Fable 3

[aubergine]

Announcements for this game are going to be made soon at X10. Molynude had said that he will "piss you off" with a feature of the game.

My guess is that it will be download only, no retail sku.

[AranchineD]

My guess is that they'll drop the charade and just make it a full on dating sim, with no other game elements whatsoever

[Lex]

Microtransactions out the ass.

[Clockw0rk]

Whatever it is, it's going to be lame.

[Lazlow]

It's a FPS where you play a disgruntled space marine with a heart of gold. Health and Ammo pickups will be microtransactions, and each new gun will be its own DLC.

[TrinityJayOne]

"New in Fable 3 will be.........NOTHING! The story is still shit and the combat can still be mastered by repeatedly slapping your penis against the controller. We've also added a slightly different Cockney English accent"

[SOX]

Natal only.

[Spazzola]

My guess is that they'll drop the charade and just make it a full on dating sim, with no other game elements whatsoever

Dare I say that a dating sim would be better than Fable 2? Yeah, I will. People told me how amazing the first Fable was, so I figure I'll get into it when Fable 2 came out. I'm glad I borrowed a mates copy and never bought my own. If I wanted to have 8 wives and own every property in the city, I'd move to Africa and become a dictator.

It's a FPS where you play a disgruntled space marine with a heart of gold. Health and Ammo pickups will be microtransactions, and each new gun will be its own DLC.

Heh, kudos.

[TrinityJayOne]

It's a FPS where you play a disgruntled space marine with a heart of gold. Health and Ammo pickups will be microtransactions, and each new gun will be its own DLC.
"To facilitate the streamlining of our reve-...err, I mean this exciting new gameplay mechanic, your credit card details must be entered & authenticated before play. For added excitement, all ammo & health packs are invisible"

[Natrak]

Had a lot of fun with Fable 1&2. Looking forward to having some fun with Fable 3. That is all.

[AranchineD]

Dare I say that a dating sim would be better than Fable 2? Yeah, I will. People told me how amazing the first Fable was, so I figure I'll get into it when Fable 2 came out. I'm glad I borrowed a mates copy and never bought my own. If I wanted to have 8 wives and own every property in the city, I'd move to Africa and become a dictator.

The first Fable IS amazing, you sure as hell came in on the wrong game!

[grimace06]

Had a lot of fun with Fable 1&2. Looking forward to having some fun with Fable 3. That is all.

Yeah, this sums it up for me.

[aubergine]

I didn't gel with the first game and quit playing pretty quickly. The second I enjoyed a lot more, but then inextricably completly lost interest one day and never went back to finish it. I think it's because I'm totally unconvinced by Albion and so nothing which happens there is of any consequence. Could be some other reason too.

I like to check out what Molynuex has done though as he presents some very interesting ideas. Taken together though I don't think they've ever made me completly satisfied as a game. Except Syndicate, he worked on that didn't he?

[Jickle]

I liked Fable 2 a hell of a lot more when I came back to it after finishing the story, and just messed around buying up properties and exploring. I thought the See the Future DLC was pretty good, too. Should be interesting to see where exactly they're going with this one.

[Tonez]

I'm with Natrak and grimace on this one.

Enjoyed both Fable games and will more than likely enjoy the third.

[Clockw0rk]

I agree, I just don't think the second was particularly groundbreaking so I doubt that the new announcement will be very interesting either.

[AranchineD]

Perhaps it would have better to have this in the OP as well

Well, for a start, during the game's original Gamescom reveal, Molyneux spoke of finally jettisoning an "insidious, fundamental RPG mechanic."

No stats. Watch it

[sausage]

My pick is experience.

[HiredMan]

My pick is experience.

Nailed it.

No experience, no health bar. (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fable-iii-has-no-experience-health-bar)

[dimorphic]

Ah Molyneux, you crazy kid.

[sausage]

Holy shit total guess on my part.


A million monkeys on typewriters etc...

[aubergine]

Good interview with him at Joystiq about ditching experience and the new magic system.

[HiredMan]

Eurogamer also have a short preview here. (http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/fable-iii-x10-preview)

[Bokracroc]

Wait wait wait wait wait.....

You could actually DIE in the Fable games??!? D: As in like, not dying on purpose so you can get scars?
I only ever had to two like, 2 Rez vials in Fable 1 throughout my many playthroughs.

