The BIG Fable: The Lost Chapters Retrospective

[@SuperRADLemon]

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[@Catheidan]

HERO! your health is low. you have any potions? or food?

[@davidsterling7570]

Loving this so far! Just paused to remind that OG Xbox didn't have achievements. The doll was basically a classic badge-of-honor achievement though, ala getting all the korok seeds or beating superbosses in Final Fantasy

[@frostedlambs]

Can someone like or reply to me I think im shadowbanned

[@davidsterling7570]

OH and both times your family "unlock" your power, it's just a big XP boost

[@_Necrow]

Loving the vid so far, but I did want to mention that the original xbox didn't have achievements or gamerscore, so the useless doll sidequest was just useless. Lol

[@fangzntalonz]

Fun fact about the old burping beggar outside the Guild: in a cut note that she sent to Brom, that has been since revealed to be canon by series co-creator Dene Carter, it is heavily implied that begger is Scarlet Robe's brother + the Hero of Oakvale's uncle. Here's the note for anyone curious: "Dearest husband, I hope that you are well. I shall be returning soon, as my work here is done. I thought I should send you this money so as to keep it safe. When I get back, I will take it to my brother, poor wreck that he has become. What harsh luck he has had ? crippled by a mere wasp sting! I hope this gift eases his troubles; he should no longer need to mope around that Lookout Point, pleading for money from the very Heroes he once fought alongside! Send my love to the children. With love, S."

[@revalier3670]

That's really cool but doesn't that mean The Hero Guild literally just left one of their Heroes to starve and die? Like, I get that he got crippled and all but he grew with the Guild too assuming he trained there as well! Couldn't even afford him a place to sleep considering his bloodline and his hero status! I'm so glad I chose the evil route and slaughter the whole entire Guild now

[@fangzntalonz]

@@revalier3670 yeah if you can’t do Hero shit anymore they stop caring about you.

[@4lexandergr3g66]

Jesus a KZbinr who semi-consistently pumps out hours long video essays on my favourite video games??? My new fav channel :)

[@Ponaru]

Jesus has a KZbin channel?

[@SuperRADLemon]

Yeah it's mine

[@TomTerrible789]

🔥🔥🔥

[@seabird8147]

One thing I remember really liking about marrying Lady Grey, if you start giving her gifts she'll give you sarcastic responses, like "Oh. Wonderful. Thank you, dear husband." But if you max her affection (or just keep giving her a certain number of gifts, I don't remember) her responses will start to get more and more genuine until it sounds like she's actually surprised at how she's genuinely fallen in love with you.

[@nickwheeler9768]

black roses yea?

[@DarkTemplaroo7]

When your sister and mother “unlock your hidden potential” it gives you a big exp boost each time.

[@willthethrill9238]

Oh is that what happens?! I never knew!

[@TheSquizzlet]

@@willthethrill9238 Yeah it comes int he form of tens of thousands of general green exp.

[@ThommyofThenn]

I think it's really awesome how big Peter was thinking in terms of sheer scope. But in hindsight, it seems very obvious that the technology simply wasn't there for a lot of the things he mentions.

[@luckyassassin1]

Unfortunately yeah, like he dreamed big and they tried to deliver but with some of the things he said it just wasn't possible at the time

[@ThommyofThenn]

@@luckyassassin1 Always hopeful for community mods to implement or even create cut content!

[@luckyassassin1]

@@ThommyofThenn the community shouldn't have to make up for a developers short comings, that's how you get a company like Bethesda purposely not adding things and saying in their making of video that they didn't add it because thr modders would anyway

[@luckyassassin1]

@@HankThrillPlays it's been stated by todd Howard and other devs in the making of documentary on Skyrim.

[@DrTigrexPhD]

you cant fool me, you were about to fail that card matching game

[@Adaell90]

I remember playing The Lost Chapters after the original release finding out that one of the best weapons in that version of the game wasn't the legendary Sword of Aeons you could sacrifice your sister for, but the Solus Sword you can buy in a goddamn gift shop in Bowerstone. I was... baffled.

