Fable - The Lost Chapters vs The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)
Fable - The Lost Chapters is an action-RPG open-world game from Lionhead Studios (2011) while The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) is an action-RPG open-world game from Bethesda Game Studios® (2009).
What each one is
Steam files Fable - The Lost Chapters under Action-RPG and Open-World. In contrast, it files The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) under Action-RPG and Open-World.
Each person you aid, each flower you crush, and each creature you slay will change this world forever. Fable: Who will you be?
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Deluxe Edition, released in 2009.---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.
At a glance
| Fable - The Lost Chapters | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) | |
|---|---|---|
| GamingPickz Score | 7.8/10 | 8.5/10 |
| Steam rating | Very Positive (92%, 8,277) | Overwhelmingly Positive (95%, 52,989) |
| Critic aggregate | 83/100 | 94/100 |
| Price | $9.99 | $19.99 |
| Install size | — | — |
| Steam Deck | playable | playable |
| Released | 2011 | 2009 |
| Developer | Lionhead Studios | Bethesda Game Studios® |
Prices and Steam ratings are read live and move over time.
Fable - The Lost Chapters vs The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009), point by point
Each facet side by side. A round is marked won only where a figure settles it; feel and "which is better" carry no mark, because no number we hold decides them.
Genre and premise
Fable - The Lost ChaptersAction-RPG open-world gameThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)Action-RPG open-world gameWhat each is filed as. Each game describes itself in full above; we do not judge a premise.
How it plays
Fable - The Lost ChaptersRPG, Adventure, ActionThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)RPG, Open World, FantasyThe tags players apply most, in order of votes. A read on feel, not a verdict.
Reception
Fable - The Lost ChaptersScore 7.8 · 92% on Steam · 83 criticThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) ✓Score 8.5 · 95% on Steam · 94 criticThe GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment, critics and popularity, computed the same way for every game.
Content and scale
Fable - The Lost Chapters8,277 reviewsThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)52,989 reviewsReach and footprint, not quality: more reviews or a bigger install is not a better game.
Price
Fable - The Lost Chapters ✓$9.99The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)$19.99Read live from Steam and subject to change.
On a Steam Deck
Fable - The Lost ChaptersPlayableThe Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)PlayableValve's own Deck compatibility rating.
Across the rounds a number can settle, it is level at 1 each. Which one is "better" is the part no figure decides, so we leave it to what you want from the two.
The two on the grid
Compare the whole catalogueFable - The Lost Chapters and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) on the axes the GamingPickz Score is built from, on the full 0 to 100 scale so each dot is its real position. Change either axis to compare them on any measure.
2 games have both
Players. The share of Steam reviews marked positive, pulled toward the catalogue average in proportion to how few reviews stand behind it. A game with 200 reviews moves a long way toward the average; one with 200,000 barely moves at all. Without this a title sitting at 100 percent on nine reviews outranks Half-Life 2 at 98 percent on 278,000.
Popularity. A blend of two things that are not the same. Audience is how many people wrote a Steam review, which is a floor on how many played it. Reach is how many language editions of Wikipedia document the game, which is cultural footprint rather than sales. A game can score high on one and low on the other: a huge free-to-play title has audience without reach, and a landmark console exclusive has reach without a Steam audience at all. Where both exist they are averaged; where only one does, that one carries it.
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Every point links to that game's entry. The value map and the reception map are fixed views of the same data.
How positions are decided
No paid placement, no favouritism, live third-party data
- Placed by the published method, not by us. Every coordinate is computed from the axis definitions and weights printed on this site. Nobody moves a point. See the axes.
- Nothing here is paid for. No sponsored placements, no promoted slots, no arrangement of any kind affects a position. If that ever changes it will be labelled and sit outside the ranking.
- No favouritism, including our own. The 16 games we have written full reviews of are scored by exactly the same formula as the other 1,510, from the same third-party inputs, and they land where it puts them. Our own opinion of a game does not enter its coordinates.
- A position is not an endorsement. It says how a game was received and what it costs, not that we recommend it. Where we do recommend something, it carries a written review with a name on it.
- Fetched from live third-party data. Player sentiment from Steam, critic aggregates as published on store pages, prices checked hourly, attention from Wikipedia. Each figure carries its source and the date it was read, and we do not adjust any of them.
Which to pick, by what you want
- The higher-rated of the two: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) (GamingPickz Score 8.5)
- The cheaper right now: Fable - The Lost Chapters ($9.99)
- The safer bet by weight of reviews: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) (52,989 reviews)
What they have in common
Both are tagged by Steam players with:
RPGAdventureActionFantasyThird PersonSingleplayerClassicAtmospheric
Where they differ
Choices MatterComedyReplay Value
ModdableFirst-PersonSandbox
Tags players apply to one game and not the other.
Difficulty and who each is for
By the tags players apply, Fable - The Lost Chapters is middle-of-the-road on difficulty. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) is middle-of-the-road on difficulty.
System requirements, side by side
| Fable - The Lost Chapters | The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) | |
|---|---|---|
| Minimum GPU | — | 128 MB Direct3D compatible video card and |
| Minimum CPU | 1.4 GHz equivalent | 2 Ghz Intel Pentium 4 |
| Minimum RAM | 0.3 GB | 0.5 GB |
| Install size | — | — |
Can your PC run them? Check each against your own kit: Fable - The Lost Chapters · The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009).
Accessibility features
Steam store pages declare 0 accessibility features for Fable - The Lost Chapters and 0 for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009). A declaration is a floor, not a review.
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Common questions
How different are Fable - The Lost Chapters and The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) in scope?
Fable - The Lost Chapters has drawn 8,277 Steam reviews. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) has drawn 52,989 Steam reviews.
Is Fable - The Lost Chapters or The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) better?
By the GamingPickz Score, The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009) rates higher (8.5 to 7.8). That is a composite of player sentiment, the critic aggregate and popularity, not our taste. "Better" also depends on price, length and platform, which the table above lays out.
Which is cheaper, Fable - The Lost Chapters or The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition Deluxe (2009)?
Fable - The Lost Chapters is cheaper right now at $9.99, against $19.99. Prices move, so this is read live from Steam and can change.
Do you rank one above the other for a fee?
No. Neither game, nor anyone else, pays for placement or a verdict here. The order and every figure come out of the same public data the rest of the site uses.
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How we compare, and what we will not do
The GamingPickz Score is a composite of player sentiment (adjusted for sample size), the critic aggregate and popularity, computed by the same code every ranked list on this site uses. The Steam rating label is Valve's own, reconstructed from the positive percentage and review count. Prices are read live. We do not write an opinion of which game is "better": we report the numbers and say which wins each measurable question above.