Get into somebody else’s shoes and live his life. And this is far from your bread-and-butter life. You get to impersonate someone who has had a normal childhood but is forced to outgrow it when his family is wrecked apart by forces of evil. He’s the Chosen One, entrusted with the fate of the world. As he embarks on his perilous journey, he faces challenges and temptations, which he has to overcome with his mind and might, to emerge victorious.
Sounds simple? Actually not. For all throughout the game you will be fraught with decisions whether to tread the path of good or side with the evil, the latter obviously is always an enticing option. Your decisions will shape your character and looks. For instance, a heroic feat will add to your muscle mass while a shady deed will earn you scornful looks.
Looks? Yes. For the game scene is replete with vibrant characters who act and interact to each and every occurrence. Thus you have the ironsmith who does his duty by day, actually downs his shutters in the evening and then goes to bed. If you are the do-gooder sort, you will even earn praises from the villagers.
This is role-playing at its superlative. Even DiCaprio didn’t have this much fun in Catch Me If You Can.
Cons Not feature-rich as the PC version Sometimes tad too simple
Rating We rated Microsoft Fable - The Lost Chapters (Xbox) with 7 out
of 10 based on its features,
design, usability and value for money.
FEATURES In this groundbreaking role-playing adventure game from game designer Peter Molyneux, players’ every action determines their character’s skills, appearance and morality.
The character’s life story is created from childhood to death. They can grow from an inexperienced child into the most powerful being in the world, choose the path of righteousness, or dedicate their life to evil. Muscles expand with each feat of strength; force of will increases with each work of wit. Obesity follows gluttony, skin tans with exposure to sunlight and bleaches bone-white by moonlight. Players earn scars in battle and lines of experience with age. Each person they aid, each flower they crush, each creature they slay, will change the world forever. In Project Ego, gamers decide: Who will I be?
The longest journey always starts with one step. When your mother and sister are kidnapped, your first action is to travel across the magical land of Albion to find your father, the famed Hero. But soon you are plunged into a world of danger you couldn’t possibly have imagined. A dark force is gathering. A power to bring evil to every town and village in Albion, and to destroy the fairytale lives of the inhabitants. This evil force has turned the very Heroes into power-crazed, ruthless warriors. Only your father has resisted. That’s why your family has been taken. And that’s why the fate of your family is now in your hands. Oh, and the fate of the entire world.
As you embark on your adventure as a young, callow youth, you’ll learn that something makes you different to all the others. You have a force of Will. During your adventures, you’ll grow up, grow stronger, grow more powerful and eventually grow old. But how you grow is down to you. Use your sword a great deal and your muscles will build. Use ruthless cunning and refuse to care about others and you’ll become evil. Use your force of Will and you’ll become wizardlike and wise. Your character changes according to the way you play.
The mystical world of Albion is immense. Hidden ruins, huge towns, caverns and mountains all exist, and there are hundreds of characters, all growing and interacting, and all with their own artificial intelligence. Even the ones who aren’t human. There is the option to ally with many of these characters, to learn what they know, to help or hinder them, to heal them or hack them to pulp.
You face tasks big and small, perilous and rewarding. And with every step, you decide where you’ll go next, what you’ll face, who you’ll talk to and of course, who will feel the force of your Will or the edge of your sword. The game features innovative control and unparallel freedom. You don’t have to sit through a word of storyline if you don’t want, and you are always free to travel wherever you choose. When and how you tackle the immense, detailed and gripping battle against the forces of evil is always down to you.
Albion is a land of magic and a realm of Heroes. But as it faces the ultimate enemy, are you ready to be the biggest hero of all?
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