Did Lionhead Drop the Ball on Fable 2 Co-Op?

It appears that Fable 2 may not quite live up to the hype. In fact, according to Co-Optimus, it looks like we've all been misled as to how the cooperative mode actually functions. Players are unable to bring their character into their friend's game, instead they are stuck with a pseudo random henchman character. To make matters worse there are reports of save damaging bugs and camera glitches.

[TheNewerGuy]

period.

[Keele]

It wasn't even hype. They misunderstood what he meant and thought coop was differently.

[TheNewerGuy]

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[Keele]

Then show me where Peter Molyneux stated it. He never did.

You're just acting as if you know crap when you don't.

[Killjoy3000]

On couch co-op, they most definately did. They would've been better off making it split screen.

[aceitman]

get high scores with this and with out them trying co-op hhhmmmm is it that money was in invovled with fable reviews ???????????????? i wont look past that its just funny how many reviews came at once and all where high iv played it and its not what it should be just a fable 1.5 too me theres issues with camera angles and getting stuck in some places plus graphics are not next gen . im actuallly dissapointed in this game

[Sexius Maximus]

Well, if SOCOM can supposedly be fixed with a patch, I imagine these issues can be too. No worries, the game still rocks.

[Pennywise]

sexius... socom is being punished in reviews before its patch. This game should be too. The reviews are fake! ;P

[falviousuk]

Or it could just be the FACT that the coop part is not in the retail packaging and the reviewers are reviewing what they have.

The coop will be available as a DLC on the day of launch. So the reviewers dont have that part yet.

[Xandet]

Yeah.. seems a little convenient that the online co-op suddenly became unavailable just in time for reviewers to play the game. Whatever.. Fable was my favorite Xbox game, so I'm sure I'll love this one regardless, despite sh!t-tastic and disappointing co-op.

[Killjoy3000]

Whoa whoa whoa I'm not saying it's a bad game, It's AWESOME!!

[rawd]

Did Lionhead Drop the Ball on Fable 2 Co-Flop?

[TheNewerGuy]

nice

[ramiuk1]

co-op on fable 2 is not the same as others,infact the person you play co-op with appears as a ghost in your game, lol.
it bullploop.
game is crap anyways,i was stuck halfway down a hill for about 5 minutes while farting constantly.

i looked forward to this game since last one and im really gutted i dont like it.

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Really? because i bought it this morning and have been playing it for almost 5 hours straight.

Level 5 blacksmith FTW!

[Crazywhitie]

***ThatCanadianguy420***

"Level 5 blacksmith FTW!"

You bastard, I've been messing with that for awhile not lol Takes forever.. Congrats

[tehReaper]

All Lionhead said was that you could bring earnings and experience back after playing co-op with someone, to your own world. That's it.

Can't say that I wouldn't rather have the actual character though.

[PotNoodle]

A peter molyneux game not living up to the hype? I'd never of guessed :P

I'm still looking forward to its uk release here on friday, i'd never use co-op anyway.

[Pennywise]

Seriously?? This is horrible and kind of upsetting. Only xbox game that interested me, just lost me.

Why arent the Xbox boys in here defending this? Is this really how it works? I dont want to play some random henchman that builds nothing towards my char.

I wish blizz would just release D3 on consoles so I can be happy.

[u got owned]

"Why aren't the Xbox boys in here defending this?"

Because there is nothing to defend. The game is not perfect well guess what, no game is. BTW, im buying it after work and i can't wait.

[kooplar]

only ur character model is diferent. all the gold and exp you aquire pass onto your real game if your the henchmen.The host decides the split of the gold and xp between the 2 players

[Pennywise]

Well its cool that the exp/gold stay with you... too bad all the char customization is for nothing in coop. I'm sure they will patch it.

Dont be so mad arrgghh you still have your PS2 graphics henchman by your side... just dont forget to reward him for his time.

[Voozi]

Wait wtf, we cant even play as our own character in a friends co op...wow...lame...

*goes back to single player & tells friend bad news in private chat*

this sucks lol...

[ben806]

i kinda assumed that playing as a 'henchman' in co-op mode did mean a henchman character (like from the first game) rather than your own individual character

[KieranS]

I bought it today and Ive been playing it non stop since. I think its ace tbh.

[Xandet]

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/s...

If this happens to me, I'll be f**king pissed. Get most of the original LE stuff taken away, then not receive the codes for the only thing worth-while in the damn thing now? Hell no. M$/Lionhead/whoever needs to buck the f**k up!

