Whether you choose to be good or evil, Fable 2 is an entertaining Action-RPG with lots of humor.
Fable 2 takes place in the world of Albion, a countryside enriched with beautiful landscapes and amazing graphics which remind me of a fairytale. You start by choosing a female or male character who is accompanied by it's older sister. Although you begin as a child your choices will have consequences right from the start. Whether you want to be good or evil, it doesn't matter, everything you do will change the future of your environment and even your appearance. Thus you look different everytime you make a decision which depending on your intentions.
Basically the story consists of you searching for the murderer of your older sister. How you reach your goal is up to you. Take the evil or the good way. But rest assured you have a dog that goes along with you. Anyways, this is a very brief summary of what is your primary task. Besides there are still lots of quests to do and mysteries to unveil as well as certain jobs to earn money. In addition to that you may buy shops which provide you with money even if you turn off the console(a feature you may know from The World Ends With You or Animal Crossing). The quests add some variety into the main plot such as rescuing some people or posing for an sculptor. The main story itself is done fairly quick with about 12-15 hours of gameplay.
Visually Fable 2 looks really great. Everything will remind you of a fairytale. Lionhead has put lots of detail into the towns, countrysides and forests. The graphics are sharp and smooth in movement. However, I recognized some occasional slowdowns in combat when just too much was going on. What Lionhead has created is a very charming style which keeps your eyes glued to the screen. Unfortunately you will see some repeating people and monster models.
The sound is great, too. Anyhow, the voice of your sister wasn't really well done though there are still many dialogues which are pretty funny. Your character remains silent and communicating with other characters is done with gestures.
The combat system is very simple which can be considered good or bad. But using a button for melee attacks, one for magic etc. makes it easy to learn for everyone. You may choose between a variety of very nice looking weapons like axes and swords. The experience points you gained in battle help you evolving your spells and growing stronger. However, executing an impressive looking spell just requires pressing one button. If you get killed in a fight, you will just go on as your lifebar fills up and you get a scar in your face which makes you look slightly more evil. Not really getting killed makes this easy game even more easy because boss fights aren't necessarily difficult, too.
After beating the final boss, which was a cakewalk, there was still something to do. I completed several sidequests and earned some money from new employers. Though it is definetly shorter than the average RPG it offers lots of funny moments and a good amount of quests. Furthermore you may form relationships and play a few minigames.
While not very story driven Fable 2 offers high replay value in the way you might play through the game multiple times in different ways. So you may start a new character and make totally different choices. This can be a nice feature if you like such games as it delivers a very low learning curve and funny characters you get to know as proceed within the game. Some might say it's still disappointing but I managed to have lots of fun and recommend it to gamers who like easy games which are easy to get into and have great visuals and funny dialogues.