@Garo: I loved Fable on PC too, for some reason, despite the interminably small areas. I think it was because it was a wee bit like playing Zelda, but with cheeky cockney humour and lots of stray limbs flying about.

aldo_14

@Garo:

BTW. Peter where is my new Magic Carpet???

Garo

I loved Fable (played it on the PC).
I don't know why but I loved it's fighting system.
The only thing to complain was it's difficulty. Too easy to make money and level up.
I hope they make this one harder and fix the trading system.

Garo

@enewtabie(Future LittleBigPlanet Master Creationist):
The co-op is what enticed me too, but this IS Peter Molyneux we're talking about. That man is like a used car salesman. You just have to accept that every single word out of his mouth is about 60% bullshit and formulate your opinions that way, or you're bound to get burned.

Archaotic

Peter has really converted me.I wasn't really interested in Fable 2(never played the first either).But,now I'm really interested in playing it.I already put my preorder in and have been gathering up my gold in Pub Games.Check out the videos on gametrailers for what was shown at GDC.It does look to be something I can sink some time into.The co-op just seems like such a great idea.

enewtabie(Future LittleBigPlanet Master Creationist)

The only reason I have any desire to play this game whatsoever is the local co-op. As such, we'll see if I can fit it in between Valkyria, Eternal Sonata, LBP, and Dissidia...

...god, I have a lot of games to work through.

Archaotic

@Bum_Trumpet: if you're not going to be using it for anything else, then no, don't get a 360. However, there are plenty of great games for the console (hopefully this will be one of them) that would make it a good purchase.

DukeOfPwn

Not to worry, PC gamers, I'm sure our version will be around in a year or three.

outofreach

@Bum_Trumpet: The original was good, but not what was promised. We'll have to hold our breath for this one. Wait until it comes out, then make a decision. I'm personally more excited for Fallout 3.

The Magnificen7

Will get it: hope it's good. Anyway that's not my most anticipated title of the season, not even in the RPG category: Last Remnant and Valkyrie Chronicles are at the top of that list ;)

mendo

is this game worth me purchasing a 360? never played the original and have alot of good ps3 games coming soon somebody help me make my decision.

Bum_Trumpet

Didn't like Fable TLC at all. Played it on the PC but I felt it was too cramped with paths you had to follow instead of an open world, the respawning system of enemies was terrible and the quests were not original or fun at all. It felt like it was meant for a much younger audience than advertised.

Gen.Grievous

I'm pretty sure he meant by "finished" that he meant content complete, not "gold" meaning known bugs removed/content complete.

King of Fun UK

very few games can make me want to buy a system on their own. This is one of them.

Filthy_O_Bedlam

This is one of the few AAA titles I'm genuinely excited about, can't wait.

TearsandScreams

I guess those bugs were bigger than they thought. Eh I'm not complaining in the least as I'll soon be playing the sequel to the best Xbox RPG. No, I'm not forgetting about Morrowind :P

Arlips

I never really liked the original Fable, but Fable 2 looks like a great game. I just might get a 360 now...

RandomPoltergeist

Oh Peter your such a tease.

Dappa

Time to Finally go get me a 360!

Tilimorf

Fable was a good game. Not a great one but it definately was one of a kind. I'm hoping the game world is alot bigger this time around. I'm trading in 7 games to get Fable 2 so it better deliver at least 25% of my overall expectations.

p.s. I'm optimistic that the fight club side missions make a come back.

Nexus6

@Archaotic: Luckily for me, I don't own a 360, so I'm gonna have to wait until it comes out on PC.

That is pretty much a given, isn't it... isn't it? ;_;

DarkGildon

They're releasing this the same day that LBP hits store shelves. After much deliberation, I've concluded that I'm going to have to pick this one up later. I just can't afford both right now! Regardless of what was promised, this game looks to be a quantum leap over the first title in just about every way.

TitillatedOcelot

@GOD: No, it wasn't just you, but I think it was a great game provided you weren't suckered in by Molyneux's ridiculous promises.

I never listened to him and let the game speak for itself, and then I ended up loving it because I never expected the most perfect game of all time. What I got was a highly polished and fun action-RPG, so I'm taking the same approach with Fable 2.

