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IGN: Fable II: 10 Things You Absolutely Have to Know

With Fable II just around the corner, Lionhead fans can start getting legitimately excited. Fable II really is looking like it will be the sequel everyone was hoping for. From a visual standpoint the Dickensian fantasy art direction is stunning and ably backed by polished animations and the visual evolution of the player, while the gameplay is a tasty melange of combat and role playing, in a world that responds to the player in ways both overt and subtle.

If you haven't been following the coverage closely, consider this a ten point primer for one of the most promising games of the year. If you have, then this should be a good recap.
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Published: 500 days 23 hours ago | Article | Xbox 360
 
 

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meepmoopmeep - 500 days 23 hours ago
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Fable 2 is looking/sounding superb!!!
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n4gzz - 500 days 21 hours ago
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This is one my most anticipated game. I never played fable 1 but I am very much interested on this one. It seems like its gonna deliver too.
Happy gaming.
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Gam71 - 500 days 17 hours ago
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I never played the first one but i am seriously looking at getting this one.
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Bubble Buddy - 500 days 17 hours ago
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Choice is great, and Fable 2 gives you that. This game looks awesome.

"A charming town in which you can get a soul-sapping mind-numbing medieval job. Or steal sh!t. I know which option I'll take."

haha
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lsujester - 500 days 15 hours ago
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I did play the first one and while it was a good RPG (not great, but good). Many people were pissed, though... during production, Peter Molyneux constantly promised a lot of features, and then when the game came out, much of it was nowhere to be found.

So I'm holding off any ideas of purchasing this game until it ships and is actually found to be really good.

Personally, I've had almost nothing but disappointment in Peter Molyneux's for a while now. While some of his early stuff was magnificent (Syndicate, Populous), since 2000 most of the games have disappointed me. Both Black & White games suffered from horrible bugs, and even when they worked, were not that great. The Movies games could be fun, but felt so limited in what you could do.
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Robondacob - 500 days 14 hours ago
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I hate it when people are like "Fable II looks pwnage awesome! I'm totally going to buy it!". I then ask him/her if they loved the first one too and they are like "No, but this one looks the betterz!".

I garuntee you that this will be fun, but no where near the same level as Fable 1. That's something that I know for sure.

I'm always up for some nostalgia. The same thing happened for me with Pikmin 1 and Pikmin 2.
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The Lazy One - 500 days 14 hours ago
1.6 - Why on earth...
would it be worse than fable 1? It's got almost the same combat gameplay, better magic system (BY FAR), more features all around.

And! molyneux has been quiet most of the time after what happened with fable1
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GameOn - 500 days 13 hours ago
1.7 - Robondacob
I just played through Fable 1 recently and it a really good game.
Looking at Fable 2 it's clear that it's going to be a great improvement over the first. With all the new stuff Lionhead have added I cant see how you could think this will be worse than the first.

Explain yourself if you will.
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Immaculate - 500 days 12 hours ago
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I can hardly wait to play this with my friends on Live, it should be hysterical. : ) I'm going to make the townspeople hate my friends lol.
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Robondacob - 500 days 3 hours ago
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There is no way that Fable II will ever surmount Fable Uno in terms of fun. It will only be helping remember the first one. I played the original so much that playing a game with the same gameplay, but with improved details won't make it better for me.

What I'm saying is that Fable II will never be able to give me the same feeling I got with the first one. The first one was so good and it was one of best memories of the Xbox. This second one will only bring me memories, not a satisfied feeling of what I got with the first one.
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HALO-32 - 500 days 23 hours ago
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Can't wait for Oct 21st!
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Mao - 500 days 8 hours ago
2.1 - Greatest day of gaming ever!
Fable 2 and LittleBigPlanet for me! Also, I believe Bioshock for PS3 too right? INCREDIBLE!
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ChrisGTR1 - 500 days 23 hours ago
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this game is gonna goty contender. now i just hope the game has alot of substance to it and dosent leave me with an empty handed feeling like fable 1 did after i beat the game in only 10 hours :(
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sack_boi - 500 days 20 hours ago
3.1 - I agree
I loved the first Fable, and I'll be picking this one up as soon as it's releasd on PC (hope PC gets it's own release too).

