Fable II

[Bunk]

I can't decide whether or not I want to go seduce villiagers and take them to the wheel of doom. I'm trying to kind of ride the line of being somewhat evil without being crazy evil, but I really do want to see what the wheel does.

[Big Gulp]

I can't decide whether or not I want to go seduce villiagers and take them to the wheel of doom. I'm trying to kind of ride the line of being somewhat evil without being crazy evil, but I really do want to see what the wheel does.

The wheel isn't too impressive, and I'm playing hell getting to 2000 loyalty points for my reward.  So far I've sacrificed a husband, every Priest of Light, and damn near emptied out the gypsy camp and I'm only a little bit over 600 points.  Anyone have any tips for quick loyalty points? 

[Krushchev]

The first fable was pretty enjoyable if played with an open mind. I hope all the bugs/junk will be gone when PC version of Fable II rolls around.

[Riggswolfe]

Well, the problems with Fable 2 may not all be bugs. At least the freezing, non-loading levels, and such. It looks like some of their discs were very shoddily made. For instance, when I look at the bottom of my disc it looks almost greasy, with a sort of rainbow sheen on it. I cleaned the hell out of it and suddenly, no more problems. I was totally unable to enter Oldtown, now I can. Things like this.

[NiX]

I have to wonder what the hell this game is doing. From the burned copy to the real one its gone from unnoticeable to making the 360 drive spin so much the case is vibrating.

[Morfiend]

I can't decide whether or not I want to go seduce villiagers and take them to the wheel of doom. I'm trying to kind of ride the line of being somewhat evil without being crazy evil, but I really do want to see what the wheel does.

So, I seduced one lady, and married her, and got her pregnant. Then seduced another woman and moved her in to the house next door. All was going good, and then they ran in to each other and started freaking out that I was married to both of them.

Not being attached to my second wife, I took her and sacrificed her on the Wheel. The evil guy who ran the wheel was like "Your own wife, you are a cold hearted bastard aren't you".

[Riggswolfe]

I have to wonder what the hell this game is doing. From the burned copy to the real one its gone from unnoticeable to making the 360 drive spin so much the case is vibrating.

Look at your CD and see if you have that sort of rainbow sheen on it that I had. This is what mine was doing. After a very thorough cleaning I have much less noise and no hangs/pauses.

[RUiN 427]

I have to wonder what the hell this game is doing. From the burned copy to the real one its gone from unnoticeable to making the 360 drive spin so much the case is vibrating.

sounds like my 360 before it red ringed

[NiX]

Look at your CD and see if you have that sort of rainbow sheen on it that I had. This is what mine was doing. After a very thorough cleaning I have much less noise and no hangs/pauses.

What did you clean it with? I've never actually had to clean a disc outside of brushing dust off.

[Riggswolfe]

Look at your CD and see if you have that sort of rainbow sheen on it that I had. This is what mine was doing. After a very thorough cleaning I have much less noise and no hangs/pauses.

What did you clean it with? I've never actually had to clean a disc outside of brushing dust off.

A kleenex first then a little wipecloth I have for my glasses. It's like a whole new game performance-wise now.

[Rasix]

Heh, could always use my never fail Netflix cleaning technique.  Water on a paper towel.

[Phildo]

wtb Gargoyle/Silver Key locations plz

[Bunk]

I'm at 7 gargoyles and 14 keys right now I think...

I'm curious to hear that others are having the drive sounds like a jet engine issue. I assumed it was an issue with my drive, but I havent tried out any other disks since I got Fable. I'll try another game when I get home and see what it does. Right now, it sounds like the machine is going to rip itself apart when I'm playing.

[schild]

Ironically, seems to be a retail release problem. Heh.

[Krushchev]

What about that Microsoft's plan of having games burned onto the harddrive while only requiring the disc for start-up?
When's that rolling around?

[Big Gulp]

What about that Microsoft's plan of having games burned onto the harddrive while only requiring the disc for start-up?
When's that rolling around?

I'd assume after the new dashboard is rolled out early next month.

[Bunk]

I'm hoping its soon, because I've confirmed, the jet engine noise is unique to that disc. Pisses me off.

[NiX]

The rip to drive business is with the new UI. So, expect it no sooner than Nov. 19th.

