I loved Fable 3, isn’t as good as the first two but I really liked the idea of being the king and how it continued the story of Fable 2. An extra year of development would have been great
Yes I agree. I'm still not a fan of the change of tone, but I haven't played it since it was released. So I'm tempted to give it another chance. Thanks for watching!
I really loved it, the 1st game felt a lot better from story and how the game felt while playing it, but the 3rd game was fun with the combat system and the art style of the game. It's a whole lot different, but still a fun game. (I can not compare to Fable 2 as I have not played it yet :/ )
The art 🎨 style benefits the shelf life of the game. I can't play Oblivion because of the faces but have no problem playing fable. A original soundtrack is also great, you can hear a few seconds and immediately know it's fable few games can say that
For me the gameplay of Oblivion outweighs any negative it has. I can't bring myself to play Skyrim anymore because of how much better of a time I had going back to Oblivion.
Fable II was my personal favorite. I really liked the music and the quests were really well executed like the one where you help that one guy build a new town by investing your money.
I'm still sad they never published Fable 2 for pc. I never owned an Xbox, so I only played it once on my friends Xbox. Even though I played Fable and Fable - The Lost Chapters shortly after being published (so I'm a fan from the early days), I did enjoy Fable 3. It had its difficties but also its own charme. I really hope for a good Fable 4. Was so sad when they announced the closing of the Lion head Studios.
I was gutted too. Even though Fable 3 was rushed, their games had such a unique charm and sense of humour. Fable 2 still holds up well today if you ever find yourself able to play it ☺️
To this day I remember sitting in front of the TV in the living room playing Fable II and throwing fireballs at monsters. It was one of the first games I've ever played and I enjoyed it like none other at that time...
I will be honest and say Fable 2 is the only one I have played. And so I don't necessarily possess the same level of investment. Don't get me wrong I loved that game, but having never gone through it as a series, I didn't really get to experience the disappointment others felt. This was a great Video Jump, I was genuinely quite glued throughout! AND YES, MORE LONG FORM PLEASE!
I really liked the story of Fable 3. The only thing i really HATED was the choices when you were king. Being kind to the people meaned half of them were dead, or being mean and they all survived but hated you. And yes i know you can use your own money, but still
Fable: The lost chapters was the best game I've ever played as a young lad. I hope Fable 4 has similar game play and mechanics like the first Fable game!🙏 God knows how many hours I've clocked into the First Fable.
When I played fable 2 last time, I bought Fairfax manor and completed the visions of the future DLC. Then me and lady Gray had a kid and I called him Logan. It was a pretty satisfying way to end that playthrough, ngl
Nice exposé 😁 i love fable as a series aswell, always hoped more would come as it's such a fun adventure to go on especially with the reactions of the npc's changing on your standing as a character. Demon door puzzles were also very lucrative 😁😁 So I'm gonna hope with you that we might see something soon 😁 even an MMO i'd try out at the very least 😁
I'll be gutted if they make it an MMO haha. I loved the demon door puzzles too so I hope they make a comeback! To be honest you could give me an expanded and remastered Fable 2 and I'd be super happy haha
Dude so happy you did this! I've been wondering over the years what the heck happened. I myself am in reserve but in my heart truly I hope to see some come back.
i have loved all the fable games, in different ways and to a different degree. This video was very well done and you've done some solid research. I look forward to further videos.
I loved Fable 1 back in the day, but after playing it recently, I can see how far RPG's and games in general have advanced. I never played Fable 2 due to it's Xbox exclusivity and Fable 3 had me uninstalling after around an hour. I really do hope that Fable 4 turns out to be a good game, the universe still has a lot of potential. Great video though! This clearly took a lot of effort and research and it turned out well.
You missed out on the best game! In my opinion anyway. Thanks for the comment, it took me so long to make this video so I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
@@JumpCrouch My friends that played it always talked it up. But I never had an Xbox 360, always been on a PC. If they remade it like Fable Anniversary and released it on PC, I would be straight on it.
@@JumpCrouch first is best (lost chapters to be precise) 2 was amazing, 3 wasn't bad but definitely not as good as the first 2 although I liked what they did with the 2 part story line etc.
I have been feeling the love for fable again. I just re-download all the games again to relive the series I loved (even if 3 was a mess. I didn't really care because I played it when I was 4 or 5) that I haven't played for years.
Damn that made me feel old, I was in my early 20s when 3 came out! I'm feeling the hype too but don't wanna get too excited in case we end up disappointed haha
I have played every Fable game excluding journeys, and am in love with each of them. You were right that 3 was a bit of a let down after the success of 2, but here is hoping that this new game will revive the wonder we all felt for that game. Hopefully it won't be an mmo, I certainly don't have the right kind of internet connectivity to play mmos, and that would quite literally make me cry. Single player all the way, maybe throw in the xbox live multiplayer like they used to have. I also would appreciate the game being as complete as they can make it when it's released. DLC that adds on new areas and quests are fine, as long as you actually implement them. Skyrim added on new areas, but it never felt like there was something missing before they added it in, it was put together so well. In Fable 3, there were areas that you could simply tell were meant to be more, like the great door in the desert that served absolutely no purpose at all.
Since making this video I've seen a couple of articles saying it won't be an MMO so hopefully that's true! I'm with you, I just want a great single player game with the potential to expand. I'm a big Skyrim fan so could definitely go for something like that but set in Albion!
