finished the game my likes and dislikes.
I have now finished fable 2 with a character and I wish to write what I think about the game good and bad points. I have read in reviews that some people think its an improvement over fable 1 in every aspect this I strongly disagree with, I think overall fable 1 is a better game I hope I can explain why below.
good things
(a) I like how can do jobs such as bartending adds an extra element to game.
(b) sales, good extra element to trading.
(c) dog, good that it sniffs out treasure, and can level it up.
(d) having a kid is a nice addition.
(e) the continuity of new quests becoming available in the game and some quests after completion of game adds some more game time.
(f) the gargoyles are a nice extra element although it took me till around 3/4 of game time to realise what those voices were and to kill my first one.
(g) setting rent and prices in shops is a nice feature to see affect on economy.
bad things - sorry this is long.
(a) The first one has to be the new control system for battles, switching spells is awkrawd and using them is far worse than fable 1, you spend the time to level up the spells and then you getting hit whilst waiting for them to charge up, the mana system was way better and the aiming system for target spells was better in fable 1 as well as the method used to change spells, in fable 1 the order of spells could be fine tuned and was easy to switch spells during battles. We then have the one button fighting which I think is worse again, holding the button to block and charge special attack, weapon been auto put away when want it kept out, awkrawd to maintain zoom view on ranged weapon whilst firing. Target spells and area of affect spells should have been kept seperate.
(b) Next control system for inventory, someone decided that the hotkey system wasnt to make it into fable 2, this wouldnt be so bad if the ingame menu system was kept but that was also dropped and to finalise the problems the menu accessed via start button was very laggy to use (improved when installed to hdd on new dashboard), this made repeated use of specific items such as experience potions very clumsy to do.
(c) Silver key chests, wont go to much into specifics as spoilers but I will just say I think the contents of the chests especially higher ones is too weak and a lack of a reward, in fable 1 we had the elexir of life or legendary equipment whilst its more generic items in silver chests on fable 2.
(d) Clothing and lack of armour, I think this was a big howler, I seen nothing wrong with armour, and its replaced with things like poshness stats, so the emphasis moved from battle status to social status.
(e) Trading, everytime buy an item have to click again on the ok and a lag as the dvd loads the thank you speech from the trader, then after leaving the trader screen I see my money been shown on the screen seperatly for each item, this can go on for ages if I have brought many things, it would have been far more logical to just show a total size transaction. The trading in fable 2 overall seems much worse, rarely quantities above 1 in each shop but instead more shops selling 1 of each item. The number in stock vs price element removed (presumaby due to the poor design of it in fable 1 tlc leading to easy money).
(f) I read many times in reviews etc. that fable 1 was too easy, didnt read it so much for fable 2 in official reviews but I have from people who have played the game, surprisingly the fighting in fable 2 is way easier, its quite hard to lose a battle mainly because if you facing multiple enemies they usually come at you only one or two at once with the rest standng back. Also a lack of proper boss fights.
(g) load times, fable 1 had annoying load times, fable 2 unfortenatly takes it to a new level, the areas are bigger so in theory you spending more time exploring rather than moving in between areas and so have a net decrease in loading screens, but once you able to instantly move between areas the exploring element is reduced and the loading wait is increased. Combined with the decision to not utilise hdd caching this is a bad weakness of the game. Noticeable improvement when installed to hdd on new dashboard.
(h) lack of mini map, this combined with the much larger areas I found myself often getting loss, the breadcrumb system struggles to keep up when running fast and it was a poor decision, PM's reasoning is he wanted us to look at the scenery instead of minimap. Well PM I was looking at the breadcrumbs not the scenery or simply having to keep using the laggy pause menu to access a poorly drawn area map.
(i) less spells, the most exciting spells gone, multi arrows, beserk, heal life, physical shield, summon a joke compared to the very good one used in fable 1.
(j) sound affects and music, music was way better in fable 1, sound affects well the swords just dont sound right to me and were perfect in fable 1, although the legendary katana sword sound ok. The guns sound very good in fable 2 tho.
(k) I dont like the inclusion of guns I felt they were put in to accomodate gun fans since so many xbox games involve guns. it makes the game seem too realistic versus the fairy tale feeling I liked about fable 1.
(l) game glitches, like shopkeepers not in shops, dogs walking through walls, sister walking through walls, crash on a gamesmaster.
(m) finally the single save system, luckily I didnt get a glitched save however I dont like the idea that I have to start a entirely new game just to try something else in the game. Particurly choices that are given to you around the end of the game.
I gave the game a fair chance I felt by playing it till the end, it got better after I progressed a bit as early game was poor but overall fable 1 is better. The defenite thing about that is if I played fable 2 without playing fable 1 (was my original plan) I likely would have ditched it as the game didnt get me hooked whilst I was hooked on fable 1 immediatly. Fable 2 is a good game but not great, fable 1 is a great game
I know people will disagree with me thats fine many prefer this to the first game.
