Customer Reviews

Fable 2 Platinum Hits

5 star:		(27)
4 star:		(29)
3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(3)
1 star:		(2)

 

 

Let me be the first to say that this is not a game for the casual gamer who wants to just pick something up and button mash. It's a mix of action & role playing with an added twist...moral consequences for your actions. Meet people, find treasure, start a family, gain power, customize your appearance, learn new abilities, become loved as a hero or feared as a villian....there are limitless variables which accompany the main storyline. Granted I didn't play Fable on the original XBOX, but I've never played anything quite like this. I really like the fact that despite the games complexity, you don't need a strategy guide....things are intuitive and the game will lead you in the right direction (using the "golden trail".

I'd guess I'm currently over halfway through the main quest. I have maintained a fairly moral path. I look forward to playing the game through again making immoral choices and gaining renown through villiany. Yes, I haven't completed the game yet and am looking forward to playing again.....high replay value IMO.

The Platinum Hits edition comes with both expansions, which make it the best value for someone who doesn't own a previous release of the game. This one has been worth every penny.

Pros: To start with the game is beutiful. the style is the closest you will get to playing a charles dickens novel. and except for the abrupt ending the game has a pretty great story that manages to hook you in the beginning take into account your actions through the game. the way your characters appearance changes based on how you fight, moral choices, the type of food you eat is pretty awsome.

Cons: secrets tend to hide worthless items. Money is so easy to come by that you won't struggle buying anything, and vendor equipment is typically better than the legendary equipment you find out in the world. bassically the game gives you all kinds of optional puzzles to solve, but all they give you for finding and completing them is a Pie or a gold necklace. The game is short for an RPG.

Fable II for those who don't know is an Xbox only open world RPG which sends the player through the beautiful peaceful yet corrupt kingdom of Albion.

For starts the Game play is very fluid yet youll have to get used to it.
unlike most RPG titles your character does not "level up" , but instead using another system of doing so.
after killing any kind of target victim in the game they will leave behind orbs of experience which you must accumulate by holding RT.
Experience is divided into four categories : Strength , General , Will , And Skill. Strength improves the usage of any melee weapon , Skill improves the usage of any range weapon , will improves use of magic , while general helps with all kinds of combat.
skill and strength experience is used to buy new kinds of talents for melee and ranged weapons while will XP will be used to buy new magic talents , any kind of talent has more than one level.
Combat being a big aspect of the game if your traveling is pretty simple and straight forward.
the X button stands as your melee attack which if mashed continuously your character will perform basic swinging attacks , The Y button stands as your ranged attack , Hold or press B to use Will (magic).

like most RPG games Fable will have a line of main quest along with many optional side quest.

one major aspect of fable is the simulation of true life in the game think "The Sims" meets W.O.W.
For starters your player has an expression wheel ranging from Social , Fun , Flirty (not available when interacting with children) , Scary , and insulting which will affect how people look at you make some hate you others love you , expressions can be used during any point of the game.

your character will also be able to become fat or stay physically fit by eating certain kinds of foods (Steak pies against tofu fish celery) being fat will make you appear ugly to most people making it harder for them to like you.

through use of the right expressions your character can fall in love with another one which you can marry and start a family...which will involve SEX pretty simple don't wear a condom you might get an std or get your wife pregnant so for the sake of my character i always use a condom.

lastly the graphics of this game have their own look almost makes you think of Shrek cgi while the graphics are very good they still have a less realistic cartoonish side that makes the game look awesome.

the world of Albion while very beautiful and rich..i never had the ambition to explore it freely as i would in fallout or elder scrolls

overall this game is well worth twenty dollars and is an awesome addition to anyones 360 collection I would highly recommend buying this whether or not you have or haven't played the first one.

P.S. hope i wasn't to boring!

To put things concisely I loved the look and feel of Fable II and enjoyed the moderate complexity of the combat but was a bit disappointed by the role playing aspect.

Looks. Goodness is Fable II beautiful. The scenery and buildings are gorgeous. The lighting and change of light throughout the day and in different weather is amazing. The whole experience is stunningly atmospheric. The npc's and enemies are fairly diverse though more variation in facial features (particularly of the female characters which don't benefit from the wide assortment of facial hair varieties) would be nice. As for customizing your own character, Fable II rocks. Furthermore your character's looks change based on what skills you develop and how you behave. Brilliant. It's a little annoying that getting stronger just means getting huge rather than getting more cut and lean muscle and regardless of whether you play a male or female character, but overall this is a really innovative and fun feature.

Combat is fun. I'm not a big video game combat junky and I don't like to have to carefully aim or time everything I do in order to survive a fight. If you like that you have the opportunity to focus on skills that allow it, however. I, on the other hand, enjoyed using easily targeted or area effect will (magic) combat. Overall it's rather satisfying.

