Fable 2 in October

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Thursday, August 7, 2008 | 9:07 PM
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Microsoft has announced that Fable 2 will be released in Europe on October the 24th, while the pub games will be released on Arcade next week. They also released some details on the Collector's edition, as well as a couple of images - including one of the Master cheif 'costume' in the game.

Microsoft press release:
Begin the Epic Journey! Critically-Acclaimed Xbox 360 Exclusive “Fable II” Arrives at UK Retailers on Oct. 24

“Fable II” Pub Games get release date and Limited Collector’s Edition contents are revealed

Today, Microsoft Game Studios and Lionhead Studios announced that the highly anticipated action role-playing game “Fable® II” will ship to U.S. retailers on Oct. 21, 2008 and UK retailers on Oct. 24, with subsequent release dates throughout the rest of the world in the coming months. Combining thrilling action, heart-wrenching emotional experiences and a genre-bending Xbox LIVE multiplayer mode, “Fable II” is the must-have blockbuster for 2008.

Developed by Peter Molyneux and Lionhead Studios, the creators of the critically-acclaimed “Fable” and “Black & White,” “Fable II” offers an infinite amount of choice in an open world environment, allowing gamers to become the most heralded of all heroes or reviled of all villains. Ringing in new heights of innovation for the genre and expanding upon the rich experience of the first title, “Fable II” immerses players in the expansive world of Albion.

“Fable II” pioneers a new combat system designed to allow players to truly master hand weapons, ranged combat weapons and magic, each using a different single button on the Xbox 360 controller, making the game approachable and accessible to both casual and hardcore gamers. Players will live out personal and emotional experiences like never before, whether playing solo or co-op together with a friend or over Xbox LIVE, with their constant dog companion by their side.

Fans eager for a head start will have the opportunity to test their luck in the Xbox LIVE Arcade title developed exclusively for “Fable II,” available on Aug. 13; those who pre-order a copy of “Fable II” at participating retailers will be given free access to download the “Fable II” Pub Games, or they can be downloaded without pre-order via Xbox LIVE for 800 Microsoft points. The high-stakes casino-style pub games, titled “Fortune’s Tower,” “Keystone” and “Spinnerbox” will offer players the opportunity to start earning a bounty of gold and treasures to fund their adventures in “Fable II,” ahead of the title’s release on Oct. 24.

In addition to the standard retail version, “Fable II” will be offered in a Limited Collector’s Edition through participating retailers and will feature:

• Bonus DVD – Includes new ‘Making-of Feature’ with Peter Molyneux and the team at Lionhead Studios and concept art viewer
• Bonus In-Game Content (Requires LIVE account) – Includes “The Hall of the Dead” Dungeon, “The Wreckager” Legendary Cutlass Weapon and Otherworldly Bonus
• Collectible Hobbe figure with accessories – From the Qee Collection comes this one-of-a-kind Hobbe figure. Nasty, brutish, and short, he roams the countryside, preying on travelers and spiriting away the children of the unwary.
• 48-hour Xbox LIVE Gold Trial Card – With Xbox LIVE Gold, players can show off their individual hero by inviting friends into their unique version of Albion or they can visit their friends’ Albion, and earn additional gold, experience and renown to take back into their own.
• Five printed Fate Cards – These five beautiful cards foretell the Hero’s great destiny to journey across all of Albion, encountering deadly enemies and enigmatic allies. The path leads to a choice that will change the world forever.

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Tomarru

Commented on 2008-08-11 12:20:52

Just preordered the collectors edition in my local GAME, they said they haven't heard anything about the pub games which i thought was rather strange considering they are released so soon.
Heck they hadn't even anything down for a release date of the game or any pricing details at all, overall the shabby experience i expected from a faceless company like GAME, so wish play or someone was participating.

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Ronsauce

Commented on 2008-08-11 12:56:57 In reply to pUMBa305

Posted by pUMBa305

to anyone dissing this game (redneck)by saying its like any rpg with one acception a personal alignment feature(which by the way will effect all aspects of this game,even from the very first chioce you have ,read up to under stand)

If you honestly believe that being either good or evil will "effect(affect) all aspects of this game," then you are neck deep in naivety.

Redneck

Commented on 2008-08-11 15:57:03

I didn't mean to offend anyone. I just asked what's special about it.

I know about this whole wife and pet thing but in fable 1, what was the sense in having a wife at all?! Oh yeah besides of course having a supidly displayed nookie. No interaction and affection to gameplay at all.

