@FadedEchos: I agree. There won't be a problem wih that here since no one but me and another guy liked the first one here, but everyone around here are Star Wars nuts and absolutely must own any and all Star Wars related crap, so I pre-ordered Force.

Also, that picture at the top is awesome.

Amazon_Chris

@excaliburps: Nah you dont need to. Its just basically a re-invention I think, cause the story is very similar, a rag to riches kinda story of Fable 1.

Prathik

*waits patiently and obediently*

Prathik

I'd really, really like to see an enthusiastic ultra-thug talk to Van Tillburgh.

"Fucking shit dawg, this shit be ballin'!"
"Take my wallet, please!"

[ZTF]

I feel bad all that hard work and I'm not even gonna buy it.

gamecrazychris

@excaliburps: I really didnt play much of Fable I but i have already preordered Fable II so i certainly hope it is a spiritual successor sort of thing. It does take place like 500 years in the future so im sure we'll be fine.

Ra is on Its Always Sunny in Philly

Wait, Fable 2 is at PAX? Wheres the hands on article damn it.

vex-solo

Who doesn't know what "tight" means these days! especially since it's starting to become one of those terms that belongs to a certain set of years and won't be used anymore in the near future... like radical.

Kado

@excaliburps: I don't think you will do since it is set something like 500 years after the first game. But I'm sure there are meant to be a few characters and references to the first game you might not notice without having played it.

Emiat

Someone should tell him that "good" is "hip" for "terrible." Also tell him that the smile is the new angry face. I bet he'd cry :P

mfwahwah

Does anyone know if you need to have played the first Fable to understand Fable 2? Or is it more in the spiritual successor sort of thing? I admit I haven't played the first one but Fable 2 looks really good from all the previews and trailers I've seen.

excaliburps

Dang, that is soo cool! Maybe there's a chance we could see this game earlier than October 21.

Spartan A24

@enewtabie(wants a job at Insomniac Games in NC): lol good one

Looking forward to it though :p

Jekht

@enewtabie(wants a job at Insomniac Games in NC): Don't worry, I'm pretty sure you won't be lost at all. From what I've heard or can tell, ties to the original game (storywise, at least) will be minimal. You create a brand new character again anyway.

OnLegendary86

i would love to get paid to play the game for 12 hours.

bug testing can be fun, depending on what bug you get. i once got to repeatedly try to break the physics engine in a racing game with insanely high jumps.

k.ong

Praise be unto Lord Molyneux for this bountiful gift which he has bestowed upon us.

Señor Vorpal Kickass'o

@TheGoldenWombat: I've preordered, I'm willing to allow my EB to not have enough copies for the unwashed masses as long as I get my copy earlier~

FadedEchos

I'm not sure why TRL thinks this is street talk but here goes:

*eh hem*

"Yo Gamez iz Tight Yo!"

okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)

@seafisch:
You seem to be forgetting about manufacturing time, we don't want any shortages now do we?

TheGoldenWombat

I guess I need to read up on Fable.I'm kinda oblivious to what the story/characters are about.

enewtabie(wants a job at Insomniac Games in NC)

I can't wait for this game, now just gotta sit tight till the LE version shows up at my door and I have my little hobbe figure.

Emiat

Sounds Tight!.

PsycheE

Seeing as how it's so close to going gold, maybe they could move up the release date...

seafisch

Shit's tight, dawg!

Fadakar

Tight!

Talryyn

Hours? Dramatic.

Bernard McGraw

@k.ong: be careful what you wish for.

dadeisvenm

I really hope they fixed the crazy intelligent animal AI from the original teaser trailer

batstimpy

@housewarmer: We usually import American slang, but it takes a while. We haven't got sick of 'sick' yet, so it might take a while longer before Molyneux will be telling us how 'tight' Fable 3 will be.

Pombar

This is great news. I really hope this game turns out amazing, but I have decided to try and avoid hype if possible as I think the hyper may have ruined my GTAIV experience a tad.

@excaliburps: I can't say 100% no, but from what I hear you won't have to have played the first game to play the second. New characters but same setting in a different time period (a one with guns :D).

Refused

yay. also, that artwork is tight.

3inst3in

@Kado:

Uh, could be because Lionhead is in England where they have their own inane "street" lexicon and so might not be familiar with ours.

housewarmer

"It's off the fucking chain!!"

