10 Stupidly Awful Gaming Prisons Staffed By Total Idiots

3. Bargate Prison €“ Fable

When professional cosplayer Jack Of Blades caught you attempting to bust your mother out of Bargate Prison, you're thrown in jail. For all intents and purposes, it looks like the quest's over right then and there €“ Jack's a powerful guy who's going to take over the rest of Albion, and you, the only bloke who can stop him, are taking a year's beard-growing sabbatical. You can't escape your cell, and that's that. Exclusively staffed by folk calling you 'puss-bag,' €“ possibly the worst-worded insult since 'you big Bagpuss' or 'you sly fox you' €“ it's possibly the most functional, impressive prison on this list. Regardless of what happens, you're going to have to spend a year in there. But then, the Achilles heel comes out. It's not that there's a problem with the infrastructure €“ as already stated, without some sort of insider knowledge, Bargate is impossible to escape. But much like Metal Gear Solid, there's always a human element which can spell disaster, and here, it's a poetry-loving warden who makes the prisoners partake in an annual race €“ in their underwear, no less €“ to see who has the dubious pleasure of listening to his work. And you know what? That's ok. Wardens can be eccentric too, and if he really wants an audience, by god, a race is a perfect way to find one. Yet what can't be accepted is that the warden didn't take the necessary precautions. Bargate prison exists to house dissenters to Jack of Blades' plans, and you, the hero, are possibly the biggest threat he could face. So if you have to be invited into the warden's office €“ which is filled with tools to aid your escape €“ it would make sense for the guards to tie you down. Everyone's aware you're dangerous and cunning €“ in fact, every other part of the game has been dedicated to showing just how formidable you can be, so for the guards to abandon you in such an important room with a man who keeps turning his back on you is possibly the stupidest decision they could've made. They had a good thing going there, and they ruined it with negligence.