Hello and Welcome.
For our second entry in Fable week we are going to talk about the newly released Fable 2.
Before I get started I just want to give you a list of the things I have done so far:
So, what is new about Fable 2? For one it is significantly larger than its predecessor. Peter Molyneux has been quoted as saying it is about 10 times as large as the original. You now have the ability to choose your gender, something that Molyneux desperately wanted in the original. Within that, as a female character you can become pregnant (and impregnate as a male, obviously) and have children who grow throughout the game.
Another new addition to your 'family' is the dog. The dog can be taught a number of skills (mostly tricks and expressions like your character), but the most notable skills are treasure finding, and combat.
In the previous Fable, your character would take quests to earn renown and gold. In Fable 2, quests only net you renown. To get gold, you must take one of the various jobs: Bartender, Woodcutter, Blacksmith, Assassin, Slaver, Slave Liberator, or Bounty hunter.
You may also purchase and rent real estate and shops. With each piece of property, you can change the rent (or rates in a shops case) by a certain percentage. You can also decorate your houses, etc, with finer furniture to make the basic rate (and selling price) higher. Higher rates make you more corrupt, where as lower rates make you more pure. Each piece of property you own pays you the specified rate every 5 minutes of real world time, even when your game is turned off. Subsequently, your family(ies) deduct a certain amount of your income for household upkeep.
In the previous Fable, your character's apperance morphed as he progressed in age as well as based on whether he performed Good or Evil deeds. In Fable 2, these features and others contribute to your appearance:
The main reason that I was excited for Fable 2 was the concept of Offline, and Online Co-op. I was excited to play this game with my wife, and with my friends.
Lionhead was unable to complete the online portion before going to print, however, a patch was available on Day 1 of launch to enable this feature.
Unfortunately, the Multiplayer still sucks. Both locally and online. I was really excited to have my hero traipse around in my Wife's world, as well as my friends causing havo... I mean joy, to all of their inhabitants... But no, I have to be one of 6 preset "Henchmen" (good, neutral, evil/Male, female). Sure, I can import my Hero's abilities and experience as well as take home a portion of the gold and experience I recieve in my friends game. But that is not enough. Fable is a game of virtually limitless customization, but I can't show that off. Bad form Lionhead, bad form.
There have also been a number of game breaking bugs, but I won't go into detail here.
These things aren't enough to destroy, or even tarnish past a certain part, my love for this game. It is still a great game, I just hope they get these bugs fixed (before I find them) and enhance the Multiplayer.
Well, I am off to adventure in Albion.
:: Rude Gesture::
~K
For our second entry in Fable week we are going to talk about the newly released Fable 2.
Before I get started I just want to give you a list of the things I have done so far:
- Worked as a Blacksmith, Woodcutter, And Bartender, and Bounty Hunter
- Courted and Married "Jen the Barmaid" who is described as "Good, Straight, Raunchy, and Unchaste"
- Bought my first house and made it our Marital home.
- Attempted to consummate my marriage by having Protected Sex with Jen (come on, she is a "Raunchy, Unchaste" BARMAID), She didn't like that.
- Tried again, no protection, she went for that.
- She immediately got pregnant, and I immediately got an STD. My character is now a poster child for Safe sex.
- "Accidentally" lightninged the 5 random people that walked into my home while I was looking at my baby. The baby and wife got lightninged too. Oops.
- Kicked 6 chickens.
- dyed my clothes and hair with "Red Letter Dye"
- Posed for multiple statues.
- Purchased numerous Shops and a few houses, and rented them all out.
So, what is new about Fable 2? For one it is significantly larger than its predecessor. Peter Molyneux has been quoted as saying it is about 10 times as large as the original. You now have the ability to choose your gender, something that Molyneux desperately wanted in the original. Within that, as a female character you can become pregnant (and impregnate as a male, obviously) and have children who grow throughout the game.
Another new addition to your 'family' is the dog. The dog can be taught a number of skills (mostly tricks and expressions like your character), but the most notable skills are treasure finding, and combat.
In the previous Fable, your character would take quests to earn renown and gold. In Fable 2, quests only net you renown. To get gold, you must take one of the various jobs: Bartender, Woodcutter, Blacksmith, Assassin, Slaver, Slave Liberator, or Bounty hunter.
You may also purchase and rent real estate and shops. With each piece of property, you can change the rent (or rates in a shops case) by a certain percentage. You can also decorate your houses, etc, with finer furniture to make the basic rate (and selling price) higher. Higher rates make you more corrupt, where as lower rates make you more pure. Each piece of property you own pays you the specified rate every 5 minutes of real world time, even when your game is turned off. Subsequently, your family(ies) deduct a certain amount of your income for household upkeep.
In the previous Fable, your character's apperance morphed as he progressed in age as well as based on whether he performed Good or Evil deeds. In Fable 2, these features and others contribute to your appearance:
- Good or Evil
- Pure or Corrupt
- Wealth & Poverty
- Slim or Fat
- Young or Old
The main reason that I was excited for Fable 2 was the concept of Offline, and Online Co-op. I was excited to play this game with my wife, and with my friends.
Lionhead was unable to complete the online portion before going to print, however, a patch was available on Day 1 of launch to enable this feature.
Unfortunately, the Multiplayer still sucks. Both locally and online. I was really excited to have my hero traipse around in my Wife's world, as well as my friends causing havo... I mean joy, to all of their inhabitants... But no, I have to be one of 6 preset "Henchmen" (good, neutral, evil/Male, female). Sure, I can import my Hero's abilities and experience as well as take home a portion of the gold and experience I recieve in my friends game. But that is not enough. Fable is a game of virtually limitless customization, but I can't show that off. Bad form Lionhead, bad form.
There have also been a number of game breaking bugs, but I won't go into detail here.
These things aren't enough to destroy, or even tarnish past a certain part, my love for this game. It is still a great game, I just hope they get these bugs fixed (before I find them) and enhance the Multiplayer.
Well, I am off to adventure in Albion.
:: Rude Gesture::
~K
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