So I downloaded the Knothole Island content for Fable II, a game I hadn't touched in a month since beating the tar out of it. 800 points gets you a new island to explore with new treasures and quests. Three quests, in fact, in a chain. If you try hard it's about three hours of gameplay. Visually, the area is more appealing and changes with the weather, allowing you to access different areas. It's also the only area in the game where you'll see snow, or a desert. The dungeons are more challenging with the strongest bad guys, and more difficult puzzles. Still, by this point your character is practically a God, and can wipe out the dungeon's baddies with a few magic spells. For the first time, I encountered traps that seemed as if they could actually kill my character. There's a few new wardrobes to collect, with the most noteable being the Knothole Knight's armour. For a fantasy game with swords and sorcery, this is the first actual piece of armour you'll put on. There's a store that allows you to trade in specific items in exchange for exclusive clothes and weapons, like Hal's Sword, a replica of a Halo gun, as well as an axe shaped like a guitar. The store has potions that can make you fatter, thinner, taller, shorter, and more attractive. There's only three shops and two houses you can buy, and they add nothing to your already groaning coffers.
So is it worth getting? Only if you're planning on keeping your copy of Fable II instead of trading it in. Otherwise it's a bit of a waste. I think the puzzles involved in the dungeons make it worth it, though. They're not really so challenging mentally, but rather depend on you having impeccable timing.
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