Fable 3 is Worse Than I Remember 

Playing the series backwards is like playing an improving game but with worsening graphics

The sheer audacity of getting married to Elise and having children with her in the middle of that quest is applause-worthy. I salute you.

always felt to me the game's story ended just when it felt like it was getting started

"Landlords are the REAL heroes" is one of the funniest accidental morals I've ever seen in a video game, so Fable 3 is still great for that reason for me

I like how in Fable II Theresa and the guards tower over you. Then as you are slowly getting up to their height, you meet Hammer, who is impossibly tall. Then you somehow surpass her as well. Now we get to Fable III, where the giant from Dweller Camp and Saker are on another level entirely.

I enjoyed all 3 games tbh, and i started on the first fable when it was released. That one will always hold a special place in my heart. One of my top 5 games of all time.

Fable II is peak nostalgia for me and I spent so many hours on that game, immersing myself in that world and it’s quaint, charming atmosphere. I loved the everything about it. It wasn’t the best game ever made by far but it was certainly one of the most appealing ones that knew how to draw you in. So I remember being excited for Fable III, and then being disappointed with the actual game. Sadly there’s just no denying that so much of the gameplay was an obvious downgrade from 2, and 1, in a lot of ways. So while Fable III was an inferior sequel, and I wouldn’t play it for fun now, if I’m ever doing a Fable marathon, I’m absolutely playing through it because it still manages to capture the aesthetic of the world of Fable even if it falls short of being as complete a gaming experience as it’s predecessors.

Bad or not, this game will always hold such a special place in my heart. Walter's death traumatized me as a kid. The nostalgia is unreal.

I actually loved fable 3 and its story. I replay it all the time. I love the music and a lot of the mechanics and weapons themes.

Fable 1 had a great concept about an academy of heroes that allows freewill for people to be either heroes or villains. It was interesting concept and it would've been better had the allow us to have a sequel where we get to experience the downfall of the heroes guild and heroes in general.

I actually enjoyed this game and I had fun with it. The one thing I didn’t like was how rapidly the time jumps went once you became Queen (or King if you chose male) and how there’s no warning that this time jump will cause the end of the game. And it hits you with a final hurdle like it’s deliberately trying to make you fail. But I was lucky, I had a friend who had played it before me and she told me how much gold I actually needed and when the final time jump was, without being too spoilery. And so I was able to be a good ruler, keep all my promises and hold off the evil. I admit that I had my character have several children, since Heroes are important it seemed like a good idea to establish several bloodlines. So I had four kids. Two in Albion and two in Aroura.

I think Fable 3’s biggest failing is the absolute letdown that is the idea of being the King after Logan’s fall because the actual “You get to be King!” mechanic was an absolute joke. If you had been in Logan’s shoes and needed to keep the army happy cos you need to be ready for the invasion, while also balancing the needs of your kingdom as well, you would have understood the stress he was under as he tried to navigate those difficult choices. But you never really get that impression as the actual monarch because you can raise the 8.5 million through being a landlord, something which is ridiculously easy compared to Fable 2. It was hard to reach 1 million in 2 and was a fairly well paced system that made you feel like you’d earnt your way but in 3, you have more money than you know what to do with if you manage it properly, so there’s no incentive to make hard choices when the game makes it super convenient to have your cake and eat it too. So you can pick all the benevolent options - and get the angel wings Theresa gives you instead of devil wings which is just silly lmao - and still have enough money to save everyone, so there’s no incentive to make the hard decisions for the good of the realm Logan felt compelled to make even if he didn’t want to do so. He didn’t need to do anything he did which was genuinely tyrannical, so his character feels weaker as a result when if you were presented with some of the same genuinely morally complex choices, you would find yourself saying “Now I understand Logan’s struggle.” As it is, not so much. It’s a useful summary of the whole game really; a great concept, very poor execution.

... ya know I just realised this game was why my brother got into economy. Because he loved buying property. Like. All of it. Heck the main quest, that was his life work in that moment. Meanwhile I was a master of pies. And bartending. Never got into the groove of the music though. I also wanted the bone swords so I let the enemies pummel me into the ground just for that sweet sweet aesthetic

i dont hate fable 3, i just dont understand how they made basically the same game as fable 2 but somehow did it way worse..

