Comments on: Fable II main story 12 hours long

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:22:17 +0000

epic_wanderer: Saw some combat vids for Fable 2 yesterday. Looked much better than expected given my concerns about this “one button” stuff.

By: Newbie101

Newbie101 — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:04:11 +0000

12 hours long? An RPG 12 hours long!

C’mon its Molyneux are we really surprised?

By: epic_wanderer

epic_wanderer — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:14:32 +0000

I haven’t played it since it came out but I seem to remember Fable having pretty decent combat; especially the archery.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:03:07 +0000

Well, I could buy a chocolate flapjack instead.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:01:37 +0000

I only mention it becaue most of the people who give it stick are RPG fans in the traditional, PC sense.

There’s a big world to explore but you’re stuck on paths, if that makes sense? You can’t wander past a field, jump over the fence and look around.

Although they’ve remedied that for Fable 2 apparently.

Anyway, for 50p you’ve got nothing to lose.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:58:45 +0000

I wouldn’t think “PC RPG” when I was playing anyway, lest I fall asleep.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:56:18 +0000

marmite game.

Don’t think “PC RPG” when you play and you’ll be fine. It’s limited and linear in places, but is very charming and atmospheric.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:40:51 +0000

I’ve not played Fable. Is it still all right? I could get it from game for 50pee and play it on the 360.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:37:38 +0000

Well Fable 1′s main strength was that you could play it in two completely different ways and the world would act accordingly. Hopefully Fable 2 will have more shades of grey.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:23:55 +0000

12 hours sounds quite short whichever way you spin it. There’d better be plenty of side-quests or a decent amount difference in a ‘do it differently’ replay.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:58:49 +0000

That’s the thing, they were. Didn’t stop you blasting through the main story in no time if you wanted to. If you knew what you were doing you could finish Fallout 1 in under half an hour.

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:50:03 +0000

True… But then i also consider Mass Effect to have failed as an RPG, it was a very nice shooter… Never played Fallout 1 & 2, though i would have exspected them to be longer from their rep. ..

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:44:12 +0000

Gekidami: You can finish Mass Effect in under 10 hours if you wanted to. Doesn’t really mean you would. Fallout 1 and 2 could both be done in a stupidly short amount of time too.

By: morriss

morriss — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:43:46 +0000

I know where you live

By: patlike

patlike — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:43:03 +0000

I constantly think about killing my friends’ wives. Completely normal to think about killing your friends’ wives. Right, morriss?

By: Gekidami

Gekidami — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:42:45 +0000

An RPG? 12 hours long? Fail? … Scratch that last question mark…

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:39:43 +0000

Kill your friends wives? I have much better ideas!