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Lionhead Studio's Peter Molyneux came to the Microsoft keynote at the 2008 GDC packing new Fable 2 footage and details on cooperative gamplay.
 
Molyneux first showed off a new money making minigame for Fable 2. What's interesting is that this minigame can be purchased and played on Xbox Live weeks before Fable 2 is released, permitting players to earn some extra in-game money beforehand. Winnings from this gambling title (a cross between roulette and craps) can be transfered into the full game when its released.
 
Of course, the most anticipated Fable 2 announcement is co-op gameplay. This game allows anyone else playing Fable 2 to log into your game via their gamertag and play alongside you. Be careful though: invited players can do permanent damage to your Fable 2 game world. In the above video you'll see that Molyneux plays as a female character that goes home to see his (her) husband -- too bad his co-op buddy kills the husband with a gunshot.
 
What do you think of this so far? Are you looking forward to this game's co-op gameplay? 
 

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big filth's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:01
big filth
looks awesome. I never played Fable so I cant imagine how the co op might affect it, but co op cant be a bad thing can it?
Clockwork's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:04
Clockwork
Co-Op looks unreal. I really wanna know how big the game world is cause the first Fable was a tad small.
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:06
king3vbo
Co-op in Fable? DO WANT
Sindicate's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:06
Sindicate
aaahhh!!!
@big filth
you've never played fable? you haven't lived!!

that co-op thing can really mess shit up if you get an annoying 13 year old kid on a killing spree. god damn..it could be fun though. i'm really lookin forward to this game
VTSvsAlucard's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:09
VTSvsAlucard
CO-OP! OMG OMG OMG! This is the one thing I wanted for the game... well, that and difficulty up, lengthened... ha ha... but yea, co-op! Now we just need it in Elder Scrolls V.
DaedHead8's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:10
DaedHead8
This should pitch a tent in all the Griefers pants
kaciesaurus's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:12
kaciesaurus
such a good year for microsoft.
that1dood's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:18
that1dood
I can't freaking wait! I just hope it's longer than 5 hours this time...
ZanyIce's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:31
ZanyIce
I'm pumped for this, Ninja Gaiden 2 and GTA4. It's gonna be a bad year for my wallet.
BlackSunEmpire's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:34
BlackSunEmpire
Careful what you wish for, you may get 1 billion times the game length
robotplague's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:35
robotplague
Co-op NEVER excites me, but I'm actually pretty stoked on this.
Klytus's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:41
Klytus
Molyneux promises what other developers deliver
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:43
Holyetheline
I'm going to kill everyone and everything and break all of my friend's Fable little lives! HAHAHA... "Fable little lives." You see what I did there? I love being evil in Fable.
Scientist tz's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 16:43
Scientist tz
I'm totally on the fence for Fable 2. I never played the first one.

If the "mini game" were released as a free XBLA download it might be the push I need to buy the game. I don't imagine I'll be using my points to buy it though.
godkow's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 17:01
godkow
The ending amused me.
Neonie's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 17:25
Neonie
If it's as good as it looks I'm exited. I just REALLY hope it has a good char creation system.
Dexter345's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 17:42
Dexter345
Okay, I friggin' love roulette (my favorite way to gamble in Vegas), but I can't imagine it'd be worth a purchase as an XBLA title. It's not the same when you're not playing with real money, and if it's like roulette, then the more you play, the more likely it is that you'll lose.

Still, sounds interesting, and I enjoyed Fable, despite its flaws, so I'm interested.
Cheeburga's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 18:00
Cheeburga
This is basically a breakthrough.
A 2 player Oblivion plus 2?
PrinceofCannedPeaches's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 18:09
PrinceofCannedPeaches
Waitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwaitwait.

They still use gold as a currency but they can gamble with plastic chips?
Necros's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 18:18
Necros
I'm liking the stuff he's introducing, but you should not have to pay for that XBLA game. In any other case, that would be included as on-disc content, an in-game minigame. Separating it and charging more money for it just seems greedy.

Or maybe it's worth the money, I don't know.
TheStripe's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 19:28
TheStripe
BLAM

*points, laughs.
ClarenceBoddicker's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 19:39
ClarenceBoddicker
@Necros

You don't have to pay for the game unless you want it early,otherwise it will be on the disc,paying for it is only for people who wanna get a headstart on the moneymaking ingame

sounds good to me people who dont care about the money can just wait and play it for free and people like me who are lazy and want to be somewhat well off from the start will buy it and try to gamble our way to good fortune
CRaZyTooTHJiM's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 19:57
CRaZyTooTHJiM
My griefer radar is goin' off like crazy. A sound prospect nonetheless.
Dan CiTi's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 20:22
Dan CiTi
Wow. I might play this with a chick.
Stonedfox's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 21:29
Stonedfox
whatever, I can deal with a dead spouse. But if anybody fucks with my dog...it's on.
Twicky's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/21/2008 22:00
Twicky
What I think is more exciting than co-op is at the end, where he just randomly shot the guy's husband. And if I'm not mistaken, his character in the game was laughing. Freaking awesome. For me, co-op is meh. I just like griefing people (in ways that don't permanently effect gameplay).
HarassmentPanda's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/22/2008 03:07
HarassmentPanda
Workman called this so long ago... he's truly the Destructoid Wunderkind.
Im OK's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/22/2008 04:53
Im OK
Heh, it's not really co-op if your "partner" is a douche bag, is it?

Don't really care all that much about the roulette game, but the concept of different games "talking" to each other is interesting. Too bad it's not really a new concept, though.
BlackSheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/22/2008 07:43
BlackSheep
just bought Fable for like 3 dollars.

def. excited for this
KyleGamgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/22/2008 11:42
KyleGamgee
<3
Leathersoup's Avatar - Comment posted on 02/22/2008 11:44
Leathersoup
This game looks simply amazing. The two player co-op on one system should be a blast too. I just hope it doesn't have the load times of the original.
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