split/screen co-op

I am close to the end now, prolonging my stay in the game by completing minor quests, exploring the world, shooting gnomes off windowsills and collectiong books.

As always (since Fable II, where I still log in to see how my two wives are doing) I feel very comfortable walking around and just being in the game. Because I like to walk and not use the fast travel option, my playing runs in a slow, leisurely manner, and I have enough time to think about the world I am exploring.

As a whole, the world of Fable III is very realistic, especially when it comes to the main characters in the game. I especially like the fact that none of them, even those who seemed eternally evil at first glance, is completely good or bad. Every character has his or her small (or in the case of Reaver, not so small) inperfections, which are particularly visible when the characters are faced with a conflict.

Although I have only good things to say about Fable III, I still have three questions:

No. This zombie-killing vehicular-combat title for the Xbox 360 and PS3 does not offer any kind of local co-op and its online multiplayer does not support split-screen.

You all hated the new Xbox 360 dashboard. So did I. But in two months’ time most of you will have forgotten an old dashboard ever even existed. I will hate on.

Hit the jump to learn why.

My top three among the new game releases on the European market this week are listed below. To see a full list of the new releases in Europe for the week, you can visit vgchartz.com.

My favorites for this week after the jump

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Three games, which I find very interesting and think would be cool to play, will hit the stores in the U.S. this week. To see a full list of the new releases in the USA for the week, you can visit vgchartz.com.

My favorites for this week after the jump

In this week’s installment: BioShock pumpkin, the best split-screen co-op story, GTA: San Andreas, Pixar’s Up, Borderlands and Fable III.

Hit the jump for all the Qs and As.

I played a demo of Fable III on the first day of the show and thought it was rather short. On the second day I noticed that people were playing something that looked different from my experience and I was puzzled. On the last day I had another go and solved the mistery.

It turned out that they had several different demos, showcasing different aspects of the game. One was all about combat and fighting enemies, one was a demonstration of the game’s social aspects, like holding hands etc, one was heavily dialogistic, and so on. I’d picked the shortest one because it was first on the list and I didn’t realise there were any other options.

On Sunday I played another demo which was so long that I didn’t actually finish it (though I completed two quests). My initially excellent impressions did not change a bit. It seems that Lionhead has kept all the best things from the previous game and added cool new features. This will be one of my next favourite games, I have no doubt.