Natal in Fable 3 hinted by a paranoid Molyneux

A combination of controller and Natal based games is how I see Natal being successful. It will be interesting.

Not just a shotgun, a shotgun with a laser site!

Javier Bardem

Lol... A "laser site". Good luck aiming with that.

*sight

Shotgun/laser hybrids confirmed for Fable 3?

omfg just think what you could do if you mount that to a shark's head!!!11

Lasersighted shotguns? Put this man in charge of the next Modern Warfare! It'll have shotguns with laser sights, water grenades, sniper uzis, and armored socks!

yeah he's like totally out of touch with the shooter market, obviously.

bluezy, that was the first thing I thought of reading this too. We all knew he would use Natal - the only shocking idea was someone assassinating him with a shotgun.

are you Bjork?

To pick out which side of the building they want to hit.

Dramatic effect?

Well at least its better than using a shotgun with an acog scope.(im looking at you rainbow six vegas!!)

Make sure its pointed in the right direction?

Maybe he's afraid of getting killed by Leon Kennedy.

If you're going for headshots in CoD4 so you can get the stupid challenge done :\

I think shooters have warped peoples minds a little bit. You all know a shotgun is effective at 60 feet, and possibly more than 100 depending on design. It's not like Halo where you have to firmly plant in on your enemies chest.

True, it's not like people go duck hunting with a sawed off Mossberg 12g.

You also don't go duck hunting with a laser sight, either... ¬_¬

But you could and that would make it more interesting. Heck I'd like to try duck hunting with a grenade launcher. See what fun that could provide.

I've never been duck hunting but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that using a laser sight to hunt ducks is stupid. For your consideration:

Most species of duck have an average maximum altitude of 836 meters. Quick conversion and rounding tells us this is 91 yards. According to Crimson Trace, a laser sight manufacturer who uses the most powerful laser diode allowed by US law, in ideal morning sunlight conditions (ducks usually aren't out at night) conditions the laser can be seen for 15 yards. Even if that laser somehow refracted through a cloud and telescopically increased it's distance, it still does nothing for the range of your shotgun. But let's assume for some reason they were closer, in a more accurate representation of a hunting scenario. You would still have to be very good to not only hold the "dot" on the duck in mid-air for a long enough time to get a good shot without a scope, but you would risk scaring the duck, ultra-bright high intensity high-focus lights aren't exactly a predominant fixture in most nature enviroments.

So yeah, stupid argument is stupid, end of story. And don't even start with the "grenade launcher" thing, that's a typical "gamer who doesn't know anything about real weapons" kind of reaction. Real life isn't Halo.

NPC Interactions (a la Milo) maybe? Or maybe just for spell selection or merchant shopping menus. Either way, Natal or not, I cannot wait to play Fable 3.

considering how molyneux has said that Fable 3s new interaction system will be "touch and judgment" it'd be pretty hard not to imagine Natal in there somewhere

Yeah I can imagine like in shops, you could "grab" what you want to buy. Or in fighting maybe using spells by saying them out loud ala Harry Potter. But I'm not so sure about NPC interactions... I mean, I guess the "touch & judge" thing has a clue on that maybe, but I just can't imagine it... like Milo mini-games with the NPCs? I don't know, but I definitely trust Molyneux.

accept no substitutes.

It is over a year away. We announced SegaCD over a year ahead of its North American launch mainly to keep our customers from defecting to Nintendo again (Though it turned out we didn't need to) and that seems to be what Microsoft has done here.

I see Natal as a moderately successful add-on, one that's too expensive/gimmicky to be widely accepted. It's 50 percent of the cheapest console, and all it seems to be is a collection of cameras/sensors. I wouldn't be surprised to see between 25/50 percent of owners buying this for their Xbox, but not much higher than that.

too expensive? have the announced a price yet?

Probably. Also to utilize those 'darkened scenes' to maximum effect.

So let me get this straight...you were disappointed in Fable 1. Then, after being disappointed in Fable you decided it'd be a good idea to buy Fable 2? And now, after being disappointed in not only Fable, but Fable 2 as well, you've come up with the idea that you should consider buying Fable 3?

Kinda reminds me of the folks who complain about madden and yet still buys it year after year..

Personally I like the Fable franchise. While not a perfect gaming series it does provide fun and thats all I'm looking for.

Except Steve, Tim is obviously full of sh*t. I would wager he hasn't bought at least one of the ones he was disappointed in. An option like Natal wouldn't be what stops you from getting the title if you don't like the series in the first place.

Please see my above post.

I would prefer games that used the controller and Natal hybrid/supplement. All motion control is too inaccurate and frustrating for me.