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NYT Profiles Creator of Black & White and Fable

Posted by michael on from the you-may-remember-him-from-such-games-as dept.

Amy's Robot writes "The NYT has a profile of Peter Molyneux, creator of 'Populous,' 'Black & White,' and the upcoming 'Fable.' In Fable, the moral decisions you make affect the character's appearance, the outcome of the game, and so on. You get the impression that Molyneux's unconventional approach to game design infuses each of his creations with something more than your average game. Fable will be released for X-Box on September 14."

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  1. Fable sounds great by Conspiracy_Of_Doves · · Score: -1, Troll

    Too bad I don't have an X-Box

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    Technoli
  2. m;od do3n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    being /GAY NIGGERS. Problems with name on the jar of the most. Look at

  3. Eerie how life-like it is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    In Fable, the moral decisions you make affect the character's appearance

    It's astonishing how realistic it is. For instance, if you really fuck up, your character's forehead starts to bulge and his lips pout out like a bugle until he looks as simian as George W. Bush. Then your X-Box overheats, you lose all your friends, and you have to pay for the game for the rest of your lifetime.

  4. Fuck the X-box by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll
    I'm pissed off because every interesting game seems to be released first for X-box. Since X-box is a console and console players expect a certain feel in their games, all games are now becoming more and more like console games - with "levels", highly restricted movement and, in general, dumbed down.

    For instance, from what I've heard (and after seeing the pre-release game videos) of Ghost Recon 2, they've ruined ruined a great tactical shooter by making the sequel into a goddamn run-through-machinegun-fire-unscathed- and-down-a-helicopter-with-a-handgun kind of console game. I liked the spend-30-minutes-setting-up-your-assault-teams-onl y-to-get-downed-by-an-unseen-enemy-sniper much more. And the game is released for X-box first, of course.

    The next game I was going to buy was Full Spectrum Warrior, but so far there's only a release date for X-box version.

    I swear I'm going to go on a shooting spree if Operation Flashpoint 2 goes this way too.

  5. Article with commentary. by ZackSchil · · Score: -1, Troll

    "The NYT has a profile of Peter Molyneux, creator of 'Populous,' 'Black & White,' and the upcoming 'Fable.' In Fable, the moral decisions you make affect the character's appearance, the outcome of the game, and so on.

    Ok, cool. I'm a fan of unconventional games...

    You get the impression that Molyneux's unconventional approach to game design infuses each of his creations with something more than your average game.

    Agreed. His other games are great an unique.

    Fable will be released for X-Box on September 14."

    WHAT?! Fuck no. I fucking hate the X-Box and I fucking hate Microsoft for everything they've done regarding it. First they buy the only decent Mac developer, Bungee, gut their staff, steal the coolest game I'd seen in a while, RUIN IT, then release it only for their console. Then they run their whole console business at cost to try run all the other companies out of the market. Thank God it didn't catch on as much as it could have in the US and that gamers in other countries totally rejected it. They would have singlehandedly ruined the whole console gaming industry.