[Krushchev]

Hopefully Microsoft won't fuck that up. and their plan will work out smooth as butter.   

[NiX]

I can't imagine how they could fuck up a ~10mb UI update

[RUiN 427]

What about that Microsoft's plan of having games burned onto the harddrive while only requiring the disc for start-up?
When's that rolling around?

nov 19th... should help with load times too

[Krushchev]

I can't imagine how they could fuck up a ~10mb UI update

Dunno, shit happens.

[RUiN 427]

I wish there were repeatable co-op dungeons or something because after the side quests there was nothing but the main quest for us to do so we were left standing around saying "now what?".

i take that back, simply running between bowerstone and westfield is pretty much a repeatable "dungeon". not to mention the slave rescuing and the bounty hunting that can be repeated every other in-game week.

The further i go into this game the more i like it... a lot.

[Morfiend]

I think my evil character is too evil. I cant hardly get anything done in tow, as every single person just runs from me. Its pretty annoying. In fact its even more annoying than the huge pack of towns folk that follow around my good character trying to marry him.

[vex]

Heh, could always use my never fail Netflix cleaning technique.  Water on a paper towel.

Late as always but I find the best Netflix and used disc cleaner is white toothpaste, not gel.  The mild abrasives do wonders though I wouldn't' use it on a new disc.  It also works for cleaning scuffs off of watches and such.

[Murgos]

Picked this up Friday and spent way too much (or not enough depending on PoV) time playing this weekend.

Really enjoying this game atm.

[Morfiend]

Anyone know if there is a way to change your face?

The "Good" face + level 3 physique makes me hate my character.

[Cyrrex]

Heh.  I got my dude setup in a full on Noble suit (complete with jaunty hat and buckled shoes), and now he looks like a complete douche.  I swear that he even looks tanner.  All the ladies fell instantly in love with him upon getting setup in this outfit.  They actually come into his house and proposition him with sex or marriage, all while his wife looks on in admiration of his wonderfulness.  Some crusty old man is even hitting on him.

This game is waaaay fun, btw.  I guess I'm not quite broken enough to see the flaws that many talk about, I'm only seeing the awesome.  Shit, even the basic, watered down combat is fun.

[Murgos]

Anyone know if there is a way to change your face?

The "Good" face + level 3 physique makes me hate my character.

I have a beard, scruffy hair (dyed grey) and some scars, hardly notice the doofy look on his face anymore.

[Litigator]

While I never understood the freak-outs over hot coffee, this game makes me wonder if sexual content makes games worse.

Fable II has a mission that requires you to travel to the city to proposition a lover on behalf a gay NPC farmer, and the mission ends with the NPC coming out of the closet to his father.

There is also a quest chain in the cemetery in which your character steals body parts for a necrophiliac.

Do we really need this?

[schild]

There is also a quest chain in the cemetery involving stealing body parts a necrophiliac.

While that may look like a sentence and act like a sentence, it is not a sentence.

[Litigator]

wtb Gargoyle/Silver Key locations plz

These aren't worth it unless you're just really into getting that achievement.

[Velorath]

While I never understood the freak-outs over hot coffee, this game makes me wonder if sexual content makes games worse.

Fable II has a mission that requires you to travel to the city to proposition a lover on behalf a gay NPC farmer, and the mission ends with the NPC coming out of the closet to his father.

There is also a quest chain in the cemetery in which your character steals body parts for a necrophiliac.

Do we really need this?

You might want to think about rephrasing this post lest you drag this thread down to politics.

[justdave]

While I never understood the freak-outs over hot coffee, this game makes me wonder if sexual content makes games worse.

Fable II has a mission that requires you to travel to the city to proposition a lover on behalf a gay NPC farmer, and the mission ends with the NPC coming out of the closet to his father.

There is also a quest chain in the cemetery in which your character steals body parts for a necrophiliac.

Do we really need this?

I am loving this post implicitly equating homosexuality with necrophilia.

[RUiN 427]

i can't remember the last time i played a game where i was looking forward to trying different things while i'm at work. GTA 4, did'nt give me the same feeling for some reason. It's like i have my own personal missions apart from the side quests and acheivements in the game. I have heard of the bugs a xploits (which i am staying away from this playthrough) and even experienced some glitches myself, but nothing gamebreaking. I feel like this is the game fable 1 was supposed to be.