I played through fable and I enjoyed it but it did not live up to what "Peter good or evil Molineux" promised.

I just don't hope that his hype manages to disappoint me again.

Oh and btw (its just my personal opinion), I hope they improved the storyline.
In part 1 it was too childish, and the tutorial was frustrating and waaaay too long for a rather short game...
*me beeing a utter tutorial-hater*

pUMBa305

Commented on 2008-08-12 02:00:51 In reply to Ronsauce

This message is in "Boulet Time" (TM), If you still *really* want to see it, click here

actualy if you do your research youll find out that from the very beggining you have a choice to make that effects the whole world(choose to give documents to the local police or to a local crime boss)for example if you choice the good choice were the world becomes a thriving metropolice yet go the evil choice it becomes a crime riden ghetto.the whole games has clever choices like that. one more i read up on is that (since the game takesplace over 50 years)if you come across a small vilage and help them come back in 15 years to find it to have become an independent community(much larger than before) and you as its harold hero yet choose to kill its mayor/chief and come back to find it evolve either into a ghetto or not evolve at all youll just find ruins were the village stood. thier are also manny small things that populate the game that can seem small at the time but end up as a shocking revolation for example you have a wife/husband have a child and you dont feel like taking time of for the child and you come back in 50 years you might end up sleeping with a granddaughter/ son and thats just nasty.

Megido

Commented on 2008-08-12 10:30:18

pUMBa305: the problem is that you are making it sound so much more deep and involving than it actually is. The reality behind it is that at a few points in the game the possible world branches off in two directions, good or evil. This most certainly does NOT have an effect on all aspects of the game. Especially in the first game it didn't matter what you did since shit didn't change anyways, and as for Fable 2, hold your horses in praising it until you've actually played it. We all know that a certain Peter over at lionhead loves to talk a lot but is pretty flaky when it comes to delivering.

Commented on 2008-08-12 15:37:44

@ pUMBa305: Is your name coincidentally Peter? ^^just kidding.

If the things you write are true for fable2, the game will be huge, but still I have my doubts...

Commented on 2008-08-12 21:33:44

@ Redneck: You'll be better off having your doubts than if you blindly believe, ala pUMBa305, that everything said about the game will be true.

@ pUMBa305: How sweet is it actually living in a fairy tail?

Commented on 2008-08-13 00:38:26 In reply to Megido

Posted by Megido

thats the problem everyones perseptive of this game is reflective soly one thier opinion of the original fable once more i implore you to read up as for peters mouth i can assure you a man in peters position wont make the same mistake twice and while i might inflate the actual hype of the game every thing i have stated is right from lionhead im mearly a dedicated fan using his voice to defend something he finds worth defending especialy when acusations made are blind and inaccurate. im going to add on that even if i cant chang your mind with words i can see come in one ear and out the other i will suggest at least renting the game or in a few years buy if when found in a value bin

Commented on 2008-08-13 13:23:47 In reply to pUMBa305

Just so you know, not believing everything that is said about Fable 2 doesn't mean hate for the game.

I will almost certainly buy it as I thoroughly enjoyed the first Fable(except the tutorial was too long as Redneck said), but I still don't believe will live up to what Peter would want us to believe.

Commented on 2008-08-13 15:49:37 In reply to Ronsauce

let me start off by saying its nothing against anyone just what thay stand for becuase no matter who what or when iv taled to someone about fable thay always say thay enjoyed it

dout leads to fear ,fear leads to anger ,anger leads to hate
yes i took that from star wars

even though you softened the blow by saying youll buy it just leads me to wonder if your the one living in a fairy tale
why fight against something you "thoroughly enjoyed"it s like if you want to buy it just to say i told you so almost as if you expect it to flop just becuase peter is the lead developer remember in fable1 he set a very unlikly release date which gave him little time to develope a game,hes been working on this game for almost 4 years until he set the release date(top of page) and when its all said and done im more than confident with peter and lionheads ability to deliver. i end by saying isnt it every developer supposed to make his game sound worth buying, in the end anything can be said about any game its all just a matter of opinion

Commented on 2008-08-13 16:40:28

pumba: tht's some deeps zen shit right there. Seriously, nobody is saying that fable is a bad game nor does anyone think that fable 2 will suck, but from experience we know that Peter mullenö has a tendency, as history will tell, to bite off more than he can chew and as a result it's not wise to take every word literally. I'm sure the game is going to be great fun, i just don't think that it's going to be all that revolutionary in any way. Whenever he hypes a game i take it with a grain of salt since i know he is VERY ambitious, a little bit too ambitious for reality i'm afraid.

