Lionhead boss (and BAFTA Fellow) Peter Molyneux has admitted that Fable 3 couldn't compete with the industry's best on a technological level - but promised that the franchise's next instalment will "amaze" its audience.
havent we been waiting for this AMAZEMENT since the first Fable?
not to knock the series down, but continually saying the same thing over and over again and dropping the ball doesnt do you any good besides alienating those who were looking forward to what you have made as well as hyped up
Fuck that its all been down hill since Fable 2. Should have just ended it after the first.
I dont think he understands that mojority of people dont give a fuck about a virtual marriage virtual love and virtual children...
I dont wanna hold hands and make people laugh... i want a story that 1. Interesting, and 2. Doesnt fuck me about with bullshit emotion related choices.
Actually fuck it altogether... fable 4 is dead to me
I'm not interested Peter. I learnt my lesson well with Fable 1 and 2, The Movies and Black and White. Not buying Fable 3 seems to have been a wise decision, therefore... the next Fable game won't even be on my radar.
i must admit im a massive fable fan but im agreeing with some of you. i loved fable 1 and 2 but i really had my hopes up for 3 and was let down majorly.
if fable 4 is gonna be another 1 of peters promises then ill just have to judge myself and ignore all build up hype.
and can we have same day release for pc gamers this time.
Frankly, I don't see how that works. If Fable 4 comes out for 360, it'll be it's 3rd iteration this gen.
Now when you think about it like that, you really have no space to criticize as Uncharted, Resistance, Gears of War, Assassin's Creed, and several others are on their third iterations.
So if you say Lionhead is milking, then all these other devs, by guilt by association, are milking as well. Which of course, is simply not true.
He isn't milking it. Every new Fable game has a new feature and plays different than the previous one. They also come out about every 2 years. Milking a game would be something like Call of Duty where each game plays the same and has nothing new to offer and are released every year with the same rehashed content.
Fable 4 should be made for the next Xbox, I think they've taken it as far as they can with current hardware. I would like to see what else they can do with the 360.
I mean conceptually. Fable 3 was as good as it could have possibly been (minus technical issues and difficulty level). I think any new ideas they have should be held back for future hardware.
Besides, we have already had two Fable games on the 360, I would like to see Lionhead do something different. They had some fantastic concepts which never saw the light of day.
Oh man, Peter is always saying the same thing. It started with Blaack & White 2 and he keeps saying that his next game will be amazing. I wonder when he'll say that his next game will makes us his bitches (like Romero did :P )
Honestly though, isn't this kind of a bad time to hype up the next Fable?
You JUST came out the other day and said you fabricated features to keep press folk on their toes.
Do you HONESTLY expect us to just now blindly follow you into oblivion once more on yet ANOTHER Fable game?
Fat chance Petey M. I like you, you're a guy who's very passionate about games, but you've cried wolf WAY too many times. When Fable 4 footage makes it's way out, we'll let you know if we're amazed or not.
peter u duche, after lying about the last 3 games the only thing we should expect is for u to be lying again since u just admitted to lying about the previous games.
if u add actual new features, let every villager be able to attack you instead of -5 with angry smiley next to thier head then MAYBE i might buy ur game when its 15$
Thanks!No need for that.There is atleast 5 rpgs(New Vegas,Two worlds 2, Divinity 2,DA2,ME2) better than fable in the market and 5 more mammoth (Skyrim,witcher 2,deus ex,dark souls,dungeon siege) are coming.Cheap fairy tales are not an option for rpgs anymore.
When Fable 4 fails he will say the same thing. He always says the same thing. Maybe one day he will wake up and realize that there is a huge difference between bravado and reality.
It seems that you are implying that the fable series has failed. to the contrary, the fable series has been fantastic. The last game did not live up to my expectations, but it did not fail, and it was a good game nontheless.
I'm not saying it failed. I'm saying it didn't live up to the hype that Molenuex set for it. He is the one that claims all these awesome things the next game will have and then half the time they are left out or half assed version of what he talked about.
perhaps the guy talks to much, but the important thing is that I have always loved his games.
I love the fable series in particular. Perhaps Fable 3 did no live up to my expectaitons and , yes, it was too easy and short, but I still enjoyed the game a lot.
I will be buying Fable 4 regardless of what you all think of molyneux. He talks too much, but that does not change the fact that he is one of the greatest developers .
Oh please man either get it right or quit making them. Its starting to feel like an experiment than a full retail game.How many fables does it take to get it right seriously.
I don't hate Fable I like it but how can u improve and innovate now? What is your plan? What does it take? And please don't hype, just share us your ideas first. Instead of saying its going to be "amazing"...That speaks for alot of games out there.
Another Fable released......Another Peter M. comment saying "oh gosh I could of done better" and "the next will be better". Only to get the same c+ b- effort of a game.
Hey Pete no more talking the Walk....you gotta actually walk the walk. oh The Witcher 1,2, Elder Scrolls 1,2,3,4,5, and any Oblivion mod say your game sucks and Link is laughing at you.
Don't bother with Fable 3 PC (releasing it the same day as the Witcher 2 is suicide) just go ahead and try to redeem yourself....again with Fable 4 or better yet a new IP
Not sure why so many people bash this man for trying to think outside the box, so many game developers and even console developers have made promises and failed to deliver, not sure why he is hated more because of it then they are....on second thought I know exactly why...I forgot it's N4G and it's full of fanboys.
If it wasn't for people dreaming big and striving for the impossible, games today would flat out suck, I'm glad he saw some flaws, so often people are ignorant to them and don't do anything. I will of course line up to get the next Fable installment day one.
Not sure Fable 3 was a failure on any level, 80 score and sold millions of copies. Sometimes game franchises peak at the first sequel, when your at the top like Fable 2 or even Uncharted 2, there is nowhere to go but down.
Well the thing is that Molyneyx promises too much every time. I really liked Fable 1 and 2, good games, and much respect for Peter for classics like Populous, but the games recently have not been what he have promised.
So I can see why some people bash him, but I share the question why bash Fable? They are good charming games, which many enjoy.
fable 3 was complete childish crap. what the hell was the deal with the NPC interactions and the fetch quests over and over. this man has to realise that there are good and bad ways to think outside the box. nutters think outside the box constantly, doesn't mean it is good.
he has to face it, he doesn't have a clue how to make an interesting game. i feel like he has this stubborn "vision" that no one else agrees with because it is just lame.
Well I bought all three Fables and absolutely loved them. They all sold well, they all brought changes to the game, he was seriously trying really hard to make a solid game and I believe he did.
Just because it wasn't your thing, doesn't mean everyone hates it. Obviously there are huge Fable fans like myself that really enjoyed the game.
A "nutter" would be a person who says things like 4-D graphics and $599 US dollars as well as the classic "People will work extra to buy one".
Man! even if the graphics were a 100% better, the gameplay was still better in fable 1 than fable 2, and fable 2 > fable 3. So graphics isn't the problem here, it's the gameplay. Bring us back all the fable 1 gameplay with levels, the weapons, the skills and after addin Coop with seperate characters save file, split-screen would be nice and just add new skills, new weapons and another amazing story! Is it that much complicated to listen to the fans?!??!?
No thank you :)
Yes keep milking it
sigh. you did apologize and now you try to over promise again
Fable 4 should be made for the next Xbox, I think they've taken it as far as they can with current hardware. I would like to see what else they can do with the 360.
Cool, I can't wait to see what you're going to do Peter.