Game-Breaking Fable 2 Bug Reported

1up.com writes: Even after yesterday's word of freezing issues, it seems that Fable 2 is still struggling with a few bugs, reports Xbox 360 Fanboy. These two seem even more dire than yesterday's report, possibly breaking the game or wiping out gold and experience.

The first occurs during the "Monk's Quest" mission, in which players need to speak to the Abbot of the Temple of Light in Oakfield. If players leave the temple before finishing the conversation with the Abbot, they are unable to resume the quest -- which means they can't finish the game. The second bug occurs when a "Hero" player go into co-op mode with a player still in the "childhood" phase of the game. Apparently the Hero character will have his or her experience and gold completely wiped out this way, which is a pretty brutal punishment for playing with a less experienced friend.

Lionhead is working on a title update to fix both issues (and, we can hope, the freezing), but for now advises players to finish the conversation with the Abbot and to only play co-op with people who have finished the childhood stage. We'll keep you updated on when to expect an update, and if we hear any other bugs gnawing at this big fall release.

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

ROFL!!!!

[ActionBastard]

At least there are workarounds, right?

[johnnywit]

My game froze during a save in brightwood. Now every time I load my game it goes to a black screen. I would have used a previous save game like most RPGs have but the geniuses at lionhead thought it best to have one saved game per character. 6 hours gone.

[Lifendz]

before console games could be patched? Hope they get the fix out soon. Games sounds great from all the scores I've seen thus far.

[bouncybullet]

I haven't had a single issue with this game after 50 hours of play.

It seems like an auto save feature is needed.

I save every hour or 2.

[nirwanda]

I'm having a lot of problems with the sound I have it set up in 2 channels stereo though my tv and it misses loads of effects like sword swings and hit connecting etc., it only seemed to happen since a co-op game and I haven't been back to try it again co-op ran smooth though except the sound

[RPG Guy]

And yet this scores 89 on metacritic while SOCOM gets thrashed. Consistent critics FTW!

[rroded]

esp gamebreaking ones really anyone who puts one out should b sued silly. Bad nough gamers have to put up with endless updates and bugs but this is too much.

[Deviant]

Every game got bugs.
Fable 2 , Gears, Resistance 2 ....do u really think these games are flawless ?
Seems like ppl are struggling to find real news.

[FantasyStar]

Resistance 2 has bugs? where? I want your early copy.

[Nineball2112]

If I had the game, I know I'd want some information about what to avoid to cause a game-breaking bug or how to avoid a huge loss of experience and gold.

I'm pretty sure this constitutes "real news".

[divideby0]

that is the problem....Gamers with attitudes willing to accept this crap...Socom is a total mess, GOW has issues and now Fable. My customers would be all over me if I gave them crappy work products like these developers are giving to us. Not one of my customers would accept a shoddy work product

[Deviant]

no R2 is perfect -.-

[Lifendz]

nice try buddy. Could you maybe provide a link that doesn't pertain to a bug within the BETA.

[FantasyStar]

I don't doubt your logic that no game is without its bugs. I just want to know if R2 has any bugs in it that's threatening. Im' not trying to sound offensive, I just want to know if there's any bugs I should look out for or any exp bugs I need to keep an eye on. You make it sound like you already got a copy of R2, so that's why.

[InMyOpinion]

All PS3 games are bug-free and perfect. I thought you knew?

[kazuma]

funny thing is ur clearly making comparisons between two games who are out/gold and have freaking lame bugs, and a game that has an open beta and still isn't final. good call lol

[Chuck Norris]

Arcade owners get shafted again.

[Lord Shuhei Yoshida]

Chuck Norris has spoken

[UltimateIdiot911]

I wonder, if some many games need patching, wouldn't this hurt the arcade owners.
Unless it's all a conspiracy. leave a flaw that requires patching and then after a few patches, arcade owners will have to buy HDD. With the crazy price for a HDD, Microsoft will get millions.

