Fable: The Lost Chapters

So recently I bought Fable 1, and to be honest when I first saw I thought what a childish game, but I was mistaken. Fable is a real time action role playing game it was released by Lionhead Studios famous for their Black & White video game series, Fable was released in 2004 for the xbox and some years later for PC and mac.


your hero

So the play games starts while you are 5 or something and when you look at your character you will say look at this adorable little boy, but after 3 hours, I killed my sister for power, my colleague for fame, her brother for nothing, I gave a little boy to a murderer, wow that’s pretty harsh to be a kids game. Basically don’t be mistaken by the graphics, it’s not for kids, and then I have a complain why your hero has no voice? Was it so hard to find another voice actor? So you have an alignment system but still I can’t see the reason, not to mention you can change it in a blink of the eye, kill some bandits/guards and that’s it I think they shouldn’t have putted it there.


The role playing itself was surpassingly good, you see this game managed not to be ruined in monotony as almost every rpg, but its not as easy as Final Fantasy games when you could just finish the game without giving a crap about it. And there is a difficulty mode selection I finished it in normal in about 10 hours, but there are hard and very hard. The game feels small but you can play more than that, you can try to find every legendary weapon and every silver key and open all demon doors, another complain why the hell when you finish the game it ends? Why you can’t continue playing just for fun + the remaining quests. The game has a small amount of quest comparing to games like Gothic 3 all Fable quest could be the quests for 2 major cities in Gothic 3, not to mention that bronze quests aren’t exactly quests (no directly reward).Back to role play, you do not level up, you collect exp and then use it to upgrade your abilities, but, I had a spell fighter so I upgraded support spells and strength skill, but thinking of that you always have to make a spell fighter there are nothing else to choose I mean if you choose fighter you will upgrade the strength skills (3) fast and then what left? There are more skills like move silently or speed but still the mana regenerates fast so it’s a bad choice not to upgrade magic skills.


So I was wondering around the town, and suddenly hearts were flying upon people heads, what the **** is this Digimon world 2? But then the games tell you can flirt with people and then marry them, strange but then I witness something shocking there are hearts upon MEN too, wtf I though It was a glitch but no you can marry men, if you had the change to create a woman then it would be ok to marry another woman but men? (No I am not a racist) but still it’s a game a small boy could play it. Not to mention that there is a BORDELLO in the game but at least its realistic it’s easier to go to a bordello than to make love with your wife. Just listen how it works you must nade spam flirt emotion and then give her gifts and before she goes to sleep take off your clothes and talk to her AND MAYBE if she hasn’t got a headache she might agree. Oh and the other thing I married the mayor (there should be kings but anyway) and a prisoner told me she is a killer, I found proof that she killed her sister, and then the mayor comes in and yells at me, tells me not to search her past and she took the proof and my hero was just standing there, wtf? If there was a situation like this in Gothic 3, there would be an option rape her to death. Your hero is gay.

Original Map


The plot, eh ok its not something new but its not something bad either, I mean you control the game, if you kill him there would another ending if you select that there would be other ending. Another thing there is a time in the game when you are imprisoned, and then of course you escape, and the place if full of soldiers, but after that I visited the place again and it was deserted, so what they all died and the town decided to have no guards at all.

Expansion Map


Overall the game is good, but it could be better, and now some controls problem. Like Fallout 3, to go to your map or to your item selection you need to press a button and then go to the map option and etc. WHY? Just a simple why? You don’t use the button “M” for something why not use it for directly map, in fable you can use F keys but still its so random that you’ll never remember it, in other free games like Gothic again you press M for map I for inventory L for logs, anyway that’s bull**** I completly do not understand those new gaming controls.

Arena Fight

Achievements, first there are the silver chest achievements which is a directly rip off from tombi (or tomba) games, to open a silver chest with the number 15 you need 15 keys (you not actually use them). You gather keys with mostly 2 ways you fish them, SERIOUSLY I have NEVER caught a fish I always fish armor and silver keys, and the other way is to dig them. Ok fair enough it’s ridiculously easy to find the spots; if you play you will understand. And there are demon doors to open them solve the riddle.

