Returning to the world of Albion, will be one of the most amazing gaming experiences you'll ever have.
If you played the original Fable you won't be disappointed, since you're already familiar with one great RPG game from a really good developer (Lionhead Studios).
For those familiar with the first Fable, there aren't many things to add (don't wish to spoil the game for you hungry RPG-players) except that it's a great game with some curious additions that you will find really entertaining, or rather, a little surprising, none of them diminishes this game's great value.
My suggestion is, if you played the first Fable and liked it, then go get this one ASAP, perhaps there are some glitches with the camera, and in my case sometimes with the controller (but that seldom happened), these glitches, bugs in some cases, are not really annoying since most of the time you'll be thinking about the game, not about some minor disturbances in it, actually unless you are a keen observant and a perfectionist, most likely you'll never discover any bugs, and most of the bugs have been removed with the newest patch.
If you haven't played the first Fable, well allow me to give you a quick walkthrough without spoiling the game's story.
In Fable you are in control of a character which becomes a Hero, there are three heroic disciplines to choose from, or should you wish it, you can mix them all to see what happens.
It doesn't sound too original, but wait, the good part is barely beginning, almost all the world in Fable is interactive, villagers will react to your choices, if you are a nice guy, people will cheer for you, and appreciate you, if you wish to be the devil-reborn you'll be feared, hated and despised (yes I know this little game villagers can really take a toll on your self-esteem).
Another interesting feature of Fable, is that you can interact with buildings, and say, buy a house, buy a store, furnish them (Fable 2 only), charge a rent if your guy doesn't live there, have a spouse, children, etc.
Needless to say one of the most distinguishing features of this franchise, is the humor, british humor at its finest, sarcasm, some toilette humor, but not so much as to leave you disgusted, just the right amount to keep you laughing for a long time. This is not Conker's Bad fur day.
To close this review since I don't want to bore you more than I already have, let me tell you, Fable 2 is a great addition to those who played and liked the first one, but if you didn't play it, don't worry the history is non-linear, so you won't have missed most of the important stuff, you don't need to know how the first game was in order to understand the second, either way both Fable games are great, and both have differences that I will not mention here, those are for you to discover, but none of these differences make the game less enjoyable or fun.