Fable 2 Review

Fable II is the successor to a game that has received many positive reviews and has developed somewhat of a cult following over the years. This gave Fable II a very large amount of hype and lots of expectations that are, quite frankly, difficult to live up to for anybody.

Luckily, Lionhead Studios knew what they were going into with this game, and knew just how to pull it off.

The entire premise of Fable II is choice. You get to choose what you want to do… Whether you want to be a good guy, or a bad guy. Every little choice you make follows you throughout the game and makes changes to the environment and people around you, including what you look like, and even your dog.

The combat system in Fable II is very intuitive, allowing for smooth, simple play, while still retaining an amount of user control. It’s not a largely in-depth system, but it’s good enough, and it gets the job done.

Throughout the game, you can train certain skills – Magic, fighting, and the like… But, it really all adds up to one final result; You being good at everything. By the end of the game, you should be so trained in everything that you can take basically anything on, which was a bit of a disappointment to me, because I spent a lot of time in the beginning of the game working on specific skills and wanting to excel in just them.

Your dog plays a pretty big role in the game. As you go through, your dog can help you battle, and it can also find treasure. This came in handy when you needed an item to sell, and occasionally you’d also find a good item that can help you in the game.

In Fable II, you procure your money by having a job. There are many jobs that you can choose to do, but there are really two main things you have to do – In some jobs, it’s all about combat, but in others you just hit the A button when it tells you to. Both of these can get dry and boring pretty fast, so this wasn’t necessarily an exhilarating point in the game for me.

All-in-all, Fable II is a great game with many great qualities, but it is lacking in some spots. I found myself switching discs to play another game pretty often in the beginning, but as you get more into the game, it gets more and more exciting and you’ll get more consumed into it.

It’s definitely worth it to check it out if you liked the first one, but it’s not necessarily a revolutionary game.

7.5/10