We take a look at the latest title from Lionhead Games, Fable 3. It says something about Peter Molyneux's boundless PR charisma that this game turned out to be an unexpected disappointment.

Lionhead seems attached to this idea of being able to interact with every person in the world, but by offering this level of freedom they essentially shoot themselves in the foot because what they can’t provide is a unique personality for every NPC. Albion’s inhabitants are uniformly bland, uninteresting characters, who will fall in love with you after two conversations, then agree to marry you if you go and pick up their laundry from the dry cleaners. The Expression system makes this whole affair extra ridiculous, because instead of talking you have to play pat-a-cake or flex your muscles or some other pointless bullshit that just makes you want to bash your head against a rock.

MattyJWest via armchairdiplomat.com »