Fable 2 criticized for not living up to expectations

It seems while most of the gaming public are extremely pleased with how Fable 2 has turned out, not all is as it seems in Albion. Gamer Blorge highlights the issues associated with the co-op patch introduced and how many fans are now angry at being deceived by the form that co-op would take.

For many, this isn't a major concern, but according to Blorge, there are a large number to whom this is a deal-breaker. Earlier in the week, we have seen some amazing review scores show that the majority of gaming websites believe this to be a near-perfect game. Some, such as Eurogamer, even gave that elusive 10/10. Given the co-op situation, can this review hold credibility?

Is Fable 2 unfinished?

[tocrazed4you]

At the first line
Fable 2 is one of this years most anticipated action adventure game.
It isn't an action adventure game.... its an role playing fantasy game...
Other than that the points were valid.

[Obama 4 President]

It seems Fable 2 just misses AAA status. Almost, but not a top game like Gears or MGS4.

[AAACE5]

I sat down to play for a few minutes just to see a bit of the opening, and next thing I know... it was 5 hours later! D*mn game got me addicted for a while. I kept saying I was going to stop, but I kept seeing things that got me curious and I had to check them out!

The d*mn dog didn't make it any better, cause I kept wanting to play with him and see what he could find.

It does have minor flaws! But they can be overlooked.

[TheNewerGuy]

Deal with it

[elshimiablo]

But it is not an AAA by any means

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Say that when it sells over 1 million copies this week.

You're the worst kind of human being.

Also, that picture looks like my cousin. It's creeping me out.

[valknight]

i own the game, its no flop by any means i have played it for hours on end, because the game doesnt have what everyone ASSUMED to be for coop doesnt mean its not at minimum 9.5 game

[GUNS N SWORDS]

the game got almost a 9 from IGN, that's my official source of credibility.

fvck, if i limit my selection to only 10s or 9s i'm going to have a rather small selection.

i'm getting tired of racking my brain on the subject.

[Rob0g0rilla]

This article shouldn't mean anything to you.

[DiabloRising]

Review scores should never mean anything to us, especially not in comparison with your own opinion.

[Diamondwolf]

That's the kind of talking around here that'll get you some bubbles.

Back in the day, when people played games for fun, we formed our own opinion. This generation is to Metacritic reliant.

If I want to play a game, and it scores a 4 from [insert random momandpop internet gaming site] but I wanted to try it out because it looks fun, that 4 shouldn't stop me from dropping by Play-N-Trade to give it a whirl

Which by the way, Shameless plug for Play-N-Trade, that place by FAR outweighs Gamestop giving you the ability to try any game as long as you want before you buy it. Went in once, never stepping foot in Gamestop again.

[butterfinger]

"Back in the day, when people played games for fun"

Fable 2 is the first game in a long time to remind me that games are really supposed to be fun. I love Fable 2!

[Shaka2K6]

.

[Sena Kobayakawa]

SOCOM.

Im of to another thread with my MAX SPEED!!!

[Tmac]

Lol Xbox hasn't had triple A games for awhile, while Socom WILL do better after the patches, can't say the same for Too Human.

[labwarrior]

Multi is just a nice perk, for thos that expected something more, well sorry but Fable 2 is a SP game, not a MMO

The 10/10 score is what i would give the game for its SP, and given Multi is just an add on, the 10/10 remains intact

[Obama 4 President]

The multi creates even more glitches

[Perjoss]

The outstanding reviews are all based from a build that had no coop. If the coop adds glitches and that bothers you (anyone in general) then don't use it, if this is the kind of game you cant play unless in coop mode then don't buy it as the coop seems to be glitchy (for now), sometimes life can be so simple, but a lot of people just love to make things complicated.

[Tmac]

Basically Fable 2 is almost triple A status, it just doesn't give that extra push.