It's a FPS where you play a douchebag with a heart of gold.
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[AranchineD]

while your character grows in power according to how many followers he or she has in the game's world of Albion.

And let me guess, you gain followers when you complete quests. Fable III actually does have experience, just in a different form.

Nice semantics, Molyneux.

[Bokracroc]

Well from what was said in the link, you still actually do have 'experience'. Your weapons 'n shit 'level up', you're just not told about it.

[AranchineD]

Come on guys, you really think Molyneux wouldn't be able to keep his WE'RE CHANGING GAMING AS WE KNOW IT side from coming out on this one?

http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/5828/true_evolution_a_peter_molyneux_.php

...There's this new thing called the digital relationship: we have a digital relationship with players now where now, in Fable III, any of the shops in the world can be online-enabled.

So this little village here [indicating screen] -- you may not realize it, but what's in a shop in this village may actually be downloaded from online. So we can populate those shops remotely. This is a new digital relationship; that, coupled with the fact that we can give things episodic content.

There's digital relationship; what people do online is far more about social spaces, and there's this shared creativity. If you think about co-op in something like Fable III, now the co-op is not only co-op; it's being able to come in and play Fable III in my world, not attached to me but separate from me. Allow players to marry each other; allow them to have children together. All this stuff is all new stuff, which just makes a big difference to the game.

That's why the in-game shop in Fable III is actually an important idea. It's not that that's anything new; you could go onto the dashboard and download new stuff, but that's not accessibility.

You're relying upon people to remember to go to the dashboard, whereas this way of doing it, presenting it to the player as part of the world, means that that it's ultimately more accessible.

...we said to ourselves, "What if we just had one sentence that said, 'To do a quick attack, press the button quickly; to do a build-up attack, hold the button down.' Suppose we said nothing else after that."

Because of that, we then made swords work in a very similar way to guns to work in a very similar to magic. Suddenly, the whole hour of tedium went away for players because we unified that combat system and actually made it much more accessible for the more casual side of Fable III players, and made it much more interesting for the core players because they could start combining magic together and switching between guns and swords, because they were the same.

That meant that, even though it was simpler, it was actually more complex and sophisticated.

It took me years, you know -- a ridiculous number of years -- to realize that adding more features actually took away from the game rather than added to the game. It's not the number of features you've got; it's how well-exploited those features are.

It's very interesting how, as game designers, you have to battle against, when you're in development, people's perceptions. The jobs in Fable II -- everyone hated the jobs in Fable II when we were in development. "Oh, you know; hitting a hammer against an anvil for half an hour -- no one's going to do that. It's ridiculous. It's awful. Where's the fun? Show me the fun."

A lot of senior management people would say, "Why are you wasting your time on these jobs? No one's going to do them." But the point was that doing those grindy things can actually feel really nice, especially if you feel like, "I'm doing this grinding for a particular purpose. I want to get this much gold." That's fine!

[Natrak]

Outrageous! I hate that ****** so damn much!!!

[sausage]

Wow, I'm surprised the interviewer picked up all those muffled sounds coming out of his mouth which in turn is stuck so far up his own ass you can see his face outlined underneath his chest skin.

[TrinityJayOne]

Because of that, we then made swords work in a very similar way to guns to work in a very similar way to magic. Suddenly, the whole hour of tedium went away for casuals because we unified that combat system and actually made it much more accessible for casuals, and made it much more interesting for the casuals because they could start combining magic together and switching between guns and swords, because they were the same - overly simplistic and boring!

That meant that, even though it was simpler, it was actually more complex and sophisticated (for casuals).
I've bolded the translation. See if you can guess my feelings on this!

[Second]

Hello Mister Thompson.

[Spudzilla]

The talk about one button that does everything reminded me of an old F1 racing game where you could buy upgrades such as auto-braking, auto-accelerating, etc, until the car would just drive itself and you didn't do anything.

[Gunblade89]

Anyone actually interested in this game? Seems like there's hardly any hype around it.

I saw some footage of it, and the graphics seem abit nicer than Fable 2 which is something i guess.
Not sure if i'll pick this up, still haven't completed Fable 2 as it got abit boring.

[Natrak]

I'm really looking forward to it but I'm pretty sure that makes me a horrible person.

