Fable 3 gameplay footage from Comic-Con is very, very upsetting
by Griffin McElroy 
on Jul 25th 2010 7:00PM
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:05PM Slinky25252 said
Aggressive flatulence attacks are not to be taken lightly.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 10:39PM That Burning Sensation said
@Slinky25252
For a second, when the player paused infront of the NPC kid, I thought he was going to do a flatulence attack on her.
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For a second, when the player paused infront of the NPC kid, I thought he was going to do a flatulence attack on her.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 11:11PM ItsameMatt03 said
@Slinky25252
Just to get this at the top above the needless whining and bashing:
Fable III looks amazing! I can forgive the juvenile flatulence for a great story, gameplay, graphics, and for being something truly special that a lot of other games aren't, besides Nintendo games.
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Just to get this at the top above the needless whining and bashing:
Fable III looks amazing! I can forgive the juvenile flatulence for a great story, gameplay, graphics, and for being something truly special that a lot of other games aren't, besides Nintendo games.
Posted: Jul 26th 2010 10:27AM WilliamNighthawk said
@That Burning Sensation I was truly hoping the player would :D or pick the kid up and run, sell her as a slave later on in the game or raise her in violence so she would be a fearsome warrior who is on my side in a giant ending battle.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:06PM Padilla7921 said
I will get downranked, but...I'm really glad Molyneaux decided to show this game. It has made my decision to not purchase it that much easier.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:13PM Ezio Auditore da Firenze said
@Padilla7921 I'll give it a rental, at least.
But after how Fable 2 let me down.. I'm not holding out much hope.
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But after how Fable 2 let me down.. I'm not holding out much hope.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:15PM BlackedOut said
I'm really glad you decided to show your opinion on this game. It has made my decision to downrank you that much easier.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:18PM S0lid Sn4ke said
Fable II really let Snake down. Snake hopes Fable III will recover from Fable II.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:36PM Deschain said
@Padilla7921
I personally loved Fable 2. There is not much to improve other than the technical flaws and add more variety of weapons and armor to add replay value. Itemization is something games do so little of these days. I hope this changes before Diablo 3 comes out (one of the few non-mmo's to have a focus on itemization).
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I personally loved Fable 2. There is not much to improve other than the technical flaws and add more variety of weapons and armor to add replay value. Itemization is something games do so little of these days. I hope this changes before Diablo 3 comes out (one of the few non-mmo's to have a focus on itemization).
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:41PM Padilla7921 said
I really enjoyed Fable 1, despite the fact that it was nothing like what Molyneaux promised. I bought Fable 2 as soon as I got a 360, but was generally not impressed with it, though I thought it was a better game than the original. However, I am not really looking forward to Fable 3. Molyneaux always makes grand promises and always seems to fail to deliver on them, despite the fact that the games he makes are still pretty good, regardless. However, after the personal letdown that was Fable 2 (for me, at least), I don't know if I'll readily spend $60 on the third one.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:45PM Deschain said
@Padilla7921
And people wonder why I keep low expectations (hint: it leads to bigger surprises and less disappointment). Besides that, Peter has a salesman voice and look about him. I honestly don't believe a word he says till I experience it for my self. He tells me "you can do anything!" I tell him to can shut up.
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And people wonder why I keep low expectations (hint: it leads to bigger surprises and less disappointment). Besides that, Peter has a salesman voice and look about him. I honestly don't believe a word he says till I experience it for my self. He tells me "you can do anything!" I tell him to can shut up.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:48PM PhilipJWitow said
@Padilla7921.
Yeah, the farting thing makes me cringe and wonder why Lionhead Studios think we're a bunch of 12-year olds who love this sort of stuff.
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Yeah, the farting thing makes me cringe and wonder why Lionhead Studios think we're a bunch of 12-year olds who love this sort of stuff.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 8:02PM Special Agent Bob said
@Ezio Auditore da Firenze
wait you buy your games
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wait you buy your games
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 8:21PM Talos Izanagi said
@Padilla7921 Same here...that first few seconds was just plain stupid.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 8:36PM Lerkero said
@Padilla7921
Did you really need to see gameplay to decide that?
According to the inverse law of Molyneaux promise: The more Peter Molyneaux promises his game will be the best ever, the less impressive it will be. As you can see, Fable 1 was a fine game, Fable 2 is worse, and Fable 3 will probably be the worst yet.