[MiloGarret]

Why isn't it triple a? Last I checked it was a 93 on meta. Whatever, I just checked your previous comments and you are obvisouly a little fanboy.
I hope believing this game isn't great makes you sleep better at night, no actually I don't...

IDK, never going to buy it anyway.

[Ghoul]

You guys crack me up.

Do you like the game ??? YES
then please do as i and give a rats ass about review scores.

you know your an induvidual make up your own god damn mind.....

[lalapin]

fable2 - flop = 0 confirmed !!!!!

[Diamondwolf]

Fable 2 - flop?

Your comment - you're brain = true

[y0haN]

your not you're. Irony.

[Diamondwolf]

Yohan, looks like you missed what I did there :) read it again

unless you weren't being sarcastic and caught the ironic metaphor combo I laid down, and did notice that the grammar was correct on the first "your" and purposefully incorrect on the 2nd one to replicate said ones thought process, and said that was irony........then Thanks! :)

[pumpkinpunker]

better than GTA 4 which got all tens. remember all the critics raving about GTA4's multiplayer? well, if it was so great then how come no one plays it anymore?

[darkdoom3000]

GTA never deserved thoes 10's. Its a huge conspiracy in the game critic bussiness. I mean lots of sites gave graphics=10?! theres plenty of better looking games. It should have got a solid 9-9.4

I dont get it how nearly all sites voted 10... did they somehow fall into the hype or what. mabye got paid (highly unlikley)

[pumpkinpunker]

no one docked points for the repetitive missions
no one docked points for the glitchy gameplay
no one docked points for the camera problems
no one docked points for the bad ai
no one docked points for the wonky aiming system

The difference between GTA4 and San Andreas is about equal to the diference between Madden '05 and Madden '08. Of course, GTA fanboys are impossible to argue with. I'm friends with one and essentially it all boils down to they get to blow stuff up, drive fast cars, shoot guns, and pick up hookers.

[timmyrulz]

its just the sony power rangers working overtime to try and make sure any successful x360 games gets discedited, does anyone know a word better than pathetic?

[darkdoom3000]

Well, speaking of pathetic, whose seen the economy lately?

[Diamondwolf]

Although I LOL'ed at the SPR, to help you out to find another word for pathetic, should ask the fanboys over in the LBP Metacritic User Review area.

[Zanzu]

I was looking forward to Fable II being enhanced by Co-Op but I guess I'll just have to keep playing my PC for RPGing with friends

[FailStation3]

in all honesty, who the f*ck cares about coop in such an amazingly deep game like this. the last thing I want is another n00b running around ruining my game.

[FAQS]

Change your name for Flopbox360!....

[Lanoire]

An amazingly deep and epic game, thats MGS4.

Flopple 2? Thats an...amazing game for KIDS.

[MiloGarret]

And LBP is not? Seriously, you fanboys are a crazy bunch.

[jkhan]

I haven't played it yet, I will very soon, but I don't think the game is bad, its just that they over promise a lot and they don't even deliver properly.

[aggh im on fire]

Everyone know this will sell a million very quickly so why people have to say flop i don't know. Are you that insecure about your system?

[valknight]

playstation fanboys have a lot to be excited about when a game comes out that outsells most of its games put together, and their biggest great seller is "i have metal gear", well we may not have metal gear, but we have halo, gears, fable, left4dead, Last remnant. I could care less about owning an expensive paperweight like that ps3, i could go buy a cheap blue ray player and it would be better

[darkdoom3000]

hype trap!
what were they expecting =/

Why are people crying bout the patch, LBP is getting a patch for its online create mode (if i remeber correctly)

Is it online co-op or only local?
Off topic. (you can skip to next post if you want)
I wonder how WKC is gonna do its co-op. I heard its online, which would rock. but ive never actually played a co-op RPG.

though it sounds good in theory.

[Millah]

Well since this is Peter Molyneux, shouldn't we have technically expected it to not live up to expectations...so wouldn't that mean it actually lives up to our expectation of not living up to expectations?

..............

