Fable

[Pidesco]

Rule 1.

 

Never buy into any hype ever, for anything.

 

Except sex. It really is that good. If it isn't, it means you are just not doing it right.

 

 

 

Carry on.

[@\NightandtheShape/@]

True, but Peter did outright lie what you would be able to do in Fable.

 

NWN2 Horses? All companies do this early on in the dev cycle.

 

Which is why they shouldn't say anything about the game til everything is certain.

 

Then nothing would be said about a game for a very long time.

 

Don't buy the hype.

[Sand]

Then nothing would be said about a game for a very long time.

 

I can live with that. Say nothing about a game, beyond that it is being made, till you reach the three month mark of its release then do a blitzkrieg of advertisements, interviews, and whatnot.

[@\NightandtheShape/@]

Then nothing would be said about a game for a very long time.

 

I can live with that. Say nothing about a game, beyond that it is being made, till you reach the three month mark of its release then do a blitzkrieg of advertisements, interviews, and whatnot.

 

That's sorta the problem, alot can change in 3 months, you'd probably not be able to really talk about a game properly until its gone gold, which is sort of the case now.

[Tale]

I would more support Sand being blindfolded and thrown into a soundproof room over developer's never discussing their plans with their customer base for potential feedback.

[@\NightandtheShape/@]

I would more support Sand being blindfolded and thrown into a soundproof room over developer's never discussing their plans with their customer base for potential feedback.

 

Throwing sand blindfolded into a soundproof room... AMAZING idea, why didn't I think of it eh?

[Sand]

EEEEEEEEEEEK!

 

*runs and hides*

[Calax]

you know, for once I'd like a game where you are a god. And the controls aren't as clunky as those in B&W

[Tale]

you know, for once I'd like a game where you are a god. And the controls aren't as clunky as those in B&W

You haven't played a JRPG or the KOTOR games?

 

The ability to slaughter entire armies with a wave of your hand or punch reality until it shatters seems a bit godlike.

[Pidesco]

you know, for once I'd like a game where you are a god. And the controls aren't as clunky as those in B&W

 

Populous. Of course, the controls are a tad dated.

[Calax]

you know, for once I'd like a game where you are a god. And the controls aren't as clunky as those in B&W

You haven't played a JRPG or the KOTOR games?

 

The ability to slaughter entire armies with a wave of your hand or punch reality until it shatters seems a bit godlike.

except there your still able to be killed.

 

I guess the god complex is why I play Dynasty Warriors. That's the closest I've ever come to being a god of death.

[Tale]

except there your still able to be killed.

You really have not played a KOTOR.

[Tigranes]

In KOTOR you're like a semi-God. It's okay if you die, but if everyone around you dies too, then you die!

[Oerwinde]

you know, for once I'd like a game where you are a god. And the controls aren't as clunky as those in B&W

 

As would I. And it shouldn't be a real-time strategy game with resource gathering and such. A semi-RPG would be cool, based around the Greek pantheon. You're an up an coming god and have to gain followers and cause trouble for mortals and such. Maybe spawn a couple superpowered progeny by mortal women and guide them as they grow, or completely ignore them as you see fit.

 

Spore looks like it will come closest to the all powerful god type game though.

[Pidesco]

How about Sacrifice?

[Zero]

True, but Peter did outright lie what you would be able to do in Fable.

 

 

Not to mention they didn't do a damn thing to clarify that things had changed till after the release. They never reconfirmed information, but they neither denied it. And their strategy in marketing was the one where they wrote dev diaries that do not tell you any information, they just went on and on about their subjective experience in the game as opposed to any features. They also released vague hints of things that just left the audience bewildered.

 

There was a competing hero bit in a some point. And until release (basically), we hear nothing of it, but we get a few shots of concept art featuring some of the heroes. Leaving the fanbase in a real limbo.

 

The only things I remember them telling us early on that there would be no jumping, shields, and horses. But other than that they really didn't address any of the larger issues promised.

Edited September 15, 2007 by Zero

[Blarghagh]

I remember playing a game a while ago where you were a god and you could create planets and populate them with different races and they would kill each other. It was horribly designed with nearly no actual gameplay, though. It felt a bit like a board game.

[Pidesco]

I just remembered that in Megalomania you played a god.

[Pop]

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[@\NightandtheShape/@]

Too true... thanks Pop!

[Oerwinde]

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Oh god why had I not heard of him before... just finished watching all his escapist stuff, comedy gold.

[Tale]

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Oh god why had I not heard of him before... just finished watching all his escapist stuff, comedy gold.

PLAY HIS ADVENTURE GAMES!

 

He's not just a critic, he's a dev.

Edited September 17, 2007 by Tale