Fable II

10 Review to this product

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  Movie Fan
  October 22nd, 2008 on 12:49 pm

  Rating

  Fable II is a serious contender for game of the year. As soon as the game begins, you’re pulled into an incredible fantasy world where you can choose to do good or evil. I’m only a few hours in, but apparently your choices will shape the fate of your character. If you choose good deeds, you’ll be shaped into a hero. If you choose more aggressive or hateful behavior, you’ll be shaped into something darker.

  Fable II has some of the most jaw-dropping visuals I’ve ever seen in any game, period. The cut scene animations are on par with Hollywood blockbuster movies like Harry Potter and the Lord of the Rings. The music and voice acting is of the highest quality and the gameplay graphics are vibrant and detailed. From a sound and visual standpoint, I can’t imagine anyone having anything negative to say about it. The game controls are intuitive and simply put they feel right. With an RPG, controls are very important. You never want any button placements that make it difficult to play, and Fable II has the controls laid out in a way that make the game a pleasure to play.

  You can play as either a male or female. You’ll begin as a child and go all the way to old age. You can be a loner, get married, have multiple lovers and have a family. You can have a family in one town, a lover in another town and another family in yet another, but if you neglect your wife, or she finds out about your other lovers, she will divorce you! Also, if you play as a man, you can pursue men and if you play as a woman you can pursue women. So any sexual preference you have can be played out in the game.

  The game is also co-op! At any point a friend can connect a second controller and jump right into your Fable II game. This is my favorite feature. I really wish more games would take advantage of this.

  Replay value is going to be huge for this game. I read where the game contains 38 hours of recorded dialog alone, making it impossible to hear the same dialog twice during multiple plays. Plus, you can play once as a male and be a hero, then again as a villain. Then, play as a female hero and then again as a villain. And that doesn’t even begin to touch on the fact that you could do other things such as raise a family, just have multiple lovers or stay alone. Each play thru can truly feel like a whole new gaming experience.

  I wish I could share more, but I’m only a few hours in, but in this short span of time Fable II has completely captured my imagination and I can’t put it down. This is the best RPG I’ve played since last fall’s Mass Effect, and I’m going to enjoy this just as much if not more.
  
  In this crowded holiday season of hit games (and we still have Fallout 3 and Gears of War 2 coming) Fable II stands out as one of the must buy games of the year.
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  J & C
  October 22nd, 2008 on 10:25 pm

  Rating

  I never played the original Fable because I was living Warcraft 7-days-a-week I heard the original was pretty good though it was short (content-wise) and might have been a little over-hyped? Well this time around I completely ignored the hype and early reviews and just bought the game. So far, I am not disappointed. I’m out of the training area, have my first spell, beat my first mini-boss, and showed off my first trophy. This is a really good game so far.

  The combat system flows really nice once your get used to it and it’s super simple – one button for Melee, one for Ranged, one for Magic.

  Everything you expect in a good RPG is there : XP, Levels, Skills, Weapons Upgrades, Socketed Items, Gold, Loot Drops, Condoms, and Babies…. Umm. Yes, did I forget to mention it’s rated M for mature. So make sure the receiver of this game is mature enough. It’s all in good spirit and there aren’t any secret nude cut scenes that I’m aware of. Of course this can lead to the responsibilities of a family, having children, buying houses, providing for them which sounds like a ton of fun but I’ll save this part to the end after I defeat the world and wave fireballs in the air first!

  Otherwise, one of things I like about this game is that there are so many different types of content. Talking statues, random items, magic books, treasure chests, treasures to dig up, you have a pet dog that you can train, you can swim above water, you can even buy and rent houses as well as own shops for income; or head down to the pub and gamble your way to riches.

  There just seems to be a good amount of things you can do in the game – and of course the graphics and storyline are pretty darn good.

