Fable Difficulty

[Skorm]

Fable Difficulty

Hi all, I'm new to the forums, but probably will enjoy them greatly, since I'm quite fond of Fable.

Bought it 2 months ago and still can't get enough. Only the Legacy Of Kain series, as well as Monkey Island games have addicted me so. I've already gotten through it like 6 or 7 times, and now playing again to collect all 30 Silver keys, since last I recovered only 28. What I like about Fable is the depth. The game allows you to do a great variety of actions, and whatever little you can't do, it's still doable with your imaginations.

Anyway, has anyone noticed (my bet is that all of you have) how easy is this game? And I'm not the "l33test" gamer out there. In most RPGs I play, I reroll at some point, since I made the wrong combinations of skills/perks (you get the idea) and the pace is getting to fast for me to follow. But I've beaten Fable the first time without problem. The second time, with the little knowledge I had, I could mix my melee with the best suited magic and I was breezing through the storyline. And the third time... the third time I found Skorm's bow and fell in love with it. The forth time I decided to make an assassin - only (Skorm's) bow, only p. shield and a little toughtess and health (okay, and +2 in physique, since I like Chicken Kickin'). Worked like a charm. My next hero-developments have been even more hybrid, but, after all, the game offers more experience than you can spend, even if you max ALL abilities.

So, my point is, shouldn't the developers make the game harder the next time? And add difficulty levels. Even if these diff. levels only add to the damage received and lower the dmg dealt.

Anyway, what about your opinions?

 

[Hexadecimal]

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well, first of all, welcome to the boards

I personally didn't mind the low difficulty of the game, as I thought that things like storyline and growing your character were the most important factors of the game... though combat was obviously big as well, I think it really took a second seat...
however, that's not to say I would have anything against options of increasing the difficulty in Fable 2, I just don't think it's overly neccessary as Fable is an immersive type of game with it's focus more on emotional attatchement to the character and moral choices than on fighting...

 

[Sephiroxas]

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well, first of all, welcome to the boards

I personally didn't mind the low difficulty of the game, as I thought that things like storyline and growing your character were the most important factors of the game... though combat was obviously big as well, I think it really took a second seat...
however, that's not to say I would have anything against options of increasing the difficulty in Fable 2, I just don't think it's overly neccessary as Fable is an immersive type of game with it's focus more on emotional attatchement to the character and moral choices than on fighting...

Sounds like that came straight from Peter's mouth. I totally agree. Fable may be easy. But for some people it's not (Like Angel) And for me the

Spoiler

Jack of Blades as a dragon is still a tough fight

Like hex said, I think it's more of an emotional, alligment, spirit type of game.
I also like that there is a limit on the character. It keeps people from going around saying things like "My character pwns yours" That's unneccessary competition. It's just game

 

[Albion Knight]

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You can also self regulate the difficulty by handicapping yourself.
Increasing damage done to you = Go Naked the whole game
Decreasing damage that you do = Fist Fighter the whole game
Or some variation of these. Get creative and have fun
Welcome to Projectego Skorm

 

[Angel]

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Welcome to the forums! As Sephiroxas has already mentioned, some people don't find Fable easy (ME!!) and I think it is not an easy task for game developers to make a game accessible to the majority of gamers the way Fable is. My five year old can play it, I can play it and Steve can play it - we are all at very different levels of ability where gaming is concerned, and yet the game is enjoyable to all of us.

It's like with any game - if you find it hard to play you either persevere, cheat or give up and go for something else. If you find it too easy you can either set yourself challenges within the game like completing it in a certain time limit, doing everything with minimal armour, not using weapons etc - or perhaps look for a game that suits your desires better.

 

[Sephiroxas]

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Welcome to the forums! As Sephiroxas has already mentioned, some people don't find Fable easy (ME!!)

:lol: :ninja:

and I think it is not an easy task for game developers to make a game accessible to the majority of gamers the way Fable is. My five year old can play it, I can play it and Steve can play it - we are all at very different levels of ability where gaming is concerned, and yet the game is enjoyable to all of us.

