Tuesday 8 November 2011

Comparing Games - Fable 2 VS Elder Scrolls

Fable II.jpgFable 2
An action role-play game; developed by Lionhead Studios. Taking place in the fictional land of Albion, containing large cities and castles. The storyline is twins; Sparrow and Rose, one of them gets murdered by Lord Lucien and the other escapes via jumping out of a window. Lord Lucien is now rebuilding a Tatter Spire, gaining himself enormous strength and power. The character that survives depending on the chosen storyline the player picks, discovers they are a descendent hero and are destined to bring Lucien's downfall.   The gameplay constists of many cutscenes, both interactive and non-interactive. Your character becomes companions with a dog, which cannot be killed but can be injured. However, there are no other animals which have been noticed by many players, especially odd sighting of carriages without horses.
The game allows you to reproduce and build relationships, depending on what your character is aiming to achieve. Characters can morph becoming good citizens or bad. This builds throughout the game depending on what morals they achieve throughout the levels.  They can also adapt their skills by selecting the abilities they want, doing this by killing enemies. Such as gaining "shock" magical powers to temporarily defeat the enemy or also, building up a tougher physique so they will survive longer in battle. However, it's possible the character can be both and corrupt with one another.
Marketing was used such as 'Online Competitions' allowed users to name a title for part of the game. Which enables players to unlock the content to gain access to it. Also, producing appropiate artwork that could be used in the game. Furthermore, video diaries were released on the internet monthly featuring aspects of the game such as character's emotions, abilities and locations you will be in the game. Downloadable content is also featured, mainly allowing players to customise or ressurect their pet dog (one of the main characters featured in the game.)

File:The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion cover.pngThe Elder Scrolls IV:OblivionAlso, an action role-play game, developed by Bethesda Softworks. The game is set in Cyrodiil, a province of Tamriel, along with the other game series is set in. The main storyline is that the character's aim is to thwart a fanaticial cult that plans to open the gates to a place called Oblivion. A cult take over and murder the Emperor and his three sons, they rely upon the prisoner which is the player's character, entrusting him with the "Amulet of Kings," which the Emperor of Tamriel wore. The character's can select a human or a anthropomorphic races. These all come with natural abilities but can also customise the character's appearance. The players are given seven main skills which they can level up by killing enemies and improve their attributes. Gaining powers such as such as "blade" or "destruction" or also, "strength" and "willpower." The magic skills enable them to defeat or "shock" enemies temporarily to escape, also for healing and generally affecting others. Health can be restored by spells, potions, or resting; the loss of all health results in death. Throughout the world are a variety of enemies, including standard fantasy monsters like imps and goblins and animals like bears and wolves. NPC's were designed to make choices, rather than complete scripted routines. The manner in which goals such as eating, sleeping, reading, and speaking to others are fulfilled is dependent upon the environment, the choices of other NPCs, and programmed personality values. E.g. someone finding food may resolve into stealing from others. This allowed players to explore and go to various places without error. Downloadable content was available starting with various armour for their horses. Other features included buildings of homes, dungeon areas and magical potions that you weren't able to gain. File:Oblivion—Horse Armor.jpgAlso, the Elder Scrolls IV: Knights of the Nine is an official plug-in for Oblivion, the expansion content was based on the PS3 platform but then featured on Xbox 360 and PC. It was judged by viewers to be a polished addition the game's main plot.
Overall:I think the games were accidental to become similar due to the genre. They are based round the same time in the past, featuring similar features such as animals; horses, dogs etc and generally, the wilderness. Both of the downloadable content, featured animals which seem prior to the game, fitting in the storyline, being seen as useful. Either featuring the dog (a main character in Fable 2,) or a common transport used, the horse.(The Elder Scrolls IV) They both feature a mystical power side, allowing players to gain and improve their abilities in able to conquer enemies and continue the game. Such as magical powers to heal themselves, stop enemies or generally improving the characteristics of their character for battle.
The Elder Scrolls IV:Oblivion - Trailer

Fable 2 Trailer -

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