I wonder how many different tattoo options there'll be(there are face and body tattoos for sure).

JakeDunn

coop with my wife is the reason this is a definite SOLD!

phantam

This is the game that will finally convince me to get xbox live gold. (at least... that's what I keep telling my friends so they actually get the game so I have someone to co-op with if I DO get xbox live gold)

Also, I don't like the new screen shot viewer. all the pics are small, can't see any details.

FATDAN

@velvet396:
21st Oct - US
24th Oct - UK
25th Oct - AUS

Emiat

Damn, I still need to unlock that flintlock!!

MishaNL

So your character can look like 6 different types of clowns.
Thanks.

mistersneak

Really... this is the only reason I still have my Xbox. :(
I want it so bad.

drweazel

Is there a release date for this?

velvet396

@AssassinTRIP: What I thought too, though I think they might be too small.

Anyway, this game continues to impress me. Will definitely pick it up.

Refused

Even though the first game was overhyped I still found it very enjoyable and if Fable 2 improves on that then I'd be content. I'm not looking for some life changing experience or some genre redefining gameplay; while those things would be awesome, I liked the original and I'd be happy with an improved version of the previous game.

drhojo

Man, I really can't wait for Fable 2.

My fiance watched me play through the whole first game, I'm pretty excited that she can easily join in with me in co-op this time around (and that she can have a female character, as this was one of her major complaints with the first one).

jporter313

oh, cmon lionhead. hi res is next to godliness, this screenies are titchy

3inst3in

@Machane: Loaded quick for me. And it doesn't open another window. Win, win.

AssassinTRIP

@Sickofitall: no, the lady's just wearing a beard.

kitsuneconundrum

Billions of different options to purchase with the billions in hot cash we've all earned from the pub game glitch?

Sweet!

Twisk

Is that a guy wearing a dress?

Sickofitall

This new screenshot/picture system sucks. Everything is either tiny (like these) or is horribly slow. Lose, lose.

Machane

This is my most anticipated game of this year.

TheAngryHeretic

Do want, so bad...

Flawless101

i can has fayble too nao? :3

Oyako

Already pre-ordered this, can't wait. This, Gears 2 and Fallout 3 will make me a very happy gamer this fall.

Gray665

Sorry, I meant that "The subtle improvements AREN'T IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS...". Oopsie, I blame my co-worker for blowing me from my path.

GrrSnort

I just hope you dont go all old and wrinkley too quickly like in the previous one

CloudHiro

The more I see of this game as time progresses, it looks better and better. At first the thought of 1 button combat soured me on the idea of playing this game, but then I went back and played Fable 1 and realized that it was necessary to make a more dynamic and accessible game. Then I was harping on the graphics, but then after playing the first game and comparing the two, the quality increase leaped out to me. The subtle improvements are immediately necessary (kind of like between Halo 2 and 3) but when you scrutinize the graphics, the art style stayed so true to the first game that it's all you see. I hope they follow through with the character stuff. I didn't really feel like my character was unique to me. Also it didn't help that on my second playthrough, I used the Arena/Hero Save exploit. I hope there isn't a similar exploit here.

GrrSnort

Yes! Day one purchase.

heretrix

I wish I had a 360 to play this. Ugh.

kpburke

There better be kilts dammit.

ElMuerte

@DarkHavoc99:
*variations

DarkHavoc99

Awesome. The characters actually lok different, not just different cariations of the same person!

DarkHavoc99

@dstg_ll: While The Metamorphosis was a pretty funky story, I wouldn't really consider Franz Kafka insane.

j00s

ACK! I want fable 2 and all its awesome-glory-ness but I must wait to see if there really is a kingdom hearts 3 coming to ps3 T_T but I want a 360!!! ITS NOT FAIR I TELL YOU!

hrabbit

I'm so creating a Joker character.

Or Kafka.

Both are insane, which suits me well.

dstg_ll

awesome. I loved the first, this will be even better

chaos_isnt_here

@phantam: Co-op with my husband is the reason this is a definite SOLD!

Wait... Honey, is that you?

nenet

I was no large fan of the original Fable, but the allure of co-op has caused me to blindly follow the siren's call of the hype train. Every game is made better with co-op, and this one just seems more tailor made to it to begin with. Count me in.

GKFinns

Fable 2 and NHL '09 are my two current pre-orders. I can't wait for both!

johnpnj

@peAr nectAr: You can jump into another player's game with a second controller on a single system as well. The camera acts a lot like how it does for two players in the Lego games.

Guild_Navigator

@peAr nectAr:

You're wrong. It's got full drop-in, drop-out local co-op. Player 2 just has to turn on another controller and press start. There's a number of videos floating around the intertubes showing the local co-op.

Bishmon

Nice colors. I like the "flea with a hat" that was first.

Also, I really like the slideshow app that you have now implemented too!

JohnnyLA

Hopefully I'll love the gameplay as much as I love the style. This is a definite buy.