One thing that brings me back to Fable 3 is the dynamic combat animations. That the animations react to where the controller is aiming versus where the character is facing still impresses me. Case in point is seeing my guy shoot over his shoulder to hit someone behind him.

Honestly it's amazing they got the cast that they did for this game

I remembered having kids and families in every city, occasionally I’d bring all the mom’s together just to piss them off lol

Damn I miss this game. It was my first Fable game too and I absolutely love it. Once you get to the creepier bits, it just won my heart.

-Rent out houses. -Exit game. -Change Date setting to 4 years forward. -Enter game. -Profit. -Repeat.

Fable 3 teaches you an important lesson, money fixes all problems.

The whole plot of Fable 3 could have been resolved if Logan just actually told his advisors and his sibling what was going on.

Combat does have some stakes, at least. I didn't realize until near the end of the game but every time you die, you get a big scar. My character was gruesome by the end.

I distinctly remember using the chicken costume the whole game and being a psycho, thanks for bringing back quality memories of economic disaster and murder Walter was the only thing holding me back from going full psycho ingame. his character is fucking fantastic.

This was the only Fable game I ever played and it was some very strange stroke of luck I was able to play it. We didn't have a lot of spare money but I found the Fable 3 demo or something on the xbox's store when I was in high school and had begged for the little bit of money to be able to get the full title. I was thrilled when he said yes and had an absolute blast playing it; was always so confused when people said it was the worst one lmao

Fable 3 was my first Fable too, I still love how being a good king ends up being the worst choice.

I haven’t played Fable III in over 10 years and when I did I only did the bare minimum to beat the story. After watching this I downloaded it from Gamepass. The ability to shatter the economy of Albion in a way that is near tyrannical is now one of my favorite things to do in all of gaming.

The Fable series was my first introduction to fantasy RPGs and I was OBSESSED once I started. Fable 2 was my first and I adored it (the song Temple of Light is one of my all time favourite songs), went on to 3 and didn’t hate it too much, I actually really loved seeing how industrialisation shapes a country you’ve explored centuries before. Finished off with fable 1 and actually fable 1 wasn’t as good as I was expecting, I really really loved fable 2 and the spooky and quirky quests (reanimating dead corpses for luuuuurve and banishing demons in swampy lands). Loved this retrospect, thank you for you service!

I used to exploit the hell out of this game by letting the game run uninterrupted for 14 hours straight. I used to buy several houses and shops then go afk for 14 hours. During that time I would work on my models, shower, cook and have my meal while watching TV / DVD's, do some reading and sleep. I repeated this process for a week, before long I owned every single purchasable structure, rented the houses for a reasonable price and furnished each house with the highest grade furniture. After doing this I wound up with $150,000,000 way before I faced Logan and I finished the game with a grand total of $300,000,00. I had everything I could possibly buy, from cosmetics, to every variation of the very limited and boring selection of weapons, all the clothes and piece of art. I got bored and gambled all the money I had on a chicken race..... I lost all the money but earned it back within the next week.

I love all of the Fable games but Fable 3 is actually my favorite simple due to the fact that my dad and I could play it together. We have replayed that game more times than I could actually count from my teenage years to well into my adulthood. I’m now in my 30s living across the country from him and really hoping the upcoming fable release let’s you play with another player in a similar way so we can keep our fable play through going without having to replay fable 3 for the nine millionth time.

My main issue with fable 3 was the utter lack of actual menus, it was so annoying. They must've thought it'd be the future of gaming; but there are lists and menus and text for a reason. Sometimes they can be overlong and zealous but that's to be expected of some games.

I'll be honest, I've only played the first one and really enjoyed it. I was steered away from the second and third though, so I always love watching retrospectives. I am incredibly excited for the new one coming out! This will make my Saturday morning divine!!!

