26 Fable 2 Reviews (IGN - 8.8/10)

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#1 angelkimne
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1. 10/10 from Eurogamer!

2. This ones a 9/10 Link

3. A 96/100 from RPGSite

4. A 9.0 from Strategy Informer

5. A 5/5 from Snappygamer

6. A 9/10 fromn Spongychicken

7. 9.5/10 from PlanetXbox360

8. 9/10 from Gamesradar

9. 9/10 from EDGE magazine

10. 9.5/10 from OXM

11. 9.5/10 from Gameplayer

12. Kikizo give it a 9/10

13. Xbox 360 Fanboy Review (No Score)

14. 9.5/10 from IGN UK

15. Gamereactor Norway gave it 8/10

16. 8/10 from Gamereactor Sweden

17. 94/100 from Xbox360Achievements.org

18. 9/10 from Gamereactor Denmark

19. Ars Technice Review (No score) 'Fable II stands as one of the best RPGs of the year and easily one of the finest titles in the Xbox 360 library'

20. Play.tm give it 88/100

21. A 9.2/10 from CVG

22. 9/10 from videogamer.com

23. 8.9 from TeamXbox

24. IGN give it 8.8

25. A 9/10 from Meristation

26. A 4.5/5 from Che at Code Central

AVERAGE :91.125 %

I really thought it was going to flop, looks like I was wrong. :D

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#2 ImOldGreg
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Very nice

edit: Those no name sites ''dailygame'' and the ''gamereactor norway'' dont belong in the same list as say IGN, Edge and eurogamer.

cmon man gamereactors reveiw is barly a page long!!

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#3 ukillwegrill
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Meh, i would have got it either way.

I don't understand why there's so much Fable 1 hate. It was a great game.

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#4 epic_pets
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Grea review and good score for fable 2.
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#5 angelkimne
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Updated with AAAA from Eurogamer!
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#6 SecretPolice
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Darn-it I'm hyped enough and all this great news has me about ready to go sneak into the retailers warehouse and snag me a copy NOW ! :D

Anywho, great news, thanks.

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#7 whocares4peace
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10/10 from Eurogamer is pretty impressive.
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#8 ukillwegrill
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Updated with AAAA from Eurogamer!angelkimne

Cool, Eurogamer are some of my favorite reviewers, despite how ... over the top they are.

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#9 angelkimne
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And another 2 reviews, they keep coming in!
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#10 SecretPolice
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Confirmed !! :D

"Terrific news! Lionhead and Microsoft Game Studios confirmed today that the online co-op "Fable II" multiplayer feature update is confirmed for a first day free download on Xbox LIVE, worldwide (21st October). We are pleased to provide "Fable II" fans around the world with the chance to hop in and out of their friend's "Fable II" worlds, to meet their heroes, dogs, spouses and experience Albion, together online. "Fable II" will be available at retailers throughout North America on October 21 and across Europe on October 24.

You would never have noticed, we could just have told you we'd be "switching on the servers" and gotten away with it. I think... Wink [;)]

Oh, for what its worth, not even we at Lionhead have received our own personal retail copies... granted, we could always play it on the devkits... but there is nothing better than sitting on your own couch in your own living room and in your own pants (hopefully), playing the game on your own TV and handing the second controller to your own (well, hopefully) partner for coop.

Well done to the team in the US and over here in Guildford!"

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#11 angelkimne
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Ok, this is weird, the reviews are coming in like every 2 seconds.
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#13 ANeuralPathway
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"first day free download on Xbox LIVE"

Hell is freezing as we speak.

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#14 deactivated-63f6895020e66
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Wow. Getting better reviews as expected. I'm sad I didn't manage to pre-order it :(

Maybe it gets a 9 here.

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#15 Giancar
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great scores!
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#16 epic_pets
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Wow,this could get a 9.5 here:shock:
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#17 whocares4peace
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Ok, this is weird, the reviews are coming in like every 2 seconds.angelkimne
The embargo must have lifted. Wonder if the GS review is coming anytime soon.
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wait, is splitscreen co-op in the game?
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#19 skrat_01
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Nice reviews.

Might pick it up at the end of the year when its cheaper.

