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Molyneux talks about Fable II's flaws

Twisted | September 15, 2008 | News | XBOX 360

Peter Molyneux, the boss of Lionhead, talks about Fable II's flaws. He says the game has not so great lip syncing, the animation can be a bit dodgy, and the player's dog gets a bit fractured sometimes, to list a few things.

However, he is very proud of the game, and has previously rated it 9/10.

Incredibly frank Lionhead boss Peter Molyneux has listed his dislikes and flaws in Fable II... before the game's even in the shops.

"Pretty bad" lip-syncing, the odd "low spot" and occasions when the players' dog can get "a bit fractured", are among Molyneux's criticisms of the Fable sequel, he told CVG.

The shock honesty outburst from the game designer comes just weeks after he said he'd give his game "9 out of 10" in an interview with Xbox World 360.

"There are low spots in the game and it's no one's fault that these low spots are there, it's just that there's a lot to this game," Molyneux said. "You've got to remember that we're not building a corridor game here where you can say 'right, in one hour fifteen minutes, someone's going see that light and we're going make that light like this.'

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tallteen86 | September 15, 2008

Meh, at least he is admitting there are problems.

Yeah, from what I have seen, I think I'll be quite satisfied with the game.....Fable I (though I didn't finish it) was a pretty solid game, so this should be much better.
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  Livewire_19 | September 16, 2008
  
  How did you not finish it?
  Its like 10 hours long.
  Also I agree that it's good to know about the bugs ahead of time so people can set their expectations accordingly, and not whine and complain about these bugs later.
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    tallteen86 | September 16, 2008
    
    Short attention span. I probably got a new game before I finished it. I did some of the sidequests (It was The Lost Chapters BTW)...
    
    I am probably plenty strong to beat it no prob.....
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      Zero and X | September 16, 2008
      
      I beat Fable a good 4 times before I traded it in, dude its really short, just beat it.
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Bunnyburn | September 16, 2008

Molyneux is a strange guy. I barely know him, but for some reason I have a strange respect for him. And if these are the biggest flaws, then this game will be amazing.
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  Seproth | September 16, 2008
  
  Yeah, I think it's the fact that he likes talking about his games. As opposed to other companies. Rockstar being the worst who try to keep everything but the logo a secret.
  
  It's a good way to let your hype get out of control i.e. original Fable. However, I find it quite refreshing.
  
  He's also pretty funny which helps.
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Big Willie | September 16, 2008

I do like all of his games and feel that he is very passionate about what he does. However, I think this is him learning from his mistakes with the first Fable. He hyped it so much that people were really disappointed when it finally hit store shelves.