Molyneux: Fable 3 Has the "Greatest Cast Ever"

[Master10K]

I seriously doubt Fable 3 would be able to beat Mass Effect 2 & God of War 3 with those voices. But hey, at least it will undoubtedly be better than Heavy Rain. ^_^

 

[Virgil]

I will agree with Peter Molyneux, but only if John Cleese and Stephen Fry are given a prominent scene in which they argue with each other in a dry but witty manner.

 

[Iconsting]

If Fable III is as disappointing as Fable II then I'm catapulting it into the sun.


Of course, by "Catapulting it into the sun" I mean taking it back to gamestop and returning it so I can buy a better game.

 

[Gunner 51]

I think the casting sounds pretty good, but that hasn't sold me on the game. Ever since Fable 2, I really went off Peter Molyneux and his constant over hyping.

 

[Mr.PlanetEater]

I like all of these actors! Molyneux don't you dare cock up their ability to use their talent, because it may be the only thing to save your game if it turns out to be laggy, glitchy..like Fable II

 

[ad4m101]

People still falling for reapers Deceit eh. Sounds like a good cast looking forward to fable three.

 

[wfpdk]

John Cleese... lol nice.

 

[AwesomeNinjaPowers]

Oooooh! ^o^ If it's actually true this is gonna be good!

 

[thenumberthirteen]

I haven't seen Jonathan Ross do any good voice work. Sure he has a "funny" voice, but that doesn't make him a good voice artist. The best ones are those with some artistic range. Replace him with Christopher Lee (no matter what the role is), or Brian Blessed.

Brian Blessed was pretty good in Viking: Battle for Asgard as shouty narrator voice, it would be a crime for the 'greatest cast ever' to miss him out.

I remember him as the Admiral in the PS2/XBox game Fire Warrior. The voice work was the best thing in that game.

 

[fluffybunny937]

Bioware's games want to have a speach with you Molyneux. They also want to tell you that you're overhyping your game again.

Also, you can't have the greatest cast of voice actors because unfortunately Don LaFontaine is no longer with us.

I'm with you. It may turn out Fable 3 has good, or even great cast, but not the greatest. But M.E.2 had MARTIN SHEEN!!!!!!!!

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

That's a pretty good cast. I believe him.

 

[MurderousToaster]

They should add Russell Brand to the cast.

Put him beside Jonathan Ross.

Watch controversy unfold for the whole duration of the game.

 

[Baron_BJ]

I find it highly unlikely, coming from anyone, that's just a baseless statement. Voice actors or whatever don't make a game better if the game itself isn't good.

Damned right! Just like good actors won't stop a movie from being terrible, even more so in the case of Voice Actors.

Not to mention that I feel a bit out of the loop by not knowing who the fuck any of the aforementioned voice actors are.

I don't think BioWare are in any position to criticize someone for over-hype - the flagrant arrogance of their pre-release campaign was uncanny

Aside: British household names for a British game can only reel individuals in - especially the harder to hit market "non-gamers".

He just better have the script to back up these "funny men".

I feel out of the loop here as well, but then again until late last year I wasn't concentrating nearly as much on finding out more about games and getting into sites like the Escapist.

Regarding Which release? Mass Effect 2? If so I'll agree, it's a decent enough game, but there's not exactly anything special about it, characters were somewhat bland in my opinion as well, though the story was well told.

However in a lot of cases BioWare have been right in their hype. For example "Dragon Age: Origins" (and to a lesser extent its expansion pack which was a bit over-hyped) is considered one of the greatest games ever made (and my personal favourite). It had great length, sensational characters that I actually gave a shit about (that's really rare too, me caring that is), an epic story, etc, etc.

However, compared to Peter's work BioWare sit silently in the background whilst Molyneux waves his dick in front of the world to sell endless copies of what end up as quite average games, though entertaining one can't help but feel that the mood is too mixed, with constant mood changes from retarded crap (ie. Entire Villages being 100% retarded) to serious, dreary plot elements (ie. Fable 2, spending 10 years as a slave in the tower that you were trying to infiltrate, almost entirely forgetting why you were even there). I will say though that I enjoyed Fable 2 a great deal, but I can't state enough that the "comedy" contained in it is more or less there to compensate for some poor voice acting and short main story length.

 

[Cabisco]

At first, I would have said he really needs to get his head out of his ass, but seeing John Cleese, Jonathan Ross AND Stephan Fry!!??

I might actually consider getting this game.

It's the attack of the Englishmen and as a fellow Englishman I'm all for this. I'm pretty sure that this song will suite the situation.

 

[Carnagath]

I will agree with Peter Molyneux, but only if John Cleese and Stephen Fry are given a prominent scene in which they argue with each other in a dry but witty manner.

Preferrably while you in the foreground are Natal-bitchslapping your slaves. Ok, this game is going to be weird.

 

[JeanLuc761]

I don't think BioWare are in any position to criticise someone for overhype - the flagrant arrogance of their pre-release campaign was uncanny

Not exactly sure why people found it arrogant, it's a well-established rule of thumb that Bioware creates fantastic games and they were capitalizing on that. Also, unlike Molyneux, Bioware has a tendency to deliver on the hype. [/opinion]

At any rate, statements like this tend to go in one ear and out the other because I am flat-out unable to take anything he says without a pound or two of salt.

 

[Geo Da Sponge]

I'm sorry, you go on about amazing voice acting and you forget to mention Charlie Brooker will be doing voice work for Fable III (apparently)?

I intend to buy the game for his voice alone.