Molyneux Reveals Why Fable 3 Will Piss Players Off

[Azaraxzealot]

I'm pissed... i was pissed when they removed the combat multiplier, i was pissed when they made you have to do tedious minigames to get money, i was pissed when they took out armor (the man forgets that players LIKE working towards one, all-powerful weapon or item, it gives a sense of accomplishment) i was pissed when they made you have to gather experience from various orbs instead of the universal green ones and the rest of the experience just being added as you go. I was pissed when they removed all the support spells (like time slow, multi-strike, multi-arrow, heal, and ESPECIALLY physical shield) to make way for generic AoE spells, i was pissed when they removed the consequences for dying (by making you start the quest over or going to last save point because it made the game at least have a CHALLENGE), i was pissed when they removed the mana bar (AND NOW THE HEALTH BAR?!!! WTF?!) because i felt it encouraged players to use their spells more resourcefully and actually THINK before doing stuff, but all that was forgiven because of all the innovation they came up with to substitute for the lack of the aforementioned elements.

but i fail to see how even having a kick-ass weapon that molds to YOU and being a king could POSSIBLY compensate for the loss of experience... WHAT SYSTEM SHALL YOU INTRODUCE TO MAKE US BECOME MORE POWERFUL IN MAGIC THEN, HUH?!

 

[Zand88]

Doing something that you think would only piss off fans.

How is he still around? The fucking Steve Jobs of gaming, everyone.

 

[The Warden]

I'm only slightly pissed. Look, this 'gray screen on low health' thing is bullshit, it makes it hard to see anything and you end up dead. Is it really so bad to fucking die with some color? Oh wait, you can't die anymore...why am I planning on buying this?

 

[manythings]

My 2 cents: Those features won't make it or will be cut-price versions of themselves if they do. The Fable series hasn't delivered yet I can't see it suddenly being good with the same mind behind it.

 

[hateeggs]

I haven't enough time to read the whole thread, I would be grateful if someone could answer me just one question: How many jokes about touching children have been made so far in the course of this discussion?

 

[OtherSideofSky]

A lot of that sounds really cool, but this is Peter Molyneux we're talking about, so if any of that is even in the game there will be something else designed to make it boring. It would, however, be nice to play a game in which that kind of character development system was implemented well.

 

[Weaver]

Anyone who believes Peter Molyneux will live up in any way to half of his promises is a god damn fool.

 

[AutumnGold]

i demand my 1 xp for killing the most worthless creatures while im power leveling a friend. With this ive lost all faith in Fable 2. 1 was better than 2 and it seems like its just going in a downward spiral

 

[Angry pirate]

Play with children? Can I lure them into the back of my horse and cart?

 

[Zefar]

Doing something that you think would only piss off fans.

How is he still around? The fucking Steve Jobs of gaming, everyone.

Buuuut isn't Steve Jobs actually doing a good work and actually favor the public? Apple actually lost a lot of shares when people thought Steve Jobs had died.

Anyway removing a lot of things and even the leveling up system? Was this really asked for?

Also how does the "I think I'm level xx" work?

Like slaughtering down an entire bandit camp, ok I'm totally level 2 now.

Kill a random monster and you go up to level 20.

If he was smart he could do this. Hey I could be like level 50 and completely own anything in the game.

 

[OpiateChicken]

If I've learned one thing about Peter Molyneux...


...it's that we can trust him completely! Wow, this is gonna be a great game! I bet the trees will age and grow like in Fable 2, too, just like how "if you see it you can go there" in Fable 2 as well!

 

[Jumpingbean3]

all I want is a fable that can't be beat in a day. but a sword makes me skinny? sounds like we're getting a bit silly here. I've often thought of getting into the slave trade though... this could be my in. fallout 3 wouldn't let me kill children but if I can kick them, I figure that should be good enough. and who cares about HUD and experience? that's something I'm kinda looking forward to.

I care about HUD. It means I don't have to pause the game every time I want to check something. Fable 2 had a great HUD why try and fix what isn't broken. The health bar I could live without but this is just getting out of hand. There are VERY few games that can work with no HUD (Oddworld being one of those few).

 

[Svenparty]

Lionhead Fanboys will be all over this callling it "exciting" and "new"


Then they will post a million times on release day on the Lionhead Forum about how it failed.

 

[SextusMaximus]

Jesus Christ, imagine if this guy had wanted to be a politician? He would have taken over the world by now and everything would be even more screwed up!

 

[outcast_within]

i've stopped taking fable as a serious game franchise. It's so much casual to a fault.
So i wouldn't be angry. Just looooooower your expectations and know that everythings is dumbed down.
At least you can make babies. That's a plus.

 

[sln333]

Well, at least he's trying something new. I don't know how it will turn out though. I don't care if there's a hud, but I don't know how the stature thing is supposed to work enough to make this an RPG.

 

[Myoukochou]

Presumably, what is going to tick gamers off is that Molyneux is opening his mouth again. We have learnt by now that this never ends well.

 

[Stevepinto3]

I forget, why is Fable 3 a big deal again? I've played Fable 2 and found it rather...mediocre. Combat was good enough but there was too much dicking around with things that I didn't even care about.

Like the point about beggars trying to escape after they realize you're planning on selling them into slavery, why? If I want to sell people into slavery I don't want to do some damn quick time event.

Also, why make it harder to see when I'm near death? I'll take a health bar that covers up one little corner of the screen then becoming blind due to red or black and white coloring while I'm getting killed.

 

[The_Shinigamer]

Peter Molynuuuh is the biggest idiot I can think of in games today outside of Rob "The Knob" Dyer. This is the first good news to come from LionHead since "PRoject Ego" was first showcased. Since then, everything Peter Molyneeewww touched has turned to RPG/Xbox fanboy crap.

What's really sad is I am both an RPG AND Xbox fanboy and I cannot stand this crap.