Fun, but with a few "c'mon man!"
Fable II is definitely a great game. I never played the first so sadly can't compare it to that - but there for my review might be better for debutantes like myself.
You start out as a small child with your sister in the amazing city. The graphics is not overwhelming but with a lot of charm, and it hit me right away, i was really happy to see a game where the surroundings keep me interested, i couldn't wait to explore more of this big virtual world.
Anyways - you start out with a simple tasks, and have this yellow line to help you find your destined target (it doesn't always work "perfect" like i want it to, so you gotta stop for a sec, to see if it is actually that way you have to run again, kinda annoying, but it's overlooked within a little time)
After a certain task, a little cut scene arrives. The cut scenes keeps the "in-game" graphics some times, which kinda annoys me as the "beautiful" animation scenes are absolutely stunning.
You then grow up and now the real adventure starts. It is a pretty weak story to be honest, but i was aware of that before buying it...
In-game magics are unbelievable fun to use, summon zombies, teleport, fireballs, so on and so on - reminds me of X-men, but in a good way you know. Nothing better than teleporting yourself behind an enemy and just kill him from behind (and you are actually have to use magics to survive some battles)
But besides the general stuff you also have your doggy.
A little companion who is very neat, and very cute!
He barks when there are stuff to be interrogated or such.
Of course there is always "the moral choice" now don't go think being evil is all that easy in the beginning. Killing a guard fast is no option with bad weapons, so maybe wait out a bit, and if you just have to kill someone choose the "follow" option to make a civilian follow you into a dark alley, and then kill him/her.
You can buy shops, houses, weapons, furniture, titles, etc.
In fact, with money enough you can practically own a whole city (but that will cost something though! :P)
There are tons of stuff to tell about Fable II, but in general it's a very nice game, lots of time to use on it, and with charming graphics, great controls, nice sound, and a feeeew flaws that can be overseen, i would recommend it a lot to people who loves RPG, cause this for once, is a nice RPG (and there ain't been much of them the last couple of months...)
So hope you got a bit out of my review, and hope you will enjoy the experience of Fable II (i have not done Co-op just, but add my game-tag and ill meet you online, BYE!)