[@natekyoken929]

They crazy nerfed the Sword of Aeons in lost chapters. In base game it had a base damage of 740ish, in lost chapters it was like 250

[@Swedishmafia101MemeCorporation]

I wish I was able to put even half as much effort into my studies as you do in these retrospectives lol. Awesome vid as always 🙏

[@strapps5404]

I have no clue why but the cold open into "I love Fable" was super funny to me

[@UrDadsFavouriteMaleEscort]

Reminds me of oprah " i love bread"

[@christianowens4104]

So happy to see someone do a video like this on the original version of the game instead of Anniversary.

[@TheTrueArchonFTW]

Anniversary is borderline unplayable for me they fcked the dark will user outfit and i cant stand it

[@henbone9]

I love British lore, such a fantastical fictional land. Imagine if a place like the UK existed IRL. 25:04

[@Slyslug]

Holy freaking HOOT, this guys retrospectives are super rad.

[@TheGodofweak]

Man I loved Fable when I was a kid!, it was the first time I did multiple different playthroughs for each alignment, different builds, etc. I think I was also around 12 when I first played it, and always wanted to play the lost chapters but couldn't afford it. So I'll have to experience the content vicariously through this video, thanks a bunch for this!

[@colbywarden9835]

I am pogged out of my gourd for this content. Getting me through the long days of grad school superRAD!

[@enemystand2981]

Ace your classes and he’ll have to rebrand to SuperGrad

[@PlagueJesterSky]

Oh fuck yes, I have something to watch later after my stream, good shit man. I can't wait. I love Fable so much.

[@counterhitasmr9196]

In fable 2, owning land affected your morality based on the prices you set. If you raised rent or business prices, it made you morally corrupt, but you could also make rent completely free, which the game counts as a morally pure act. Corrupt acts as a land lord would actually hurt the region's economy, while pure acts improve the economy.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Hell yeah

[@LorisNoKami]

I actually likebeing a max Good/max Corrupt dude in Fable 2 because then you get to cosplay as James Cordon.

[@ncrtrooper7153]

Patrolling the Mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter.

[@paradigmcoterie2606]

the man, the myth, the legend

[@KDKalvinDrake]

I always come back to this video, the britain line at the beginning is definitely what earned my subscription lol

[@wenchesandmead2459]

God damn, super rad always putting out the best videos on the best games. So happy I found you. I listen to your videos while working in my pharmacy and it’s really helpful with 10 hour days. Thank you ^^

[@Mumpinator]

Hell Yeah! Seeing another SuperRAD Retrospective to another huuge game of my childhood in my KZbin feed, brought so much joy ! Love your super lenghty retrospective content! Keep it up my man! :D Thanks so so much for Fable! :D

[@SaraphDarklaw]

I appreciate how you always seem to cover games I have fond memories of. I must’ve played through the original fable 6 times or so. Then 2 more times for lost chapters.

[@beleakswordsteel]

Great retrospective! I just wanna mention one thing. The two parts of the game where your mother and sister unlock power in your bloodline. Its a reward of i think 10k general experience both times. You might not notice it because the pop-up is so small and goes away quickly.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Thanks!

[@natbvm1880]

I was 22 when this game came out. Didn’t know anything about it, I was a Luddite and didn’t get Game informer. I will always associate it with what was happening when I first played it. My band was recording in a mansion called Robert Lang studios in Seattle Washington that was built by buried treasure. With a phenomenal famous producer who recorded Blonde Redhead and Hanson. We were there every day for 3 months. Waking to to the ocean, recording in a state of the art studio. There were pinball machines and a big screen tv with an Xbox. Our drummer bought this game and it is forever tied with that magical time. I don’t know if I’ve ever played another game that felt this magical, and I know a lot of it has to do with our circumstances. But it was so special to all of us. Never had played a game like this, and never since have I played a game that filled me with such a sense of wonder and joy.

[@metalhead_frank]

Really, really enjoyed this retrospective! Definitely gonna check it out! Great video, Rad!

[@songarrhea]

"Making our way downtown" :D great Easter-egg man!