I played it backwards too , also the lady that the player sees in the other world is actually the players great great great great aunt from fable 2 , actually all the protagonists after the first game are actually the descendants of the first fable hero .

The only one i ever played but it made a huge impression from the combat system to the comedic gold of the gnomes. It was the first game i played that made you feel like a hero/villain and had quite a bit of gravity to the decisions to uphold your promises at the end when you had to choose which to break from enormous cost that springs up on you. Still think it was a work of art for the warm memories it gave!

I think what suckered me in with this game, was the thing that ALWAYS suckers me in with these types of games: If you let me spend 30 hours grinding money to own literally the entire world before the game even begins, i'm basicly sold! I'm so addicted to doing sidecontent as early as possible, that i'm one of those insane people who will clear the entire map of everything it's physically possible to do, as soon as it becomes available... And yes, that means i cleaned the entire map of EVERY Assassin's Creed game as much as possible before even looking at a main quest, only leaving things i needed actual story locked gear or progression to get, only to sweep over the map again when i got new gear or new sidecontent got unlocked! So when i played Fable 3 and the job system became available, i actually grinded 10 million gold from jobs alone, despite knowing that housing and shops would be easier and faster later on!

I remember when Fable 3 was coming out and they said that your Fable 2 playthrough would impact Fable 3. Turns out if you chose a female character in Fable 2 then in Fable 3 they would talk about your mom (the old queen) and if you chose male, they would mention the dad (the old king). That was the only thing the playthrough affected.

Named my son Logan. His dad is happy cos Wolverine and that was part of it I guess, but I also played through the fable games during my pregnancy.

I think all the Fable games are great. I played the original on OG Xbox. The stories are all well connected, game play is fun.

"This is my daughter, and her name is 'Dave'" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Also hey! : D I was 3 when it was 2004! Damn. Time... Sure does fly. Fable 3 holds a special place in my heart because I and my brother would play co-op. Then we both enjoyed the first two Fables seperately.

Wait for new Fable to say "Hold my beer. I could do worst than this." 😂

Fable 4 will make Fable 3 look good.

Great watch as always 👊🏿. I think it's definitely in the bucket of those games where it's fondly remembered coz of the era and it's probably the Fable game that got most people into the series. So i definitely think you aren't alone in being more attached to this entry than the others despite the others being held in maybe slightly higher regard.

I remember getting a Xbox360 bundle with this game in it for Christmas when I was younger. Had no internet at the time(lived in the middle of the woods in southern US). I remember playing this game so much as a kid alone at night on the weekends. Making up my own adventures and baking pies along the way. Good video, per the usual. Much love.

Literally felt like a fever dream I have been looking for this game for years haha . I just remember the child factory workers and kicking chickens 🤣😭

It's weird.. I couldn't finish Fable 2 but completed Fable 3, albeit dreadfully and bankrupting the entire nation because, as you've stated, the game doesn't particularly tell you to ball till you fall. That said, maybe I should play them again and not complete the stories until I'm OP Isekai protagonist with Scrooge McDuck money.

When I was 13, I actually thought that this was the greatest game I ever played and didn't realize it was the opposite until I got to near the end and had to make a ton of decisions before the final battle. The fact that 70-90% of background NPCs disappear depending on your choices made the end game feel absolutely dead and boring to play.

One thing I do is wait till I'm King, drop the taxes for morality, then using the Crown's money combined with my own, just rent out many purchased houses at the highest price (it doesn't effect your morality). Keep them maintained and the money just rolls in. Donated back into the Treasury. Rinse and repeat. It goes up even more with a co-op partner and you'll have so much money that you can keep every promise and save everyone in the final battle.

i played all of them in order and i initially didn't like 3. at least not by myself. it wasn't until i did a full co-op playthrough with my niece who was 7 at the time. between me just being silly and the games humour it became so much more fun. there's one side quest where you had to dress up like a chicken to lure real chickens back into a pen and i don't think she stopped laughing once during that whole bit. it may not be the best game but i still vividly remember and appreciate the game and that whole playthrough.

