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Molyneux 'incredibly emotional' over Fable 2 reviews (what a crybaby) photo

Only girls and poofters have emotions, that's what my drunk Uncle Horatio Himmler always used to say. He'd hate Peter Molyneux, who has confessed to being "incredibly emotional" over reviews for his latest hype magnet, Fable 2.

"Fable 2 must have been one of the hardest games to review. The world is so big and the story and gameplay are enormous. How reviewers manage to distill such an experience into a few pages is incredible," said Peter, in a manner that seems just a little patronizing to me. I'm surprised he didn't give the CVG editor a pat on the head and a gold star in his coloring book for good measure.

"I found myself becoming incredibly emotional as I read people's reviews and saw how differently the reviewers were reacting to Fable 2," he continued. "Some reviewers played good, others evil some enjoyed the combat more than the story. Some ended up rich and others poor and it's the sheer variety in how reviewers have played the game which has struck us most.

"I'd like to say a personal thank you to every reviewer out there for their patience and belief."

AWWWWWR, PETER! So far, Fable 2 has a very respectable Metacritic score of 89%. We will be adding our own score to that average soon when our own review hits. Will we make Peter all soppy and gooey as well? You'll have to wait and see.


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covah's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:04
covah
Okay I went to my friends dorm to try this game out and its a very good game, great even... but Peter REEEEEEALLY needs to shut the fuck up already.
Funky Goodness's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:09
Funky Goodness
The game may be great, but there's no excuse for being a lickarse.
Clance's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:15
Clance
Blatantly stoned when he said those things. I can hear him drawing out every word and falling asleep halfway through.
J03yyz's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:21
J03yyz
hey peter, SHUT THE FUCK UP!!!
Tubatic's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:25
Tubatic
The man loves his work! Good for him.
benjaxez's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:26
benjaxez
At least the man is in touch with his emotions, lol.
Professor Pew's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:26
Professor Pew
"Too Human must have been one of the hardest games to review. The world is so big and the story and gameplay are enormous. How reviewers manage to distill such an experience into a few pages is incredible," said Dennis.

"I found myself becoming incredibly emotional as I read people's reviews and saw how differently the reviewers were reacting to Too Human", he continued.
zombiekiller13's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:28
zombiekiller13
I love the game, but can't stand PM anymore. Just let it go, Peter. Stop telling us how awesome the game is to you.
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:30
Char Aznable
"The world is so big and the story and gameplay are enormous."

Yeah, but is it "20,000 pages" enormous?

Another MSPaint masterpiece.
hoyt414's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:41
hoyt414
peter's a piece of work. i've never liked him.
Foshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:48
Foshi
Peter M. is god. Enough said.
KaL YoshiKa's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 08:54
KaL YoshiKa
Does he mention the bit where Co-Op sucks because it's so insanely limited?

Sorry no Twinkie until your team fixes it.
Holyetheline's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 09:07
Holyetheline
This game is excellent, I played it all day yesterday.
Transbot's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 09:17
Transbot
At least he cares. He could just say "of course they love it, my game r00lz" like other individuals I can think of.

I personally thought the same thing with the whole Lair fiasco. I wish more of these guys would at least act like they have a vested interest in what reviewers think of a title.
Tamz's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 09:17
Tamz
Crybaby
deanhatescoffee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 09:22
deanhatescoffee
Fable 2 is awesome so far. I just got to The Journey Begins quest, but I'm already a level 3 Blacksmith and some chick is in love with me. And I can shoot lightning out of my hands. SHAZAM!
BlackSheep's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 09:32
BlackSheep
thank you... thank you... i'm awesome... i know.

i was expecting poor reviews to drive him sad when i clicked lol

or saying that his 89 was toooo low. and they are stupid.
Leathersoup's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 09:33
Leathersoup
@KaL_YoshiKa:

I have to agree with you on that. They should have made it possible for you to take your character into your friend's game instead of becomming generic henchman #1.

I'm really enjoying the game. I actually laughed aloud last night reading the descriptions on the items.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 09:43
brainderailment
poofters, littlelol.
Zen Albatross's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 09:53
Zen Albatross
Every single time I hear a developer whack themselves off talking about their own game, it makes me not want to play the game.

Although granted my interest in Fable 2 has been virtually non-existent from the get-go.
zavage's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 10:00
zavage
yea I love the game so much fun its got a couple of glitches but its awesome
bruceleethree's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 10:02
bruceleethree
hes emotional because hes a gay. nothing offensive about that.
AlucardX24's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 10:11
AlucardX24
I'm getting the feeling that Dtoid's staff kidnapped Peter Molyneux and he now resides in one of their basements, being forced to have interviews all the time.
SWE3tMadness's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 10:27
SWE3tMadness
I'm getting a little tired of Molyneaux talking about his game, but I can't really tell if he actually believes half the stuff he's saying, or if he's just playing media outlets for attention.

