Developer: Lionhead Studios
Lead Designer: Peter Molyneux
Console: 360 Exclusive
Releat Date: October 21st 2008
Rated: M for Mature
Official Hype: AAA
From official website:
"Your story is waiting."
Fable™ II is the 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 a player's every decision continually defines whom they become. "Fable II" is an action role-playing game (RPG) that truly allows players to live the life they choose in an unimaginably open world environment.
Set 500 years after the original, "Fable II" 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.
- Choices, consequences. The innovative gameplay pioneered in the original Fable provided gamers with a never-before-seen level of immersion in a truly interactive world. Fable II expands upon the scope and depth of the Xbox game by adding incredible new features and creating a wider, more complex kingdom of limitless choices and consequences. Players will have the option to play as a man or woman, get married, have children, and live a life of their own design.
- A land far, far away. Revisit the sprawling world of Albion more than 500 years after the events of the original Fable, where you are free to explore the landscape and openly roam the countryside. For the right price every house, hut, dungeon and castle is for sale. Players can witness how the world grows and changes in response to their decisions in incredible and unique ways as they rediscover Albion as if for the first time.
- Fight with ease. Fable II pioneers a new combat system designed to allow players to truly master hand weapons such as swords and maces, ranged combat weapons such as cross-bows and guns, and an entirely new magic system. These three disciplines, while very accessible, are also amazingly deep, and allow players to mix combat types and become everything from master swordsman to skilled ranger to evil magic weilder, utilizing a single button on the Xbox 360 controller.
- A hero's best friend. This groundbreaking addition to the game is integral to the theme of unconditional love in Fable II. The canine companion will act as friend, compass and protector. Players must merely feed their pooch and he will love unconditionally, creating a bond that sets up emotion-filled journeys all throughout this magical world.
- Experience the world together. For the first time in the Fable" series, gamers can experience the expansive and immersive world of Fable II with friends, utilizing the new and exciting Dynamic Co-op Mode, bringing the long-awaited multiplayer function to the world of Fable II.
- Xbox LIVE Arcade mini-games earn major cash. Carbonated Games has partnered with Lionhead Studios Ltd. to bring an unparalleled experience to gamers through Xbox LIVE Arcade. Gamers can start earning in-game currency for the Fable II world later this year, before the game's release to retail, by downloading and playing exclusive mini-games, which will be available for download on Xbox LIVE Arcade and allow gamers to purchase weapons, armor and more for their hero.
News:
Fable 2 Co-op Patch Done!
Fable 2 Launch Trailer Out Now!
Videos:
From IGN
Fable 2 Good vs Evil
Fable 2: The Mage
Fable 2: Express Yourself
Fable 2: A Gunslinger's Tale
Fable 2: The Sword
Reviews:
9.0 from Edge Magazine
9.5 from OXM
9.5 from Gameplayer
"Other than that, Fable II ticks all the boxes: the combat handles well, it's visually stunning, the voice acting and musical score are brilliant, and the epic storyline doesn't end before it begins (like the first game did). But the most appealing thing about it is that it delivers everything that Molyneux has promised, plus it is oozing with wit and charm - something sorely lacking from many games nowadays. At the end of the day, Fable II is a triumph and a must buy, even in the face of the impending release of Fallout 3."
10.0 Eurogamer
9.5 Planet Xbox 360
9.0 Kikizo
9.5 IGN UK
8.8 IGN
9.0 from Link
96 from RPG planet
9.0 from Strategy Informer
5 from Snappygamer
9.0 from Gamesradar
94/100 from Xbox360Achievements
8.5 Gamespot
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