  I think they did a good job with no bad surprises so far. So if you think you might like this game – there is a very good chance that you will.
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  Bryce Edison
  February 18th, 2009 on 3:32 pm

  Rating

  If this is the new direction of RPGs, I welcome it. Speaking as someone who was absolutely addicted to JRPGs, Fable II perfectly encompasses the innovation and “fun factor.” The story could have been a bit better, but that’s about it with negatives.
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  Guillermo
  February 22nd, 2009 on 12:36 am

  Rating

  this is the best action rpg pace game ever played .
  
  exellent gameplay
  
  -easy to play .no complicated bottons smash to delivered a deatfull blow to a enemies.self course to follow to next objetive on the game
  
  -sound play is exellent
  
  -graphics are nice and the lighting affects
  
  over all exellent experience I recomended this game to any rpg fan.
  
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  Lolo
  February 22nd, 2009 on 3:03 am

  Rating

  Most of these reviews focus on the many glitches that were in the game, but the game has been patched up since then. (Just log to xbox live and start the game). I haven’t found any glitches and I’ve been playing for a while now. I can’t put the game down. And while I have no doubt if you look hard enough you can find some glitches, they no longer detract from the experience.

  So, how is this game without the glitches? As good as they come. The size of the world, the number of objects you can collect, and the number of things you can do are smaller than say, oblivion. But everything is so carefully crafted, it makes you want to take a look at every last thing.

  But I think the thing that really makes this game stands out is the graphics. In oblivion and mass effect, the characters were ridiculously ugly and the scenery was good. In Fable II, both are incredible.
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  S. Hanna
  February 24th, 2009 on 9:54 pm

  Rating

  With so many great games in the last few months it can be hard to stand out from the crowd. I’ve played a lot of great games recently, like Fallout 3, Left 4 Dead, and Far Cry 2, but I almost missed Fable 2. That being said, I’m glad I picked this one up after reading a ton of solid reviews. Well, here’s one more. Great game. Tight controls. Huge world to explore. Lots of intersting choices to define your individual experience. And when you think you’re done, you can always get the Knothole Island DLC. I’m ready for more DLC or Fable 3. Great game. Buy it. I did and I love it!
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  C. R. Swanson
  February 28th, 2009 on 5:44 am

  Rating

  Fable II, the aptly-named sequel to Fable, hit the markets a while back. I didn’t have a way to play it then, but I do now, so even if this review isn’t terribly timely, I hope you’ll find it helpful.

  The game takes place in the world of Albion, a beautiful, lovely world somewhere between the Renaissance and the Enlightenment. In that it quickly differentiates itself from most fantasy worlds.

  You play the Hero. You don’t get a name, but you can get titles (like Lionheart, Executioner or the NAMBLA-friendly, Chicken Chaser). You can be male or female, good or evil. You can marry the opposite sex or the same sex. You can customize your looks with new hair styles, tattoos, facial hair and hair dye. You get all sorts of different clothes to pick from, and get scars when you die. You also age.

  In addition, you get a whole slew of skills. You can learn how to chop wood, for example. If that’s not exciting enough, you can also tend bar! Blacksmithing, bounty hunting and a couple other jobs round things out.

  If jobs aren’t your thing, you can go on a whole series of quests, though not very many. During these quests, you can earn gold which you can use to buy all the usual stuff, plus real estate. Yes, if you want you can become the next Donald Trump! One of my friends has done this and basically owns every bit of property that can be owned.

  This is an action RPG, which is different from regular RPGs in that you don’t select options from a menu screen. No, instead you bash, smash and crush your enemies by repeated button-mashing. Think of the Zelda games. You have both melee weapons and ranged weapons as well as a series of spells, some of which can be lots of fun!

  Along the way, you have a dog acting as your faithful companion. Allegedly he helps in fights, but not so you’d notice. What he mostly does is sniff out treasure, and that’s a damn nice thing, given how well-hidden some of the treasure chests are.

  Graphics wise, this is one of the most beautiful games on any system. Everything looks gorgeous, even the darker and more unpleasant spots.

  If it seems like I’m focusing overly much on the non-story aspects of the game, it’s cause the story, well, kind of falls short. It’s the usual “fight against someone who killed your sister” kind of plot. Nothing memorable. It’s also rather brief. There’s nothing wrong with it, per se, but it’s not very original.