Now shut up and let us play the damn game in peace already.
Sharpless's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 11:15
Sharpless
You know damn well that each and every one of you would love to hug it out with Peter.
Mr Wrighty 987's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 11:17
Mr Wrighty 987
Love the MS paint jim where did u study art at?
king3vbo's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 11:24
king3vbo
Molyneaux needs to go lay low for a while, he's just coming off as more of an asshat. Let the game speak for itself. That being said, I'm really enjoying Fable 2
Pacopaco's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 11:34
Pacopaco
The man has an ego big enough to fill a 20,000-page book. Perhaps the overall quality of his games will start being a little more consistent to merit his blatant self-promotion and verbal masturbation.
PhazonYoshi's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 11:35
PhazonYoshi
Dear god, Molyneux!

Ok, you love your kids, but shut up about them already :)
DR EGG's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 11:40
DR EGG
What are you people talking about? The man spent the last few years bringing his vision to life - of course he's incredibly attached to it!
scottoid's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 11:58
scottoid
man, he needs to zip it.
Pacopaco's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 12:03
Pacopaco
@DR EGG

The problem is that Molyneux has a long history of shamelessly over-hyping his games which often fail to deliver on his lofty claims.


And a bit of a tangent, but your comment just gave me flashbacks of the whole Eternity's Child review thread. Whoa.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 12:29
mix
I went out of my way to buy Fable on the Xbox and I really did not like it that much. So I doubt I would find Fable 2 that great and when people need to defend their games so much 99% the games suck BAWLS.

Haze.....
That one game that guy made who was on here. It was so bad that I can't even remember the name...

I'm sure there is more to list.
BattyAdroit's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 12:33
BattyAdroit
Can we stop reporting on Douchey McDoucherton, every time he opens his noise hole? You do have a choice to not report, you know.
Jim Sterling's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 12:47
Jim Sterling
"You do have a choice to not report, you know."

I've made my choice.

You have a choice not to read it, you know.
akathatoneguy's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 12:54
akathatoneguy
@ covah and the rest-

Did it ever occur to you fine folks that Molyneux is just asking questions that are posed to him? It's not his fault that CVG and others want to interview him or that Dtoid and others want to present said interviews as news several times per week.

Unless you believe that Molyneux is calling up all of these gaming sites or journalists to solicit interviews from them, you can't blame him for the media saturation of his quotes and opinions. That's the media's choice (to interview him and continually post his *rather uneventful* quotes as "news"), not his.

If people came to you all the time for your opinion of your new game, what would you do? Say "no comment, I'm on the gaming blogs too much already and people are getting annoyed"? Say, "I'm not that enthused about my game and I don't care how it gets reviewed"? I just don't see how any of you can find fault with Molyneux here. It's not as if he's ordering Dtoid or any other site to post EVERY GODDAMN THING HE SAYS as news, right?
vexed alex's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 13:04
vexed alex
Am I the only one who read the quotes and didn't think he was really "crying" about the review scores? From what I gathered the man was emotional because he saw that every reviewer had a different experience.

I didn't see anything in that quote that indicated he was disappointed with the scores.

Yesh. It feels like a celebrity rumors tabloid in here. What are we, TMZ? Let's pull quotes and make a big deal out of them!

"Peter Molyneux says he prefers vanilla over chocolate - hates the Blacks!"
MechaMonkey's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 13:11
MechaMonkey
He wanted to create a game where people could have their own unique experience, and he apparently achieved that. Is there anything wrong with him being content about that?

Peter Molyneux is excited about making games. Remember when were excited about playing them more than we were about bitching about them?
moominsean's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 13:18
moominsean
i want to see peter mime his joy...
KyleGamgee's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 13:22
KyleGamgee
Rating Fable is like rating life.

"Lif is stupid. You can never get enough money for the things you want to buy. Girls can be lesbians though, so it's not all bad."
hpv's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 13:23
hpv
I hate this guy. No really, I HATE him. Why can't he be a funny crybaby like luc bernard or John Romero?
Char Aznable's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 13:36
Char Aznable
@hpv

Maybe things would change if Peter miraculously grew some luxurious, flowing hair like those two.
mikeyed's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 13:43
mikeyed
Let's hold hands, guys. Form a circle. Look each other in the eye. Release your pent up tears of frustration. C'mon. We all live through the tough times, you know. Man hugs (and girl hugs) all around.
ZonerDude's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 14:37
ZonerDude
At least he gives a crap about his work. That's what quality games need, directors who care about and take pride in their work. Love the bigotry in this post by the way. Didn't realize Destructoid had a thing against women and 'poofters'. How lovely. Also, this game is pretty good, but he probably should just stfu a little.
Syn's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 15:24
Syn
Dammit, I was hoping he was going to be crying about how people got bitchy about his throw-away co-op. I think in the future he should definitely choose his words concerning his game more carefully, or just not interview anymore.
sirinth's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 15:43
sirinth
As many insane bugs and glitches as I've found, maybe he should have focused on fixing those rather than the 'harsh rays of the evening sun.'

Seriously.
Roryzilla's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 19:00
Roryzilla
Handbags, Molyneux?
TrailerParkJesus's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/22/2008 19:03
TrailerParkJesus
soppy gooey poofter

that's what I got out of all this
nicojay's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2008 05:51
nicojay
PURE emotion
Niero's Avatar - Comment posted on 10/23/2008 07:50
Niero
Its refreshing to me to see a high profile game industry person show so much transparency and passion for his work. I think that's healthy for studio heads to react to the critics. This is good for the industry.
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