It's like with any game - if you find it hard to play you either persevere, cheat or give up and go for something else. If you find it too easy you can either set yourself challenges within the game like completing it in a certain time limit, doing everything with minimal armour, not using weapons etc - or perhaps look for a game that suits your desires better.

Like Albion knight is doing. It's always fun to try and find new ways to play a game.

 

[droded]

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For instance , you could just play through the game without using a single experiencel point!

 

[Sephiroxas]

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Perhaps this thread should be moved to Fable discussion?

 

[droded]

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Why isn't it already? :O

 

[Sephiroxas]

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Why isn't it already? :O

Because skorm introduced himself. but it seems it's become a discussion about the difficulty of games and fable.

 

[Angel]

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I'll move it...*pops more pills and flails mouse around in a haphazard fashion, narrowly avoiding a concussion*

 

[droded]

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Well I do think it should be moved to the Fable discussion section..

And welcome to the forums Skorm ^_^

 

[Albion Knight]

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For instance , you could just play through the game without using a single experiencel point!

I did that too It was really fun

 

[Skorm]

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For instance , you could just play through the game without using a single experiencel point!

Yeah, but I would hate to have my hero be skinny as me all time

I truly agree, that Fable is action-RPG with emphasis on "RPG" (man, it is HARD to find such games in these times. Bought The Bard's Tale and I was completely disappointed. But that's other story.). Yeah, I guess I could take all "naked" and "fist fighter" boosts, but then the only difference will be that I'll position "drink potion" button on Mouse Right Click and buy tons of pots. In this line of thoughts, has anyone taken (and completed) "Fist fighter" boost for The Arena??? I guess you'll wack white balverines, throlls and giant scorpions for more than a month

Anyway, that's why I think that difficulty levels will be most appropriate. I tend to start all my games at "Easy", and after I get through it, I conseder to start it again in "normal" (if "easy" alone wasn't too hard). And (I don't remember who said it, though) that games, that are too hard make us cheat. I remember when I was playing through BloodRayne 1 (I have a week spot for vampires), I breezed through the entire game (it's not too hard when you enter a room and see 20 walking medkits in the form of nazis) only to enter "god mode" for the final fight, because it was cruelly hard even NOT compared to the rest of the game.

Anyway, thanks for the many replies, and sorry for not choosing the appropriate forum category. (I love that word - appropriate - reminds me of Monkey Island...)

 

[droded]

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Thats a point, If you take the fist fighter boast can you use magic?

 

[Tsuyu]

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Lay of the Physical Shield aswell as the big area of effect spells and you've got a totally different game..... :ninja:

 

[Vegeta]

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Welcome Skorm im sorry I didn't get to post sooner but I was at my dads.

I agree I think that Fable 2 should add a difficulty level. But I like what Fable is... In fact it's the only RPG that I can beat. Im like Angel on most games (cant beat them)..

The only games I can beat half way easy are Halo, Halo-2, and Fable/TLC.
But, I would love to see a difficulty level to push myself and see how far I can get.

 

[Skorm]

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Well, have you played Baldur's Gate 2. It is a veeery hard game, especially if you're new to D&D (thankfully, I wasn't). But, in the end, I simply can't describe you the feeling of seeing the big half-my-monitor dragon fall dead to the ground, after he killed my party like 15 times. "Great" in not enough to express the feeling. And the final Fable battle? 3, most 4 multi-strikes, 1 slow time and voila. That not the way to threat a dragon

 

[Tsuyu]

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Well, have you played Baldur's Gate 2. It is a veeery hard game, especially if you're new to D&D (thankfully, I wasn't). But, in the end, I simply can't describe you the feeling of seeing the big half-my-monitor dragon fall dead to the ground, after he killed my party like 15 times. "Great" in not enough to express the feeling. And the final Fable battle? 3, most 4 multi-strikes, 1 slow time and voila. That not the way to threat a dragon

Good old Baldur's Gate II. Now that was a game where dragons were dragons. and not puny salamanders like in Fable.

 

[Sephiroxas]

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Good old Baldur's Gate II. Now that was a game where dragons were dragons. and not puny salamanders like in Fable.

He's not that puny..:'(