New to Fable, help a noob out

[Coulthart]

New to Fable, help a noob out

Okay I've never played the first fable, and this past month I went on a spree at my local EB and bought about 5 or 6 new games like fallout3, saintsrow2, etc. One of them being Fable 2. Now I have just gotten around to playing it, seeing as I was playing fallout3 first and these games seem best enjoyed if the story is fresh in my head so I try not to play more than 1 game at once. ANYWAYS, I'm a little past the part in the story mode where you get locked up in a cage in wraithmarsh with all these banshees running around. Well now that I'm this far I have a few questions, and this forum seems a perfectly apropriate place to direct them.

1. Like I said, I have just arrived in Wraithmarsh and some guy has me locked in a cage. Now am I far into the story? Because this game is starting to feel like its ridiculously short. Ive only played for a few days and Im this far... If I beat the main story soon I will be dissapointed, simple because most of the side quests are repetitive and unejoyably familiar.


2. The back of the game or the booklet said something like "the map in Fable 2 is twice of that of the original". So me seeing this and hearing about how great Fable is thinking it will be huge but Ive been told after getting to bloodstone theres no more towns or cities? Is that true?

3. My last and final question is about the live. Im going to have to pay 50 dollars for a cord, then another 60$ to pay for live and it will be basically all for Fable2. So whats the live like? Do you walk around and play the game normal but instead of NPCs everywhere its actually characters controlled by other players? Or is it just like you make a room where 4-6 people can join and you do quests together? Or maybe its only co-op and you can only play with one other person? I know these are the noobiest questions you've ever seen posted but I'm new and wanna know how **** goes down. Any extra info about the live I'd love to hear.


If you've made it this far then your reading ability is probably significantly improved as Ive typed up a short novel here. Thank you for reading my first post.

 

[Ryu hayabusa]

Re: New to Fable, help a noob out

No questions are really dumb on here its about a game ok so for starters.

1. Your are about a little past half way i would say? Story is kinda long but after you beat the story there are lots of weapons and things to gather. Plus there is DLC (Downloadable Content) to play which adds to your story.

2. There are more cities there is Westcliff, Bowerstone, Bloodstone, Gypsy Camp, Fairfax Castle, Grave yard, and a couple more. But its pretty big.

3. X-BOX Live as far as Co-Op goes you can join some one else's world or they can join yours but you will not be your charecter you will have to choose from a character weapons and all that and you still have your skills. And you can play all the quests that way.
Hope this was helpful if you have more questions feel free to as kD:

 

[Digital 0sm0sis]

Re: New to Fable, help a noob out

1: The main story in my mind is rather short, its the side quests, collecting stuff & exploration that lengthens the game, there is a DLC out but it is basically another side quest (nothing to do with the main story + it costs 800ms points). If you really wanted to you could rush through the game within 6-8 hours or less, but as of my current playing time (of which im not sure of but its a fair amount) I have still not found everything there is to find in the game.

2: Again the world isnt that large its more the exploration that you can do that makes it "larger", however compared to the first Fable there are more towns/regions.

3: Co-op is fun and breathes a bit of fresh life into the game, but at the same time can be rather anoying and not very well designed, its shared camera, and a rather short tether.. seems more for "couch co-op" than online play (which is good for the no split screen reason) but IMO isnt worth spending the money if you are just getting live set up for Fable 2 alone, there are however advantages to having Live in Fable 2 though such as trading hard to get items.

Although it sounds negative, Fable 2 really is a great game but for me it was more about taking your time to enjoy the things in the game not just the main storyline itself.

 

[Blade Mr.DK]

Re: New to Fable, help a noob out

story line IS short! TOO SHORT!! and he already got to westcliff Ryu which means once he gets to Bloodstone tht'll be it... GOD!... lol... and err... have u escaped tha cage yet? lyke right now i'm imagining u just running around flappin' ur arms coz ur stucc in in tha cage!!? ROFLMAOOL!! ur out right?

 

[Rad]

Re: New to Fable, help a noob out

story line IS short! TOO SHORT!! and he already got to westcliff Ryu which means once he gets to Bloodstone tht'll be it... GOD!... lol... and err... have u escaped tha cage yet? lyke right now i'm imagining u just running around flappin' ur arms coz ur stucc in in tha cage!!? ROFLMAOOL!! ur out right?

I agree the story line is short but it's still a good game, It has alout of replay value. Here's a few things you could do after beating the storyline.

. Max out all skills
. Max out all jobs
. Get all expressions/dog tricks
. Find all silver keys
. Find all gargoyles
. Buy every house/store
. get all legendary/master weapons
. Get all clothes/armour
.Get all achievements obviously

. Go on a major killing spreeeeeee ^_^

No Comment on 2nd part :ninja:

 

[Blade Mr.DK]

Re: New to Fable, help a noob out

I've done all skills, keys, gargoyles and hoise/store... but jobs are borin tha bookstore never has new books 2 train my dog...(plus i chose sacrifice) i got all ledgendry weapons, not all achievments (7 left i think) tryin 4 all clothes... and i did go on a killin spree... i was bored u no...
And yes it is a gd game 4 a short one...coulda been bettr...