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Fable II | 
| From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  322 reviews
Sales Rank: 219
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
16:9 Support
MPN: 9CS-00002
Model: 9CS-00002
UPC: 882224694179
EAN: 0882224694179
ASIN: B000FRVAD4
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Action RPG for Xbox 360 picks up 500 years after the first Fable and offers wide-ranging open-ended gameplay | | • | Players can assume the role of either a boy or girl | | • | Combat system allows for short-range, long-range and magic attacks | | • | Currency earned in minigames on Live Arcade can be used in the game | | • | Online multiplayer mode lets you bring other players into your world |
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Fable 2 is the anticipated sequel to the popular original that sold more than 3 million copies. Created by famed game designer Peter Molyneux, Fable 2 for Xbox 360 features an epic story that picks up 500 years after the first game. It offers an open world environment giving players a massive amount of freedom to explore and play as they please, with every decision made contributing to the game itself.  | Fable 2
Players:
Offline: 1-2
Online: 2
Gameplay Modes:
Single player, offline cooperative multiplayer, online cooperative multiplayer. |  | | 
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
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. 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
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. Bring Other Players into Your World
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. 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
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. Fable 2 is rated M for having mature content that may be suitable for persons ages 17 and older.
  
Depending on your choices, the protagonist can turn out wildly different -- male, female, good, evil, and more.
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 good but not great March 20, 2010
James J. Gilligan (USA)
i have been a fan of rpgs since i was a young boy. rpgs sadly destroyed my life. i should of just listened to grandpa when i was at his house playing my first pokemon game. so if you ever here that games destroy peoples lives those people know what they are talking about so concentrate on centering god in your lives or sin will take over. video games can be very bad for people especially people who get to carried away with them and forget to take care of themselves but dont forget u cant serve two masters i guess some people where born to game who knows very few people where probably born to game whoever im not one of those people because now im a very depressed person who has to go abou pokemon was the first rpg i played and i still play it its very fun especially when u duel ur friends and use the rare candy cheat. but fable can be very confusing if u lose u trail im sorry for the bad review yet it was a very good review in my opinion
mybolu29@yahoo.com March 19, 2010
Paul Arnold Japp (anchorage)
This is a really fun game to play, once you get past the part of The castle where your sibling dies-didn't mean to spoil anything, but it's part of the beginning storyline. Didn't really build up in-depth of characters depth much, mostly missions/tasks to do in the game instead of learning stuff of the main/not so main characters. I don't like how you need re-known points just to get to the next mission. I wish I could just beat up a bunch of bad guys or maybe the creators of the game could have made the people who request the heroe's services could have a little bout with them and prove themselves worthy of the responsabilities of 'big important missions' instead of taking on pointless annoying sidequests that won't even get you any gold.
If is anyone out there about to buy Fable 2, you might be better off buying something else. And for anyone who has played Fable 2 that has never played the original Fable for the Xbox, then for GOD'S SAKE PLAY IT! I'm sure you will enjoy it quite a bit-in fact I guarantee it! Play the original Fable and you will start to seriously not enjoy Fable 2 as much. A couple hours of gameplay after first getting to Oakvalle, I stopped playing Fable 2 and sold it.
A defintiate purchase March 17, 2010
CH
This is a graphically beutifal game with many intresting abilities, wepons, spells clothes ect its plot although short is quite intressting.
You have many choices throughout the game and it has a honour system. I would strongly avise that you dont go on killing sprees as you tend to end up having evreybody runnng away from you.
However once completed fable 2 can quickly become boring.
 Not bad, but missing that Fable feel March 15, 2010
AmidTheShadows (USA)
I would've rated this a 3.5, but since you can't I rounded down.
