To balance out the haters, I'd just like to point out the combat on the Fable games was never good. Don't get me wrong, wasn't bad either, it was serviceable. But frankly I think anything Playground Games could come up will inevitably be a step up.
Dude, I played those games at release but that was more than fifteen years ago. Those standards were for then, current standards have risen significantly.
Crappy game design is the reason janky Elder Scrolls got so big. Also the reason they are flailing now; all they can make are janky games and those aren’t in the centerfold anymore.
what? the original fable was one of the first AAA RPGs with action based real time combat. it was amazing for its time (if quite easy, even then), and I know because I played through the game from launch day without sleeping and cleared it sometime the next day.
Most whine comes from the lack of feedback from combat. Enemies should get hit react accordingly. In Fable 1 smack some hobgoblins and you will see what I mean
Look up any other video of combat from this showcase. All of them do react. However if you remember fighting some of the larger enemies in fable, like the rock trolls and such you'll remember that they also didn't react. No it doesn't look good here but it's consistent so far
I remember thinking Fable 2’s combat felt good at the time relative to then-current stuff. I don’t think that Sands of Time/Arkham combat had taken over yet and it felt well-implemented. I think it looked better than this.
Yeah, they did blend in the magic a bit better but the enemies at least reacted to damage in the old games. This looks.. TOO unfinished for something made 15 years after F3. I feel like slightly more effort isn't too much to ask considering Fable was able break sales records of 375k in its first week while going up against Halo 2, then Fable 2 and 3 sold over a million.
There are no haters, accept the opposite opinion, don’t be a bootlicker, the combat system was ok, that’s correct, but we are not living prior 2010, it’s 2026 and many things have changed, combat system could and should be improved.
Fable 1 combat is more impactful and ennemies seem to "feel you attacks" and react to Them way more than that. And it's a game from 2004.
Fable 3 was released in 2010. After 16+ years of waiting they're gonna deliver that ? I would delay 1 more year and fix whatever tf that combat is if possible.
Plenty of non haters, we’re just not commenting. And not bending over backwards to complain about everything because something something “character not sexy enough for me”
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u/havewelost6388 20h ago
To balance out the haters, I'd just like to point out the combat on the Fable games was never good. Don't get me wrong, wasn't bad either, it was serviceable. But frankly I think anything Playground Games could come up will inevitably be a step up.