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Did you really need to see gameplay to decide that?
According to the inverse law of Molyneaux promise: The more Peter Molyneaux promises his game will be the best ever, the less impressive it will be. As you can see, Fable 1 was a fine game, Fable 2 is worse, and Fable 3 will probably be the worst yet.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 9:30PM Padilla7921 said
@PhilipJWitow
I have a hard time taking Molyneaux seriously when, in every successive game release from Fable 1 through 3, the farting interaction has gotten progressively longer, more complex, and more repulsive.
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I have a hard time taking Molyneaux seriously when, in every successive game release from Fable 1 through 3, the farting interaction has gotten progressively longer, more complex, and more repulsive.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 10:50PM That Burning Sensation said
@PhilipJWitow
Apparently, you had to have been there, because you can hear people laughing in the background. My guess is they were from the lobotomy convention next door.
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Apparently, you had to have been there, because you can hear people laughing in the background. My guess is they were from the lobotomy convention next door.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 10:55PM Liquidfingers said
@Wiizer
It's similar to the way the original Xbox had way better graphics than the PS2 (even though a lot of people don't like to admit that it did). You can thank the year gap between the release of both systems for that because, really, it does make a big difference in terms of hardware.
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It's similar to the way the original Xbox had way better graphics than the PS2 (even though a lot of people don't like to admit that it did). You can thank the year gap between the release of both systems for that because, really, it does make a big difference in terms of hardware.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 11:15PM (Unverified) said
@PhilipJWitow
I take it you've never read the comments on Joystiq?
:p
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I take it you've never read the comments on Joystiq?
:p
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 11:23PM AtomicPlayboy said
@Padilla7921 I'm with you. Molyneux seems to have drawn inspiration from the worse aspects of the social networking scene and from iPhone fart apps. Fable 2 had some enjoyable action RPG gameplay wrapped up in some tedious "social" mechanics (making people like my character by dancing and farting? grow up). For the 3rd outing, it seems like the latter will be increased at the expense of the former. No thanks.
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Posted: Jul 26th 2010 4:46AM edhe said
@PhilipJWitow don't like it.. don't do it.
It's there, as with all the other emotes, to let *you* act how *you* want to. Just like how you can dress how you want, look how you want, fight how you want and proceed the plot when you want.
Also, it's fable - if there's no farting it's not fable. Remember the first game had you start off as a cheeky chappie, who was meant to be doing that sort of thing anyway.
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It's there, as with all the other emotes, to let *you* act how *you* want to. Just like how you can dress how you want, look how you want, fight how you want and proceed the plot when you want.
Also, it's fable - if there's no farting it's not fable. Remember the first game had you start off as a cheeky chappie, who was meant to be doing that sort of thing anyway.
Posted: Jul 26th 2010 4:57AM Mmmmz said
@Deschain
Yes, but that's no reason for them not to be optimized for the PC just as well. It's all about the coding and PC games are notoriously getting shafted in favor of the consoles.
Money talks, but I'm sure all they'd have to do is spend 25% more money on the PORT JOB (not 25% more of the original budget to make the game from scratch) to make it more than adequate and run well on somewhat older hardware (1 oe 2 old gen cards) for the equivalent 30 FPS and graphic quality of the console version. Then. they'd probably sell more games on the PC platform since it wouldn't have such a bad rap from lazy and cheap companies.
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Yes, but that's no reason for them not to be optimized for the PC just as well. It's all about the coding and PC games are notoriously getting shafted in favor of the consoles.
Money talks, but I'm sure all they'd have to do is spend 25% more money on the PORT JOB (not 25% more of the original budget to make the game from scratch) to make it more than adequate and run well on somewhat older hardware (1 oe 2 old gen cards) for the equivalent 30 FPS and graphic quality of the console version. Then. they'd probably sell more games on the PC platform since it wouldn't have such a bad rap from lazy and cheap companies.
Posted: Jul 26th 2010 5:45PM JCDoe said
@PhilipJWitow
Fable has always had a gesture system of interacting with npcs (peasants, shopkeepers, etc). This gesture system allows you to interact with the people in the game in more or less predictable ways (i.e., dancing and flexing makes people like you, farting, giving the finger, and using "hip thrusts" make people dislike you). I can't help but wonder what "mature" rude gestures you think should replace flatulence.
