Anybody else laughing at Fable II reviews...

[angry]

... that mention the fact that you cant "die" in the game, and are only "knocked out" for a minute when you lose all your health, but seem to think of this as a good thing? this is like what, going on two months after the same people hated on TH's "death" policy? it seems like the two games have essentially the same system, but TH was panned because of the animation i guess...?

anyway, i havent played Fable II yet to see how similar it really is, but ive seen it mentioned in a couple reviews and its all very funny to me.

[Ender]

Well, I just bought the game, and played for a couple hours. I can't tell you how the death system is, since I didn't die. I'll let you know when I do though. :)

Also, this belongs in General Gaming- or maybe even Rant & Rave. I'll move it to General Gaming for you, for now- it'll probably get more traffic there anyway.

[BoThor55on]

Well, I just bought the game, and played for a couple hours. I can't tell you how the death system is, since I didn't die. I'll let you know when I do though. :)

Also, this belongs in General Gaming- or maybe even Rant & Rave. I'll move it to General Gaming for you, for now- it'll probably get more traffic there anyway.

alright, you've played it................................is it worth buying????

[Griever]

On reading a review just now, I see that if you do the mini-game wrong, and fart wrong, you can follow through. This game is worth the money.

That is all.

[M for Monarch]

oh trust me i thought of that too. i got this game on saturday (love my job =D), and while I haven't died, one of my co-workers did. however all that happened was he lost all the experience that was laying around on the ground when he died. so there isn't really any penalty for death.

however i will agree that i prefer NOT having an animation play as i die when in fable 2 you pop right back up after a couple seconds fresh as a daisy.. i still think, even now, that they should have made the valkyrie animation in too human skippable in single player, and added in the feature to allow players in co-op to spend a few thousand bounty or something to either speed it up or skip it all together.

[Elrabin]

When you die in Fable II, if you have a regen potion, you pop back up, no ill effects.

If you don't have a potion, you get a permanent scar and then pop back up.

scars for Good Players engender respect and awe for the war-torn Hero from people you meet

scars for Evil Players engender fear for the ugly fiend for people you meet.

[Griever]

When you die in Fable II, if you have a regen potion, you pop back up, no ill effects.

If you don't have a potion, you get a permanent scar and then pop back up.

scars for Good Players engender respect and awe for the war-torn Hero from people you meet

scars for Evil Players engender fear for the ugly fiend for people you meet.

And there was me thinking PM had taken that out, in place of a loss of experience for death...

[Beyond Birthday]

As cool as that "scar" system is, it's not a real big punishment...

It just makes you look cool

[Zer0sek]

Better than in Fable I where if you didnt block every single slash or arrow or maul, you got a ulgy *** scar when you want to make your char look flawless..

[winger690]

Better than in Fable I where if you didnt block every single slash or arrow or maul, you got a ulgy *** scar when you want to make your char look flawless..

agreed alot better than Fable I

[Jamjag]

On reading a review just now, I see that if you do the mini-game wrong, and fart wrong, you can follow through. This game is worth the money.

That is all.
I really hope you don't play WoW on the Gorefiend server. Last thing TH needs is that guy. Signs his posts just like that. "That is all"

[TheMuffinMan99]

I really hope you don't play WoW on the Gorefiend server. Last thing TH needs is that guy. Signs his posts just like that. "That is all"
I really didn't get what you were trying to say there dude, could you clear it up a bit? I'm not trying to disrespect you or anything I just want to understand what you are trying to say.

[Jamjag]

Sure, and maybe I came off a bit harsh. There is a player on the Warcraft Gorefiend forums who signs his forums posts with "That is all". He's a giant douchebag and a habitual troll. I was asking if this was him.

[baconbits]

Beyond Birthday, I just have to say ur new avatar is kick a**

[Beyond Birthday]

Beyond Birthday, I just have to say ur new avatar is kick a**

Why, thank you :)

And most people around here just call me BB

[Baldur92]

i think i died once im not sure lol. i also almost farted to death which was hilarious. but other than that this game is awesome.

