Author Topic: FABLE II thread and nothing more (Read 58720 times)

demi · « **Reply #420 on:** February 01, 2009, 01:03:23 AM »

I love the orbs... one of the best ideas for singleplayer multiplayer implemented. I hope more games take advantage of it

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #421 on:** February 01, 2009, 01:13:41 AM »

Yeah the orbs are really cool. If someone didn't throw all the dolls at me for no reason I imagine the orb system would have made Dollcatcher pretty easy to get anyway.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #422 on:** February 01, 2009, 01:20:00 AM »

Is there any references to the first Fable in this game?

demi · « **Reply #423 on:** February 01, 2009, 01:29:50 AM »

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #424 on:** February 01, 2009, 01:33:47 AM »

Like?

demi · « **Reply #425 on:** February 01, 2009, 01:59:24 AM »

Stuff that was in Fable 1

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #426 on:** February 01, 2009, 01:59:50 AM »

Such that?

chronovore · « **Reply #427 on:** February 01, 2009, 10:39:05 AM »

The blind chick. And the note at the end... well, one of the endings. Jesus, there's a wikia wiki up for it if you are interested in spoilers.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #428 on:** February 01, 2009, 12:21:01 PM »

I already beat the game and sold it off. I'm just wondering.

Who was the blind chick anyways?

demi · « **Reply #429 on:** February 01, 2009, 12:35:32 PM »

I'm pretty sure you're doing this on purpose. So I won't answer your obvious question.

demi · « **Reply #430 on:** February 01, 2009, 12:37:08 PM »

Your act is tired. Straighten up.

MyNameIsMethodis · « **Reply #431 on:** February 01, 2009, 02:03:26 PM »

How am I doing this on purpose?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320335306883

theres the auction I sold my fable 2

chronovore · « **Reply #432 on:** February 01, 2009, 09:38:36 PM »

This is the internet. There are lots of places to find answers. Sac up and go find them.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #433 on:** February 03, 2009, 03:10:25 AM »

Quote from: Groo on February 03, 2009, 02:08:22 AM

Quote from: BobFromPikeCreek on February 01, 2009, 12:46:47 AM
Wow. I set multiplayer orbs to everyone to see what it was like, and some guy just completely out of nowhere without saying anything gave me all the dolls.

Do you still have them?

Yeah. Want em? My GT is F1shBulb. Add me and I'll give them to you. I'll probably play a little tomorrow night.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #434 on:** February 03, 2009, 03:24:13 AM »

Do you have the achievements for getting all the keys and gargoyles. I read somewhere that if you join the game of someone who does, and have them sell and rebuy an ability the co-op dude will get the achievements. If you could do that in return I'd be very appreciative.

Third · « **Reply #435 on:** February 03, 2009, 09:25:05 AM »

Yeah, it's easy to get all the endings achievements. Just return to the dashboard after chosing a card. Good thing the endboss is such a joke. One hit kill URGH

Game was awesome. One of my 2008 favorites. Still a bit too short and too much backtracking.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #436 on:** February 03, 2009, 10:03:50 AM »

can I get some dolls too

dammitmattt · « **Reply #437 on:** February 03, 2009, 10:26:36 AM »

I'd like to throw my hat into the dolls circle jerk. I need help with the dolls and executioner achievements. GT is dammitmattt if anyone wants to help. I can help you, too, if you need any money or anything else.

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #438 on:** February 03, 2009, 02:28:28 PM »

If the Hal's body armour and sword are tradeable ingame, I'll swap those for a doll achivement.

Mightaswell get some points for a game I won't play again.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #439 on:** February 03, 2009, 11:08:09 PM »

Groo. I'm free for the next little while, so post if you read this and want to get the dolls.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #440 on:** February 03, 2009, 11:28:27 PM »

Actually I'm going to go on my 360 now so just message me there.

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #441 on:** February 03, 2009, 11:34:33 PM »

If he's not on, you wanna give em to me? I'll just give em right back to you

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #442 on:** February 04, 2009, 12:00:24 AM »

wtf i thought that was like 50G lol

AdmiralViscen · « **Reply #443 on:** February 04, 2009, 12:15:37 AM »

I did that shit and I'm still good

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #444 on:** February 04, 2009, 01:28:51 AM »

Holy jesus that was tedious gifting all the dolls. Glad I could help you guys out.

dammitmattt · « **Reply #445 on:** February 04, 2009, 02:16:03 AM »

Quote from: Groo on February 04, 2009, 12:16:30 AM

Oh yeah, for the benefit of other EBers, I am now the designated ~~HIV~~ doll carrier, so if you want that achievement, come get some.