Great video, nice job! :) I think idea for Fable 4 sounds pretty cool. One thing I would change though, would be about the planet stuff. I'm 99% sure that it is stated somewhere in the first game that the other side of a Demon Door is actually another dimension. So why not make the game about other dimensions instead of other planets? That way the game "time" can even be set in the near future of Fable 3 so that the story moves forward, but in another dimension where their tech is around the first game.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Fable is very close to my heart so I'm glad people are enjoying this video. That's a really good point about the demon doors. Because it's all speculation at the moment the theory about another planet could indeed mean other dimension. Hopefully we actually get some more information soon!
the fable series is one of my favorite ones. The world within it is incredibly unique from the setting, story, magic, and other elements. ! was a favorite of mine but i hated how short and small it was and thankfully i played it years after it came out and had no expectations to taint my xperience. Fable 2 is certainly worth it's praise and Fable 3 while lackluster still gave me a sense of wonder the first time i played it and i remember many locations from it. It's a shame where it ended up but then i think about what if it was announced today for the first time and what developers could do with the technology we have now. If a fable 4 ever releases it needs to be managed carefully and given enough time to polish it. The other issue with Fable is how the series kept going forward in time and that can be a hard thing to deal with because Fable 4 will either have to go farther in the future, which can take away from it's original concept... or have it be a new start for the series. But i really want a Fable 4, i replay Fable 2 still to this day and it's a testament to the work that went into it. Awesome video!
I'm currently replaying 2 and it definitely holds up! I'm cautiously optimistic for 4 but will reserve judgement until it's actually released haha. Glad you enjoyed the video! 🙂
Fable as a series would work best going backward in time. They built a strong world in the first game and strayed away from all of it the further they went on.
Don't know how I got here but I've been on a fable binge recently, superb channel. Love the splinter cell video too, nice to hear an English voice. Big efforts on these videos, deserves a lot more subscribers
@@JumpCrouch does it drive you insane? I started a gaming channel and I got 3 subscribers and I ditched it, the work is hard and I'm not as funny as I think I am when I listen back but it's so fun. Keep it up though!
It was real hard to begin with yeah. I'd spend HOURS working on a video that nobody would see. Thankfully YT seems to like this video though so I'm finally starting to gain some slow and steady traction.
@@JumpCrouch jeez , I'm on 1.3k subs and I am depressed by that, I admire your attitude!!! I just watched your half life retrospective, staggered at the lack of views. Are you 37 years old? You have basically had the same gaming life as me. I rarely stumble across channels like this because the algorithm don't care but it's sooo understated, every night I get stoned and watch RUclips videos and these are just 👌
I feel like I’m the only one that loved fable 3. To me it was refreshing from the games i was used to be playing. I never played the first 2 fables so this one was my introduction and i quite enjoyed it and have played through it a few times
I loved fable 3 also and I played them all. I still play it. They all made me mad because of how shallow they are as far as story and development. But fable 3 was closer to what I was looking for. But Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was the best fable game ever lol
Great video! I am in the fortunate position to have played Fable 1, then 3, then 2. Honestly the best order to play the games in. Because of that I really enjoyed each and every one of those games.
Thanks for watching! Yes they do all hold a special place in my heart too and I'm looking forward to replaying 1 and 3. Just did 2 recently as that's my favourite 😊
Aw man, idk about the rest of you but a MMO Fable could be pretty fun. When I was younger I had a binder full of ideas for the very same thing (back in 2007-2011 time). No matter what, I hope they do it well!
I am excited about it, I NEVER thought I'd see another in my life after the studio closed down. It might be rubbish, but as a starved. long-suffering fan, I'll take what I can get.
I only got into Fable as a series about 2-3 years ago, so had the good fortune of not having seen any of the hype! It’s possibly my favourite series but I can’t help but wonder if it’d have remained so if I had been around for the actual development cycles.
Yeah the problem with these games is certain things would get over-hyped, then not delivered on. I went into Fable 2 totally blind and loved it because I had no expectations!
I loved Fable when it came out. It was a great game in its day! I wish they would do a remake or update of the old Black & White game from Lionhead. I loved that game so much! Brilliant video 😁👍
I could taste the disappointment in your voice when you spoke about Fable 3 at the beginning 😂 Very nice video, super informative & interesting, let us hope that the new Fable can restore the series!
Fable:TLC 🤦🏿♂️ was beyond amazing because of the gameplay AND the pop culture references. You literally go on what felt like a giant quest at the time to learn the Y.M.C.A. to unlock the "final" battle. It was the first time I truly just stopped and laughed my ass off at a videogame and it was bliss.
@@JumpCrouch it'd also be a great way to keep the game up for quite a while with maybe a few dlcs on magic or mounts what ever awesome stuff the new game will provide. New story dlcs would be really cool
@@candyandfruitc7496 yeah now you're talking! I really liked the Knothole Island DLC on Fable 2 so it would be great to see some regular expansion in whatever this new game will be
Playground games working on something other than a racing game could work. Keep in mind Guerrilla was only known for making Killzone. Than they stepped out of their comfort zone and made Horizon Zero Dawn.That game ended up being a GOTY contender. Maybe Playground games can pull off the same magic.
I remember getting caught up in this hype as a kid. First game I ever followed pre-release, and I didn't know well enough to distrust any of it. They couldn't say it if it wasn't true, I thought, that'd be false advertising! Hahahaha
Hello...ex-Fable dev here. Russ Shaw deserves the credit for the music of Fable 2 (well, all of them really), not Elfman (who did the title theme of 1). Apart from that, cool video! :-)
I thought I just credited Elfman for the main theme, but apologies if I didn't give Shaw enough of a mention because the score is just sublime! Really appreciate you stopping by, it means a lot to get a compliment from someone who was there! ❤️
Oh! That's Theresa's origin? Cool. I'm pretty clueless about Fable (1). I only played Fable 3 and 2 in that order. It's sad that fans of past works usually expect far too much of future releases. Coming in as a new player, I really enjoyed Fable 3. I was only disappointed that, what my friend told me about his character: becoming really fat, ugly and evil his character made people cower in his presence. 😂 That wasn't obvious in Fable 3. Other than that, it was a lovely game that I played a lot.
