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Molyneux: Fable Kinect demo a "horrendous mistake"

OXM UK: The ever-divisive Peter Molyneux has spoken out once again about Fable: The Journey's E3 stage demo.

InfiniteJustice5118d ago

This is all well and good, but why not just show the game properly if you wanted it done differently?

Anarki5118d ago

The game itself looks horrendous..

BeaArthur5118d ago

I had the same thought. I don't think there was any way to make that game look like it was fun to play.

captain-obvious5118d ago (Edited 5118d ago )

xbox fanboys are still going to defend it

now please go make me another Black & White on PC
thanks

trollpolice5118d ago Show
sikbeta5118d ago

Sure, he is honest about it at least...

fghsjdfghjdfhgkjdf5118d ago

@Trollpolice, you're trying too hard.

kingdoms5118d ago (Edited 5118d ago )

I always wonder if this site is made of kids why does it seem like no on this site can read? Pete is talking about the demo causing people to misunderstand the game. This remark probably comes from his demo and interview with Morgan Webb. People found out this is not on rails during the Morgan e3 stage demo and everybody changed their minds about fable for the good. This is what Pete is talking about. Man ps3 fanboys are a nasty bunch. Disgusting

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SilentNegotiator5118d ago (Edited 5118d ago )

Only the important parts, like Combat as seen in the demo, are on-rails.
No big deal.

/s

The fans wanted a game more like Fable 1. Instead, you gave them a Kinect game with extremely easy and automatic combat in on-rails situations.

By the by, sounds like they're in a wind tunnel.

Active Reload5118d ago

I love the world of Fable, so... whatever...

malamdra5118d ago

the funny thing is that what was shown was on rails

it probably has exploration and other aspect that work differently but the combat/gameplay IS on rails

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SuperLupe5118d ago

Nice that he actually realises how crappy it is unlike the rest of the peeps at MS who actually seem to believe that the stuff they showed at E3 was cool.

YodaCracker5118d ago

SuperLupe did not read the article.

Eamon5118d ago

Kids don't read enough these days. That's literacy rates are falling.

TVippy5118d ago

This game is a horrendous mistake.

Cyorg5118d ago

Everything about Fable is a horrendous mistake. Every Fable release is hyped like crazy, and yet it manages to underwhelm every time.

Legion5118d ago

I would have to disagree with that... Fable series has been very good in my eyes. Now I can't say the same about Too Human which had an ok demo but the game just fell totally flat.

nilamo5118d ago

No games like lair and haze are horrendous mistakes. Fable is a franchise that is generally well received.

BlackTar1875118d ago

Nilamo Haze=terrbad lair + motion control = bad

Lair + Controller = pretty fun game. don't hate on something i can almost guarantee you haven't played

BigPenguin5118d ago

Lair(post patch) was awesome, and so was kangaroo jack. Both bashed by people who have never experienced them.

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Mizz_mai5118d ago

Damage Control at its finest molyneux im so proud to be british right now lol

Der_Kommandant5118d ago

@Trollpolice

You're one corrupt troll cop

Focker4205118d ago

He thought it was great until everyone at E3 kept telling him it was on-rails...

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The Meerkat5118d ago

"Snake oil, Snake oil, Get your Lionhead snake oil here"

dirigiblebill5118d ago

A non-linear first-person Fable? I believe there's one out already. It's called The Elder Scrolls 4: Oblivion.

IAmCornHolio5118d ago

A huge part of the Fable games(for me anyhow) is Lionhead humor and mirth. While I enjoyed Oblivion, it lacks humor.

My favorite quest in Fable 3 is the Chicken suit quest, and I can't think of any quest like that in Oblivion.

The Meerkat5118d ago

But you have to make sure you know the difference between adding humour to a game and adding Jar Jar Binks!

palaeomerus5118d ago

Fable humor is mostly second hand Discworld stuff.

