Msxbox No Kinect for Fable III

Msxbox World caught up with Lionhead's Ted Timmins in an exclusive interview, including the discussion of Kinect and if Fable III will use the technology.

[Godmars290]

So after Molyneux more than hinted that it would be featured in the game, its not?

What's the point of allowing devs to over-hype their own titles again?

[Boy3000]

Perhaps it has to do with the timing, the launch of Kinect. Maybe they were actually planning for an early Kinect release like rumors were saying.

[ryuzu]

Nothing to do with launch - it's because you can't use Kinect while sitting....

Games like Fable require hours of invested time - no one will stand up for that long lol.

Big blow to MS claims for new controller paradigm though. This is the only big name 1st Party game they've got, and it won't support their "revolution in gaming"....

r.

[DelbertGrady]

That rumor was debunked.

http://xbox360.ign.com/arti...

It's a retarded argument. As long as you don't use your feet in the game why wouldn't it work while sitting down? I don't see any reason for it not to.

I also think Lionhead are developing a game exclusively for Kinect parallell to Fable 3. Molyneux has expressed his interest for it earlier on.

[Games4M - Rob]

Well my guess as to why it wouldnt work is that Kinect would have to recognise the various different slouching couch/chair positions as a neutral position and then be able to translate that movement (which is no longer a standard front facing skeleton) into the movement required by the game.

Basically, it would have to instinctively know that when im lying down on the couch (my favourite gaming position) that my up and down arm movements are actually side to side movements.

[Reibooi]

It's Molyneux ffs. He would say the disc was printed on pure gold if he thought it would help sell a few copies. The guy makes a million and a half promises he never delivers on.

[HolyOrangeCows]

Promises an ocean, gives us a puddle.

The last current known plan for a hardcore application of Kinect....*FLUSH*

[Spenok]

I wish it werent so, to bad thats what he does with all of his games. Though there generally worth playing.

[Anarki]

You taken the words out of my mouth.. What a joke...

[WrAiTh Sp3cTr3]

I like the Fable franchise as a whole(Fable was amazing, Fable 2 was...ok), but Molyneux seems to think he is on the same level as Miyamoto, or thats the kind of impression I get from him.

[Snakefist30]

First Halo Then Gears And This.Now Tats The Reason Y Kinect Sucks.I guess Kinect is For Casual gamer not for the hardcore gamer.

[Boy3000]

I donr remeber MS saying that there would be Kinect for Reach or Gears...

[Wizziokid]

I'm sure he previously said that it would feature kinect mini-games

[cellypower]

I guess Kinect is not for the hardcore gamer.

[wazzim]

Motion control is for casual gamers.

[NecrumSlavery]

Metroid Prime
House of the Dead: OVERKILL
MadWorld
Resident Evil 4: Wii Edition
No More Heroes
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Sorcery
Killzone 3
SOCOM 4
Heavy Rain
Dead Space Extration

^^^ these titles tell us that motion and hardcore can work together.

[Omega4]

Considering this will be out before Kinect its kinda obvious it won't have the features right away

[Qui-Gon Jim]

They said there are no plans for it. They are not ruling out the possibility, but there are no plans for it.

[darrensworld]

Haha, Omega man, you have an answer for everything! LOL

[lodossrage]

not EVERY game needs motion control and not EVERY game should have it tacked on just to say "we can use it".

[Nihilism]

Kinect is off to a great start, I mean just look at all the great titles that are taking advantage off it...

Then again, Nintendo didn't exactly come out swinging with the wii line up and it's made them $$$$$$

[cyclindk]

Fable = Molyneux
Molyneux = Natal/Kinect promoter

but

Fable NOT = Natal/Kinect?

weird..., BUT I do support the idea that Kinect should NOT be forced upon games for which they were not specifically designed to be utilized in the first place.

[Independent_Charles]

im getting F3 anyway cause its differant

[Qui-Gon Jim]

It will never be announced that it won't happen, but as time goes on people's hopes of it ever happening will die down until nobody expects it anymore.

*sigh*... I miss "firefly."

[notmushroom]

Well, even if it does end up in the game, I hope its purely optional and isn't key to the story. I love Fable and can't wait for Fable III, but I don't intend to get Kinect.

[labwarrior]

Even better news then, since would take time to make it work best, and at lauch would have just been rushed

Also the fact that they work on Milo, a Kinect hardcore and important game that will show how muchbetter Kinect is than anything else, means that they have the base and experience to make some amazing use in Fable in future

best of news

[shqype]

Seriously? You're trying to pass MILO, a scripted AI meant to interact with children and casual gamers, as a "hardcore and important game?"

Am I the only one who sees a problem there?

[Patrick]

Milo? Hardcore? Are you talking about the same Milo I am thinking of? The one with the lady talking to a creepy kid and supposedly caring about him like he were real? You know, that turned out to be completely fake and scripted even though they were acting like it wasnt? The same Milo that they have never shown again but are promising its soooo great.. so great they wont show it? Nah.. cant be the same one.. that would just be stupid for you to boast about a game... slash that, an idea of a game that may or may not work as promised or be real.

On topic: Not suprised that Kinect wont work for fable, it barely works for the simple (very little interaction needed) games they have now.

[AliTheBrit19]

THANK YOU, GOD...I mean, Darwin? Lols

So happy about this, I loved Fable II, and I can't wait for Fable III, But screw this motion control crap.

The idea that I would be missing out on content because I didn't buy/use Kinect was killing me :)

[jay2]

Lionhead saw sense, thank god for that.

[shqype]

When the Kinect was criticized for being all casual and no hardcore, the response from some was "just wait until Fable 3 comes out."

It appears Kinect really is NOT for the hardcore.

[JasonW1972]

How is this an exclusive interview? Timmins was available to all of the press at E3.

[YourFlyness]

Sucks they dont use Blu-RAY ON 360. Developers on PS3 will be putting a Move version and a Dual Shock 3 version on one Disc.

[Qui-Gon Jim]

Move is just an alternate control scheme, it doesn't need that much space. Sony is just talking up blu-ray to differentiate themselves from their competitors. It's not like there's two whole versions of the game on the disc, it's a simple matter of mapping the controls differently.

[shqype]

QuiGonJim is right.

You are getting it confused with the 3D versions of games that will be on the same disc.

[tiamat5]

What's a matter Molyneux? Can back up your claims? If the Kinect is so good why AREN'T YOU USING IT FOR Fable? I though Microsoft said there would be hardcore games for the Kinect as well?