Resisteance 2, Gears of war 2, Fallout III, LBP, Fable II (...) this fall is going to be EPIC.
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SCThor - 500 days 16 hours ago
3.2 - Don't think It will even make it to the top 3 GOTY contenders
The contenders will be

-GeOW2
-LBP
-MGS4
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Freckler - 500 days 15 hours ago
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I honestly doubt LBP would even be considered for GOTY. A level editor? Just don't see it.
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TheExecutive - 500 days 12 hours ago
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I actually think the gaming media will overwhelmingly choose LBP as GOTY over anything this year (unless fallout is amazing). In any case gears of war will not win, nor will MGS. Both will be great but both are in many respects "the same old sh*t". I betcha LBP is very very very well received by the gaming media.
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The Lazy One - 500 days 12 hours ago
3.5 - @the executive
Since when did GOTY become about being new and original? It's about who has the best game, period. It can be the most stereotypical shooter in the world, but if it's good, it has a solid chance at a GOTY.

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Immaculate - 500 days 12 hours ago
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I agree with Freckles, level editors aren't anything special, they have been around for a long time. I used the level editors on Timesplitters and Halo 3 for a total of about 3 hours over 3 days. They just aren't fun if all you really want to do is play a game.
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dkp23 - 500 days 23 hours ago
4 - I also beat the original in about 10 hours...
This game I read is about 10-15 hours if you just play the story mode straight. Now doing side missions and trying to get gold (not being able to collect gold from drops), buying property and doing the stone door riddles. This game can go over 40 hours I am assuming if you want to do all of those things and get good weapons and armor.

The original was about 10 hours after buying some property, getting a wife, and doing a bunch of side missions. It shouldnt dissapoint (I hope)...
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ChrisGTR1 - 500 days 23 hours ago
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well i know for shure the 2 player coop is gonna add a good 10-20 hours. i just hope they add alot of of customization and armor ala too human.

you know i actually feel like buying fable the lost chapters. its probably like 10$ or something now.

BTW am i the only one pissed off here? i heard theres extra missions /armor in the limited edition.... thats just F'd up. especially when the special edition is 80$! oh same thing goes for gears 2 silver lancer in game with Special E. damn MS.
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Steven Colbert - 500 days 23 hours ago
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Hopefully its leads up to the hype.But a huge RPG having only 12 hours of story sounds...troubling
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dkp23 - 500 days 23 hours ago
5.1 - Seems like RPGs are being shortened...
I've played the Final fantasys on the PS and PS2 and played well over 100 hour of each of those games. With one exception, FFXII which I played only 30 hours, it was shorter than I expected and really boring.
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Steven Colbert - 500 days 21 hours ago
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Yeah I like both short RPGs and long RPGs so I hope this one turns out well because since Mass Effect I have had an RPG itch I've been unable to scratch.
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Gam71 - 500 days 17 hours ago
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recently finished mass effect. made sure i completed every mission including side missions i was given before i finished it.

Made me want more, but with all the games coming out and not having so much time 10hrs story and 40hrs if doing the game thoroughly seems perfect for me.
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The Lazy One - 500 days 13 hours ago
5.4 - @steven...
This isn't a linear RPG like many are. This is an open world RPG. Very few games will be as large as old FFs were, but there's a lot more to do through the game than just the main story arc.

Fable is more about the whole world than the main quest. The main quest is just a driving force/goal in the game. It's not the be all end all of the game world.
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Firstkn1ghT - 500 days 22 hours ago
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Anybody that beat the first Fable in 10 hours just cheated themselves a great game. I probably put 30 in Fable: Lost Chapters. The game was so epic I just didn't want it to stop. I will get every achievement in Fable 2. I rarely do that but I will for this one.
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Steven Colbert - 500 days 21 hours ago
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1st Knight,Did you ever kill everyone in the villages of Fable,then buy their houses so you could rent it to make money again?

Fable was hilarious
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sack_boi - 500 days 20 hours ago
6.2 - @Firstkn1ghT
why are people disagreeing with you? You're just talking about your personal experience with a game.

WOW N4G sometimes....
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edonus - 500 days 20 hours ago
6.3 - Yeah...that first Fable doesnt always get its props
You can shoot through the game if you so desire, thats one of the things that makes this genre so innovative. You decide how much work you are gonna put in. Like Mass Effect, my fisrt time through I was focused on just beating the game. I thought that the mission would naturally lead me to certain places then I beat it. So I started up again and swear doing those side missions made it a whole new game. All those little points the other characters talked about and helping them complete there stories was a blast. Fable 1 was the same way.
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Firstkn1ghT - 500 days 19 hours ago
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I played Fable on the good side so I never killed any good people. But just the idea of being able to is just insane.

Sack boi...I can say the earth is round and I will still get hit with disagrees.