:D didn't realise the collectors edition of fable 3 was such an insult :D :D I liked it as a product, the end of the game did stray too far off the usual though :D I think the temple of light music has always been some of my favourite in games, I hope it is returned in the next instalment :D
@@JumpCrouch I just don't get rid of stuff :D Things get filed in the back of cupboards and forgotten. I only remembered I had it when your other video came up :D I am sure someone else got great joy out of the copy you got rid of :D
Fable should just stay as A single player game in an opened world. The protagonists should remain as a anonymous character as it was in Fable 1 and 2 thusly allowing the protagonist to build up a reputation whether good or bad. But it would be good to have character creation at the start of the game. Similar to that in Skyrim and in Saints Row. Better combat system where it isn’t a one button push and the magic shouldn’t be so overwhelming and powerful.
I never played them. Had a 360 but didn't care about the game and was more close minded gaming. But dang I didn't know there was a sad story behind its development and the studio. Makes sense since it took them so long to make Fable 4. But lmao digging up condoms? Thats higkey hilarious.
12:00 Yeah, I mean people thought those can be done, but with the game engines in the 2000s it was not really possible to do half of the stuff he said, or if they made it, you would have not been able to play it on xbox or even your pc due to the high requirements. If they would actually try to make the game he was talking about now however... Oh boy, they could go far... (obviously noone would ever make it, not because it is not possible, but because it would be a money sink...)
I've only ever played Fable Anniversary. Liked the graphics even though they are severely old, so unless Fable 2 is real cheap would I be willing to look into it, though I doubt it as accessible as other modern games, and will need to buy a hard copy rather than electronic
Fable was amazing and magical... Fable 2 was disturbing... Fable 3 was RIGHT OUT. No guns, please... for the Fable reboot. Bring us back to the fantasy world.
I loved fable one, then I got the lost chapters when it came out and it was even better. Then when the much over hyped and much anticipated fable 2 was coming out I watched all the updated videos that came out until pre order day came. When I got it, I'll admit I played it for many hours but the biggest disappointment was the multiplayer that failed to deliver, other than that, fable two still holds up as a good game. When fable 3 was coming out I wasn't as hyped for it but still secretly hoped it'd be good. When I got my hands on it I just didn't like a lot of the voice acting, it felt rushed, the gameplay felt cheap and it was a shell of it's former self, still playable and decent but nowhere near what you'd expect. I liked the ruling concepts in fable 3 but it's just so rushed.
I thought the condoms were weird at first, until i realized they are actually functional and can be used during intercourse in the game to prevent against pregnancy and STDs. They were more for realism than humor
I loved Fable 3 when it came out and I don’t actually remember any of this negativity you’re bringing up from the time. Even checking metacritic shows a 80 from critic reviews for the game when it came out on Xbox 360. Each to their own though! I loved the trilogy and have started replaying through all 3 on the XSX hoping for a release of the next Fable game this year.
It does seem to have split the audience as I did double check it wasn't just me when I researched this video! I'm playing them at the moment too and working on a video for each. Thanks for stopping by!
@@JumpCrouch I mean it’s not my favourite one by any means haha. I haven’t played it since it came out. Maybe I was just looking past what others didn’t like about it because It was fable and it could do no wrong lol. Nice I look forward to seeing them.
How annoyed I was when the Fable 2 came out only on Xbox... Never had and probably will have one, fortunately now I can at least play it on cloud gaming :3
Nobody ever told Peter. Molyneux to under promise and over deliver. Or he never listened. I'd never heard of The Movies. I'm 38, so I was playing Black and White and watching some Lion Head Studios news.
Lionhead Studios and Peter Molyneux was a fascinating rabbit hole to go down. I'm a similar age to you but only discovered the franchise through Fable and then sought out their other titles
I also interviewed at a gaming company with someone who worked with him back at Bullfrog, so that was a great opportunity to ask about what it was like to work with him 🤣
His excuses also are not real. For example, at 11:09 in the video, he said that the CPU requirements for a tree growing were too large a CPU requirement... but it literally is just a single check of, enter area, check if trees were planted (locations in a data structure), for each tree planted check the length of time passed, at fixed intervals swap out the models with trees of different ages. No way that took 15% CPU usage even at the instance of those zone entry checks, let alone 15% continuously. Most likely, the devs just were busy as is and those kinds of features were low priority. He basically was feature creeping the entire project every time he spoke to the press. This probably created difficulty getting internal buy-in on any of the new 'features' he created each interview.
It was so dumb of microsoft to let fable die. Fable was the main reason why i bought an xbox 360. After fable died, i moved over to playstation since there was no reason to have an xbox anymore.
As someone who played the 3 Fable games for the first time recently (TLC, Fable 2 and 3, no DLC), I had no nostalgia factor while playing the games, having said that, it's really sad to see how an amazing game like Fable TLC received mid games as its continuation, slowly decreasing its quality. The first Fable is easily the best one, with a simple story and an amazing world. Then the second one comes out, with a story that seems like a worse version of the firt Fable, some improved features and an interesting combat system, but overall the world is really bland and gray, the characters are really forgettable (the dog is cute af tho), I wouldn't play it again. Then, the third game, Fable 3, the worst game design of all of the three games: no health bar, no menu, no inventory, not being able to choose an emote to use. Not only that, but seems like the game punishes you for being a good hero (you have to grind around 9 millions of gold to keep your promises, there are areas with special items that's only accessible if you do the bad thing, etc), the story is okay, tho, the characters are way more memorable than the second one and it's really cool to see the town changing depending on the players choices as a King ( + dog cute af + it's nice to hold people's hand), but all of the nice things hidden within a mess of poor decisions for the gameplay is really underwhelming. I really love the first Fable, so I'm hoping the new one gets the same feeling the first one gave me, a colorful world with magical creatures and an amazing gameplay with the worst jokes I've ever seen
Definitely agree with you on Fable 3 and you make some good points there. I'm gonna revisit 1 I think. Lots of people say it's their favourite but I've always loved 2. Thanks for stopping by 👍
@@JumpCrouch I'm really glad you enjoyed Fable 2! Unfortunately for me it was just an "okay" experience, but I do admit it was priceless to see Hammer in shook after I decided to save my wife and dog instead of, well, everyone else
My main gripe with fable 3 is the combat is WAY to easy. Not that the first two games were any sort of challenge but you litterally cannot die in fable 3. The friggin smatuary sucks too. Just give me a damn menu that doesn't take a minute to load. That being said, Microsoft needs to quit fucking around and release fable 2 on PC. My old 360 is long gone and I don't have a way to play it anymore outside of emulation and xenia is kind of a pain in the ass to set up lol.