so, you say there lack of emphasis on collecting enough gold for the end. but also complain about the end being too easy....if you've collected enough gold..... pretty sure THATS the reason there wasn't much emphasis on it. its to catch people off guard their FIRST playthrough...only people who have played/spoiled the ending already would even KNOW to collect that much gold...forcing most normal players to make decisions at the end that could potentially be harder to make if you weren't as prepared. just my thoughts

good memory's playing the first one as a kid, loved the pimp hat you got in the lost chapters and watching people fall down steers from my spew after drinking too many beers. 2nd one was all good, 3rd was ok/meh. keep up the good work 👍

Wasn’t there a very intricate spell system that had multiple elemental combos and attack types? That was my favorite part and you never mention it! Changing out the gauntlets to see what I liked the most was good.

I'm just blown away that a 23 year old was born in 2000

The first Fable did have lighthearted comedic tones but was much more dark and serious in its story and events and got more jovial the more games came out which slowly ruined the experience for me.

The only thing that brought me to this was the couch co op. Good with your kid or companion. Problem is it makes you so OP and the game doesn’t scale up, so it becomes a walking stimulator pretty quick

I just finish this game again today, I must say the mechanics of being King are so linear, you don't feel like a monarch indeed, it will be nice having so many options about how you will reign Albion.

While I agree with everything you've said, Fable 3 is still my favourite part. (and I started with the Lost Chapters). The world, the characters, voice acting, british humour and atmosphere are just perfect in this and the plot is also nice

Fable has always been an interesting series to me, I discovered the first one way back when it came out when I was a teenager and I loved it and it's sequel but I didn't know all the controversy about the promises made for those games and I honestly think the third game is very underrated. Also, hearing that you were eight years old in 2008 makes me feel very very old because I was born in 1989. Anyways, the fable franchise has always been known as "baby's first RPG" it's not, by any means, a bad trilogy, but if you're looking for complexity, maybe you should look elsewhere.

I really liked fable 3!!! I started on fable 2 and its my favorite but I remember really loving this game

I really enjoyed playing with new people whenever I started new playthroughs of the game where if it was someone's first time playing I'd help them out with getting the good ending

I always found it kinda funny how regardless of weather you played the Hero of Bower Lake as good or evil, they canonically did bugger all about Reaver sacrificing the youth of innocent ppl to the Shadow Court for the better part of 50 years.

Big fan of all 3 fable games. Even the third one with all its flaws is still enjoyable for the nostalgia, mostly. The first one will always be my favorite though.

the biggest flaw was not revealing Logan's delima earlier. If the game had made it clear early on that Logan was trying to save the world by being a tyrant and why we, as players, could've interacted with the game as it was clearly intended to be.

I remember doing a run where I broke all my promises and then drained the money off the treasury to my own funds.

My favorite part is the treasury. One of the only parts. It would get bigger as we get more gold. Also I loved that the female hero was not resigned to being a "brawn hilda" (like in 2). They exist but if the female hero is to be a placeholder for me it was nice to have her look vaguely like me. I feel kinda sad for any "brawn hilda"s that played the game.

What a fantastic review, really balanced as well not just bashing the game outright as others do. Yes it has its faults, a lot of fault, but Fable 3 has a certain charm to it, I love the world of Albion and I’ll always have a soft spot for the game

Man fable 3 was the first one I completed. I know it has its faults but this game has a special place in my heart. 😅

I got lost in Fable once- admittedly hammered at the time. Fell asleep playing in fact… that menu music 😵‍💫

Fable 3 was my first fable game as well, and I still think of it fondly. It got me into other Semi-Open World RPG/Action games like the witcher, Assissin's Creed, etc. It is also still my favorite game most likely due to nostalgia but I remember really likely the aesthetic and feel of the game.

1 and 2 are amazing. 3 was meh.

My favourite one

Fable 3 was my first Fable game I played also. I think it was free with Xbox Gold a while ago. Then I played 2 a year ago, and then 1 recently. It is very weird how it progressed. I remember in 3, I could beat most enemies easily with just the gun. Used at most 3 healing potions. I started playing 2 again a few days ago, and it is already much harder. I also noticed they did not make the job minigames any more accurate in terms of input delay. You have to press it earlier than it seems, or you will be too late.