Can you give it to me tomorrow? GT is dammitmattt....I'll owe you one!!!

Herr Mafflard · « **Reply #446 on:** February 04, 2009, 05:21:17 PM »

I don't want the Hal stuff. So if anyone wants them, I'll gladly give them for nothing - I don't even want the doll achivement anymore.

GT: Glodeus Rush

dammitmattt · « **Reply #447 on:** February 05, 2009, 08:16:22 AM »

I'm in CT but I'm working from home this week, so I'm online throughout the day. What's your GT?

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #448 on:** February 05, 2009, 04:23:24 PM »

Just got the executioner achievement. 1000/1100, and since I hear Knothole sucks I think I'm done with this game. 30 hours to do absolutely everything according to the stats screen.

demi · « **Reply #449 on:** February 05, 2009, 04:24:16 PM »

Apparently you can get Knothole achievements from someone who bought it. Dunno if I'm willing to rent the game for that though... lol

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #450 on:** February 05, 2009, 06:04:04 PM »

Awesome. I'm going to look into that before I get rid of it.

pilonv1 · « **Reply #451 on:** February 05, 2009, 06:13:54 PM »

Quote from: Groo on February 04, 2009, 08:06:20 PM

Any people who want the dolls you're gonna have to let me know your timezone so I can try and schedule something. I'm in Japan, you see. Which is GMT+9.

GMT+10

muckhole · « **Reply #452 on:** February 24, 2009, 03:07:39 AM »

Kinda late with this, but if anyone still has the dolls up for grabs, let me know. I will send you dirty PM's in tribute.

Bildi · « **Reply #453 on:** March 04, 2009, 06:07:36 PM »

I just got to the Spire but haven't looked around yet.

Jesus I with they'd provide some goddamn property to buy. I have $5m and absolutely nothing to spend it on.

I dunno, the game isn't really grabbing me like Fable 1. And for all the fanfare about the size of the game, it doesn't really seem much bigger than the first at all, and I've been assing about quite a lot.

Trent Dole · « **Reply #454 on:** March 04, 2009, 07:04:33 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on March 04, 2009, 04:25:35 PM

This game is so awesome. Though I wish my wife would want sex more, I know we have a kid now but shit. He probably wont even notice.

Oh and I'm in the Spire right now. I'm not supposed to feed these people but I fed one. What'll happen to me if I feed them all? I think the EXP loss is bullshit BTW.

If you want a super horny wife marry a whore. You'll get sick of her wanting it constantly and end up shooting her eventually. Least I did.

All that happens for feeding people in the Spire is some exp loss and ya pass out eventually from the drainage.

Bildi · « **Reply #455 on:** March 04, 2009, 07:27:19 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on March 04, 2009, 06:56:25 PM

How the fuck do you have 5 million?

Oh and is there anyway I can become less fat in a short amount or time? I look like a whale in a pink coat.

Buy some celery. You can get it at the vendor in front of the furniture store in Oakvale, she sells about 3 sticks at a time. You only need to eat maybe 10-20 sticks to go from super fat to skinny.

I got some money initially by trading. Then I bought every property in Bowerstone and Oakvale, I don't think that took much more than $1m. Since then, the rent has just been piling up, and I can't spend it fast enough. It's pretty unbalanced.

chronovore · « **Reply #456 on:** March 05, 2009, 02:54:14 AM »

Money is pretty broken, yeah. It's fun at first, trying to scrape by, but all you need is a place to rent, toss some furniture in it, lather, rinse, repeat, and pretty soon you've got more money than you can use, and own every place in the game.

I hear the upscale spouses in the game are really shrill, needy, and annoying. I never married one of those. There was a farmer in Oakdale (normal), a stylist in Bowerstone (Lewd, Randy), and the snap-together undead GF in the cemetary mansion. They all wanted it all the time.

demi · « **Reply #457 on:** March 05, 2009, 10:46:00 PM »

Your hair turns white (more like a blonde) from being good. And you have butterflies flying around. Crap like that

chronovore · « **Reply #458 on:** March 05, 2009, 11:44:28 PM »

Quote from: Green Man on March 05, 2009, 07:15:03 PM

Fuck Peter Monolux right up his ass. I picked the love ending(I actually picked all three but whatever), and I get the letter from Rose. I'm thinking alright so I did bring my sister back to life after all, awesome. But wait,
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the letter tells me she's safe and there's no way to track her down. What the fuck? Is there anything in the DLC that's helpful regarding this? I mean seriously, fucking lack luster. Would it have even mattered if I picked love or sacrifice(I was tempted to pick this hoping Bob would return and hate me)?

