Fable II (Xbox 360, 2008)

So many of my friends kept saying, "Fable II is terrible! It's no different than the first one." Uh, yeah it is. It's just as different from the first one as Oblivion is from Morrowind. Are you going to complain about Elder Scrolls? Better not. There's a new story, new sidequests, new weapons, new features, just the same style of game. If it were a completely different game, why call it Fable II? Why not make a completely new game?

Another complaint I heard a lot was the length of the game. I've put about 20 hours into it and haven't gotten the DLC yet. That is plenty. Left 4 Dead was a short game. This is only a short game if you rush through it and do nothing but the main quest. Slow down and enjoy it. Plus there's 3 achievements that encourage you to play the game 3 times.

Now, the story is awesome. Bad guy kills sister, you want revenge, but you're about 8. What are you going to do? Well, train and when you're older, kill him of course. Now, obviously there's details thrown in there that make it a good story. Plus, if you played the first one, you'll notice the little references to it. The ability to learn skills is another sweet addition. The skills are cool and are fun to play around with.

I do have a complaint. Two actually. The first is the co-op. The camera is terrible and makes it unplayable. The second is the lack of boss battles. Fable had plenty of boss battles. Twinblade, that thing with the tenticles, Jack of Blades, Jack of Blades in his dragon form. Fable II had no good boss battles. The ending is very anticlimatic, but I can get over that and keep playing it.

Overall, it's a great RPG for any Xbox 360 libary. If you like RPG's, I'd check it out.