Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #22 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Microsoft
• Model: 9CS-00002
• Released on: 2008-10-21
• ESRB Rating: Mature
• Platform: Xbox 360
• Dimensions: 1.00 pounds

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.

From the Manufacturer

Beginning as a penniless street-urchin your destiny is to become Albion's greatest Hero. But will your power lie in kindness or cruelty? Choose your own path to glory and experience how those choices change you and the world forever. A new life, a unique adventure - every time!

Overview:

Fable II will be a true sequel to the wildly successful original that sold more than 3 million copies, offering even more choices and building on the core gameplay theme of Fable where players’ every decision continually defines who they become. Fable II is an action role-playing game that truly allows players to live the life they choose in an unimaginably open world environment.

Fable II Players: 1 Player 2 Player Co-op Save File Size: 10 MB Format: 16:9 Widescreen on HDTV 720p/1080i/1080p Audio: Custom Soundtracks In-Game Dolby® Digital

Roads Are For Chumps - Explore the landscape and openly roam the countryside in a world 10 times the size of the original Fable.Click to view larger

Share the Experience - Dynamic co-op play allows for friends and family to join your games at any time online and off, and share your world.Click to view larger

It's All Up to You - Man or woman, good or evil, career and family or just you and your faithful canine companion - live life your way.Click for a larger view

Set 500 years after the original, “Fable 2” will provide gamers with an epic story and innovative real-time gameplay, including a massive amount of freedom and choice to explore a vast collection of dungeons, catacombs and caves in the world of Albion.

Features:

Choices, consequences: Fable II expands upon the scope and depth of the Xbox® classic by creating a wider, more complex kingdom of limitless choices and consequences. Players can play as a man or woman, get married, have children, and live a life of their own design—all leading to different consequences.

A land far, far away: Revisit the newly expanded world of Albion more than 500 years after the events of the original, where you are free to openly roam the countryside. For the right price, every house, hut, dungeon, and castle is for sale. See how the world grows and changes in incredible and unique ways in response to your decisions, as you rediscover Albion as if for the first time.

Fight with ease: The new combat system allows players to truly master hand weapons such as swords and maces, ranged combat weapons including crossbows and guns, and an entirely new magic system. Mix combat styles and become everything from a master swordsman to a skilled ranger to an evil magic wielder, each utilizing a different single button on the Xbox 360® controller.

A hero's best friend: Your canine companion acts as friend, compass and protector. Feed your pooch and he will love you unconditionally, creating a bond that sets up emotion-filled journeys throughout the magical world.

Experience the world together: For the first time in any next-generation RPG game, experience the expansive and immersive world with friends, using the new and exciting Dynamic Co-op Mode, bringing the long-awaited multiplayer function to the world of Fable II.

External mini-games earn in-game gold: Lionhead Studios Ltd. provides an unprecedented experience to gamers through Xbox LIVE® Arcade. Start earning in-game currency for Fable II later this year, even before the game's release to retail, by downloading and playing an Xbox LIVE Arcade title consisting of three mini-games. The Xbox LIVE Arcade title will allow gamers to purchase weapons, armor, and more for their hero. This first-of-its-kind experience can only be found on Xbox LIVE Arcade.

Customer Reviews

Fable 2 or Fable 1?
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.

Fun.
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).

Yup, same glitch problems as everyone else
I was fortunate enough to run into two of the glitches. First was while talking to the monk in Oakfield, losing me about 10 hours of playtime and the second was after re-beating the contest in wraithmarch. Only buy this one if your blood pressure levels are normal and you have no pre-existing medical conditions. I suggest doing something less stressfull like taking a drive through rush-hour traffic on a long weekend afternoon with your mother in law.