- Keystone, a combination of Craps and Roulette
- Spinnerbox, an "updated take" on slot machines
- Fortune's Tower, a "press your luck style of game"
Fable 2 Pub Games coming August to XBLA, free with pre-order
Microsoft has announced that Fable 2 Pub Games, a collection of three casino-style Xbox Live Arcade games that help you boost your money for Fable 2, is coming in August for 800 MS points (US $10). However, according to the press release, Pub Games is free for those who pre-order at participating retailers. The three games are:




















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It DID fall short of expectations. But it fell short to a 9.5.
But no, it's not necessary for this ones story line.
If you're looking for a fun (and still graphically impressive) RPG on the Xbox / PC that isn't too heavy on stat juggling, Fable is hard to beat.
IMO it seems like Molyneux is re-doing it with more of his ideas making their way into this game.
He promised platinum and gave us gold, however, so its not really an issue. It's a great game, it just gets lambasted for not being as good as Molyneaux said
The story is supposed to be happening 500 years later so aside from little cameos such as the legends about Fable's protagonist etc, there isn't going to be anything story-related.
Play the Lost Chapters version, not the original though. The storyline is so short in the original that it needs the shot in the arm that the added region and ending gives.
You won't need to play it at all though. The storyline won't connect, but it'll be the same world 200 years on, so there'll probably be some tenuous unimportant links between the first game and it's geography in the new one.
good job everyone on the Pub Games team!
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But then again Preorders can be canceled so I guess it doesn't hurt to speculate...
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There is nothing being removed from the actual game.
It's just a pre game thing like Spore's Creature Creator.
it says on every official site that these games WILL be included on the full version disc either way. This is just as a pre-order incentive to try shit out early
Preorders should have perks like this from now on!
Spore didn't quite do it right. You had to buy the creature creator separately. That wasn't great.
The original Fable was good and as long as you are playing The Lost Chapters and not the original release it is decently long. You can get the game via the Xbox Originals but I think you can save $5 to $7 if you just grab the disc based version. I have played through Fable like 7 or 8 times that is how good it is (of course a play through for the original version only took like 6 to 8 hours after the first time).
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The second game does not follow on directly, instead it's set 250 years later, in more of a colonial era. But there will no doubt be a lot of little references that will make more sense/be more amusing, if you've played the original.
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Keystone, Spinnerbox, and Fortune's Tower are included in the game as part of the full retail copy of Fable II
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As far as the "reviews" go, Mr. Molyneaux (SP?) has always had grand visions for his epic games (Black & White, Populous) and the first Fable was no exception. There were just some promises that he couldn't deliver on due to the technology of the time and development time. In my opinion, Peter Molyneaux is on the verge of a "Developers Hall of Fame" nomination with all of the innovations his game companies have produced over the years; Fable 2 might seal the deal for me.
Question...does anyone know which of the "participating retailers" will be serving these pub games up for free with a pre-order?
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This of course means that you will have plenty of spare cash to buy stuff (weapons/dog food/prostitutes/nude pictures of Peter Molyneux) when the game is released without having to grind that cash.
So for some this certainly a huge bonus, worth paying $10 for, and if you don't want to 'break' the in game economy (unless of course they've implemented a clever counter this) then you can just ignore them totally like I will be doing.
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See the green "PRE-ORDER" button?
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No whammies, no whammies, no whammies, no whammies, no whammies, no whammies, STOP!!!!
ARGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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