Fable 2

[Professor S]

Overall, I think Fable 2 is a definite imporvement over the first, espeically in the size of the game, but to me the game still didn't adress some of it's more glaring issues.

1) Items - The choice and diversity of weapons and items is still shallow at best. In a role playing game, especially an action rpg, items and weapons are EVERYTHING, and once again the Fable selection is weak.

2) The World - I've been playing for a while and Albion is beautiful but it all look beautiful in the same way for the most part, but I think I might be coming up ona significant shift in setting change in the game now. We'll see. As fior the the "life" of the world, it still seems a bit false. I think this has a lot to do with the sound fx. After playing Mass Effect and seeing how sounds can create such a lush and lively world, it's disappointing to see Fable falter on this.

3) The Story - I've skipped every dull piece of exposition in the game. A static camera with slow, plodding dialogue? Couldn't they have at least done cut scene's with in-game models and graphics? It's just lazy.

Overall, Fable 2 feels more like Oblivion for Kids than a real action RPG meant to survive on its own merits. It looks good and plays well, but in the end it still feels like it could have been so much better if someone else were in charge of these same ideas.