Do we really need a Fable 3?

[Dorian]

No. We do not need a third one.
In my honest opinion, we didn't even need a SECOND one!

As for the what can you possibly do, I'd IMAGINE it's going to emulate Age of Empire somewhat.
Either that, oooooooorrrr you're going to be the fat-arse nude ruler of Albion that runs around the countryside with a century old dog doing things that will undoubtedly kill you once or twice in between the magic-button-pressing, which will brand a not-very-care-inducing line across your buttocks.

Yeah, probably the second one.

 

[ThreeKneeNick]

Not until Fable 2 gets a PC port.

 

[MurderousToaster]

I don't see why not. I had fun with the Fable games, and more can't be a bad thing.

Fable 2 also had that woman (name?) from My Family and Stephen Fry. Which makes it win.

 

[Sparrow]

To be honest, of the the Halo/Gears of war/Sonic 648231billion a Fable sequel is one of the only sequels I will actually buy.

I enjoyed the first two Fables. Sure, the second one was not as good as the first, but it was by no means a bad game. I like the storyline and can see a lot of potential for the series. It is exceedingly possible that the third game could be awesome.

We ended up with Halo 3 when that series was well and truly dead as well as MGS 4, DMC 4. So yeah. Why not have Fable 3.

Exactly this.

Fable will always be one of favourite games of all time - OF ALL TIME! Ahem. So yes, we do need a Fable III because it will appease me. A niche market, but nontheless an important one. Onward to Christmas I say!

Also, using this "logic" the OP has, do we need another MW3?

 

[Ivan913]

It depends where they go with it. If they keep going with what they did in Fable 2, then I sure as heck won't like it. I mean honestly, for all its steps forward from Fable 1, it was simplified WAY to much. There were like 6 spells, no death, and money was completely useless because it was pretty much force fed down your throat by the end of the game. And those are just the problems I see with it at first. I could never take the story seriously because we only see the other main characters apart from your hero like 3-4 times throughout the game, leaving little space for characterization. Even less so because you couldn't see their faces close up on account of Molyneux thinking cut scenes were obsolete in this generation of gaming. Along with that, they pretty much doused the game in humor (not that bad of a thing in moderation, like in Fable 1) so I could never take anything I did seriously. Sorry for the rant. I'm sure it was a fun game for a lot of people, but I could never really get into after remembering how much I loved the first one, I guess nostalgia does that.

Unfortunately though, I have a feeling Molyneux truly believes this game is his gift to the world and thinks he improved on Fable 1 in every way, so chances are it'll be more of the same.

 

[spacemonkeyxi]

Well, I really enjoyed fable and fable II. Maybe it's because half the characters have yorkshire and northern accents. They sound like everyone around me! Plus, being an avid single player with a deep hated of anything multi player based, I just enjoyed having a fairly decent magic-ish game without any nutters following me. And yes, before you mention it, I have played oblivion. Fable makes me laugh. In a sad, self pitying way.

I look forwards to holding some poor liverpudlian's fate in my royal hands

 

[Kije]

Ill buy as long as they have a REAL boss fight. I'm talking like, Sword of Aeons vs Avo's Tear final battle. On a volcano. In space.
...ok too much?
I just don't want to bore myself with another giant floating rock. What the hell was that?

 

[NghtmaresXNoVaKaiNe]

Do we really need a Transformers 2
Do we really need a Spiderman 4/remake/revitalisation/what ever makes sony sleep at night

No. But you're getting it anyway

Actually we DID need a Transformers 2. What it didn't require was Megan Fox's "acting" ability. She could have just stood there for three hours and said nothing and I think the movie would've been 80% more entertaining.

As for Fable 3...it is not rrequired. I was fit with just Fable (and it's 8 hour story. And my friend said I beat it slow haha.) Seeing Fable 2 as a golden opportunity to revive what kind of DIED in my heart, I picked it up and played it.

And I was further dissappointed...

 

[Plurralbles]

i can't wait to hear all the lies about it!

 

[JEBWrench]

i can't wait to hear all the lies about it!

PM is just going to point at Yahtzee's DNF review and say, "Pretty much that."

 

[The Cheezy One]

I liked loved Fable 2.

We I need it.

sorry, but i played fable 2 before it was released at lionhead studios as a work experience tester in summer 07
i thought, "this will be good when its finished"
i didnt realise it nearly was
it was buggy, boring, and the loading screens made me fast travel everywhere, forcing me to skip all the probably beautiful landscape.

i can't wait to hear all the lies about it!

PM is just going to point at Yahtzee's DNF review and say, "Pretty much that."

No. i disagreed with every thing yahtzee said. F2 wasnt an upgrade, it was a downgrade
i honestly think F:TLC was better, and not just relatively. i could believe you if you told me TLC was a sequel of F2
im being mean, maybe after getting to play it pre release i was hoping i would have contributed to a major game, and maybe it just broke my heart. also i think it was the first game my cheap butt got on release since zelda:OoT, so maybe im just sour at having to pay that much
but i have low hopes for fable 3

it wasnt bad, it was enjoyable, but hard to play. if it was more inuitive, and less buggy, i would have enjoyed it

 

[Duke Nil]

Oh god say it ain't so.

I enjoyed the first one way back when cuz I was like 12 but #2 was a festering turd of a game, truly. I am surprised it's gotten so much support in this thread, I really hated it

 

[Hithlain]

I need the PC version first.

Not all of us want to pay for an X-Box when I already have a computer.

 

[MiracleOfSound]

Eh... I enjoyed Fable 2 on my first playthrough, though the combat was boring as hell. I think I got knocked out once.

The fart mechanic was the best thing about it, but that got old after doing it a few (hundred) times

Not mad about the idea of being a king from the get go though. I like to work my way up in RPGs.

 

[mikecoulter]

Only if it betters what Fable 2 did by a considerable margin...

 

[The_Graff]

it'll simply slide what was once an excellent game further down into the "casual" bracket that is destroying the hobby.

 

[Cmwissy]

*cough*subjective*cough*


Yes - I want one; make one - and include daggers and stave's these times, I don't like 'cleavers' and 'warmaces'

 

[Forever of the Stars]

They get one more chance, if I am actually able to play 3 (I had a horrible time with my fable II disk, I mean a really horrible time) I may try it, but after getting about 75% of the way through II and not being impressed then having it die on me I don't have much hope that it'll be good. That being said the first one is good, and every series has to have one bad game, like Mega Man 7 or Final Fantasy VII or Final Fantasy X-2 (there should probably be some sliding scale based on how many games there are in the series as FF is up to 13 now and Mega Man has at least 9 (8-bit series ones) and possibly a 10[sup]th[/sup] I'm not sure if it's out yet.) so we might as well give it a shot, if this one is filled with as much fail as II though they should give up. I enjoyed the lost chapters though and there was some good in II just not enough

 

[JSkunk22]

Fable blows.