[mariusmal]

i read the ign review and complained about it a lot. anyway i think im gonna get this game cause the co op was not the main feature for me. but i think they should have done better.

[LeonSKennedy4Life]

Well, that is a bit upsetting...but I think most people will play it by themselves anyway.

I mean, Warhawk was beaten down for focusing on its incredible multi-player (to which they've added a lot of content for), Ratchet & Clank got a bad review for having "too much variety", and Metal Gear Solid 4 got a couple bad reviews for having such an intricate storyline...but we shouldn't punish Fable II for screwing up something that was promised to us...

...right?

I still think the game will be good, but seriously? That's just cruel.

[Pennywise]

Shhh the bots will cry the blood of Peter Molyneux

[NBA09TheInsideFlop]

the only thing dropped where the scum droids as children... on their head.

[MetalProxy]

The co-op is the main reason I would have bought it. Go ahead and spin, spin, spin into what ever makes it alright.

[eagle21]

Seems like this was a last minute addition.

[shovelbum]

Xbox owners are not in here defending it because they are too bust playing the game. Sorry just had to... I would be playing but kids have ball games in few minutes. Admittedly I have not opened my copy yet but I plan on a nice night with it. As for the co-op, I am certain that a patch will be upcoming because this is just unacceptable in the current state. However I look forward to playing co-op with my brother and putting the moves on his wife.

[pumpkinpunker]

However, if it is such a big deal then how come no critics gave Too Human credit for getting co-op right the first time?

I'm so sick of the double-standards with gaming journalism. I read the review that gave Fable 2 a 78 and the reasons given just didn't ammount to such a low score, most of them were very nit-picky and then I read a couple more reviews from Daily Game and realized the site was a joke and none of their review scores make any sense compared to the general consensus on a game. For example, they gave Mass Effect an 80. I mean give me a break. Get out of business Daily Game.

[GWAVE]

Lionhead promised one thing and delivered so much less. Not only did they remove online co-op from the final version (to be included at a later date), but they totally destroyed anything that could be cool about the co-op at all.

Don't even defend Lionhead. There's no excuse. We were led to believe that we would be able to bring OUR character into another person's game world. We were led to believe that Fable 2 would "change the way we play co-op games". Yeah right. It's like Mario fanboys claiming that Super Mario Galaxy has fun co-op.

I'll be playing some REAL co-op games like Little Big Planet and Gears 2 instead. Skip Fable 2. It's such a failure (and yes, I've played it since midnight last night when it launched).

[dirtrider]

i see the ps3 faithful are trying to put down the whole game cause of this. sorry ya precious socom didnt work out to well, but theres no reason for you dudes to come in here with ya bs. you see this is a rpg menaing it was made from the ground up to be a single player game- im sure they will fix this "issue" with the coop. no reason for you tards to come in here bashing this game because ya feelings are still hurt over socom. it isnt like this game cant be 100% enjoyed without co-op or internet. sorry you guys have failed to me trying to bash this game over something like this- let me say it one more time IT IS A RPG!!! peace

[THWIP71]

EVERYTHING the author complains he was "mislead" about, was covered EXTENSIVELY in multiple interviews with Peter, and other LS employees. If you don't know what the fvck you're talking about...then don't bother commenting. Sheesh. :o

[Figboy]

implies that the co-op is complete rubbish and broken.

the co-op is most certainly flawed, but it's playable.

it's not quite Balder's Gate: Dark Alliance playable (ie, the camera in Fable 2 is constantly trying to be behind you, which means that the second player has to be in sync with you at ALL times, or they'll get lost off screen), but it's playable.

my other complaint is not being able to actually play as my hero. i'd like to be able to buy and change clothes/hair color/weapons, and keep it all when i go back to my new game. playing as miscellaneous henchman # 2 is lame.

me and my fiance have had our frustrations, but we're having a good time playing with one another.

now, if Lionhead wants to patch it and improve it (a split screen option would be AWESOME) i'm all for it, but to say they "dropped the ball," isn't quite correct.

i think they made some poor design choices, but it's not a complete shambles. i think gamers are too damn spoiled these days, so that when ONE THING, isn't to their perfect standards, they rush to their blogs to b*tch and moan about it. no game is going to be perfect, and while i wholeheartedly support voicing our complaints to the devs/publishers, i think the gaming populace tends to suffer from "knee jerk, blow everything out of proportion" reactive tendencies.