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Molyneux Apology Explained

Posted by Zonk on from the explanations-of-enthusiasm dept.

Thanks to the BBC for a follow-up to an earlier story. Following Peter Molyneux's apology to the Fable community last week, the BBC spoke with the game designer about his decision. "[I] owed a duty to fans to explain why some features did not make it into the finished product."

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  1. The biggest news by cephyn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...in that article is that "B&W2 is completely playable and looking great."

    Well, B&W was supposedly completely playable too. Maybe we have different definitions. B&W DID look great though. ;)

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  2. Platform apology by Qrlx · · Score: 3, Interesting

    If there's anything to apologize for, it's that this game is only on XBox.

    It's great for Microsoft, since Fable and Halo are pretty much the only reasons for a gamer to own an XBox. I don't understand what exactly Mr. Molyneux gets out of the deal, but I bet it starts with a $.

  3. Respect by Lord_Dweomer · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Peter apologizing to his fans and to people who had been waiting with baited breath to play Fable has done nothing but give me more respect for the man.

    It is very understandable how the features didn't make it into the game, and in an industry where its standard practice to hype non-existent features and then give no explanation why they're missing, this makes him stand out as an individual who actually cares about the people who play his game unlike some...*cough*Carmack*cough*.

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  4. Missing features aren't the biggest problems by CodeWanker · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Even when the features are there, they are still crippled by hype. Black and White was billed as a deeply philosophical exploration of choosing good and evil. And in the end, the high point of the game revolves around slapping around your ape... Spanking your monkey? Yeah.

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    1. Re:Missing features aren't the biggest problems by scot4875 · · Score: 2, Interesting

      slapping around your ape

      Not only that, but teaching it where to crap. Oh, joy.

      I can only imagine the meeting where that feature made it in... It must have sounded really funny for the first 10 seconds, and then they didn't consider it anymore -- otherwise, they'd have realized that it was just stupid and left it out.

      Add to that the fact that your creature is unavailable/useless for a significant part of the game...

      I have more respect for Romero ... At least his grandiose ideas suck because they're hard to implement, rather than Molyneux's completely incompetent implementations of do-able ideas.

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