Molyneux all but confirms Fable 2 DLC

by Justin McElroy { Oct 7th 2008 at 12:30PM }

OK, so notorious over-promiser Peter Molyneux did stop short of guaranteeing that the soon-to-be-released Fable 2 would actually receive downloadable content. But he did tell VideoGamer.com that Lionhead would be "pretty dumb" if it wasn't planning it. In case you don't speak Molyneuxese, that means he wanted to wanted to tell them all about it, but his PR handler had his hands around his own throat, making the international sign for "I'll choke you to death."

So, what can you expect from the ephemeral content? Molyneux explained he wouldn't "want it to be just a whole load of new weapons and armour," and that it would be nice if fans "didn't have to wait months and months for it as well." Here's hoping the PR guy leaves the room for a smoke soon so we can find out what Pete is planning.

Tags: dlc, fable-2, mgs, peter-molyneux

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Dirty @ Oct 7th 2008 12:35PM

Sweet, I hope I can get some cool Dog Armor.

Vegnagun bwf @ Oct 7th 2008 12:40PM

You just know Molyneux died on the inside when he couldn't tell you all about how you can have a shiny blue sword instead of a shiny silver sword.

Snowblind @ Oct 7th 2008 12:58PM

You can already dye weapons/clothing.

&rew @ Oct 7th 2008 12:43PM

Why don't they put a shock collar on him?

NaeemTHM @ Oct 7th 2008 12:50PM

Coooome ooooon different colored shoes!

Red Leader @ Oct 7th 2008 12:55PM

I just know I'm going to love this game.

DudeRed @ Oct 7th 2008 12:57PM

Is it the 21st yet?

Dirty @ Oct 7th 2008 1:10PM

Is it just me or is that guy in the picture about to pull of a Kamehameha.

joeybeast @ Oct 7th 2008 1:11PM

come on Viagra...

Ranelar @ Oct 7th 2008 1:15PM

He's right, we shouldn't have to wait months and months because it's obviously already planned, and it should have been included in the original game disc. DLC is such a consumer rip-off.

severian00 @ Oct 7th 2008 9:03PM

I believe that people won't have to wait forever and ever for the DLC. After all isn't that how we're getting our online co op? Day 1 DLC for the loss!

Pushtrak @ Oct 7th 2008 1:19PM

This game will fail.

Dirty @ Oct 7th 2008 2:00PM

I was thinking about how great this game is going to be...until I read your comment and realized that this game how nothing going for it.

Thank you for opening my eyes with your brilliant and well thought out insight.

borland502 (SDF Macross) @ Oct 7th 2008 2:07PM

"Thank you for opening my eyes with your brilliant and well thought out insight."

Well, he's just distilling all the psuedo logic and fan fueled passion into a succinct statement. Doesn't 97% of all opposition comment on a thread boil down to "it will fail"? I suppose if you want to interject honesty you'd add the coda, "because I want it to."

umm....hello??? @ Oct 7th 2008 1:49PM

sooo...those Fable2 arcade games didn't count as DLC then?

borland502 (SDF Macross) @ Oct 7th 2008 2:03PM

"Add-on" DLC hasn't materialized its promise yet; it's all variations on horse armor. I'm glad I purchased Mass Effect on the PC, because while that sky campaign was enjoyable...it was not worth money after forking out $60.

Still, there is hope. I haven't played Burn Out, but I understand the addition of bikes was significant and free. When your main goal is to keep me from marching to Gamestop...don't charge for it. And if it's significant enough, make the expansion capable of standing on its own without the main game. (e.g. Rachet and Clank: QfB).

It's like consoles took the lessons of PC (expansion packs are good $$$), but decided that even the equivalent of a Sims Stuff pack provided too much additional value.

modified @ Oct 7th 2008 2:13PM

Do we really need confirmation that a first party title on the 360 will have DLC?

R_Fusion @ Oct 7th 2008 2:28PM

I know this game will be huge, as in ++++ hrs of playtime, yet I hope some of the DLC includes a few more quests???

Justin Porter @ Oct 7th 2008 3:32PM

How much you wanna' bet that the DLC ends up being the "exclusive" dungeon and armor/weapons from the LE eliminating the last waning reason to pay extra for it.

Snowblind @ Oct 7th 2008 4:00PM

I'll take that bet.

He said specifically it wouldn't simply be more weapons and armour, and that it wouldn't disappoint. I'm sure he's not going to annoy the collectors edition buyers even more by making the only content it has left worthless.

Justin Porter @ Oct 7th 2008 4:20PM

Yeah, that's a good point, I'm just feeling rather pessimistic about the way that whole thing has been handled.

Justin Porter @ Oct 7th 2008 4:20PM

Yeah, that's a good point, I'm just feeling rather pessimistic about the way that whole thing has been handled.

Trev @ Oct 7th 2008 4:31PM

Make sure you actually get the "sorry we're shipping the game without hyped features" patch out before you start thinking about things to sell us, Peter. You're the founder of one of the least reliable studios; put effort into extra nickel-and-dime crap AFTER you've shown you can follow up on your original promises.

blake @ Oct 24th 2008 12:59PM

Lion's head has set us up perfectly for either a HUGE expansion pack or even a Fable 3. you have a blind gypsy - seeress named theresa, just like your sister in fable 1, so lets say she "is" the original hero's sister, who found one of the "live forever" health potions made in the old kingdom, and she uses the tower's powers over reality and life and death to bring back oakvale, and give your hero all of the original hero's memories, etc... then you have to deal with the negative side effects of reviving oakvale - such as maybe all of the bandits and other evils are also brought back, and are super-powerful, or the burst of magic that brings the city back also awakened a whole new evil, etc.

If you play through fable TLC, then fable 2 in short succession, you will notice just how many "loose ends" Lions head has to play with. there is just so much left unanswered that there is no way they are not planning either a fable 3 or a massive expansion pack, complete with a line of quests at least as long as the main quest line from fable 1.