[@ASMCourtney]

Thanks for your effort and time, I value it a lot in my day to day life and you bring me a lot of joy.

[@UnitSe7en]

I really enjoyed OG Fable. And Peter, despite everything, I just can't hate like I can so easily some other developers. Even as a teenager back in the Black & White days, I always felt like this, that his promises weren't lies, but dreams. I loved seeing my character after what felt like a lifetime of fighting evil, look grizzled and wizened in his years. Covered in scars and wielding the best weapons in the land. Striding around with this vicarious imbued confidence that I've rarely felt with any RPG. The game kind of had this odd bitterwseet feel that still lingers in memory 10+ years on.

[@evsm6197]

Wow you're the first person I found that even knows about black & white. I really loved black and white 2 and the expansion battle of the gods where you literally went up against an evil Aztec god

[@ryu411]

I fucking love Fable 2, but it is *criminally* short.

[@TheSylveonSurfer]

In regards to boasting, my brother and I used it all the time as kids. Speedrunners we were not, but my brother constantly took it upon himself to speed run the game as fast as possible or do challenge runs, sometimes self-imposed. - Fist only runs - Stick only runs - Naked runs - No-hit runs - Sub-X amount of time runs - etc, etc.. Point is, we were doing challenges anyways, we might as well get rewarded for it. Fable was one of our favorite games as children and we spent an endless amount of time playing it. Our family didn't have a lot of money. Our games and og Xboxs were gifted to us by a family friend well into the 360/PS3 era of gaming. We still had dial-up at the point where high-speed was easily accessible to most families. Suffice to say, we made do with the games we had. Luckily, og XBox had a pretty kickass library. My personal favorite, to this day, is Jet Set Radio Future, but Fable is a very close second along with Soul Calibur 2, Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2, Halo, and Morrowind

[@Corbellations]

Thank you for always uploading on the perfect day for me to get through these mostly uninterrupted, it really helps me focus 🎉❤

[@wildicedemon9926]

Perfect another video to play on repeat for a whole month as I fall asleep.

[@TheCrawl]

3:06 Okay this is… utterly unrelated to the video but-Victor Lucas always did this little bounce when he intro segments for electric playground and even tho it was ages ago that I watched G4 as a kid I still remember noticing how often he did it. So seeing him do it at this moment in the video fired some long-dormant neurons lmao.

[@hermesriddims3708]

Absolutely bang on video here chap!

[@MangoSauc3]

No exaggeration this video cured my midnight depression I watched the whole video in one sitting. 10/10 👏 👏

[@dustgraystone9448]

I actually like that the Guild works for both sides of the scale. Mainly because it gives the word hero a different meaning in that world. And it helps the Guild know who is willing to do what.

[@1Hol1Tiger]

It also explains why the guild doesn't care or disown you when you do evil things.

[@kev_lsn7042]

It’s nice to see people still talk about this game and make content on it.

[@UnitSe7en]

7:15 It's not a diamond in the rough, It's a rough diamond.

[@casino-lights]

This game's disk got stuck in my original Xbox when I was younger and for a solid four or five months, Fable: The Lost Chapters was the only game I could play. While I was still really happy to finally play a different game once my mom pried off the small plastic front of the disk drive, I don't think there was any other game out at the time that I could've played for that long. Pure good runs, pure evil runs, mixed morality runs, runs where I collected everything, runs where I did every single side quest... I was thankful it was Fable and not some other game that was in the Xbox when the disk drive got stuck. I'm glad they remastered it with Anniversary and I hope someday they might consider porting Fable 2 to PC and putting Fable 3 back on Steam so the rest of the series doesn't suffer a console-exclusive death. I'd love to see retrospectives like this on 2 and 3 as well if you have the inclination! Thank you for your time and effort!

