The fabled Fable

[Grasshopper]

Isn't all Lionhead Studio games overhyped? I figured everyone would know this after B&W

[Starkist]

Peter Molyneaux, who helmed Black and White, was also the creative 'genius' for Fable. 0 for 2?

[Blonde799]

His projects are too ambitious. Need to underhype the games, then surprise people.:p

"Oh, this will be a typical RPG that lasts 3 hours..."

And then everyone will be like:

OMG IT'S A ZELDA CLONE THAT LASTS 50 HOURS AND YOU CAN MARRY WOMEN AND HAVE HOT SEX WITH YOUR WIFE!

[Grasshopper]

Peter Molyneaux, who helmed Black and White, was also the creative 'genius' for Fable. 0 for 2?

Peter is the head of every game out of that studio I thought. Black & White, Fable, and The Movies. The latter is the one I'm looking forward too, but it will probably be the same way.

[Warlock]

Isn't all Lionhead Studio games overhyped? I figured everyone would know this after B&W

Yes, Lionhead is amazingly bad. I've never seen a decent game out of them. But I have seen some extremely overhyped but later turned out to be lousy games from them. I hate HATE Black & White.

What baffels me is that Molyneux who used to run Bullfrog made GREAT games with that company. Dungeon Keeper series (seriously, I have been jonesing for DK3 for ages but it just isn't in the works since Bullfrog split up - I even go back to play DK2 all the time because the game is still a blast.. but there are just so many areas that could be expanded on that I would love to see another sequel), Populous (I never played the originals but P:Beginnings was a blast), etc.

What's sad is I think they are focusing too much on doing something unique and original and not enough on whether that something is FUN. They used to do both.

Edit: http://www.mobygames.com/developer/s...eloperId=1274/
Strange that he didn't do DK2 although that may just be a mistake. Either way, I've played the demo for Syndicate Wars too and that game freaking owned. I remember my friend and I used to have fun using this mind control gun to control the ENTIRE city. We had this group of like 100 people following us around.. it was so damn fun.

[Starkist]

http://www.xboxcentral.net/previews/22.html

Early Fable preview. It is fascinating to see all the features that never made it to the final game, features that would have set Fable apart from the typical RPG.

Bring on TES4. :)

[Cloral]

LOL!
Preview:

this world is seemless and the only loading time is at the beginning

Gabe:

Traveling from one side of the map to the other will require you to spend nearly as much time loading as playing.

Preview:

Exploration will clearly play an important part in the game, with so many places to go.

Gabe:

Each of these zones sufferers from the "you can go anywhere you want... as long as you stay on the fucking path" school of game design.

Funny how things change to the point of contradicting early previews.

[Blonde799]

I just beat the game.

First of all, the last boss was easy as all hell. Second, even after starting over twice, I still managed to beat the game once in 3 days, maxing out my character, and trying to find all possible sidequests, and I ended up being 49 at the end. This game was incredibly short. But, I still had fun with it.:) I think I'll let my brother continue his game now being an evil lightning throwing bastard.:p