Totally ignoring Molyneux and planning to let the game speak for itself.

QualityJeverage

@Bum_Trumpet: Short answer, no.

Long answer, there is no way to know for sure until it's out. There first one was ok, but now 'console defining' in it's ok-ness. Molyneux is the definition of hype, so expect something less from the actual product.

Furu

@Archaotic:
Fable 2 and Fallout 3 will be the only RPGS I play this year.Not a JRPG fan at all,so I'll definitely give it a whirl. I think Peter tends to get his sequels going a better direction.

enewtabie(Future LittleBigPlanet Master Creationist)

Was it just me who found the first game a huge let down? I take anything Peter Molyneux has to offer us with a pinch of salt these days.

GOD

FABLE <3

FryDay

I think Money is harder to get in Fable 2.From the previews that's what is implied.

enewtabie(Future LittleBigPlanet Master Creationist)

Possible GOTY contender here!

KEELr

@DarkGildon: Like any other Microsoft published game it's far from a foregone conclusion that it'll come out on PC.

agies

I think it's a bit sad, i was so so hyped for this but the last 2 months my hype has dropped so much and I'm pretty sure I'm not even getting the game now.

It seems to be a fact that co-op is not "Go into your friends world with your character and complete a quest with him. Go back to your own world and play on, and use that cool sword you got in his world". What everyone basically has accepted as fact is that it's "open a stupid menu and select a predefined character. Go into your friends world. HELP HIM complete that quest. But your not playing YOUR character with YOUR weapons and the feeling of being your own self. As soon as you go back to your own world you still need to complete that quest you just helped your friend complete, but that was in his world" Again this is how it seems, accepted almost as fact on the lionhead forum and from the gameplay videos we've seen.

If that's how it turns out to be, im NOT buying it since fable 1 was great but without the much hyped co-op with my buddy, it fails compared to Fallout 3, Far cry 2, Fifa 09 (Football. NOT soccer :P), Mirror's edge (It could be great and it could really be linear suckage. I guess I'm on the edge. Get it ? :P), Red alert 3, LBP (need a ps3 first. Maybe i'll wish for one, this christmas xD).

Oh well, if any of you have concrete proof that im wrong about fable 2 co-op, please show me.

vhn

@Arlips: You are forgetting Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

uzivatel

Fable had so much potential. Too bad it was short , poorly planned story wise and even for the original xbox the graphics were less then awful wfor when it came out. Let us not forget the awesome voice acting.

Sadly , i enjoyed it and it's short playthrough.

I pre-ordered fable II and I hope it lives up to the gigantic hype train puffed up by Peter. I don't want to feel like I wasted any money on it.

Archaenon

@DarkGildon: Yeh, you might have to wait a year or 2 though.

Skuld

@vhn: The Lionhead forum says you can use your own character (if you have one) and you can transfer items.

uzivatel

Looking forward to this.

CanaryWundaboy

@uzivatel:

Where? because all i can find and see from videos are, a menu where you choose your henchmen and then you join your friend.

One more thing, we've never seen or heard anything
about is being able to move off screen, or if both co-op players have to stay on screen. this is also a big enough minus for me to ruin co-op. Yes im demanding :P

vhn

I'm cautiously optimistic about this game. Fortunately I have much time to read reviews before it comes out on the PC.

Đipic

@QualityJeverage:
I agree with that. Im just gonna playy the game and see for my self as well. the first game was great for sure alot of crappy load times and a few little things that bothered me but all and all a good game. Hope the second is just as fulfilling.

evetssteve

Silly Peter. w/e, I really wish I had a 360 now. :(

Benjammn

I agree with everyone else about Mr. Peter.

Fable was a huge let down, because it wasn't the game he said it would be. He built it up to be an Elder Scrolls killer in it's own right. This massive game somewhat similar with such a vast amount of things to do that you'd never get bored.

If you silenced the guy, and let the game show people what it really was...Fable was one of the best games I'd played in a long time. I enjoyed it extremely, and I'm very much looking forward to this release.

