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Nade Duck posted...

the first two fables were amazing. feels like whenever any series from that era hit 3 it was likely take a big hit in quality if it didn't outright turn to garbage. maybe valve was on to something.

Ehh. People praise the shit out of 2, but I think it was mediocre at best and kind of annoying at worst. I'd easily rate 3 as being the better game in pretty much every way that matters. Fable 2 had moments that were cool, but it's mostly pulled down by how incredibly stupid the plot is overall.

The first Fable wasn't all that brilliant, either - it was an enjoyable experience if you didn't go in expecting all the things Molyneux overpromised, but it was basically "Baby's First Hack-and-Slash RPG". The plot was fairly generic, combat wasn't anything extraordinary, and all of the touted NPC interaction (including the alignment mechanics) was simplistic as fuck and shallow as hell. Sure, you could have fun with it, but I'm not sure I'd even put it in the top 5 RPGs of its generation - and the original Xbox wasn't really heavy with good RPGs.