Fable 2 Free

[Magus]

So a bit more than a demo but not really the game, basically?

[Melfice]

Originally Posted by Magus

So a bit more than a demo but not really the game, basically?

Pretty much.
Though now I've heard conflicting sources saying this IS (was, by now?) the full game... It probably isn't, but y'know.

[Kim]

That's what I've heard. I haven't checked yet because it's... well... Fable.

[PyrosNine]

Originally Posted by Krylo

But the ending was the only good part.

FINALLY, a game that let's me interrupt the asshole's 'blah blah I'm so evil' speech with a bullet to the face.

Too bad about all that interim stuff.

My belief that Fable is a series that tries to deconstruct the idea of the "folk tale hero" by every means possible, in that your character is less a hero and more a superpowered errand boy, at worst a superpowered Tykebomb. The original game played on the fact that as a hero, you could actually be a "hero" or a "villain" and the only truly heroic action that no sensible normal could do was destroy Jack, and even then you could still be a monster after the job was done, just a greater monster than Jack.

Fable 2 denies you any experience of being a real hero, because you have no real destiny, it's been forced upon you by two other characters. Your quest for revenge was placed upon you by another, directly by one and indirectly by another for reasons never revealed to you, and the entire scenario could have been avoided if you'd told Theresa to take her notblindness and shove it up her piehole. The next one suggests that it was all done so you'd become famous and popular yet again, and from there your family could become royalty for whatever reason.

So in 1, you were a folk hero (which didn't require you to actually be a hero) and in 2 you were an overglorified errand boy, an in 3 you're going to be a War/Revolutionary Hero, and will probably find out that your revolution was actually a gambit by another power to sow discord and dissent throughout the kingdom for other forces to prey on or for your brother to root out all opposition.

In Fable 3 I expect you to learn your brother has your wife and children held hostage, and when you go to rescue them, he hits a switch that takes away all of your magic and abilities, mind controls your family to kill you, and just as you're about to die, he shoots them all in the head, and then as he's about to kill you Theresa swoops in, says something mysterious about it not being your time, and teleports you out, then leaves because clearly you aren't meant to know anything she knows.

[Kim]

So, I finally started playing, and either the portion of the game that people say is unlocked is really long, or it's the full game for free. I am on my way to find the second hero. Also, this game's minigames are just... awful on levels rarely seen.

[PyrosNine]

Welp, it's not there anymore, so full game or not, you have it.

[Kim]

Guess it was the full game because I beat it yesterday.

Verdict: It's an average adventure game with a lot of pointless gameplay elements. The minigames are pure shit through and through and anyone who disagrees is the most wrong person. There are times when some genius shines through and really impresses, but it's always not half as impressive as it could have been because there's always something that fucks it up.

[Azisien]

Originally Posted by NonCon

Guess it was the full game because I beat it yesterday.

Verdict: It's an average adventure game with a lot of pointless gameplay elements. The minigames are pure shit through and through and anyone who disagrees is the most wrong person. There are times when some genius shines through and really impresses, but it's always not half as impressive as it could have been because there's always something that fucks it up.

I generally agree. Except there wasn't really anything that fucked up the ending. One of my favourite game endings in all of gaming, actually. Though that's not a terribly high pedestal, because like most other forms of media, game endings suck.

[Kim]

Eh, I've got plenty of game endings I thought were superior.

[Azisien]

Originally Posted by NonCon

Eh, I've got plenty of game endings I thought were superior.

I might too, I just can't think of a single one immediately. Maybe Portal.