It wasn't what he built it up to be...but damn, it was good.

x3r0

@vhn: The topic is called "Fable II Feature List".

uzivatel

@QualityJeverage: Bingo... same here when I finally played the Lost Chapters. I'm expecting what I got from Fable and a little more with Fable II, but not much. If I enjoy it as much as I did the first one I will be happy.

MantisDragon

As long as it still is released on the 21st of October in the States I don't care when it goes gold. I finally played the first Fable over the summer, and really enjoyed it... though it was quite short. I pre-ordered this a few months back and it looks like it will be the last game I'm able to pick up before I move to S.Korea for work. I just want enough time to be able to finish it before I leave.

MantisDragon

im FINALLY playing Fable The Lost Chapters....the first time i tried it i was too focused on another game so it didnt interest me. So far im sort of enjoying it. Which means down the line i MIGHT get Fable 2...next year...when the price is lower.

DarthMetalHope

It's about damn time, my copy of Oblivion is starting to get old.

SirNirian

@uzivatel: Hes still right.

Sweetsauce

@QualityJeverage: Ignoring Molyneux seems to be the best way to go about playing any of his games.

I enjoyed Fable. You can't go wrong with getting so good at the bow that you can decapitate people left and right :)

I haven't read up on Fable II for the reason that I don't want it hyped up. I'm only going to go into it with the hope that it's better than the first, so as long as I have fun it'll be a winner in my book.

sleepfortheweak

I bought the Xbox originals version with next to no prior knowledge of the series. I think its pretty awesome and can't understand how Molyneux's blabbing ruined the game for some of you.

hagridore

How can you be a fan of the original fable and critique Star Wars The Force Unleashed for being a disappointment? Compare the two and SWTFU delivered its promises in spades compared to fable 1.

I think the original fable wasn't even a good game if you "ignored all the BS hype." (of course you have to define BS hype as promises made by the lead director of the game who should be in the know about such things) It was a mediocre 13 hour hack and slash with the most boring story for an RPG I have ever seen. I was seriously happy I let a friend buy it before I did, so I could play it for myself.

I want to be excited about fable 2, but I cant due to the fact that every single rating outlet gave the original game a 9 or higher. It was certainly not a 9, and the majority of the gaming community agrees. So now I wait for actual reviews by people who play it, which is sad as the point of reading pro reviews is to determine if I want to buy something or not.

auberondreaming

Ah, I love this game, I played it in 2006 when it was called Elder Scrolls Oblivion. It didn't have a NPC dog back then but that's just splitting hairs.

lucifer_goosifer

i am ashamed to admit i preordered this, the first game since i preordered ffx-2 and decided i was "doen with this crap", no doubt molyneuxs gonna let my hopes down.

again.

but ill still enjoy it for what it is.

underground_slacker

Y'know, if you actually ignore Molyneux every time he opens his worthless, flapping maw to spew forth a torrent of unabridged, blatant falsehoods about what his next game will deliver... his titles aren't that bad. They're not remarkable, they're not great, but they're not bad. On today's a market, a moderately decent game that tries something somewhat different is fine by me.

Original soundtrack was kind of nice too.

Calhoun

Why does everyone speak as if though Peter Molyneux has promised a lot with Fable II, but failed to deliver?

Because that isn't the case. Every feature he's talked about is in the game. Except for those that were eventually changed(NOT cut, just changed).

If you really have your doubts, read the countless previews and interviews that are available online. The majority of them are highly positive.

MouseCircus

my god. fable 1 was not, is not, will never be a good game. Know how people didn't remember their mundane experiences? Because I sure don't!!

Xtreme_Hindu_Cow

@Prism Ra: Fable 2. Fallout 3. Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts. Gears of War 2. Left 4 Dead. Mirrors Edge.

I am going to spend so much money this holiday season. :(
...also going to fail all my classes because I spent so much time playing games. xD

tex1ntux

Reading all the comments it is obvious that we are all paying too much attention to the hype a game gets. I think I'm going to wait and let folks play new games for a bit before I plunk down my hard-earned cash for the brand new shiny ones. It's getting so that reviews repeat the hype instead of giving me insight into whether I will enjoy a game. None of them are perfect, but some are a ton of fun. Identifying those is getting hard with all the marketing.