Oh and is there any reason to actually play Fable one? Because the whole "But the spire... is mine, begone." really threw me off. Is Theresa known to be evil and that I was duped the whole time?
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Fixed that for you.

Srsly tho', the endings are identical, except for that item. It's a bit of text that apparently ties in to the earlier Fable title, which is available in the first five hits of a google search on the topic. I can't believe you'd let that one detail spoil your enjoyment of the rest of the game.

chronovore · « **Reply #459 on:** March 06, 2009, 01:47:49 AM »

LOL @"Monolux" - "He is the one light."

Between Fable 2 and Fallout 3, I am enjoying having games where there are consequences for my actions, and even when I do the right thing, not everything comes out rosy. It's easier to believe.

chronovore · « **Reply #460 on:** March 17, 2009, 08:31:48 AM »

I couldn't clear the last target practice puzzle; I tried for probably an hour, possibly more, then gave up and decided there were other games to play and I couldn't very well play them if I broke my controller over Fable II.

demi · « **Reply #461 on:** March 17, 2009, 08:52:00 AM »

I think the endings and rewards fit with the game. It's very realistic, it fits the world. You arent going to be some world renowned hero who gets everything in the end. Welcome to reality, you get a statue and a wife who's pissed as fuck as to where you were.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #462 on:** March 22, 2009, 05:15:56 PM »

Put in a few hours so far. It's okay, but not great.

Good:
-Interaction with NPCs
-World is more open
-The dog
-Leveling is simple and intuitive

Not so good:
-Everything feels floaty
-Combat is really simple, at least so far
-Graphics are bleh
-Bloom lighting overload
-Too much hand-holding

chronovore · « **Reply #463 on:** March 23, 2009, 03:09:10 AM »

Combat stays simple, sadly. There is a lot of depth in it, if you want it, but you can get by on button mashing -- basically the worst thing you can do to a complex fighting system is make it irrelevant.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #464 on:** March 23, 2009, 05:40:11 PM »

Quote from: chronovore on March 23, 2009, 03:09:10 AM

Combat stays simple, sadly. There is a lot of depth in it, if you want it, but you can get by on button mashing -- basically the worst thing you can do to a complex fighting system is make it irrelevant.

That's kind of what I figured. You get some extra stuff in combat as the game goes on, but you can still just mash away. $:-\$

Also, it needs a quickly accessible overworld map

duckman2000 · « **Reply #465 on:** March 31, 2009, 03:15:33 PM »

As long as the game stays in strict adventure mode, it's really quite awesome. No one does fantasy settings and creatures this well, and it generally feels more authentic than the typical fantasy Americana shit. And I really like the new magic system. It's when the other shit interferes that the game becomes shit. For example, I was stuck with an overhead text talking about redecoration during The Crucible. Apparently, since I jumped straight from my home to some other region, I was still decorating my home while fighting hobbes.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #466 on:** March 31, 2009, 04:01:27 PM »

Quote

No one does fantasy settings and creatures this well, and it generally feels more authentic than the typical fantasy Americana shit. And I really like the new magic system.

It has some nice settings, but overall it feels kind of...cartoony.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #467 on:** March 31, 2009, 08:33:31 PM »

It has some personality and plenty of humor. It's got a bit of a Discworld feel to it, as well as the classic dark fairy tale touch of the first game. Not the very serious shit blended with renaissance fair field studies and plastic D&D nerdcore shit that seems to typically tickle the rims of fantasy dweebtards.

Bocsius · « **Reply #468 on:** March 31, 2009, 10:41:06 PM »

You've now talked me out of Fable II, good job.

Bildi · « **Reply #469 on:** March 31, 2009, 11:10:12 PM »

I've been fairly unimpressed with it thus far, but after going to the Spire and coming back it's been a little better as you get to see a few consequences for your actions in the first part of the game.