HeavenlySnipes5118d ago

extremely insulting to Bethesda. FAble was never a deep RPG. It sowed signs in the first, but never had anything close to the content TESIV had.

iamnsuperman5118d ago

The problem is he big his games up so much and doesn't actually deliver on his promises. He did it with black and white. O saw what he wanted us to see and that was an on rail magic ride. You might be able to steer the horse down different directions but there is no evidence of you can actually move where ever you want. If you want us to believe you show us some video because your word is meaningless

SuperLupe5118d ago (Edited 5118d ago )

Stop with that BS already. Always hear the same thing from you guys. The last time he hyped a game to death was with Fable 1.

Its some sort of myth on this site that Molyneux hypes all his games to death when that is simply completely false. He is known for doing that with Fable 1 and thats it.

Just goes to show you dont have a clue what you're talking about and simply mindlessly repeating the crap you here.

@iamnsuperman below: there's a difference between marketing your product and overhyping a game. In that case the PS3 is the most overhyped console of this generation if I follow what you say. He hasnt overhyped a game since Fable 1, hell Milo isnt even a game but some kind of project they are aiming at with Kinect.

IAmCornHolio5118d ago

Don't feed the trolls. That troll in particular says something in his post that indicates to me that he has never even played a Fable game, for even a couple of minutes. So his word on Fable games has even less merit than Molyneux.

iamnsuperman5118d ago (Edited 5118d ago )

O really so Milo and Kate wasn't over hyped. I am not sure if he believes himself that his games are revolutionary or he knows he is bs but they are not. They are far more linear than he makes them out to be. he makes good games but what I am saying is he should cut the bs and show something.

Topshelfcheese5118d ago

I'm not sure about the other games, but He sure as hell did Hype the crap out of Fable 2. That game is the reason I will never touch Fable 3 or any game of his again. It was an atrocity imo.

xPhearR3dx5118d ago

@iamnsuperman

Who hyped Milo and Kate? It was a tech demo FFS. The only people that hype crap are the fanboys, some of which live on this site.

You want to see who hypes games? Rockstar. Their videos of L.A. Noire and RDR screamed hype. For me though both games lived up to it, so it was good hype for me.

ElectricB5118d ago

Got to agree with you PhearR3d. They weren't over hyped. The things he pointed out most were actually in the game. Fable 2 he touted the combat animation based on proximity and position. and it actually worked. not amazingly but it did work, standing near a wall would make the character jump off it to attack when doing flourishes. People take the negative image he has from overhyping fable 1 and condemn him. If you don't like fable maybe, just maybe, it's just a game you don't like. I get bored stupid playing GTA4 but I bet you all have good things to say about that? opinion are opinions.
I know fable is not a perfect game, controls and fluidity need work but I enjoyed playign all 3 fables. a nice art style, simple and witty story. fun to play and waste some time. what's wrong with that exactly?

SilentNegotiator5118d ago

"The last time he hyped a game to death was with Fable 1"

So the acorns made it into Fable 2, and they grew and died continuously and independently?

Please. Pete didn't stop at Fable 1.

BigPenguin5118d ago

@ElectricB

Most people got bored playing GTA4, its why everyone was calling shenanigans on all the 10/10 scores.

ElectricB5118d ago (Edited 5118d ago )

SIlent negotiator, the acorn bollocks WAS the fable 1 hype. Tere was kinda an acron that grew into a grew as the story went on in fable 2, not realtime but would you really want a real time try that you needed 30 years of gameplay to see grow?

@BigPenguin: That is true but it isn't brought up after every rockstar game is announced? Lionhead can't mention a thing without the world screaming. it'll never live up to the hype. regardless of there being no hype at all.

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Apotheosize5118d ago

kind of feel bad for him, the game looks awful..but still

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Top 10 Worst Kinect Games

Alex S. from Link-Cable writes: "A few days ago, Microsoft announced that they were officially discontinuing their Kinect motion-sensing accessory. What was once considered a chief-rival to Nintendo’s Wii revolution and an integral part of the Xbox One’s launch has come to an end, and we here at Link-Cable… couldn’t be happier. The Kinect, while sporting impressive technology never managed to live up to its full potential and most of the games released for the device either had shoe-horned in support or barely functioned as intentioned, in part because of the device’s very specific ideal conditions. So as the Kinect sails off into sunset, we’ve decided to remember the worst of times and look back at the Top 10 Worst Kinect games."