Then there is the RPG element. Granted, it's the best I've seen other than Mass Effect and Dragon Age, but those two games seem to blow every other RPG out of the water as far as interactive storytelling goes. Those RPG's feel like a video game choose your own adventure novel. You get to actually have conversations with people and the choices you make can have a huge effect on how people treat you and how the game plays out. I was hoping for something similar with Fable II and didn't get it. I guess that is the difference in what I'd term a 4 star and a 5 star RPG. Certainly worth playing nonetheless.

I was originally an Xbox player, but then recently switched to the PS3 for its all around general use. Recently, though, I've wanted to get back in to the Halo series and see how Mass Effect plays, and so I bought an Xbox 360. I sub sequentially bought around 6 Xbox 360 exclusive games and installed them all, playing briefly for about a half hour to get a feel for them. To my amazement the only one that immediately stood out and caught my interest was Fable 2. Fable 2 fast became my new favorite game and ranks up there with my other favorites in Assassin's Creed 2, Uncharted and Fallout 3.

Right away you get a feel for the medieval look and the vibrant colors that bring the game to life. The opening prologue, you as a child with your sister, draws you in and quickly makes you want to keep playing. Soon enough you embark on your quest to be a hero. As you traverse from village to village you run in to the highway men and the ruffians, giving you a chance to practice your skills and decide whether you prefer to use magic, melee or range weapon, or a combination of all three. This was one of the aspects that I liked about this game, the ease that you can use your various attack modes. As you gain experience you begin to decide where your hero's strengths lie, or whether you are a good hero or a bad one.

The pros. The vibrant colors bring this game to life and make you feel a part of something unique. The villages and towns are alive as you interact with the villagers. I personally like being able to purchase buildings and gain an income, and to have them continue to gain an income, though at a slower rate, while you are not playing. Your dog is another great addition to the game. He/she flows so smoothly through trails and on roads that he seems more real than a fake computer dog. After a while I loved running around and having the dog yapping away to tell me where a treasure is or growling when enemies are near by. The storyline is unique and the expressions are fun to use in the towns to get a response from the villagers.

The cons. There aren't too many in my eyes. The "open" landscape isn't really open, with oftentimes very limiting factors that make some parts of the world very linear. The map system is very clunky and almost useless. There seems to be no point in ever using the map. Your inventory is a little cumbersome to get through and use, especially since you have to keep going back in to your inventory after you use an item and start all over.

Overall I found this to be one of my all time favorite games. I was drawn in immediately and couldn't help waiting to play some more. All in all I got about 30 hours of play time in, although there seemed to be plenty of stuff to do after I beat the game. One disappointing aspect of the game is that you can't enter Fairfax Castle till you beat the game and can come up with the $1 million to purchase the building. I found that the castle was one of the more interesting aspects of the game and wished that this could have played more of a central role with my character. In fact the castle seems like an after thought as it isn't furnished too well and there isn't much going on with it, but it was still fun to run around.

A definite recommend.

5 stars.

Best RPG ever! can't wait for Fable 3,

I played this game so many hours i had dreams i was in the game. this game is insane, one of the best games ive ever played.

good game for the price and good shipping and handling. Very easy game to play. You may keep the walkthru handy though.

PS: Please do not buy Fable III, which is really stupid.

Darksiders The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess

This video game is ridiculously epic. There are many options along the way to either do only the main story-line missions, or to venture out and gain more renown with side-story quests. The game play is great. Gaining experience points and points for "strength," "skill," and "will," allows you to advance your battling options for being a straight-up B.A. in fights. The spells you can cast with the "will" powers make you feel so heroic and legendary, like nothing can stand in your way. Because the game is a role-playing game, LionHead Studios hooked-up intense levels of interaction between your character and the other people in the game. Your actions predict not only how others will react to you, but also your appearance. If you are good and pure, you will remain handsome and beautiful. But if you choose to be evil and corrupt, you will gain horns and look something like the flip-side of the image on the cover of the game.
This game is top-notch, A-rated, a "platinum" experience for any gamer.

I love this game. If it has any flaws it is that there is TOO much to do. The game interface is creative, fun, and constantly changing. The challenges are unique and interesting. The character development is simply fabulous. Highly recommend this game to any RPG nerd.

This game is decent overall, but there are some shortcomings.

PROS:
The progression in complexity is nicely scaled and it isn't overwhelming right off the start.

They did a superb job creating the story line, it can be a really immersing game if you pay attention to the story.

Once the story is finished the game is not over. There are many achievements and activities you can accomplish, such as buying up a lot of real estate and gaining a title for being a real estate mogul

It's great that they have some voice acting, it gives it more of a real story feel. The voice acting is pretty good too, but there isn't very much of it.

CONS:

The story line seems linear... not matter what your choices, you end up in the same spot in the end.

The mini games which exist as an option for working and gaining income are painfully boring and repetitive, making this part of the game a failure

The fighting mechanics are not the best and it doesn't give you a real rpg feel while fighting.

You don't know the remaining life or hit points of your opponents and it is too easy to simply escape a battle if it is not going well.