[Jay]

Ok, noob question (I know, strange coming from me), but having stalled halfway through II (though I do intend to go back to it because I was enjoying it), is there any necessary connectivity between the narratives? Do I need to finish II before starting III?

[AranchineD]

Nope.

[Jay]

Cheers. I actually quite like the look of III, and the shift towards the Industrial Revolution. Good scope for some cool stuff.

[AranchineD]

I think the 'game' looks terrible, but that's just me.

[Jay]

Do you mean graphically? I was more referencing tone and setting. Haven't seen any of the recent videos so I can't really comment graphically.

[AranchineD]

No no, I meant gameplay-wise, of course the game look pretty.

[Jay]

Did you like 1 or 2?

[AranchineD]

I loved 1, 2 bored me to tears, and this looks like more of Fable 2.

[AyatollaofRocknRolla]

It's out tomorrow. The release kind of snuck up on me, but I've been looking foward to this. Fable III doesn't seem to have much hype behind it, but it sounds great. I even preordered the LE at EB, inspite of the excessive price ($130). I really got into Fable II and I'm a sucker for that kind of thing.

[Jay]

Yeah, I have a backlog of 'RPGs' (please don't start on the so-and-so is not an RPG discussion, I couldn't give a shit - they are RPG-esque games - Fable 2, Dragon Age, Fallout 3 (oops), even Costume Quest now) to finish, but I know what I'm like and I will probably buy it anyway.

Any chance of street date breakage?

[Second]

If there is, I'll be headin' to harass my local Cube Punk.

[Xanafalgue]

I'm pretty hyped for this atm. I really should finish off some other games but bugger THEM.

[enrique]

ive been playing fable2 lately so kinda hyped for this

[Gunblade89]

I'm starting to think this might be good, might inspire me to go back and finish Fable 2...

[Clift]

It's out tomorrow. The release kind of snuck up on me, but I've been looking foward to this. Fable III doesn't seem to have much hype behind it, but it sounds great. I even preordered the LE at EB, inspite of the excessive price ($130). I really got into Fable II and I'm a sucker for that kind of thing.

$130?

It was $118 last I looked in the one across the road from work... Their website proves your claims though. :p

Either way, I'm looking forward to it and will be picking it up tomorrow. All you haters can go and get ****ed! :p

[Gunblade89]

Apparently this will be selling for $78 at dick smith's...

[Xanafalgue]

So who is going to have sex with me?

[McChimp]

I won't be playing Fable 3, but otherwise, yeah, I'll do you.

[ElPresidente]

Grabbed this for $78 off the Dick Smith Website and it just arrived by courier. I'm exhibiting so much self-control right now in not playing this. :P

[Xanafalgue]

I'm exhibiting so much self-control right now in not playing this. :P

Go ON. What could possibly be more important than playing Fable III at this moment in time? Nothing.

I won't be playing Fable 3, but otherwise, yeah, I'll do you.

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[AranchineD]

Wow, does this game really not even have a health meter anymore?

[Natrak]

Nope, I must say, though, the minimalistic HUD is quite nice. I don't mind there not being a health bar, but the game hardly needed to get in on the recharging health trend.

I've played it for a bit, enjoying it so far. The story's quite well presented and the voice acting's great - the lip syncing is horrendous, though. The handful of environments I've been through seem better than those in Fable II so far, it also feels like there's a nice sense of scale to them thanks to some much improved vistas.

Don't know what to think of the new expression system; walking up to someone and pressing a button to interact and then being given a choice between just two different expressions seems like a big step backwards. It's not terribly important to me, but it just seems like an odd decision.

[Second]

Better go visit Cube and get my game. I was going to leave it until Saturday, when I have some free time, but I have a few spare hours now...

[Lex]

Want game. Don't want to pay money for another fable game.

Bah, when's the PC version out?

[AranchineD]

Next year sometime

[AyatollaofRocknRolla]

CVG UK have posted their review which is full of praise for FIII, particularly the King of Albion part of the game, which they said is agruably the best sim Peter Molyneux has produced, albiet rather short. They gave FIII a 9.2.
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=271664

I've got my copy in my bag waiting till i get home later tonight. :D

[Natrak]

Anyone want to make out with me in front of a demon door? >_>

[Jickle]

More than anything. But I don't have the game yet. :(

[Sweating Bullets]

My brother bought the collector's edition. It looks pretty damned sweet.

