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From: Microsoft
Category: Video Games

List Price: ~~$59.99~~
Buy New: $51.99
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Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

135 reviews
Sales Rank: 59

Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: role_playing_games
ESRB: Mature
Media: Video Game
Edition: Standard
Batteries Included: No
Age: 17 - 20 years
Operating System: Xbox 360
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0

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

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

Accessories:

•	The Official Xbox Magazine [1-year]
•	Electronic Gaming Monthly
•	Play
•	Tips & Tricks Magazine

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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.com
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.

Customer Reviews: Read 130 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Lots of fun December 3, 2008
M. Wenzel (Redmond, WA, USA)
I bought this game for myself last week and during the Thanksgiving weekend I couldn't stop playing. It's easy to follow, the dog helps a lot because you don't have to look for treasures/dig spots yourself and there are so many fun things to do. I haven't played the first one extensively since it wasn't saving my progress, so I was waiting for this one to come and didn't get disappointed. The graphics are amazing.
I'm playing this first round as a good female character. So every decision you make affects your appearance and how people see you. Later on, when I finish this first round, I wanna try being bad and see what happens for the fun of it. I got married, bought a new home, rented the first one, have a business, I'm working from time to time and I'm following the story line. But the fun is that you can choose what you want to do. One thing that I recommend is having enough money to buy good weapons.

3 out of 5 stars

Fun, but over hyped. December 3, 2008
The Game Guy
This is a fun game. That doesn't mean that it is revolutionary (it's not) or perfect (it's REALLY not). Fable II's premise is similar to the first Fable every choice has a consequence, be careful what you do it may come back to h... sorry I just dozed off there for a second. Anyway it's set 500 years after the first, times have changed heroes are no longer needed. You are the great, great, great, great grandsomething of someone who was special. Yes it is that cliched. The story actually gets better as it goes along though. The combat is fun but gets repetitive. The money system in this game is broken, gold is almost useless. You can buy practically everything. It's a fun game to play through once. The BIG problem I have with it is you are never fully immersed in the story. You will always feel like someone watching from afar. It is a good game, has great artwork, but the story just doesn't do it for me.

3 out of 5 stars

A Disappointment from the Original December 2, 2008
R. French (Santa Clara, Ca)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful

I like many was excitedly counting down to the release of fable 2, I was a huge fable fan and play through the game several times to complete every quest and get every weapons. So when fable 2 was released I was excited to give it a try,

Unfortunately I found this game far less entertaining and challenging compared to the original. The same basic style of game is there, but it is the things that they changed that I didn't like, the major one is that you cant die in the game. It takes away all the challenge of the game, because no matter what enemy you face if you keep at it you'll beat them, if you run out of health you just get knocked out and bounce right back to keep fighting which eventually got pretty boring. The next thing that they changed that got to me was the way you control spells. They have this power up system to it so to get higher level spells you have to sit and charge them up instead of them being unleashed from the beginning like the original, also they did away with the magic meter which again makes the game easier when you can keep constantly dishing out spells and never run out of power. That last major bother for me in the game is the story, well not the story, but again the ease of it, I wont put any spoilers in here but there are no big boss battles anymore, or at least the are battles the seemed like boss battle but since you can't die they felt incredibly easy, especially the final fight with Lucien, way too easy.

Those are the major disappointments in the game for me, the rest are minor content stuff like the elimination of armor in the game, now all the clothing are just clothes like tunics and stuff, no cool looking armor which sucks in a game that is still primarily based on sword fighting, but those are just preference things that don't really affect overall game play.

Overall this game is disappointingly different from the first game so don't go into it expecting a lot if you enjoyed the first game like I did and you like a bit of a challenge in the games you play.

3 out of 5 stars

Fable 2 or Fable 1? December 1, 2008
Robert Hanson (Seattle, WA United States)
IMO: When a sequel is launched, there are a few important criteria that must be met for it to be successful.

1. Does the gameplay improve?
2. Does the story continue into new and interesting territory?
3. Do the graphics improve?
4. Are the throwbacks from the first game improved by a large amount?
5. Do I feel continuity from the old game and a desire to replay it?

My answers to these questions:
1. Slightly... fable 1 had a very odd interface about casting "Will" spells and it required a high degree of human dexterity to successfully quickly cast spells intermingled with other attacks. Fable2 solves some of these problems by allowing users to bind a spell to the "B" button so that you dont need to hit the right trigger at the same time to cast, however, they introduced casting time for higher level spells so holding B becomes an annoyance.

2. Fable2's story is actually pretty funny. They start by pointing out that the "old heroes" (from fable1) became arrogant and ran amuck. Much like I did after beating fable1 and getting bored with no quests to completed... so this is funny... but outside that one joke, pretty much all previous story lines are erased (not that fable1 had much of a story).

3. Yes, xbox360 graphics for Fable2 are very pretty and I've actually caught myself enjoying a sunrise / sunset or two. Character / weapon graphics are good and the "finishing" moves are fun. However the fights (while graphically are fun) are pretty generic and bland, with only two types: you vs. boss, you vs. hoardes. I would have liked to be required to outsmart someone, or do something more interesting than just mush X until the people die.

4. Fable 2 could easily be Fable 1. The existing things are there, and the new additions? Well there aren't many... Your dog is kinda fun, but you can only do a few things with him. Jobs are a good easy way to get gold, but are completely monotonous (like real life i guess), dying your clothes colors... whee... for 5 minutes... The weapons / behavior quests are all pretty darn similar / same... There just wasn't anything drastically new / exciting. I enjoy playing, but there's no real wow factor bringing me back.

5. As I wrote earlier, one of the first things they tell you in Fable2 is that the Fable 1 world is not around anymore. So.. uh.. no. and I have pretty much no interest in playing fable 1 cuz it's pretty much the same :(

All in all, as a stand-alone new game... it's ok, nothing special and nothing that's terribly memorable since all the cool things you can do in fable 2 (like git-busy) were there in fable 1... meh... but as a sequel it's bad... it's not halo-2 pick up a second gun... it's halo-3... not much new, not enough exciting changes to live up to it's own reputation.

4 out of 5 stars

Fun. December 1, 2008
S. Caasi (Guam, USA)
ok first of this game is great, with graphic and gameplay, but its sort of short and not much to do after the story and it gets repetitive after sometime, but can't wait for the new DLCs (Downloadable Content).

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