Feb 20
GDC: Fable 2 info
Peter Molyneux revealed several new bits about the upcoming sequel to Fable at the GDC today. Molyneux showed the Microsoft audience a live demo and explained an Xbox Live Arcade game that goes alongside with Fable 2 and spoke on new features for the game.
Molyneux first showed the crowd an XBLA game called Keystone. This “pub game,” was described by Peter as being “a little bit like craps.” After winning a ton of gold from the arcade game, he was able to transfer the reward to Fable 2. He commented:
“What you’re seeing there is actually an Xbox Live Arcade game outside of Fable, and what I am able to do is take the money I win from that XBLA game and move it into the Fable world.”
He then went on to demo the actual game in order to show off a few of its new features. Molyneux explained that his in-game character was a pregnant woman. He then brought out a colleague, Josh Atkins, to help showcase the new co-op mode (confirming that Fable 2 will be Xbox Live compatible). It was then revealed that all gold and experience that your co-op partner earns while playing with you will be transferrable to their own game. Players can also choose to tax their partners while playing to earn a certain percentage of experience their partners make.
Atkins and Molyneux continued their demo by engaging the game’s combat system for all in attendance. After a few moments, the two begin to go down a hill towards Molyneux’s in-game family. Josh then proceeded to shoot and kill Peter’s in-game husband. “That moment is real - it’s not staged,” Peter said. “That husband’s not going to come back to life. That’s the drama I want.”
Should this game fail to live up to the expectations that I’m starting to have for it, it sounds like Peter is going to get a little more drama than a dead husband. I really really hope that this game lives up to its promise, but knowing Peter Molyneux it probably won’t. I’m going to buy it anyways, so either way they’ll be getting my money.
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Damn, that sounds awesome. Can’t wait for online co-op.
Plus, it sounds like you can impregnate people or get impregnated if you’re a woman. How awesome is that?
Assuming Fable 2 has half of the content promised, it’ll be one of the best games of the year.
This sounds maybe only five hundred million times better than what’s out now, but not the full billion.
this game is going to be a billion times better then the original one and that was cool to
can’t wait to go online with my mate. good part is the co-op cause you can give money to your mates. SWEET best game of the year by far!!!