I have now finished fable 2 with a character and I wish to write what I think about the game good and bad points. I have read in reviews that some people think its an improvement over fable 1 in every aspect this I strongly disagree with, I think overall fable 1 is a better game I hope I can explain why below.
good things
(a) I like how can do jobs such as bartending adds an extra element to game.
(b) sales, good extra element to trading.
(c) dog, good that it sniffs out treasure, and can level it up.
(d) having a kid is a nice addition.
(e) the continuity of new quests becoming available in the game and some quests after completion of game adds some more game time.
(f) the gargoyles are a nice extra element although it took me till around 3/4 of game time to realise what those voices were and to kill my first one.
(g) setting rent and prices in shops is a nice feature to see affect on economy.
bad things - sorry this is long.
(a) The first one has to be the new control system for battles, switching spells is awkrawd and using them is far worse than fable 1, you spend the time to level up the spells and then you getting hit whilst waiting for them to charge up, the mana system was way better and the aiming system for target spells was better in fable 1 as well as the method used to change spells, in fable 1 the order of spells could be fine tuned and was easy to switch spells during battles. We then have the one button fighting which I think is worse again, holding the button to block and charge special attack, weapon been auto put away when want it kept out, awkrawd to maintain zoom view on ranged weapon whilst firing. Target spells and area of affect spells should have been kept seperate.
(b) Next control system for inventory, someone decided that the hotkey system wasnt to make it into fable 2, this wouldnt be so bad if the ingame menu system was kept but that was also dropped and to finalise the problems the menu accessed via start button was very laggy to use (improved when installed to hdd on new dashboard), this made repeated use of specific items such as experience potions very clumsy to do.
(c) Silver key chests, wont go to much into specifics as spoilers but I will just say I think the contents of the chests especially higher ones is too weak and a lack of a reward, in fable 1 we had the elexir of life or legendary equipment whilst its more generic items in silver chests on fable 2.
(d) Clothing and lack of armour, I think this was a big howler, I seen nothing wrong with armour, and its replaced with things like poshness stats, so the emphasis moved from battle status to social status.
(e) Trading, everytime buy an item have to click again on the ok and a lag as the dvd loads the thank you speech from the trader, then after leaving the trader screen I see my money been shown on the screen seperatly for each item, this can go on for ages if I have brought many things, it would have been far more logical to just show a total size transaction. The trading in fable 2 overall seems much worse, rarely quantities above 1 in each shop but instead more shops selling 1 of each item. The number in stock vs price element removed (presumaby due to the poor design of it in fable 1 tlc leading to easy money).
(f) I read many times in reviews etc. that fable 1 was too easy, didnt read it so much for fable 2 in official reviews but I have from people who have played the game, surprisingly the fighting in fable 2 is way easier, its quite hard to lose a battle mainly because if you facing multiple enemies they usually come at you only one or two at once with the rest standng back. Also a lack of proper boss fights.
(g) load times, fable 1 had annoying load times, fable 2 unfortenatly takes it to a new level, the areas are bigger so in theory you spending more time exploring rather than moving in between areas and so have a net decrease in loading screens, but once you able to instantly move between areas the exploring element is reduced and the loading wait is increased. Combined with the decision to not utilise hdd caching this is a bad weakness of the game. Noticeable improvement when installed to hdd on new dashboard.
(h) lack of mini map, this combined with the much larger areas I found myself often getting loss, the breadcrumb system struggles to keep up when running fast and it was a poor decision, PM's reasoning is he wanted us to look at the scenery instead of minimap. Well PM I was looking at the breadcrumbs not the scenery or simply having to keep using the laggy pause menu to access a poorly drawn area map.
(i) less spells, the most exciting spells gone, multi arrows, beserk, heal life, physical shield, summon a joke compared to the very good one used in fable 1.
(j) sound affects and music, music was way better in fable 1, sound affects well the swords just dont sound right to me and were perfect in fable 1, although the legendary katana sword sound ok. The guns sound very good in fable 2 tho.
(k) I dont like the inclusion of guns I felt they were put in to accomodate gun fans since so many xbox games involve guns. it makes the game seem too realistic versus the fairy tale feeling I liked about fable 1.
(l) game glitches, like shopkeepers not in shops, dogs walking through walls, sister walking through walls, crash on a gamesmaster.
(m) finally the single save system, luckily I didnt get a glitched save however I dont like the idea that I have to start a entirely new game just to try something else in the game. Particurly choices that are given to you around the end of the game.
I gave the game a fair chance I felt by playing it till the end, it got better after I progressed a bit as early game was poor but overall fable 1 is better. The defenite thing about that is if I played fable 2 without playing fable 1 (was my original plan) I likely would have ditched it as the game didnt get me hooked whilst I was hooked on fable 1 immediatly. Fable 2 is a good game but not great, fable 1 is a great game
I know people will disagree with me thats fine
many prefer this to the first game.