[VampHuntD]

What you say makes sense. Bubbles for random accurateness.

[Firstkn1ghT]

Sorry but the professional journalists have already spoken and Fable 2 is a AAA title. Let the haters begin their jealousy...*

[robotnik]

professional journalists like Kotaku right? hahahahaha nice joke meltingface avatar guy.

Its a good game, I'll give you that, but it doesnt live to all the hype you 360 fans have been giving to it, and Fable was waaaay better than its sequel.

[Firstkn1ghT]

The game has been called a masterpiece by many respected journalists. Don't try to deny it. Oh wait, I know why your sour, you just found out that Motorstorm 2 and SOCOM are complete failures. :)

[Sarcasm]

Fable 2 is an excellent game that should be enjoyed by many. It deserves the review scores that are given, and the story is as intriguing as the top fantasy stories in movies and videogames.

HOWEVER. It's still not going to make anybody "jealous" of not having it. Personally, It just doesn't have that same appeal. A PS3 gamer isn't going to sell their PS3 and go goo goo ga ga for Fable 2.

[butterfinger]

but it's lost AAA status more than a day ago.
http://www.metacritic.com/g...
http://www.gamerankings.com...

If it makes you feel better, I'd personally give the game about a 9.25. I love it:)

[LTC]

Sorry but 89% on Metacritic is not AAA. Isnt that what xbots used to say?

[Sarcasm]

And MGS4 is just a movie, unless it goes to the 360 and now it's a game.

Graphics don't matter, gameplay matters. But if it's a PS3 game with good gameplay.

Graphics are important as much as gameplay.

We could go all day long with this lol

[DOOMZ]

If ya liked the first one, you will love this!

[aggh im on fire]

Co-op already confirmed for download. All the score are good and it will sell millions just like the first one.
Thats a fact whether we like the game or not. Its a hard concept i know to get your head round but games that don't have Sony written on then do sell and can be quite good.

[Voozi]

1) It makes my 360's disc drive abnormally loud, all 13 of my other 360 games never make my disc drive this loud...it's ridiculous and irritating the amount of noise it makes with just this game. And before you say "turn up the volume", yea I can do that in the morning/day but what about nighttime when people are sleeping?

2) Time before you turn into an adult is very short when compared to Fable 1. In Fable 1 to me, we were a kid longer, then after the kid period we became a teenager and did the training at that place, then after our training was done we'd become an adult...in Fable 2 it's just...kid for a short period of time...*whooosh* now your an adult! lol

3) Co-op sucks ass, do I even need to explain this? But hey I'll still rant a bit about it, before Fable 2 was released, in all those videos we watched they gave us the impression that we'd be able to hope into any of our friends games or vice versa with our own character, granted whom ever would be joining would be the "henchman" they gave us the impression that we'd have our character from our own story as well as our gear...but no they tell you "here's a list from these premade characters and some crappy weapons". Oh and let's not even start about the damn camera too if you're the "henchman" and your movement restrictions...

/rant

Well back to Fable 2! lol

[Sarcasm]

My only real complaint is the controls aren't really responsive. Then again I've never played Fable 1 and don't know if that's how they were. But yeah it sucks balls where you're running around town at like .0001 miles per hour and turn like a boat when you're just an 8 year old kid.

[Bengoshi-San]

this article is stupid, he has obviously not looked at the other reviews out there.

the game is doing remarkably well, even Molyneux is in tears from the positive feedback being received.