[MiloGarret]

Wow, MS must have a lot of evil geniuses in their staff. First they pay off almost every developer in existence to go multiplat, then make the 360 versions of these games better (not all but almost), then they bribe every reviewer in the world to give xbox 360 games higher scores and ps3 games lower scores. Now they are releasing flawed games on purpose so that people will have to buy a hdd to patch them. Wow, just wow. They sure have been busy... Hugh guys?

Somebody deserves a promotion!

[Drekken]

LIES!!! This game is the definition of perfect... 360 exclusive.

[quiquitos]

how can something like this slip past developers isn't that why they have people constantly bug testing games for. I mean like someone said above we are now flooded with endless patches for games that are just not finished its just getting ridiculous, this is a AAA tittle made by a company that knows what its doing. Sure they can release a patch but what if u have people that have no broadband access what to they do just settle for some half finished game.

soz for the long post but its just really annoying when things like this happen

[sajj316]

Game breaker bugs should never hit the public. This is why you QA the crap out of a title before release. I can understand a glitch or two or ten but not these types of bugs. Darn shame. I will not buy Fable 2 until these bugs are fixed.

[fafoon]

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[MvmntInGrn]

How long has this game been in development? It should be alot more polished.

Thats just a fact.

Everyone expected a delay to 09 and at this point maybe it should have gotten it.

[Raoh]

LMFAO

Too Human

Fable 2

if i remember correctly the camera and framerate on Ninja Gaiden 2 was broken so they released a patch 3 months later.

frame rate drops in some of the 360 rpg games. pop in issues on gta4

etc

my point is had this all been on the ps3, the internet would have swooped in like vultures to slam the console....... but here it is and i'm just not seeing the n4g and other sites do the same to microsoft that they do to sony..

interesting indeed.................

[Pennywise]

Didnt you get the note from Peter M. - BE NICE TO THIS GAME.

[Captain Tuttle]

Some framerate drops but nothing too bad. Now I'm nervous though...don't want to lose my character. I've got a pretty good business empire going.

[rawd]

Can I get some extra Fable 2 flop sauce on my 360 failburger please

[fafoon]

Extra Feeble Bug Flavored RRoD Sauce
Will that do !!!

[rawd]

My favorite!

[Ice2ms]

Ok I like Fable 2 But im a n00b at so can anyone answer me these questions

1) Is there armour or just clothes

2) Anyway to turn that gold road light thing up

3) How Long is the game - ****SPOILER**** im after getting that girl monk hero

4) Is there more spells ie. things like assassins rush and more from fable 1 (there seems to be only about 10 atm)

5) Is the collectors edition anything more than the Master Chief Stuff ?

Thanks

[Snukadaman_]

1> i think its just clothes....i dont know yet i only wear the halo outfit.
2>options but i didnt see no difference imo
3>im at the crucible. there are 2 more people you are trying to recruit so take that as you will...been taking my time trying to get every chest and dam gargoyle so i been playing for 12 hours allready.
4>im not buying any new spells so i dont know.
5>theres a dungeon in bloodstone, supposedly a cutlass but i dont see it.

[Teknique1988]

at the sony casual gamers that are hovering over the 360 section like a hawk i can see why you casual gamers are upset sense their isnt anything to play on your crappy system keep waiting for little big delay so you can hype up another FAILED garbage game=)

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||it seems the xbox 360 can not handle fable 2||

[funkysolo]

it's not news about games it's news about sh1t we found in games. All previews here are just the negatives found in games and never really speaks the actuall experiance. all 3 console makers have issues, Ms has hardware and nickel and diming, Sony has idiots running the company and Socom is a piece of sh1t. What morons are responsible for a game like socom to be release like this. Sony had the easiest job this generation and only idiots could have ruin it. Nintendo wii, i wish i could get my money back......

[dukadork]

they get another overhyped flop and we get LBP!
we live in a world full of inequalities
BWAAAAAAAAAA HA AHA HA HA HA!

[UKnowY]

I skipped the convo with the abbott without that happening but the only thing that has been annoying for me is that i cant play coop & i keep dropping off xbox live every 5 mins. Only during fable? loving the game tho just wish i could stay online while i play!

