Fable returns with another fantastic and beautiful world to explore, a great follow up to the original
Lets start out with what probably one of the few things that annoyed me, the story. Though it is still very fun to play though, the story adds very little to the fun. I'll try to explain without giving to much away. It's a story about revenge, on a man who wants to change the world into his vision, and there's not much more to it than that. No big twist, just very plain, simple story.
The one thing good thing about the story, it gives you a very good reason for some great action, and deep impacting choices. For example, when you start out as a child, there are about four, or five good or evil choices, and one, just one, of these choices changes the town completely, it will ether become a nice, successful town where everyone wants to live, or a poor, rundown, dump where beggars, and prostitutes are a common sight.
And that's where game truly kicks off, there are more choices that have a big impact like that later on in the game. But the game play itself, is plain addictive. The new combat control scheme is really simple, X controls your melee attacks, B controls magic, and Y controls guns, and crossbow attacks. It works very well, making the game very accessible to new comers to Fable.
Another feature is Co-op, which works very interestingly. Another player can join you ether locally or though Xbox Live. It doesn't work as well as you'd hope. Both you and the other player are on the same screen. But you can't bring your hero into another hero's world. Instead, you choose from a pre-made hero. You and the other player are stuck on the same screen. So it's hard to have to much fun with it. Thou there is some joy if you can get the main player to turn the safety off.
There is another partner you will have to accompany you, your dog. The dog is one of the best new features there is. The game truly makes you feel attached to your companion. Making exploring Albion even more fun. Another new feature is you can now start a family, instead of just getting married. Although it doesn't work as well as your dog, its still pretty cool that they added this. And having a family makes the game's final choice feel a lot more important to you.
The graphics aren't to impressive, not bad, just not great. But the art in this game is beautiful, its very fun just to look at everything around you. And the world around you, is much bigger now. Albion has grown a lot in five hundred years. Although its not as big as say, Oblivion, its still a pretty good size.
And that's pretty much it. The long awaited sequel is almost everything fans hoped for. So if you have an Xbox 360, and are a fan of RPGs, you should check out Fable 2. You will lose yourself in this fantasy world. It'll be hard to leave Albion.