Your too nice jumpcrouch fable 3 felt as though it was a step back from 2 yes it had some great moments ( like the d&d mission ), however the over arching story seemed to lack any real consequences, it was too easy to get the money to simply bankroll an entire kingdom
i dont get why ppl think fable 2 was better than fable 1. but i was of the few who got a disk with the cursed loadscreen freeze bug that made it unplayable on a female character, had to play through as the male the ending was..bleh and the entire story of collecting the other heros of the respective skills dont match up to the epicness of chronicles also knothold glade became a joke
Fable 2 was a classic and I didn't mind fable 3 it was a great coop game but dumbed down for sure. I just replayed fable 2 and I'm playing fable 3 again now. Project Milo was cringe I remember it so well when me and my big brother watched that presentation we were like wtf is this shit?
@@JumpCrouch yeah it was just so odd. Hope this new Fable is good. I need to play through anniversary again. I also had no idea they were developing a new Fable.
Yeah definitely do it! I think they hold up pretty well. With the new Fable I think we're looking at end of 2023 at the moment, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's pushed back haha. Hopefully it will be worth the wait
Peter was way to ahead of his time.. such a waste of talent. I wouldn’t mind seein him give input on this next game except try ta do what he did wit the 1st B&W
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I loved Fable 3, isn’t as good as the first two but I really liked the idea of being the king and how it continued the story of Fable 2. An extra year of development would have been great
Yes I agree. I'm still not a fan of the change of tone, but I haven't played it since it was released. So I'm tempted to give it another chance. Thanks for watching!
Fable 3 was great. I really enjoyed it. Not as good as 1 or 2 but 3 was still really good.
I really loved it, the 1st game felt a lot better from story and how the game felt while playing it, but the 3rd game was fun with the combat system and the art style of the game. It's a whole lot different, but still a fun game. (I can not compare to Fable 2 as I have not played it yet :/ )
the time leap really made me feel cheated.
The art 🎨 style benefits the shelf life of the game. I can't play Oblivion because of the faces but have no problem playing fable. A original soundtrack is also great, you can hear a few seconds and immediately know it's fable few games can say that
if we could just engrave this comment and send it up to Microsoft. make sure to keep fable iconic
For me the gameplay of Oblivion outweighs any negative it has. I can't bring myself to play Skyrim anymore because of how much better of a time I had going back to Oblivion.
fable looks like a Disney character.. it look like for children
Fable 1 (the best fable) is by far the best of the series, however Oblivion as a whole is leaps and bounds better
@@janscholochua9800 I think it works in the games favor. It gives it more of a Fairy Tale feel.
Fable II was my personal favorite. I really liked the music and the quests were really well executed like the one where you help that one guy build a new town by investing your money.
Fable 2 is my favourite too! Replayed it recently and it's still great
I'm still sad they never published Fable 2 for pc. I never owned an Xbox, so I only played it once on my friends Xbox. Even though I played Fable and Fable - The Lost Chapters shortly after being published (so I'm a fan from the early days), I did enjoy Fable 3. It had its difficties but also its own charme.
I really hope for a good Fable 4. Was so sad when they announced the closing of the Lion head Studios.
I was gutted too. Even though Fable 3 was rushed, their games had such a unique charm and sense of humour. Fable 2 still holds up well today if you ever find yourself able to play it ☺️
To this day I remember sitting in front of the TV in the living room playing Fable II and throwing fireballs at monsters. It was one of the first games I've ever played and I enjoyed it like none other at that time...
I will be honest and say Fable 2 is the only one I have played. And so I don't necessarily possess the same level of investment. Don't get me wrong I loved that game, but having never gone through it as a series, I didn't really get to experience the disappointment others felt. This was a great Video Jump, I was genuinely quite glued throughout! AND YES, MORE LONG FORM PLEASE!
That means a lot coming from the Master of Analysis himself!
U had to be there when the first fable dropped to appreciate this series then I guess
Btw I Am Gundam
I really liked the story of Fable 3. The only thing i really HATED was the choices when you were king. Being kind to the people meaned half of them were dead, or being mean and they all survived but hated you. And yes i know you can use your own money, but still
Fable: The lost chapters was the best game I've ever played as a young lad. I hope Fable 4 has similar game play and mechanics like the first Fable game!🙏 God knows how many hours I've clocked into the First Fable.
I just went back to it a week ago because I was wanting to play it
@@romellpoellinetz7435 Noice!! Xbox game pass has Fable:anniversary! Swear I've 100% that game lol
They really need a reboot of sorts on the timeline. Imo they jumped way too far ahead, way too quick.
Fable 4 probably wont be the same since peter molyneux is not making it.
It might be better all you need to do is play through the first 3 games to get a feel of what he wanted the games to he a sims style rpg with combat
When I played fable 2 last time, I bought Fairfax manor and completed the visions of the future DLC. Then me and lady Gray had a kid and I called him Logan. It was a pretty satisfying way to end that playthrough, ngl
Nice exposé 😁 i love fable as a series aswell, always hoped more would come as it's such a fun adventure to go on especially with the reactions of the npc's changing on your standing as a character. Demon door puzzles were also very lucrative 😁😁 So I'm gonna hope with you that we might see something soon 😁 even an MMO i'd try out at the very least 😁
I'll be gutted if they make it an MMO haha. I loved the demon door puzzles too so I hope they make a comeback! To be honest you could give me an expanded and remastered Fable 2 and I'd be super happy haha
@@JumpCrouch I understand your feelings towards the MMO but yes Fable 2 remaster or all 3 remastered would be amazing 😁😁😁
Incredible! Loved every moment of it, very well made! Great research, had me hooked.
