The First and Last time I will buy into the lion Head hype machine!
This must be one of the most overhyped and overated games in recent memory. Peter and lionhead made this out to be a huge upgrade from the original, but in reality it's a step sideways and in many cases a leap back. Its all style with very little substance. But hey, you get a dog....
Ok lets start with the pro's.
Wicked Sense of Humor and irreverant. (PC'ness is the devil)
Nice graphics
Excellent soundtrack.
Easy to pick up and play.
Nice concept of character development
you get a dog.
and the con's.
Terribly easy
Very shallow.
Lack of customisation options in reality
Basic combat system which is no where near as cool as was made out
Expression system is terrible, right up there with Oblivions persuasion system
Horendously short campaign
Bad AI, all the people are clones and behave like robots.
Small world.
Very dissapointed in this, I have played through twice, there is lots of things to do, but no real incentive to do them. You can have a family, but they are an annoyance more than anything, you can buy every property in the land, and be crowned king, but absolutely no real reason too.
Going for a trade in tommorw.