Fable - a gothic tale of good and evil
August 3, 2003 8:42 AM Subscribe
Fable ...There once was a boy with a mind of his own. Alone in a dangerous world, his destiny, the paths of good and evil... Built like a children's book with tabs that you toggle, choose your path in this gothic tale. The site is a beautifully designed promo for the upcoming xbox game release, but worth a visit for the illustrations and execution alone. (caveats: flash site that opens in a pop-up window, contains sound.)
Choose Your Own Adventure comes to the Internet. Anybody remember those?
gametone, I can relate. My monitor is pretty small and I can only push the pop-up window up so far, so I can only view about three-quarters of the pages. Will have to try this at work.
posted by orange swan at 11:04 AM on August 3, 2003
gametone, I can relate. My monitor is pretty small and I can only push the pop-up window up so far, so I can only view about three-quarters of the pages. Will have to try this at work.
posted by orange swan at 11:04 AM on August 3, 2003
makes me wish I had an xbox... which is half the point, I guess.
posted by crunchland at 11:14 AM on August 3, 2003
posted by crunchland at 11:14 AM on August 3, 2003
Good post MJJ just for the fact that I had completely forgotten about this. Game Informer magazine did a big story on Fable a few months ago. It seems pretty impressive with a huge replay value. If this one lives up to the hype I may have to finally go in on a Xbox.
posted by ttrendel at 11:37 PM on August 3, 2003
posted by ttrendel at 11:37 PM on August 3, 2003
found that site a bit much, however did some diggin around.
sounds like a game that will take me even closer to single life.
screenshots here
posted by Frasermoo at 5:08 AM on August 4, 2003
sounds like a game that will take me even closer to single life.
screenshots here
posted by Frasermoo at 5:08 AM on August 4, 2003
Nice!
Lionhead Studios, eh? It seems almost disappointing that they're going with the whole good/evil thing as a concept, considering they nearly crashed and burned with it with Black & White.
Of course, that doesn't mean that I won't be getting it to play on my XBox. Heh.
posted by wells at 6:57 AM on August 4, 2003
Lionhead Studios, eh? It seems almost disappointing that they're going with the whole good/evil thing as a concept, considering they nearly crashed and burned with it with Black & White.
Of course, that doesn't mean that I won't be getting it to play on my XBox. Heh.
posted by wells at 6:57 AM on August 4, 2003
I just looked at the images Frasermoo linked to, and it is very similar to Black & White, right down to the look 'n' feel of the creatures, and the tattoos/markings on the one hero on the first page.
Heh, Fight Club!
posted by wells at 7:03 AM on August 4, 2003
Heh, Fight Club!
posted by wells at 7:03 AM on August 4, 2003
Lionhead are doing it eh? Didn't realise that. Respect to Peter Molyneaux, I have been to a couple of his parties. They were worthy.
posted by Frasermoo at 7:31 AM on August 4, 2003
posted by Frasermoo at 7:31 AM on August 4, 2003
wells, I think the good/evil concept played out just fine in Black & White. The flaw in B&W is that the actual gameplay deteriorated into repetitive micromanagement. There was a lot of innovation in graphics and AI, but all that sugar-coating only delays the point when you realize that the game is boring.
Also: nifty flash, if a bit resource-hungry.
posted by Galvatron at 11:07 AM on August 4, 2003
Also: nifty flash, if a bit resource-hungry.
posted by Galvatron at 11:07 AM on August 4, 2003
Hopefully this virtual world will actually have a game attached to it...
posted by inpHilltr8r at 11:30 AM on August 4, 2003
posted by inpHilltr8r at 11:30 AM on August 4, 2003
The Lionhead name on the front page was enough to make me close the window. I still haven't forgiven them for Black and White. (I'm a gamer grrl with a grudge.)
posted by dejah420 at 2:38 PM on August 4, 2003
posted by dejah420 at 2:38 PM on August 4, 2003
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