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
What I liked:
- Less scarring. In the original it was much too easy to get scarred up early on
- Buying real estate (and not having to keep running back to collect your profit)
- The option to be a woman
- Having kids (although I could've lived without seeing them pick their noses and rear ends)
- More expressions
- Naming my family... too bad they were just "nicknames"
- Everyone having names and their own likes/dislikes. Made it more personal
- No more aging when leveling up (Not enjoyable to have to decide to be old and strong or young and wimpy)
- The "loose" citizens. Yes, my character was a ho
- Graphics
- The slo-mo shots in battle
- Gargoyle hunting
- Ties to the past/original
- Dying clothes/hair
- The jobs and sidequests
- Missions involved more work, often sending you to several different places
- Experience potions
- The women's voices didn't sound like old hags when they asked for wedding rings, ala Fable
- More variety in people. Although most of them weren't exactly lookers
- Stealing. My favorite hobby
- The dog. I had more of an attachment to my dog than to my family
What I did *not* like:
- The aiming system with guns/bows sucks. In Fable 1 it was so easy, just double click to zoom in and decapitate bandits. Another favorite hobby, and missed it here
- I much preferred the medieval setting in the original
- Playing as a woman was fun...until you leveled up and she became a hideous Amazonian she-beast. I ended up concentrating on Will so as not to look so much like a transvestite. But then the glowing Will lines all over weren't pretty either
- Stolen items were mostly junk, and you didn't know what it was until you took it. There was no way to drop something worthless. Who wants a rotten apple?
- Missed the old lightning spell where you could zap several enemies at once
- Inability to hurt or kill Reaver. I so wanted to
- Kicking animals is not funny
- You never got to see Rose again
- Your kids constantly on your a** so you can't get a moment alone with your spouse
- Trying to gain the affection of just one person draws a crowd, and they're all affected by your actions
- And the absolute **WORST** thing in the entire game: you're followed EVERYWHERE. I cannot say enough how much I **HATED** that. It actually took a lot of enjoyment out of the game for me. When you're well-known you have mobs following you down the street, all asking to marry you. Sometimes the crowd is so thick you can't get through and they repeat the same things in unison until you want to rip your hair out. They even follow you into your house like they own the place. Out on the streets is bad enough, but in your BEDROOM? Ridiculous. I wanted some quiet time with my family; next thing I know there are strange kids dancing around the room along with a few adults chatting me up. Wtf, go away! There's no way to get rid of them. Trying to scare them also scares your family. They really need to let you shut your front door to keep these idiots out
..Okay, rant over
By the way, what does it say about a game that, while playing it, you yearn for the original?
All in all though, this game has its problems but is still worth a playthrough if you liked Fable.
 Fun, but it will kill your Xbox March 13, 2010
T. Dougherty
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
I first read about Fable II in a Nintendo Power article a while back. It seemed AWESOME with how you could marry anybody, have children, fully customize your character, interact with anyone, work in towns, own real estate, and so on. I bought the game a couple days after it came out. I had no idea about what a bad decision that was. I put it into my Xbox that I had owned for 2 years and had absolutely no problems with EVER, and the first thing I noticed was how loud the Xbox was running. It sounded like it was working very hard to play this game. Everything went fine for about 2 days. I left it on for less than 10 minutes to go take a shower, and it worked fine when I came back to play. However, the next time I tried to play the menus weren't working right. The game kept shuffling madly through the menus and I couldn't just press a button to go to the town I wanted to go to. After reloading the game a couple of times, I tried to manipulate the joysticks around for a bit until I could stop the shuffling long enough to load the game. Once I was in the game I attempted to fight in that underground competition with all those random foes, but after a few minutes the game froze, and it did it again, and again... and again... AND AGAIN. I finally gave up and took the game out. The next day my brother started to notice that none of the game were working properly on the Xbox, and it had to be sent out to Microsoft for repairs. I didn't get RROD unlike some unlucky people who purchased this game, but it still rendered my Xbox as unusable. I returned the game and got my $60 back. If anyone's still trying to defend this game, go to any local store that sells Fable 2. They're either all used or cost $20-$30 due to the amount of returns and unsatisfied customers. The patch that was supposed to clean out these crippling bugs only solves minor problems, but there are still tons of people who can't play this would-be-fun game thanks to major, MAJOR bugs.
All I can say is, do NOT buy this game. Try and hold out for Fable 3, and do your research before buying it. I know I am. I'll never make the mistake of buying a game so soon after it comes out again. I hope that Lionhead can actually iron out all the bugs in the game before shipping it out this time. My theory is that they were really trying to get the game out by a certain deadline and shipped it out with tons of bugs. Fable 3 will supposedly come out at the end of this year, and I really hope that they'll push it back if it's just not ready to be sent out yet. I don't think anyone would be too mad if they admitted it had to be reworked because of major bugs. ESPECIALLY not after everyone's experiences with Fable 2.
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