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 Fable II is the reason you play video games October 22, 2008
Semschy (Wichita, KS United States)
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
Fable II is beautiful, charming, and funny. It's everything you could possibly ask for in a spouse, -er I mean video game. The humor can be somewhat childish (farting in public) but can also be laugh out loud hilarious!
What motivates you? Is it love? Is it revenge? Is it a desire to protect all that you hold dear? Is it the desire to acquire more things, money, and respect from others? All of those can be very powerful motivators, and you can find all of them in Fable II.
Fable II is everything you loved about Fable I only more of it. (If it ain't broke don't fix it, right?) You can still buy shops and houses, only now you can set the price of rent and goods. (and get good or evil points in the process) You can also buy and upgrade each individual piece of furniture for your houses. You can still get married, but now you can turn any house into a marriage house. The towns look familiar, but are much bigger. You could spend a lifetime just doing all of the side missions. The choices are endless.
You get out of it what you put into it. If you really work to keep your wife happy, she will keep you VERY happy. ;) (and give you children if you so choose)
Not only can you buy every piece of property in the game, but you can also rename every townsperson who isn't a main character. Your creativity can run rampant here. I already have a well endowed, cleavage showing woman named T**s McGee and a bisexual cultivator of crops called F*g the Farmer.
Online and offline co-op is a nice addition from the last iteration as well. You can drop in and drop out almost as seamlessly as in the Lego games. Like the Lego games you share the same screen (offline, haven't played online yet). One of the biggest frustrations with sharing the same screen is when the 2 players go 2 different directions. This can be easily remedied by player 2 pressing the back button to warp up next to player 1.
Graphics: 9.5 Artwork in motion, characters are a little cartoon-ish though
Gameplay: 12! You could spend hours acquiring land, spouses, and children, hunting treasure and playing with your dog!
Story: 9 Clichéd yet intriguing
Music: 10 The background orchestra music fits perfectly with the setting
Voice Acting: 9.5 Very well done, yet most voices are the same as the last Fable, who knows maybe you sound exactly like your ancestors from 500 yrs ago
The bottom line: if you're willing to invest the time and effort into Fable II, it is VERY rewarding.
Fable 2 is FUN October 22, 2008
mos
2 out of 5 found this review helpful
I picked up this game last night and sat down to play for 1 hour. I looked up at the clock at it was 1:30 am, and I didn't want to stop! I had played 4 hours.
This game is really fun. The game's world seems real and has lots of potential game play. You can marry several spouses, work many jobs, and go on lots of quests -- or just become a bandit!
A+, 5 stars, 10.
A game of the year contender that's well worth your time! October 22, 2008
Movie Fan
22 out of 32 found this review helpful
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.
excpectations October 22, 2008
Dag Anderson
6 out of 15 found this review helpful
I was thoroughly disapointed by spore, not challenging etc. This game i was hoping wouldn't let me down as well. now it's not perfect but it's is different ina good way and the fighting system is awesome. with seamless changes between weapons, slow motion combos similar to assassins creed, and the way the magic system isn't button mashing, but planning your attack, i couldn't help the smile that slid across my face as I felt like a god. That was fun, and what else are games for?
 "What is history but a Fable agreed upon?" October 21, 2008
M. Roberts (Baltimore, MD)
33 out of 45 found this review helpful
The 2008 season of great games has officially begun.
Fable 2, as it has been advertised, is all about choices and the repercussions of those choices. From the start of the game, these choices shape the very world around you, whether a town turns into a slum or a glorious economic stronghold.
The combat system is remarkably simple, and remarkably fun. It's simple in that 3 buttons control sword, pistols(and crossbows,etc), and magic. But it turns out to be an amazing amount of fun and flows rather fluidly between the three.
The overall feel of the game is excellent, much better than the original fable. The graphics, as you can see if you look at any gameplay videos, is top shelf. The music is also great, and really sets the mood of the game.
The only downfalls of this game are in co-op and expressions. Co-op doesn't allow for you to drop your character's weapons or looks into your friends game, only your experience and skills (hopefully this will be fixed in an update). The expressions wheels, while interesting and simple, are strange since it makes for zero words said for your character (just a lot of farts).
All and all though, excellent game, definitely worth the wait. Pick this one up.
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