@jporter313: Well, unless you guys have two Xboxes and two Gold accounts, I don't see that happening. I'm pretty sure co-op is online only. But maybe I'm wrong, which would be sweet.

peAr nectAr

One of the games I'm really looking forward to this year.
I love games that pose no ethical restrictions on people

SansSanity

Pssh yeah, sure, the first one had tons of customization, too. The problem was that the tattoos, accessories, and even hair styles had in-game effects. So sure, you could look like anything you wanted, as long as you were content to be gimped.

In practice, your stylistic choices were the result of gameplay decisions, not aesthetics. It's an unfortunate example of two seemingly good design decisions becoming disastrous when paired together.

mwoody

@Bishmon: Whoah, this has local drop-in co-op? Suddenly Fable II has gone from "check demos and reviews" to "day one purchase" for me. Now that we've beaten Castle Crashers, my bro and I are totally jonesing for our next co-op action game fix.

On a related note, it's just bewildering to me that SEGA would take an old co-op beat-em-up series and try to turn it into some kind of grand single player campaign. Why do so many developers forsake local co-op? I guarantee local co-op was one of the BIGGEST factors in the success of the first Halo, and it certainly doesn't seem to have hurt the sales of Gears of War.

Toasticus

I cannot wait to get this game and use the items I unlocked in the pub games. I think that idea (as a preorder bonus only) was genius and people are not giving Lionhead/Microsoft enough credit. I am also anxious to try out the web games to unlock some more cool stuff for my character :D

Intangible_360

It seems to me like local coop in Fable 2 will transform this game into a free-roaming Final Fight game. It sound cool.

GrrSnort

whats Brian Blessed doing dressing up as a pirate?

d_unique

I am looking forward to this for sure. But I have to say I am troubled by some recent game play vids I have seen on IGN. The character animation is horrible. The stiff standing characters that switch into run animations with no transitional animation, and the feet don't seem to move on the ground at the rate of speed you are moving. It just all looked jerky. To me next gen games should focus on smooth animation in characters. It just feels so much more lifelike. I know this is an RPG type game but I think they could move on from the 4 frames of animation for a walk cycle to a run position. I'm sure I can get over it though, it just surprised me to see that.

mahi

As a side note, I really don't like the new picture system. Far too small. This game looks great though, I can't wait to pick it up!

Ken Hikari

Damn I still need to pre-order this!!! Do want soooo bad.

DannKnee

GOTY pl0x, need Fable 2 nao!

Moar_pr0nz

If I only had one character to choose from I wouldn't think "I wish I could look like someone else in this game". It's a superficial thing that in my opinion doesn't add to the game at all. To any game at all. Unless it's a bad one that has nothing else going for it. Fable 2 should be better than that. Should be... [crosses fingers]

Alphavillain

Omg, Fable 2 and LBP come out the same day in the U.S. ... October 21st o_0

DustySword

The customisation in thegame is great, have yet to see how the rest of the game holds up though. Let's be honest, they haven't shown that much have they?

Maleficence

i mean andre the giant's.

would help if i could type/spell

anyways, Fable 2 is looking pretty damn good. you'd be crazy to not pick it up.

dysfunction

@kitsuneconundrum: LOL you keep telling yourself that man. I hope to god you dont think things like this when you go out to meet chicks, you will be sadly mistaken.

FYI, thats a dude, he's got hands as big as Andrea the Giant's and and Adam's apple as big as his balls.

dysfunction

@mistersneak: I would've guessed six different ravers with gender-identity issues.

Calhoun

liking the new photo thing. i hated having to load a new page for every photo, then trying to go back 12 pages to the original article.

geekgrrl

This is my most anticipated game of this ever!

Pacman

Buff bears, grrrr

stoutbear

@DustySword: Yeah, my boyfriend and I are each going to buy one game and then switch systems and TVs to play both LBP and fable 2. Its going to be tough, but both games are day 1 purchases in MHO

roguemarvel

Here's all I want to know.... can I change my appearance without defeating the point of the game?

I love Fable one, I've even replayed the whole thing a few times, but no matter how much I want to "try things different," my final character always looks basically the same.

To be attractive, you need certain clothes, haircuts and tattoos.

To be well defended, you need a certain armor.

To be good or evil you just pick the properly aligned version of either.

The end result: you always look the same, either tinted gold/white or black/purple.

To top it off, your character aged decades in a matter of hours (despite the "in-game" days only passing in the dozens), so by the time I reach the half-way point my hair is white and face wrinkled.

brandechh

the character models in this game look awful. I'm still getting it.

ReconToaster

This right here is why I bought a 360. Also, hope they don't touch my gold!

mrbill619

@Machane: The pics are pretty small. But maybe that's just the stock images kotaku had to deal with?

Anyways, I wish there were more examples of character types.. because from browsing the images above it looks like they only had "weird ass characters" except for the Pirate..

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