We suppose some people will be upset about it but considering the GSB team expects the co-op to be added soon after release, Microsoft hopes for an update within a week or release, we aren't freaking out yet. However, considering most reviews will take the omission into account we wouldn't be surprised to see Fable 2 take a few dings on the Metacritic front. If that means anything to you, at all.
Gamerscore Blog ends the post by sending over a thank your from developer Lionhead for your understanding and patience. The team at Lionhead are very excited to have you play their grand RPG, so much so that the game went gold before, you know ... it was finished.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
9-27-2008 @ 8:00AM
Thomas Brown said...
Well I`ll be getting it when the patch comes out....Fallout 3 it is.
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9-27-2008 @ 8:12AM
Arnon said...
So what you're saying is.. is that you were going to play online from the very beginning, when you have nothing to play online for..
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9-27-2008 @ 8:13AM
Arnon said...
I LOVE YOUR LOGIC!
9-27-2008 @ 10:03AM
DBoyFlex said...
I get what everybody is saying: build your character up without rushing anything so that way when they release the patch, we have already experienced the game a bit and actually have direction in what we want to do, as opposed to unwrapping the game, finding friends and then aimlessly wandering around talking about how the flowers look pretty. Makes sense to play that way, but...
The game was advertised as coming with online coop. Ok, they were not clear as to when online coop would work, but they made it pretty clear it would be on disk. Since it is not, we are now forced to play offline until the patch comes out. So, the hangups I have are 1. They decieved yet again and 2. They are forcing us to play the way they want us to play i.e. play solo before playing coop online. At least most games make it clear when something is not shipping with the game before they tell you the game is finished and has gone gold. Whats next? Ah, Fable is DONE and went gold the other day. Oh, did we mention that so far the only thing on the disk is the ability to play through the childhood missions? The adult missions will be added via marketplace content for the low low price of an arm, a leg, and your soul, and it will be 20 gigs big, sorry. Now, everybody have fun.
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9-27-2008 @ 10:41AM
ice~ said...
Does anyone else remember when this happened with Rock Band 1, they promised to release Band World Tour online before January, come January and there's nothing...they eventually said "screw it lets release it with RB2", I really don't want that to happen with Fable 2....
also, i don't know where im gonna pull $240 out of my ass to buy Dead Space, Fable 2, Fallout 3, and Spiderman Web Of Shadows...anyone wanna spot me a hundred?
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9-27-2008 @ 11:08AM
bbjones said...
im still get it on the day its come out but im not playing till the up-date
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9-27-2008 @ 11:11AM
cesar said...
this will be another castle crashers.... they will release the patch "as soon as posible"
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9-27-2008 @ 12:28PM
ryan said...
or this will be one of those "we'll have it within the launch week" kind of things.....like they just said they would.
9-27-2008 @ 1:02PM
Tah said...
now im not freaking out or even really complaining about it but it is kinda dumb that he didnt say that it wouldnt release with the game. yes your right saying that he never said it would be in the game from day 1, but all he did was make a huge deal about how cool it was that it would be in the game but neglected to let everyone know that you'd have to wait for it to be included. now i dont care too much b/c im too broke to buy the game right away anyway, but we'll see how long it takes to get into the game....my bet is that its going to take longer than they say it will....seems like a rough thing to get implemented into the game that quickly....only time will tell but hopefully its in the game w/i a week like they say
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9-27-2008 @ 1:40PM
ryan said...
it's still going to have offline co-op on day one. my guess is when the game went Gold and was sent off for printing, they encountered an error or glitch and it was too late.
9-27-2008 @ 1:11PM
Sid said...
All I'm looking for is single player so I'm glad they didn't push the release date back just to get co-op ready to put on the game disc. Let them take their time and patch the game after we have all had a week or two playing the single player version.
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9-27-2008 @ 2:02PM
ryan said...
besides, offline co-op is still there on day one.
it plays much like the Baldur's Gate, Champions of Norrath, X-Men Legends sort of isometric action RPGs where both characters are on screen at once. so no worries.
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9-27-2008 @ 2:16PM
BobTheElephant said...
what about system link? my apt. mate and I are both getting it and I'd think system link would be better than local....does anyone know?
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9-27-2008 @ 2:26PM
Arnon said...
"Although you won't be able to join up with a friend right away online, the Gamerscore post says you'll "still see your friends as glowing orbs as well as chat and trade with them.""
-IGN
It's not that big of a deal.. the only thing you're missing is saying "OH WOW WE'RE NOOBS FOR PLAYING ONLINE THE FIRST 10 MINUTES OF THE GAME!!"
Please don't make me spam this message.
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9-29-2008 @ 9:52PM
Malleus said...
Call me silly but you guys who think this is going to be sorted within a week are crazy. If this could be sorted in a week then they would have just delayed the game a week and not have taken the PR ding that this will cause trust me....it will be at least a month before you see online co-op. I'm probably going to move my pre-order to Gears 2, then have someone pick this up for me over xmas when its actually finished. I'm tired as a consumer for paying full price for unfinished software personally.
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