Fable II Asks Who Will You Become?

November 3rd, 2008

Fable II is the highly reviewed sequel to Fable, which was released nearly four years ago on the original Xbox. Fable II is an action RPG (role-playing game) based in the fictional world of Albion some five hundred years after the first Fable’s time. This time around Albion’s small towns have evolved into cities and large castles and is in need of a hero.

Since the game asks the question Who will you become? your first chance at answering this is when you choose the gender of your character. Your character can either be a male or female, whereas in the first Fable you weren’t given that choice. Unlike other games Fable II gives the users more of a choice in how they want to develop their own character throughout the game by giving the character the ability to interact with anyone he/she sees resulting in becoming a likeable or dislikeable character.

You start off as a young boy or girl and after sometime you grow up and are on a quest to become Albion’s hero. Or are you? Throughout the game you will face certain challenges and obstacles that will make your character be respected, feared or looked up to. None of what you do will be overlooked. People in the town will react positively or negatively towards all of your actions. So it’s up to you to decide how much of a hero your character will become or run the risk of someone else becoming Albion’s much needed hero.

Throughout your journey to become Albion’s hero you are allowed to do things on your own that will help your character evolve into that perfect or not so perfect hero. You can get a job and earn yourself some gold so you can buy food, clothing and property. You can also trade your goods, steal and flirt with the citizens of Albion.

As you progress throughout the game your hero will gain all sorts of skills, strengths and wills by collecting experience that falls to the ground during combat. This experience comes from the enemies you face and can be used to purchase new abilities which will help evolve your character.

So far Fable II has lived up to its reputation and to the high reviews its received so far. I am very interested in how my character will unfold and if he is Albion’s hero. Right now my character is still a young lad who is learning new skills, strengths and wills to become that perfect hero who can save Albion from evil. He also just received his first ability to fend off enemies.

If you’ve picked up the game and have played it enough I ask you this, Who have you become?

More Info:
Official Site: www.fable2.com
Developer: Lionhead Studios
Publisher: Microsoft Game Studios
Platform: Xbox 360
Genre: Action RPG
Rating: M (+17)