Through all the hype, Fable II failed to deliver what was promised.
Since they used a 1 button system for each attribute for the hero (Strength, Skill and Will) the combat system has gone way down. Hitting people with fists is now non existant. You have to learn, EVERYTHING by yourself. When you start you can't even block attacks.
Once you learn everything about combat, it gets a little better. But still, the combat lacked. Thery should have kept the original controls.
Still is no better. Again, you have to learn everything through experience. When you learn to aim, half the time you'll looking at your hero's arm. Aiming is almost impossible. Rolling is something you'll do once and never need to do again. Again, lacking.
Will, using magic, had the same problem that Fable 1 had. Certain spells are grossly overpowered and once you master it you walk through the game easilly and with no trouble.
The failed with combat, again really.
• Storyline
The story is a good one. Although short. IT starts with you getting crapped on by a bird. You need 5 gold peices to get a music box which grants one wish. You and your sister decide to wish to live in a castle.
Now the whole game is based around 4 heroes. The hero of stength, skill, will, and you. The one who brings lucien down for good.
Lucien is trying to rebuild something called the spire, which could wish for anything at all. Anything.
You kill lucien and choose one wish, between reviving your loved ones, reviving all who died building the spire, and wealth.
It's more original than the last one, But it still lacked.
And one hugely bad point:
NO FINAL BATTLE.
I've said enough.
• Graphics
One of the only good point of the game. I must say, the graphics are stunning. The world is rich with colours and everyone you seems very much alive.
• Voice acting
Another good point. The voice acting was very realistic. And it fitted the motions of the character very well... But...
• Why did they make bandits scottish?
• The characters have exactly the same problems as the previous game. The people there are very shallow. And they only ever really say 2 things.
• Your dog
Another good point. Your dog really grows on you, and he is very useful with finding treasure and dig spots.
• Misc:
Good points:
- Rich graphics
- There are subtle link backs to Fable 1.
- Your dog makes the world a happier place.
Bad points:
- The prizes in demon doors are awful.
- Once you learn a top level spell theres no need for anything else.
- Even though you can be a girl she still looks like a boy.
- WHERE HAVE ALL THE CLOTHES GONE??? Theres hardly any clothes!!!
- Only 5 towns to go to and all the travel between each place is gone. 10 times the size of fables world my ****.
- The free roam hype is silly because the free roam part of the game is non existant, pretty much.
- Moneymaking is far to easy. After a while you can make like 1000 gold for serving one beer. And after thatn your set for life.
- No final battle in the whole game?!?
- If you choose to revive your sister in the final choice, you find that you never actually see your sister anyway. You just get a silly letter.
I'm going to stop there.
Overall, Lionhead, what the hell happened?
I was very disappointed with this game. It has no character in it whatsoever, clothes have been toned completely down, theres hardly any suits at all.
In the end i do not recommend this game for fable lovers. But for people who have never played fable, you may like it.
EDIT:
The world is extremely small. And it said that the world was 10 times the size of fable? I disagree. There are countless glitches in the game:
• Infinite experience glitch
• Infinite money glitch
• Interface glitches: I have to go through the game once with it constantly asking me to go to a furnature shop to replace a non existant item.
• Your spouses divorce you constantly for no reason.
• Legendary Weapons are stupidly weak now except for a few.
• Scene freeze glitch
• Some of the demon doors are just plain insane...
• The automatic fast travel doesn't work. I liked adverturing the world of Fable and that is gone.
• Your dog is USELESS in battle.
• The game doesn't grow in diffucilty as the game goes on very much.
More to come.