Fable 2 Pub Games cheaters, exploiters and evil doers, we have a special announcement for you. You've been tricked! Yup, tricked and by Lionhead themselves.
How so? Well, according to IGN and their discussion with Peter Molyneux during a recent Fable 2 hands on event, Molyneux made it clear that the Pub Games exploit was intentionally added. GASP! Molyneux goes on to warn those who cheated that they'll be in for a surprise when launching Fable 2. What sort of surprise? We dunno, but we're thinking it may have to do with that whole "good vs. evil" thing. Maybe cheaters will be jailed, lashed with a leather whip and forced to eat cabbage for seven days and seven nights. Oh we can't WAIT to see what's in store for cheaters!
[Via Joystiq, Thanks Jonah F.]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
9-16-2008 @ 12:38PM
Mister D Barton said...
Glad i canceled my pre-order...i want to enjoy the game, not be punished for stupid shit like this.
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9-16-2008 @ 12:49PM
mike k. said...
nobody cares about your purchasing habits or whether you're pre-ordered or canceled a pre-order for a game.
9-17-2008 @ 12:27PM
Loban said...
Umm, I don't think you will be punished. It's only a game and if you believe your character is a representation of your own personality, then if you cheat, your character should also be consider a cheater by the other characters and NPCs in the game. I think it's kind of cool actually. If you truly did cheat on the PUB games, then you probably would have played your character as evil anyway.
9-16-2008 @ 12:41PM
MyGirlHatesBox said...
Well I cheated so I'll let you know... andI figured thats what they were doing.
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9-16-2008 @ 11:21PM
L4MB said...
Yeah, right. most people who saw this were like "OMG, this is awesome! think of all the 1337 gear i can get!" it's pretty far fetched to think that lionhead would be tracking this kind of thing.
9-22-2008 @ 5:55AM
guidedbyvoip said...
If you read comments from almost exactly month ago (suspicious), you would see a *lot* of people guessed it was part of the game. "Unintentional" button sequence? K.
9-16-2008 @ 12:45PM
Scott said...
This is fantastic! What a great idea. You know what they say...Cheaters never prosper.
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9-22-2008 @ 4:28AM
Mr.Ironic said...
Yes but isn't it only the cheaters who say that? So there's more people to cheat...
9-16-2008 @ 12:52PM
joeybeast said...
My bet is the people in the pubs are going to find out you cheated and turn on you.
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9-16-2008 @ 12:55PM
iFester said...
I would assume it would only fault you if you link your created Fable II character to your pub games one.
Besides, who wouldn't want to grow up Silver Spoons style? All you younglings, look that up on IMDB.
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9-16-2008 @ 12:56PM
sambob117 said...
Darn you Molyneux! Better get a backup gambler going. This'll take forever...
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9-16-2008 @ 1:06PM
cosmic said...
lol that's awesome
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9-16-2008 @ 1:07PM
Bravo6 said...
Yeah right, I think they're just covering their asses now.
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9-22-2008 @ 6:01AM
guidedbyvoip said...
Here's the test: Since the game went gold in early August, they would have to patch the game immediately, probably day of the game release. If pn first boot there is an update, I think you would be correct. If there is no update and cheaters are "surprised"...well they'd planned it. IMO
9-16-2008 @ 1:07PM
BL4CK said...
I will admit that I cheated. And I for one am glad that they did this lol. I can't wait to see what happens to my character once the game comes out. :D
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9-16-2008 @ 1:11PM
Shloonk said...
Oh I hope they try to jail me! I was going the "evil" route anyways, so this could be cool. Cant wait to see what happens.
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9-16-2008 @ 1:21PM
Tim said...
How about those that just did the "exploit" a couple times. I always played the game conservatively with max bid and tended to exit at 16 or higher and a couple times when I started the game I forgot to increase the bid and then hit the left trigger while they dealt the hand.
So if this is in fact true, that they planned this, one would hope that if the system is able to detect it that it will also know that it was only done once or twice.
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9-16-2008 @ 9:44PM
Radicoon said...
So cheating once or twice isn't the same thing as cheating?
9-16-2008 @ 1:22PM
Neil said...
Sounds pretty cool, can't wait to see what this turns out to be.
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9-16-2008 @ 1:24PM
john paul said...
How do they figure out how you know if they cheated, because i legitimately won a metric shitload of gold on the spinnerbox and keystone, i hope its no the "its obvious you cheated cause you got a crapload of money"
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