Lionhead: We're not working on Fable 2 PC
by Griffin McElroy 
{ Jan 27th 2009 at 11:38AM } 
Woody's statement seems contrary to a report which made the rounds late last week -- a report which claimed that a Lionhead rep confirmed that a PC version of Fable 2 was "likely imminent". Why the discrepancy? We contacted Lionhead's senior community manager, Sam Van Tilburgh, who explained that the quote embedded in said report wasn't legit. Get comfortable, WASDers -- it's looking like Molyneux's hero sim won't be hitting your platform of choice in the near future.
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Haggard @ Jan 27th 2009 11:40AM
Awww
Ellianth @ Jan 27th 2009 3:21PM
Awww? The friggin game doesn't even work!
Shagittarius @ Jan 27th 2009 11:40AM
Shagittarius: PC players like deeper RPGS.
baby sea tuna @ Jan 27th 2009 12:18PM
Do you like *anything*?!
Seriously...
dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ Jan 27th 2009 12:36PM
"I hate vans."
"I hate stairs."
etc.
sk8monroe81 @ Jan 27th 2009 2:17PM
deeper than fable 2?
what do you consider deeper than fable 2 ??
young sparrow?
Shagittarius @ Jan 27th 2009 3:43PM
I'd say anthing that you needed to use different tactics during battles is a 'heavier' RPG. Fable 2 was one of the most shallow games even for an RPG lite to have come out in a long time.
All encounters in the game we handled exactly the same way. My RPGs require me to build my character in a meaningful way so that I can employ specific strategies. This RPGs character building had an AUTO ASSIGN button that did just as good of a job as you did assigning skill points.
Anything that was an actual part of a 'gameplay' element was completely basic and pedestrain. The only choices you really had in this RPG were how you dressed your character and what you did besides the game itself. The RPG elements that were actually meaningful to the gameplay were non-existant.
This is a soap-opera doll dress up sim with some dick jokes. Not a real RPG.
wickedpheonix @ Jan 27th 2009 6:40PM
Deepest MMO out there is EVE - 'nuff said. Blows everything else out of the water.
dark_inchworm (on Steam!) dark inchworm (on XBL!) @ Jan 27th 2009 11:42AM
I call bullshit.
Massmass @ Jan 27th 2009 12:40PM
A lot of PS3 users want to play the game but only have a PC (instead of a 360) which is usually the next outlet for most worthwhile 360 "exclusives" I know quite a few of my friends will be bummed by this news if it holds true.
bigmac375 @ Jan 27th 2009 7:59PM
I don't think its bullshit, just that Lionhead isn't doing it and someone else is porting it.
Nebinator @ Jan 27th 2009 11:48AM
Fable 2 was the main reason I got a 360. Take that, PS3 fanboys that own PC computers!
Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Jan 27th 2009 12:03PM
Please go away.
Is it just me or the widespread announcement of Joystiq 3.0 on websites like Digg etc. attracted a new wave of trolls?
Nebinator @ Jan 27th 2009 12:05PM
Go away? I've been posting for a year! I'm not a troll, just an enthusiast.
Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Jan 27th 2009 12:06PM
Aww, sorry for mistaking you then. You're still trolling though :P
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jan 27th 2009 12:07PM
I'm sorry but what is with all the trolling these days? I mean what the fuck does this have to do with ps3 users?
Haggard @ Jan 27th 2009 1:01PM
Because you enjoyed Fable 2 so much more knowing that a proportion of other people wouldn't be able to play it?
Nebinator @ Jan 27th 2009 2:04PM
@Haggard
I meant that Fable 2 was one of my main reasons I chose Xbox360 over the PS3. I didn't mean to troll, so sorry if I did.
context @ Jan 27th 2009 11:52AM
notice: "we"
I say outsourcing, But why would I care it's only joystiqs game of the year.
Snowblind @ Jan 27th 2009 11:55AM
Not really surprising, Microsoft seems to be staying far away from PC gaming. And considering the first sold poorly, was heavily pirated and is only used as a reason not to buy a 360, I don't see why they should bother porting these games.