[angry]

Also, this belongs in General Gaming- or maybe even Rant & Rave. I'll move it to General Gaming for you, for now- it'll probably get more traffic there anyway.

sorry, i put it here because i thought it had to do with TH reviews, or at least discussion of the absurd conventions that seemed to go into many of the TH reviews. It wasn't even meant to be a review against Fable II in any way, just a comparison of how different games are received differently.

[FlyingApplePie]

how much better is the game compared to the first one?

[FuzzyBlueKittes]

Fable II is amazing to me probaby because I really liked the first one. I mean who wouldn't want a fuzzy good, or evil, puppy following you around?

[Baldur92]

anyone know how to become younger?

[durbin09]

yeah, sorry, i'm 43 and the while farts are funny at times, when contrived like this to get someone to like you...........lame. dancing a jig, flexing muscles, whistling at people to gain favor :o we need a yawn icon

the graphics are very good for sure, but, it is button a masher when it comes to melee. shooting; you can aim, but you really don't need to, if your near your target, you hit it with out effort. dying...lol, yeah right and that makes the combat very boring imho as you know your not going to be challenged.

earning money; swing a timed hammer for an hour so i can buy stuff.......please. the wood chopping more of the same, hours of time to please town members or earn money, very, very boring.

so, to those who like it, have fun, glad you like it.
i'm done with it and would trade it if not for my 10yr old loving it.

[Sylux77]

Fable 2 sounds good, probably gonna get it. As for the death sequence i can see how that could be mildly better than TH, the valkyrie death scene probably accouts for 1 to 2 hours of my play time. (Across all charachters)

[Baldur92]

there really is no death sequence in fable 2 and some of the scars can actually look cool.

[SpazROK]

I'll admit, the reviews telling of all the bugs and glitches in it are scaring me off from buying it. I'm planning on renting it pretty soon though...

[baconbits]

Spaz, TH has been receiving ridiculing reviews as well and it's still a fun game. I've recently learned its not all about the reviews man. Maybe the bugs arent that frequent or are hardly noticable. Don't let that stop you from buying it. (you still have to play TH with me every now and then tho)

[SpazROK]

Maybe we will both rent it this weekend.

It's also worth mentioning that I had been following TH for a long time and nothing was gonna stop me from buying it. Fable on the other hand...I'm not as hyped about it, just want to play it because I enjoyed the first installment.

[baconbits]

Haha yea I didnt really like the first one. So idk...

[Baldur92]

i think unlike too human, you can rent fable 2 but i think its too good and too fun to just rent.

[Beyond Birthday]

In 2 days, both fable 2, and too human will be blown away :p

[GreenDank]

Most likely true, but I will own them all,and they are all fun to play!

[poison_heart_lestat]

yes fable 2 is worth buying...i was thinking too human was a ok online rpg-ish co op
but fable 2 blows th outta the water
no question about it
rating i'd give th a 2 maybe 3 outta fable 2's perfect 10

[Beyond Birthday]

Fallout 3 will still be the best game to come out this month (at least).

That's a promise :)

[CaptDS9E]

Buy Fable 2, Play Fable 2, Love Fable 2. My favorite RPG I played this generation other then Mass Effect

[slayer]

Buy Fable 2, Play Fable 2, Love Fable 2. My favorite RPG I played this generation other then Mass Effect

Agreed. Mass Effect and Fable 2 are great games, not perfect, but great fun. I hope Fallout 3 continues the trend.

[Sergeant Gutsy]

yes fable 2 is worth buying...i was thinking too human was a ok online rpg-ish co op
but fable 2 blows th outta the water
no question about it
rating i'd give th a 2 maybe 3 outta fable 2's perfect 10

2/10 or 3/10 is laughable. You do not know how to judge a game, huh?

Too Human: 7/10.

Fable: 9/10.

That's a quick, easy, and accurate judgment.

PS: The game "Kong-Fu Panda" recived a 5/10, a 2/10 would be barbie horse adventure type of game.

[Beyond Birthday]

2/10 or 3/10 is laughable. You do not know how to judge a game, huh?

Too Human: 7/10.

Fable: 9/10.

That's a quick, easy, and accurate judgment.

