Textual Analysis of Fable 2

Media Language -
the game is set from a third person perspective. there is also non- diagetic sounds reminiscent of olde worlde orchestral music.

Insitution -
the game was created by Lionhead studios and published by Microsoft game studios.

Genre -
the game, although advertised as a role playing game, is predominantly an action game with hints of role playing.

Representation -
the game, set in "Albion" a fictional world based on England. Has very stereotypical English voice actors. With spoofs on "yam yam" style accents.

Audience -
the game is a 16+ so i assume that is the games target demographic. however it is undeniable that the target audience of the xbox 360 is wider than that. so younger audiences are bound to play the game.

Ideology -
the game features a moral choice system, which although punishes the player for evil decisions. also offers some advantages for being evil. e.g getting a cooler looking "evil" dog, and also offers the ability to obtain stronger "evil" weapons.

Narrative -
the game starts with the player as a homeless orphan child. Whom gets shot along with his sister (who dies) by an evil dictator. Years later the player assumes the role of the character later on his adult life, wherein he decides to take revenge on the dictator who shoots him earlier in the game.