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zexen_lowe on 21 October 2008
Everstar said:
zexen_lowe said:
heruamon said:
Cueil said:
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 how the reviewer felt about the game as a whole of it's parts... a game is not always a sum of it's parts

Sry, but the score doesn't add up to me.  The IGN review looked rushed, imho.  The Gamespot says making money is too easy...wtf...story lacks depth...HUH? 

 

Well, if the original Fable is anything to go by, the story will certainly lack a lot of depth, in fact, if we go strictly by the first one, the story should be horrible. I wonder why some important WRPGs lack a good story, I'm not asking for a JRPG-quality story, but for example KotOR and Mass Effect have good stories (better KotOR than ME, though), seems like Molyneux doesn't know how to tell a good story

 

Where dose it say that the story lacks depth?

 

Read Gamespot's review, they even gave the game the "Weak Story" badge




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darthdevidem01 on 21 October 2008

ok m updating now..



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BMaker11 on 21 October 2008

Only an 89 on Metacritic? AAA DENIED!!!!

Not really...but that's what a lot of people said about Uncharted. Will be picking this up after LBP, R2, and potentially Gears



jasonnc80 on 21 October 2008

There aren't really enough reviews to warrant it yet but could you add links to metacritic/gamerankings when the time comes to the OP?

 

 



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shanbcn on 21 October 2008

So it didn't get 9+ from two biggest game sites, IGN and Gamespot. So it failed again just like first Fable.



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Everstar on 21 October 2008
shanbcn said:
So it didn't get 9+ from two biggest game sites, IGN and Gamespot. So it failed again just like first Fable.

 

 

Lol! thats the stupidest thing i heard today



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BMaker11 on 21 October 2008

That really was kinda stupid....this from a Sony fan



Jason77 on 21 October 2008

@shanbcn
speechless



heruamon on 21 October 2008

I'm loving Fable 2 right now...been playing for hours...and that 10 hours playthru..you've REALLY have got to want that record.



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ZenfoldorVGI on 21 October 2008
NNN2004 said:
Skeeuk said:
well its not turned out like it should have been.

ninja gaiden 2 - two human - fable 2 -

lets hope left for dead and gears of war 2 can salvage this year for 360 owners.

lol man like always all ur posts about the 360 is negative ..... can u be a bit friendly .. !

 

He's a PS3 fan. This is as friendly as he gets.

As for his comments, they're ignorant. I'm sure I'll tell him why when he asks me.

 



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.