Fable 1 on XBOX 360

Technology and Gaming
#1

I’m considering of buying Fable 1 on XBOX Live so my little brother can play it on the XBOX 360. I know that these games use software emulation and so aren’t 100% compatible, and I’ve heard different people say different things about how playable this game is on the XBOX 360.

But does anyone here actually have the original Fable 1 on XBOX 360 (not The Lost Chapters because this is reportedly even more glitchy), could you tell me if this game is still playable and what kind of glitches I should expect?

Please also mention if you have the disc version or XBLA version, and whether you have the PAL version or not.

#2

I have the XBLA version, played through a couple of times and no serious glitching for me, at least nothing that stopped me playing the game altogether. I haven’t played it for a while and definitely not on the latest dashboard update but I can’t see how it would have changed that much.

#3

Does the game lag sometimes?

#4

Xbox Arcade version is like the original version but it was designed to work specifically with the xbox 360. Shouldn’t have any major problems with any XBLA title.

#5

I have the original fable: The lost chapters and aside from a bit of slowdown now and again it runs pretty good. Bear in mind this is the disc version though.

#6

Keep in mind that the ending for Fable 1 basically breaks the game. I won’t reveal much, but major locations are inaccessible. Fable TLC doesn’t work too badly on the 360 anyway.

#7

I have the original fable (not TLC) and have played it through on my 360 many times. It works fine.

#8

I noticed a few lag spikes here and there (like when there’s a handful of enemies), but nothing too serious.

#9

I probably should have mentioned that it will freeze every once in a while, but it did that on original hardware anyway. It only happens when you play for like, 5 hours straight anyway.

#10

Not to derail this thread, but does the fable lost chapters work on the computer well? I’ve heard that it’s full of virus’s and a bad idea…

#11

hte state of back compatability on the ps3 and xbox is wicked shitty. none of the games ive wanted to play have ever worked right if at all.

#12

I have Fable: TLC for PC, it works pretty well, and you could probably get better graphics.

#13

How could a commercially released game from a reputable company be full of viruses?

#14

He has probably been trying to torrent it and failing, hard.

#15

No an old friend of mine purchased it and shortly thereafter lost his computer to a series of bsods, so he told me to avoid it. I didn’t think much back then and didn’t even think about what i was asking. I did torrent it as I have it on the Xbox and it worked wonderfully.

#16

Actually, with all of the XBLA versions of Xbox 1 games, they run pretty much the same since they just ripped the disc and packaged it to run on the 360. San Andreas occasionally has problems rendering the world (go into the gym near CJ’s house and marvel at the world falling off into nothingness) but is fairly solid other than that, from what I’ve seen. (this is the DL version, not the disc version, I have NFC how the disc version runs on a 360)

I haven’t played the original Fable on my 360, but TLC seems to run fine from what I’ve played. It has a bit of slowdown here and there, but everything worked when I was playing it. US version.

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