We don’t normally operate our reviews according to the whims of manufacturers and developers, but this was an option that was far too tempting to ignore. For those who missed the original news story, the story behind this ever-so-slightly-special review is that the lead designer of Fable 2 and mildly legendary natterbox Peter Molyneux asked game reviewers get casual or non-gamers to help in the review of Fable 2.

The game is designed in a way that takes casual and non-gamers into full account, he argued. It is made to heavily appeal to that audience as well as hardcore gamers, so he asked the critics to watch non-gamers play a bit of the game and see what they think.

Well, we decided to go one step further and for the last week my little sister has been in the office on a work experience placement, much of which she has spent reviewing the game. We reckon she’s pretty much the ideal audience for Fable 2 by Molyneux’s definition. She’s played a few games in her time – namely The Sims and some Lucasarts adventure games I bullied her into – but she is far from what you’d call a true gamer or a geek. She’s never been that into consoles or PC games.



Link: Bit Tech