Oh, I feel your pain.
The thing I hated the most was the fact that, when you're king, the days just suddenly come to a halt.
Game: "You have 123 days to go."
Me: "Aw, cool! I'll hang around some more, earn some cash... basically just muck around. Yay! Well, let's progress to the next day."
Game: "Armageddon is upon you. Got ya!"
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Then again, I found the ending of Fable 2 to be extremely shallow as well. I won't spoil it for those who haven't played it yet, but I actually reloaded my save because I figured something must have gone wrong with the ending. Major letdown.