Taking a bit longer than expected, Lionhead Studios recently released a patch for the Fable 2 Pub Games that not only reset the Fortunes Tower leaderboards but also FIXED the gold exploit. Yes sir, a new patch to fix what Peter Molyneux told us was an "intentional" bug that allowed players to rack up millions in gold. Eh?So, this patch release leads us to one of two conclusions. Either Molyneux told the truth, the glitch was intentional and players will somehow be affected when playing Fable 2 OR we've been lied to, the exploit was completely unintentional and Molynuex was covering up the fact. No matter what conclusion you end up on, we won't know the truth until October.
[Thanks, Elite wing Zer0]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
9-21-2008 @ 10:05AM
EAsucks said...
Why would they patch it if it was intentional?
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9-25-2008 @ 5:04PM
Frankmond said...
its said that Molyneux wanted to give players the "choice" by putting a temptation in front of us - every choice has a concequence. It's also said that if we've devoted ourselves to making millions, then we'll end up weak and feeble in-game.
9-21-2008 @ 10:24AM
casey said...
All Lies, Deception and Blasphemy.
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9-21-2008 @ 10:26AM
Kabapu said...
Ugh. Read his original comments. He never said it was intentional. Seriously. Gaming "journalists" need to be a little more accurate in their reporting.
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9-21-2008 @ 12:40PM
chad said...
Actually, that's exactly what he told IGN. Reading comprehension is your friend.
9-21-2008 @ 2:48PM
Neuromancer said...
Reading comprehension is apparently not your friend, Chad. Kabapu had it right. There's no direct Peter M. quote in the IGN article at all; this is all they said:
"Molyneux has said that they are well aware of the cheat and that those who used it to earn their money will be in for a surprise."
That doesn't mean it was intentional, just that they're aware of it. Try not to be such a dick next time!
9-21-2008 @ 10:31AM
Akukami said...
One moment, lemme put my tin foil hat on...
I'm thinking one of two things happened;
1. Molyneux intentionally put the glitch, though I guess it should be called a "Feature", in and was planning something to happen to those of us who used it in Fable 2. For whatever reason, perhaps unable to implement it properly or fear they might punish legit players (if they made x amount of gold the trigger instead of doing the cheat I guess) and the feature was pulled.
2. See option 2 in the OP. Kind of how our parents would lie to us about something terrible happening if we didn't stop doing something bad.
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9-21-2008 @ 10:35AM
Dirty Whirlwind said...
But surely you can still use the exploit, even if you downloaded the patch (with the HDD maintaining code and play the game offline from their)? They don't reset your gold, do they?
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9-21-2008 @ 11:08AM
JBurton said...
The game can still punish you. Opening cinematic;
You were playing, they saw you cheat, they do something to you (maybe left you a scar), and then *reset* your gold and let you start playing again.
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9-21-2008 @ 11:09AM
Dragod said...
I haven't patched yet... Does it reset your money?
If not, I'll just not update and keep using the exploit until launch day.
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9-21-2008 @ 2:50PM
Neuromancer said...
The only problem with that plan is maybe Fable 2 will only let you transfer over your guy if your Pub Games is up to date. Not sure though.
9-21-2008 @ 11:17AM
DBoyFlex said...
I sent this in about 4 days ago. It does not resent your money or items. It only fixes the glitch and resets the leaderboards. You will still have your 10 trillion gold.
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9-21-2008 @ 1:05PM
josh said...
Yeah I sent it in too. First come, first credited probably. It doesn't reset your money though or your Inventory or Concept Art. Just the leader boards and the glitch.
Could they really have built in anything too extreme of punishment for cheating by the time they realized the game had a glitch? They would've been almost done, right?
9-21-2008 @ 1:43PM
DC502 said...
Maybe this was all intentional... Maybe they wanted people to make trillions, now they are stopping the cash flow and implementing some type of program to catch the cheaters. There might be some consequences in game as of now because of the recent patch.
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9-21-2008 @ 3:53PM
CS said...
how do i clear my cashe on my 360?
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9-21-2008 @ 5:59PM
readmore said...
Why do people assume that any "punishment" will be based on how much money you have? If this glitch was in fact programmed in, then punishment would be based on how many times you used it and how much you made when using it. If it was programmed in then the game will know what you bet, how much you should have won and how much you DID win.. not to mention it would know how many times you used the cheat.
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9-21-2008 @ 6:42PM
graywolf321 said...
The IGN article only states that "Molyneux has said they were well aware of the cheat..." This isn't a direct quote from Molyneux nor does it even imply that the question was put to Molyneux during the interview. The author of the article may only have been repeating what he had read in other reviews or on some blog. Joystiq misquotes the IGN article by adding"...the cheat was no accident..." [Ross Miller 9-16-08 of Joystiq]. Gamespot interviewed Molyneux on 9-18-08 and asked, "Was the glitch something you planned?" Molyneux's response was,"I'm not going to say anything about that. All I'm going to say is that Fable is all about looking at what you're like as a player...Don't expect there not to be consequences; after all, let's remind ourselves that Fable says every choice has a consequence."
As for what those 'consequences' are, we can only guess so please remember that all these post comments are only guesses. If anyone has applied the patch, I'd like to hear what affect it had on the pub game. Also, if anyone has a quote from Molyneux stating he planned the glitch, then please put in where the article can be found and what date it was written.
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9-21-2008 @ 7:51PM
Neuromancer said...
Wait, why think critically about something when it's so much easier to take a blog post as truth instead of a direct source?!
9-21-2008 @ 8:10PM
RedSonRising said...
i guess no one else planned for all this but me. i have stashed a few thousand across a few names and im still building the largest bankroll with one.. planned on importing a lil bit at a time when needed (if possible)..
it all seemed too easy to me, my guess is the more money you import the bigger the penalty.. i hope the exploit was deliberate because otherwise there would be a limited number of ppl who didnt use it but did make a lot of money..
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9-22-2008 @ 7:26AM
Adorialea said...
I don't think it would be a good idea to be penalized by how much money you bring in, using that to determine whether you've cheated or not. Many people have made tons of money honestly, and they'd be none too happy if they got in trouble, too.
What I can see happening, to keep it fair to everyone, is for your character's gambling rating to go up, either based on the amount of money you've made, or the tournaments you've won. That would keep it fair to all... because if you've made a million gold (honestly or dishonestly) you're a gamblin' fool!
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