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10 Things We Wish We Knew Before Playing Fable

10 Things We Wish We Knew Before Playing Fable

Expressions are a nifty addition to the Fable games, allowing for you to interact with those around you in comical ways. They are, in essence, emotes. However, what you may have missed is that these can be used in cutscenes as these semi-scripted events are interactable.

Whilst often described as an Elder-Scrolls-like experience , the brains behind Fable, particularly the original, took inspiration from a variety of unique places. One of these was Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow.

A big aspect of Fable — that many want to see in a reboot — is moral alignment. It's a feature that heavily comes into play when trying to go through the City Of Aurora Demon Door. The thing will only open for people who are completely good or completely e

Another thing about the message board that is strange is the fact that it contains notes and also contracts in the same way that the main game message boards function. Although this was great to interact within the realm, it doesn't make sense that the message boards from the real world and the Land of a Thousand Fables are exactly the same in terms of des

However, if you want to combat that chub, you can simply chomp down some lettuce as a quick way to get thinner. If only that worked in real life. One way that players used to lose weight for achievements was by nabbing the Bowerstone produce trader's lettuce supply before sleeping a week to refresh their inventory. Whatever works.

Two Lionhead Studio team members who worked on the games are buried at a graveyard in the first Fable. Simone and Dene Carter appear together in multiple Easter eggs throughout the series, but this was their fi

Appearance, or morphing, is one of the biggest hooks of the Fable games, particularly in 2. S taying healthy is, as such, part of the mechanic. You can get chubby from over-eating fatty foods and even net yourself a beer belly from too much alcohol - keeping in shape is an actual part of the roleplaying experience.

Thumbelina lives in a small town, and as it is questionable how the town hasn't been destroyed prior to Geralt entering the realm. There are many much larger entities that can be found inside of the land, which is why it is quite peculiar that Thumbelina's Town hasn't yet been destroyed simply by the enemies accidentally stepping on

The world of Albion, as featured in Fable 3 , is a large and dense place filled with a lot of different things to find. The most unusual of them are the Demon Doors. These mysterious, rock-faced structures serve as portals to other wor

Fable is the type of RPG that begs not to be rushed. There is a staggering amount of content to dive into when first starting the game. The opening village of Oakvale simply lets you run around aimlessly, chat with people and play with the chickens, should you wish to do that instead of continuing on with your quest of saving Alb

While Fable has traditional weapons such as swords, axes, character creation systems and bows, there are also many varieties of unique ones that spice up the action RPG combat. These special weapons ( the franchise has always offered some incredible ones , such as Fable 2's The Rising Sun, picture above) almost always provide a huge damage buff and are especially useful in the tougher batt

Even though people are able to be damaged in this realm, dying is a whole other thing since it isn't even a physical realm, to begin with. This world made of illusions should not logically be able to kill peo

Geralt refers to the unicorn that he finds inside of the realm as Roach , the name for his horse in the main game. This is a peculiar occurrence since this unicorn has just met Geralt and does not have any n

The castle costs a hefty $1,000,000 to net and plenty of houses, businesses and smaller establishments can be netted as well to really bring in a nice income. Nothing says power quite like property and shareholding.

However, the Land of a Thousand Fables is only used by members of the royal family in Toussaint , which calls into question why this is the case since these illusions could probably be created in a mainstream way and be used for a type of virtual reality, similar to how people in the real world use video ga

The Land of a Thousand Fables is a beautiful place that Geralt is able to explore in The Witcher 3's Blood and Wine DLC , and it is widely considered to be one of the best creations in the entire game. The Land of a Thousand Fables has many different locations to see and new enemies to fight, which adds a breath of fresh air to the large

Like the Fallout series, Fable has its own karma system. It's a major part of why the franchise is so beloved, but it can get a little silly. For instance, drinking five beers is as 'corrupt' (the measurement of negative karma) as committing murder.

Whilst Dark Souls 2 tracked and displayed deaths to show the world how unrelentingly brutal FromSoftware's newest game was, Fable 2 went in a more co-operative and light-hearted direction with their tracking system.

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