Chilly Hollow

@lucifer_goosifer: snort!

We loved Oblivion so we have hopes for Fable 2. Fable 1 we haven't played here although it waits in reserve, just in case we run out of new games to play.

Chilly Hollow

@Xtreme_Hindu_Cow: I enjoyed the hell out of Fable 1. So either one of us is wrong (and I am positive of my enjoyment) or else we have *gasp* different opinions.

Numerous

@Xtreme_Hindu_Cow: all i gotta say man is why the hate?? fable is a good game sure you may not like but to others it was kind of cool i mean i didn't buy it when it was a full price. i got it when it dropped to $10 and those my friend where $10 well spent. i'm actually thinking of getting fable II on release date cause i just enjoyed the first a lot and i never get games on release date so thats saying something.

Milkzhakes

Bah! Why does this have to come out a week before Fallout 3? I wonder if I'll have time to beat it before the GOTY (read: Fallout 3) is released. Christ, who am I kidding? I'm still slogging through Vesperia.

Prism Ra

@tex1ntux: Gah! I forgot about Last Remnant, Far Cry 2, LittleBigPlanet, Resistance 2, Ghostbusters, and Lich King.

*head asplode*

tex1ntux

@uzivatel: Yeah, KOTOR was -- by far -- my favorite Xbox rpg. I wish we could get a KOTOR sequel for the Xbox 360. Mass Effect sequels will do for now though.

DugDawg

Wish I could afford a 360 Ive been playing the old Fable over and over. O well at least I got LBP :). Lol not trying to say Im better then anyone else but its the only thing keeping me from going insane!!

J3rdstkillah

This is definitely one of the reasons I got a 360. Do want. Do want so hard. Just one more month!

MPSai

I am a huge fan of fable and I'm very excited for the release of fable 2. This game is on the top of my most wanted list for this year.

Stevetrop

@Timelock:

Bleh forgot the link to the Fable 2 forums(Beware of spoilers):

[community.lionhead.com]

Timelock

@vhn:

Here are some quotes taken from the lionhead forum:

"A second player can come in and out of the game at any time as a guest. This player keeps all gold and experience they earn and takes it with them back to their own game world."

"In your game world there will be purple ambient orbs that float around the game world. These orbs represent people on your friends list and it shows where they are in their world as they're playing it. To invite them into your game you can just go up to them, invite them, and in just a matter of seconds they've entered your game world."

"If you go into another persons game as a guest the look of the character will be based off of your character's look. If you don't have a character of your own you'll have a generic pre-determined look to your hero."

All of these quotes are taken from the following videos:

[www.gamespot.com]

[www.gamesradar.com]

All of these videos are fairly recent, so unless Peter is just majorly over-hyping his game then Co-op should be what you thought it was.

Timelock

I hated fable. Always. :O

MurlocCake

@hagridore: You may have just answered your own question.

Lots of people were getting into the original because of all the awesome things they heard about. When the game shipped and it was less than promised, they felt lied to and the whole experience was soured. If you just came in with no heightened expectations, you were far more likely to enjoy it because there wasn't a bar way up there.

Okay, general question: Is it okay to go out and buy this one because it's the full game and the "realization of P.M.'s artistic vision", or are we likely to find ourselves staring down another "Lost Chapters" version in a few months?

Parsifal

@Nexus6: Uh oh, you better not be trading them in to Gamestop. Ha ha ha, just be careful and remember: Ebay is your friend.

AUAnonymous

I had to pick one RPG for the end of the year and this is my choice. Sorry Fallout 3, you will have to wait a few months!

RvolutionPeace

Well I'll be playing it once I can get it used and at a steep discount. As much as I would like to run out and buy it. I just don't have the cash.(Well for a new copy anyways)

--Core--

Fable II & Fallout 3 in the same month :D can't wait!

Fable was a good game, but B&W2 was a disappointment. :(

Mibu1

Hopefully the little extra time was used to smooth out those occasional frame-rate issues that have been talked about.

sanzen

I'll wait for a demo or gameplay videos submitted by gamers, before I decide if I should spend my money on this.

DJNX

Right so now we have one more month worth of hype to look forward to.

Will_Lucky