Commented on 2008-08-13 16:41:07

Oh pahleease. Just because you enjoyed a game does not mean that you have to pretend don't seeing any flaws...

I just don't get why people always start calling you a hater if you state obvious weakspots...

[off topic]e.g I enjoyed gears but still I think that enforcing the bullets when performing an active reload is one of the stupidest things ever! [/off topic]

Commented on 2008-08-13 20:04:49 In reply to Megido

thats a good point but as you said hes ambitious and ive never heard ambitions to be a bad thing any type of pasion leads to inavations and any type of experiance allows growing and from all video peter has online hes already proven everything hes promised(exept a demo) and if video evidence isnt enough for you i truely give up

as for you redneck every game has its flaws as im sure fable 2 will have but if you choice to dwendle on the flaws you steal what potential lies beneath those flaws which is what i see in fable 2. and i never ment to call you a hater these topics are just for entertainment if you took that seriously. but what do you want you asked what does it have special and i told you.but i do see your point just try and enjoy your games without letting distractions cloud your point of view

p.s active reload is like the tenth thing wrong with gears(good game no hate coming from me)
in the end yes im extreamly biased but i have fable as my number 3 game ever sorry i have to defend it when attacked

Commented on 2008-08-13 23:16:09

@ pUMBa305: I'm not attacking Fable. I absolutely love the first one despite the fact that it was missing a lot of what was supposed to be in it(that actually didn't bother me at all), it was short, it had a brutally long tutorial, the loading was really bad considering that some areas were really small, and the loot gathering was very shallow. I still found it immensely fun though.

I think Fable 2 will be similar in that it will fall short in many areas, but it will still be high on the fun...and that's good enough for me. I never once said or implied that the game is going to "flop."

PS: Active reload in GoW is awesome...even if it didn't make logical sense that the rounds would then cause more damage... whatever though..it's a game.

Commented on 2008-08-14 02:23:51

its all good i guess the tutorial was long and the game was short but getting every weapon and feeling like a unstoppable force was what really what hooked me to it i mean its like one of those cult classics that even if it disapeared(peter doesnt do part 2)hypoyheticaly of course and came back in 15 years it would still be big almost like prince of persia.and i was refering to redneck when talking about flops
p.s i dont think gears 2 has active reload

Commented on 2008-08-14 03:15:06 In reply to pUMBa305

but getting every weapon and feeling like a unstoppable force was what really what hooked me to it

And this brings me back to what I said about the loot-gathering. Finding every weapon was far too easy. I really hope that there are waaaaay more weapons and armour in Fable 2.

As for active reload in Gears 2, it is in there. When Cliffy was showing off some of the gameplay stuff, he mentioned that nailing the active reload with the flamethrower increased its range.

Commented on 2008-08-14 18:15:21

*(Sorry I'm beeing partly off-topic and need to get bullet timed)

I just tested the pub games... well nice minigames but 800 points- one of the worst rip-offs ever. They are scarcely worth 400 points!!!

Since MS allowed developers to make XBLA games bigger and more expensive, there haven't been any 400p-titles! Its just absurd...as if the "400points-class"
has never existed.
Even the worst bullshits (and now I'm not refering to the pub-games) cost 800p nowadays...

P.S.
I like the idea of active reload too, but it should be enough if just the reload-time would depend on it. (like 3-4 seconds difference between a perfect and a messed up reload)

I just hate it when 2 people start shooting at each other and the one dies who didn't banged his bullets stupidly away in order to perform an active reload at the beginning of a round.

I like the idea for singleplayer...
In multiplayer, "upgraded" bullets should be at least somehow identificable.

Commented on 2008-08-14 19:23:35 In reply to Redneck

yeah i guess but i got them for free becuase i reserved fable 2 and yes theis somewhere near 4x the amount of loot to a world thats much larger

and yes redneck thay could use something cant say what yet but something i guess lionhead should have place all the pub-games from the game into one buyable arcade game worth like 1600 ms points

and as you stated thats the reason i dont like active reload(how the fuk did we start talking about gears)its to shady going on live without experiance in gears now a days no fun getting smacked about for an hour if i wanted that id play ninja gaiden