[@slothfulsleen]

Another superRAD video to watch over 5 days of my work week? LETS GOOOOOOO

[@kittaylor5752]

Thanks so much for this video dude. You obviously put so much work into your scripts. You describe plot and mechanics, but best of all you actually analyze the games you review with your own takes and views. It's really refreshing to see a creator whose "retrospective" isn't just a lazy summary of the story, coupled with some unoriginal internet opinions. You're in a camp with only a small handful of genuinely great youtube game reviewers, and defo deserve far more subs than you have!

[@codywhite6337]

Excellent video!

[@technicalproficiency]

Great video! Thanks for making it! I loved Fable.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@DemonKingNemo]

First time ever watching a 4.5 hour youtube video and all i can think of is wow... wow... wow this could be 7 hours and id still watch. Lol. Fable is my favorite game. I loved this whole video. Earned a like and sub for the effort. *salute*

[@AlChestBreachFan7]

Hugeeee. Such an integral part of my gaming childhood.

[@neocores]

i keep coming back to this video ans your oblivion one to rewatch. both are games that hold so much nostalgia and enjoyment for me, and i really love your analyses and perspective on both. plus your brand of humor just makes you a joy to listen to.❤

[@tomm9963]

Fantastic video. Can't wait for your video on Fable 2, if you ever make it!

[@Xmgb331X]

Another beautiful video ❤

[@ilikespoons1]

Here to leave a comment wishing positive vibes unto you and 1 like, well deserved for making me say out loud, ah shit cool superRad made a Fable Retrospective!

[@mookemaster222]

Whisper shows up in the waiting area if you take a break from the arena fighting. I remember my first playthrough I went back in every time to hear new lines.

[@wohbot]

thank you for making this great content as always

[@seanmcdowell5508]

Because my job has me driving for HOURS AND HOURS on end this is a perfect channel for me I love that I discovered retrospectives and I love this channel for them! ❤🎉

[@dphdmn]

1:46:00, Honestly, one of the most underrated and least-explored mechanics in the game. Not too long ago, I completed the entire game by taking all the boasts for each quest (and even created a one-hour-long video explaining how to do it). This was a truly unique experience. While some boasts combinations may be easy, certain quests are incredibly challenging. However, almost all quests have clever ways to approach an "All-Boasting" strategy that you wouldn't normally think of when completing the quests conventionally. For me, it's more like a personal challenge, and I've learned a lot from discovering non-trivial ways to complete the quests, and even completing additional challenges above it, like not using bodyguards or not even punching an enemy once etc. The unfortunate part is that there are two bugged boasts that are impossible to complete, even when following their instructions. Additionally, for one of the Bandit Spy quest combinations, you have to do too much for it to be possible. So, while one of the boasts combinations(5/7) is feasible, I consider the evil-version (6/7) of the quest the only one that can't be completed with all boasts without using glitches. In short, boasts are good when you have to do All of them. And it's possible, but not so easy, being an epic personal challenge that almost no one probably did.

[@AliasEliahus]

First off excellent video as always, im having a great time just sitting here watching while doing other stuff. second- to explain why the heroes guild is so mercenary , apparently there was a spin off novel that explained this. Tldr; the heroes guild under nostro used to only take on good aligned contracts but weaver [the current guildmaster in fable 1] felt like this was a bad idea. He seemed to think that aspirants should have the freedom to choose their own paths rather than being encouraged to be good guys. So naturally he did the most sane and logical thing and led a bloody civil war that wiped out the previous heroes guild. Really makes how easy he goes down in an evil playthrough that much more comedic.

[@SuperRADLemon]

That's so funny lmao

[@hammerstix5791]

I love that he decides that apprentices should be allowed to choose their own path and (understandably) panics when his time comes at the hands of one of said apprentices.

[@brianmeadows3806]

Rewatching this after the recent Fable 2025 trailer after missing the series. Love your videos and actually rewatch a few of them regularly along with Salt Factory's stuff when i dont have much fresh content to listen to during work. Hope youll take 2 and 3 before the new one

[@QuentinPink]

Liked the video for that terrible Jack of all Blades pun. Well played lol

[@SuperRADLemon]

Well blade

[@QuentinPink]

@@SuperRADLemon I deserve that one...🤣

[@D1N5TY]

another banger Mr.RAD, what a great way to start my morning

[@zayanaut]

My body is ready

[@MisterBones2910]

Glad someone else remembers that Peter Molyneux was the _Sweet Little Lies_ game director before Todd's ascendency.

