Fable III

Platforms

• PC

  May 17, 2011

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  7.3

  playscore

  7.7

  12 Critics

  6.6

  2.02K Players
• Xbox 360

  Oct 26, 2010

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  8.2

  playscore

  8.2

  28 Critics

  8.5

  197K Players

33 critic reviews · 6 community reviews across all platforms

Critic Reviews

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  PC Gamer

  6.5

  The only true choice comes at the end of the game, and the outcome can be either utterly mystifying or underwhelming, as a threat from across the seas either kills all your subjects, or doesn't. This in a game predicated on talking to everyone. A little harder when they're dead. Fable III is pockmarked with kernels of delight and imagination, but they're harder to root out among such a bland backdrop.

  Reviewed on PC

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  Inside Gaming

  7.5

  Fable III is a fascinating mishmash of concepts that don’t always mesh well

  Reviewed on PC
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  IGN

  6.0

  An underdeveloped combat system, uneven story, heaps of bland quests and an endgame that feels rushed make the overall experience feel unfocused and unbalanced. The cast of characters may occasionally make you giggle, but aren't developed nearly enough to establish a meaningful bond to create the kind of moral turmoil Lionhead is clearly aiming for. For a game that tries so hard to get under your skin, Fable III rarely manages to do much more than scratch the surface.

  Reviewed on PC

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  Game Trailers

  8.9

  It’s easy to recommend Fable III to anyone who enjoyed the second game. It’s very similar, but the story is stronger, the decisions you make have more gravity, the coop is vastly improved, and the design forces you to sample everything the game has to offer. It’s a brief experience for those who choose to follow the bread crumb trail, but there’s still no other game like it and it’s worth the effort to find out what kind of ruler you will be.

  Reviewed on X360
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  CVG

  9.2

  Thought provoking and thoroughly entertaining - but be warned: This time your choices really do have consequences

  Reviewed on X360
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  Games Radar+

  9.0

  In a bare-bones appraisal, this works no differently to the traditional action RPG model (meet characters, find out what they want, achieve it via a combat-driven dungeon-crawl, get them on side), but thanks to Fable III’s idiosyncratic new interface and the story’s darker, harder edge, it all means so much more. Big, clever and funny, you'll rarely have enjoyed going through such punishing emotional torment

  Reviewed on PC, X360

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  Game Informer

  9.0

  Let players lead a revolution against a tyrannical king and eventually wear the crown themselves. Albion’s steampunk update looks great, and the characters are hilariously foppish. The score is rousing when it needs to be, touching when the action calls for it, and unobtrusive most other times. Lionhead has stripped controls down to the core, which is sometimes detrimental. There’s still a lot to do in Albion, and the package is alluring enough to make you want to actually do it again and again.

  Reviewed on X360
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  The Escapist

  8.0

  Fable 3 is the best Fable yet. It's mature and thought provoking, with a final act that will genuinely surprise and confound you. It could've been a masterpiece, but its many technical problems bring it down. It's frustrating, but play it anyway, if only for the wonderfully quirky quests and the way your choices genuinely pull at your conscience. Or just to kick the chickens, whatever.

  Reviewed on X360

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  Video Gamer

  8.0

  Molyneux's fervent quest for accessibility might alienate some core gamers, but even the most cynical of critics would struggle to suppress a smile while playing Fable III. To enjoy a game to this extent despite so many flaws only serves to show how utterly compelling adventuring in Albion can be.

  Reviewed on X360

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  Joystiq

  8.0

  Fable 3 doesn't strive to introduce new mechanics but is instead pre-occupied with fixing and streamlining existing ones. But if Fable 2's unwieldy menus kept you from much of the amazing content that game had to offer, you're going to like what Lionhead's built for you. While it's puzzling to watch so much effort go into streamlining Fable 2's already superb design without fixing its obvious technical shortcomings, try not to let that distract you from what remains an exceptional game.

  Reviewed on X360

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