Glad you enjoyed it, your videos inspired me to make something like this!
I love the fable series its too bad they canceled the last one a few years back ! but hopefully what comes next is better than the last
Dude so happy you did this! I've been wondering over the years what the heck happened. I myself am in reserve but in my heart truly I hope to see some come back.
I'm holding out a glimmer of hope too! Glad you enjoyed the video 🙂
i have loved all the fable games, in different ways and to a different degree. This video was very well done and you've done some solid research. I look forward to further videos.
I loved Fable 1 back in the day, but after playing it recently, I can see how far RPG's and games in general have advanced. I never played Fable 2 due to it's Xbox exclusivity and Fable 3 had me uninstalling after around an hour. I really do hope that Fable 4 turns out to be a good game, the universe still has a lot of potential.
Great video though! This clearly took a lot of effort and research and it turned out well.
You missed out on the best game! In my opinion anyway. Thanks for the comment, it took me so long to make this video so I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
@@JumpCrouch My friends that played it always talked it up. But I never had an Xbox 360, always been on a PC.
If they remade it like Fable Anniversary and released it on PC, I would be straight on it.
@@Whipsnap10 Depending on your internet. Fable 2 can be played on Microsoft Game Pass cloud gaming. They has a $1 trial, so I figured what the heck. 😁
@@JumpCrouch first is best (lost chapters to be precise) 2 was amazing, 3 wasn't bad but definitely not as good as the first 2 although I liked what they did with the 2 part story line etc.
A shame! 2 is by far the best and 3 has a amazing storyline, a lot of playing hours and difficult choices who really do effect everything.
I have been feeling the love for fable again. I just re-download all the games again to relive the series I loved (even if 3 was a mess. I didn't really care because I played it when I was 4 or 5) that I haven't played for years.
Damn that made me feel old, I was in my early 20s when 3 came out! I'm feeling the hype too but don't wanna get too excited in case we end up disappointed haha
You need to have a conversation with your parents. A five year old should not be playing Fable.
I have played every Fable game excluding journeys, and am in love with each of them. You were right that 3 was a bit of a let down after the success of 2, but here is hoping that this new game will revive the wonder we all felt for that game. Hopefully it won't be an mmo, I certainly don't have the right kind of internet connectivity to play mmos, and that would quite literally make me cry. Single player all the way, maybe throw in the xbox live multiplayer like they used to have. I also would appreciate the game being as complete as they can make it when it's released. DLC that adds on new areas and quests are fine, as long as you actually implement them. Skyrim added on new areas, but it never felt like there was something missing before they added it in, it was put together so well. In Fable 3, there were areas that you could simply tell were meant to be more, like the great door in the desert that served absolutely no purpose at all.
Since making this video I've seen a couple of articles saying it won't be an MMO so hopefully that's true! I'm with you, I just want a great single player game with the potential to expand. I'm a big Skyrim fan so could definitely go for something like that but set in Albion!
Great video, nice job! :)
I think idea for Fable 4 sounds pretty cool. One thing I would change though, would be about the planet stuff. I'm 99% sure that it is stated somewhere in the first game that the other side of a Demon Door is actually another dimension. So why not make the game about other dimensions instead of other planets? That way the game "time" can even be set in the near future of Fable 3 so that the story moves forward, but in another dimension where their tech is around the first game.
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Fable is very close to my heart so I'm glad people are enjoying this video. That's a really good point about the demon doors. Because it's all speculation at the moment the theory about another planet could indeed mean other dimension. Hopefully we actually get some more information soon!
I would prefer if everyone just pretended Fable 3 was another series. It's a good game. It's a god awful Fable game.
That's an interesting take, I'll keep that in mind when I replay it haha
Yea definitely or even different time zones . Would be nice to see a return otw pre-gun times
the fable series is one of my favorite ones. The world within it is incredibly unique from the setting, story, magic, and other elements. ! was a favorite of mine but i hated how short and small it was and thankfully i played it years after it came out and had no expectations to taint my xperience. Fable 2 is certainly worth it's praise and Fable 3 while lackluster still gave me a sense of wonder the first time i played it and i remember many locations from it. It's a shame where it ended up but then i think about what if it was announced today for the first time and what developers could do with the technology we have now. If a fable 4 ever releases it needs to be managed carefully and given enough time to polish it.
The other issue with Fable is how the series kept going forward in time and that can be a hard thing to deal with because Fable 4 will either have to go farther in the future, which can take away from it's original concept... or have it be a new start for the series. But i really want a Fable 4, i replay Fable 2 still to this day and it's a testament to the work that went into it. Awesome video!
I'm currently replaying 2 and it definitely holds up! I'm cautiously optimistic for 4 but will reserve judgement until it's actually released haha. Glad you enjoyed the video! 🙂
Fable as a series would work best going backward in time. They built a strong world in the first game and strayed away from all of it the further they went on.
Don't know how I got here but I've been on a fable binge recently, superb channel. Love the splinter cell video too, nice to hear an English voice. Big efforts on these videos, deserves a lot more subscribers
Lots of people loving the Fable nostalgia at the moment! I'm glad you enjoyed the video and I really appreciate the comment about deserving more subs!
@@JumpCrouch does it drive you insane? I started a gaming channel and I got 3 subscribers and I ditched it, the work is hard and I'm not as funny as I think I am when I listen back but it's so fun. Keep it up though!
It was real hard to begin with yeah. I'd spend HOURS working on a video that nobody would see. Thankfully YT seems to like this video though so I'm finally starting to gain some slow and steady traction.
