Depression has set in...call the men in white coats
Next up is Keystone, which is similar to the casino dice game, craps. You roll three dice and are offered odds on various permutations, such as whether the dealer will throw a pair, a triple, an odd or even number. There are loads of permutations, but once again it’s pure luck whether you win and like all gambling games the more you play it the more likely you are to lose and become depressed in the process.Depression truly sinks in, however, when you play a few games of Spinner. It’s a no-thrills, no-spills slot machine, but instead of fruit there are objects that you could possibly relate to the Fable world, such as a moon or a crown. You can choose to play between three and six rows and you simply need to press the 'A' button and keep your fingers crossed. Playing Spinner in the tournament mode is about as ridiculous as it gets. In the initial tournament you get 100 spins and you simply just sit there pressing the ‘A’ button 100 times in the hope that you might win more than the AI players. It’s no wonder that some Fable II Pub Game players have created their own automated spinners.
After playing Fable II Pub Games for a few hours, I just couldn’t believe how unenjoyable it was, so I hit the Internet to take a look at what other people thought, just to make sure I wasn’t missing something. Aside from discovering that I seem to think the same as the majority, I also came across some You Tube footage where I discovered that there’s a glitch in the game that allows you to win as much money as you like. The developer only created three mini-games yet they couldn’t even manage to design them so you couldn’t cheat!!
The developer is aware of the glitch and there response was:
"Using any kind of "glitch" to get large amounts of money is obviously not something which was intended to enhance gameplay and doing so will more than likely spoil a lot of the fun you would otherwise have playing the game."
They're wrong. Fable II Pub Games is about as much fun as being strapped to a chair and forced to watch one of those awful late-night quiz games, you know, the ones where you have practically zero chance of winning? Unless you cheat, or you're very very lucky you won't win here either. You'll just be 800 Microsoft points worse off and feel like you've been taken for a sucker.
Take a tip from me: Don't buy this game, you'll be bitterly disappointed. Pre-order Fable II instead and get it for free.
Click for larger imagePros
If you are lucky enough to win, you can transfer gold and items to Fable II
Cons
Rubbish set of games
No multiplayer
Lacks any character
Glitch allows you to win unlimited gold
"Don't gamble with this pile of crud. If you must play it, pre-order Fable II and get it for nowt" (2/10)