Looks very nice, my only grips with what I have read ans seen is that morality seems to be completely black and white - just good and evil. As I play through The Witcher, im tending to wish more RPGs - or games with choices and consequences were a bit more complex... than lets say 'Bioshock' that critics raved about 'player morality', when it was (I have to say) extremely shallow.

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#20 deactivated-63f6895020e66
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Ok, this is weird, the reviews are coming in like every 2 seconds.angelkimne

Maybe Lionhead gave them some kind of deadline or something, and they are now free to public them.

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#21 gensigns
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Edge gave it a 9 too!
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#22 ImOldGreg
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Oh happy days!! Ill be playin it in just a few hours!! :P
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#24 skrat_01
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wait, is splitscreen co-op in the game?Cyberfairy
Nope, you both play on the same screen.

Think GTA San Andreas style of multiplayer, however you can play through the singleplayer, not just dick around.

Online coop seems to be coming in the form of a patch.

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#25 deactivated-5b1e62582e305
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Wow. I was expecting this to flop. I guess I will buy it after all.
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#26 Giancar
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http://www.n4g.com/xbox360/News-218481.aspx

still great review from OXM UK

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#27 DireOwl
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Great news, can't wait to play this.
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*HYPE MAKES HEAD EXPLODE* W00T....:D :D
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#29 jiggawho2006
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1. 10/10 from Eurogamer!

2. This ones a 9/10 Link

3. A 96/100 from RPGSite

4. A 9.0 from Strategy Informer

5. A 5/5 from Snappygamer

6. A 9/10 fromn Spongychicken

I really thought it was going to flop, looks like I was wrong. :D

angelkimne

game radar 9/10

http://www.gamesradar.com/xbox360/fable-ii/review/fable-ii/a-2008101714187490010/g-20061010115312575037

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Nice reviews.

Might pick it up at the end of the year when its cheaper.

Looks very nice, my only grips with what I have read ans seen is that morality seems to be completely black and white - just good and evil. As I play through The Witcher, im tending to wish more RPGs - or games with choices and consequences were a bit more complex... than lets say 'Bioshock' that critics raved about 'player morality', when it was (I have to say) extremely shallow.

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no it isn't just good and evil. there is corrupt and one more.
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Mate , Eurogamer I can understand but I've never heard of the rest of them
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#32 angelkimne
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Yet another AAA added.
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#33 skrat_01
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[QUOTE="skrat_01"]

Nice reviews.

Might pick it up at the end of the year when its cheaper.

Looks very nice, my only grips with what I have read ans seen is that morality seems to be completely black and white - just good and evil. As I play through The Witcher, im tending to wish more RPGs - or games with choices and consequences were a bit more complex... than lets say 'Bioshock' that critics raved about 'player morality', when it was (I have to say) extremely shallow.

too_much_eslim
no it isn't just good and evil. there is corrupt and one more.

Howso? I mean good and bad choices and consequences which make your character good or bad - however the choices are easily defined as being good ones or bad ones.
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#34 ToScA-
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Add EDGE to that list, 9/10.
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#35 50u1r34v3r
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Stop with all this torture.

I'm going to have to wait until Friday before I can pick it up. :cry:

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#36 too_much_eslim
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[QUOTE="too_much_eslim"][QUOTE="skrat_01"]

Nice reviews.

Might pick it up at the end of the year when its cheaper.

Looks very nice, my only grips with what I have read ans seen is that morality seems to be completely black and white - just good and evil. As I play through The Witcher, im tending to wish more RPGs - or games with choices and consequences were a bit more complex... than lets say 'Bioshock' that critics raved about 'player morality', when it was (I have to say) extremely shallow.

skrat_01

no it isn't just good and evil. there is corrupt and one more.

Howso? I mean good and bad choices and consequences which make your character good or bad - however the choices are easily defined as being good ones or bad ones.

As often as the game makes you choose between standard good and bad deeds, it makes you think about subtler deviations - how much incidental brutishness you allow yourself in the name of a justifiable cause, for example, or how much embarrassment you'll opt to create for no real reason. And Fable II also understands what few other similarly inclined videogames have: morality has no kick unless the game can actually make you want something quite desperately. In the course of Fable II, you'll be offered some genuine delights, alongside the promise of a few brutal sacrifices, and they're all choices that carry a convincing price for your world.

thats from Eurogamer

Also the thing is you can look good on the outside, but be evil when no one is looking. It is more than just good and eveil. there are gray areas that you can go into.

