Lionhead's Peter Molyneux may be a bit of a hype machine at times, but he's certainly got some smart ideas. As part of his plan to make games "talk" to each other, it has been revealed that not one, not two, but three upcoming XBLA games will be compatible with Fable 2 -- as money won in the former can be transferred as funds in the latter.
"The idea is this," Molyneux explains. "Carbonated Games, part of Microsoft, have made some great casual games, Arcade titles. They have got three titles, one call Keystone, one called Wizard’s Tower and one called Mage Dice. Why not make those what we call 'Fable-compatible'? And that means that when you play those [semi-gambling] games, when you win, you win Fable gold, and you can transfer that Fable gold to Fable when you buy Fable. If you’ve already got Fable, the money will transfer automatically. If you’ve yet to buy Fable then your balance will be transferred. That’s cool."
He said Fable way too many times in that explanation.
Molyneux also wants to add some spice by using the achievement system to dangle carrots over the heads of gamers. He promises a "tough ride" and hints that achievement points would be tied to the game's new morality scales -- purity and corruption. "Pure good, being the purest and most noble of individuals, is all to do with sacrifice," Molyneux suggested. "How much are you willing to sacrifice to be good?"
What exactly does Peter mean by that? He talks of pushing the player, to have them make "sacrifices" for achievement points. Sounds like there are some tough decisions to be made in Fable 2, and hopefully this will lead to a game far more engaging than the original, which I felt fell short of its ambitions. We shall have to wait and see exactly how deep this game runs.
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6:08 PM on 03.19.2008
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The interactivity thing is cool, too. However, REZ and E4 should be Fable-patible. Direct score transfers to Fable gold. Instant Fable pimpin'.
Also, Fable.
On second thought... maybe 100 isn't enough!
Bring on the Fable!
They would do well to give at least 1 XBLA game for free if you buy Fable 2, or maybe some 50% off codes. It all reeks of gimmicks though.
LOL!!
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Yeah this game looks great. I sooooo can't wait to play it.
I recon the hard choice he talks about is going to involve killing the dog. He did say he was going to make us love that dong and then use that to fuck with us.
Unlike the Halo's and the Assassins which is a bombardment of ads and media spam served up in my mountain dew.
I will admit though, he is bloody good at it though.
Let's give gamers choices about the individual they want to be in the game and then coax them to respond in a particular way every single time.
Mass Effect does this crap too.
And I'm cool with having to play through twice to get most of the achievement points but don't make it impossible to get all 1000 and give us some better XBLA games. Gambling is not enjoyable when I have to pay to win fake money.
Hopefully with Fable 2, he can implement some of those ideas more successfully than he did the first Fable, which was good but flawed.
for free eh wudnt that be nice free points
found this and it actually works for a change
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Also, I played the original fable without any hype(I didn't have an xbox), and I still didn't think it to be anything special. It had repetitive combat with ridiculously underpowered magic, questionable art design and an uninspired, extremely linear plot. I expect nothing less from fable 2.
Does this really sound that fun?
"He did say he was going to make us love that DONG and then use that to fuck with us."
Freudian slip much?
It's happening again. I'm getting hyped, but I guess I'm more in tune with the internet so I can see before I buy if all Peter said was true. Thank you internet.