PS: The game "Kong-Fu Panda" recived a 5/10, a 2/10 would be barbie horse adventure type of game.

Aww c'mon ice!

His judgement is obviously clouded by the hype!

Nobody enjoys being dissappointed.

[Sergeant Gutsy]

Aww c'mon ice!

His judgement is obviously clouded by the hype!

Nobody enjoys being dissappointed.

Hype is a bad thing, I normally enjoy await a new game but I don't really care about it until it's here. That way every game I have ever owned I have enjoyed.

[Redenbacher09]

I have the same philosophy. I laugh at people who are disappointed with Fable II.

Yes, I laugh. HAHAHAHAHA. That's me laughing. Same goes for people disappointed in Too Human.

I can't wait for the disappointment threads for Fallout... which I'm going to rent first... because I don't believe the hype.

[Beyond Birthday]

I have the upmost faith in bethesda.

They are one of the few developers that constantly deliver :p




Also, i'm excited to watch myself get born in fallout 3

[Redenbacher09]

Wow... that's extreme story building there. I hope it doesn't bring back memories of the birth scene in knocked up :P

[Beyond Birthday]

Ugh.....Gross.


I'm also excited for my tenth birthday :D

[Redenbacher09]

Whoa, 10 in the game, or 10 in real life?

[Beyond Birthday]

10 in the game :p

That's where you determine all your skills and what not

[SuperJay]

I really wonder if Fallout 3 is going to live up to these grand expectations that so many people have built up. I highly doubt it... not b/c I think Bethesda sucks or F3 won't be any good, but because no game is perfect and that seems to be what many gamers expect nowadays. Nothing but extremes - either it's the best game ever or it completely sucks and isn't worth a cent.

I'm sure F3 will be a ton of fun for a lot of people, but its release will result in the same reactions as every other notable game:

- Crying about bugs and glitches from players who apparently never played a game before.
- Whining about content that was "promised" but not delivered, up to and including allegations of 'fraud' and threats to 'sue'... the usual melodrama.
- Fanboys praising every facet of the game and steadfastly denying any flaws at all.
- Lamentations regarding the old-school Fallout and blasting Bethesda's treatment of the license.
- Epeen wars over just about anything imaginable.
- Predictions over sequels, expansions, and so on
- Nonstop crying about DLC or lack thereof
- Dire pronouncements as to the market performance and profitability of F3, from seasoned amateur economists working at Quick-Mart
- Complaints that the game is too short, too easy, too boring, etc.

Did I miss anything? :)

[Beyond Birthday]

- Crying about bugs and glitches from players who apparently never played a game before. Every game has that, it's just about looking past them, and looking at the experience provided by the game.
- Whining about content that was "promised" but not delivered, up to and including allegations of 'fraud' and threats to 'sue'... the usual melodrama.People will always want more. No matter what the game.
- Fanboys praising every facet of the game and steadfastly denying any flaws at all. Nobody listens to them anyway :p
- Lamentations regarding the old-school Fallout and blasting Bethesda's treatment of the license.People are just afraid of change
- Epeen wars over just about anything imaginable. *shrug*
- Predictions over sequels, expansions, and so onWhat game doesn't have that? littlbigplanet already has a sequel in the works.
- Nonstop crying about DLC or lack thereof It's already been announced, and is being created as I type
- Dire pronouncements as to the market performance and profitability of F3, from seasoned amateur economists working at Quick-Mart This game is already everywhere, that won't be an issue.
- Complaints that the game is too short, too easy, too boring, etc. Too short?! too easy? mayhap. boring? i sincerely doubt it.

Did I miss anything? :)


There :p


/10 Char.

[baconbits]

:rolleyes:

[SuperJay]

There :p


/10 Char.

Heh, I don't know if you thought you were refuting what I posted, or defending what you perceive as my attack on Fallout 3, but you basically just agreed with everything I said... so, thanks for that. :)

If it's not clear, I wasn't writing anything specific to F3 or what I expect its reception to be - just commenting that those reactions that I listed will occur for damn near every notable game release out there.

[Beyond Birthday]

*shrug*

I was mostly agreeing, and giving you my opinion at the same time.

