Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24993958-20150706220753/@comment-26397825-20150708021748

Right.

In the original Fable they were more useful because Ghost Sword was a summon spell. It conjured a handful of swords that hovered around you and attacked any enemies nearby, also drawing the enemies attention from you which at a lower level was a useful skill to have. In the higher levels they kind of faded into obscurity until you reached the end game and needed to just run through enemies. They drew the attacks so you could just run past everything.

But Fable 2 nerfed them with the aimed or spread function instead of keeping them as summons. Fable 1 also gave you enough experience to max everything (or just about, anyway) by the end of the game, so you got to do whatever you liked anyway.