Fable two first impressions

I finally got to sit down with Fable two for a little bit. For the most part I was very impressed with what I saw, the mini games are easy enough to drop in and out of to make a few extra gold. Plus another thing I really liked that they did was when you rent out a house or two you now will just get the money, you will no longer have to travel to the property to collect the rent. This is very helpful if you would like to do some adventuring without having to head back to town every 15 minutes or so.

Over all the game has seen a large improvement over the first one. Though I think the first one was well done since you did not go evil. The world boasts that it is around five times larger then what it was. Plus they have done something that I have really enjoyed so far. That is when you die you lose some experience but not very much and then out get right back into it. No more load from the last save you did. This makes all the difference. So no more re-doing the boss battle three times because of a cheap shot or mechanic. Now if he kills you wait a couple of seconds then you can keep pounding him into the ground until he or she is dead.

As it is with my limited play time I have only come across one annoyance. Though this is due in large part in how I play these games. When it comes to games that allow you to choose which type of "hero" you want to be, I always choose the bastard at first. I am not sure if it is in fact because I am just an asshole or if I am curios on how far the game lets you push it. So with that said Fable one was a bit of a let down. Mainly because in the first game people just tell you to sod off and find you so ugly and fearful shop owners just run out the shop screaming. Which gets a bit old when you want to hock some stuff and get some better gear.

So sufficient to say I was not a huge fan on having to look really pretty while having huge horns so people would stand still long enough to talk to. Which brings me to my one quip so far, and that's that the system is still there. Granted this may be games way to try to detour you from kill everyone in a town and buying up all the houses and rent them out. Though it's still annoying to say the least. Also one thing I have noticed is that the people you work for in sword mini game say all about five things. Which gets old if you are grinding the skill as fast as you can. I get it, I need to hit it in the green dot!

Overall I think this game has made huge advances from the last one. One thing I really like is that the towns people do in fact remember you. As it is in one town people will run away screaming when they see me, plus yell murderer at me. This is very cool that your actions are remembered. Though in my defense the guy I kill in the town had it coming, he claimed to minstrel. He spoke ill of me, granted I may have done all the things he said but it was getting old to hear sung back to me. In any case this game is at least worth a rent to see what all the fuss is about, plus with at least two plays through I would even say it's worth picking it up. I mean how many games do you know are a guaranteed two play through without thinking about it?