They said it was impossible, YET I SAID NAY!!

[Redenbacher09]

I just want to try the game first... it sounds great... but everything can look great on paper and in videos... Every game should have a playable demo.

[Beyond Birthday]

I don't see how that would work with an open world game...



Maybe it could be timed, or limited to one dungeon.

[Redenbacher09]

Limited to a dungeon is what I was thinking... takes up much less memory than giving a world to explore for 30 minutes or so.

I don't have any friends that are getting it :(

[Beyond Birthday]

That's just bad luck :p

At least tenacious D is a good band, right?

[SuperJay]

Only the greatest and best band in the world!

And yes, playable demo please. As someone who doesn't pay much attention to gaming press (oh the irony!) and doesn't put much faith in reviews (moar irony nom nom nom), I'd much rather get my hands on a game and make decisions based on firsthand experience. So far, I'm not sold on Fallout 3.

[baconbits]

At least tenacious D is a good band, right?

For just two guys? Hellz yea.

It's impressive

[TheBlueDemon73]

Spaz, TH has been receiving ridiculing reviews as well and it's still a fun game. I've recently learned its not all about the reviews man. Maybe the bugs arent that frequent or are hardly noticable. Don't let that stop you from buying it. (you still have to play TH with me every now and then tho)

I have the game and have played quite a while now, and have not run into any of the game breaking glitches others have seen. You are able to walk away from many of the quest-giving characters after they start the quest dialogue, and that is supposedly the spot where you glitch. If you leave and then return, said character will not restart the quest. I'm not sure which specific quests are prone to the glitch, but the ones I have exited, I have simply returned later and the quest starts fine. In fact other than a few minor graphics glitches, and one time my XBOX overheated (the unreadable CD error...) I have not had any problems

[Caveeman]

alright, you've played it................................is it worth buying????

Hell yes!

I bought it, and i'm completely hooked, tbh i prefer fable 2 to Too Human (but don't go telling anyone that! ;D)

Death system is still annoying, you get scars everytime you die and that makes you less attractive and kinda ruins a part of your gameplay.

Everything you do can change the way you progress through the game, its amazing!

[Bro13ama]

Hell yes!

I bought it, and i'm completely hooked, tbh i prefer fable 2 to Too Human (but don't go telling anyone that! ;D)

Death system is still annoying, you get scars everytime you die and that makes you less attractive and kinda ruins a part of your gameplay.

Everything you do can change the way you progress through the game, its amazing!


I bought Fable 2 and couldnt be more disappointed. The game felt exactly like Fable with a much much worse and shallow story line. The magic system sucks, ranged combat is boring and pressing x a hundred times gets boring too. Too Human > Fable 2

[Redenbacher09]

I found the concept of choice to be done very well. The story was short, I agree, but if you delayed shooting through the story, you could easily put 50+ hours in to the game (which I did), on just one character.

I just started a second character on Fallout 3, but I still have to play through Fable 2 again. There are so many game changing decisions to make... it's rather intense. No game will get you as emotionally invested as Fable has done for me.

[Beyond Birthday]

Fable 2 was just a crappy game, really.

[Mattpfeil]

I was extremely disappointed by Fable 2, just one example: where is the bad@$$ plate mail that was in fable 1?

[Bro13ama]

Fable 2 was just a crappy game, really.

QFT I dont know what the hype about choices was, the choices wernt that amazing and were pretty clear cut....this is an evil choice this is good.

[Redenbacher09]

I was extremely disappointed by Fable 2, just one example: where is the bad@$$ plate mail that was in fable 1?

Different timezone, Plate was no longer practical in that era.



Fable 2 was just a crappy game, really.


QFT I dont know what the hype about choices was, the choices wernt that amazing and were pretty clear cut....this is an evil choice this is good.


:( You guys are just haters!


*Runs away crying*

[Mattpfeil]

Different timezone, Plate was no longer practical in that era.



:( You guys are just haters!


*Runs away crying*

But no armor at all? come on, at least they could have given us some cool clothes. Why cant I be a Pirate? or a Ninja? or Jesus?

