Lionhead Studios are each week answering questions about Fable 2 that they get in their mailbox, and this week they showed some in-game rendered images of a Hobbe. You can read their short comments about the images in the link above or in the news.

Hobbe in Fable 2

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Monday, February 4, 2008 | 2:14 PM
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Lionhead Studios are each week answering questions about Fable 2 that they get in their mailbox, and this week they showed some in-game rendered images of a Hobbe. You can read their short comments about the images in the link above or in the news.

Lionhead Studios comments the images with:
The latest two renders with the armour are rendered entirely with in-game models and textures, and also use the specular and normal maps . They are rendered in XSI (purely because it's a lot easier and quicker to get the exact pose and camera angle you need).

With regards to more depth - there is certainly a lot more this time around. Infact, I'd go so far to say that this really is the tip of the iceberg :-)

Hobbe renders

ACEfromRussia

Commented on 2008-02-04 14:53:56

So cute

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Ahmed_p800

Commented on 2008-02-04 14:57:55

Niceeeeeeeeee

And very detailed for a hobbe!

Cant wait for the game it self....

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Slabs

Commented on 2008-02-04 15:20:44

They look great, I'm looking forward to the GDC reveals!

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Drunkenshaolin

Commented on 2008-02-04 15:25:00

looks like them aliens from fifth element!!! looking nice tho!!
you just want to boot them init...

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OpiZA

Commented on 2008-02-04 15:27:39

Looks awesome!

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OrionG

Commented on 2008-02-04 16:23:11

fifth element eny1?

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XboXEmaXX

Commented on 2008-02-04 16:23:19

uhm...not so good...

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2PintsOfInsulin

Commented on 2008-02-04 16:44:29

Aww! I love their choice of hats!

This cannot come soon enough. I like the fact that you can now jump over fences and explore properly (which was supposed to be a feature in the original Fable).

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swe_downhill

Commented on 2008-02-04 17:43:01

His toenails are just gorgeous!

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walter

Commented on 2008-02-04 17:55:25

That's some armor they've got there

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GrimThorne

Commented on 2008-02-04 18:05:30

Posted by XboXEmaXX

uhm...not so good...

That's good enough detail for a Hobbe, they usually attack in darkly lit places and in medium to large numbers at a time.

Posted by OrionG

fifth element eny1?

Comparatively the Hobbes are runts compared to the Mangalores from 5th Element but the Mangalores aren't an original concept either.

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justmarbz

Commented on 2008-02-04 18:20:48

i think they should start showing some in-game stuff, maybe they are waiting for gdc

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digi_matrix

Commented on 2008-02-04 21:00:56

Oooh, they look much more nifty than the 1st game, reminds me of the Darklings in THE DARKNESS where they wear human-like clothes.

Man, the shoe as a hat killed me!

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Getpwned

Commented on 2008-02-04 21:02:36

Needs specularity.

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JediMasterMalik

Commented on 2008-02-04 21:25:08

Looks pretty decent, nothing special mind. I suppose it lends itself well to the Fable art style.

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Jato

Commented on 2008-02-04 22:12:13

Looks fantastic! Though I'm more interested in seeing the animations. The demo's shown so far display mediocre animations at best. I really hope they'll drastically improve on that.

Other than that, I'm really phsyched for this one. Can't fucking wait!

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Sath

Commented on 2008-02-04 22:17:16 In reply to justmarbz

Posted by justmarbz

i think they should start showing some in-game stuff, maybe they are waiting for gdc

Definitely GDC.

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Jigen

Commented on 2008-02-04 23:35:41 In reply to justmarbz

Posted by justmarbz

i think they should start showing some in-game stuff, maybe they are waiting for gdc

They've actually shown a LOT of ingame stuff. I've seen tons of videos, from stuff like when they first showed off the 'pet dog' companion, to those official videos that go up on Live that show snippets sometimes.

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jackdoe

Commented on 2008-02-05 04:19:24

I wonder if the combat would be okay. One button combat sounds a bit iffy on my part.

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Getpwned

Commented on 2008-02-05 05:12:12

"and also use the specular and normal maps."

LOL. I see normal map, but no specular map. Why the dev lie?

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GrimThorne

Commented on 2008-02-05 10:02:05 In reply to Getpwned

Posted by Getpwned

"and also use the specular and normal maps."

LOL. I see normal map, but no specular map. Why the dev lie?

There are enough specular highlights there and the Hobbe's texture surfaces are responding well enough to the light source.

No it's not that bright but as I said before this is more than enough detail for a Hobbe.

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szaromir

Commented on 2008-02-05 10:16:20

I get an Oddworld vibe from these artworks. Nice! :)

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Feasible_weasel

Commented on 2008-02-05 10:43:38

reminds me of the charactors from the oddworld strangers wrath

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Jigen

Commented on 2008-02-05 20:02:22 In reply to Getpwned

Posted by Getpwned

"and also use the specular and normal maps."

LOL. I see normal map, but no specular map. Why the dev lie?

Doesn't look like it has either to me.

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Getpwned

Commented on 2008-02-06 06:19:01 In reply to Jigen

Grim,

It's needs more than just specularity. It needs specular glossiness so that the skin looks like it's not made of carpet or like a big, ugly RUG. It looks horrible right now. As an experienced shader artist, that's what I Think anyway.

Posted by Jigen

Doesn't look like it has either to me.

LMAO. You know, now that you mention it, I'm with you on this one.

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