Personally I'm just hoping Fable 2 shines in areas I felt the first one was lacking. I really enjoyed the first game, especially Lost Chapters which really felt more complete. To make a better Fable all they need to do is add more weapon and armor variety to make me happy. I think I only used 2 sets of armor the entire game, and maybe 6 different weapons including ranged ones.
There really needs to be more customization in that area. I could care less about owning the world. Just give me the ability to look cool dammit.
Personally I'm just hoping Fable 2 shines in areas I felt the first one was lacking. I really enjoyed the first game, especially Lost Chapters which really felt more complete. To make a better Fable all they need to do is add more weapon and armor variety to make me happy. I think I only used 2 sets of armor the entire game, and maybe 6 different weapons including ranged ones.
There really needs to be more customization in that area. I could care less about owning the world. Just give me the ability to look cool dammit.
Definitely all true. The main thing that was lacking in Fable 1 in my eyes though was the story. It just just bad/nonexistant.
I'm hopeful that Fable 2 will do a lot of things promised for Fable 1 that weren't actually possible on Xbox hardware that are on 360's.
I also think the dog thing sounds cool, I don't see why so many people are shitting on it before we really know anything about it.
I think the reason that people are bitching about the dog is that it's supposed to act a you general health indicator/UI (as I've understood it), which is a bit crap IMHO. I prefer to have my mana and health bars clearly visible or at least having my dude being more and more beaten and bloody the more hurt he is.
I'm hopeful that Fable 2 will do a lot of things promised for Fable 1 that weren't actually possible on Xbox hardware that are on 360's.
I also think the dog thing sounds cool, I don't see why so many people are shitting on it before we really know anything about it.
I think the reason that people are bitching about the dog is that it's supposed to act a you general health indicator/UI (as I've understood it), which is a bit crap IMHO. I prefer to have my mana and health bars clearly visible or at least having my dude being more and more beaten and bloody the more hurt he is.
Alright, well, I don't really think that's the kind of thing you can say anything about until you see it in action. I just don't see it as bad in concept, but it could be when it's actually implemented.
Yeah, it's slightly strange. You can't really cite it for immersion, because having a dog as your indicator is just as weird as floating health bars. Besides, it's a third person camera- I'd have sooner looked at the state of myself than the reactions of the dog.
I guess people are "shitting on it" because it's such an incredibly unexpected thing to announce without explanation. On face value, I'd have to admit it does sound incredibly daft.
I'm hopeful that Fable 2 will do a lot of things promised for Fable 1 that weren't actually possible on Xbox hardware that are on 360's.
I also think the dog thing sounds cool, I don't see why so many people are shitting on it before we really know anything about it.
I think the reason that people are bitching about the dog is that it's supposed to act a you general health indicator/UI (as I've understood it), which is a bit crap IMHO. I prefer to have my mana and health bars clearly visible or at least having my dude being more and more beaten and bloody the more hurt he is.
Alright, well, I don't really think that's the kind of thing you can say anything about until you see it in action. I just don't see it as bad in concept, but it could be when it's actually implemented.
I haven't really made up my mind about that feature yet, so I'll wait for more information about it. I just hope that Lionhead gives us a much larger area to play on this time, Fable was simply way too small/short in my opinion. I'm not asking for a continent to dick around in but at least give us some leeway for exploration.
I thought the story, or waht there was of it, was pretty decent in some parts such as the beginning chaos. Eventually revealing your sister was alive was a nice touch and she hadn't survived this long without paying a price either. But you're meant to care about her at two points. One being the fact she was thought to be butchered and the second when you actually have the opportunity to waste her for a reward. I didn't because...I'm not an asshole, but still, I wouldn't have cared too much if I had and she never appears again anyway. Only reason I didn't bother was the reward was weaker than things I'd already picked up.
Oh and the last enemy is a pointless douche bag who just does what he does because he can basically with no goal in mind. And he requires long range combat to defeat which anyone who has focused on swords is going to spend about 20 minutes completing.
You have a point there, I wouldn't have minded a chance to develop some kind of affection for my hero friends and my sister. I realize that Lionhead may not have the experience of writing good RPG characters but I hope that they've at least given some more work on the other NPC's in the story.
I thought the story, or waht there was of it, was pretty decent in some parts such as the beginning chaos. Eventually revealing your sister was alive was a nice touch and she hadn't survived this long without paying a price either. But you're meant to care about her at two points. One being the fact she was thought to be butchered and the second when you actually have the opportunity to waste her for a reward. I didn't because...I'm not an asshole, but still, I wouldn't have cared too much if I had and she never appears again anyway. Only reason I didn't bother was the reward was weaker than things I'd already picked up.
Oh and the last enemy is a pointless douche bag who just does what he does because he can basically with no goal in mind. And he requires long range combat to defeat which anyone who has focused on swords is going to spend about 20 minutes completing.
Jack is actually portrayed much better in The Lost Chapters. It helps explain a bit more about him.
And they changed his voice actor, if I recall correctly. To that bloke who did the narration for Dungeon Keeper (forget his name, but he's one smooth badass).
