I got me some Fable II last night! I've been waiting for this one for a while. It was good. It seems nice and fun so far, but my one complaint would that it seems to be laggy.

Seanchai

Have mine, haven't played it yet. Might get some time tonight.

I was going to get it then read some reviews, normally I don't put a lot of stock in reviews, but they all seemed to be hitting on a few similar points that were the same things that started to nag me and eventually lost enough interest to give up on Fable 1.

Emotion system is rather arbitrary.  You know what emotions to make so it's just a mini-game.  Kinda fun for a bit but if you are the uber villain if you want those discounts your still making nice at a store or dancing for a girl.  Just felt off.  Plus seriously - fart/belch jokes get old.

Story if you actually just stick to the story it's a 10hr game.  Which means if you want to experience the rest of the world they expect you to actually go out and do stuff.  Now I'm the type that will get off the beaten path and frequently so that's not a huge factor.  But I was hoping that the story itself would be more deep and far reaching then what it is.

Big world - empty world.  The first Fable was a relatively small game, but it was a full game there were always people you'd run into or bad guys around every corner.  The reviews I've read here sound like the world is fairly empty once you leave the populated areas.  I was hoping for a greater sense of exploration in just walking off and running into random encounters and what not.  If you are just walking from A - B in generally empty world that's dull.  I know you can fast travel but that shrinks the world and kinda defeats the purpose of an expansive area.

If you see it - you can't always get to it.  What I loved about Morrowind and Oblivion is that if you saw it you could almost always get there.  Fable had very tight areas with obvious boundaries.  I was hoping Fable 2 with is much more larger world would be more free.  But again from what I've read you may be able to see way into the distance, but only to find as you head that way a small crevice or a 2' high fence is blocking your heroic destiny.

Variety.  Again from what I've read there are only a handful of monsters your going to be fighting over and over and over and over again.  Combat in Fable was a blast.  But once you figured it out it was a cake walk.  I was hoping that Fable 2 would have a much greater variety of villains to battle with so that the patterns were harder to learn.

So yeah those are my main concerns.  I still plan on getting Fable 2 at some point, but they have made me hold back.  Instead I'll wait until Fallout 3 comes out and see what that has to offer.  So many games out it's now a question of bang for the buck and my play time for that matter.

This is what I've been feeling as well.

Fortunately Saint's Row 2 has been sandboxing me right nice.

Killer pimp gladiator mankini samurai death for the win.

This is what I've been feeling as well.

Fortunately Saint's Row 2 has been sandboxing me right nice.

Killer pimp gladiator mankini samurai death for the win.

Got some time in on this one the weekend (haven't played the 1st one) but I've enjoyed it so far.

I played last night. Found a treasure chest, opened it up, and the treasure was...[drum roll]...a condom!

Seanchai

Quote from: Seanchai;261014I played last night. Found a treasure chest, opened it up, and the treasure was...[drum roll]...a condom!

It will come in handy, no pun intended.

I have to ask are the condom's a consumable or does it just act like equipment.  Cuz if it's the later that's just nasty.

Quote from: kryyst;261055I have to ask are the condom's a consumable or does it just act like equipment.  Cuz if it's the later that's just nasty.

One shot uses, you have to keep buying 'em.... although I am questioning the fact that I've gotten several STDs from the wife when not using one... seems she's been stepping out while I am out adventuring.

why does that fucking golden trail only ever work intermittently? I'm not a sat nav for albion! If i want to find the apothecary or the tailors then show me the way to amarillo baby! Stupid bugs.

I thought the golden trail only showed you your quests and didn't act as a GPS. - Note I haven't played it just going on what I read in reviews.

well if that's true what happens when you set a location (such as a sale) as a target.

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;261322well if that's true what happens when you set a location (such as a sale) as a target.

I was able to use it to get back to my wife last night.





She was happy to see me. Real happy.

Seanchai

Alright for those of you that have been playing it a little while now.  Is it a significant step up from the first fable or has it started to get into that rut of feeling like a series of mini-games broken up by some really fun combats in between?  Honest opinions please, not really interested in fanboy ravings.