[Xanafalgue]

Anyone want to make out with me in front of a demon door? >_>

HEY, get your own corner :mad:

[Cerebral]

Is anyone else getting disproportionate amounts of motion blurring in large areas? The first few areas of the game in particular. It's crazy.

[Natrak]

It's a pretty bad motion blur effect, almost like ghosting. It's not easy on the eyes at all. It's a shame, because the game is pretty nice visually outside of the odd motion blur and the way the framerate often chugs like crazy (I'm guessing it must keep the sanctuary in the memory constantly or something) aand the screen tearing. Yeah, not exactly a technical marvel. :/

[Cerebral]

On the flip side, there's a really nice depth of field effect that you almost never see unless you accidentally position the camera against a wall.

[Second]

Anyone want to make out with me in front of a demon door? >_>

Only if you do the same in front of mine!

[Gunblade89]

So what's everyone's general feeling about this game... ?
Fable 3>Fable 2?

[Second]

I'm quite liking it.

[Jay]

I played for 15 minutes last night and spent my time holding holds with people. Might well be a metaphor for the way the game treats the player. Still quite enjoyed what I played. First base already!

[Second]

I fist bumped like 15 people before I held hands. I'm such a friendship slut.

[Jay]

Haha, yeah I got the achievement for shaking hands. I'm friends with everyone.

[Cerebral]

I like how Molyneux initially stated his move to have 'no experience bar' in the game would be controversial, then it turns out that you simply get 'Guild Seals' for fighting and completing quests to open chests at predetermined intervals.

(I'm actually really enjoying the game, but still, jesus christ)

[FF Freak]

So I hadn't intended on picking this up originally since I wasn't a fan of fable 2 but in the end folded. I didn't get a chance to play it yesterday but put about 5 hours into it today and have been enjoying it a lot more. Especially the opening sequence with the chicken XD

Picked up the collector's edition as well. If anyone wants to add my gamertag to boost some of the online achievements then feel free. Just make sure that in the friends message you post what your forum name is if it's different to your gamertag. Had a few people add me recently who I have no idea who they are and they don't have friends I know.

[Clift]

Enjoying it so far! :D

Haven't really done much of the main story, I've been getting sidetracked doing jobs (and slowly buying up the towns :D) and making friends. :p

[Natrak]

I married Second in a nice little ceremony in front of Oakwall Academy. Damn prude wouldn't let me kiss him without a commitment.







And then the demon door didn't open.

[V²]

I married Second in a nice little ceremony in front of Oakwall Academy. Damn prude wouldn't let me kiss him without a commitment.

And then the demon door didn't open.

http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:tkRNbcakcKpMJM:http://thwap.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/fry.jpg&t=1

[Jickle]

Is it just me, or does Logan look like Phoenix Wright?

[FF Freak]

I married Second in a nice little ceremony in front of Oakwall Academy. Damn prude wouldn't let me kiss him without a commitment.

And then the demon door didn't open.

apparently it requires multiple touch expressions not just a kiss. The door isn't so clear

here's something gold I found on the gamefaqs forums though:

I get married to an NPC and while I'm busy remodeling the house, she walks outside and promptly gets pecked to death by a random flock of crows.

[Xanafalgue]

lmfao

[aubergine]

apparently it requires multiple touch expressions not just a kiss. The door isn't

I saw the "demon door" as a metaphor for Second's man-marriage mound.

[FF Freak]

anyone had problems with glitched achievements? I've unlocked 10 however while my profile shows the pictures for 10 it says I've only unlocked 9 and only gives me points for 9. Ironically when I look at my profile on xbox.com it shows it as 10 so may be an xbox issue.

[Jickle]

Just finished the game. It's....good, but I feel like so much more could have been done with it. The decision making as a king is great, but the system in place is really simplified and you don't really get to see the results of your decisions unless you actively go out and have a look at things. The 'relationship' system is now too irritating to really follow through on once you've got your first wife and the combat is stupidly simple. Still, I found the game painfully addictive and I enjoyed all the stat-tracking. Unsure whether to go back and bash through some side-quests or not now.

