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Passenger57 on 20 October 2008
starcraft said:
ATTENTION!!!

My copy of Fable 2 was just made available to me.

I repeat, I AM GOING TO PICK UP FABLE 2 NOW!!!

 

 

You lucky son of a .....




 

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heruamon on 20 October 2008
starcraft said:
ATTENTION!!!

My copy of Fable 2 was just made available to me.

I repeat, I AM GOING TO PICK UP FABLE 2 NOW!!!

 

 

Benefits of GMT +10, I could have picked mine up 1 1/2 hours ago, but I STILL have to be at work, so <cry>. 



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Shadowblind on 20 October 2008

*yawn* IGN being IGN. Big surprise.

Anyway, really psyched for this game now after hearing the fantastic reviews; tommorow can't come soon enough.



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bugrimmar on 20 October 2008

as usual, the absolutely biased eurogamer throws out a 10



gebx on 20 October 2008
8.0 Presentation
The story is nothing special, but Albion is a believable world full of interesting people.
8.0 Graphics
The environments are impressive, and there’s a wide variety of looks for your character. The spells are visually potent.
8.5 Sound
Solid voice acting and a script packed with humor. The music takes some unexpected, but welcome, turns.
8.5 Gameplay
The combat system is a success and for the most part, the economic and morality systems work well, and the dog is a great addition. The co-op, though, is not up to par.
8.5 Lasting Appeal
The main quest is short, but there are numerous other distractions. If you invest yourself in Fable II, you can spend easily spend 30 hours in Albion. If not, you can truck through in under 10 hours.
8.8
Great		 OVERALL
(out of 10 / not an average)

 

I understand that the overall is not the average, but how does it get an 8.8 overall when it didn't score higher then 8.5 on any of the categories??

 



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CaptDS9E on 20 October 2008

xplay 5/5



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ZenfoldorVGI on 20 October 2008
gebx said:
8.0 Presentation
The story is nothing special, but Albion is a believable world full of interesting people.
8.0 Graphics
The environments are impressive, and there’s a wide variety of looks for your character. The spells are visually potent.
8.5 Sound
Solid voice acting and a script packed with humor. The music takes some unexpected, but welcome, turns.
8.5 Gameplay
The combat system is a success and for the most part, the economic and morality systems work well, and the dog is a great addition. The co-op, though, is not up to par.
8.5 Lasting Appeal
The main quest is short, but there are numerous other distractions. If you invest yourself in Fable II, you can spend easily spend 30 hours in Albion. If not, you can truck through in under 10 hours.
8.8
Great		 OVERALL
(out of 10 / not an average)

 

I understand that the overall is not the average, but how does it get an 8.8 overall when it didn't score higher then 8.5 on any of the categories??

 

 

It's obviously greater than the sum of its parts.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

ZenfoldorVGI on 20 October 2008
CaptDS9E said:
xplay 5/5

 

Woot. Another weighted 100.



I don't need your console war.
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor.
You're power hungry, spinnin' stories, and bein' graphics whores.
I don't need your console war.

NO NO, NO NO NO.

gebx on 20 October 2008
Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
Bitmap Frogs said:
40 hour games considered short these days?

 

10-30 hours, depending on how many extras you do.

10 hours is short for an RPG, yes.  It's probably half of what is often expected.

 

10 hours is similar to Oblivion, and I'm not sure how long Fallout 3 is but the dev team held a speed run contest and beat it in 75 minutes...



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scat398 on 20 October 2008

From the video reviews I have seen so far it looks like Fable 2 delivers a great RPG experience.