Comments on: Fable II, some raids, and other goodies http://mmoquests.com/2009/08/10/fable-ii-some-raids-and-other-goodies/ A peek into my world of mmo gaming Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:33:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Rob http://mmoquests.com/2009/08/10/fable-ii-some-raids-and-other-goodies/comment-page-1/#comment-10568 Rob Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:03:50 +0000 http://mmoquests.com/?p=2481#comment-10568 Yay! I received Fable 2 as a Christmas gift last year and spent a solid week playing nothing else. I think it is a great example of real "role playing" in a console game. The Last Remnant is a game very near and dear to my heart as well. It is gorgeous, but it has a steep learning curve. For example, if you just run out and fight stuff willy nilly, you will raise your battle rank, but gain very little in the way of stat boosts from fighting. Battle Rank doesn't do much for you. Stats do. So the idea is that you want to always try to fight things that are difficult for you. This will slowly raise your battle rank, but you will gain tons of stat boosts per fight. I suppose in this regard it is like an MMO. You gain little to nothing from fighting things that you can steamroll. Anyway, despite the steep learning curve, the game allowing you to shoot yourself in the foot, and the graphical hitches, I LOVE The Last Remnant. In order to mitigate the graphics loading issues and pop-in, I suggest installing the game to the xbox hard drive. You will still need the physical media to play, but textures and other graphic assets will load off the hard disk much faster. If you need any help in Fable II or just want a friend hang with, feel free to send me a friend request (This also goes for anyone reading this blog as well). I am cacophonic7 on xbox live. Yay! I received Fable 2 as a Christmas gift last year and spent a solid week playing nothing else. I think it is a great example of real “role playing” in a console game. The Last Remnant is a game very near and dear to my heart as well. It is gorgeous, but it has a steep learning curve. For example, if you just run out and fight stuff willy nilly, you will raise your battle rank, but gain very little in the way of stat boosts from fighting. Battle Rank doesn’t do much for you. Stats do. So the idea is that you want to always try to fight things that are difficult for you. This will slowly raise your battle rank, but you will gain tons of stat boosts per fight. I suppose in this regard it is like an MMO. You gain little to nothing from fighting things that you can steamroll.

Anyway, despite the steep learning curve, the game allowing you to shoot yourself in the foot, and the graphical hitches, I LOVE The Last Remnant. In order to mitigate the graphics loading issues and pop-in, I suggest installing the game to the xbox hard drive. You will still need the physical media to play, but textures and other graphic assets will load off the hard disk much faster.

If you need any help in Fable II or just want a friend hang with, feel free to send me a friend request (This also goes for anyone reading this blog as well). I am cacophonic7 on xbox live.

]]> By: stargrace http://mmoquests.com/2009/08/10/fable-ii-some-raids-and-other-goodies/comment-page-1/#comment-10563 stargrace Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:43:24 +0000 http://mmoquests.com/?p=2481#comment-10563 I don't like ganster movies, Sopranos, or anything of the sort - which is why I won't be playing. :) It's just simply not my genre. Nothing against the game at all! I don’t like ganster movies, Sopranos, or anything of the sort – which is why I won’t be playing. :) It’s just simply not my genre. Nothing against the game at all!

]]> By: Scott http://mmoquests.com/2009/08/10/fable-ii-some-raids-and-other-goodies/comment-page-1/#comment-10562 Scott Mon, 10 Aug 2009 14:35:00 +0000 http://mmoquests.com/?p=2481#comment-10562 No GTA4? How come? It's not like you're forced to beat hookers -- and that was in GTA3 anyway, not 4 -- and whatever. It's basically just playing through a gangster movie. Violence and language in the (skippable) cinematics but nothing we haven't heard in a typical gangster movie or Sopranos episode. Like Fable2, it has a lot of features (especially the AI of the citizens, for me) that I'd like to see implemented and improved upon in MMOs. No GTA4? How come? It’s not like you’re forced to beat hookers — and that was in GTA3 anyway, not 4 — and whatever. It’s basically just playing through a gangster movie. Violence and language in the (skippable) cinematics but nothing we haven’t heard in a typical gangster movie or Sopranos episode. Like Fable2, it has a lot of features (especially the AI of the citizens, for me) that I’d like to see implemented and improved upon in MMOs.

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