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RyanDJ2770d ago

Kinect, for me, is easily worth owning for two things: Dance Central for me acting like an idiot and having fun, and Kinect Party for my kids when they want to have easy-access stupid fun at like a kid's party. Those were the only games I have enjoyed on it, and they couldn't be done any other way (well, I guess that KP is EyeToy-level work). But my hope is that when motion control falls away, we'll get a proper DDR again.

andrewsquall2769d ago (Edited 2769d ago )

Yet for 150 quid it is and was most certainly not worth owning for solely those 2 games, that you have to pay money for also.

Now far be it from me to tell you what is worth it or not worth it to you. But if that is what is worth it to you, I don't want to know what ISN'T worth it lol.

RyanDJ2768d ago

It was worth it to buy one used for half price and get one of those two games for free. ;)

datriax2769d ago

All of them are tied for 1st place.

darthv722769d ago

Star wars wouldnt be so bad if it didnt have.... the dancing. Ughhh that dancing.

They should do a list of 10 best kinect games as well. I'm sure fruit ninja and gun stringer would be on there. Those are actually fun to play.

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15 Xbox Games With Absolutely Horrible Sequels

When an original game becomes a hit, it can be difficult to re-configure its secret sauce into an equally enjoyable sequel.

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Christopher2935d ago

Would you say absolutely horrible hyperbole? :D

4Sh0w2935d ago (Edited 2935d ago )

Halo 5?....pffft to each his own but Halo 5 is a great game, every Xbox owner I know enjoyed it, the campaign was nice I like the teamwork concept and the multiplayer keeps 'em coming back with great gameplay & modes so much content, 343 did a helluva job.

Christopher2935d ago

@4Show: Uh... going to assume that's a comment intended for someone else.

spicelicka2935d ago

Not Halo 5. It had a bad story COMPARED to past games but it didn't have a bad story overall. The gameplay was top notch, and multiplayer is still one of the best on the market right now. Custom games browser is the single greatest thing 343 did which I'm grateful for.

ninsigma2935d ago

Nah it really was a bad campaign. MP was great but seriously, that was a hugely terrible story mode.

spicelicka2934d ago

The story maybe, but some of the missions were extremely fun. The Sangehlios ones are right up there with the best missions in the franchise.

Kingthrash3602935d ago

Halos mp was great but became boring quicker than most.
The story. Naw that was bad and it's marketing was a lie. Made it seem like old master chief was gunna fight that new fake master chief but the conflict ended up being a one punch cgi sequence.
Not to mention fighting the same boss over and over and over....plus add the no split screen mp and whala! You got the worst canon halo ever made

brich2332935d ago

Compared to Halo 4, Halo 5's story was trash and not memorable at all.

ninsigma2934d ago

That's not really saying much though cuz that was pretty bad as well.

ninsigma2934d ago

Agreed on sanghelios. That was one of the very few times it actually felt like halo.

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Aenea2935d ago

And another article with 15 items from this website *shakes head*

MadLad2934d ago

Halo 5, FarCry 2, Dragon Age 2, Nuts and Bolts, and Gears of War: Judgement were all far from bad games. Hell, even Crackdown 2 was pretty fun.

There's a difference between a lesser sequel, and a bad game.

rlow12934d ago

With a Title that says "horrible sequels", most of these are far from that. Better title should be disappointing sequels. But I'm sure they went with the former to get clicks and bring in the fanboys.

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oSHINSAo3383d ago

i miss a Black and White game so much

Bahamut3383d ago (Edited 3383d ago )

Good times. Back when Lionhead Studios actually meant something. Black and White was awesome, Fable was great, Fable 2 was real good, then it all went downhill from there.

They had such big aspirations and goals, it's a shame that it came to this. I knew it wouldn't last when Peter Molyneux left. Say what you want about the man, but he had vision. True he never followed up on 75% of what he said, but nevertheless the heart of Lionhead Studios came from him.

Imalwaysright3383d ago

Who wouldn't miss being a god?

gangsta_red3383d ago

If someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes.

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