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Who buys his shit any more? The fact that he can spend years developing a game and not even take an ounce of pride in his work shows how little integrity he has.
It averaged out to an 80 on metacritic, you'd think he'd pulled a Yuuko from Nichijou and scored a 1.
this guy is insane.. no fable fans liked fable 3.. it took the RPG out of the game series..we dont want an action game..we want to level up our characters with advancecd choices..not walk thru a gate and just pick any chest cause u end up getting them all anyways.. that was just crap..
this guy needs to look at his own website see the tons of people saying how bad fable 3 is mainly because they changed it from the series..
Fable 1 = RPG/Good
Fable 2 = RPG/Better Than 1
Fable 3 = Action Game/WTF is this even fable ?
read your forums dude... read your negative feedback.. u guys need to make a real sequel to Fable 2... stop screwing with a winning formula..
this guy needs to look at his own website see the tons of people saying how bad fable 3 is mainly because they changed it from the series..
Fable 1 = RPG/Good
Fable 2 = RPG/Better Than 1
Fable 3 = Action Game/WTF is this even fable ?
read your forums dude... read your negative feedback.. u guys need to make a real sequel to Fable 2... stop screwing with a winning formula..
I didn't play fable III. After I had no fun with the previous two, I decided to skip it, despite my intrigue in a colonial era setting. I wish he was capable of realizing a shitty game before it ships.
I like Molyneux, and have enjoyed Lionhead's games.
I'd love to see them deliver the type of experience I believe they're truly capable of. Anything less is not only a disservice to their fans, but a disservice to themselves.
I'd love to see them deliver the type of experience I believe they're truly capable of. Anything less is not only a disservice to their fans, but a disservice to themselves.
I'm a huge CRPG fan. I've played DAO, DA2, Witcher, Witcher 2, Fallout 3, Fallout NV, and Demon's Souls (technically Japanese but definitely feels Western in a lot of ways) over the past few years. I'm also playing Divinity II right now (which has its strengths and weaknesses).
However, I've never played any of the Fable games. They just don't look that great to me. Can anyone convince me to give them a try?
However, I've never played any of the Fable games. They just don't look that great to me. Can anyone convince me to give them a try?
You know who's fault this is? X-Play's. Which game did they give the GOTY award to in '08? Was it the highly acclaimed Metal Gear Solid 4? Nope. How about the creative and original LittleBigPlanet? Destructive and fast Burnout Paradise? Or how about the parkour game, Mirrors Edge? Nope! They give it to Fable II... Ever since then, Molyneux have went on to touch little children around the world, and was given a BAFTA award for it.
Fable 3 had the potential to be good - a decent story, some nice set pieces...but really? The townsfolk interactions? I got bored with that after the first try. Plus, combat was waaaaaay too easy...again. At least coop was kind of fun.
If LionHead just made Fable 2 with Spell-Weaving and a Hero's Guild like in Fable (complete with the 'Nude' Boast!)and, more importantly, the original Fable's heroic mortality (and maybe 4-player co-op with a lot more quests), they'd have not only one of the best action-RPGs to date but one of the best possible on current technology.
A gripping story would be nice but largely optional.
Placing the game on rails and putting the emphasis on magic-based combat isn't a way to address all of Fable 3's short comings.
A gripping story would be nice but largely optional.
Placing the game on rails and putting the emphasis on magic-based combat isn't a way to address all of Fable 3's short comings.
Hey guys, my last few posts sucked in one way or another but I promise my next post will be better. Also, it will not be on rails. #molyneuxcycle
I actually liked the Fable games, then i played Fable 3 and now i don't like 'em. Very simple, and there's no way i'm buying into Pete's bullshit again.
I hate this guy. Didn't he make a fake kinect demo where this girl was having a conversation with the boy on the screen and when she put the paper up to the camera the boy could take it and read it?
