Well, if I had any credibility left after the Call of Duty entry, now is the time to lose it completely and be seen as a hack piece of shit in the gaming world. So, without further ado, let me just say that I like Fable. Yes, that Peter Molyneux game that was built on lies and betrayals. And I also like Fable II. But not Fable III. No one likes that one.
So, first off, do I like Peter Molyneux as a game developer? Hell no. I think he is a huge liar and that whole Godus thing is the seediest shit ever. But, I still do enjoy Fable II as its own thing simply for the fact that it was one of the first action RPGs I ever played. That’s… probably sad to some people, but it was a fun time for me. Playing as a young hero, you explore the very English world of Albion as you find other heroes to help you in your cause to defeat the villain Lucien. The game teaches you three skill sets, melee, with swords and axes, skill, with pistols and rifles, and wisdom, which teaches you a ton of busted magic skills. The world has a ton of little towns with an assortment of villagers, from major cities to small farm villages. But one of the mechanics of this game is the moral system, and while it’s not the best, I still enjoyed it. You can choose to be a saint, or a villain yourself, or just a neutral person, and depending on what you do, people will react differently. Which can get a little annoying cause these fucking people won’t get out of my damn house, Jesus, I just want to sleep! The story, while not original, was fun to go through, and the side quests were all a ton of fun to play. The game has a very witty style of writing. It’s very Monty Python-esque in it’s dry witty humor. Another thing I love are the assortment of crazy weapons you can get. You can get a lute as an axe, you can get a giant mace, and if I remember correctly, there is a rifle and armor in this game that looks just like the gun from Halo. This was a Microsoft game, after all.
Fable II is a very simple action RPG. Very, very ,VERY simple, and will not do anything to surprise you. But I have a lot of fond memories of this game and thought it was a real good time. I put over a hundred hours into this game just buying property and creating a sort of massive landlord economy for the entire country and felt pretty successful about it, despite having WAY too much gold and having nothing to spend it on. Fable II won’t turn any heads in the RPG world, but I still see it as a classic from my childhood.