Personally i liked 3 over 2 for 3 reasons which no one talks about. And i will also explain some downsides to them 1. Co-op multi you were your hero not a premade "good, Bad, or Neutral" co-op felt much better. How ever locking achievements to multi was a bad move. This can be cheated though with 2 person co-op if your get both characters to have a parent on both sides. Split screen. 2. The world felt more reactive and more open with if you did things. Being able to repair building and manage income was neat in 2 you couldnt repair and shops didnt get new traders. The downside if your spending gold to repair properties that frankly dont feel like their worth anything. I do like how shops dont need repaired but houses do feel a bit fast on thier decay in major towns vs the mountian or hippy camp. The lake homes decayed 2.3x slower then ones in bowerstone. (i watched a video ages ago explaining which ones to get etc.) 3. The plot twist half way through, I honestly felt that logan did try but went very badly at it give or take thats how things work in the real world higher ups hide things yada yada. With that said by the end most if not everyone knows of the darkness so explaining an invasion is coming is the best way to put it. An given a year with questionable time skips i wish you could undo the choices or for ppl to understand them.

Fable 3 always had such a weird message to me. Like, it's probably just me looking to deep into it but it always felt to me like the game was spinning a pro-imperialist narrative with only certain people being destined for greatness and the only way to fulfil that greatness is to become a monster, either as a direct tyrant or buy buying up/owning everything.

Fable 2 was my first ever RPG, and then Fable 3. Like there was nothing else in the genre in my game lineup at the time (I played them as they were released) so I had a harder time being disappointed by Fable 3 than maybe people that played it after other/better games. I still like it, despite its flaws. It doesn't take itself seriously, and so I'm not bothered when things are a bit dumb, or could have been executed better. Also, I truly am one of those people that likes easy combat. While it was a tiny bit difficult to do a "no death" run in Fable 2 to avoid scars, it was cake in Fable 3, so it went in the "cosy game" section of my games.

The random hair on your controller had me rollin on the floor laughing 😂😂😂 man you’re hilarious

You make me want to make content. I always enjoy watching something someone else enjoys

Fable 1 & 2: we level up by killing monsters, saving people, and perfecting our craft in combat. Fable 3: I level up by fist bumming every person I can possibly see.

27:17 Me and my cousin found a way of majorly increasing our gold, turns out the ingame timer works off your console timer, what we use to do is dupe the game into thinking its now 20 year's later by going into the 360 settings and adding 20 years onto its set date, load the game back up, get 20 years worth of gold, save and back out, reset the year, load game, save and repeat

you can never yell at the dog. you can yell and do whatever to anyone else, but the dog always gets love.

Bro we had the same childhood, that's wild. Loved trips to Gamestop with my Dad and brother!

If I remember correctly, siding with Reaver on some things does unlock secret locations. 37:38

I clocked Fable 3 multiple times through. I made so many millions by leveraging the royal treasury and buying all the houses, then lowering the rent to get a full good ending with a full treasury. It was fun. But that’s really why I play it.

Fable 2 was my first, not only that it was gift given to me by a dear friend not too long after my mother died so that game will always be special to me.

I'm old now..... thanks for reminding of that.

There was an exploit with the property renting that if you set the rent to the highest, and then went into your 360 and set the time settings to a year later, you could open the game at that date set and have gotten millions of gold. Not sure if that's still a thing or not. But it was dope.

RIP Bernard Hill. Sir Walter Beck's death hits so much harder now that he's gone.

heheh, I was introduced to Fable through the third game too... I miss the days of going into proper old game stores. A lot of stores have closed but before just walking in and seeing tons of games waiting to be judged, gosh. I remember in GAME they used to have the new consoles to try out too. There was a vibe to Fable III and I remember enjoying it as a kid, was drawn to self insert characters and RPGs. Curious on what the newer game will do but always afraid of new games for older titles... and new games in general. Showing Reaver again, mannn, that guy was so cool... Really like his vibe: His design, voice, attitude and flamboyant nature, huhu. I feel like I had a crush on that guy or was attracted to him as a kid. When you showed him, felt like my head reacted, huhu. I defo remember him now and some other moments. Watching the video makes me miss the game since I remember having fun with it. Seeing the old Xbox pop ups makes me feel so nostalgic!!

