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Play Overview
Fable II (2010) is an adventure role-playing game, set in a fantasy world where your actions impact the story, the people and the places you visit. Play involves exploring the world to forge your hero through your actions both in conversation and fights. It expands on its living breathing fantasy world, adding cooperative play, a canine companion and deeper consequences for how you take on your adventure.
You return to Albion, which now offers a larger, more immersive open world with a dynamic day-night cycle, richer environments, and enhanced freedom in player choices. Play involves exploring the world to meet locals, take on quests and discover the mystery at the heart of the place.
Like the first game, there are consequences for how you adventure. This shapes even more of how things progress - not only your appearance but also relationships, towns, and the overall narrative. You choose how to develop skills and accrue equipment and clothing. You can gain a career as a Blacksmith, Woodcutter, Bartender, Assassin, Civilian Displacement (Slaver), Bounty Hunter, or Merchant.
The result is a game that builds on the original's foundations. It again draws on the feel of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Saga, but without taking itself too seriously. There's plenty of silly humour and whimsy to go along with the grand themes.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Fable II 8 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Ellen Robertson and updated 2 days ago.
You return to Albion, which now offers a larger, more immersive open world with a dynamic day-night cycle, richer environments, and enhanced freedom in player choices. Play involves exploring the world to meet locals, take on quests and discover the mystery at the heart of the place.
Like the first game, there are consequences for how you adventure. This shapes even more of how things progress - not only your appearance but also relationships, towns, and the overall narrative. You choose how to develop skills and accrue equipment and clothing. You can gain a career as a Blacksmith, Woodcutter, Bartender, Assassin, Civilian Displacement (Slaver), Bounty Hunter, or Merchant.
The result is a game that builds on the original's foundations. It again draws on the feel of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea Saga, but without taking itself too seriously. There's plenty of silly humour and whimsy to go along with the grand themes.
Our examiner, Andy Robertson, first checked Fable II 8 weeks ago. It was re-examined by Ellen Robertson and updated 2 days ago.
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Play Style
Benefits
Age Ratings
In the US, ESRB state: Players engage in a variety of quests to gain experience and skills with which to 'level up' their customized character. Quest objectives sometimes involve using magic and hand-to-hand combat to defeat various creatures and enemy soldiers. Blood spray is depicted when enemies are slashed or injured during combat. Players can also gains 'points' and positive statistics for choosing good deeds over bad ones (e.g., "Good points," "Renown points," and a "Good Reputation") or based on the way they communicate with other characters: Lewd gestures/language such as hip thrusts and raising of the middle finger generate negative responses; flirting and blowing a kiss can garner positive responses from characters. With enough positive affinity, players can engage in sexual relations with males, females, or groups of characters. Players are rewarded for having multiple relations, and can choose to have unprotected sex, although sexual acts are never shown. Several characters are depicted drunk during cutscenes, while players can also consume beer and wine from various taverns. A screen-blurring effect connotes a character's drunken state.
Skill Level
11+ year-olds usually have the required skill to enjoy this game. Still, it's important for parents and guardians to consider the maturity required to process the game content. It's also important to ensure children understand in-game purchases and have spending limits set-up. The unusual social progression and decision-making, alongside the fighting, magic and fantasy adventure, make this a good match for pre-teenager skill levels. Provided they are comfortable with the content, the game offers a good challenge for their social deduction, identity and narrative processing skills.
Costs
Fable II usually costs £14.99.
Although the features of the game developed with each version, Fable II is generally thought to be the best version of the game.
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Fable II
There are the following additional costs associated with this game:
- In-Game Purchases: Additional in-game purchases are offered for items that enhance the experience.
Although the features of the game developed with each version, Fable II is generally thought to be the best version of the game.
- Fable (Xbox)
- Fable: The Lost Chapters expansion
- Fable Anniversary remade first game on Xbox 360
- Fable II (Xbox 360) with free Knothole Island and See the Future downloadable content available.
- Fable III (Xbox 360)
- Fable Heroes spin-off game (Xbox 360).
- Fable: The Journey spin-off game for Xbox Kinect camera, that is controlled by motion and gestures alone.
- Fable Trilogy compilation including Fable Anniversary, Fable II and Fable III (Xbox 360)
- Fable (Xbox Series X, PC) Series rebooted for the new generation of consoles from the team behind the open-world driving game Forza Horizon.
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Game Details
Release Date: 06/04/2010
Price: 50% Off
Out Now: Xbox, Xbox 360 and Xbox One
Skill Rating: 11+ year-olds
Players: 1-2
Genres: Adventure, Role-Play and Action
Accessibility: 0 features documented (Tweet Developer )
Components: 3D Third-Person, Day and Night, Open World and Persistant World
Developer: Lionhead Studios (@LionheadStudios)
The Fable Franchise
Fable II is part of the Fable franchise of games:
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