Fable II Preview

PreviewPosted 26/09/2008 - 4:33pm GMT+1

We love industry legend Peter Molyneux here at VideoGamer.com. Not only is he not afraid to speak his mind, but when he does so he usually says mega-interesting stuff that gets us all hot and bothered. So it was when we spoke at length to the Lionhead boss earlier this week, discussing everything from upcoming Xbox 360 exclusive Fable II to the PS3 and, well, life, love and the universe. Here, in the first part of the interview, Molyneux tells us his thoughts on the PS3, Fable II's dog and why Microsoft have set PR policemen on him.

VideoGamer.com: Where are we at with Fable II right now? Is it done and dusted? Is it finished?

Peter Molyneux: It is as of 7pm last night. We are now officially gold. It's released to manufacturing. Fable is absolutely finished and done and dusted. There's a lot of people here who are going to want to celebrate. And I'll be honest with you, the reason I have to go at six is because we're all off down the pub.

VideoGamer.com: Well let me just say congratulations on getting the game done.

PM: Well thank you very much. I appreciate it. It always feels like a little bit of a miracle when you finish a game. This is the biggest game we've ever done. Lots of times it just seemed impossible that it was ever going to get finished.

VideoGamer.com: Are you planning a bit of a large one tonight?

PM: The trouble is these things never stop. Just because we've gone gold doesn't mean there aren't a million other things to do. I've got to be pretty sharp tomorrow because we've got what's called a strategy day so sadly I don't think I am going to be having a large one. And it is Monday night as well. Let's not forget that. Hard to go large on a Monday. We're having our proper party on October 16 in London so I think I'll save it all up for that.

VideoGamer.com: I wanted to ask you about the Pub Games glitch. It was reported that it was deliberate. Was it?

PM: I am not really going to say anything to that. All I'm going to say is one of the tenants of Fable was to look at who you really are. I've always said in interviews how do we judge if you're good or evil? We do that by putting temptations in front of you. A word of warning. Don't expect to get off completely Scott free.

VideoGamer.com: You've suggested there's going to be a surprise in store for people who have exploited the glitch. What will that be exactly?

PM: I'd love to tell you about it but we would spoil the surprise. All I'm going to say is every choice, a consequence. If you took the choice to cheat you have to pay the consequences.

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Jake

There Will Probably Be One For PC But Whats Needed Is A Version For PS3 That Would Be Epic, 360 Has Suffered Alot Due To PS3's Success But Another Great Sucess Like Call Of Duty 4 And Oblivion Will Be Just What Lionhead Needs To Improve On 360 Gaming Development As Well As Development For Playstation 3, Due To Quick Playstation Store Sales Add-ons Will Be Epic' As Well Such As More Items And Character Customization, Im Not Saying 360 Isnt Great But Everyone Needs To Think About Playstation 3 Sales In Comparison To 360, Its Epic And Little Big Planet Keeps Makin Alot With The Constant Add-on's I've Spent A Good 100 Bucks Altogether In Add-ons From Playstation Store, And Thinkin How Great The Population World-Wide Is, The Free Online, People Will Soon Get Tired Of 360, Infact I'm Not Impressed, Although Its Not Too Much, Payin For It Year After Year Even So I Have A PSP PS3 360 DS I Spend Alot, There Are Alot Like Me Who Would Like A Ps3 Version Cuz Then Lionhead would have more money to throw into add-ons and more epic games, which 360 needs more of but the issue is!
Ding Ding Ding! FUNDING! o.q

Posted 09:35 on 15 December 2008

Noobster

mate no need to say bad stuff and i really hope the guy who makes this game gets a PC version because so many of us want it. IF he fails to do it it will dissapoint MANY!! and he wotn be getting alot of mone ythats 1 postitive ANSWER

Posted 03:58 on 23 October 2008

JackOfBlades

I wonder if this will come out for PC i really hope so. I don't understand why people think Xbox for other formats have better graphics then computers. Because all you people who say that are really retarded. Becasue graphics come from PC you dumbasses

Posted 03:56 on 23 October 2008

FableFanatic

I owned 2 XBox 360 over the course of 2 months, and they both broke, one after the other. Yes, the hallowed red lights. I thought I would not bother getting another one, but I am getting one this month simply because of Fable 2. Fable one was probably my favourite game, and I am really excited about Fable 2.

Posted 11:41 on 01 October 2008

gordon the gor

That cheating thing is nothing new, Molyneux and Co. do it all the time. Like in Theme Hospital where the receptionist Tannoy woman would go "The administrator is-a cheating," or when you couldnt finish Dungeon Keeper 2 if you cheat.

Posted 21:39 on 29 September 2008

1cnpegjm@ d3S

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Originally Posted by d3S

Can't wait for it ... both Fable II and next part of the interview. Molyneux is different I suppose :) He is pretty much defining part of the videogames industry.

some can,t w8 for it

Posted 23:55 on 26 September 2008

Wido

Awesome interview with Peter Molyneux, and with that Pub glitch on which I keep hearing about. And Peter not excatly answering your answer fully, but it does indicate it was probably place there for a purpose. And they could be some hints that in the main game itself it could have similiar stuff, and it would be harder.

Posted 20:12 on 26 September 2008

Pink-eye

Yeah Fable 2 will be awesome and molyneux is one of the few ture legends in the industry, true gamers(aka non-fanboys) owe it to themselves to get fable 2, even if it means buying a 360(though if u r a hardcore gamer i guess u already have one!!)

Posted 17:21 on 26 September 2008