I'm picking this up tomorrow (pay day baby)

look at the reviews so far, you decide:

3DJuegos.com 9.1/10

GameSpot 8.5/10

PCWorld 100/100

Game Revolution B+/A+

IGN Australia 9.2/10

X-Play 5/5

GameSpy 4.5/5

8Bit Joystick 97/100

EveryEye Italia 8.5/10

CheatCC 4.5/5

GamingXP 90/100

Konzolista.cz A/A+

Level7 8/10

Dutch Gamer 8/10

Meristation 9/10

GamesOnSmash 9.9/10

GameReactor 8/10

IGN 8.8/10

TeamXbox 8.9/10

itAvisen 5/6

CVG 9.2/10

Play 88/100

Ars Technica (Verdict: Buy)

Danish GameReactor 9/10

Xbox360Achievements 94/100

GameReactor Sweden 8/10

GameReactor Norway 8/10

Xbox360 Fanboy Positive Review

IGN UK 9.5/10

GamesRadar 9/10

DailyGame 7.8/10

Spongy Chicken 9/10

Kikizo 9/10

PlanetXbox360 9.5/10

Snappy Gamer 5/5

Strategy Informer 9/10

RPGSite 96/100

EuroGamer 10/10

OXM UK 8/10

VideoGamer 9/10

[outlawlife]

i find it funny how people complain about the co-op yet it is exactly what lionhead outlined co-op to be

you play as a hired gun/mercenary on your friends game and you share his profit

you don't play as your character but the xp, gold, etc is fed to your hero

this was explained months ago...maybe e3? people just don't pay attention to what they are buying

personally i'm enjoying the game quite a lot, it has a few flaws but nothing making it "unplayable" as some of these people say and it actually runs very well compared to other games of the same scope(assassins creed)

people aren't even touting the games greatest achievement and that is the orb interaction, you can play your game and see anyone and TALK to anyone...that is wild and a feature i didn't expect

solid 9 from me, great game and more importantly a fun game

[VampHuntD]

I think that was the issue outlaw. I think the multi was billed as both you and your buddy playing as your own heroes, not as minions. Even if the xp, money and all that is fed to your hero, it's not the same as playing the hero.

I don't care about Fable one way or the other, so in my opinion the game is a meh/10 where meh equals whatever anyone wants it to be.

[shovelbum]

I am loving the game so far, only bout 4 hours in, but I haven't tried co-op yet. After playing for awhile I can see why some people would see co-op as a deal breaker but they'd being doing themselves a disservice for not playing it anyway. The gameplay is really good and the graphics were not done justice by the online vids. It really pops on my plasma and I'm digging the visual artwork more than I expected.

[The-Truth]

OF COURSE THIS GAME WILL NOT LIVE UP TO ITS EXPECTATIONS.

FIRSTLY I NEVER HEARD OF THIS GAME! SECONDLY THIS GAME HAS GRAPHICS LIKE FIRST GENERATION CONSOLES AND THREE THE GAMEPLAY IS BADDDDDDDDD!

IF THIS IS WHAT MICROSOFT THINKS WILL SAVE THEM THEN I AM SORRY I CAN ONLY...../FACE PALM OVER THIS TERRIBLE GAME/

Oh sorry you have Gears to play. I almost thought you did not have any good exclusives.

( Sarcasm, for the Xbot no brainers )

[XBox RRoDed again]

I can assure you that M$ spared no expense when it comes to the fine games that I play. Let me assure ygbu.......sdf.....UN PLUG ME UN PLUG ME!!! (RRoD)

[BlackTar187]

Im sure many others as well.

[IAm1Bearcat]

anyone else feel like Fable 2 is a Disney movie?
i wasnt real big on how it looked when i saw vids and junk, but after a friend convinced me to buy it i've fallen in love with it. it just has a sort of "kiddish" feel that made us all love games in the first place.

after getting scared sh*tless in Dead Space, Fable 2 always makes me feel warm and cozy lol

[dantheman1515]

This article made me giggle like an innocent child. The game is friggin unbelieveable! It is only my second rpg, well pokemon doesnt count, but I am hooked. It makes lookin at real estate fun,... I mean what game does that? Ive jus got into the good action events in the game and the combat system is so fluid. One exception it can be frustrating changing your spells, unless you strategize beforehand. This game has been overcriticized unfairly. I forget the site but the only two negatives were a) too easy to earn gold and b)it had a bad map. They gave the Game an 8.5.