Yes, Fable was quite the achievement. Somehow it was great despite its flaws. Fable 2 fellated donkeys, but whatever. Mass Effect 1&2 were "separate but equal" works of art. I've probably clocked about 100 myself on ME1; there's actually replay value in that game. Still sitting on an unopened copy of Fallout 3 because of Oblivion stinking so much. Oblivion's painful "scaling" ruined it and it should have been more Morrowindy.this isnt my name said:Yes, I played fable 1 for hundreds of hours, the only other game I have hundreds of hours in is Fallout 3, oh and mass effect one, that was a great game, I need to buy another copy I lost my disk, then got the XBL version, but neeed to uninstall it, should be cheap by now.. Oblivion was good, but most of the time wasnt fun or memorable so I dont include it, as it was walking in copy/paste dungeons, I dont like oblivion much an more. But yeah, most modern games lack replay value.
There have been some great games in recent years, it's just a matter of doing research, never believing official reviews (I learned this when I got Oblivion), checking review average sites, checking user reviews, and even a bit of listening to Yahtzee.
And using the FF series as a yardstick is a big mistake. They've been coasting on hype and rep for years and providing NOTHING to back it. Wacky, strangely sexual characters come SECOND, gameplay comes first.