Gamer 2.0 writes: "With the release of Fable 2 only a month away, Lionhead Studios has given fans the chance to already interact with the world of Albion and customize your future character. Fable 2 Pub Games, a bonus for pre-ordering Fable 2 itself or from download on Xbox Live Arcade, gives players a chance to earn money and distinct items which can then be used by your own character in Fable 2. While the chance to earn money before the game is even out is surely engaging enough for any diehard fan, the games themselves make earning that lofty goal a very hard task indeed.
The Pub Games derive themselves on variations of classic casino games. Of the three games featured in Pub Games, only one actually feels like you can have a winning shot of leaving with more than you started with. That in itself is a major drag to an otherwise nifty idea. The three games featured are Fortune's Tower, a card game where you seek to get the most points from cards lined horizontally without touching doubles vertically, Keystone, a unique blend of craps and roulette, and Spinnerbox, a sort of poor-man's slot machine. The game's themselves are original in the aspects that they offer new takes on classic gaming formulas, but sometimes the outcome is not always desired."