[Natrak]

I'm getting a tonne of enjoyment out of it, but there are definitely a lot of strange decisions Lionhead made. I think they definitely went a bit overboard on all that "sanctuary replaces the menu" stuff, for instance.

I'd recommend giving some of the side quests a go, there's some good stuff in there (well, the structure doesn't vary too much, but there are some entertaining little stories). Personally I've been going off doing the side stuff in between story missions, I can't really imagine just leaving it all and blazing through the game, I think the game has more to offer than that.

[Jickle]

The truth is I was doing a few sidequests as I went along and I wasn't really enjoying any of them (except the tabletop RPG one, that was great). I prioritized the main quest because I found it much more interesting. The downside being that now I'm at the end with a heap of content I haven't played through and little desire to actually do so, especially since (endgame spoilers):

Most of Albion's population died in the final attack and the streets seem a bit bare.

[ElPresidente]

I'd love to be playing this game but it has glitched and I can't leave the sanctuary by pressing start - I have to fast travel somewhere :(

This is really bad if you do it during a mission where you have to complete that mission before doing anything else (like going through the tunnels after the rail car falls) then you have no way of getting back to your game outside of loading an old save.

Please fix this ASAP Lionhead. :(

[Natrak]

There seem to be some killer bugs in the game. Oakwall is completely bugged for a mate of mine, it seems to be something to do with the chicken race. If he bets on the Chicken Race the town will be less bugged, but I think he still has trouble accepting quests or shopping there.

I've also heard about a glitch where John Cleese doesn't give you access to melee weapons when you need them at the start - meaning you can't progress with the game.

[Second]

My Jasper stopped talking. Serious game breaking bug... It no longer has any charm!

[ElPresidente]

Yeah... Jasper is not talking for me either.

I know people said Fable II was buggy on release but surely it didn't compare to this. I don't remember any significant issues with my copy of Fable II.

[Lex]

I got stuck behind a lot of doors in co-op, but apart from that it wasn't so bad.

[Xanafalgue]

Finally popped this in the 360. Only spent about an hour on it last night/this morning. Much more engaging than Fable II.

[Second]

Want some money and weapons and clothes? I'm about to start a new game and won't be able to take it with me.

[Xanafalgue]

Oh dude... that's so nice of you, and I really want to... but it feels like cheating!

[Second]

It is cheating.


Gimme a yell when you want it. I just know you'll want it a little bit further down the track.

BTW, it goes from 122 days to 0 days over a single mission.

[Jay]

It is cheating.


Gimme a yell when you want it. I just know you'll want it a little bit further down the track.

BTW, it goes from 122 days to 0 days over a single mission.

Yes, I found that quite a surprise, and a bit annoying too.

[Second]

I had like 12 million saved up by that point, so it didn't bother me much. Bronze, on the other hand, got screwed over.

[FF Freak]

I've been wondering...is it just one save file for this game?? I've been under the assumption that it is and promised all my weapons and gold to a mate after I finish and start my second character.

[Natrak]

Nope, you can have 5 different characters.

[Second]

¿wut?

[Natrak]

If you choose new game from the options menu it will start a new character without overwriting your current character. If you choose load from the options menu you'll be taken to a room with five pedestals, one for each character you can save.

[sausage]

hahahaha owned

[Second]

Awesome.

[FF Freak]

If you choose new game from the options menu it will start a new character without overwriting your current character. If you choose load from the options menu you'll be taken to a room with five pedestals, one for each character you can save.

awesome thanks for the info. Was gonna pep you for it but I gotta pep other people first :(

[ElPresidente]

Over the weekend I restarted this and was able to complete the game without the glitch I mentioned earlier getting in the way.

I enjoyed the world a lot more than Fable II but where the last game had really nailed the complexity/simplicity equation Fable III goes too far down the simplicity side of things.

Still really enjoyed the game and the story was more memorable this time around (I acutally felt kind of sorry for Logan - I'd also picked up on his motives during the first vision the Sage gives you) but overall the game is too simple and basic to be as enjoyable as Fable II.

No casualties during the final battle either - I chose 'good' decisions during my reign as monarch but thankfully I also owned pretty much every piece of land in Albion so finding 6.5 million in my personal coffers to put into the treasury was actually quite easy. :P

Oh and I also got the 'finish game without being knocked-out' achievement. (not that it was particularly hard mind you :P)

[HiredMan]

Was gonna pick this up with my 360 replacement but your post is putting me off, Prez.

