Did you watch the videos where they're doing flybys, demonstrating the dog, etc.?  That's a quantum leap beyond anything I've ever seen in an RPG, and I've played quite a few of them.

Just watching their trailer movies doesn't do the game much justice.

Don't go by what Peter M. says.  Watch the videos at the link where the developers demonstrate and discuss what they're building.  If you still think it's going to not be like what the developers are showing, well, then I guess you'll just have to wait for the game and play it for yourself.  Perhaps this is rental material for you.

LOL!  Yeah... that's a good analysis of what's shown in the videos.  Okay...

actually it kind of is. The entire be good or be bad thing has been done before the original game. Having a semi-smart AI creature tag along that you can interact with, not to sure on this but probably has been done before on PC.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, play it, love it.

^ssj12: Yeah I was disappointed that one of the big announcements was the dog.

I think this game'll be good, lacking a 360 now, I'm getting the eventual PC version

Don't forget the Baldur's Gate series, Jade Empire and Mass Effect, too.

Except he didn't lie. The things he said would be in the game were planned and tried and eventually had to be abandoned because they couldn't make it work on the given schedule, which is part of the problem of getting a creator to talk about a project early in its development. So far, PM seems to have been far more reserved in his comments, and coupled with experiences from Fable 1, that should make expectations for Fable 2 far more reasonable.

Fable II Pub Games - X360

Avg Ratio: 48%

VideoGamer 8/13/2008 8 out of 10 80.0%
GameSpot 8/12/2008 6.5 out of 10 65.0%
IGN 8/12/2008 6.4 out of 10 64.0%
Console Monster 8/18/2008 62 out of 100 62.0%
GamePro 8/18/2008 3 out of 5 60.0%
Xbox World Australia 8/15/2008 60 out of 100 60.0%
Gamervision 8/13/2008 6 out of 10 60.0%
Cheat Code Central 8/15/2008 2.6 out of 5 52.0%
MS Xbox World 8/18/2008 5 out of 10 50.0%
Video Game Talk 8/13/2008 2.5 out of 5 50.0%
GameDaily 8/18/2008 4 out of 10 40.0%
Eurogamer 8/14/2008 3 out of 10 30.0%
Giant Bomb 8/19/2008 1 out of 5 20.0%
Jolt UK 8/18/2008 2 out of 10 20.0%
Totally360 8/18/2008 2 out of 10 20.0%

I hope this doesnt foreshadow things to come...Although I think releasing a mini game to build stats/gold before a game comes out is an AWESOME idea!

I personally enjoyed the first one, ill have to check out the 2nd even if its not as great as the hype makes it seem.

i think this game will be a small step up from the first one, which is good. i dunno if it will live up to the hype thats been built around it though, which is bad. i want this game to succed 4 million sales but i doubt it will. but it will easily reach the 1 million mark, edge its way to the 2 million and slowly but surely creep towards 3 million :]

I can guarantee that it doesn't.  We're talking the difference between a tiny collection of minigames released to get people talking about the game, and pander to the fans, and an open-world RPG. 

Fable 2 will be huge.