You know that old chestnut about how game glitches are actually "features" in disguise? It seems that sometimes they actually are.
Yesterday, IGN posted their impressions of the first three hours of Fable II. Tucked away near the end, they talk about transferring your hard-earned cash from Pub Games. The well-known glitch in the Fortune's Tower portion of the XBLA game has netted many people considerable sums of money and Albion will no doubt have many wealthy characters running about on day of launch.
Or maybe not. As it turns out, according to IGN, Molyneux has stated that the exploit where you could maximize your bet without actually coughing up the dough was intentional and those who took advantage of it are "in for a surprise." Something tells me that it isn't the sort of surprise that culminates in a pastry-covered stripper.
This was something I anticipated and I'm not alone. It's exactly the sort of stunt I would expect Molyneux to pull. The whole thing was just too easy to do and far too obvious to have simply been overlooked by QA. It's a suspicion that probably would have grown amongst gamers when a patch failed to arrive within a week, had it not been for all of the quality distractions on XBLA this summer and the fact that, as a game, Pub Games was pretty dull.
So, what do you think Molyneux has in store for the cheaters? My money is on some sort of negative title that makes NPCs unwilling to trust you.
[Via IGN]
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2:17 PM on 09.16.2008
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Well played Mr. Molyneux
And if I were Mr. Molyneux, I would make you start the game with an incurable STD that caused your face to be deformed so everyone would hate you. But that's just me.
And if I were Mr. Molyneux, I would make you start the game with an incurable STD that caused your face to be deformed so everyone would hate you. But that's just me.
And if I were Mr. Molyneux, I would make you start the game with an incurable STD that caused your face to be deformed so everyone would hate you. But that's just me.
If they didn't make the Pub Games so goddamn hard to win, we wouldn't have to use the "exploit". But I guess it will be fun to try our luck in the actual in-game pubs after release. Whatever.
Well, there go my ill-gotten gains.
That would be epic.
It's no big deal, but yeah, I don't buy this.
And if I were Mr. Molyneux, I would make you start the game with an incurable STD that caused your face to be deformed so everyone would hate you. But that's just me.
their QA dept failed. ok. it happens. now you want to punish people that cheated. ok, whatever.
there was no need, though, to come up with bullshit excuses like this. it's like someone caught lying, who, instead of apologizing, just keeps on lying.
that's pretty low, mr Molyneux. not very surprising, though, considering the way fable 1 turned out, after all his hype.
Plus, what if I earned most of my money legit, but got some of it through the Fortune's Tower cheat? What then?
And if I were Mr. Molyneux, I would make you start the game with an incurable STD that caused your face to be deformed so everyone would hate you. But that's just me.
Overall though, this is pretty awesome.
And if I were Mr. Molyneux, I would make you start the game with an incurable STD that caused your face to be deformed so everyone would hate you. But that's just me.
And if I were Mr. Molyneux, I would make you start the game with an incurable STD that caused your face to be deformed so everyone would hate you. But that's just me.
And if I were Mr. Molyneux, I would make you sta- ahhh fuck it.
Well played Mr. Molyneux, well played.
but theres gonna be such a fucked up backlash from all the people who "swear they didnt do anything wrong"
Why not might as well have a varied experience as possible.
Well, write up a c-blog post about it, then. If your evidence is convincing, I'm sure it'll be an interesting read.
When you attempt to transfer over gold to your in-game character, the game realizes how much money you have. Once this happens, you are constantly attacked by Hobbs and such; the catch is that they are worth no money, no XP and won't stop until you somehow get rid of the money in a non-profit way.