Fable III
A game with a lot of expectations that didn't quite live up to what I had hoped personally. I had enjoyed my first time going through the first fable, playing as a good guy then going on a bloody rampage through Oak vale near the end for the fun of it. The first game for me almost felt like I was finally able to do whatever I wanted, be whoever I felt like and just enjoy being the master of the world. Fable 2 was kind of the same way(though that one is a bit forgettable), I felt free to roam around and discover my own way of doing things. But in this latest edition I didn't see that, it felt too story driven, which would be fine if I had been looking for that kind of game.
Graphics: 9
This game looked fine, like most Xbox 360 titles it looks nice, and I don't even remember there being any big graphical glitches, it was well polished and nice, my only complaint is the people. They just didn't look right to me (especially the princess character you could be, she just looked like the prince in a dress), I much preferred the people in fable 2.
Sound: 9
Nothing amazing about the music, though the voice acting was well done.
Addictiveness: 6
It just wasn't all that fun to play through more than once, I even tried to get back into it before this review and quickly lost interest. If anything you would play again for the ending but all that would take to see is a good save point where you can get more money before the end.
Story: 8
The story was a bit of a change up with a deeper and darker evil at the end than you expect at the beginning, but it did feel to me like the main evil, the darkness, was just thrown on at the last minute as a device to get the old guy killed off for some emotional reaction from the player. I would have preferred to have the game go a bit deeper into the story of the brothers fighting over the throne, but even with my complaining I did enjoy it the first time through.
Depth: 6
This game isn't all that deep, other than the filler quests and some extra little tidbits everything felt somewhat superficial to me, I felt like I was playing a game that was on rails that kept me on the only path that didn't lead to a dead end.
Difficulty: 7
The difficulty was moderate at best, the controls where easy to learn and the battles where sometimes big ordeals that you had to overcome but those where few and far between, everything else was easy as lightning bolt here, chop up that guy, shoot that explosive crate and wipe the chunks of bad guy off your nice princely clothes, or chicken suit whichever you prefer.
Overall: 7.9
This game just didn't impress me like the original did, and I would have liked it more if I had been prepared for what it was. I would still say that if you like the fable series for its choice of right and wrong and the combat system you should pick this game up, but just keep in mind that the story isn't what you have seen in the other two installments of this great series.
Fable III
A game with a lot of expectations that didn't quite live up to what I had hoped personally. I had enjoyed my first time going through the first fable, playing as a good guy then going on a bloody rampage through Oak vale near the end for the fun of it. The first game for me almost felt like I was finally able to do whatever I wanted, be whoever I felt like and just enjoy being the master of the world. Fable 2 was kind of the same way(though that one is a bit forgettable), I felt free to roam around and discover my own way of doing things. But in this latest edition I didn't see that, it felt too story driven, which would be fine if I had been looking for that kind of game.
Graphics: 9
This game looked fine, like most Xbox 360 titles it looks nice, and I don't even remember there being any big graphical glitches, it was well polished and nice, my only complaint is the people. They just didn't look right to me (especially the princess character you could be, she just looked like the prince in a dress), I much preferred the people in fable 2.
Sound: 9
Nothing amazing about the music, though the voice acting was well done.
Addictiveness: 6
It just wasn't all that fun to play through more than once, I even tried to get back into it before this review and quickly lost interest. If anything you would play again for the ending but all that would take to see is a good save point where you can get more money before the end.
Story: 8
The story was a bit of a change up with a deeper and darker evil at the end than you expect at the beginning, but it did feel to me like the main evil, the darkness, was just thrown on at the last minute as a device to get the old guy killed off for some emotional reaction from the player. I would have preferred to have the game go a bit deeper into the story of the brothers fighting over the throne, but even with my complaining I did enjoy it the first time through.
Depth: 6
This game isn't all that deep, other than the filler quests and some extra little tidbits everything felt somewhat superficial to me, I felt like I was playing a game that was on rails that kept me on the only path that didn't lead to a dead end.
Difficulty: 7
The difficulty was moderate at best, the controls where easy to learn and the battles where sometimes big ordeals that you had to overcome but those where few and far between, everything else was easy as lightning bolt here, chop up that guy, shoot that explosive crate and wipe the chunks of bad guy off your nice princely clothes, or chicken suit whichever you prefer.
Overall: 7.9
This game just didn't impress me like the original did, and I would have liked it more if I had been prepared for what it was. I would still say that if you like the fable series for its choice of right and wrong and the combat system you should pick this game up, but just keep in mind that the story isn't what you have seen in the other two installments of this great series. 
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