Not to elaborate anymore this is my review for Fable 1, and you know what I just now realized that I have the expansion, with 16 more quests, so the first one must be like 6 hour game, anyway get the expansion not the original.

Cross Fire - PC

Intro:

Okay, so this shooting games is a free-to-play FPS. It does a bad job at everything an FPS is meant to do. Realism – You can shoot someone in the head and not damage them, but wait! Spray a whole round which shouldn't hit them and you get a kill! Respawn – You get a SHIELD! I repeat, shield when you respawn for three seconds, so it is an unfair advantage if you closed in on their base. Guns – There are so many guns in the game that it is pointless buying one, because there will be a patch in a couple of days with better guns. Basically, it is a GARBAGE attempt at an FPS.

Graphics:

For a game that is F2P, they didn't do a bad job with the graphics. The graphics aren't amazing like Crysis, but they are very good on the eyes. There are differences between the maps, as you can see - Like, they are usually set in an enviroment - not just a mish-mash of lots of things - so it is good that they aren't too big. For example, a cargo hold.

Kill Types:

For getting a lot of kills, or a certain type of kill, you get a badge, for an headshot you get a skeleton. Or, getting a lot of kills in succession, a multi-kill. There are badges for playing exceedingly well - Like, you get Ace, or last kill which is fairly obvious as to how you get it. For getting these match badges, you get an EXP bonus. Although the bonuses aren't significant, it is nice to know that you played well.

Shooting:

You might be thinking, why does he keep bringing the shooting up? Well, because it is really bad. You could have a perfectly on target shot aiming for their head, but would take a lot more to kill them. You need about two shots to the head with the first sniper, although a shot to the head with a slingshot could do more damage than it portrays in this game! I really liked the beginning gun more than any other, as the others are just all too similar.

Movement:

There is some realism in this game, however. When you switch to a knife or a pistol, your movement speed becomes quicker, but not too fast. So, that is a good feature in the game, although not a big one, it really adds some realism to the game.

Guns:

Basically, there are more guns than pixels in this game. There is an Ak-47, Ak-47 – CUSTOMIZED! Pretty much it is like every gun has a counter-part. So, there are guns with added clips, guns with added scopes - they just couldn't leave them alone, could they? I shall also mention that this games shooting dynamics are far-fetched. It is about as far-fetched as Dragon Ball Z's carved-up fights. As soon as he is about to lose, he pulls something out of the bag. Basically, having well placed shots will not kill them. Standing there spraying an entire round into them will, however. The guns are pointless. You get about 10GP a round – why? You have to repair your guns, but if you use your second gun, you have less to repair, but it always measures out so you get about 10GP a game. You are getting the impression I hate this game, right? You are correct.



Maps:

I used to think the maps were good. Note, I said USED. Recently, they have had so many patches with new maps, it is astronomical. There is a round with specials maps named Ghost Mode, which is rubbish. Your a ghost, and are invisible, only when standing COMPLETELY still! The opposing team, has to shoot something invisible whilst trying to disarm a bomb. The odds aren't very well on that particular game mode. There is a map called Crossroads where you can pick up any gun you want. Yet you still have to repair a gun you never used! It is truly the worst game known to man.

Black Market:

This is a new feature to the game, where you buy guns for a certain amount of time, but in the crate, is a load of guns for cheaper. I seriously don't understand why you would do it. Spend a lot of money on a gun that will last forever, or buy about ten guns for cheaper that last seven days... Hmm... I know what I would do. There isn't really much to explain about this particular feature of the game, except that it is not very well thought out.

Ups:

Hmm... Hard to find one – Low amount of hackers

Downs:

Bad maps
Seriously bad shooting
Annoying guns



Conclusion:

I highly recommend you don't play this fighting games if your thoughts on FPS are good, as it will make you spew, and waste your time. It can be good however if you like a free game, that has hardly any hackers, which is rare for F2P games, like War Rock which got ruined by hackers. So, all in all, a well deserved...