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10-20-2008, 11:53 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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Fable 2
Anyone picking this up tomorrow?
I'm VERY tempted! Last edited by MizzouRah : 10-20-2008 at 11:54 AM. |
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10-20-2008, 11:57 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Manassas, VA
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I really want to, but I've been on such a hugh game binge lately (Head Coach, NHL09, NBA2K9), that I had to promise my wife I'd leave a game or two out there for her to buy me for Christmas.
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10-20-2008, 12:03 PM
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College Starter
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Chula Vista, CA
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The collector in me will eventually pick it up down the road.
It's just that Fable kind of left a bad taste in my mouth with all the hype so many years ago, I've kind of grown a bit numb to Peter Molyneux in general.
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10-20-2008, 12:07 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Michigan
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Fable isn't even my type of game but my friend plays it a lot and it seems fun. I will probably go play it at his house first before I decide.
Problem is there are so many games coming out I want to buy in the next month, like Gears 2, Call of Duty 5 and Left 4 Dead amongst others, that I need to be cautious or else I may not even play Fable 2 for months. |
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10-20-2008, 12:17 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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After reading the IGN review.. which btw received a 9.5.. something tells me I have to pick it up.
I know what you mean with gaming though.. besides all the console games coming out.. there are plenty of text sims I'm playing right now as well... Last edited by MizzouRah : 10-20-2008 at 12:18 PM. |
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10-20-2008, 12:22 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Astoria, NY, USA
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i just beat Unleash The Force so i can put that towards any game purchase. i kinda liked the feel of something epic, but last time i played Fable i wasn't particularly excited about it and got bored halfway through. didn't feel as epic as i thought it would. didn't have that go anywhere do anything feel.
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10-20-2008, 12:29 PM
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Bounty Hunter
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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I bought the original Fable years ago and let my wife take first crack at it. I watched her play it for 10 minutes, we turned it off to get some sleep, and neither of us ever played it again. I think I'm going to read reviews and stuff this time before I jump into buying the new one.
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10-20-2008, 01:36 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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I loved the first Fable, but since I have had my attention on other games, I completely forgot about the sequel. I just ordered from Gamestop and should have it in a few days.
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10-20-2008, 06:35 PM
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Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ashburn, VA
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I have it pre-ordered. And I have a doctor's appointment at noon-15 tomorrow. Guess who's going to stop at GameStop on her way home from the doc appt (and isn't going back to work...hehehe).
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10-20-2008, 06:40 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: New Jersey
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I really enjoyed the first one, but I'm so busy with other games and real life stuff that I'm just going to put it on the Christmas list and wait for it then.
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10-20-2008, 10:39 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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Allright terpkristin.. I want some impressions!!! So many great games out or on the way out right now.... wow... |
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10-20-2008, 10:47 PM
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College Benchwarmer
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Ohio
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Fallout 3 comes out in 1 week. That's my #1 reason for not picking up Fable 2. The only review for Fallout 3 is from OXM and they gave it a 10. Even for OXM (who inflates their scores) that's quite impressive.
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10-21-2008, 11:13 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: Troy, Mo
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ping: terpkristin
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10-21-2008, 11:22 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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My copy left Newark at around 10 pm. Chances are I'll get it tomorrow.
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10-22-2008, 06:28 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: ...down the gravity well
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Picked it up yesterday for gf, plenty in stock at Best Buy.
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10-22-2008, 07:06 AM
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Pro Starter
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: ...down the gravity well
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dola,
stalling my cravings for Fallout 3, I bought Dead Space and I must say, it was an awesome space survival horror game...
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10-22-2008, 07:50 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
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Hell yea it is. Scary as shit but it's awesome. |
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10-22-2008, 08:59 AM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Melbourne, FL
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I got Fable2 yesterday - its 'ok' imho, story line is fairly neat, graphics very nifty ...
