Fable II
May 22, 2009 by admin
Filed under XBOX Games
Gameplay Modes: The new combat system lets you master different fighting styles. View larger. You are free to roam the world of Albion any way you like. View larger. Every Choice Has Its Consequences Early in the game, players are presented with a stray dog for a best friend, who will need to be fed and loved, and will accompany the player throughout his or her life. Depending on the player, the dog will change appearance and assist him or her in various ways, such as alerting of impending dangers and attacking enemies.
Players inhabit the world of Albion and are free to roam the land to as they please. Players can use different expressions to communicate with others, such as taunting and laughing, and even belching or farting.
As the players grow, so does Albion, reflecting the choices that were made earlier in the game. Every house, hut, castle, and dungeon can be purchased if the player wishes. Players can buy up all the land in a town and can become mayor, king, and even emperor of the entire land.
Fable 2 presents a dynamic and free-roaming world that doesn’t demand a player to take any one set path. At the same time, players seeking a plot line will find an epic story and quest that they can follow if they wish, along with many side adventures.
Fight Using Different Weapons and Magic Bring Other Players into Your World Note: Fable 2 will not ship with Online Co-op mode. An update with this functionality is rumored to be released shortly after the launch of the game.
XBOX LIVE Arcade Mini-Games Fable 2 is rated M for having mature content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older.
Players:
Offline: 1-2
Online: 2
Single player, offline cooperative multiplayer, online cooperative multiplayer.
Fable 2 provides players with a truly immersive experience where a virtually limitless number of choices can be made, all of which have their own consequences, making each game unique. When you start the game, you choose either to play the role of a boy or girl, and depending on your choices, the hero will grow up to be tall or short, good or evil. Players can get married and have children; female player characters will become pregnant, which will then be reflected by their physical appearance.
Fable 2 introduces a new combat system that allows for mastery of hand weapons, such as swords, long range weapons such as cross-bows and guns, and, of course, magic. Players improve at each discipline with time, and can combine different combat styles when they fight. Other advanced design features include tactical positional advantages that can bring new strategic elements into combat.
Fable 2 has a multiplayer mode that allows you to bring other players into your own world. Consistent with the rest of the game, the actions of these other players can be permanent and affect your world. You can explore and fight together with these other players, share treasures, and even fight each other.
Gamers can play minigames through Xbox LIVE Arcade and earn currency that can be used in Fable 2 to purchase weapons, armor, and other items for the hero.
Depending on your choices, the protagonist can turn out wildly different — male, female, good, evil, and more.
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Fable 1 and 2
This has been the best series of games I have played in a long time.
Fun and replayable
I really enjoyed playing this game the first time through. I think the best part of this game is the ability to replay the game in a completely different way. Considering the rediculous prices of video games, being able to enjoy playing through a game more than once is quite a plus.
Fun Beyond Compare!!!!!!
We have played it ten or more times and it never gets old. One thing can change the whole world. A huge world. My whole family loves it!!!!!
liked it
i would get this game if you liked the first one. i hope they keep making downloadable game content.
Entertaining, although shallow, 360 RPG
I played the original Fable when it was released for the PC, and was pleasantly surprised. I remember thinking the original Fable was going to be the XBOX game that forced me into finally buying an XBOX…and unfortunately, the game did not live up the hype and I opted instead to wait for the PC release. I bring this up because in a lot of ways, Fable 2 is a disappointment considering the pre-release hype (something we can attribute to Molyneaux, I suppose) but is otherwise a fairly enjoyable experience.
The negative, to begin with – BUGS! Although I did not have as many problems as some of the other reviewers, there were a few missions where key personnel or items never appeared and a restart was required. Not from the beginning, thankfully, but I did lose about an hour of gameplay. I never tried co-op, however there were a number of bugs relating to that and people’s character getting reset when they joined the game of a new player.
Gameplay itself is flawed in several aspects. Social interactions are never that complex, or as deep as they were advertised to be. You may have just slaughtered an entire village, but as long as you tell a few fart jokes everyone will still be in love with you. Combat is based on the premise of “anyone should be able to play at any time, regardless of experience” and is far too simple – I found myself doing the same ranged/spell/melee combination for 90% of the game. It’s not that I was being cheap, but the fact that there really wasn’t an effective alternative.
Speaking of combat, you’ll be dealing with enough of it. One of the most annoying features is, like its predecessor, all of the enemies in a certain area will respawn once you leave that area. Combat’s easy enough so that it’s never a challenge, but it gets pretty annoying after the third time to kill the same exact bandits in the same exact spots.
The money system is incredibly flawed as well. Once you’re able to rent out a few houses, money will flow in even when you’re not playing, making jobs pretty pointless. Finally, and perhaps criminally, you can’t get ALL of the achievements without dishing out some money to pay for the Pub Games. This isn’t just a matter of buying DLC and the attached achievements, but an achievement that’s unachievable in the core game without playing the stupid minigames.
But, despite all that, Fable 2 is still a fun, but mindless game. Once I was able to get over the hype I was able to enjoy the game a little more thoroughly. The story is pretty dull, but some of the characters you’ll meet along the way are entertaining enough to make up for it. The “bread crumb trail” actually works pretty effectively, even though there are no quests complex enough that you actually require it. The moral choices through the game are usually pretty obvious, but as with the first one, it’s interesting to see the initially subtle changes your character undergoes as you proceed through your character’s life.
A lot of people hated the dog, but I found it was a nice addition to the game. No, I did not enjoy stopping every five minutes for something different to dig up, but the dog was somewhat useful in combat and made some of those re-treks through the largish world more bearable.
The game may be best as a rental, one of those games you and your buddy/significant other pick up over a long weekend with some junk food. However, there’s enough content in there to go back and try it again, just to see what it’s like to be a better/worse person. It definitely has its faults, but if you’re looking for a decent Western RPG with a little bit of charm and simple enough gameplay, you may want to look into Fable 2.