and realize you're watching an entire playthrough 30
minutes later
And choose to go along it anyway.
Why would you ever expect to get a quick answer when clicking on a 54 minute video...
im at the 30 minute mark, and I still hadnt realized lol.
It's totes a Classic, the other two as well. I'll always have a place in my heart for all three. :)
I really loved this game and even the follow up games. None of them could ever live up to the hype Peter Molyneux made about them but they really are just so memorable and charming. Still play through them every couple of years.
Salt : "it's easy to see how dark souls was inspired by this game"
IGN reviewer of the crash bandicoot remake : Ah, I see you're a man of culture as well
I haven't thought about Fable in forever, but this video brought a wave of memories flooding back. I was mostly a Nintendo kid when I was growing up, but I got an original Xbox in, like, 2008, and played a lot of those games a bit late. Fable blew my mind. There are so many standout moments that I remembered, and hearing that they were actually good is nice.
I just went back through all 3 and it was just as great as I remembered!
What made fable so great was the story (while having some big "holes") was something that hadn't been done in gaming yet. Showing your sister get taken, killing your family. Having to face her after shes been brainwashed by the bandits. It was a boundary games just didn't know they could cross yet.