The Official Fable 2 Review thread!

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NNN2004 said:

Dead Space get better score than Fable 2 ? .......... man & some people say its an average game .... still fable scores are great but not what i hoped.

 

Aggregate scores haven't settled yet, but I'm assuming you mean the gamespot review?

Also, anyone who says Dead Space is an "average" game has a right to their opinion...but in my opinion they are an idiot, lol.

I've heard nothing but praises about the game, though. Who says it's average?

There was a prediction thread about Fable 2 predicted averages. I'd like to ressurect that, just to reinforce what most people thought Fable 2 would score aggregately about a week ago.

I think that it met our reasonably high expectations, but I think a lot of people were hoping that it would surpass our expectations review-wise, like GTAIV. I think it met them, but didn't surpass them, on review scores. I have no doubt that if the game is nearly as good as the first it will surpass my gaming expectations, but we're talking scores here. It looks like the game will settle around the 9/10 marker, and I'd assume that is where it belongs. In a time where that average review score is dissapointing, I'm fairly upset with our "review culture" at this point. I feel it is now clear to me that we place far too much value in that number and not enough in our individual opinions.

I wish we could pick one dude to review all the games. His name should be TheSource, and it would be magnificant.

I also think that we would probably be happier gamers without reviews, lol.

Reviews just don't translate as well to gaming as they do to movies and books. Gaming and fun in general is a far more subjective experience(it being interactive and all) than are movies, books, or music(which are non-interactive, quantifiable, and the same for everyone).

For instance, someone might have an entirely different experience in World of Warcraft, LBP, or Fable 2, than I had. Yet if they listen to a new CD, they will hear the exact same thing I heard.