I hope no one takes Molyneux seriously anymore.

More hot air. I'll believe it when I see it.

I hope it's still similar at the core but I can imagine that the 'king/queen' mechanics will change up the property owning mechanics from fable 2, maybe Black&White lite.
It only has to be as good as the last 2 to be reason enough to buy a new 360 so I I'll be watching this one closely

This is it. Fable 1 and Fable 2 were average games at best. They were enjoyable but shallow and uninteresting. This needs to stop. Why are you covering Peter Molyneux and why are we reading this shit? It has been well established that he is full of hot air and in fact all we do is chortle and him and pat ourselves on the back for not listening to him.

Will it fuck.

The first Fable was pretty good, but it's never been anything like this pompous windbag ever promised. I expect a dumbed down, or as the spinners like to call it "streamlined" gameplay.

"Fable III is going to be a different experience." Considering Molyneux's basically already said this a dozen times and has gone into quite a bit of detail about how it will be different, this isn't exactly news. That being said, if he implements everything he says he will, then it will, in fact, be different.

What about they experience beta testing it?

I like the series mainly for what it can be and for what Zelda and other upcoming franchises can learn from its undeniable failures. Besides, they're so unbelievable buggy I'm always scared as I play it, hoping nothing gets stuck on the scenario and the people I need to talk to are actually there.

Wfy do you guys shit on Moleyneux so often? his games have always impressed me, ever since bullfrog.

Standard venom for a Molynuex post...

It looks plenty different to me, from what I've heard. We'll see how great it is once we get our hands on/ have a review that rates it in a way that confirms our decision not to play it.

The Fable games are pretty good. They're well made, and are moderately innovative - at least, they retextualise old tropes in new ways. But they're nowhere near good enough to justify this continual pseudo-intellectual self worship.

I don't want Fable III just because I'm sick to death of hearing this shit.

Molly, we get it. Your games are good enough, and you do some interesting things. But this acting like you believe that everything you do is a fucking revelation is making my ears bleed.

I love how a bunch of insignificant gamers on the internet don't notice the irony in decrying Molyneux as pompous. Beautiful.

I shall look forward to Fable 3, broken promises or not, the Fable universe is something so different from all the other games, that I will definitley enjoy my 20 hours or so in it.

Do people still listen to this guy? Sure, I'll buy this game, but it won't be because of Peter Molyneux.

@Corduroy Turtle

I'm actually not falling for anything. If he implements his weapon evolution system, the subbing of followers for XP, and a shift in gameplay once you become king, then I would consider that to be different from previous Fable games. That's not mentioning the touch mechanic and a lot of other little things that I can't think of off the top of my head. I have no idea if any of it will be good, but you have a very strange definition of different if you don't think it applies here. Again, that's why I think this news story is unnecessary. We've known for a while that it's going to be different.

I'll believe it when I see it. It's not like the man is a chronic overpromiser or anything.

Stop reporting on this fucking moron...seriously...

I just started replaying Fable II again this weekend so I could have a character to bring into Fable III. (For some reason I deleted my super hot, bleached blonde hero chick when I transitioned from a 20 gig to 120 gig HDD... stupid me.) Still a great game, even if it isn't challenging in the least.

Saywhat, Faultymoose?

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the difference here is that i will definitely NOT be playing it

ChaosTeaCup: No, it's not. There's a difference between being the man who raises himself up on a pedestal, and the man who doesn't believe he should be standing there. It's not pompous to question if someone else is worthy of the greatness they attribute to themselves.

Molyneux is not a bad guy. And he doesn't make bad games. He doesn't make the best games on the planet, either, but he likes to speak like he does; like every idea he has is new, groundbreaking, going to change the face of gaming forever.

He does this so often he has made this his idiosyncrasy. Whether he has succeeded in his claims of greatness is a matter of opinion, but it's clear that there are enough people who disagree that his endless self congratulating starts to wear thin.

I work with an artist who is like Molyneux. He does some good work. Occasionally great. But he's hardly Michelangelo, though by the way he presents himself and speaks about his own work, you have to wonder if he considers himself much, much better than that.

It's not a crime to be proud of your work, but if you don't temper pride with humility then you're just asking to be measured at your claims.

Molyneux makes it worse by his cycle of self regret, where his current game is the most phenomenally original and groundbreaking event EVER... until his next game, and then he shits on it from a great height. That's not humility - that's embarrassingly transparent self promotional tactics.

Besides, he's just NOT THAT GREAT. Fable is good, but not so good it enjoys consistent top place in "The Greatest Game Of..." lists, and critical acclaim is warm certainly, but hardly red hot.

And yet Molyneux will continue to present himself as though he's the only true artisan in this industry, the only true visionary, and in the case of this report: The only man who has the balls to do something different. Which is of course, bullshit - cheap strawman tactics. The last twelve months have seen a veritable fucking storm of surprise releases - yes, some of the best sellers have been sequels to proven franchises, and just because he is *sigh* once again 'breaking the mould' with Fable III, that does not mean he's taking a risk with a new franchise. He's just as guilty as trading on an old name. But there have been plenty who DID take risks and who succeeded with it. So in the end, his argument is a cheap play on words.

It's this shit that makes me think he's a giant cockspank.

ill just wait and see

I think YOU are taking things way too seriously. This is an opinion board, where people come to express... opinion. I'm sorry that it bothers you personally that many of us don't have a romanticised vision of Molyneux.

I'm happy for you that you like the guy. But I don't particularly care about him, or his games, which are 'pretty good' at best (in my opinion), so you'll have to excuse me if I don't go all doe eyes and clap excitedly whenever he starts on another of his nausea enducing self worship sessions. And personally, I think he's a fucking cockspank.

Using passive aggressive and/or condescending comments in your post, like "spiteful little gamers", contrary to what you might think, does not qualify you as being 'right'. It's about as good as saying "Only an idiot would disagree" or "Anyone with taste knows I'm correct".

Perhaps you should stop projecting the idea that anyone who disagrees with you is by necessity some snivelling little internet skulk who isn't entitled to an opinion like YOU are.

Self righteous, much?