I hear from everyone that Skyrim is the god of open world games. From some of my friends it's daggerfall, and to me, it's the first fable game.
What I like about Fable 1 is that the areas are controlled and they are their own environments. While I like the Bethesda game (every game from bethesda is the same with changed textures and an engine update), I think it is the most effective for a game to have a controlled environment in each area that the feel of the game is based on what the mind set of the game is what it is supposed to be.
What I mean by that is that you can go to Winterhold in Skyrim and for some reason a WhiteRun gaurd is there because of a bug. He probably walked there in the load time while you either walked there or while you quick traveled to arrest you and whatever. The time in the game speeds up in these quick travels.
In Fable each area has it's own variables, versus the entire world having the exact same variables except caves and houses, and because of that there are less bugs at the price of loading time. Though on a core 2 duo or i7 or WHATEVER you have, those load times are limited by your hardware.
Opinions?
What I like about Fable 1 is that the areas are controlled and they are their own environments. While I like the Bethesda game (every game from bethesda is the same with changed textures and an engine update), I think it is the most effective for a game to have a controlled environment in each area that the feel of the game is based on what the mind set of the game is what it is supposed to be.
What I mean by that is that you can go to Winterhold in Skyrim and for some reason a WhiteRun gaurd is there because of a bug. He probably walked there in the load time while you either walked there or while you quick traveled to arrest you and whatever. The time in the game speeds up in these quick travels.
In Fable each area has it's own variables, versus the entire world having the exact same variables except caves and houses, and because of that there are less bugs at the price of loading time. Though on a core 2 duo or i7 or WHATEVER you have, those load times are limited by your hardware.
Opinions?