Main thing I hate is that it 'tries' to give you a world and relationships with characters in the game - then allows you to accidentally hit the wrong button and cause terror in a town because you just fired a firebolt across a room ... thats stupid imho and there really should be a setting which says "I'm a nice guy who can't remember controls easily don't let me update someone accidentally" ... An example of this was meeting an NPC hitting down instead of up and finding myself in a life or death battle with him, after which it told me I'd committed an evil act - errr didn't want to old chap ... |
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10-22-2008, 01:46 PM
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The boy who cried Trout
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: TX
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Metacritic is pretty high on it, but is seems like it could be a miss for folks:
http://www.metacritic.com/games/plat...xbox360/fable2 |
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10-22-2008, 05:41 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Ashburn, VA
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This is one of my biggest complaints about the game, that a) it feels laggy when moving dialog along so you can accidentally hit a "negative" button when you're not trying to (think of how often you may hit the "A" button in a Final Fantasy game to get through things) and b) the icons seem small at times/hard to see, even on my 52" 1080p, so again, it's easy to hit the wrong thing accidentally. The other big complaint is that the camera doesn't always move like I want it to, so it can be hard to get a view of where I'm trying to go. I also loathe the analog stick on the 360 controller, but I think that's a product of my girlie hands, I never feel like I have a good touch on it, so I wander around like I'm drunk in these types of games. Also not a fan of the gold trail showing you where to go, but I heard that you can turn that off (haven't read the instruction manual yet) so that might not be too bad. Graphics are gorgeous, story is engaging, and IMO worth the money I spent on it. I'm a little weirded out that my character keeps picking her butt, though. /tk
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10-23-2008, 07:45 AM
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General Manager
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Kansas City, MO
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10-23-2008, 08:51 AM
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College Starter
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Federal Way, WA
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Question for any who can answer it: is the world open like Morrowind and Oblivion, closed off(made up of small areas where you can only walk along "paths") like the first Fable, or is it some combination of the two?
The first one would have been so much better if it was an open world. |
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10-23-2008, 09:19 AM
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Banned
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Astoria, NY, USA
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that's what turned me off to the first one, the whole arrow pointing to where i had to go next. didn't feel as wide open as the game originally billed it.
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10-23-2008, 09:34 AM
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Location: Troy, Mo
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Not really much in substance as far as impressions go.  |
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10-23-2008, 11:12 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: ...down the gravity well
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Everything I gather is that it's smaller than Morrowind and/or Oblivion. It's about 10x the size of the initial Fable game. Most of the reviews state that if you just jump into the main story, it's quite quick, but the immersive qualities are there if you choose to be a little more casual in your gaming. My girlfriend has yet to open the box, she wants to finish Lost Odyssey, which I think is incredible willpower, so I cannot give you much about the in-game qualities (also I never played the first Fable). I am looking forward to Fallout 3, though Farcry 2 has piqued my interest. Dead Space was a winner for me after finally beating it, the atmosphere was great, and wrapped things up just as it began to get tedious (there was much in the way of set changes, so it didn't look all the same). The final battle was enjoyable and frightening. That all being said, I'm probably handing a few games in for trade, we aren't an Xbox Live couple and don't really have an interest in it, so even if a game has additional content, I'm not really into it right now. I will say this I liked Morrowwind much more than Oblivion, I really felt that I was in the game, Oblivion felt a little more forced in what you could do, and I hated the leveling feature. I'm looking forward to the apocalyptic world next week.
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10-23-2008, 11:28 AM
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Location: Wisconsin
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I have to get back into Lost Odyssey. I'm only about 1 1/4 disks into the 4.. (which has been about 14 hours of gameplay)
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10-23-2008, 11:44 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
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She's on the fourth disk I believe, but after seeing the gameplay, I wasn't sold, yes it's beautiful, but it's beautiful linear. The battles get repetitive when you have to backtrack and some of the navigation is vague, which wouldn't be a problem in an open game, but when you have one way to get to your goal, it doesn't look like so much fun. That being said, she wants to complete it before turning to Fable 2, which is fine, because by next week I plan to control the Xbox with Fallout and my 46 inch LCD HDTV.
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"General Woundwort's body was never found. It could be that he still lives his fierce life somewhere else, but from that day on, mother rabbits would tell their kittens that if they did not do as they were told, the General would get them. Such was Woundwort's monument, and perhaps it would not have displeased him." Watership Down, Richard Adams |
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10-23-2008, 11:49 AM
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Location: Wisconsin
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I'd agree. The gameplay is very mechanical.. I'm more into it because of the story though which I love.
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10-23-2008, 01:29 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: The Satellite of Love
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It's still like the first one, but there are a lot more areas, and they do feel a lot bigger (but it's been awhile since I played the first one). I played it all day yesterday, and I plan to play it all day today. BTW, you can turn off the gold trail that shows you where to go. It's in Options->Game. |
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08-10-2009, 10:34 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Mays Landing, NJ USA
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Not sure what everyone else thinks of this one by now but just picked it up over the weekend and it's been rather fun so far. The world has a nice feel to it so far. I could see this eating up a few large chunks of my time (as it already has).
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04-22-2012, 01:38 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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My son picked this up along with a couple of other games he didn't play upon release (Forza 2 and something else I don't recall off hand).
I spent a few hours with it tonight and I come away feeling as though I'm playing Oblivion as told by Kingdom Hearts.
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04-22-2012, 07:58 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Midwest
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I actually enjoyed fable 2, but fable 3 was horrible and killed everything that made the first two fun. |
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04-22-2012, 09:43 PM
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Consider that a good feeling. Molyneux games usually inspire large blobs of disappointment wrapped in strips of gullibility. |
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