Zero Punctuation Review - Fable 2

This week Zero Punctuation reviews Peter Molyneux's latest action rpg adventure, Fable 2.
spoco2says...

I couldn't get the embed to work either... go here and return for witty conversation afterwords.

And I thought this was one of his better reviews for quite some time, I laughed out loud (I refuse to use lol) quite a number of times.

NetRunnersays...

I have to say, Yahtzee kinda cemented my great feeling of "meh" about Fable 2.

Lotsa reviewers think it's awesome, but me, I just think back to Black & White, and remember it's the same guy behind Fable 2. It's the same overblown idea of trying to pack a game with a mishmash of different minigames and calling it a "life simulator" and "appeals to everyone since you set your own narrative" and other BS excuses for why you have no narrative, or underlying arc to the gameplay.

I usually trust the X-Play people, and they gave Fable 2 a 5 out of 5, but I think I'd react to it the way Yahtzee did.

nibiyabisays...

Other sites that link to the video also don't work, the video isn't hosted anywhere else, and all the other ZP videos still work. I'm thinking that the Escapist will notice and correct this problem soon.

Shepppardsays...

The game was overall pretty good, but my huge issue with it was that it was so damn buggy.

I broke a door on a house I didn't own in bowerstone by accident, after which I paid for, but before the new front door went up, I realised there was an ally in the back and my dog was barking like mad for there being treasure. I couldn't open the door, only knock on it, so I went out and bartended for an hour to get the funds to buy said house, and once I did, not only did it still not open, the front door never actually came back.

My furniture seller ran out of furniture to sell me, so I had one really nice house and couldn't actually upgrade the rest of them.

The main reason for having a Kid is to hear what he says and be "Overjoyed" when you return home, but when I first met mine, I tried to take him to his favourite place (Temple of light) and on the way there he stopped following me, and now he only stays in town, and never moves or says anything.

My mage got stuck because I had to get his renown up in westcliff, so I played the lute to get people around me and showed off a trophy a couple times, and then decided to go to the Westcliff shooting range. My "Hold A to accept" wouldn't go through, the circle would just fill and nothing would happen. I couldn't move after that, and I couldn't do any emotes. I tried resetting and fast travelling, but nothing works. He's now immobile, can't move, can't attack, nothing.

Also, every once in a while my dog (Who's supposed to be a golden lab) turns blue around his stomache/back but not legs feet or tail.

those are just the first few on a longer list, but Those just killed the game for me, I really expect that when a game that's been in production this long, and been hyped up this much will work properly.

Deanosays...

I don't have much faith in Lionhead and their games keep proving me right. With most videogames I just want developers to hone and perfect ONE gameplay element and then improve from there. For that reason I don't like RPGs much as they certainly allow plenty of scope for cockups. The point about being able to own all the property is a good example. Who cares and why is it fun?

Kreegathsays...

Black & White 2 didn't have multiplayer. Why did the sequel lack a feature that the prequel sported, and which is a standard feature in that kind of game? What I'm trying to say is Lionhead screwed my family over and we'll never buy another one of their products, which apparently was a good decision if you're to believe this review.

Zifnabsays...

Use this code to fix it (I removed the ?1.1 that was after FlowPlayerDark.2.2.4-tm.swf and it seems to work):



When you copy the embed from this vid it should work for you (it won't have the ?1.1 in it).

siftbotsays...

This video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by critical_d.

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