@@JumpCrouch jeez , I'm on 1.3k subs and I am depressed by that, I admire your attitude!!! I just watched your half life retrospective, staggered at the lack of views. Are you 37 years old? You have basically had the same gaming life as me. I rarely stumble across channels like this because the algorithm don't care but it's sooo understated, every night I get stoned and watch RUclips videos and these are just 👌
I would love to have 1.3k subs haha! I'm actually 33 so you weren't far off! That half-life review was my first one so I'm glad it holds up 😀
oh god , remember pre ordering Fable 1 - the nostalgia !
Great video! I really hope the new Fable game is a stand alone RPG experience like the 1st Fable.
Yes definitely! I'm 100% with you on that!
I feel like I’m the only one that loved fable 3. To me it was refreshing from the games i was used to be playing. I never played the first 2 fables so this one was my introduction and i quite enjoyed it and have played through it a few times
Yes, you are alone agent Smith, and we are onto your game!
I loved fable 3 also and I played them all. I still play it. They all made me mad because of how shallow they are as far as story and development. But fable 3 was closer to what I was looking for. But Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning was the best fable game ever lol
Great video!
I am in the fortunate position to have played Fable 1, then 3, then 2. Honestly the best order to play the games in.
Because of that I really enjoyed each and every one of those games.
Thanks for watching! Yes they do all hold a special place in my heart too and I'm looking forward to replaying 1 and 3. Just did 2 recently as that's my favourite 😊
This video perfectly summed up my feelings of fable and what happened. I hope the stars align on this new Fable
Aw man, idk about the rest of you but a MMO Fable could be pretty fun. When I was younger I had a binder full of ideas for the very same thing (back in 2007-2011 time). No matter what, I hope they do it well!
I would love something like GTA V. A strong single player story mode with online multiplayer as its own thing.
I am excited about it, I NEVER thought I'd see another in my life after the studio closed down. It might be rubbish, but as a starved. long-suffering fan, I'll take what I can get.
Your channel is so good i can't stop watching, keep going👍
Glad to hear it. Plenty more content to come ❤️
I only got into Fable as a series about 2-3 years ago, so had the good fortune of not having seen any of the hype! It’s possibly my favourite series but I can’t help but wonder if it’d have remained so if I had been around for the actual development cycles.
Yeah the problem with these games is certain things would get over-hyped, then not delivered on. I went into Fable 2 totally blind and loved it because I had no expectations!
this game has always been everything to me
I loved Fable when it came out. It was a great game in its day! I wish they would do a remake or update of the old Black & White game from Lionhead. I loved that game so much! Brilliant video 😁👍
Fable Legends was a lot of fun, wish it would've been released. Played the beta for months.
I could taste the disappointment in your voice when you spoke about Fable 3 at the beginning 😂 Very nice video, super informative & interesting, let us hope that the new Fable can restore the series!
I'm still disappointed by Fable 3 all these years later haha. Thanks for watching 👍
@@JumpCrouch It was not a good game so it's understandable! Most welcome 😁
This video was very well done. And we walked away with much more knowledge on the history and future of Fable. Very very well done. 👏
Thank you so much! I spent a long time on this video, so that really means a lot!
@@JumpCrouch keep up the great work 🤘😁
Nostolgic hit. Love it, well made and filled my gaps I forgot completly!
Glad you enjoyed it! :-)
Fable:TLC 🤦🏿♂️ was beyond amazing because of the gameplay AND the pop culture references. You literally go on what felt like a giant quest at the time to learn the Y.M.C.A. to unlock the "final" battle. It was the first time I truly just stopped and laughed my ass off at a videogame and it was bliss.
I would like multiplayer if it was its separate thing like gta separating the online from the single player/main story
Yes I could go for that too. Kinda the best of both worlds cos you could just ignore the multiplayer if you're not into that
@@JumpCrouch it'd also be a great way to keep the game up for quite a while with maybe a few dlcs on magic or mounts what ever awesome stuff the new game will provide. New story dlcs would be really cool
@@candyandfruitc7496 yeah now you're talking! I really liked the Knothole Island DLC on Fable 2 so it would be great to see some regular expansion in whatever this new game will be
You are clearly a fan good job. I also still occasionally play fable 2.
Let's all cross our fingers and hope this one doesn't do to fable what andromeda did to mass effect. I'd really hate to lose another good franchise.
Same! It seems to be in good hands at Playground games so here's hoping!
Playground games working on something other than a racing game could work. Keep in mind Guerrilla was only known for making Killzone. Than they stepped out of their comfort zone and made Horizon Zero Dawn.That game ended up being a GOTY contender. Maybe Playground games can pull off the same magic.
Great video, keep it up!
Appreciate it! I will certainly try to deliver more videos like this on topics that interest people 👍
Great mini documentary. We seem to agree on much.
Appreciate that thank you!
Amazing review! So well done, well researched. Great job.
Much appreciated!
Brilliant video! Well edited and fun to watch, keep up the good work!
Thanks Comrade
@@JumpCrouch I salute you comrade
I loved Fable 2 as much as fable the lost chapters when i was younger.... I do wish that this new fable game can live up to fable 2....
Me too! Fingers crossed they do a good job with it!
It was a great review
I remember getting caught up in this hype as a kid. First game I ever followed pre-release, and I didn't know well enough to distrust any of it. They couldn't say it if it wasn't true, I thought, that'd be false advertising! Hahahaha
Ohhh I cant wait for 4 it will be interesting
I'm intrigued! I just hope they don't go down the MMO route
All your Gripes aside, its on sale (Steam) RN until the 8th.
This contains a fair bit behind the curtain I was previously unaware of.
I would still recommend them, gripes aside. Thanks for watching!
Hello...ex-Fable dev here. Russ Shaw deserves the credit for the music of Fable 2 (well, all of them really), not Elfman (who did the title theme of 1). Apart from that, cool video! :-)
I thought I just credited Elfman for the main theme, but apologies if I didn't give Shaw enough of a mention because the score is just sublime! Really appreciate you stopping by, it means a lot to get a compliment from someone who was there! ❤️
I personally hope we get a fable in a medieval/fantasy setting like TLC
Oh!