Oh, and I thought he was a Dragon, was the impression I got. Some relic from the ancient times assuming a humanoid form.
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The only thing good about the kids is that they emulate you but still...you play games to be a bad ass adventurer, why would you need kids? Kids are a liability for super villains to take out and get at you.
Here's a dumb question. Has any announcement been made about letting you pick your character's gender yet? I'd think that would be a feature they'd want to nail down before dogs and pregnancy.
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You know what? Nanowrimo's cancelled on account of the world is stupid.
The only thing good about the kids is that they emulate you but still...you play games to be a bad ass adventurer, why would you need kids? Kids are a liability for super villains to take out and get at you.
Gotta have a plot somehow.
If that's the plot, it won't bother my evil character.
"Hero, your kids have been kidnapped!"
"More where they came from." Sex ensues
I hope that the whole seduction thing is made easier this time around - I was wearing the shiny armour which gave me mega bonuses to Charisma (or whatever the stat was), plus I was sporting a fancy porn star moustache, and I still had to buy my wife/husband stuff.
Here's a dumb question. Has any announcement been made about letting you pick your character's gender yet? I'd think that would be a feature they'd want to nail down before dogs and pregnancy.
“There is the appreciation the wide world feels toward your character as he lives and fights in their world. There is the ability to make love and make babies. Yes, you can be both a man or a woman and if you're a woman, you can get pregnant. A first, he believes, for a main character in an RPG.”
he bound himself to that mask and resurrected himself as some big ass dragon.
. He still seemed like a big pointless douche.
I spoiler that only because while if you're in the thread for a sequel to a game, you might not have seen the re-release/expansion.
I thought it was pretty cool he was an extra dimensional demon that steals the souls of heroes to accomplish his goal of bringing back the chaos before men appeared.
Not super original but still pretty cool. Plus I liked that you could choose to merge with him.
Fable was great, the majority of the complaints about it were because of the features they cut. It's also the only game I know of that allows you to come home drunk every night and give your wife a new black eye. Fable 2 is expanding on this fascinating concept by including children to extend the abuse to. I'll be buying it.
Yeah I did the same.
I'd go: "SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!..." then trow her a few haymakers, drink a few belts of beer and start the whole process over again only to trow up in between beating her and swearing.
Fable was great, the majority of the complaints about it were because of the features they cut. It's also the only game I know of that allows you to come home drunk every night and give your wife a new black eye. Fable 2 is expanding on this fascinating concept by including children to extend the abuse to. I'll be buying it.
Yeah I did the same.
I'd go: "SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!..." then trow her a few haymakers, drink a few belts of beer and start the whole process over again only to trow up in between beating her and swearing.
I'm a terrible person when I play Fable.
What people don't realize about Fable is how great it is for being a dick. I was drunk through 90% of the game and just generally being the biggest douche possible. Remember the ghost pirate who wanted you to dig up his buried treasure and give it to his wife? I took the treasure and used it to buy as much beer as I could then beat the hell out of his wife while doing pelvic thrusts.
Another good source of fun was stumbling into the classroom, throwing up at the teacher's feet, yelling "SHIT!" and proceeding to introduce him to your fist repeatedly while the horrified children looked on. In Fable 2 those will be my horrified children, making it that much more satisfying.
Fable was great, the majority of the complaints about it were because of the features they cut. It's also the only game I know of that allows you to come home drunk every night and give your wife a new black eye. Fable 2 is expanding on this fascinating concept by including children to extend the abuse to. I'll be buying it.
Yeah I did the same.
I'd go: "SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!..." then trow her a few haymakers, drink a few belts of beer and start the whole process over again only to trow up in between beating her and swearing.
I'm a terrible person when I play Fable.
What people don't realize about Fable is how great it is for being a dick. I was drunk through 90% of the game and just generally being the biggest douche possible. Remember the ghost pirate who wanted you to dig up his buried treasure and give it to his wife? I took the treasure and used it to buy as much beer as I could then beat the hell out of his wife while doing pelvic thrusts.
Another good source of fun was stumbling into the classroom, throwing up at the teacher's feet, yelling "SHIT!" and proceeding to introduce him to your fist repeatedly while the horrified children looked on. In Fable 2 those will be my horrified children, making it that much more satisfying.
It was really hard to stay evil, though. Killing monsters made you good and the number one way of getting experience was killing monsters.
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ZephosClimbin in yo ski lifts, snatchin your people up.MichiganRegistered Userregular
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all this talk of wife beating makes me think i should get around to playing the 1st one.
Neither his fists nor his giant warhammer would hit anyone who didn't truly deserve it
He had one wife and he came home every time he could to see her, and he never abused her
He never drank alcohol or stole anything or insulted anyone and stayed the hell away from Skorn's chapel
Children looked up at him, hoping they'd be just like him when they grew up
He was truly the greatest hero to ever grace these lands
You're crazy.
I always play the loveable thief/mercenary. Doin what he needs to do for money, whorin around, but with a heart of gold! But cross me and I'll turn on you like that!
