I can try to find you something more concrete online, so I'm just going from memory here. I was following it for at least several months prior to release, especially after Gameinformer did a gigantic and beautiful article about it. Through various interviews they were laying out all kinds of stuff that was going to be in it. Really impressive stuff, considering they had to beat Morrowind if PM's claim had any truth to it.
- Top of my head -
- Aging in game, with real time on the clock. So if you left your game on for a long time, or put enough time into it to equal a "long time" you'd physically age, from a starting young man on up.
- Building up stats like strength physically alters your muscle size. If you were to max it out, you'd have huge guns. This is a gradual build, not like what we've seen already.
- The more you use magic spells, the more you get those weird skin markings.
- Chopping down trees and leaving permanent stumps.
- Werewolves, and becoming one.
- If you're a bandit on the run, and you decide to live in the woods, you could develop certain allergies, and even get a skin tan from excessive outdoor exposure.
- Kill a shop owner, and take over his business.
- Real time vegetation growth, and you could do things like plant an acorn and watch it grow over the years.
- If you took your sweet time embarking on the actual main quest (like years and years) certain things were put into place to prompt you to hurry up. For example, if you had a wife and children (also possible), they might get kidnapped.
- Multiplayer options: any friend joining in will be an "alter ego" of your actual character. Anything they gain or find goes to you.
- Carrying scars from serious wounds.
That's all I can come up with, some of it might not seem like a big deal. And surprisingly I couldn't find much on Google about what was originally going into the game - most everything you find is just plain hype. And then Fable DLC started coming out. The claim was this DLC is what Fable was supposed to be! I'm not kidding.
Then Fable 2 was coming out, and they cried it's what Fable was supposed to be!
Not suprisingly, Fable 2 wasn't what Fable 2 was supposed to be! So I wouldn't expect much from Fable 3 - you're better off not knowing anything about it until you actually turn your game system on. That way you won't have to expect things to be in it. :shrug:

Most of those are true! (Exept those I bolded) Did you even play the Fable 1? And the Co-op was in the second game.

I was quite younger when I played Fable (and my anglich was quite horrible), so I had heard little of it. And I really enjoyed it. There was progression and an interesting story, as well as cool plot twits and a gripping climix that tied everything together very well.

It was also much longer the Fable 2, with maybe less stuff to do, but everything better developed, it was cool that at the end of the game your character was 50 something years old, covered in scars from claws, slashes and arrows.

I dont know why, but Fable 2 was less engaging, and many parts really bored me.

Naaahhh, I was too disgusted to play it all the way through. I think I was about 90% to the end of the MQ. I was pretty pissed after having to punch some bugs in a barn.
And co-op being in the second game doesn't count.
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I can't claim to know everything that was in it, I guess it's not very fair. I'm just expressing my disappointments on things I expected to experience.

I agree with this. The less you know, the better. It's more of a surprise, and potentially less of a disappointment.

I'm gonna get the game, but I am used to lionhead games not being what molyneux makes them out to be. Fable 1 and 2 were fun for me while they lasted but unfortunately lionhead tends to make games that dont last very long, I dont expect the third game to be different in that regard.

I would get it if I could be bothered to plug in my Xbox but my PS3 and Mac do everything I need. Also my Xbox keeps scratching the disks and then asking to insert the disk into a 360 console.

I love the fable series. Regardless of PM I enjoy them because the story doesn't seem to take itself to seriously and it is always a load of fun for me.

The third one will hopefully be as good as Fable 1 and Fable 2 because both of them had me play them about 3 times and I'm actually thinking about playing Fable 2 again soon! .

I'm sorry, but you must be baked. I was young at the time of Fable 1's release, so I wasn't really expecting anything from it. What I got out of it was one of my favorite games of all time.

Even if Molenuex(sp?) talked out of his ass about it, and it was supposed to have way more features, I don't think I've had that much fun with a controller since. From the atmosphere, to the combat, to the music, it is my all time favorite RPG. Even if "hardcoe" RPG'rs say it's not an RPG.

OT: Maybe. I'll need to see reviews and possibly rent it first. After the svckfest of Fable 2 (a good game, but a terrible sequel), I don't know if I can trust again....

If you hold out for two days, you can grab III and it'll feel a lot more fresh.

I'll rent it first

I bought Fable II day one, even got collector's edition and did the Midnight Launch thing.
thought the game was great at first, but gradually it fell apart for me, in the end I felt kind of disappointed, and I know it because I paid attention to Molly's hype.

this time I've paid absolutely no attention to Fable III so that I will not be disappointed but I'm still skeptical and will rent it

I think the guns ruined Fable 2 for me. What's the point of using a sword when you could just kill everyone from afar?

Made melee and magic pointless.

I just grabbed Fable 2 w/DLC for $15. Was on sale this weekend.

Umm.. I cant go to Fable2.com to unlock the chest

I have the LE pre-ordered. I loved Fable one, and even though II was meh, my nostalgia makes me feel obliged to buy III. And who knows, it might actually be pretty good. :shrug:

This is sort of something that has me wondering.The series progresses in time and does not stay at one constant era.Fable=Typical fantasy world/medevialish.Then Fable 2=Beginning of more modern time(1500-1600).Now Fable 3 is basically the industrial age,whats next 1900's with tanks and planes?

This. Honestly fable 1 was great, 2 was bad, but it was made worse by me following hype, I know little of fable 3 atm, so I have low expectations, as in I expect fable 2...
But I just beleive fable can be as good as fable tlc was, so I buy hoping they get better, and ignoring hype.

@Miller I hear there are 5 fables planned, and that as soon as 3 ends your ready for 4. So I guess this ends with a cliffhanger, and the next time skip will be about, 50 years or less.

Ah cliff hangers and games always bring me back to the memories of MOH:Rising Sun, boy was that frustrating.

dear God I hope that's not the case

1) I don't know many more "innovations" Molly can come up with and keep in the game
2) While I thought the whole "Albion Paralleling human history" thing was clever for Fable II (IE Fable 1= Medieval Europe, Fable II= Enlightenment, Fable III= 1840s) I don't know how much further they can go into our history before it becomes stupid. Personally I think the capping point should be the early 1900s (1900-1910), don't go any further than that.
3) isn't it about time Molly tried something new?
4) five, even four fables is a bit much

Anyone have it yet?I am picking it up after class.

New Vegas is taking up pretty much all my gaming time so I'll pick it up later. MUCH later.

Yeah I just got home with it. Only paid $53 for the legendary edition too. I will be playing it shortly.

I wont be getting it until I get some money from my birthday and that isn't until the end of January. I had Fable 2 and wasn't too impressed, I hope they improve Fable 3 or I'll end up skipping it.

http://www.giantbomb.com/fable-iii/61-27878/reviews/. That seems promising, the short of it is ''Lots of really good, fun ideas that have been implemented roughly but not enough to make the game bad''.

I got it today, not to far into it. I am waiting for the PC version to go too far. Its pretty good from what I have played.
Edit-Added the not.

what? i dont get what you mean

So for those who have it how is it?