http://www.gamespot.com/video/927246/6186379/fable-2-demo-video

lol this guy is pretty funny

3/6/2008 6:58:27 PM

First one was pretty cool.

3/6/2008 7:03:18 PM

so, I can get preggers

3/6/2008 7:58:52 PM

^^

i played through twice...one doing mostly good things one mostly bad...neat concept for a game

also i liked going right outside the town into the forest where you can make speeches and doing some glitch where you can "announce" or whatever to like 80 people at once...cant remember the details lol

[Edited on March 6, 2008 at 8:47 PM. Reason : .]

3/6/2008 8:46:54 PM

I could never get that fucking "sword" outta that damn "stone"

3/6/2008 9:27:25 PM

guess this makes more sense here than in the 360 thread

PROSTITUTION

3/6/2008 9:42:11 PM

i would love to get in some of that.

3/6/2008 10:54:07 PM

ahaha, I want to run into a woman holding a huge SEX sign

3/6/2008 10:59:55 PM

Ha, I love the bruised knees of the middle one. Nice touch.


While the first one was alright, it was a huge dissapointment considering it was going to be, according to molyneux (also known as the "biggest self hype generator of all time") the greatest game ever.

3/6/2008 11:16:57 PM

I finally got around to playing the first game about 4 months ago. I wasn't impressed enough for a second playthrough.

Quote :

"i played through twice...one doing mostly good things one mostly bad...neat concept for a game"

Weren't there several games that used this concept long before Fable came around? I don't know because I didn't play them all in the order they came out.

KOTOR series
Black & White series

Spring to mind. I'm sure there were many more.

3/7/2008 10:46:18 AM

yeah its not a completely original concept, its been done before, but I liked the first Fable myself

3/7/2008 11:08:19 AM

ttt

5/4/2008 10:56:07 PM

Quote :

"Weren't there several games that used this concept long before Fable came around? "

Just about every DnD RPG made after 1995 or so gave you good/evil choices.

Fable was innovative in the freedom that it gave you to lead a life as your character (eat too much and you become fat, changing character appearance, ability to get married, ect), but not so much in that it gave you good/evil options.

Too bad it was outstandingly short.

5/5/2008 2:43:46 AM

and linear

5/5/2008 7:05:52 AM

it had a little bit of exploration and side quests. then again, i dont mind games being linear. sometimes open-ended games just feel disjointed.

linear is great for storytelling (not that fable had an outstanding story or anything, but you get the point).

5/5/2008 12:50:11 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/video/927246/6174526/fable-2-interview-2
Death.
http://www.gamespot.com/video/927246/6167126/fable-2-interview-1
i like this guy




http://www.gamespot.com/video/927246/6156236/-peter-molyneuxs-gc-2006-keynote
mooaarrr combat

5/21/2008 1:10:26 PM

http://www.gamespot.com/video/927246/6194517/fable-ii-e3-2008-stage-show-demo

[Edited on July 31, 2008 at 3:09 PM. Reason : f]

7/31/2008 3:09:00 PM

want


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[Edited on September 18, 2008 at 2:13 PM. Reason : jesus christ october is going to be a bad ass month.]

9/18/2008 2:11:35 PM

If you really liked Oblivion, would you dig this?

9/18/2008 3:46:29 PM

Yeah. The first fable was pretty open ended and awesome. I'm guessing this one will be more so. They are very different games but at the same time its a great rpg.

9/18/2008 3:51:27 PM

You can pick up Fable 1 pretty cheap these days and see if you'd like it

9/18/2008 3:52:08 PM

almost tempted to buy an xbox 360 just for this game

9/18/2008 8:07:03 PM

it doesn't look that impressive or innovative

9/19/2008 11:04:45 AM

Quote :

"The first fable was pretty open ended and awesome"

Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the game, but it wasn't that open-ended at all.

9/19/2008 11:14:40 AM

I just picked up the first one for $10. I always wanted to check it out despite the shortness issues and not actually living up to what it was supposed to be but I think it will be enjoyable. And get me ready for the sequel.

9/29/2008 10:25:54 PM

I totally murdered my sister in this game in 2004.

9/30/2008 12:05:59 AM

Quote :

"Don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed the game, but it wasn't that open-ended at all."

Not to mention it was incredibly short. It was pretty dissapointing in those respects. Good game, but it didn't live up to the hype in terms of an open game world and replayability/length. I literally got the game on a Friday, played a few hours. Then played all day Sat, and beat it after 2 hours Sunday night.

9/30/2008 12:16:39 AM

as short as it was, i did go back and play as the other types of chars. Evil warrior, good mage, neutral (pointless in Fable 1) archer ...didn't finish the last one.

i enjoyed it and would def rent the new one.

9/30/2008 12:27:24 AM

I totally murdered my sister in this game in 2004 this weekend.

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9/30/2008 8:43:32 AM

make sure you buy this peice

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10/12/2008 10:16:45 PM

Quote :

"it doesn't look that impressive or innovativ"

its being released on the PS3 too. you can now admit that this game is going to be awesome.