And the nay-sayers can say as they please, but Fable 2 was still one of my favourite games of last year, even compared to things like Fallout and MGS4.
Knight Marquise @ Jan 27th 2009 12:05PM
Completely agree Snowblind.
Vegeta (aka Ska Oreo) @ Jan 27th 2009 12:07PM
Agreed. Fable 2 had a lot of personality and wit that many other games lack.
Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Jan 27th 2009 12:11PM
Fable 2 might have relatively little content but it sure makes up for it with the sheer polish...
GenBanks @ Jan 27th 2009 12:18PM
I guess it's true that they seem to be limiting the 360 exclusives to the 360 and trying to get PC gamers to buy 360s because of games like Fable 2 and Gears of War 2 not being out on PC.
I think they're basically torn between two opposing impulses...
On the one hand, they want the 360 to be THE gaming platform.
On the other hand, they want to dominate PC gaming and integrate the PC community with their xbox community using the Games for Windows live program.
Unfortunately though, both of those objectives undercut each other.
Markez (Rubberband Banjo till Death) @ Jan 27th 2009 12:30PM
I think I'm *finally* tired of playing Fable. Still a handful of cheevos I want to get, but after finishing the game awhile ago, and finishing off Knothole Island over a week ago, I finally, finally questioned myself as to why I was putting the disc in again the other day. Man, I love that game.
WiNG from LifeinaGame.com @ Jan 27th 2009 11:59AM
CONFIRMED*: PC version has already been completed, and thus requires no current work.
*this confirmation not guaranteed by WiNG or his affiliates
iamOG @ Jan 27th 2009 2:02PM
LOL*
*LOL is subject to change while supplies last.
Mr Khan @ Jan 27th 2009 12:00PM
Griffin on a weekday?
What a brave new world we live in!
Chin-Poh (I wuv you Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged!) @ Jan 27th 2009 12:00PM
Aw damn, I rather enjoyed it when it was rented on the 360 and wanted it to come to PC. : (
Come on Microsoft, give both the PC and 360 some loving.
LaughingTarget @ Jan 27th 2009 12:00PM
Lionhead isn't working on it. That doesn't mean someone else isn't. Ports usually get handed off to a secondary studio. This doesn't indicate that it won't happen, just that Lionhead isn't the one doing it.
Haggard @ Jan 27th 2009 1:03PM
Valid point. Gearbox for instance, alongside their own franchises, have done a number of ports of other people's games over the years.
Sir Buzz Killington( The Artist formerly known as Jakka) @ Jan 27th 2009 12:02PM
Meh...I'd rather have Lionhead focus on their next project and make it designed with a PC port in mind rather than have them waste so much effort porting a heavily-console-centric gane for relatively little profit.
You're forgiven, Peter. Now go play and make another kickass game :P
raindogtoo23 @ Jan 27th 2009 2:11PM
In agreement there.
I wasn't really planning on getting this for the PC anyway; Gears 2 I'll eventually get though.
I'd rather see what PM has planned next.
Misframed @ Jan 27th 2009 12:06PM
I loved Fable 2 and planning on getting Knothole Island but how 'bout a patch to fix co-op... I don't need my own hero but my own camera would be nice...
baby sea tuna @ Jan 27th 2009 12:16PM
I disagree. I think we *should* get to play as our own heroes. Even if it's in appearance only. The time, effort, and gold that it took for my character(s) to look the way that he(she, they) do, was pretty substantial. I think I should be able to share that with others.
On the same note, I think there should be some sort of internal screen-cap system for Fable much like Halo 3, Forza 2 (and others) so that you can record pictures of your character's evolution for posterity. I really became interested in this when it recaps your character's different phases toward the end. Maybe in F3...
Alien Lord @ Jan 27th 2009 7:56PM
@baby sea tuna I totally agree with you there baby sea tuna
TheClosetMonkey @ Jan 27th 2009 12:07PM
Damn, I was hoping it would. :(
Megadanxzero @ Jan 27th 2009 12:07PM
This could easily just mean that someone else is working on a PC version, instead of it being done by Lionhead, as occasionally happens with PC ports of console games...