Fable is essentially supposed to be Zelda with all the side quests from Morrowind and the moral system of KotOR. That's what he talked about before the first one even came out. Your supposed to be able to become a hero, a thief, a pirate, whatever. If you plant a tree in front of your house you're supposed to come back and see that it's grown. If you piss of some bully when you're a kid, he hates you later. Somehow over the years he's forgot those concepts and turned the game into a generic action-RPG. He needs to stop simplifying things and be willing to take risks. Each Fable has less customization than the last.
i seriousky believe the biggest problem with lionhead is peter. the man has accomplished some great things over the years but his success has just lead to a bloated ego and "dumbing down" the gaming elements to try and appeal to everyone, which pisses off the fans who bought the franchise from the start...his team is just following his bullshit direction..get him outta there, and id buy the next fable in a heartbeat
Molyneux: Hey guys, where are we going? You need me to promote Fable: The Journey!
Microsoft: Don't worry, you're going on a journey of your own.
Molyneux? Yeah? Whose coming with me ?
Psych ward officer : Faeries, elves, demons... that sort of thing.
Molyneux: Sir, did you play Fable 2? I thought it was my best game ever, but then again it wasn't quite as good as Fable 3. Actually, Fable 3 was terrible know that I think about it.
Microsoft: Please take good care of him.
Microsoft: Don't worry, you're going on a journey of your own.
Molyneux? Yeah? Whose coming with me ?
Psych ward officer : Faeries, elves, demons... that sort of thing.
Molyneux: Sir, did you play Fable 2? I thought it was my best game ever, but then again it wasn't quite as good as Fable 3. Actually, Fable 3 was terrible know that I think about it.
Microsoft: Please take good care of him.
@Oshidesu
Well...Fable II is an actual game. Not some interactive movie and a level editor.
/done trolling.
Well...Fable II is an actual game. Not some interactive movie and a level editor.
/done trolling.
I read this earlier and was laughing the whole way through. Molyneux really is the most pretentious person in the games industry.
@killias2; your best bet is to pick up the 1st one for pc/xbox, its an action rpg at heart thats just very fun to play. not challenging in the slightest bit, but its very enjoyable if you go in without high expectations...2 and 3 got progressively worse, and i will not make the mistake of buying another
I love the first two games, and enjoyed the third one, but with each one there was this increased yerning for the one before...
Fable 1 suffered from a lot of championed features just not being there; none of your choices had conciquence, killing Twin Blade ment his remnants send assassins after out of vengeful remorse, sparing Twin Blade ment he sent assassins after you out of shame. Killing Whisper ment Thunder wanted to kill you out of vengeful hate, sparing Whisper ment Thunder wanted to kill you out of shame...and you could only see Whicper again in The Lost Chapters made the game a bit better.
Fable 2 solve that problem by having the world change with such choices during the decade long gap plot decive and made things feel more open and explorable, but I kind'a felt like I was playing with an action figure, a lot of immersion was gone from the first game. I wanted big hammers that I had to drag behind me out of sheer weight until I upped my strength, but oh well.
Both also suffered from an annoying moment where you become ayor of Bowerstome and King.Queen of Albion in the first and second games respectively, but you didn't get any added features, you couldn't change the law so you could get away with evil shit like a moral god mode reward for getting to this point.
So Fable 3 comes along and you get to finally make shit happen as king or queen...only for it to be the last five minutes of the game and shorter than it claims to be.
The series had soooo much potential, and as an Xbox exclusive it should be so much more...a rival to Zelda maybe, but it'll never happen.
Still, we have Skyrim, Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma, and more on the way to give our RPG/Adventure thirsts a quench on 360.
Fable 1 suffered from a lot of championed features just not being there; none of your choices had conciquence, killing Twin Blade ment his remnants send assassins after out of vengeful remorse, sparing Twin Blade ment he sent assassins after you out of shame. Killing Whisper ment Thunder wanted to kill you out of vengeful hate, sparing Whisper ment Thunder wanted to kill you out of shame...and you could only see Whicper again in The Lost Chapters made the game a bit better.
Fable 2 solve that problem by having the world change with such choices during the decade long gap plot decive and made things feel more open and explorable, but I kind'a felt like I was playing with an action figure, a lot of immersion was gone from the first game. I wanted big hammers that I had to drag behind me out of sheer weight until I upped my strength, but oh well.