Seriously, you've got to hand it to Lionhead for pushing this thing so hard. Depending on how this goes, they're probably going to either spend the rest of the time until the launch polishing up the game even more, or bumping the date up.

And that art is so badass, it just might make me bump a game from my list to get this.

Karisu-Zero

Never played the first one, but this one seems very interesting. One of the few I am lookin forward too.

Vitalz

picture looks vary much like Link of Zelda

evirustheslaye

@Pombar:
do you still say "wicked"? as in "The Harry Potter books severely overuse out of date lingo like 'wicked'"?

ZinkO: USA WE DA BEST

Ok I don't claim to be an expert on game manufacturing processes but if I'm not mistaken halo 3 was being produced for 3 weeks before the release date, and was much more anticipated than fable 2. If fable 2 really is days from going gold then why would they delay it to manufacture copies over the course of two months?

kagebutsu

That's awesome. I hope the game comes close to his aspirtions this time. Then I'll get it for the PC again. But only if it lets me use a controller.

Frologic

The anticipation for this game is killing me! If all the previews hold up, then this game is definitely GOTY.

Moar_pr0nz

Oh, I forgot to mention, don't bother searching Amazon for that deal, it's gone back up to $80. Anyone that previously pre-ordered there should have the price dropped down to that thanks to their low price guarantee.

DrowningInMercy

I'm pysched, one day I was Amazon and I saw that they had dropped the price of the Limited Edition to about $67! I had already pre-ordered it there and canceled it because I thought $80 was a bit too high, I already wasted that much for a bogus Limited Edition of Soul Calibur IV (which was pretty much junk), and the next day I went back and it was $67 so I swooped it up! I think it was the same day as the Gold Box for PS3 on Amazon.

DrowningInMercy

Honestly, I don't care if it lives up to the hype Molyneux created for it, and I don't really expect it to, at least not entirely. I DO expect it to be an amazing game, however. I loved the first one, since it was detailed, fun, and filled with style. If the sequel takes all that and makes it bigger, Fable 2 could easily be one of my favorite games of this year.

FreakyFavabean

@gamecrazychris: Whoa no some one needs to step off their high horse bucko. I doubt your lack of purchasing the game that they put so much man hours into will break their heart. There are many fable fans who loved the first game who will purchase this one as well. Fable 1 sold over a million copy and this shall repeat that as well. I doubt you not getting this game will make them shed a tear in any way.

Stevetrop

Raise your hand if you think Lionhead should have designed the 360 Avatars instead of Rare.

*Raises Hand*

Remember that the Avatar has to be somewhat cartoonish for the casuals, but should also not alienate the core gamers by being too cute...

*Raises Hand Higher*

Nside

This gamer's reaction...?

Wooohooo~!

flaagan

@kagebutsu:
It depends on the Dev Studio and how comfortable they are with iteration and making changes late.

Games like Fable, Kotor, etc, you don't want to mess with right up to the end.

It also depends on where the discs are stamped / created.
This determines how long it will take to get on store shelves.

seashalls

*sigh* now I just have to wait until the LE shows up at my doorstep.

Teh_Volz

There goes EGM's rumor mill which said that Fable 2 wasn't going to make it out in 08.

What? They just make up things they think will happen for the rumor mill? Shocking!

jonathan.

Sorry, I for one am still very skeptical about this game, seeing as how the first one for me was a giant disappointment. I might buy this eventually, sure, but I'm waiting for reviews, gameplay videos, word of mouth and such before making a final decision.

Sorry Petey, I don't trust ya.

Mini-Boss

ooOOoo Fable's attracting the urban crowd.

Spiderbait

I would make a joke, but Fable gets picked on so much that it would be like kicking a puppy. I'm glad to hear the game's about done, and I'm confident it will be a very good game. Sure, Fable 1 didn't have everything they said it would, but it was still a fun game.

Mister_Jack

Amazing. Fable was on the original xbox, it doesn't seem all that long ago. Fable II on the new platform will be superb!!

CaptCHAOS

Wait, so the game is almost gold? Just under two months from release? It doesn't take two months to print and package a game, that is a lot of downtime.

Quicksilver4648

The art in the image added with this post is pretty ugly, but the game itself looks nice. TIGHT. Should be fun to play.

wageofsins

I don't know what I am more excited for, Fable 2 or Fallout 3. It is gonna be a good month.