That's Theresa's origin?
Cool.
I'm pretty clueless about Fable (1). I only played Fable 3 and 2 in that order.
It's sad that fans of past works usually expect far too much of future releases.
Coming in as a new player, I really enjoyed Fable 3.
I was only disappointed that, what my friend told me about his character:
becoming really fat, ugly and evil his character made people cower in his presence. 😂
That wasn't obvious in Fable 3.
Other than that, it was a lovely game that I played a lot.
I hope they keep the gameplay mechanics of the first game, it was ahead of its time.
Yeah personally I hope they don't try to change it too much, other than updating it for the current generation
@@JumpCrouch I loved how you could bring up multiple magic use options in combat by just pressing the back triggers
Amazing work bud 🍻🍻
Did it all go wrong?
I didn't know that.
I'm listening...👂🏻
Loving this deep dive, so interesting and tragic, this could have been a wonderful studio, but they keep lying 🤥
i liked fable. its better then most modern games
We got a great fable game .. it was called Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Lol
:D didn't realise the collectors edition of fable 3 was such an insult :D :D I liked it as a product, the end of the game did stray too far off the usual though :D I think the temple of light music has always been some of my favourite in games, I hope it is returned in the next instalment :D
Haha I got too caught up in the hype and was disappointed. I wish I'd kept it now!
@@JumpCrouch I just don't get rid of stuff :D Things get filed in the back of cupboards and forgotten. I only remembered I had it when your other video came up :D I am sure someone else got great joy out of the copy you got rid of :D
Fable should just stay as A single player game in an opened world. The protagonists should remain as a anonymous character as it was in Fable 1 and 2 thusly allowing the protagonist to build up a reputation whether good or bad.
But it would be good to have character creation at the start of the game. Similar to that in Skyrim and in Saints Row.
Better combat system where it isn’t a one button push and the magic shouldn’t be so overwhelming and powerful.
I am here because of the announcement of the new fable game
I think the problem with 2 & 3 was the never ending Monty Python theme
great video!
Thank you! I'm glad you enjoyed it :-)
I still own The Movies, in the box.
I never played them. Had a 360 but didn't care about the game and was more close minded gaming. But dang I didn't know there was a sad story behind its development and the studio. Makes sense since it took them so long to make Fable 4. But lmao digging up condoms? Thats higkey hilarious.
The games definitely have a quirky British sense of humour haha. It's part of what I loved about them. I really hope we get that again with 4
@@JumpCrouch if they give me a backlog of exclusives I’ll get a Series X and def try it
Just watch my streams of Fable 2 😜
@@JumpCrouch look at you being a smart promoter lol I’ll def have to check those out 😎
12:00 Yeah, I mean people thought those can be done, but with the game engines in the 2000s it was not really possible to do half of the stuff he said, or if they made it, you would have not been able to play it on xbox or even your pc due to the high requirements. If they would actually try to make the game he was talking about now however... Oh boy, they could go far... (obviously noone would ever make it, not because it is not possible, but because it would be a money sink...)
I've only ever played Fable Anniversary. Liked the graphics even though they are severely old, so unless Fable 2 is real cheap would I be willing to look into it, though I doubt it as accessible as other modern games, and will need to buy a hard copy rather than electronic
I'd highly recommend Fable 2. I'm replaying it at the moment and it's held up really well!
theresa still there???? yeah im about to do EVERYTHING but the main mission
Fable was amazing and magical... Fable 2 was disturbing... Fable 3 was RIGHT OUT. No guns, please... for the Fable reboot. Bring us back to the fantasy world.
I loved fable one, then I got the lost chapters when it came out and it was even better. Then when the much over hyped and much anticipated fable 2 was coming out I watched all the updated videos that came out until pre order day came. When I got it, I'll admit I played it for many hours but the biggest disappointment was the multiplayer that failed to deliver, other than that, fable two still holds up as a good game. When fable 3 was coming out I wasn't as hyped for it but still secretly hoped it'd be good. When I got my hands on it I just didn't like a lot of the voice acting, it felt rushed, the gameplay felt cheap and it was a shell of it's former self, still playable and decent but nowhere near what you'd expect. I liked the ruling concepts in fable 3 but it's just so rushed.
I thought the condoms were weird at first, until i realized they are actually functional and can be used during intercourse in the game to prevent against pregnancy and STDs. They were more for realism than humor
i really think it should be more like the first one
I loved Fable 3 when it came out and I don’t actually remember any of this negativity you’re bringing up from the time. Even checking metacritic shows a 80 from critic reviews for the game when it came out on Xbox 360.
Each to their own though!
I loved the trilogy and have started replaying through all 3 on the XSX hoping for a release of the next Fable game this year.
It does seem to have split the audience as I did double check it wasn't just me when I researched this video! I'm playing them at the moment too and working on a video for each. Thanks for stopping by!
@@JumpCrouch I mean it’s not my favourite one by any means haha. I haven’t played it since it came out. Maybe I was just looking past what others didn’t like about it because It was fable and it could do no wrong lol.
Nice I look forward to seeing them.
How annoyed I was when the Fable 2 came out only on Xbox... Never had and probably will have one, fortunately now I can at least play it on cloud gaming :3
At least a lot more games are coming to PC now! Exclusives have always annoyed me haha
The fact that you could spam the spell glove in combat with no consequence made the game way too casual for me to return to.
Release date was leaked to be late 2023, so a couple more years to wait 😔
Aw really! Well as long as it's not a buggy mess, I can handle the wait I suppose
Fable 3 was pretty good
Nobody ever told Peter. Molyneux to under promise and over deliver.
Or he never listened.
I'd never heard of The Movies.
I'm 38, so I was playing Black and White and watching some Lion Head Studios news.
