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Posted December 02, 2022
Fabled Lands, an old-school open world RPG from Prime Games, is available on GOG with a 40% discount, ending on December 12th, 2 PM UTC.

An iconic gamebooks series by Dave Morris and Jamie Thomson took a digital turn as an adventure-ridden RPG! A classic fantasy narrative will guide you through plenty of quests and open-world locations. Choose a class, make decisions, explore, trade and fight!

Get it now, or check out the free demo and see for yourself!
Posted December 02, 2022
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GOG.com: Release: Fabled Lands, an old-school open world RPG
Well, I wouldn't call this "old-school"...
Posted December 02, 2022
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GOG.com: Release: Fabled Lands, an old-school open world RPG
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BreOl72: Well, I wouldn't call this "old-school"...
Well, the original gamebooks started in 1995. I guess it depends on how close this game follows the original formula.
Posted December 02, 2022
Looks interesting.
Posted December 02, 2022
Reminds me of Steve Jackson's Sorcery games... and like the art style; some of those screen shots are gorgeous!

Will definitely pick this up (in time)...

... still, tempted to jump the gun after reading some reviews...
Post edited December 02, 2022 by kai2
Posted December 02, 2022
Fabled Lands - 3 Min Review - choose your own adventure!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkGtfJJIwpk
Post edited December 02, 2022 by DD & Ji Ji
Posted December 02, 2022
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kai2: Steve Jackson's Sorcery
Speaking of:

Sorcery! Parts 1 and 2
Sorcery! Part 3
Sorcery! Part 4
Sorcery!
Steve Jackson's Sorcery! - The Complete Collection
Posted December 02, 2022
Battlefield fits the palm of my hand, per trailer. What's the challenge?
Posted December 03, 2022
You can grab the books if you feel like some good old paper https://fabledlands.blogspot.com/
They also are responsible for several other game book series etc
Posted December 03, 2022
Looks interesting, I see "free demo", I'm in.
Posted December 03, 2022
Something to keep in mind: This contains the central northern continent of the Fabled Land series - so The War-Torn Kingdom, Cities of Gold and Glory, The Plains of Howling Darkness, and The Court of Hidden Faces. There are plans to release the remaining two books from the original series as DLC - Over the Blood Dark Sea and Lords of the Rising Sun.

If this does well enough then we might even see the new book The Serpent King’s Domain.

So far I’m having a blast reliving the gamebooks from childhood. I’m looking forward to more books being added!
Posted December 03, 2022
For those who are playing (or have played) the game...

... are there any random events?

I'm hearing that a 2nd playthrough is really hobbled by a lack of randomness.

I can certainly live with a game lacking randomness, but if I'm limited to one unique playthrough, that does somewhat change what I'm willing to pay for the experience.
Posted December 03, 2022
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BreOl72: Well, I wouldn't call this "old-school"...
Minimum system requirements are 'Windows XP SP2+'

That's pretty old school...
Posted December 04, 2022
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kai2: For those who are playing (or have played) the game...

... are there any random events?

I'm hearing that a 2nd playthrough is really hobbled by a lack of randomness.

I can certainly live with a game lacking randomness, but if I'm limited to one unique playthrough, that does somewhat change what I'm willing to pay for the experience.
Well, each area you got to that has random encounters rolls some die/dice and usually has three events - the one picked depends on the roll. There is a lot of randomness in this game as well as ways to mitigate them. But the events themselves are set - once you've seen them all that's pretty much it. This is pretty much a choose your own adventure book from the 90s. The only thing different is the combat which is far more tactical and interesting.

That said there is a surprising amount of things to do in this game. It's very easy to lose a lot of time just exploring.
Posted December 04, 2022
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kai2: For those who are playing (or have played) the game...

... are there any random events?

I'm hearing that a 2nd playthrough is really hobbled by a lack of randomness.

I can certainly live with a game lacking randomness, but if I'm limited to one unique playthrough, that does somewhat change what I'm willing to pay for the experience.
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tremere110: Well, each area you got to that has random encounters rolls some die/dice and usually has three events - the one picked depends on the roll. There is a lot of randomness in this game as well as ways to mitigate them. But the events themselves are set - once you've seen them all that's pretty much it. This is pretty much a choose your own adventure book from the 90s. The only thing different is the combat which is far more tactical and interesting.

That said there is a surprising amount of things to do in this game. It's very easy to lose a lot of time just exploring.
Many thanks. I really appreciate your response!

Hearing that the entire experience is rather large certainly helps to justify the price. ;)

With Lone Wolf (hear that GOG? Lone Wolf!!!) or a Steve Jackson game I'd jump at it due to nostalgia, but unfortunately I have no history with Fabled Lands.

If I might ask one last thing...

... do you have an idea how long the game is?

I checked the How Long to Beat site and no one has input that info. yet.
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