Muisee

Yay!

Come on now...offset Left 4 Dead getting delayed a couple weeks by launching this a couple weeks early!

thor79

Maybe PAX goers are great at feigning niceness.

Ping5000

@Emiat:
@Ra is on Sports Night:
500 years? That's certainly a long time...I hope there's no hidden gems that you wouldn't get unless you played the first one. Though I really think they must've snuck some there.

@Prathik: Was that a little bit of the "theme" in 1? I hope there's a overview of it all before its release. I hate reading through Wiki for it. =D

@Refused: So that means there's no items/characters that's going to be carried over right? I assume it's that way seeing as the first one was for the Xbox1.

Thanks for the answers guys! I hope this lives up to the hype. From what I understand the first one had a lot of promises that they didn't exactly deliver...

To be honest I'm intrigued by the dog mechanics Molyneux brought in. I think that's one thing they can do to make sure we get involved emotionally. Even for just a little bit to the character we have.

excaliburps

I've said it before and I'll say it again. I thought the first Fable was boring as all hell but it was one of those games where there was potential and I always thought Fable 2 would probably be awesome. Despite talk of "simplified combat" (simpler than mashing the X button constantly?!) I still have hopes for this one.

dowingba

Molyneux's games are always so amazing and so tragic simultaneously. They're full of incredible new ideas, but they always miss the keystone piece that turn them into a full game rather than a collection of ideas.

Black & White was probably the most tragic of the bunch, as it was simply a huge leap forward in so many ways, but missed one of the simplest components that was the keystone to the experience: opponent AI. It was /completely/ braindead which didn't force the player to use all those fancy ideas to adapt to the situation.

Still worth playing for all the spiffy ideas, though - unfortunately they're not doing a PC simultaneous release with this one, so I guess I'll just be hearing about it from y'all.

Kral2

Like sitting on needles !!
Damn you porcupines !!

Nelo-Risi

I don't care what anyone says, I thought the original Fable was brilliant. Messing with the guards, destroying villages, buying new stats, personalising, the arena and all the mini quests.. Although, I'm not one of those people who followed it during production, I just picked it off a shelf, so I didn't get hyped up.

This game looks even better.

PhoenixSteve

@PhoenixSteve: I bet alot of games would be enjoyed more if people would play them without preconceived notions.

cap-n-crunch

How did that get turned from a warm fluffy memory of Fable into a rant about Dyack?

Ugh.

gblock

You know, I loved the first one. Really, genuinely loved it. I loved tattooing, I loved hairstyles, I loved getting married and coming home to the hubby to find him waiting in the house.

I loved the arena. Yeah, odd thing to enjoy, I guess, but I thought the arena was really good.

I loved the 'sleepy hollow' feeling of the bit with the white werewolf.

Really, I had a great time with this game. I have a little hole in my chest where Fable 2 was meant to go, but alas, now that the 360 is gone, I shan't be playing it.

I'll survive, another casualty of exclusivity wars. It's moments like this that make me wish that Dyack was right about the one console future - but given that he's wrong about just about everything else, and me not particularly wanting to see an industry controlled by one platform... I think I'd rather live with the wounds inflicted by Fable 2's absence than spend the rest of my life trying to escape the orbit of Dyack's head's gravitational pull should he turn out to be right, against all odds.

gblock

Yay! More dirt hatin'!

gblock

Raggh stop teasing us you bastards! If it's so close to done ship it earlier! DO WANT!

MPSai

I'm not sure they really should be bragging about people woking long hours. Wether you love the game you're working on or not and wether or not you get paid for the overtime it's still stressfull as hell. It's kind of weird that companies mention it as something positive

beril

man i need to stop reading up on fable/LBP hype. It's making my head hurt with excitement.....

Ahmunnaeetchoo

Playing 12 hours.... I wish working your boring job for 16 hours had just THAT slight amount of fun as he makes it out to be...
I hate japanese working hours..

Aeryss

"Everyone is playing the game, staying 12 hours," he said.

Yet another lie, because everyone who's ever made a game knows it's only the testers and producers who play the game at this stage of development.

The designers, the artists, and the majority of programmers have already moved onto the next product...

FunkyJ

12 hours? That's nothing for crunch!

Doomstink

@enewtabie(wants a job at Insomniac Games in NC): Dude i want a job with Insomniac Too. I'm not expecting it though.

Barf#1