Finally! Fable 2! Review & After Thought!

Finally! I purchased my copy of Fable 2 Limited Edition from funzcentre last night straight after booking out from army!

Today and tml on leave btw! Actually i already planned this leave very much in advance in anticipation for the release of this game! and of course, spend more time with my love ones... :)

The limited edition of the game include additional in-game content, maps and items as well as 48hours XBOX live gold trial and a "making of fable 2" dvd. anyway, got my copy at $65, which is like 6 bucks cheaper than usual and about 3 bucks more than the normal version, so why not!

Have been waiting for this game for nearly 2 years! If you have played before the 1st fable, you will know roughly how this game goes... for those who don't, it's basically an opened-ended action RPG. from official sources, the main quest is about 12 hours if you rush it through, but in order to complete every thing, you need approximately 100+ hours!

Feature that blew me away!

• In-game renaissance era environment feature all 4 seasons, day and night.
• Your character every single act and action will alter it's reputation, alignment (evil/good, pure/corrupted) and even physical attributes (tall/short/plump/slim)
• All properties can be purchased. From cart wagon, inn to mansion and castle. Places of residence can be rent out to tenant (you can adjust rent too!) and places of commerce (shops, inn etc) will earn you a steady profit every 5minutes in real-time! Yes! the game works even when you are not playing it! You can furnish your own house too!
  
• Your very action determine your environment. If you invest and trade in small township, help them fend off bandits, the township will eventually grow and become a city! likewise, if you plunder a town and kill the residents, the city town will decay and became abandon overtime.
• Beside mainstory and quests, that are jobs that you can pick up to earn gold. Mainly blacksmith, lumberjack, stonecutter and assassination/bounty hunting. Of course, as mentioned, rents and profit from stalls.
• Woo a girl, get married, move into a house and start a family! You can have sex (black screen though), protected and unprotected! You can also indulge in bisexualism and homosexualism. Cheat on your wife, polygamy and wife/child abuse are very possible too!
• 3 areas of combat specialization. Stength (melee), Skill (range), Will (magic). A few classes of weapons are available; sword, cutlass, cleaver, musket rifle, pistol, crossbow etc.
• Emphasis on social engineering! Good relationship with the workers of the shops you own will result in them working harder for you, hence higher profit! Dance for your town folk and show off your trophy from your recent bandit hunt! Buying properties and completing quests the townfolk entrust you will result in higher renown (reputation). Kids running up to you for your autograph if you have high enough renown! Townfolk will give you gifts if they like you enough!
• Dress to impress. Dress to imtimidate. Your dressing determine how NPC preceive you. Dress like a bandit, and people will be imtimidate. Dress like a noble and people will like you.
  
• Thats so much things! I don't think i can name it all!!

After approximately 7 hours of gameplay yesterday night and this morning, I believed i achieved quite abit!

• Got married and have a kid.
• Got 2 houses, one in town, one in the countryside.
• Got 3 stalls, selling meat pie, vegetables and jewellery.
• Got 2 shops, an alchemist store and inn.
• Got the Master Chief suit from the bonus in-game content!
  

Anyway, all in all, I found Fable 2 to be deeply addictive and mesmerizing. The beautiful characters and highly interactive environment and feature draw me in completely! The jobs mini games are a tad boring, and i believe more jobs can be added in future editions for a bigger array of choices. Main storyline is short (12hours), but the side quests and other secondary objective and the deep level of interactivity makes up for this weakness. In my opinion, it deserved a 9/10 and it's highly recommended for all xbox 360 owners to try this action RPG. Defintely a "game of the year" level game! Next best xbox games i ever played since COD 4!!