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Ok, probably not really, but it’s nice to pretend. I’ve been off whoring and drinking in Mexico, which is a big change from all the drinking and whoring that I do in the local area. And by the previous sentence, I mean that Otter dragged me off for two weeks of vacation. Our accomodations, being a giant ship, naturally provided absolutely no means for me to log on with paying a kidney and possibly a teste. Fear not, for I am a dedicated gamer.
I, being the giant asshole that I am, brought along my nice new DVD copy of Fable: The Lost Chapters. I didn’t play for the first couple of days, but finally the twitching got to Otter so she allowed me to play. So, I guess what follows is my review.
Fable is a cool idea. I love being able to see the progression of my character as he becomes more evil (like it was a question). The biggest issue I have with it probably stems from the fact that I play Blizzard games. Everything in a Blizz game is targeted when you click on it. Fable uses a “look” system that targets stuff that is directly in the center of the camera. The mouse controls the camera, with click performing actions. So, where I’m used to moving to an object with the cursor and going from there, everytime I move the mouse in Fable I end up looking behind me. Oops. Not to mention the fact when you have a bunch of things in your view, it can be hard to target whatever you really want. As an example, there are a lot of escort quests, where you have two or three guys to give directions to. I’ve told the same guy to “wait” then “follow” repeatedly when all I want is all the idiots to wait. And even when they are waiting, they like to wander around so that they follow you as you try to pull the other idiot away a little bit to tell him to wait too. Frustrating.
But, overall I think it is a pretty cool game. I’m headed down the path of “Spellwarrior” right now since I got some pretty impressive AE spells and a nice big axe to finish everyone else off with. I probably won’t play more until April, when I lose internet access again. It’s going to be a pleasant diversion though when I do get back to it.
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