I've been ignoring spouses but last night married Tina the Whore, found a nice house and decorated it. It's been kind of fun. I'm female, so no risk of getting annoying kids.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #470 on:** April 01, 2009, 12:42:51 AM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on March 31, 2009, 10:42:39 PM

Does this game ever get good?

No.

rubber feathers · « **Reply #471 on:** April 01, 2009, 02:10:00 AM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on March 31, 2009, 10:42:39 PM

Does this game ever get good?

You start to really appreciate Fable 2 after the Spire and after you've completed a few of the bigger sidequests. Otherwise, no.

Bildi · « **Reply #472 on:** April 01, 2009, 02:35:24 AM »

Does the environment change more depending on which ending you pick?

I found the changes after I got back from the Spire refreshing, because frankly the game world is disappointingly small so if it changes as you go at least that's something.

BobFromPikeCreek · « **Reply #473 on:** April 01, 2009, 02:37:24 AM »

After the Spire the world pretty much doesn't change.

And looking back on the game two months or so after beating it, it wasn't that great really.

Bildi · « **Reply #474 on:** April 01, 2009, 02:59:14 AM »

Crap.

I just found this diagram of the areas in the game - it really is quite tiny.

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Another of my beefs is that Lionhead need to learn about rewarding people for exploring. Even when you find a new door and head down into a cave there's just some useless crap like a Children's Health Potion or 1000 gold. Last night I opened a demon door and for my effort I got a fucking experience potion - I've already bought and used tons of them from the potion shop.

God forbid you should get a great weapon, new clothing or anything else remotely exciting from exploring.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #475 on:** April 01, 2009, 03:37:21 AM »

Had they made the game world larger, we'd probably be stuck with some uninspired, engineered and mostly ugly crap like Oblivion. Instead we get these smaller but beautifully crafted locales. It really is remarkable with which great force the these environments shit on anything and everything else.

Agree about the exploration, though. I've stepped far away from the obvious path a few times, and expected something greater than just a noble hat or some gold.

Bildi · « **Reply #476 on:** April 01, 2009, 04:08:57 AM »

I agree Oblivion is kind of bland unless you really, really, really like trees. But at least you know what you're getting - a big ass area where you can walk anywhere.

Fable 2 is like they tried to offer occasional big open areas yet they're filled to the brim with annoying little hurdles that you get caught up on and just when you start to get a bit off the beaten path you hit a wall. It's like the game is stuck half way between open world and small paths.

I think Fable 1 didn't annoy me like this because in between settlements it just did narrow paths, and it did them well.

I'm making it sound like I hate the game - I don't. It just seems there's some balance issues which then makes parts of the game a waste - it's easy to become a millionaire so why take odd jobs, and everything worth owning is gained through the stores in Bowerstone and treasure chests are filled with crap, so why explore, for example.

It's really wasteful game design or something.

duckman2000 · « **Reply #477 on:** April 01, 2009, 01:50:00 PM »

True, and there are some really weird design decisions regarding movement and ability to traverse the environments. In Fairfax gardens, there is a very low ledge separating the dig site from the path. Yet I have to locate the steps in order to get to that area. Being capable of jumping across one ledge while having to find an actual exit path to get past an identical ledge elsewhere is equally weird.

Great Rumbler · « **Reply #478 on:** April 01, 2009, 05:06:20 PM »

Quote from: Bildi on April 01, 2009, 02:59:14 AM

Another of my beefs is that Lionhead need to learn about rewarding people for exploring. Even when you find a new door and head down into a cave there's just some useless crap like a Children's Health Potion or 1000 gold. Last night I opened a demon door and for my effort I got a fucking experience potion - I've already bought and used tons of them from the potion shop.

God forbid you should get a great weapon, new clothing or anything else remotely exciting from exploring.

I hate that about Fable 2. I found some hidden cave that was in the middle of nowhere and went all the way through it just to get a little bit of gold and a potion. $:-\$

Bildi · « **Reply #479 on:** April 01, 2009, 07:09:38 PM »

Last night I thought I was onto a good quest where I had to clear our a cave of hobbes and I was finding these cool little diary pieces. At the end was a glowing chest with... a standard health potion.

But behind a demon door I actually found something useful - some big glass hammer. That has to be a first.

I've decided to try to make my own fun by marrying every whore in Albion. I suspect whores just keep turning up though as you kill or marry them. Maybe then I'll take them all to the sacrificial chamber.

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