Lionhead Studios and Peter Molyneux was a fascinating rabbit hole to go down. I'm a similar age to you but only discovered the franchise through Fable and then sought out their other titles
I also interviewed at a gaming company with someone who worked with him back at Bullfrog, so that was a great opportunity to ask about what it was like to work with him 🤣
His excuses also are not real. For example, at 11:09 in the video, he said that the CPU requirements for a tree growing were too large a CPU requirement... but it literally is just a single check of, enter area, check if trees were planted (locations in a data structure), for each tree planted check the length of time passed, at fixed intervals swap out the models with trees of different ages. No way that took 15% CPU usage even at the instance of those zone entry checks, let alone 15% continuously. Most likely, the devs just were busy as is and those kinds of features were low priority. He basically was feature creeping the entire project every time he spoke to the press. This probably created difficulty getting internal buy-in on any of the new 'features' he created each interview.
It was so dumb of microsoft to let fable die. Fable was the main reason why i bought an xbox 360. After fable died, i moved over to playstation since there was no reason to have an xbox anymore.
Yeah that's a fair point. It was probably their biggest exclusive. The only other one I can think of that kept me on Xbox was Gears of War
As someone who played the 3 Fable games for the first time recently (TLC, Fable 2 and 3, no DLC), I had no nostalgia factor while playing the games, having said that, it's really sad to see how an amazing game like Fable TLC received mid games as its continuation, slowly decreasing its quality. The first Fable is easily the best one, with a simple story and an amazing world. Then the second one comes out, with a story that seems like a worse version of the firt Fable, some improved features and an interesting combat system, but overall the world is really bland and gray, the characters are really forgettable (the dog is cute af tho), I wouldn't play it again.
Then, the third game, Fable 3, the worst game design of all of the three games: no health bar, no menu, no inventory, not being able to choose an emote to use. Not only that, but seems like the game punishes you for being a good hero (you have to grind around 9 millions of gold to keep your promises, there are areas with special items that's only accessible if you do the bad thing, etc), the story is okay, tho, the characters are way more memorable than the second one and it's really cool to see the town changing depending on the players choices as a King ( + dog cute af + it's nice to hold people's hand), but all of the nice things hidden within a mess of poor decisions for the gameplay is really underwhelming.
I really love the first Fable, so I'm hoping the new one gets the same feeling the first one gave me, a colorful world with magical creatures and an amazing gameplay with the worst jokes I've ever seen
Definitely agree with you on Fable 3 and you make some good points there. I'm gonna revisit 1 I think. Lots of people say it's their favourite but I've always loved 2. Thanks for stopping by 👍
@@JumpCrouch I'm really glad you enjoyed Fable 2! Unfortunately for me it was just an "okay" experience, but I do admit it was priceless to see Hammer in shook after I decided to save my wife and dog instead of, well, everyone else
Fable 10/10 Fable 2 8/10. Fable 3 Idk I just don’t know
Still playing fable 2. Downloaded fable three and was very disappointed in it so uninstalled and bought fable 2 again
I feel this might be my reaction to revisiting 3 😂
My main gripe with fable 3 is the combat is WAY to easy. Not that the first two games were any sort of challenge but you litterally cannot die in fable 3. The friggin smatuary sucks too. Just give me a damn menu that doesn't take a minute to load.
That being said, Microsoft needs to quit fucking around and release fable 2 on PC. My old 360 is long gone and I don't have a way to play it anymore outside of emulation and xenia is kind of a pain in the ass to set up lol.
Ohh I completed 2 and 3 3 was the best
3 is a bit controversial with Fable fans but at least someone liked it!
Your too nice jumpcrouch fable 3 felt as though it was a step back from 2 yes it had some great moments ( like the d&d mission ), however the over arching story seemed to lack any real consequences, it was too easy to get the money to simply bankroll an entire kingdom
Was the same thing like with Gothic series
Fable 3 was lied about by Peter , I was excited for it when I was younger and it completely sucked versus the first 2
Yes he did have a habit of making false promises for his games!
Fable 3 wasnt that bad. It was a great game honestly. I wish peter molyneux would make fable 4.
i dont get why ppl think fable 2 was better than fable 1.
but i was of the few who got a disk with the cursed loadscreen freeze bug that made it unplayable on a female character,
had to play through as the male
the ending was..bleh and the entire story of collecting the other heros of the respective skills dont match up to the epicness of chronicles
also knothold glade became a joke
Fable 2 was a classic and I didn't mind fable 3 it was a great coop game but dumbed down for sure. I just replayed fable 2 and I'm playing fable 3 again now. Project Milo was cringe I remember it so well when me and my big brother watched that presentation we were like wtf is this shit?
I think I erased Project Milo from my memory until I made this video 🤣
@@JumpCrouch yeah it was just so odd. Hope this new Fable is good. I need to play through anniversary again. I also had no idea they were developing a new Fable.
Yeah definitely do it! I think they hold up pretty well. With the new Fable I think we're looking at end of 2023 at the moment, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's pushed back haha. Hopefully it will be worth the wait
Beautiful landscapes do not equal a good Fable experience.
Fictional?
Yes.
But the name Albion, "the White Land" was used by the ancient Romans and Greeks for Great Britain.
Peter was way to ahead of his time.. such a waste of talent. I wouldn’t mind seein him give input on this next game except try ta do what he did wit the 1st B&W
Another thing is, Msft turned LionHead into PlayGround Games btw
Thanks for watching! Lionhead was closed down in 2016 and Playground Games founded in 2009. They're definitely not the same company
@@JumpCrouch look up “lionhead studios to playground games”. They hired back a few employees
Pretty sure the MMO stuff was debunked.
Good!
The game will not be a MMO wtf
Someone else commented that this has now been debunked thankfully!
Please don't let fable 4 be a mmo game ugg we don't need another world of warcraft nightmare. Stick to single player only pleeeeese.
I believe that's the plan! Hopefully there will actually be some more news this year 🤣
shut up and take my views