Fable III
I've been playing Fable 3 recently. As with previous iterations of the game, I don't know what to make of it. It's a game loaded with potential, but with a clunky implementation which makes it fall short of being something truly great. As it is, it's a fun game that doesn't take itself too seriously, and that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's a fairly good implementation of a sandbox game--they have a fleshed out main story and impart a sufficient sense of urgency to keep you chugging along the primary plot line. At the same time, at any given time, you're typically provided access to a middling range of side-quests that you can take or ignore as you please. Overall, I'd say there are 3 main issues that prevent the game from being great. 1) The game is stupidly easy. They have an achievement for never getting knocked out. This is not hard. The only way you could fail to get this achievement is by being bad, through inattention, or lack of...