Neither his fists nor his giant warhammer would hit anyone who didn't truly deserve it
He had one wife and he came home every time he could to see her, and he never abused her
He never drank alcohol or stole anything or insulted anyone and stayed the hell away from Skorn's chapel
Children looked up at him, hoping they'd be just like him when they grew up
He was truly the greatest hero to ever grace these lands
You're crazy.
I always play the loveable thief/mercenary. Doin what he needs to do for money, whorin around, but with a heart of gold! But cross me and I'll turn on you like that!
Neither his fists nor his giant warhammer would hit anyone who didn't truly deserve it
He had one wife and he came home every time he could to see her, and he never abused her
He never drank alcohol or stole anything or insulted anyone and stayed the hell away from Skorn's chapel
Children looked up at him, hoping they'd be just like him when they grew up
He was truly the greatest hero to ever grace these lands
You're crazy.
I always play the loveable thief/mercenary. Doin what he needs to do for money, whorin around, but with a heart of gold! But cross me and I'll turn on you like that!
Neither his fists nor his giant warhammer would hit anyone who didn't truly deserve it
He had one wife and he came home every time he could to see her, and he never abused her
He never drank alcohol or stole anything or insulted anyone and stayed the hell away from Skorn's chapel
Children looked up at him, hoping they'd be just like him when they grew up
He was truly the greatest hero to ever grace these lands
You're crazy.
I always play the loveable thief/mercenary. Doin what he needs to do for money, whorin around, but with a heart of gold! But cross me and I'll turn on you like that!
I played that way aswell, I could never play a Paladin type of character. Come to think of it, I usually play as a lovable rogueish character in all RPG's.
EDIT: I always thought it was funny that Lady Grey had the same soundclips as all the "normal" women had when you where doing the two backed beast.
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I also think the dog thing sounds cool, I don't see why so many people are shitting on it before we really know anything about it.
There really needs to be more customization in that area. I could care less about owning the world. Just give me the ability to look cool dammit.
Definitely all true. The main thing that was lacking in Fable 1 in my eyes though was the story. It just just bad/nonexistant.
Alright, well, I don't really think that's the kind of thing you can say anything about until you see it in action. I just don't see it as bad in concept, but it could be when it's actually implemented.
I guess people are "shitting on it" because it's such an incredibly unexpected thing to announce without explanation. On face value, I'd have to admit it does sound incredibly daft.
Oh and the last enemy is a pointless douche bag who just does what he does because he can basically with no goal in mind. And he requires long range combat to defeat which anyone who has focused on swords is going to spend about 20 minutes completing.
Jack is actually portrayed much better in The Lost Chapters. It helps explain a bit more about him.
I spoiler that only because while if you're in the thread for a sequel to a game, you might not have seen the re-release/expansion.
Gotta have a plot somehow.
If that's the plot, it won't bother my evil character.
"Hero, your kids have been kidnapped!"
"More where they came from."
Sex ensues
I hope that the whole seduction thing is made easier this time around - I was wearing the shiny armour which gave me mega bonuses to Charisma (or whatever the stat was), plus I was sporting a fancy porn star moustache, and I still had to buy my wife/husband stuff.
The article linked in the OP confirms it.
edit: added quote
Not super original but still pretty cool. Plus I liked that you could choose to merge with him.
Yeah I did the same.
I'd go: "SHIT! SHIT! SHIT!..." then trow her a few haymakers, drink a few belts of beer and start the whole process over again only to trow up in between beating her and swearing.
I'm a terrible person when I play Fable.
Someone post that early Fable screenshot of someone stabbing a kid through the head, please. I lost mine.
Did it involve candy and a horse & buggy?
What people don't realize about Fable is how great it is for being a dick. I was drunk through 90% of the game and just generally being the biggest douche possible. Remember the ghost pirate who wanted you to dig up his buried treasure and give it to his wife? I took the treasure and used it to buy as much beer as I could then beat the hell out of his wife while doing pelvic thrusts.
Another good source of fun was stumbling into the classroom, throwing up at the teacher's feet, yelling "SHIT!" and proceeding to introduce him to your fist repeatedly while the horrified children looked on. In Fable 2 those will be my horrified children, making it that much more satisfying.
My Fable character was the most heroic hero ever
Neither his fists nor his giant warhammer would hit anyone who didn't truly deserve it
He had one wife and he came home every time he could to see her, and he never abused her
He never drank alcohol or stole anything or insulted anyone and stayed the hell away from Skorn's chapel
Children looked up at him, hoping they'd be just like him when they grew up
He was truly the greatest hero to ever grace these lands
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I had one similar to that, except he got Lady Grey drunk and finally scored.
He also punted a chicken no less than 23 yards.
I did all that except I had an extra woman or two on the side. I mean, who doesn't?
I remained faithful to Lady Grey.
I just had to put her in her place once in a while.
You're crazy.
I always play the loveable thief/mercenary. Doin what he needs to do for money, whorin around, but with a heart of gold! But cross me and I'll turn on you like that!
Wasn't she a:
Yes.
All the more reason to stay faithful, m i rite?
EDIT: I always thought it was funny that Lady Grey had the same soundclips as all the "normal" women had when you where doing the two backed beast.
QFT.
And voiced by Jennifer Saunders.