Both also suffered from an annoying moment where you become ayor of Bowerstome and King.Queen of Albion in the first and second games respectively, but you didn't get any added features, you couldn't change the law so you could get away with evil shit like a moral god mode reward for getting to this point.
So Fable 3 comes along and you get to finally make shit happen as king or queen...only for it to be the last five minutes of the game and shorter than it claims to be.
The series had soooo much potential, and as an Xbox exclusive it should be so much more...a rival to Zelda maybe, but it'll never happen.
Still, we have Skyrim, Dark Souls, Dragon's Dogma, and more on the way to give our RPG/Adventure thirsts a quench on 360.
Never really got the love for Fable. Some good visual design and humor. Nice voice acting. Not a bad idea with a weapon/magic action-RPG set up. Outside of that, short, shallow, repetitive games. Even the entry I enjoyed the most, Fable II, felt incomplete, as if they just rushed on an ending.
I wouldn't argue the Fable series is crap, or doesn't have some worthwhile elements. However, I really don't get how this series is considered 'AAA' quality with the *exact same drawbacks* in each title.
I wouldn't argue the Fable series is crap, or doesn't have some worthwhile elements. However, I really don't get how this series is considered 'AAA' quality with the *exact same drawbacks* in each title.
I'd like to point out that the linked article is an interesting expansion on what went wrong. Probably as good as a post mortem as we'll get.
Really disappointing, because it sounds like if they had another year, or a much better process, Fable III could have been pretty grand.
I really hope Molyneux and team get to make the grand game they're trying everytime to make.
Really disappointing, because it sounds like if they had another year, or a much better process, Fable III could have been pretty grand.
I really hope Molyneux and team get to make the grand game they're trying everytime to make.
Why did he win a Bafta award? I'm being serious...why? He sure as hell didn't deserve it. There are plenty of other people in the video game industry who deserved the Bafta way more than he did.
Molyneux's track record at Bullfrog is pretty much unimpeachable so I've always wanted to give the guy the benefit of the doubt. But, God, I am so sick of him promising the world with every single release. We've all seen this movie: the giant hype build up, the half baked incomplete release, followed by the fake apology and promise that the sequel will cure world hunger. The man is just unbearable. Fool me once (Black & White) shame on you, fool me twice (Fable) shame on me, fool me three times (Fable 2).... DAMN YOU MOLYNEUX!
true artist. any time someone works on an music album, while doing it they tend to be so excited, but after listening to it 1000 times while tracking things over and over, and mixing it down, you find ways to hate your stuff. not to mention no artist should ever be content with their last creation.
I agree with rocknerd.. This is only the thought process of an artist. Though it's sorta silly to make it all public, he just needs to learn when to shut up.
I personally think of the Fable games were great, and well worth my time.
I personally think of the Fable games were great, and well worth my time.
"That being said, I still think it was a good game! I just don't think it was a great game that took us to 5 million units. I know I probably should say it's a great game just respective of whatever it was, but the Metacritic score was sort of low-'80s. I think I'm pretty ashamed of that, to be honest, and I take that on my own shoulders, not the team's shoulders. I think that, when you have something like that, which you can feel as a kick in the teeth, you have to pick yourself up and fight even harder."
I think this was a better quote from the interview, but whatever.
I think this was a better quote from the interview, but whatever.
@GRiVEN, I TOTALLY agree. The first fable was easily the best of the entire series, yet instead of improving on it and taking it closer to the goals it aspired to, they keep moving further and further away from it, putting their focus on new gimmicks and generally making the series worse.
Fable > fable2 > fable3. Lionhead! look at the past and learn from it for once! Stop bashing all the potential this series had into the ground!
Fable > fable2 > fable3. Lionhead! look at the past and learn from it for once! Stop bashing all the potential this series had into the ground!
This guy provides the best free entertainment, I can't get mad at him, normally I get irritated when people act like this, but the way he handles all of this brings a smile to my face. Keep the cycle strong Molyneux.
I think all of the Fable games are fun. Its always been a casual franchise. I ignore Peter M's rambling/hyping just like I do with David Cage and enjoy the game in question.
I liked Fable 2. I hope tat Molyneux and company will be able to recapture that magic and make a great experience.
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