Chin-Poh (I wuv you Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged!) @ Jan 27th 2009 12:17PM
Perhaps Microsoft Game Studios is working on the port? Didn't they work on the Gears of War PC port?
GenBanks @ Jan 27th 2009 12:20PM
But not Gears of War 2 or Halo 3...
Phil @ Jan 27th 2009 12:23PM
No, really guys that's not funny. Don't make me buy an XBox 5 years from now in the junk pile just to play this game.
Fable for the PC was one of the few games I played from start to finish w/o getting majorly sidelined by another game. It was excellent and worth every penny, which means something since I bought it at launch too.
So seriously, it's not funny. Release the damned game already.
arrrgh @ Jan 27th 2009 1:21PM
buy a 360. i bet it cost less than your video card
Phil @ Jan 27th 2009 1:57PM
No, it doesn't.
Besides, I don't look at my PC as only a gaming rig either. Sure it can game (nicely and better than an XBox to boot) but i can also encode video, store ALL of my music, integrate with my TV and post responses on websites.
If I wanted a closed box system that is only used for games, has a proven track record of unreliability and constant crashes then, and only then, I would buy an XBox360. Until that time I think I'll keep a majority of my gaming on my PC.
sk8monroe81 @ Jan 27th 2009 2:21PM
phil- when you live with somebody its great to have a gaming console and a stand alone computer.
if i had 2 computers i would miss out on so many great games and be stuck with spore and other PC games that dont interest me.
PC gaming is not nearly supported to the degree of console gaming.
we have so many choices of games to purchase.
have fun with $ 15 per month WOW.... lol...
Phil @ Jan 27th 2009 2:41PM
sk8monroe81 - I am not arguing against console gaming at all. I own a Wii, PS3, Original XBox, NDSlite, two PSPs, a Dreamcast, multiple itterations of the Gameboy, Gamecube, SNES, NES, GameGear, Virtual boy, etc... I do own a PC that is used for mainly gaming as well as all the stuff I listed earlier and a lower-end laptop that is used for more day-to-day PC tasks.
My basic belief is that if I am going to buy a game and it is available on console & PC, I will generally buy it for the PC. If I hear that it will eventually be released for both, I will wait for the PC build. I have been burned before with this logic, but about 95% of the time it has served me well.
Also, I have owned all of my consoles over a year. None of them has ever needed service. I don't personally know even one person that owns an XBox360 that has never needed to be serviced.
It's not a good track record. That is why my wife and I won't be buying an XBox360 until we find one in the bargain bin of the local pawn shop a few years from now.
sk8monroe81 @ Jan 27th 2009 3:05PM
and now that many games are not getting a PC port, there is less and less reason for the PC to be my main gaming platform.
sk8monroe81 @ Jan 27th 2009 3:07PM
phil my last comment was made before i saw your reply to me...
anyway yeah the 360 hardware sucks, but the software is great, and the 3 year warranty helps out..
but good to know you game on platforms also.
some people only play on PC and talk down on console gaming for some reason.
Phil @ Jan 27th 2009 4:47PM
sk8monroe81- Aw, nah... I'm not the typical PC Gaming fanboy troll. I just don't like the XBox360s track record enough to want to risk buying a bad console just to play this game. Like I said before, I was looking forward to the PC release.
Dave @ Jan 27th 2009 12:23PM
I don't get it. Fable II looked fantastic there is no doubt about that but the game itself sucked. At no point in the game did I care about any of the characters and I definately didn't feel the need to replay the game as a bad guy. The final battle if you could call it that was horrible. I waited for Lician to launch some awesome attack but before he even finished his speech one of the other characters shot him and that was it. Fable II was just terrible, they need to play some Final Fantasy games to get a better idea of what an RPG storyline should be like.
WiNG from LifeinaGame.com @ Jan 27th 2009 12:28PM
Here's a clue, don't give spoilers to games on Joystiq, natch.