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Mega List of Things to Do in Fable 2

Like the other sandbox-style adventure coming to the 360 this fall, Saints Row 2, there are a heck of a lot of activities available to gamers in the follow up to Fable. The first Fable game won accolades from players and critics alike for its seemingly endless amount of gameplay options. For the first time, it felt like players in an RPG game really were role playing. Everything from moral alignment down to the sexual preference of the main character was up for grabs in that innovative, if overly ambitious first effort. Now, Peter Molyneux and the development team from Lionhead Studios are back to improve upon all of the things that made the first game so enjoyable. For Molyneux, that has meant adding an almost unfathomable amount of gameplay options, to the point that if designers hadn’t implemented a “bread crumb trail” to lead players to the next quest, many would probably end up getting lost playing side-quests and messing around in the virtual world.

In order to keep track of all the gameplay additions contained in Fable II, we have compiled a handy list:

Opt to turn off the “bread crumb trail”
Choose to play as a male or female character
Shoot a gun
Figure out how to earn money, because enemies won’t drop it
Explore 4 massive and distinct neighborhoods in Bowerstone
Buy one of the shops in the game and operate it
Steal things from shops (we’ve always wanted to do that)
Flirt with random NPCs in town
Or kill them
Marry the NPC (or multiple ones) of your choice
Get a divorce
Buy a giant castle
Become the mayor of a town
Adopt a unique breed of pet dog
And play fetch with it
Become a blacksmith
Get a tattoo
Swim
Grow old over the course of the game
Do community work service for crime
Have sex with NPCs (giggity!)
Suffer the consequences (children)
Raise children with the same facial features and attitudes as your character
Or send them to an orphanage
Become a bartender
Gain more experience for fighting with style
Bribe the police
Explore the sewers underneath the city of Bowerstone
Gain a tactical advantage from elevation in combat
Wield a hammer
Perform a human sacrifice
Go to the bookstore to read a training manual
Chicken kicking
Be memorialized as a statue
Become a vigilante and kill bandits
Buy furniture for your houses
Have a drinking contest with NPCs
Cause your dog to get fat by feeding it
Change your appearance depending on how wealthy, nice, or mean you are
Instantly switch from sword to magic to gun
Train your doggie using facial expressons
Play coop with a friend who can drop in at will
Even offline on the same console
Go on dates with NPCs
Chuck a bottle at an enemy
Become the subject of a bard's song in the game
Slaughter livestock
Wear jewelry
Earn money from rent, and set the rent level for each property
Sick your dog on gun-wielding enemies
Permanently change the game landscape over the course of your life
Trade items between players during coop
Be essentially immortal
Adjust the loudness, tone and duration of farts
Wield a mace
Do a victory fist-pump
Fight trolls
Look after your dog when it is injured
Or let it limp around
Become emperor of the entire kingdom
Perform comedy routines for NPCs
Change the look of your dog depending on your actions
Decide how to split the loot earned during coop
Engage in a threesome (and get achievement points for it)
Verbally taunt NPCs and enemies
Make funny faces during cutscenes
Complete the main story in 12 hours or spend 100+ to discover everything

Snow falling in Fable 2, part of the dynamic weather and day/night cycle contained in the game.