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Fable's creators have called on gamers to give Kinect exclusive Fable: The Journey a chance.
Dene and Simon Carter founded Big Blue Box in the late '90s, and it was they who drummed up the Fable universe before being absorbed into Peter Molyneux's Lionhead, which was subsequently purchased by Microsoft.
An independent UK developer says it’s been forced to announce and postpone its game on the same day, and lay off more than half of its staff, due to the sharp downturn in investment in the games industry.
Fable 4's development seems to be well underway, and a look at the original trilogy reveals a few elements the upcoming title needs to reprise.
One of the biggest reveals at this year's Xbox Games Showcase was the latest Fable trailer. After a lengthy stint of silence, Playground Games gave us a look at bits of the title, albeit in a trailer that was mostly made up of CGI nonsense headlined by comedian Richard Ayoade, who is playing a rather frustrated giant.
Molyneux asked about what he thought about the Fable reveal.
he actually was in the news every now and then with a (couple) scam games he made
The exact same thought came to mind when I read the headline. It's been so long since we've heard his lies and over ambitions.
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Well, he's not associated with it. Giving interviews talking about features never at any point mentioned with devs let alone introduced.
It might have a chance.
Think you mean ethics.
Also, whose defending Molyneux? Wasn't his last game a literal ripoff with him offering a prize but not giving it?
"Hello everyone. My name is Sony. This year we're coming out with a new God of War, a new Gran Turismo, and a new Uncharted, game franchises that you know and love. Thing is, we're going in a...different direction. The new Uncharted will be a kart racing game, the new God of War will be called 'Brain Age with Kratos', and the new Gran Turismo...well, let's just say that GT is joining the FPS craze. What? WHAT? You fans are outraged? Why?"
That's pretty much what Fable: Journey has done. Take a franchise with millions of fans, completely gut it, change it, dumb it down, force you to buy an expensive peripheral, and they're SUPRISED that fans are upset?
Fable really isn't that good. 2 is the best of the series, but why are people acting like this is some mind blowing game series? Protip: It's not. The Journey looks to be as good as everything else out on Kinect.
Well, look at what Kinect did to Star Wars and you want to go down that same path? So let me guess, there will be dancing right?
Honestly after playing fable 2 and 3 i dont give 2 shits about fable they were ok games but not that great i just like the gameplay in the game on this one I hope theres some free movement for standing up and on rails for sitting down. you cant judge something you barely know anything about and even then you cant really tell if you hate a game until you actully play it. Its like listening to little kids whine.
Well, when you have games like Fable, Fable 2, and Fable 3... and ill admit, Fable 3 was somewhat disapointing compared to the first 2. And turn it around and make a game like Fable: Journey.... of course your fans will be upset. As the first post says, you cant just change a game like fable so drastically and expect the fans to be happy with it.
And sure, even the second responce to said post, made by Tai_Kaliso has a point. Sure, its made for Kinect, and meant to be a whole different beast. HOWEVER!! A game like Fable isnt meant to be a game like Fable: Journey. You point out Sony's Super smash bro's game that isnt even confirmed, and to that i say you seem to have a bad analogy. However with LBP you have a valid point. THEN AGAIN, Fable and LBP are very different games. LBP is more akin to what Mario used to be back in the day. While Fable is more like a Zelda game. And if i remember correctly Zelda has never been turned into a Kart racing game.
Just saying. Thats my personal opinion on the matter. Fable: Journey looks very bad imo, and the fact that its on Kinect, AND exclusive means i will likely never play it.