Edonus, speeding thru a game is always a bad idea. I put exactly 48 hours in Mass Effect and I still didn't get all the side missions. I will be taking my sweet ass time beating Fable 2.
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Webswinger93 - 500 days 20 hours ago
7 - Damn
Now I'll have to get a 360... *sigh*
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GameOn - 500 days 15 hours ago
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Oh the Shameee!!!
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devilhunterx - 500 days 5 hours ago
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Just pirate Fable 2: The Last Gen on the pc when it comes. I know I will :)
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dantheman1515 - 500 days 20 hours ago
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This is defnitely the game im picking up this october. The depth is just amazing, its obvious threw in all the marbles and it is paying off. With the only Rpg ive played this generation being Mass Effect,this looks to be the first true great rpg this generation. I also cant wait For Star Wars: FU, Gears 2, Fallout 3, LBP, and GTWT.
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thereapersson - 500 days 18 hours ago
9 - I hope this game does really well
We need more unique RPG's such as this, and less cookie-cutter turn-based JRPG's that have flooded the market.
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Dmitry Orlov - 500 days 17 hours ago
10 - Collector's Edition - Here I go!
I've already saved money for that! Can't wait for that title released - it's gonna be huge.
I've spent 50+ hours playing Fable 1, and I'm definitely gonna make 1000/1000 in Fable II.
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Reibooi - 500 days 16 hours ago
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I have never liked Fable. What really annoyed me was what Peter Molyneux did and thats is he promised feature after feature after feature that never was in the final game. Not only does he do this with Fable but he does it with almost every game he makes. It seems Fable II has been the first game where he has been watching what he has been saying and showing videos to prove what he is saying will be there. Personally I always thought of Fable as the poor mans Elder Scrolls.
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Wii60Fan - 500 days 15 hours ago
11.1 - Uhm,
Fable is MUCH better than Elder Scrolls.
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quiquitos - 500 days 15 hours ago
11.2 - agree with you reibooi
i never really liked fable to me it was just so boring and repetitive and every time i tried to choose a different path (good or evil) i would end up doing almost the same things, the combat was bad and repetitive too and the burping and farting emotion things were just really silly and imo unnecessary.

The new one seems kind of like the way it was intended for it to be in the first place, sounds like they made lots of improvements to really differentiate the story and the way it plays out as well as the world around the player depending on the path they choose, too bad i sold my 360 :(
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Gamer luv - 500 days 16 hours ago
12 - If im honest..
i didnt think much of fable at all, but after reading this it certainly sounds quite fun an may have to get it.
I like the idea of being able to drop into someone elses world and how every ones is quite different.
Also i like the idea of having a pet dog.
Does anyone know if the dog is the same type or if you can choose from different breeds and stuf?

Id like to make mine look like my own dog i think that would be really cool.
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Dmitry Orlov - 500 days 15 hours ago
12.1 - @Gamer luv
I dunno about choosing you dog's breed, but it will morph just like you, depending if you are either good or evil.
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SIX-0-3 - 500 days 15 hours ago
13 - Buying a 60gig 360
just for this game and gears, the game looks really fun and can't wait for it.
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Old Snake - 500 days 14 hours ago
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I think I'll wait to see how much stuff Moloneuyx promised is actually in the game
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Boldy - 500 days 11 hours ago
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Everything that he's said that will be in the game have been shown IN THE GAME at various conventions so I'm sure that most if not all of his promises have made it into the final build.
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El Padre - 500 days 13 hours ago
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Wow, it actually sounds innovative and - most of all - very fun. Maybe Microsoft first party is finally catching up to Nintendo and Sony?
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JokerSGS - 500 days 11 hours ago
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This sounds like it can be a really good game. I like the way it's incorporating more options that you wouldn't think of in an RPG and making everyone in the world actually a part of it. Kind of like an MMO except without having to waste hours in the game and deal with the highest peak of ignorance.

It's funny how better technology may allow this game to become what it was intended to be in the first place, yet many of you will try and criticize games like Killzone who had a great idea but was obviously limited by the hardware with the console they were on. Now they have the tools to make the game what it was suppose to be and people try to bash it.
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xbox-bot - 500 days 9 hours ago
18 - Looks good, I hope it challenges others to be more innovative
I'd like more games to give you the choice of being married and stuff like that. The XboX so far has the most games like that for consoles (This and Mass Effect) I hope more games come out like that.

I like the fact your dog also changes depending if you are good or evil. I wonder what constitutes as good or evil. Does having many women on the side count as evil? if you are evil, does staying out of your children's lives count as good?

interesting social set up.
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The Kingslayer - 500 days 8 hours ago
19 - Fable 2
Is going to be huge...Can't wait to play this, great holiday for the Xbox 360...
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