This game has a pretty big spot in my heart, its my introduction to the series and even if I know its not the best it is one of my favorite games from my childhood.

Your experience buying Fable 3 on a whim was the same way I experienced Fable 1 and Morrowind. Probably why they're two of my most favorite games ever.

There was a rumor about the MC rebuilding the hero's guild and each character you meet was suppose to be a hero, Page, Sabine, Saker, Swift, Ben Finn, Walter, Etc.. Etc.. Its even metioned by Theresea when you get to the old guild hall. That whole plot line was scrapped in favor of the shadow army nonsense

I remember finding out as a kid that changing the date on the xbox ahead of time got you a shitton of cash every time you spawn in when you own real estate, Then you kept dragging time back and forth... Kinda proud i found that out without using internet.

My problem with Fable 3 towards the end is that at no point, do you have the option of explaining _WHY_ you might have to break promises or explain _WHY_ you need to raise a shit on of money. I remember hearing that such a thing would make the people of Albion panic. While that sounds logical, you have to remember that Logan _talked_ about the Shadow _during his very public trial!_ At no point does anyone go "wait... what did he just say?" Yet when you break promises, you're accused of being a tyrant or somehow even worse than Logan despite your friends knowing full well of an Ancient Evil hellbent on turning Albion into the next Tatooine

In the whole of both Fable 2 and 3, I only died once in 2. I came close to death many times in 3 but I never wanted to figure out what happened upon death without Resurrection Philes so I always stayed stocked up on booze, and it worked out. That being said, it did feel like the combat of 3 was easier than in 2, and the stakes of 3 felt lower than in 2. I was able to play the games in order, so I was able to plan what I wanted to do in 3 after I beat 2. I decided in committing to playing as a woman in 3 since I perceived Fable plots as having a sort of redemption arc and thought it would be great to do as a woman; being a princess while doing Fable things was an added bonus.

I played 2 first, then 3 then 1 (then _sigh_ The Journey) - I'd returned to console gaming after a HUGE gap & basically rotated 2 & 3 for like two years solid! My next game was Skyrim and I finally started playing more difficult games - one good thing about Fable being easy is that it really helped me figure out how to use all those fancy buttons on the controller (over a decade ago, before this I'd only used the Megadrive controller or mousey-keyboard)... I loved the British sense of humour and especially Michael Fassbender as Logan (developed a huge crush before seeing what he looked like then a MASSIVE one after seeing him in real life). BTW We never found out who voiced the female protag in 2, did we?

2:34 always feelin some camaraderie whenever i stumble on another 2000-born individual

Love all the fables! Started with lost chapters and then 2 and 3 and anniversary, i own all dlcs for every game and always go back to play them in order once every year. Will always hold a special place in my heart. Favourite games growing up: Fable Kingdom hearts Pokemon Fire red Yugioh duelist of the roses Sonic adventure 2 battle Monster hunter tri Grand theft auto

i love how it tried to do a dark turn mid way through by making you choose between your bank and your kingdom. but if you've already bought all the houses, you can easily save everyone by spending your own fortune without doing any of the "evil" options earn money. completely breaks the story, but fun to do. it's a messed up game, but all 3 will always a special spot with me. all of them had issues, all of them are still very worth playing.

Seeing the old XBox profile icon really threw me back in time.

The only part of fable 3 I remember is the aurora desert segment. I still listen to the desert theme.

Fable 3 is my favorite only because of the unique settling. I cant think of any other fantasy game, movie, or book that's set in an early modern/ 1st industrial revolution setting other than The Brothers Grim. Im sure there's some out there but it's pretty rare. I know seampunk is becoming increasingly popular but Fable 3 is at that "pre steampunk" sweet spot.