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Lionhead has tentatively announced a launch-day patch to enable online co-op in Fable 2.
"Remember we said we were busting our balls to get [the patch] ready in time for a 'Day One' release? Well - good news folks! It looks like we've done it," reads a developer update on the Lionhead blog.
"Taken into account we don't fail certification," added the post.
That's good news for Europe, where Fable 2 arrives on 24th October, which is three days later than the US and also my birthday. So it could even be out on day four in the US and still be here on day one for us. That's the kind of maths we like.
Without the patch, it will be impossible to invite your friends to join in with your world, after Lionhead said it was holding this element back for polish. The orbs representing other players and their in-game activities will still be included in the boxed code, however.
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r4z0rbl4d3
10/10/08 @ 08:29
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Great news, good for Lionhead to pull this off, makes alot of people happy as well!
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andywilkie35
10/10/08 @ 08:41
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Excellent stuff, if I'm honest I wasn't worried because I want to do a fair bit as single player first, but good to know that should I want it then I can get involved
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kangarootoo
10/10/08 @ 08:47
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What a quandary.
I rather liked Fable 1, and am planning on bagging this (it won't be the new gehenna on earth, but it will be very good I feel sure). But I let my Gold XBL membership lapse ages ago. Now I might have to renew it just to play this co-op ('cos I love coop I do). Bugger. @Azza12342 It does suck somewhat doesn't it. Part of the fun is just being along for the ride, but am I right in assuming that if you are the henchman, no character progress will be recorded for your efforts? |
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CapnCloudchaser
10/10/08 @ 09:04
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Good news, and thanks to the Lionhead staff that probably worked day and night to get this done for launch :D
Two weeks.. Crap. When this comes out, I will lose my whole life for the next month, I need to get through the games I'm playing now really quickly! |
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the_dudefather
10/10/08 @ 09:16
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@alsotop
in Peter Molyneux's account, the co-op is all an elaborate scheme to help him support his in-game wife and kids |
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Sansmilk_GK
10/10/08 @ 09:41
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Good news. But now I have absolutley NO excuse to not play co-op with my Girlfriend!
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@ kangarootoo
"@Azza12342 It does suck somewhat doesn't it. Part of the fun is just being along for the ride, but am I right in assuming that if you are the henchman, no character progress will be recorded for your efforts? " You get a negotiated percentage of the XP and gold but no, I don't think you'll progress through the story-line in your game while henching for someone else. This is great news, although I probably won't be availing of on-line coop (no friends, me) nice to see that they'll (probably) get it together in time for the European launch. |
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metalangel
10/10/08 @ 11:18
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It's not exactly reassuring to buy a game on release and have a patch waiting for it as soon as you get it home, is it?
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I don't get it... if the co-op patch will be applied the day Fable 2 is released then why didn't they delay the game a few weeks and ship the game with the co-op built in?
I won't go as far as to suggest that Fable 2 will ship half-finished but it's clearly not the finished game we'll be getting on the disc. This kind of thing might have been acceptable at the 360's launch when Kameo received its co-op patch some weeks later but surely not now? It reeks of sheer greed to me, that the publisher, Microsoft, wants the game out making money as soon as possible and they're not bothered whether it is complete or not. And what else has had to be compromised to meet the 24th October deadline, eh? :? |
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cyber_nicco
10/10/08 @ 15:23
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"You play games like Fable with your girlfriend?, fuck me that's probably the saddest thing I've ever read.
Your sex life must be fantastic. " No, the insecurities you have that lead you to make idiotic attacks like that are much sadder. Besides, having a girlfriend that enjoys gaming > having a girlfriend that doesn't. |
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cyber_nicco
10/10/08 @ 15:25
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"I don't get it... if the co-op patch will be applied the day Fable 2 is released then why didn't they delay the game a few weeks and ship the game with the co-op built in? "
Um, because this way it WASN'T delayed and it still has the full functionality at launch? |
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kangarootoo
10/10/08 @ 16:40
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@alsotop and sneetch
Cheers for the info. Thats good news. I guess it also means that a powerful character can help along a new starter, and negotiate a smaller cut of the spoils so the new character gets to acrue some dosh. "No, the insecurities you have that lead you to make idiotic attacks like that are much sadder" +1 Methinks the other gentleman (don't know who, guess I have them on ignore) doth protest too much. |
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"Cheers for the info. Thats good news. I guess it also means that a powerful character can help along a new starter, and negotiate a smaller cut of the spoils so the new character gets to acrue some dosh. "
Not from what I've read. When you play co-op AFAIK you become a henchman at the same level as the character your playing with which stops the above. Bit of a shame if you ask me, if I want to get my mate 10 levels above me to help me out I don't see what the problem is TBH.. *shrug* |
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