Oh man, if people bitched about StarCraft II's graphics, they're going to flip @ Fable 3 which has worse lol.
Even for an Xbox360 game that is very poor, if it was the original Xbox then it would be fine. Hoping it improves, as since the 360 version will always be the base for the PC version, the worse that looks, the worse the PC one will be, high resolutions and high levels of AA won't fix low res textures.
Graphics are not the best but sufficient I think.. the gameplay is where it's at so hopefully they made a big departure from the last one.
I loved Fable, I really liked Fable 2 (Probably one of my favorite 360 games). If the third comes out for the PC, and is good, then i'll damn well get it too.
yeah looks definitely bland.. like the same textures used ten years ago, but really with a game like fable its not so much about that. So long as they make it fun and keep you interested it will be a decent game, but yeah a bit of a disappointment with how it looks for sure. you would think by now with it being the third installment they would spruce it up a bit..
Fable III' (ALL) Achievements Revealed Since its inception, the Fable franchise has offered players the opportunity to choose their own destinies as a hero, villain or someone between, where the possibilities are limitless and the consequences can weigh heavily on the path to greatness. Fans new and returning will now embark on an epic adventure, where the race for the crown is only the beginning of your spectacular journey. Five decades have passed since the events of Fable II, and Albion has matured into an industrial revolution, but the fate of the kingdom is at peril. In Fable III, you will be called upon to rally and fight alongside your people, ascend to the seat of power, and experience the true meaning of love and loss. The choices and sacrifices you make while fanning the flames of revolution, and then as you rule as King or Queen or Albion, will lead to an ever evolving world of consequences that will be felt across your entire land. This sets the stage for unparalleled action and adventure that offers even more ways to fight and engage than ever before. Spoiler Fable III Achievements: The Guild Seal: 10 Unleash your heroic potential. And So It Begins: 20 Win the support of the Dwellers. Swift Justice: 20 Win the support of the Swift Brigade. The Resistance: 50 Win the support of Bowerstone. Distant Friends: 20 Win the support of Aurora. The Ruler of Albion: 80 Become the ruler of Albion. For Albion!: 80 This is where you *spoiler* the great, big *spoiler* and then it all *spoiler*. Save The Princess!: 10 Rescue the princess from the evil Baron. Ghost Brothers: 10 Make sure Max and Sam get home in time for tea. Tragical-Comical-Historical: 10 Help the celebrated thespians Lambert and Pinch put on the world's greatest play. The Dark Sanctum: 10 Reinstate an ancient, evil temple. Island Paradise: 10 Establish the island of Driftwood. Knight Jumps Chesty: 10 Defeat Chesty at his own game. Coronation Chicken: 10 Perform a royal judgement while dressed as a chicken. Spellweaver: 5 Combine two gauntlets to cast a "woven" spell. Archmage: 20 Cast all 15 possible spell combinations. Total Warrior: 10 Kill enemies with melee, ranged and spell attacks. Pull!: 10 Send an enemy flying into the air and kill him while he's airborne. Gunning For Glory: 20 Kill 500 enemies using firearms. If It Bleeds, We Can Kill It: 20 Kill 500 enemies using melee weapons. Wizard's Revenge: 20 Kill 500 enemies using magic. Super Hero: 50 Fully upgrade your Melee, Ranged, and Magic abilities on the Road to Rule. You Can't Bring Me Down: 50 Complete Fable III without being knocked out in combat. My Weapon's Better Than Yours: 25 Complete 3 unique upgrades on one of the legendary weapons found around Albion. I Am The Keymaster: 30 Collect all 50 Silver Keys and 4 Gold Keys. Flower Power: 30 Collect all 30 Auroran flowers. Gnome Invasion: 30 Destroy all 50 gnomes. Brightwall Book Club: 30 Collect all 30 rare books for the Brightwall Academy. Digger: 15 Dig up 50 items. We Need Guns, Lots Of Guns: 20 Collect all 50 legendary weapons. They won’t all appear in your world, so trade with other Heroes! Fashion Victim: 20 Collect every item of clothing. He's a Woman. She's a Man: 5 Wear a full set of clothing intended for the opposite sex. Dye Hippie, Dye: 5 Dye each part of an outfit you're wearing a different colour and have long hair. Hand in Hand: 5 Hold hands with someone. Long Distance Relationship: 10 Get married to another Xbox LIVE player. Cross-Dimensional Conception: 10 Have a child with another Xbox LIVE player. Online Merger: 10 Enter into a business partnership with another Xbox LIVE player. Barrel of Laughs: 10 Kill 30 enemies with explosive barrels. We Can Be Heroes 10 Earn 1,000 gold in henchman wages in another Hero's world. Kaboom!: 10 Score 2000 on the Mourningwood Fort mortar game. Lute Hero Tour: 10 Play in each town as a 5 star lute player. Touched By A Hero 10 Use touch expressions to interact with 20 different people. Popularity Contest: 15 Make 20 Friends. Remodelling: 10 Remodel 5 different houses by changing the furniture. Magnate Personality: 50 Build a property empire worth 2,000,000 gold. Crime Spree: 10 Get a 15,000 gold bounty placed on your head. Henry VIII: 10 As ruler of Albion, get married 6 times and kill 2 of your spouses. Chest Grandmaster: 40 Unlock all of the chests on the Road To Rule. Tough Love: 10 Save the maximum amount of Albion citizens. Adopt Or Die: 5 Adopt a child. Throughout your journey, you will encounter a colorful cast of characters that fans have come to expect from the off-beat style and humor in the Fable games. After determining whether these characters are your friends or foes, you will either join them or fight against them in explosive combat, alone or with a friend on Xbox Live. In your quest to plant the seeds of revolution, seize power and rule over your kingdom, the choices you make will change the world around you, for the greater good or your own personal gain. Who will you become? A rebel without a cause, the tyrant you rebelled against, or the greatest ruler to ever live? Key Features: Be the hero and forge your own destiny. Storytelling comes to life as Fable III puts you and your hero in the center of an epic journey that traces your rise from revolutionary to ruler and beyond, along with all the action, drama and humor. Interacting with the world of Albion has never been easier or more rewarding. The Expressions system offers an ingenious new Dynamic Touch feature that allows your hero to reach out and embrace a loved one, or exact retribution against those who have betrayed you. Your hero, your faithful canine companion and even your weapons now also evolve to extremes mirroring your morality and personal style of combat. The emotional connections players will develop in the world of Fable III will lead to some of the most memorable moments ever experienced in a game. Where blockbuster action meets adventure. Your journey spans from the streets of a thriving and industrialized Albion to the surrounding battlefields. The pioneering one-button combat system allows players to easily combine different styles in their arsenal – hand-to-hand melee attacks, long-range precision shooting and wickedly catastrophic spells – to advance the one-button combat mechanic to a full scale, thrilling level that offers infinite ways to engage, experiment and compete. Choice and consequence. A core tenet of the Fable franchise, players are presented with infinite choices and consequences that impact the world around them. Good or evil, loved or loathed, career versus family, or just you and your faithful canine companion – live the life you have always dreamed. More so than ever before, your choices lead to far more profound outcomes that impact your every being. Whether it's deciding the outcome of minor squabbles or changing the direction of the entire kingdom, these key decisions will change the world forever. Source
http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/65724 Didn't really know where to put it, doesn't make much sense but it's about Microsoft Games for Windows trying to lead PC game development and doing so via presenting Fable 3 which is delayed indefinitely for some reason and two rather casual games (Rise of Flight and Age of Empires Online.) Interesting read but seems a bit strange and more like just talk or building hype. (Difficult to express properly.)