[Beyond Birthday]

I was extremely disappointed by Fable 2, just one example: where is the bad@$$ plate mail that was in fable 1?

They lost it all, just like they lost all the Assault rifles, and good pistols in halo 2.


We're still looking for those pistols :(

[Mattpfeil]

:rolleyes:

[Bro13ama]

They lost it all, just like they lost all the Assault rifles, and good pistols in halo 2.


We're still looking for those pistols :(


Actually at one point dual pistols was extremly good if you could aim i think it was 4 total shots so 2 each but they changed it in a patch.

In response, I loved Fable 1 so im not hating just think Fable 2 was not as good at all compared to 1 storyline wise, 2 just felt rushed and like a ripoff of 1

[Redenbacher09]

I agree with the clothes, there should have been much more to choose from. But, throw on the right combination of clothes with the assassin's tunic, you could pull of ninja. Color it all black.

Pirate, no - least, not with an eye patch. Jesus, no, I don't think you could pull that off either, even with the robes they give you. And I didn't see sandals. But you could get the hair and the beard! But if you wear the white robe, you might be able to pull it off

[Bro13ama]

You could pull off a pirate I think ive seen a pic of someones character that looked exactly like a pirate it was pretty cool actually. If I find the link ill post it.

edit:
heres one i found not the greatest tho

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd90/CrystaLightning/Fable2002.jpg

[Mattpfeil]

I agree with the clothes, there should have been much more to choose from. But, throw on the right combination of clothes with the assassin's tunic, you could pull of ninja. Color it all black.

Pirate, no - least, not with an eye patch. Jesus, no, I don't think you could pull that off either, even with the robes they give you. And I didn't see sandals. But you could get the hair and the beard! But if you wear the white robe, you might be able to pull it off

I had a pirate eye patch, i just couldnt get my character to look like I wanted, another thing, I got so tited of my sword just sticking to the middle of my back. Put a sheath there or something

[Redenbacher09]

If you play with the colors and mix and match pieces of outfits you can come up with some very cool outfits. Still, the selection could always be better.

Even in Fable 1, you didn't have much choice. At the end you had 3 choices of armor, bright plate, plate, and dark plate. Granted, it looked awesome alone, but there was really no variety.

[Redenbacher09]

I had a pirate eye patch, i just couldnt get my character to look like I wanted, another thing, I got so tited of my sword just sticking to the middle of my back. Put a sheath there or something

Sheath? I don't think RPGs have gotten that advanced yet. This is taboo you speak of. Too Human has no sheaths, WoW, EQ, Fable 1&2, never a sheath. The list goes on I'm sure, I'm drawing a blank ;)

[Mattpfeil]

The lost chapters had some cool helms

[Mattpfeil]

Sheath? I don't think RPGs have gotten that advanced yet. This is taboo you speak of. Too Human has no sheaths, WoW, EQ, Fable 1&2, never a sheath. The list goes on I'm sure, I'm drawing a blank ;)

I know its never been done but it would look so much better

[Beyond Birthday]

The lost chapters had some cool helms

The chicken helmet rocked

[Mattpfeil]

And the Pimp Hat

[Redenbacher09]

When you put on the Yokel Hat, you should automatically begin to smile and have missing teeth :D

Just to show me off again, and in my opinion, proof that you can look BA.

http://i476.photobucket.com/albums/rr128/redenbacher09/FableIIPic.jpg

[Beyond Birthday]

When does the BA commence?

[Vespasian]

Heheh, on the subject of Fabloe 2 reviews I was laughing at, the new Yahtzee one for it is up.

And damn is it accurate. So glad I didn't buy into the hype this time around. Poor old Molyneux, guess that Subrosian guy was right about him after all.

[Bro13ama]

ya Yahtzee was pretty spot on about Fable 2.....and the marriage thing has always been stupid to me what is the point....his
Too Human review may have been a bit bad but this one was pretty much how i felt.

[Guirec730]

I don't know why people take Yahtzee seriously, all he does is *****. But he bitches in a funny way.

If he actually felt the way he did about the games he reviews, he wouldn't play anything.

He probably loves half the games he rips on.

...But I hate Fable as well.