# I like Fallout and the Elder Scrolls games. Is Fable up my alley?

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**Created:** [May 30, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-fallout-and-the-elder-scrolls-games-is-fable-up-my-alley/815153 "2018-05-30T22:40:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-fallout-and-the-elder-scrolls-games-is-fable-up-my-alley/815153/1 "2018-05-30T22:40:42Z")

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Note: Despite discussions here, I never did get a computer that could run Fallout 4. I am still running my 2012 laptop. It runs Fallout 3, New Vegas, Oblivion, Skyrim, and obviously anything before that. I own Fallout 4, but have to wait until I get a new laptop in the future.

Should I play Fable 3? Are the Fable games like Fallout and Elder Scrolls? Open world RPG’s where you explore and so forth?

If not, what should I play.

I do not think I can run Witcher 3, by the way. Played Breath of the Wild on my Wii U and loved it(it’s my top game of all time now).

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**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\
**Post date:** [May 30, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-fallout-and-the-elder-scrolls-games-is-fable-up-my-alley/815153/2 "2018-05-30T23:34:03Z")

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I liked Fable 1 and Fable 2, but I wasn’t crazy about Fable 3. Seemed slow and repetitive.

Baldur’s Gate 1-2 and Neverwinter Nights are great RPGs, but there’s not a lot of open-world exploring. Can your system handle Far Cry 3?

If you liked Fallout, you might like Wasteland 2. But it’s not first-person.

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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2018, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-fallout-and-the-elder-scrolls-games-is-fable-up-my-alley/815153/3 "2018-05-31T00:25:24Z")

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Fable has much more railroading than Fallout/Elder Scrolls. It’s somewhat open world and character progression is pretty flexible but I felt forced to play the storyline quests much more.

That said I really like the Fable games, I played them all.

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**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2018, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-like-fallout-and-the-elder-scrolls-games-is-fable-up-my-alley/815153/4 "2018-06-01T01:36:56Z")

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I played and loved Fable II and III before playing Skyrim. Skyrim blew me away. Going from Skryim to Fable III will feel like a step backwards. (But Fable III _is_ fun.)