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I'll get some impressions tonight but I'm wondering if I can make babies and then kill them. You know, taboo stuff. I'm also wondering if there's an achievement to get every STD in the game.  On a more serious note... looking forward to playing! |
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schild
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Been playing it. Dog eats my ass. I'm playing an evil little bitch who will go a-rampaging. After I buy a town that is.
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Rasix
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I'll be playing it. I suppose you all have YARRR copies or has the street date been broken some where?
I actually liked Fable 1 a lot. I didn't pay a lot of attention to the hype, so I wasn't overly disappointed in what I played. Unless the reviews completely savage this, I'll pick it up.
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All I can say about Fable 2 is that it feels way too unresponsive. I don't know how that was possible given how responsive the first one felt. Everything feels pretty fucking sluggish.
But I'm having fun, so whatever. Of course, I'm evil, so yea.
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Lantyssa
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Oh, it released. When is it coming out for PC?
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Rasix
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Oh, it released. When is it coming out for PC?
Release date is 10/21 for 360. Not sure if you're expressing mild surprise or a fact. PC version, didn't find anything really with a cursory glance at the intarwebs. |
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schild
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No PC version announced yet and no it isn't released yet.
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Yoru
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If it's like Fable 1, the PC version will come out a year from now. If it's a LOT like Fable 1, it'll also have a bunch of extra content, but I wouldn't bet money on that.
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Strazos
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I was tempted to "sign this out" from my GS tonght, but my Store Manager said no.
Also, does MS still nuke your XBL account if you break street dates?
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Paelos
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No PC version announced yet and no it isn't released yet.
They hate us, don't they? This is another example of a game coming out that I went "Hey, neat!" Then I immediately saw I couldn't play it on my computer. |
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LK
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Too unresponsive is right. Inventory system is dick. The "on rails" element of Fable I is present though not as insanely bad. It takes freaking forever to open chests and dig holes. Earning money in the game is tedious and dull. Combat as a ranged character is *easy*. AI is stupid if I hit them from range as they will stand there and take it.
It's a solid 8.
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NiX
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Unresponsive, dick inventory, shitty AI, on rails, one of the necessities for playing the game is tedious and it gets an 8?
Maybe I need to play it to understand.
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Strazos
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but but but....The game has condoms in it. Condoms!  |
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schild
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The only reason the game would get an 8 but be a shitty game at the same time is because a lot of the design is good, it's just an unpolished nightmare.
It's hard to explain. It's kind of like Diablo 2 on launch day. Good luck getting it to run, but if it ran right you know exactly how awesome it would be.
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LK
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Fable II is the bare minimum of quality I expect from games, but their UI designers need to be taken out back and shot in the head. For example, to donate gold at a temple, you have to hit the up arrow until you get the right amount which could amount to 60 seconds spent just trying to make a five digit donation (slooooowly ramps up) instead of being able to enter the ten thousands, thousands, hundreds, etc.
I've had the game freeze on my several times as well, and the game is riddled with bugs. So I'm going to get 1k achievement points then close the book on this one.
The solid 8 comes from the possibilities of fucking around with the game world.
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Signe
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Why would this game have condoms? What do you people do with it?!?
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NiX
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The solid 8 comes from the possibilities of fucking around with the game world.
I think I missed the day we rated games on possibilities. Probably why I ignore reviews. |
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schild
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It's not possibilities - flat out, the game is fun despite being a technically depressing piece of trash. It's fun IN SPITE OF ITSELF.
It's amazing really, that Molyneux can manage this. But then, Samwise (i think) loves Black and White for the same reasons. And Fable 1 was fun despite the fact the story was a piece of shit and it was basically an on-rails RPG with demon doors. I mean, the guy just can't make a good game in the traditional sense, the fun comes out of accidents.
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I've had the game freeze on my several times as well, and the game is riddled with bugs.
Are you playing a retail copy of the game? |
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Lantyssa
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Why would this game have condoms? What do you people do with it?!?
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Rishathra
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Why would this game have condoms? What do you people do with it?!?
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LK
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I've had the game freeze on my several times as well, and the game is riddled with bugs.
Are you playing a retail copy of the game? Yes. |
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There's a thread on gamefaqs about a guy who accidentally had sex with a Town Crier.
BTW, I'm liking this game. I'm a real estate mogul and make tons of passive income. This is even generated while the game is off.
And the dog doesn't bother me at all, it doesn't play nearly as big a role in the game as it was made out to.
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FatuousTwat
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So, if money is generated even when the game is off, can you just set the date to 2005, buy property, then set the date back to 2008?
Edit: And make lots of money?
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
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schild
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Yes.
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kildorn
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Even being a buggy aspires for greatness fable title, I'm looking forward to this like you wouldn't believe.
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NiX
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There's a thread on gamefaqs about a guy who accidentally had sex with a Town Crier.
Hah, reading that was pretty funny. Tranny surprise! |
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Amarr HM
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It's not possibilities - flat out, the game is fun despite being a technically depressing piece of trash. It's fun IN SPITE OF ITSELF.
It's amazing really, that Molyneux can manage this. But then, Samwise (i think) loves Black and White for the same reasons. And Fable 1 was fun despite the fact the story was a piece of shit and it was basically an on-rails RPG with demon doors. I mean, the guy just can't make a good game in the traditional sense, the fun comes out of accidents.
I have to agree with you here there hasn't been a single Molyneux game worth finishing to my mind. I really wanted to finish Populous II but I would probably still be flattening land against Zeus to this day if I had tried. |
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Khaldun
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I feel so ambivalent about this. Every Molyneux game I've ever bought has alternatively fascinated me for the features that really do stand apart from what other games offer and annoyed the fuck out of me for the unnecessary stupidity of other design decisions in the game. Fable I no less than others.
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LK
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Honestly I have to wonder about the QA here. The most annoying part of the game are the experience orbs that fall through the ground and take forever to suck up into your hero because they have to travel from the dead space underneath the terrain.
However I am impressed with the concepts explored in each person having a unique version of Albion (at least as far as development goes) and being able to see other players in your game without them being able to affect each other. This is a concept that should be explored.
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Excperience bubbles do tend to evaporate way too quickly in a fight, but I'm hardly complaining because I'm near the endgame and have all my Strength and Skill abilities maxed, as well as some of my Will powers even though I only use one of them.
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UnSub
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I feel so ambivalent about this. Every Molyneux game I've ever bought has alternatively fascinated me for the features that really do stand apart from what other games offer and annoyed the fuck out of me for the unnecessary stupidity of other design decisions in the game. Fable I no less than others.
I really wanted to finish Powermonger. Dammit if there wasn't some island that destroyed me every time until I gave up. |
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After the fable I hype bubble burst i am approaching Fable II with a grain of salt. It could be the same game as fable I but with the new live features and i would be happy.
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Sky
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After Fable 1, Molyneux is dead to me. Should've learned from B&W 1.
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LK
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The reviews for this game are depressingly upbeat. Almost slobbering in their fanboism. Hardly any mention to the multiple issues that are so prominent in the game.
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