Peter Molyneux says it all the time. When you play Fable 2, he wants you to really feel something. As Eurogamer reports, Lionhead's staging director Georg Backer, who spoke in Molyneux's stead at GCDC in Europe, wants Fable 2 to be on par with movies and television as an entertainment choice. In order to achieve this end, Lionhead has been employing several techniques used in the movies and television to craft Fable 2. For instance, the company hired a sword master who worked on movies like Gladiator and Troy to help them design the combat. Lionhead has also worked with a film editor to better understand the best way to present the action to the player. Backer noted that realism isn't necessarily what's important. What's important, Backer said, is "that the drama is conveyed on-screen." Achieving such goals in the movies, says Backer, often involves distorting realism in favor of what conveys the proper meaning. "For us," said Backer, "this is a really new thing and we really desperately want to make sure that this drama and emotion gets pushed in games."
A noble goal indeed. Might we suggest the gang at Lionhead take some time to research BioShock while they're at it?
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8-21-2007 @ 4:00PM
DjDATZ said...
Not even close to the article by Wired on Halo 3.
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8-21-2007 @ 4:18PM
erivera3 said...
True that Dj, though it isn't fair comparison. Halo 3 can't be touched by any other games in my opinion, this game doesn't even have a chance.
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8-21-2007 @ 4:24PM
DjDATZ said...
@ erivera3
LOL...there's one distinct reason why fable 2 is being released in 2008: Halo 3.
There is one distinct reason why plenty games are choosing 2008: Halo 3.
Halo 3 WILL be the greatest game for a LONG time to come.
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8-21-2007 @ 4:26PM
Insomnious said...
If I wanted to read an article on Halo 3, I'd read an article on Halo 3.
By the power of some unknown force, I wanted to read a Fable 2 article, because sometimes other games come out for the 360 which aren't Halo 3.
So you'd think a Fable 2 article would be followed by some Fable 2 comments, huh?
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8-21-2007 @ 4:28PM
Josh said...
This is going to be a great game the only thing is only believe half of what PM says.
And to be fair the Halo 3 is a completely different game, genre and everything.
Unfortunatly you are both right in that it will be overshadowed but Fable was a great game and I expect even more of the same from the sequal
Submergence Day 8/21
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8-21-2007 @ 4:34PM
DjDATZ said...
Oh no doubt it'll be an awesome game, and I can't wait for it, I'm just saying that doing this, aka making you game more "movie-and-tv-like" is NOTHING compared to how Bungie and MGS are testing Halo 3...
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8-21-2007 @ 4:56PM
erivera3 said...
@ DjDATZ
Truer words have ne'er been spoken.
Insomnious, chill your ass out dude. If you don't want to read my comment or anyone elses you can easily choose not to without posting a new worthless comment.
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8-21-2007 @ 5:49PM
rinks said...
Obviously Pete hasn't learned his lesson about hyperbole. Oh well, looking forward to it anyway.
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8-21-2007 @ 5:50PM
ChiefQ8 said...
WOW this is great ,and i can't wait to play FABLE 2
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8-21-2007 @ 7:43PM
Insomnious said...
"Insomnious, chill your ass out dude. If you don't want to read my comment or anyone elses you can easily choose not to without posting a new worthless comment."
It gets a little grating when you want to look for news on other games, but your constantly reminded how great Halo 3 will be, etc etc.
OK, yeah, we get the point. They said the same about Halo 2, which I admit was a great game, but since then I've played games with far-less production and testing, games which I believe are far better.
To be fair, I'll probably enjoy Fable 2 more than Halo 3 - as soon as the campaign is done, all that's left is multiplayer which be an absolute bloody nightmare once the glitches, bridgers, etc. inevitably start again.
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8-21-2007 @ 7:50PM
Abscissa said...
I already learned my lesson about listening to anything Molyneux says when I got the first Fable.
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8-21-2007 @ 9:06PM
MYPS3KilledMy360 said...
Bio Shock has already has accomplished this and thats on the demo. As for Halo3 a lot of you are building your expectations up way too high. yes it will be great but you will be spending most of your time online. sure you will play once or twice by yourself but most of the great experience will be playing online and co op shooting crap oblivious to the story line. if anything Halo 3 has the possibilty of being compared to Star Wars episode 3. they both will sell, tie up loose ends and be jampacked with action.
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8-21-2007 @ 9:08PM
MYPS3KilledMy360 said...
But over all not the epicness it was hyped up to be. hey its just my opinion.
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8-22-2007 @ 8:50AM
coalhalo said...
Fable 2 can't get here soon enough for me. I'd wish that Pete Moly et al would stop with all the talking and just finish the game. Pete's got a bad track record when it comes to describing his games pre-release. They often don't match up very good. I really enjoyed the first Fable, and I got the Lost Chapters version to play while I waited for Oblivion to come out. I'm confident Fable 2 will be a fantastic game, but I doubt it will be the game as described by Lionhead. They have already admitted to cutting out certain parts of the game that were some of the first media shown to gamers at last years E3. So by the time it's release date arrives, I can only guess what else is not included, but was discussed at length.
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8-22-2007 @ 5:12PM
fang said...
Jesus - Halo is SO overrated it aint even funny. Good game sure, but it really aint all that. I for one certainly won't be buying it upon release after finding Halo a disapointment in its level design, and Halo II more of the same.
Give me something immersive like Mass Effect or Bioshock anyday over all that cookie cutter crap.
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8-23-2007 @ 2:25PM
Brutus said...
I signed up to do Work Experiance with Lionhead but I'm on their waiting list. If I do get in, it will be the greatest experiance of my life and they'll be so impressed in my game testing that they'll have no other option but to hire me on the spot.
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