I think it also bears mention that sometimes its fun to be a bit childish. I mean, as gamers, aren't we all guilty of that in a way?
In GTA, I think its hysterical to pay a taxi driver to haul me across town, just so I can yank him out of the car, shoot him, and take my money back. Sometimes I like to just go postal and shoot everyone and everything until the Feds show up with their assault choppers and fill me with holes. Makes me laugh every time. What about people who record killshots? Teabagging? Trash talk?
The point is, sometimes you have to just let go a little bit and be immature. Otherwise, you're never going to have fun, and honestly, who wants to be around someone who never has fun?
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Fable has always had a gesture system of interacting with npcs (peasants, shopkeepers, etc). This gesture system allows you to interact with the people in the game in more or less predictable ways (i.e., dancing and flexing makes people like you, farting, giving the finger, and using "hip thrusts" make people dislike you). I can't help but wonder what "mature" rude gestures you think should replace flatulence.
I think it also bears mention that sometimes its fun to be a bit childish. I mean, as gamers, aren't we all guilty of that in a way?
In GTA, I think its hysterical to pay a taxi driver to haul me across town, just so I can yank him out of the car, shoot him, and take my money back. Sometimes I like to just go postal and shoot everyone and everything until the Feds show up with their assault choppers and fill me with holes. Makes me laugh every time. What about people who record killshots? Teabagging? Trash talk?
The point is, sometimes you have to just let go a little bit and be immature. Otherwise, you're never going to have fun, and honestly, who wants to be around someone who never has fun?
Posted: Jul 30th 2010 3:44AM Raiki said
@Deschain
Crysis is actually just very well optimized. The engine it runs on is incredible.
Grand Theft Auto IV on the other hand, is the complete opposite on the PC. Shoddy port job is why it won't run as well. Just because a game doesn't run that well doesn't mean it's more demanding, it may mean the programmers were just lazy. Most of the frame rate improvements on GTA4 actually came from nVidia and ATi improving their drivers.
Anyone can make a game that consumes all of your computer's resources.
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Crysis is actually just very well optimized. The engine it runs on is incredible.
Grand Theft Auto IV on the other hand, is the complete opposite on the PC. Shoddy port job is why it won't run as well. Just because a game doesn't run that well doesn't mean it's more demanding, it may mean the programmers were just lazy. Most of the frame rate improvements on GTA4 actually came from nVidia and ATi improving their drivers.
Anyone can make a game that consumes all of your computer's resources.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:16PM Cypher FDP said
Classy.
I assume the pop culture jokes come later.
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I assume the pop culture jokes come later.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:18PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
It's like watching a Will Farrell movie. You keep thinking it will get better, but as time goes on, you want to punch yourself in the face for even considering the possibility.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:20PM S0lid Sn4ke said
Weird, I get the same feeling when watching Captai- er I mean, a movie with Jeremy Piven.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:22PM Captain Planet Planeteer Power said
@S0lid Sn4ke
You son of a bitch.
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You son of a bitch.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:32PM PipBoyV3 said
@Captain Planet Planeteer Power Thats a really great example, however I do not think it should be used to describe Fable 3. There seems to be many new features, destroying the flaws of its predecessor. The loading times alone, especially changing your gear improves this game over Fable 2 by miles.
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Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:33PM sonicspike41 said
@Captain Planet Planeteer Power
Hey, Talladega Nights was funny. I mean, that's like 1 movie out of probably 40+, but I guess it still counts.
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Hey, Talladega Nights was funny. I mean, that's like 1 movie out of probably 40+, but I guess it still counts.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 7:40PM BrookLynnsFinest said
@Captain Planet Planeteer Power
Aww so it's still cool to hate on Will Ferrell movies?
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Aww so it's still cool to hate on Will Ferrell movies?
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 9:29PM This Little Man Says His Name Is said
@Anticrawl
Avatar was terrible yet it's rated amongst some of the best films of all time.
The irony is expanding.
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Avatar was terrible yet it's rated amongst some of the best films of all time.
The irony is expanding.
Posted: Jul 25th 2010 11:42PM S0lid Sn4ke said
@Captain Planet Planeteer Power
I was gonna say Captain X....
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I was gonna say Captain X....
Posted: Jul 26th 2010 12:19AM This Little Man Says His Name Is said
@Anticrawl
Ron Burgandy for PM.
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Ron Burgandy for PM.
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