[ElPresidente]

Rent it over the weekend I say. I did have a ball with it and I couldn't put it down until complete but it just wasn't as good as Fable II (the best Fable in my eyes).

Oh and also, having to do a fetch quest to make people a friend is bollocks. :P

Also there are not enough rich lesbians in Albion!

[HiredMan]

Yeah I loved Fable 2 too but what you've said about 3 being overly simplistic has put me off.

I'll give it a rent or borrow it off someone.

[Xanafalgue]

I also like it more than Fable II, but it really is My First RPG.

They should just put up a 'hard mode' as free DLC like Mistwalker did for Blue Dragon. This, however, wouldn't erradicate things like one button combat.

[Natrak]

I'd definitely say it's worth playing if you liked Fable II, I'm even happy with having purchased it. But yeah, perhaps it might be best giving it a rent first, it's indeed a flawed game.

The combat's much the same as it was in Fable II, really (aside from what Lionhead did to magic :/) I'd even say it's more entertaining, my biggest problem with the simplifications Lionhead made come in the inventory and the expression system.

[Second]

The Magic change is certainly interesting. I just wish the dual-gauntlets made more interesting results.

[FF Freak]

I liked the change to the expression system to an extent. I hated the expression wheel in 2 but at the same time it gets a little annoying that every time I interacted with some one new the A expression defaulted to either chat or dance.

The combat was very simplistic but I liked some of the quick kill animations that cam up against certain enemies when you were using certain weapons against them.

But I agree with Larz, while I didn't like Fable 2, but enjoyed 3, it very much is a my first RPG since. Especially since I play a lot of JRPGs and WRPGs.

Except for getting the melee kill and magic kill achievements I went through the entire game with a gun and got the "finish the game without getting knocked out" achievement. I just need to wrap up a few collectible achievements and online/trade achievements. Hopefully the dlc for the game is spectacular.

[McChimp]

Still got to give this a go! From what I've heard it's Fable 2 plus and minus a few things.......liked Fable, was on the fence with Fable 2.

[ElPresidente]

If you enjoyed the first Fable but didn't enjoy the sequel I think you'll find the third moves even further from the original.

[Cubby]

I only played the original when it came out. About 2 weeks ago though, I borrowed 2 & 3 off my brother and finished the pair in about a week. I really enjoyed F2, but F3 not so much, to me it feels more like another trying to be Fable, rather than a proper Fable game.

The stupid quests you have to do to advance relationships was annoying, and I want to kick whoever thought it would be a good idea to have you run around in the meuns (sanctuary) square in the ****.

The money aspect seemed to be a bit off too. I think I owned everything you could own with millions left over, and that was after all the goody-goody decisions that cost you money.

[AyatollaofRocknRolla]

I must say I've found Fable 3 a bit dull. It hasn't added much to what Fable 2 already had. The combat is a bit too simple and the expression system has grown tiresome. Theres just not much depth to any of the systems. Its still got a charm to it, but Id love to see something more ambitious if the Fable series continues.

[Cubby]

Would be interesting to see the overall world move into a recent history stage, with the introduction of electricity etc. Maybe by Fable V.

[Xanafalgue]

So I finally get around to playing this properly some 14 months after it launched, and I'm really enjoying it. Trying to complete as much stuff as I can (except the naughty quests!).

At what point should I stop the main quest and finish off everything else?

[9warbane]

Once you've made lesbians, then that's enough.

[Spazzola]

So I finally get around to playing this properly some 14 months after it launched, and I'm really enjoying it. Trying to complete as much stuff as I can (except the naughty quests!).

At what point should I stop the main quest and finish off everything else?

If you want to be super nice and fulfil all promises, you'll need 6.5mil for one of the post-rev days (or for all of them, I'm not quite sure). Otherwise, whenever you feel like it :D

I made the mistake of doing an assassination with my maul. Took out the artist, as well as two women with the first swing and I'm sure I hit a child with the second. Nothing like having people say what a great king I am in one breath, then telling me to jump of a cliff with the next.

One thing I loved about this game were the gnomes. I found their insults surprisingly amusing.