Lionhead forum users complain of Fable II freezing issues

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Lionhead forum users complain of Fable II freezing issues

Posted Oct 22nd 2008 10:00AM by Xav de Matos
Filed under: News, Fable 2

According to forum posters on the official Lionhead forums, Fable II is experiencing issues and constantly locks up. The majority of the comments point to the game experiencing issues when attempting to load a save game file although some claim to have issues even loading the game for the first time. While we cannot say if the problem is widespread, we wonder if the recently released online co-op patch may have something to do with it considering we did not have any issues pre-patch. Of course any speculation now would be ... well, just that ... speculation. We are currently awaiting an official comment from Microsoft or Lionhead regarding the situation. Of course we must ask, have you experienced issues with Fable II freezing?

[Thanks, KoAlex87]

Tags: fable-2, freezing, lionhead

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 6)

10-22-2008 @ 10:07AM

Kyle said...

I played fable 2 last night for 3+ hours with zero problems what-so-ever. Hopefully this is an isolated incident.

10-22-2008 @ 10:11AM

wargamer17 said...

Pretty much the same for me. Played for quite a while and didn't have any problems with freezing. Didn't play online co-op tho. Is that maybe where the problem is happening?

10-22-2008 @ 2:34PM

LAMMDOGG said...

My game freezes up every time I start it. I think it has something to do with the automatic "while I was gone" coin accrue. The minute I get the money, BAM!!! Frozen.

10-25-2008 @ 9:05AM

Souless Saviour said...

Odd cenario with Fable II. The older X-Box 360 (2 plus years old) froze up everytime I tried to load the game. However, the new X-Box 360 (Feb. 2008) did not have a single problem over the coure of 3 plus hours of constant play. Could be an age factor with the console.

10-26-2008 @ 3:47PM

Diesel69er said...

I have a MAJOR freezing issue. To the point where I got RRoD!! I have replaced the disc, and done all the steps suggested, with NO luck. I guess, till someone decides to fix this issue, I have a $70.00 drink coaster near my dead 360 console!!

11-03-2008 @ 3:06PM

Tom said...

Unfroze my character!!

Grabbed the spade from the items, did the dig thing and now I'm moving and playing again.

10-22-2008 @ 10:10AM

Nate said...

Me too, no problems with the amazingness that is Fable 2!

10-22-2008 @ 10:13AM

evilfoxhound said...

A lot of people are also complaining that Saints Row 2 has freezing issues, but i'm been playing it for about seven hours and I haven't had a single problem.

I think that people who get freeze problems in games are people who play for too long at a time and let their 360's overheat.

10-25-2008 @ 4:45AM

tony said...

thats not true. there are alot of people who have had issues with saints row freezing up. the were a couple of blogs on gametrailers about it. if a game freezes up it doesnt always mean its your hardware with its the only game that does it then its defintley the game. these days it tends to happen a lil too much bc game devleopers just want to get the game out there and they know that if it has issues they can always patch it later where as used to they couldnt do that.

10-22-2008 @ 2:14PM

Neuromancer said...

I've had SR lock up on me multiple times. It usually happened after playing single player, then joining a co-op game.

10-22-2008 @ 10:18AM

Geomar Morales said...

I have had no problems whatsoever and i have played CO-OP online and interacted with friends(Orbs) with no problems. I also have Merged my toon and downloaded the extra content. I think people are leaving there game on to collect more gold, not a good idea!

10-22-2008 @ 10:18AM

RangerPrimeX said...

2-3 hours here so far. No problems.

10-22-2008 @ 10:25AM

Andy said...

I had stuttering issues for sure, but not a total lock-up.

10-22-2008 @ 10:42AM

Dirty said...

Mine has been a bit clunky since the second update. But nothing that ruined the game.

10-22-2008 @ 10:25AM

Peter said...

Actually, I have had problems freezing. Yesterday I played for a few hours, turned the box off, and resumed playing two hours later. 15 minutes in, the game froze. I can't remember exactly what I was doing, I wish I could.

10-22-2008 @ 10:26AM

sambob117 said...

No problems so far

10-22-2008 @ 10:27AM

bak said...

So many hours... not one freeze up. Online co-op seems a little buggy but even online there was never any freezing.

Experienced some weird slowdown in a cave full of Hobbes the second time I visited it though. Sounded like the disc was spinning rather erratically, but it cleared up after about 15 seconds.

Holy cow what a great game despite any issues!

10-22-2008 @ 10:30AM

knoxin said...

theres a big kick with Fable 2 on the offical forums people feel that they have been shafted or something like that http://community.lionhead.com/forums/1/3144263/ShowThread.aspx

10-22-2008 @ 11:53AM

ryan said...

I don't have the game yet but i sorta agree on that co-op thing. I would have wanted 2 heroes to play side by side and not just hero and a henchman.

Diablo 2 did it(8 years ago), Champions of Norrath for the PS2 did it (4 years ago) and Sacred 2 will do it next year.

I don't see how it couldn't have been done for Fable 2 (years after it was planned for the first one). :/

10-22-2008 @ 12:11PM

ryan said...

but that is one thing, sharing the same camera? no camera control for the guest? that's just wrong.

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