So I just beat Fable 3. Overall I enjoyed it just as much as Fable 2, which is to say a lot. Now I want to talk about the ending. No, not the problem that Brad had with it, although I agree with him on that part being stupid and badly designed. I want to talk about the way my ending played out and the rather odd message it seemed to be conveying to me.
There are a total of four different ending based on whether you kept your promises and how much gold is in the treasury.
They are as following...
- Good ending - You kept your promises and got enough gold to defend Albion.
- Somewhat Good ending - You kept your promises but did not have enough gold to defend Albion.
- Kind of Bad ending - You did not kept your promises but got enough gold to defend Albion.
- Bad ending - You did not kept your promises and did not have enough gold to defend Albion.
Now here's why I say kind of bad. As I'm breaking my promises and siding with Reaver, I'm destroying Albion. People hate me, the land starts looking crappy, and my karma meter dropped right into the red. But once I stopped the Crawler my standing changed. Because I had enough gold, no one died, and because no one died I was proclaimed a hero and loved by all! Even in the final scene with Theresa she told me that betraying my allies was the right thing to do because it saved Albion. So I guess its ok to be evil as long as you save everyone?
Ok, so what happens if you get the opposite ending which is the "Somewhat good ending"? Well, everyone loves you because your keeping your promises and making Albion a better place. But since you don't get enough money tons of people die and now everyone hates you. The "Kind of bad ending" seems sort of better doesn't it?
So the message of Fable 3's ending is that its better to do the wrong thing rather then the right thing as long as the ends justify the means. I don't know about you but that seems like a shitty moral to me.
Still, its a great game with some annoying flaws thats worth getting. Now I'm off to start my good female play-though.
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