This is a buy, despite what qwert says.
First of all, the combat is simply amazing. The Three-Button-Combat is very simplified and makes is very easy to have a well-rounded character who balances Skill, Will, and Strength.
It DOES have replayability, I played it two and a half times before getting bored, and I probably would have gone back to it for a while if Fallout 3 hadn't consumed my life.
Next, it's a very immersive world, very large, many varied locations, and a lot of fun quests.
There is quite a bit to do in this world, and it doesn't get boring for quite a while.
The job minigames may seem like they get old real quick, but the timing-mini game mechanic is surprisingly fun.
You'll play this game a few times, at least to play though it as male/female or good/evil.
The game is not perfect though, and I did have a few gripes.
- It was shorter than I would have liked. Despite all the time that it had been in production, you can still burn though the story pretty quickly.
- The side quests are very interesting and fun, but there's not enough of them! I wish there were many more quests.
- The combat was astounding, but the game was too easy, and you could probably beat the whole game with only melee weapons (Although you'd miss a lot of the fun if you did this.)
- I'm not going to lie, the ending blew. Very anti climatic, no epic boss fight like in Fable I (Although that boss was pretty easy, it was still a fun boss.) And the last hour or so of the game is very slow and story driven, and ends abruptly. The equivilent of a "Final Boss Fight" is holding down A for a bit, and then hitting Y (Or not, as he'll get killed by Reaver no matter what you do.) The ending did leave it open for Fable III though, with quite a cliffhanger, which I liked.
Despite this, the game is a load of fun and has lots of extras to keep you occupied for a few weeks, and Co-Op, while certainly far from the best aspect of the game, will add some more value to the game (Especially when/if they fix it so that you can actually IMPORT characters.)
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