Customer Reviews

Fable 2

5 star:		(8)
4 star:		(5)
3 star:		(5)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Fable 2 has finally been released from Lionhead studios, a producer that seems to only put out good Fable games. Fable 2 isn't so much a videogame with a real challenge or difficult bosses to beat. Fable 2 is more a story, that can be played and a life that can be lived digitally good or bad. The story begins with the player male or female living in Bowerstone as poor and destitute orphans, only to find an ancient music box that gets the main character shot, and his/her sister murdered. And thus begins the story of revenge and depending on the character a world that is either idyllic or fallen, with a great deal of pointless options to make your heroic or villanous mark on the world.

As I stated before the game isn't really a game, it being so very easy to succeed and even death isn't a huge problem, considering there is re-spawning at the point of death with full life and no real penalty. Fable 2, however, is just fun and technically solid with solid presentation and decent progression. The combat system is good, with the character being able to use and upgrade melee fighting, ranged gun battle, or magic attacks. The transition between the fighting from melee to ranged being well done with specific experience being gained for the specific attack used.

Fable 2 for all the lovely environments and interesting character development has some negatives. Mostly that the game offers no real challenge, nor does it really varies in the side-quests or jobs that the main character can undertake. An example of this is that in the game the player can take jobs like blacksmithing that makes money for the player easily then you can get all the armour, weapons, potions, property that you want or need, then there are the more mission based jobs and quests which are repeated constantly. The combat saves the game several times with this repetition. However, the game is still very enjoyable.

this game has absorbed my life. i love it. not so much railroading as you get with some games, a lot of fun side quests, totally my thing.

Le jeu avait l'air en parfaite condition mais il est arrivé quelques fois qu'il ''gèle'' au milieu d'une aventure. Le disque est aussi extrêmement bruillant, comme si la console cherchait à s'envoler!

Fable 2 is one of the best games for Xbox 360 and is a MUST play for people who own a Xbox 360 regardless.

The game is long with tons of fun. For me the longer the better !

I must say overall this game is amazing. The game play can get a little repetitive and boring but most of the time you are being put up against new guys so this game is great for game play i would give a 5/5. the graphics are a bit old but still look good, the characters, environment are some of the notable for looks so for graphics i would give a 4.5/5 and for depth of the characters and challenging story i would have to give about a 3/5 since you did not know very much about the history of your character or any other in the game and this game was a bit too easy. So overall i must rate this at about a 4/5. I would recommend this game for people who like and enjoy a well made rpg or people who like to game occasionally.

I'm still playing through Fable 2 that I bought a couple of weeks ago and have spent about 20 hours on it. A lot of players can play through the main story in about 10 hours but you really miss out on all of the things that make Fable 2 really fun and involving. I'm so glad that my brother told me about how short the main story is and that I've spent my time doing all of the side quests I can, buying up entire cities, hunting gargoils and exploring Albion.

I think that this game will have little in the way of replay value once I'm done. I'm not sure if I'll want to create an evil character once I'm done with my good one at present. I will admit though that I look forward every night to go home and get that big rent payout for all of the time I haven't been playing!

Over all I think that game has a great story, flows very well and plays nicely. the only thing that I don't like is the character interraction system. There is no real diologue but rather animations to help you manipulate scales (opinions) of other characters. You really would be doing yourself an injustice if you just play the main story then put the game down. I'd recommend it to anyone who would enjoy an RPG but expect to take your time and don't rush through this one.

Great game. Loved all the character customization available. The quests are fun and interesting. Playing in someone else's world on live is really cool too.

Story: City of Bowerstone, 18th century ... you are a poor boy/girl living on the streets with your older sister Rose. You meet a rich man, Lord Lucian, who takes you and your sister in his castle, not out of care but out of far more sinister purposes. He is searching for something and when he realizes that Rose does not have it he kills her and then he kills you out fear that you will tell. This is where your story begins... and it ends with you confronting Lord Lucian. But this is not the most difficult part. The true challenge is presented in a form of a choice you need to make at the very end that will affect you and every single living being in Albion.

The game is all about choices you make. They shape you and the world you live in. The way you fulfill your quests will either make the world the best place to be or plunge it in eternal darkness. Are you the Guardian of Light or are you the Evil's right hand?

Gameplay: It is very easy to play the game on XBOX. Nothing more to add to it. The only reason why this game is 4/5 is because of the glitches that you may encounter. I needed to reset XBOX way too many times for my taste. For me, a game needs to be flawless. What I like a lot is that it is not difficult to defeat enemies which makes the game very enjoyable. Another thing, you cannot adjust the level of difficulty for the game.

Characters/World: Your character will get older with time. You can even affect your weight and shape depending what you eat and how you train for fighting. Hairstyles, tatoos, clothing and dyes are very fun to use. Albion, the world you live in, is absolutely amazing. You can walk around, dive from a high cliff, swim, explore endlessly. You can also get married, have a kid, work, buy property if you want to get rich fast. It is a very beautiful game.
Fighting scenes are awesome. The movements of your character are absolutely stunning especially when camera zooms to a slow-motion K.O of the enemy or when you use a special move or a spell.

First game in the series, Fable: The Lost Chapters, is an amazing work of art. Fable II is a the same level and if some people were dissapointed it was probably because the creators did not raise the bar higher from the previous game. I still find that Fable series are one of a kind and no game can really match its beauty, at least not yet.

This is a great game overall. Story, gameplay, very nice graphics, they all add up to a great game experiance. But there are a few technical problems that plague the game, freezing being the main issue. I could only play for about 20 minutes and it would freeze. I don't know what caused this, but I deleted my save file (only 5 minutes) and installed the game to my hard drive and started over. This seems to have fixed the problems, I'm close to the end of the game and haven't had a single problem. All things considered, I would recommend this game, you won't regret it!