You can feel Elric of Melnibone’s influence on it. In the best way.

Wait a minute, was that an original xbox, in TOWER MODE?!

This is so frustrating to watch. It amazes me that the games turned out as good as they did considering the pitfalls that a publisher will almost literally dig in front of the development team as they're walking.

the whole series is catered to casuals. theyre all linear and easy af

I subbed the shit out of this channel thanks to your three fable retrospective documentaries I built a bed and to the first two then cooked dinner to the third Incredible work man

I ain't sacrificing my dog !

Fable 1 and 2 was iconic! I believe it was Fable 3 where they went toward a complete downfall. Ive hated every Fabled game from Fable 3 and beyond

I want to suggest something, the way that Team Fortress 2 made the game casual should be compared to Fable 2 sometime. These two games does this concept of appealing to casuals differently I've noticed, and with Team Fortress 2 they've even still kept in advanced tactics such as the movement mechanics, as an example.

Aged Didn't Well For Woke

Holy moly. I've been going through the rounds of pretty much all Splinter Cell franchise videos over 30 or more minutes in length. I've watched like 50 at this point probably, I've been having to really scroll through search results at this point. You were a gem, this was top 5 for me of all the KZbin Splinter Cell franchise content I had seen. Very thorough, there was stuff I was not aware of that I can't believe nobody else mentioned. All around great work. Take my sub, and a like and a comment, this was a damn good video, and I look forward to checking out more of your stuff. Thank you for sharing.

I still love legend! That was a great comeback game

So basically after uncharted 4 Naughty Dog became woke What a shame!

It’s just sad because all anyone wanted was more fable 2. If another fable 2 dlc was released today it would probably make more money than fable 3 made.

Fable wasn't exactly a hardcore RPG even for it's release date.

Fable 2 was definitely a fun game, but honestly I didn't know you couldn't die. As it was so easy it never once happened to me in my playthrough. Though the art direction, story, and humor really made the game. Its sad their will probably never be another fable game that captures the magic of the first 2, fable 3 was just a downgrade and the new fable looks like its deviating greatly from the original series.

I love these games

Yet Crystal Dynamics run the franchise to the ground turning it a shadow of it's former self. Crystal Dynamics was never a good studio, they always stole others ideas in order to thrive, the reason why Legacy of Kain turned out a great franchise was mostly because of Amy Hennig, Danis Dyack, Daniel Cabuco.

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i miss this game

I was 9 years old when my father bought me a video game magazine called Level. It also contained a game on CD called Soul Reaver. Because I didn't have a PC at the time, every Saturday I would go to my father's office and play on his computer there. I was excited, scared, I remember my hands and feet getting cold and I would start shivering so much that my father would bring me a radiator to warm me up. All the emotions were caused by that game. At the same time, at home, I would translate from the magazine and the game, with a dictionary, passages, lines, explanations, everything related to that game, because English was a foreign language and I was just learning it at school. I would translate everything and write it on paper, I had a book as I wrote. My father loved to watch me play it, even more, he would help me, advise me, guide me, and even press various keys on the keyboard for certain commands during the game. Now, my dad is in a better place, but he definitely smiles when he sees me playing Soul Reaver 1/2 remastered edition.

The only game that sits next to bo1 as my top favorite video game of all time is shin megami tensei 3 nocturne (ps2). The voice acting of bo1 ps1 french version is unbearable, it's like they picked up people with no experience in tbat matter. The english version (pal uk and ntsc-u) are the best. There is also a german and japanese version for the ps1 but i never played them as i don't speaks these languages. It's good to mention that the fmv scene of the unspoken vs kain at the final part of the game is priceless.

Alot of people hate this game but besides the road to rule i enjoyed it. Its obviously not as good as the iconic original but it was still a decent game.

"There's no future in single player RPGs" *me pointing at baldur's gate 3 with over 230 play time on steam with multiple awards* Also witcher 3 Cyberpunk 2077 Screw you microsoft

I love Fable as separate games, but as a franchise I just wish they kept it going along the same lines as Fable 1… as in keep the fantasy, heroes story. Instead of completely wiping out heroes, vilifying the Heroes Guild & turning it Victorian/modern and adding in guns etc. I just wish they kept and expanded on the original lore instead of time jumping so drastically. It made me so mad they turned ‘natural’ magic into gloves🙄 if the protagonist was really a hero and descended from heroes they shouldn’t need some freaking gloves to use magic. While I did like the spell weaving… the lore just did a 180

I honestly find the dog incredibly annoying because never quit barking Fable 2 failed even in making me like dogs, and I like real life dogs :/

Lionhead should have told them “we aren’t releasing it until it’s ready” then take to social media to show the players would rather wait… Public pressure would have allowed them to take longer.. All it would have taken was a head to have some balls and stand up to the overlords.

Man fable 2 was special place in my heart I played first one so many times as little kiddo and watched development for what felt like years it’s legit the reason I first got on KZbin loved that game

fable the journey killed Lion Head not 3

Eh. I never played the first 2 fable games but I liked the 3rd. Combat was boring but taxing people was dope.

It actually was my favorite version. Fable 1 was too clunky and unresponive. Fable 2 was alright but too many ways to exploit the game. Gable 3 plot was fantastic. You might have no idea how difficult it is to manage every property in Abion, keep everyone happy and still save everyone possible. Daunting task but doable with enough diligence. Plus spell weaving was amazing like seriously who wouldnt want to cadt flaming tornadoes?

Oh the irony of making a game about meeting a deadline to fulfill the treasury, while you yourself are trying to meet a deadline to fulfill the treasury.

Bower lake music, pre-tower, still gives me chills to this day. So good.

I think the bar was just set too high with 1 & 2. 3 is not a horrible game it’s just not legendary like it’s predecessors

It's still better than 3. Played it again a year or two ago.

I liked Fable 1 and 2. 3 was meh. I enjoyed Black and White 2 as well. Peter was always a liar.

Fable is the reason I originally got an xbox. Played it at a friends and it absolutely blew my mind

No mention of the Fable 4 that's supposed to be coming exclusively to Xbox game pass in 2025?

Skyrim's better.

Fable 1 was the Escape from Tarkov of RPGs at the time. Absolutely devastatingly complex and not at all for casual gamers. I remember so many of those extremely hard core gameplay elements that just kept it completely away from me, as a casual gamer. Like, the inventory system was so extremely and ridiculously complicated and realistic in Fable 1. And the Karma system was so hard to understand, way ahead of its time. Not to mention the extreme depth of the NPC story interactions, like I said, Fable 1 was Tarkov Level of extremely complicated. NOT for casual gamers. I'm so glad Fable 2 changed directions.

The best story arc in Fable 3 was the intro with the chicken.

To this day i am still angry about what happened to fable. One of my most favorite videogames of all time and the game just died and disappeared. I loved all of them, fable 1, 2, and 3.

WTF are you talking about? Fable 3 was a huge success, it beat out fable one sales and nearly matched fable 2's success. the $75 million dollar hole that was fable legends killed lionhead Live service killed lionhead.

Something small for your effort. Hope you have a lovely Christmas!

Love your deep dives. I really hope you blow up. So much effort goes into your work.

PM involvement on a project is like cancer.

Fable 2 is still one of my favorite games to this day, I wish I could play on my pc

So I thought I was gonna watch a video about how the game was made, but I'm 12 minutes in and he's only talked about mechanics in the game and a synopsis of what fable 3 is. If I didn't know those things, I wouldn't have clicked on the video. Maybe title videos more accurately?

Fable 3 sucked ass. So Peter’s studio fizzling out is a good thing