[@Majalis_Seyvren]

I've genuinely loved and enjoyed this game, despite any flaws. I played it on my OG Xbox and spent almost as much time on it as Halo 1 and Halo 2. This game just felt.. Good. I loved the "weird" humor (as a child), loved the different weapons and how you felt like you had freedom in how you played, and I also loved how the morality made the NPCs view you. Seeing everyone flirty or terrified was so mind-blowing to me. Damn, now I wanna play the game again-

[@lostandoutoftime9603]

Thank you for this 🙏

[@d4darwin458]

Wish i came by this channel sooner

[@PabloOnThePistol]

High quality video essays? Count me in!

[@aster4jaden]

"It may not be the jack of all blades", I see what you did there😉.

[@TheKpa11]

Theresa’s and mom’s green power ups just give you a lot of general experience is all

[@NedPhilanders493]

Loved this game as a kid a definitely skipped (or missed) alot of its content due to my age. Great review vid, love a 4 hour retrospective. You mention hero save vs world save, I remember the only time I exploited this system was during the archeologist quest in Witchwood. You can get the age reduction at the temple of avo, hero save, exit, and then do it all over again later if you have the cash. Good stuff 👍

[@AKAGubin]

Saw this right when I started replaying it on the original Xbox, amazing timing

[@TheinternetArchaeologist]

You absolutely can spam jump up every mountain in Skyrim you just have to be patient and extremely persistent

[@6StimuL84]

Great job SuperRAD, like your expositions.....

[@henchtoes]

I love retrospective the longer the better to me

[@brandonguffey5959]

I see a lot of youtubers struggle to use stealth in the bandit camp not realizing you can use a moonfish to turn the time to night and get a massive anti detection bonus. You also get a sneak bonus for wearing the assassin gear (it's a hidden effect) but yeah it's a lot easier to sneak past them at night than it is during the daytime even though daytime is the default when you enter.

[@redroC171]

easily one of the best videos you've done, and one of your funniest. i laughed out loud so many times in this one, fr

[@SuperRADLemon]

Thanks :)

[@neocores]

ahh, the game that made me trade with my brother so he could have my ps2 and I could have his xbox. I also have 'your health is low' as my text tone. also, not a correction so much as a thing you can miss: in the prologue, when guarding the barrels you can actually get both rewards if you're fast enough. if you can break the barrels and then get back to the guarding spot before the man comes back, he won't know they were broken by you. so you can pick up the gold inside the barrels, AND get the reward from dad!

[@Not-a-Towel]

I remember playing Fable on the original xbox for the first time, good times

[@pie4apie827]

Thank you for the video!

[@Gazosavin]

Babe, wake up! SuperRAD dropped another retrospective!

[@natbvm1880]

I love the narrators voice. “Your health is low hero, watch that” ok daddy lol

[@Wolfensteinxp1]

Gonna watch this in work tomorrow

[@colton1341]

I enjoyed this, so I am going to like, comment, and subscribe now 👍🏻💯🚫🧢

[@Gloomerous2177]

The “it’s of it’s time” arguments also rub me the wrong way, because it was wrong then and it’s wrong now. Like it isn’t complicated. Also another absolute banger vid! This was the first game I ever stayed up all night playing when it came out. I was 11 at the time. That’s a core memory right there. Thanks for your hard work! It’s really appreciated.