10/13/2008 1:33:35 AM

anyone planning on getting this today?

i'm waiting till a bunch of my shit sells on ebay

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10/14/2008 1:29:27 PM

pretty sure it comes out next week

10/14/2008 1:34:29 PM

i thought it came out today but the online multiplayer didn't come out till the 21st update.

the thing at gamestop says 10/14

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10/14/2008 1:36:10 PM

It ships this week, but has a hard street date of 10/21, so wait until next Monday & go to a midnight launch at Gamestop (I believe they're having one three straight Mondays).

It's also a 360 exclusive, with it making it's way to PC eventually.

10/14/2008 2:06:37 PM

Woot. Playing it now.

10/16/2008 1:35:38 PM

u srs?

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10/16/2008 5:08:06 PM

Yup. Been playing it all day (night? shit, lost track of time)

I haven't done a whole lot in the way of the game. I worked on becoming a master blacksmith and a master woodcutter so that earned me about 90k Gold. Now I've just been going around buying up all the small businesses I can find. I've got it now to where I get paid about 1000 gold every 5 minutes just for walking around. But I'm still on the first mission or whatever.

This game's pretty fun.

10/16/2008 10:30:47 PM

Ahaha. Awesome. This game is sure to get me laid.



And even better...

10/17/2008 1:52:06 AM

did you pre order?

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10/17/2008 8:17:48 AM

I am jealous, when will this be available for PC? Our Xbox has been RROD for a while.

10/17/2008 11:56:49 AM

I'm not sure how wise it is to brag about pirating a game where authorities can easily trace you if they wanted to...

10/17/2008 12:14:12 PM

^

Pretty much every game thread has these now

from Mass Effect, to Spore, to Halo 3, etc

Everyone pirates, didn't you know that?

except me of course

10/17/2008 1:37:38 PM

I've pretty much so been playing it all day. I think I'm about 2/3 of the way through the game right now. I've been doing a lot of the side quests, so maybe not quite 2/3rds. Its very fun and I am enjoying it, but really the biggest thing I noticed was how much it makes me appreciate how amazing and epic Oblivion was.

I'm pretty sure you could take one of the major side stories (like one of the guilds) from Oblivion, release that as a standalone game and it would still feel larger than Fable 2. There's no large open landscapes. If you choose not to warp everywhere you end up walking though the same narrow roadways dozens of times, killing the same 40 bad guys over and over again. Which means you warp everywhere or die of a mixture of boredom and carpal tunnel. When comparing to Oblivion nothing is as big, as grandiose, or as complex. There's no armor to speak of. Only a handful of weapons (unless there are lots more nearer the end of the game) None of the cool stuff like creating your own potions, spells, or enchantments. Leveling up is a simplified version of what it should be, the menu system is one of the worst I've seen in gaming (seriously, whoever designed it has no right to be in the video game business) The map system is a joke (no zooming? are you kidding me?) and my biggest complaint is that when you "die" you just fall over, lose some xp, and get back up with a full health meter. It really takes away any sense of challenge and danger that should be there. Also I usually hate people that whine about how you can't jump in games like this, but there are times when it's beyond painful to not be able to hop up onto some 6 inch rock that's standing in your way.

All those complaints being said, it's still a great game that has managed to keep me entertained and held my attention for the better part of a day and a half. Which is quite the accomplishment for a video game these days. I'd give it a good solid 8/10.

10/18/2008 3:18:58 AM

How long or short is it compared to the original Fable? If you're already 2/3rd of the way through that sounds pretty disappointing, and it seems like they really didn't make good on their promises of length.


Also, I was personally extremely bored by Oblivion. It lacked direction and more importantly it lacked immersion... there was nothing that made me want to do the side quests other than for the simple sake of doing them, which wasn't that fun because half of them were annoying errands you were asked to run. Everything I did just felt meaningless and a bit silly, even the main storyline. Certainly nowhere close to even approaching 'epic'.

But, anyway, this is a Fable 2 thread, so let's try to keep away from discussing Oblivion.

10/18/2008 5:37:01 AM

it did feel huge though. i agree that it felt kind of lifeless, but i did enjoy doing all 3 guild's quests in oblivion. morrowind felt large simply because you couldnt port any time you wanted.

[Edited on October 18, 2008 at 11:53 AM. Reason : i might play fable2, but waiting for fallout personally]

10/18/2008 11:53:19 AM

Morrowind was fun as hell, but almost TOO big. All the different sidequests and little discoveries you could find was awesome. Plus, spelunking into a random dungeon gave you a real sense of immersion and desperation when fighting the enemies was hard, your armor and weapons were at the breaking point, and you were relying on drops from kills to keep going

10/18/2008 12:08:01 PM

My only real complaint with Oblivion was the leveling system. It was so pointless to have a game where the monsters stayed around your level, plus it lacked epic type monsters in my opinion. When I play an RPG I like having to level up in order to kill some giant Dragon or monster or something. It just seemed too bland. I loved the size, I loved how you could do anything you wanted... but other then that. Meh.

10/18/2008 12:39:59 PM

it really really sucks that there aren't open spaces.

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10/18/2008 12:45:43 PM

The graphics in this game are a let-down for me, as well as everything else

10/18/2008 2:49:32 PM