  Still, the joy is in the journey, and this is one of the best games of its kind out there. Highly recommended!
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  Matthew Nikkel
  April 13th, 2009 on 2:35 am

  Rating

  In summary, Fable 2 is the game its predecessor should have been. This is not to say that it’s perfect or that it is a game for everyone, but for all intents and purposes it is much improved over the original and delivers on most of what this sort of game should.

  Like the original Fable, Fable 2 takes place in the dark fairytale world of Albion. Unlike the original Fable though, Albion is now less of a serious of small areas separated by loading screens and more of a cohesive world. There are still loading screens, but the areas are large enough that most quests take place within a single area, as opposed to half a dozen in the original game.

  Fable 2 is very much a game about choice and consequences. This is both its greatest strength and greatest weakness. These consequences play out on both small (buying the local tavern and lowering its prices) and large (impacting the development of an entire town over decades) scales, and the result is that the game world has a thorough, if not quite entirely complete, feeling that it is dynamically changing in ways that most games never even attempt.

  Of course the downside to these choices is that you also have the choice to simply not make the choice at all. So unless you’re being a completionist, you’re bound to miss some of the game’s content, and small group of people are even going to miss most of the game’s content as they burn their way through the main storyline in a matter of hours, seriously diminishing their enjoyment of it in the process. So I would recommend going into this game in the mindset that you’ll get out of it what you put into it. Take your time to explore the game and you’re likely to find plenty that interests you.

  Visually the game is quite appealing, and maintains the somewhat dreamy, cartoonish look of the first, complete with excessive use of lightbloom. The framerate stutters from time to time, but while it may annoy some it’s nothing that should seriously impede your enjoyment of the game.

  Combat seems simple at first, you’ll use only 3 buttons. However, it’s quite a bit deeper than it initially appears, and while you can button mash your way through Fable 2, it’s much more enjoyable if you learn the nuances of the controls (for instance, lightly tapping X, holding it, mashing it, and holding it while tilting the control stick will all perform dramatically different attacks).

  In the end Fable 2 more or less sticks to the concept laid out in the original Fable, a rich fantasy world that your character interacts with and effects on multiple different levels. So while Fable 2 hasn’t really extended that vision any further, what it has done is realized it in ways that the original game fell completely short on. So if you found the concept behind the original Fable interesting but the execution lacking, I would definitely say that this is the game for you.
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  iHyphy
  May 13th, 2009 on 6:16 am

  Rating

  I purchased this game soley off of reviews, hype and awards it received…and to know surprise, being a fable 1 fan, it lived up to and deserved all credit it received!

  Amazon.com had this game listed 2 days ago for for $29.99 and with free super saver shipping that beats all retail stores online and offline. Retail has it listed at $39.99 before taxes, and even at that price this is one of the best bangs for your buck this game is unbelievable..even only owning it for 2 days it is still safe to say I got and I will be getting my money’s worth.

  There are currently 2 not just 1 but 2 DLC’s for Fable 2. The game add-on expansion paks do add for some more life to your game even though i haven’t personally played them yet it is always nice to have companies looking after the gamer in the way of getting the most out of a game.

  Buy it you won’t be dissappointed.

  **22 June 2009 UPDATE**
  
  there hasn’t been too many games out that has made me sit down and damn near play 12 hours sessions hahaha. but this game is it, the only bad thing i might say about this is…i wish the DLC’s were a little bit longer! the first dlc, knotthole island was well worth the extra money but the see into the future was way to short i thought..but with the added achievements to each of the dlc’s it did add for more life to the game…i actually still need to go back and beat the game 2 more times so i can get the other 2 alternate ending acheivements, if anyone would like to help me on getting some of the co-op achievements or if you need millions in gold just hit me up im almost a billionaire in that game hahaha my gamertage is:
  
  Mister Hyphy
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  Samer Khouli
  January 15th, 2010 on 9:47 pm

  Rating

  This is an all around great game. Lots of fun, keeps you engaged and not too difficult.