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#37 deactivated-61010a1ed19f4
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I'm not trying to curse this,

but i think theres a good chance of a AAAA here

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#38 stiltzsy
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Not really my type of game, but I do believe this game has a good chance of getting AAAAE at GS.
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#39 FirstDiscovery
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The review on Youtube was excellent, yeah hes an ametaur but he raised some fine points

After hearing his, i have a feeling GS will flop it

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#40 too_much_eslim
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I'm not trying to curse this,

but i think theres a good chance of a AAAA here

scottiescott238
eh doubt it. It has some technical issues. however GTA IV got a 10 so who knows.
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#41 xsubtownerx
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The review on Youtube was excellent, yeah hes an ametaur but he raised some fine points

After hearing his, i have a feeling GS will flop it

FirstDiscovery

I thought so too. But after reading the Eurogamer review, I think this game could score a 10 here. I mean Eurogamer NEVER give out tens.

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The review on Youtube was excellent, yeah hes an ametaur but he raised some fine points

After hearing his, i have a feeling GS will flop it

FirstDiscovery
he rushed through the game though. he didn't really do a lot of teh stuff that made it fun. he just stuck to the story an that wa basically it.
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#43 lantus
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This is shaping up just like the LittleBigPlanet review people, calm your expectations! :x
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#44 mamkem6
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It is a RPG game, right?

Then my score is 0/10.

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Wow, I am seriously considering getting this game now. Floppy_Jim is impressed.
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#46 SecretPolice
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[QUOTE="FirstDiscovery"]

The review on Youtube was excellent, yeah hes an ametaur but he raised some fine points

After hearing his, i have a feeling GS will flop it

too_much_eslim
he rushed through the game though. he didn't really do a lot of teh stuff that made it fun. he just stuck to the story an that wa basically it.

There is almost no way as IGN will score this 9.5 or better and should GS flop this game, me thinks they will look like a flop themselves but after a 5.5 for T.H., anything seems possible here. :evil:
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#47 angelkimne
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It is a RPG game, right?

Then my score is 0/10.

mamkem6

Eh?

What you got against RPG's...

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#48 skrat_01
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[QUOTE="skrat_01"][QUOTE="too_much_eslim"][QUOTE="skrat_01"]

Nice reviews.

Might pick it up at the end of the year when its cheaper.

Looks very nice, my only grips with what I have read ans seen is that morality seems to be completely black and white - just good and evil. As I play through The Witcher, im tending to wish more RPGs - or games with choices and consequences were a bit more complex... than lets say 'Bioshock' that critics raved about 'player morality', when it was (I have to say) extremely shallow.

too_much_eslim

no it isn't just good and evil. there is corrupt and one more.

Howso? I mean good and bad choices and consequences which make your character good or bad - however the choices are easily defined as being good ones or bad ones.

As often as the game makes you choose between standard good and bad deeds, it makes you think about subtler deviations - how much incidental brutishness you allow yourself in the name of a justifiable cause, for example, or how much embarrassment you'll opt to create for no real reason. And Fable II also understands what few other similarly inclined videogames have: morality has no kick unless the game can actually make you want something quite desperately. In the course of Fable II, you'll be offered some genuine delights, alongside the promise of a few brutal sacrifices, and they're all choices that carry a convincing price for your world.

thats from Eurogamer

Also the thing is you can look good on the outside, but be evil when no one is looking. It is more than just good and eveil. there are gray areas that you can go into.

Cool, sounds pretty good I have to say. I wonder how grey the choices for quests are - if it hits the just grey -rather than a noticeable good or bad outcome.
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#49 angelkimne
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Now decided just to put every Fable 2 review in there. I'll update OP as much as I can.
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#50 lantus
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[QUOTE="mamkem6"]

It is a RPG game, right?

Then my score is 0/10.

angelkimne

Eh?

What you got against RPG's...

He must not like games.:?