[GWAVE]

I'm not surprised. They've been tempting fate more and more by cramming more and more content onto those DVD9 disks. A lot of 360 games suffer from slowdowns, glitches, long load times, texture pop-in, and issues like that. Ironically, the most "stable" games are the 3rd-party games like CoD4 and Bioshock. Now, the PS3 suffers from long load times and slowdowns, too, but not to the same degree as the 360. Apparently, Gears 2 also has a fair amount of bugs (and the "bigger, better, badder" graphics aren't all they're cracked up to be, either).

People compare screenshots between PS3 and 360 all the time, but no one compares overall quality. When you compare the pretty games on the PS3 (MGS4, Uncharted, R&CF:ToD, Gran Turismo) with the pretty games on the 360 (Mass Effect, Gears, Halo), the PS3 looks and runs better. That's just a fact.

[MetalProxy]

Ouch...those are some pretty mean bugs. Sure glad I am waiting to buy/rent this game. Hopefully there will be a patch to fix those issues...oh wait the 360 is perfect and dont get patchs, sigh.

[rhood022]

I just experienced a glitch that I haven't read about and it forced me to restart the game. I'm pissed.

I just finished the Crucible and went back to finish up some quests, buy some property, etc. When I fast traveled back to Oakfield, I decided to partake in the "Protect the Light" quest--the one where you go to the Wellspring Cave to weed out the Shadow-monks.

In the third room, I defeated the boss and, as he was dying he tried to fall off the pedestal he clipped through it. The screen started to stutter and then I was outside of the Cave. I checked to see if the quest was completed and it didn't show up in the menu. I assumed it was.

So I spent a few hours buying property and doing odd jobs, which saves after you complete them. Well, when I decided it was time to go back to the dock and head to the Spire, I opened the menu to fast-travel back to Hanna's location. But the quest wasn't in the menu. In fact, my quests with the exception of "The Sculptor" and "Donate to the Light" was gone. After a few minutes, I restarted and loaded up my saved game. Same thing. The quests were gone.

After an hour and nearly 30 attempts at a restart, which included a lot of swears aimed at Lionhead Studios, I gave up resigned to the fact that I'd have to restart the game.

[weezy12]

microsoft you wanna have some public betas maybe if your not gonna pay for the proper amount of play testers seems like the gamer is the play tester now days rather than actually coming out with games that arnt broken these are major glitches starting a whole hero over is unacceptable

[monkey602]

I was concidering buying this today along with Dead Space but decided to just get the one. I'll get this later when its been fixed and I've finished one or two runs through dead space

[PirateThom]

It's a shame such a great game has so many bugs.

I was playing earlier and I lost all control of my character, he just froze dead and wouldn't move until I was hit by an enemy, and this happened TWICE on the same stretch of road!

Sometimes, for no apparent reason, the game's framerate will crawl. Even if nothing is happen, the framerate more or less dies. Sometimes the framerate dies when I'm doing a job, so I sometimes miss the first "meter".

I also don't think the game is tracking my income from shops and rented homes when the game is turned off, but I keep forgetting to check, but it doesn't seem to be rising much and I have no outgoing money for wives.

Luckily nothing game ruining (touch wood), but some really annoying elements.

It's kind of annoying that my two favourite 360 games (Mass Effect and Fable 2) are marred with so many bugs and glitches.

[shawnsl65]

i got this one odd bug where i was on the road and my foot got stuck into it, like my body fell into the ground to the knee cap. It was odd. although i can still turn but just couldn't continue to move forward. ah well good thing i didn't buy my copy =X. where're all the fanboys to defend the thread? least my dead space is still running smooth~

[shawnsl65]

i like the "good evil" system in fable2, it'd be cool if final fantasy versus will have something like that but greatly improve it.. like say if you kill innocent people, the entire story line can change, depending on what you do you'll have a different gameplay and ending. too bad that's just too much of a hassle and time consuming for any video game developers to do. here's a tip for those who've downloaded it or actually bought it, don't walk on paths where the pixel are the same color as your boots, you might get your foot stuck inside the ground like i did.