Fable Anniversary Review

Fable Anniversary Review

 

Ten years ago, Fable came out, and it became a classic for me. The world, the style, the RPG aspects, it was all knew to me. And I loved it, as you can see in my Fable review. But of course in the new internet age, and in the business of making a quick buck, the game was rereleased. Like many games before it, and much like the others, this is the new best way to play an old classic. I remember coming back to Fable one time, and thinking to myself, "Man, these graphics kind of suck.” Of course when you go from new game to new game, and are used to quality rising, you are more aware of the past’s lack of technology. But of course with a rerelease, we have a knew way to play. And for the graphics, it looks great. This is my first HD rerelease, and it’s just super cool, especially since is my old game being remade, and I’m sure that’s how it is for a lot of people. There old games they loved being updated. And yeah, since this isn’t the Playstation "HD Collection” I was hoping they’d do more. I mean this is only one game after all. I mean the name HD is not in the title, they’re free to do whatever the hell they want to. Add a mission or two, it’s not like anybody would object. But whatever, there is new. Completely updated character models, new menus, and extremely better loading screen. But even some of those aren’t better. Some of the characters just look… weird. I know I’m so used to the hold ones, but at one point they’re just ugly, and this is for players who are used to the old ones. That, and the menus took some getting used to. I liked the old leveling up better. Also, glitches. I was finding it just hard to run for a good percent of the game. That shouldn’t be acceptable in a game ten years old. Also, achievements. I know some say they’re useless. Bullshit, because I did things I never have in game I replay every couple of years. I actually collected silver keys, actually sacrificed people to the temple, actually did things I never would have. There is innocent fun in that, and it brings some of the best features out of the game. I will say this is the most fun I’ve had with Fable since playing it for the first time. But in the end, this is just an update of a single game, which is less than the competitors. And it’s not an amazing one at that. They did add new things, but of course you have to buy it as DLC, and that doesn’t count in the review. In the end, it was still a nice experience seeing this old game in its new prime. It’s nice for it to be available on a new platform, and getting it attention all over again. So pick this up when it gets cheap, or like me and got it early if you’re a big fan, either way, it’s worth it. Dust off this decade long game in a new way.

 

Fable Anniversary gets a 3/5