I have to say, I really like Fable III. After playing Bioware games like Dragon Age (Origins and II) I expected to find it pretty dull. But it has some cool features. First, I can play the strong female heroine type, which anyone that knows me, knows is priority number one.

Second, there is some romantic stuff, which though not as intense as Bioware does it, is fun none the less. My Hero/Princess/Queen found her lost childhood sweetheart, married him, and had a baby. And this didn’t take away a BIT of her heroism. In fact, Elliot is primary caregiver, and that’s kinda cool. Though I find it amusing that their biological child has made them an inter-racial family, while their adopted son is white. Which, is pretty awesome if you ask me, after learning in my cultural anthropology class that race is social not biological. Nice of a game to reflect that.

There’s also the element of moral  choices. Do you keep your promises or break them? Do you spare Logan, your brother, the deposed king for his actions, after hearing his reasons or do you execute him. Raise taxes? Lower them? or keep them the same? OR do you lower them, and donate your personal wealth to the treasury?

My hero has defeated Logan, spared him, opted to keep all the promises to those that got her there. She lowered the taxes, opting to contribute her own earnings to the treasury.

Her appearance changes with her moral choices and battles. This is also a feature I enjoy. She isn’t picture perfect after all the battles. She has a rather large scar upon her face, and bruises under her armor.

I really didn’t expect to enjoy it this much. I still suck at combat, and I’d suggest if playing on PC, you get a USB controller, since it is a console  port. But I definitely recommend it, especially if you like The SIMS, and RPG in general. It’s a pretty good combination of those worlds.

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