Fable III - it does have a charm and maybe not quite as bad as I remember

This is a fairly old topic as Fable III was destroyed by online communities all over because it just failed to live up to anyone's expectations. The only reason I'm bringing it up now is because I've been playing it again and am sort of liking it...

Lets get back to where I started with Fable. The first fable game I played for Fable II and I've mentioned on my blog before as it's one of my all time favourite games. I love the beauty and charm of the world, the graphics are so nice to look at and the feeling of adventure as you quest through the story is something I have played through and loved many times. In addition to the story, just working and doing side quests is joyous too! I can't say how many hours I've spent just chopping wood in Oakfield?!

Fable III... I really wanted to put something on here because I have deeply conflicting feelings about it. On the one hand, they stripped out all the emotional interaction, actually fun jobs (which don't suffer horribly from fps issues also). Fable III essentially turned into a game where you hold A then release to active objects, enter a building, talk to someone, pick, choose, everything! The second "half" of the game was a shambolic attempt to make players be a ruler of a kingdom, choosing which promises to keep and such. This completely fell down because if you sat on your arse long enough you'd easily have enough money to do whatever you needed/wanted.

Finally, I'll mention why I'm playing again and enjoying it. The main reason I started playing again was because I really wanted to see the evil side of ruling the kingdom. Also, the fighting is actually quite fun! I've banned myself from using ranged weapons, which were a bit broken in the game, but using magic and a sword is quite fun and some of the fights are pretty epic! And then there's just the charm of the world, it's still there, what the minions of albion say to you and each other, the gorgeous graphics and the variety of environments. That's pretty much all there is in the game, it's a bit shallow, but I'll play it through with my GF and just take it as it is, then go back to Fable II and realise why I originally traded Fable III; I downloaded Fable III for free when Microsoft were giving it away on xbox live.