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Lionhead confirms Fable II DLC delay Comments by Tom Bramwell

18 December, 2008

Following Xbox.com report. Late Jan now.

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18/12/08 @ 10:32
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Presumably that means the patch is delayed as well and they'll both be the same day?
Dizzy
18/12/08 @ 10:36
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Pity.. wanted to play it over Xmas. Oh well.. more time to save for Castle Fairfax and play my evil, lesbian highway woman alt ;)
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menage
18/12/08 @ 10:36
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Shame, was looking forward to it.

Still better to delay and iron out the bugs than release something in a shoddy state. Should do that more often.
j1m.ch053n
18/12/08 @ 10:53
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Shame, was looking forward to it.

Still better to delay and iron out the bugs than release something in a shoddy state. Should do that more often.

....like with the retail copy of the game
kangarootoo
18/12/08 @ 10:57
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Bit of a shame, but no biggy. I can wait till next year and I still have a few loose ends to tie up before I need DLC to add something more to the game.

I have to say I have been surprised at how much I have enjoyed Fable 2. I expected it to be pretty good, but on relflection I think its great. A few rough edges in places, but hey what can you do.
kangarootoo
18/12/08 @ 10:57
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I seem to have happily avoided pretty much every bug that other people are experiencing. Not one crash or freeze, and not one mission breaker. Touch wood and all that.
beholdthelantern
18/12/08 @ 10:58
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Can't grumble. I probably wouldn't have got it till then anyway as I wanted to replay it and make the 'bring my dog back' choice at the end. Kinda miss the annoying little s***.
comedian
18/12/08 @ 11:00
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Bugger, I was looking forward to investing some time in this over Christmas.
asphaltcowboy
18/12/08 @ 11:15
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@beholdthelantern: nice spoilers ;)
menage
18/12/08 @ 11:19
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@j1M

Kinda what I meant, but whatever.

Still, awesome game.
Roachdog
18/12/08 @ 11:23
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Getting back into this - fantastic game
bushwod
18/12/08 @ 11:24
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Hmmm, I might actually get round to playing this then.

beholdthelantern, welcome to my ignore list you spoileriffic
Garulon
18/12/08 @ 11:35
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DELAYStation3 LOL - oh wait hang on...
Lutz [mod]
18/12/08 @ 11:36
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Well that answers one question over xmas.

Fallout 3 it is.
Ace Grace
18/12/08 @ 12:06
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/steath we all want a christmas break news item.

:-)
Entity
18/12/08 @ 12:15
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Wow... most posters so far only see it as a 'shame'.

It's a bloody piss-take after the fiasco of the LE copy (OK, the white hobbe looked shit, but I still wanted it). Freakin' game has had more bad luck attached to it than even Jesus had!
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18/12/08 @ 12:19
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The no-furniture furniture store is the only bug I've had so it's not so bad for me. This was just about the only DLC I was really looking forward to but I'm glad to see at least one software company deciding to push something out until next year, enjoy Christmas Lionhead: mine simply must meet that December deadline (we produce hardware design tools so it's not like there will be a whole lot of people eagerly awaiting them over the Christmas period). Christ, I'm sick of unnecessary December deadlines.
Mongoose
18/12/08 @ 12:37
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Promises, promises...in fairness they should never have tried to release it so soon after the game came out. I wonder how much development time this has actually had.
kangarootoo
18/12/08 @ 12:55
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"Wow... most posters so far only see it as a 'shame'"

Well that is surely because its not actually that important.
spimmy
18/12/08 @ 13:05
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the xbox live bug is really annoying
dryden555
18/12/08 @ 13:39
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very not shocked that its late
mazzl
18/12/08 @ 13:43
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Damn! i wanted to play this.... still working on more cash for the first save game.
i havan't had any bugs, and my launch xbox still works i must be the luckiest person alive!


;)
Dizzy
18/12/08 @ 14:01
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"Damn! i wanted to play this.... still working on more cash for the first save game.
i havan't had any bugs, and my launch xbox still works i must be the luckiest person alive! "

Same here mate.
sneetch
18/12/08 @ 14:28
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@kangarootoo
"Well that is surely because its not actually that important."

Indeed, the DLC will keep.

The bugs, however, are an incredible annoyance for those suffering them (thinking about it a little more, I've had the furniture and unresponsive child bugs but as the child is obviously not mine I wasn't that pushed, I'm sure his real father will take care of him ;) ) and the delay in releasing that patch is undoubtedly costing them in terms of goodwill as a lot of people are pretty much still unable to play the game they bought two months ago. However, I don't believe they've specifically tied the release dates of the patch and the DLC together so it's entirely possible that we will still see the patch this month.

That said, I wouldn't hold my breath for it. :)
CreepinJesus
18/12/08 @ 14:34
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Reading the word 'Knothole' with poor vision is not a good idea.
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18/12/08 @ 14:47
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Bastards! I was looking to forward to playing this over my Christmas vacation!!!

Scuba Steve, damn yoouuuuuu!!!
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18/12/08 @ 18:11
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Molyneux in unable to meet deadline non-shocker. Honestly, how can anyone be surprised? I bet he was born late!
ronuds
18/12/08 @ 20:12
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I don't think people would be "gagging" for DLC if it WASN'T a great RPG. Like, "oh yay, can't wait for DLC to that crappy game I just played."

You lose! :P

metalangel
18/12/08 @ 20:14
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I would say that DLCs should not be done for story based games.. Your first playthrough is always the most memorable (even if you replay as a different character type) so it is people who buy the game a bit after release who get the full experience of the main game plus all the addons.
JahB
18/12/08 @ 21:12
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@metalangel

that doesn't make any sense. you're basically saying that there should be no dlc for story-based games because if there is, the people that wait for it get a better first playthrough?
FortysixterUK
19/12/08 @ 00:07
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MEH! I would have probably bought this if it had made the release date this week, but by the end of Jan I will be well into other games and Fable 2 will be a distant pleasant memory....probably won't bother with DLC for it now.

Still, not to mind, lots of other games out there. Kind unfortunate for them though, ( Lionhead ) talk about missing the ideal spot for a release date.

Next time I see Fable will likely be when Fable 3 gets released now.
CapnCloudchaser
19/12/08 @ 02:06
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This is good, I have assignments I would rather get out of the way over Christmas!
LowEnergyCycle
19/12/08 @ 14:15
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I only started Fable 2 last week. The belated DLC really isn't too important.
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19/12/08 @ 15:08
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@kangarootoo
Fable 2 was supposed to be my answer to my otherwise boring real-life. Instead; compared to Fable 1, it felt as though a cack-handed moron created it. So... in response: It's bloody important to me! Although you've got a level-head about this situation, I haven't and now I'm annoyed with myself and Lionhead/Microsoft.

N.B: I loved the other Lionhead games out there, but this was shoddy and should've been 'held-off' for another year imo. Now my memory of the Fable franchise is tainted :(

Still looking forward to their secret game.

and again: It's bloody important to me, I don't give two shits about others, it's all about me, me, me!
TexMurphy01
19/12/08 @ 18:43
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Hey beholdthelantern,

You're a cock. That is all.

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