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Narration[edit]
Actor Henry Dardenne is the game’s narrator. He narrates the introduction sequence that details the plot of the game, as well as a variety of notifications during gameplay.

In his work voice acting in video games, he is also known for his performance as Peppy Hare in the English version of Star Fox: Assault.

Community Content[edit]
Like many other games with a passionate fanbase, the community creates a variety of mods for other players to use. Fate 's developers have released tools to aid in the creation of mods[citation needed] and over one hundred mods exist in a community database. Mods for Fate range from simple potions and weapons to new spells and town make-overs. The community has created tutorials for creating new weapons, armor, spells, monsters, and other such items. One pitfall of these activities is the stability of the game; for this reason, it is recommended that the original game files be backed up prior to the installation of any third-party changes.

Merchandising[edit]
In December 2021, the owners of the Fate franchise's Facebook and Twitter accounts utilized reaction polls to determine which Fate character the community favored most. The most voted upon was Fate personified as shown on the game’s cover, and a limited edition plush of this character was later released by WildTangent as merchandise on July 15th, 2022. This was announced on the Steam page for the game, and the plush was successfully funded via a Makeship crowdfunding campaign.

Reception[edit]
Reception Fate was positively received by critics, garnering an average review score of 80% at GameRankings and a score of 80/100 at Metacritic.

Greg Kasavin of GameSpot called it "a high-quality game that delivers well on a concept that isn't ambitious but is well known for being fun and addictive," while pointing out its strong resemblance to Blizzard Entertainment's Diablo. Writing for GameSpy, William Abner praised the game as "elegantly designed" and singled out the charm and personality of the game's graphics and pet animations. Both reviewers cited Fate's low price as a selling point but criticized its lack of multiplayer features.

The editors of Computer Games Magazine presented Fate with their 2005 "Best Role-Playing Game" award. It was a runner-up for their list of the year's top 10 computer games. Fate was also a finalist for PC Gamer US 's "Best Roleplaying Game 2005" and "Best Value 2005" awards, which ultimately went to Dungeon Siege II and Guild Wars, respectively.

As of August 2022, the aggregate user reviews on the game's Steam page are categorized as "Overwhelmingly Positive" with a 95% positive review rate from over 2,400 reviews. Metacritic averaged 60 user ratings for a user score of 7.7/10.