[@hogexd]

Great video so far. I never played Fable as a kid, but recently tried Fable Anniversary on the game pass. Really enjoyed the time I spent playing it. That one part where you race people and are stuck in that prison was not so super rad tho 😂

[@DishonoredAce13]

Other than asking for a KoA video. I believe the "power" that gets unlocked in our character is general experience that is given. It's got the same green tint and absorbs into the body the same. The arena quest can make any run through the game pointless with the hero save system. Get to the scorpion fight hero save reload and re-run the system as much as you want. I think it was fixed in anniversary but I'm not 100% sure. You talked about making the game easy but with how wuick you can get to skorms temple the whole game can be run with that bow. The system for that has also been 2 sacrifices right at midnight. Using the twinblade camp merc and oakvale merc. Fable 1 was by far my favorite and had the most brought to the table I feel

[@judastheman]

I also played fable without word of its promises and it was amazing

[@eugeniazhunina6550]

thank you for your videossss 🌺

[@reidwallace4258]

I think one of the big problems with Petters PR before Fable one was that he was JUST a publisher. I remember a lot of discussions basicly playing out as, "OMG look at what Fable is going to have!" 'I dont know, that sounds like marketing BS, an acorn growing into a tree? How would they code that? Why waste the energy?" "Yeah, but he isn't even a dev, he owns the company, he must know!" It never seemed like a passionate dev talking about his art, it SOUNDED like a businessman promising a product, cause it was.

[@1Hol1Tiger]

Thing is many of his fibs were told before release but AFTER the games were shipped to stores. The "Gone Gold" period. So yes he was knowingly lying.

[@BigPanda096]

Armored core 6 needs to be played through 3 times to get the full story and each playthrough has new missions or mission choices that can be made, it's a very interesting game that's very action heavy, but you can make basically every form of mech you can make, viable. Even a no weapon fists only mech is actually viable... It's crazy I love the game.

[@RorytheRomulan]

One of the things I appreciate to this day is the ability to buy all the town homes in the sequels and... just not rent them. Fewer game models to load. Less joke dialogue to hear. As I gained fame and thus more attention in the sequels, I became infected with a quiet malice toward them. I hated their campy dialogue, which only further reinforced the precious scarcity of moments when the sequels take themselves seriously, in item descriptions, in... anything... they would wander in front of me while I played a minigame, and just wouldn't leave me the hell alone in general. I became a digital sociopath.

[@duhrellrl]

The shop menu glitches are insane in this game.

[@karmitdafruge1]

Man i love fables soundtrack, its so good.

[@marshall123x]

"Never met a good landlord." Guess you've lived in a lot of big cities.

[@aderoseimplied]

I loved this, I hope one day you'll do fable 2, it always felt more like what I heard Peter promised but I just knew it was the one that held the most special place in my heart

[@MeTaViToRFeNiX]

Please, do Fable 2 some day. It's the first one I played, one of my favorites and the game responsible for my interest for RPG's.

[@SuperRADLemon]

Emulation for it is getting better so it could happen

[@JeanCorssair]

I have been playing and loving this game for 2 decades. And I am only just now finding out you can knock the boulders back at trolls. I can-not believe I never tried that in the past.

[@satore]

I sat though 12 hours of oblivion. I can spare 4 hours.

[@danmorris1117]

I always used the section where the focus sites activate to get multiple hundreds of combat multipliers to max out my levels in one shot. If you're patient you can put your multiplier as high as you want

[@gornothdragnbone5898]

Another great video man, I really appreciate the work you put in ^^ I've also gotta hard agree about games letting you find legendary gear earlier if you put in the work. Dragon Age Origins let's me get rare endgame equipment before I'm halfway through the game and it feels fantastic.

[@TeloMovies]

Better than a movie, so here is my ticket price :)

[@SuperRADLemon]

Thanks!

[@TheSquizzlet]

For me, the earliest legendary weapon I've always b-lined for is the Willow's Pickaxe, since you can just chow down on crunchy chicks in front of the door to get it. It's not the best in terms of damage, but it's miles beyond the obsidian gear we have access to.

[@GlimmyGlam]

if youre fast enough you can save the third trader and get some lore about a balverine cure. I often play a will build so the frying pan is a must since it can allow for 7 mana enhancement on you at once.

[@stevenguitink5947]

I honestly hope that players remember people like Molyneux and Howard going forward. There's such a desperate need amongst some gamers to forgive the sins of these big names just because they make their favourite games. These people aren't your friends - they're business people and their goal is to make money. Your enjoyment is supplementary.