I love Fable 2, I hope you do too! Enoy part 2 of this full gameplay walkthrough of Fable 2 on original hardware from my twitch steam. I'm on: Twitch / heyvintage Discord / discord
I will say, the concerns with the 2023 trailer and the "fairytale" focus people were complaining about was because a lot of people thought that it was what the main story of the game was going to be about since it was our first trailer and usually first trailers don't highlight a sidequest.
That's a perspective I can appreciate, I guess I just assumed it was the usual side quest content. Not sure what lead me to that assumption, it just felt like side quest content, or maybe an act 1 boss or something.
honestly, between using it for the dash skip and putting that flame augment in it and one shotting enemies for a bit, it really is a force to be reconed with.
I played the 2nd one first, so i didn't know the history of Oakveil and so when people talked about it, i thought they were talking about the same place too.
You actually do visit Oakvale in Fable 2, but it's in Wraithmarsh. Reaver grew up in Oakvale, and made a deal with the Shadow Court for eternal life, but in exchange for eternal life they transformed Oakvale into Wraithmarsh and slaughtered its inhabitants.