There were many secrets to discover in Albion, which was necessary to pad out the game. The main story campaign was short by RPG standards, so having optional side quests and secrets added value to the title. Demon doors would have treasures such as legendary weapons if you could solve the riddle to open them and there were many silver keys scattered across the land they were needed to open silver treasure boxes. They may have have fixed this in the subsequent reissues of Fable, but in the original Xbox version there was a glitch to get unlimited silver keys. This worked by getting a key, doing a hero save but not a world save and then load the file. The character will have the key in their inventory and the key will be waiting to be collected in its original spot.
What better way to reinvent a gaming franchise than taking away the controller? It’s a risky proposition to turn one of the most successful Xbox franchises into a Kinect-only title, but that’s exactly what’s been done with Fable. Instead of producing a family-friendly mini-game based game, however, Lionhead Studios have created a full-blown Adventure Games Online guide that manages to rival the main canon in scope. Not only is Fable: The Journey an evolution of the series, but a crucial experiment to see if Kinect can manage to produce a story-driven experience with nothing but the player’s body.
There’s no need to justify the announcement of Grand Theft Auto V as one of our most expected, but the sheer mystery surrounding the nature of the game can’t be overlooked. While Rockstar took a break from the Grand Theft Auto franchise, they managed to release both Red Dead Redemption and L.A. Noire : two titles that are helping to redefine maturity in modern gaming. So with GTA 5 , can we expect the developers to return to the immature and crude roots of the series, or try something
Fable 2 was set 500 years after the original story, and Fable 3 set only 50 years after the second game. The game’s creator, Peter Molyneux told IGN that the time jumps between each games time periods were a “big mistake” and so I’m confident that Playground Games may honour that thinking and just send things back to simplicity. I’d like to see a game set somewhere in those 500 years but through a story that doesn’t deteriorate the lore for Fable 2 an
When it comes to Fable 4 though, there are a lot of qualities from previous games in the series that we hope to see return. Combat has always been one of the most exciting elements, as well as the game’s ability to tell a story that feels as if it is the definition of epic. Where the games tend to go wrong is more in the subtle details, like last year’s ‘Road to Rule’ mechanics — namely the handholding and the third act decision-focused parts of the g
What’s most likely is that a big Half-Life 3 reveal will come when Valve is ready to unveil a brand new game engine to the masses in the same way that they did with Half-Life 2 and their Source engine. But will that be at this E3? It doesn’t seem likely , but we’re still keeping our fingers crossed as Half-Life 3 remains the most elusive PC game of the last half decade, and is pushing for a much bigger gap than that between Half-Life and Half-Life 2 . We still want to know what happens to our world, just who the G-Man is, and just how humanity is going to survive the continued Combine thr
It’s been quite a while since we last saw Capt. Olimar and his merry band of Pikmin, and we’ve started to miss all of the little guys. The original Pikmin was a launch title on Nintendo’s GameCube and was given a warm reception by critics and fans alike. Fast-forward to the present date and the franchise has received only one sequel, a Wii-make, and a confirmed third title that is currently under development. The odd thing about Pikmin 3 is that it was confirmed nearly three years ago by Shigeru Miyamoto himself, but since 2008 we haven’t seen anything on the Pikmin front at all. Miyamoto has assured the masses that development on Pikmin 3 is “well under way”, so what could be responsible for the massive de
The combat mechanics played a big part in creating an enjoyable game, but a lot of the fun came from just exploring the world and seeing what sort of trouble one could get into. The goal of the hero was to gain fame, which was measured by their renown which was acquired by completing quests and the reaction of the NPCs was determined by the character’s alignment, which was also influenced by their actions. Good characters would seem to develop a bright aura around them and a halo, while evil characters would grow horns and attract pestilence. The NPC behaviors weren’t quite as unique as early claims from Project Ego days would have you believe, but they did react based on those factors, though just about everyone gave the same reaction based on the hero’s current renown and alignment.
Accessibility in the video games industry boomed massively in 2020. We saw Ubisoft , Naughty Dog , and other studios both big and small making efforts to allow more players to play their games. Xbox has done a great job in creating accessible experiences for players , and also has a huge focus on the tagline “When everyone plays, we all win”. With Playground Games being under the Xbox Game Studios umbrella, I’m hoping we’ll see a wealth of accessibility features done w