After seeing the review for fable II it looks alot like Oblivion. Are they really as similar as they look? If you had to choose between the two, which would you pick?
They're both amazing games with great stories. Oblivions character customisation is far superior. Fable 2 has in my opinion much better FUN gameplay. Both worlds are incredible but fables is less repetitive and more... 'full'. You'll get more hours out of oblivion but Fables shorter amount of time is probably more satisfying. What does this all mean? Get both. If you can only get one and you're more into hardcore rpg then go oblivion (you can modify more stats etc and have more dialogue options, create brand new spells and potions etc). Otherwise go fable.... even while writing this in my head i've gone back one way and then the other several times, they're both that great :).
You have to dedicate more hours into oblivion, which kinda handicaps the game experience. I would say Fable II for it's realism and overall better gameplay.
They are two different games that can't be compared! I love both of them, but Oblivion is superior. Fable 2 tells a good fantasy story in a good fantasy setting. Oblivion tells many stories set in an amazing world. Play both. Enjoy both. To be cruel I will say that Fable 2 is fast food and Oblivion is a good sunday dinner.
How can you say that the Stories in Oblivion are terrible? It's not as good and dark like Morrwind, but still. Oblivion tells some great stories about families, culture and exploration of a fantasy world. Did you actually play it, I mean roleplayed it. Thats the point of Oblivion. It's a roleplaying game. Fable 2 is not. Don't for a second think that Fable 2 is a roleplaying game. That's why it's silly to choose between Fable 2 and Oblivion. Oblivion is more serious and takes time to understand. Fable 2 is a good and enjoyable fantasy story. But you are no way shape or form in control of what happens in Fable 2. You have the good vs evil and such. But its all controlled by the game. In Oblivion you have more control. I wish I could say that in Oblivion you are in full control of the world. But that game is called Morrwind. Anyway. If you want a good short fantasy game, play Fable 2. If you want more serious and deeper stories, play Oblivion.
As far as the conversation goes. Play both. Fable 2 and oblivion are brilliant.
Fable 2 is a true role playing game in that you play a person in a role. Oblivion is brilliant in that you get to do allot of great quests (So long as you don’t follow the main one).
Fable, to me, was actually really dissapointing. By the end of the game I didn't feel like I had done very much. Fable 1 even made me feel like I had done more in the short 9 hours of gameplay. The combat in Fable 2 is very dumbed down. There is no challenge to be found at all in Fable 2. You will probably beat the game without a single death. Other than the rediculously short main quest, there are only a few others, the world isn't that big, and there really isn't much to do really. And I've never seen a more anticlimactic ending to any story.
Oblivion is the complete opposite. It is perfect. A game could not be made better than Oblivion was at the time of its release. Anyone who says otherwise is just an asshole. "OH BUT IT DOESNT HAVE ROPECLIMBING THEY IS DUMBING IT DOWN FOR THA CONSOLE KIDDIEZ".
"Fable 2. Oblivion is just way too boring and slow."
I think it's easier to like Fable 2 because the story is already written for you. You don't need to think or depend on others around you. The world in Fable 2 is set in stone. In Oblivion you need to think and really get into the world to understand it. It takes time finding a bandit and kill him. It's becuase the bandit DOES NOT want to die. In Fable 2 every bandit I met was suicidel. He wanted to day. It didn't feel real at all. That is the main difference her. Oblivion wants to create a believeable world. Fable 2 wants to tell you a great story.
"Fable 2. Oblivion is just way too boring and slow."
I think it's easier to like Fable 2 because the story is already written for you. You don't need to think or depend on others around you. The world in Fable 2 is set in stone. In Oblivion you need to think and really get into the world to understand it. It takes time finding a bandit and kill him. It's becuase the bandit DOES NOT want to die. In Fable 2 every bandit I met was suicidel. He wanted to day. It didn't feel real at all. That is the main difference her. Oblivion wants to create a believeable world. Fable 2 wants to tell you a great story. "
Well, Oblivion stopped creating a believable world the 80th time I heard "May I interest you in my wares?"
So it's not believeable that a merchant wants to sell his wares? If you go to your local market, you will hear them shout out the same thing over and over again :P
I'd pick Oblivion, Fable 2 seems to me like RPG lite I want the full hardcore RPG experience I need something I can sink hours into and not just because I can do things the "good" way or the "bad" way although to be quite honest I haven't played Fable 2 and I am just basing my biased opinion on the first Fable but I'd still play both
Im a huge fan of the art design and style in the Fable series. The combat i fable2 is way easy but for the most part still fun. The game itself aint that deep though but for what it's worth, everything in the game works really well.
Oblivion for me fails on that aspect. It has a huge world but everything looks the same and the level system kills the whole experience for me. So I guess it could be good if played on a PC with a couple of mods installed. Guess it would not fix the horrible voice acting and crappy animations though.
i never even looked at Oblivion, due to the fact that I hated Morrowind, but Fallout 3 is so good I may actually pick it up. Fable 1 was highly overrated but everyone says the 2nd is great so I will get it for Xmas. We'll see...
i cant stop playing oblivion its so god damn fun i play it for hours on end
i have 5 different characters i use one to follow the main story line one is a theives guild member one is a fighters guild member ect...
i use different characters depending on what i feel like doing
i made one charicter in fable 2 i played for a while got bored went on a rampage and my skin went all black (kinda racist if you ask me) at first it was cool being evil but i soon got bored turned of the game and played oblivion
In my mind they're not really similar games but I'd always choose Fable 2 over Oblivion. Despite multiple attempts I never really managed to get into the world of Oblivion, whereas I really fell in love with Fable 2 right from when I first started playing.
They are two different games, but between the two I can't help but recommend Fable II over Oblivion if you were only interested in buying one.
Perhaps you might get enthralled by Oblivion and let it suck up 100+ hours of your life, but for me the combat and the huge world being pretty generic made dislike the game more.
Fable 1 was enjoyable, but I didn't like Fable 2 as much because there was no loot collecting like in the original. Oblivion was more enjoyable, lasted longer, and is definitely more memorable.
I love oblivion because of the wonder of what will happen next. If you like Fallout 3, you will love oblivion. If you want to try fable 2, the first chapter is free on games on demand.
I would say they are practically nothing alike. Fable II is a much more guided game, some might even call it more of an adventure game than an RPG. Oblivion doesn't hold your hand at all, in fact it practically dumps you out of the car while it's still moving. Oblivion is a much deeper experience in every sense, but Fable II is easier, and arguably more fun to pick up and play.
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