Fable 2 bugs squashed with title update

Look, no one is going to enjoy tomorrow's Knothole harvest if it's infested with bugs. So, Lionhead has dusted the crops, so to speak, and removed those icky pests from Fable 2 (read: automatic title update released). While the seeds were planted back in October, and some in-house sampling has been going on for the past month, it's only now that we all can enjoy the fruits of Lionhead's labour:

Title update patch notes

The Ritual/Monk's Quest -- "fixed the issue with the Abbott becoming unresponsive if you leave Oakfield before he finishes talking. This will fix the problem if you've already hit it, too."
Rescuing Charlie/Rescue My Baby -- "after rescuing Charlie, you can now interact with objects."
Guild Cave chest -- "resolves any issues with previous inability to retrieve items unlocked from Limited Collector's Edition, website or Chicken Kickin' game. If you've already hit this bug you should now get your items."
The Spire (Part 2) -- "no more issues with ship captain being unresponsive."
The Hero of Skill (Pirate King) -- "you'll no longer get stuck during Hero of Skill quest."
T.O.B.Y./Trouble In Bloodstone -- "you'll no longer get stuck during T.O.B.Y. quests."
Your child "will no longer be chosen as an assassination target."
Furniture Shop in Albion (Bowerstone) "will now always have something for sale."
Additional unspecified fixes

In addition, the "Tales of Albion" companion site has been updated with Knothole lore.

[Image Credit: Linda N.]

Reader Comments (31)

ha, I always thought the furniture store was just out of stock

Yeah, I thought that was kind of weird. Now I know.

Otherwise, I haven't had any of these problems yet 'cause I just started playing the game. Good timing, I s'pose.

I bought all the stuff in Bloodstone for that reason. I checked the manual several times because I thought I was doing something wrong also that the decoration mode sometimes didn't work.

Now that If I could enter the decoration mode in the Castle, my in game kids don’t have anywhere to sleep. For a castle is very sh*tty I mean just a few rooms.

I thought the same thing. I just thought it was poor planning on Lionhead's part.

How about making CO OP Playable. God it's annoying.

How about making the actual GAME playabe for some of us?

My 360 locks up on Fable 2 all the time, usually about every 5-10 minutes. :(

weird I never ran into any of these bugs.

Me neither, and I'm on my third playthrough.

I hate you for having the time for three playthroughs.

That picture is full of win.

If they bring back my missing wife, i might play it again. Haven't played since she went away.

You know she's not a real woman, right? RIGHT?!

@Stalker

I think Peter kidnapped his irl wife, kinda how EA drives over people's puppies.

EA jokes are so two years ago

The only bug I remember running in to was when I got back from the Spire. Hammer was waiting for me in the bar, but I didn't want to go main-questing yet, so I went and visited my family.

Got introduced to my daughter, gave her a present, life was pretty good. Then hilarity struck. I left to do a side quest, and when I got back to town, my daughter was broken. She would just stand there in town perfectly still, perfectly silent, like some kind of Real Doll.

Talking to Hammer fixed her. I'm not sure what to make of that.

The only bug I ran into was when I played through a second time. First time I was playing Badass McGee who killed every guard and every citizen in town.
Second time as my good guy, I was able to continue donating to the temple of light and I could get that weapon (something of the sun, its a giant golden half moon cleaver) over and over again.

Is that a bug? I have a dozen of those things.

I got stuck after completing the arena a second time. My character just stood there while people gather to see how perfectly still he was. Even If I teleport to another area my character would be perfectly still.

Hopefully the game didn't saved there but before confronting the troll so I just quit and moved into other stuff.

I never felt like playing the game again I mean if it wasn't for the craptacular save system I would have gotten all the endings in the first run.

@ Jekyl: I got all the endings in one playthough. its called save before you pick a card, then push power button. Load save, repeat. That will at least get you the cheevos. If you want to actually see the ending, check you tube or play through it 3 times.

LOL!

I loved "my daughter was broken" i just cant live with that phrase.
It seemed so deep.

Take your daughter out to see the sun, to the ocean, and she might be herself again.

:P

Joe

Well, they didn't squash my bug. Post patch, my Xbox still BSODs every time I go to Westcliff. Seriously Lionhead, this is a major bug that's affected a lot of people, it should be priority 1 to get fixed way above the furniture store being out of stock.

To someone who's never played the game these sound like bug fixes from an Onion article. "Your child will no longer be chosen as an assassination target."

lmfao yeah i laughed at that too haha

Its pretty sad that they have been so focus and an expansion that it took this long to get bug fixes especially for like "The Ritual/Monk's Quest" which was found within a day of the games release. I would say at least 90%+ have already beaten the game.

That's a lot of squash.

Figures, they didn't fix the only bugs I've run into-- the ones with the quest that has you revive Lady Grey.

"Your child "will no longer be chosen as an assassination target.""

Can I opt out of this "bug fix"?

yes. don't connect to XBL when you load/play the game.

I think "The Spire (Part 2)" fix is only applicable if you haven't already run into it. I played yesterday after the update installed and I still cannot get on that frickin' dock!!

Oh wells, looks like I'll have to spend my time playing Far Cry 2, Fallout 3, Ninja Gaiden 2, Prince of Persia... or any other game EXCEPT this broken one.

@ JB87: I've experienced the same glitch. I've brought back all the body parts, but then the quest starts over. So annoying.

i know its not a bug but... i think they should have patched the gargoyle thing in the temple of darkness ( or whatever its called), because after i completed the spire mission and had not gone into the temple it wouldnt let me in. therefore i couldnt get the 50th gargoyle and get the achievement. GAYY!!

Fable 2 bugs squashed with title update

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