You'll be "pissed off" by Fable III reveal

By Tom Bramwell Published 8 February, 2010

Molyneux teases X10 demonstration.

Peter Molyneux has said to expect more details on Fable III at this week's X10 event in San Francisco, and warned that people are going to be "super pissed off".

"We're making some announcements about Fable III and there's some... Wow, there's some very, very big things happening in Fable. Bigger than you think. And it's going to really upset people," he told Gamereactor (thanks VG247).

"I'm really scared when I go out and tell people what it is they're going to get super pissed off, they really are. But it's the right thing to do man, I'm sure it's the right thing to do."

Fable III, announced at gamescom last year, plunges Albion into the industrial age. Read our exclusive preview from last summer to find out more.

Molyneux, who founded developer Lionhead and is now creative director of Microsoft Games Studios Europe, also confirmed that everything he shows will be part of the game. "Absolutely, for sure," he said, "and I'll demonstrate it."

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  • kiroquai #1 2 years ago

    So if we feed 'people are going to be really pissed off' through the Molyneux filter, we probably get 'some people will be mildly bothered', right?

  • ZuluHero #2 2 years ago

    Please don't tell me we're going to be controlling this thing with Natal...

  • YoungPayters #3 2 years ago

    i have a feeling he will harp on about all the "choices" you can do, how it might as well be real life. then after about an hour chatting he will show some pretty cute-sy scene with some with very stereotypical english accent, and that will be that

  • actionfitz #4 2 years ago

    hmm. announcing to the the world that he is about to 'piss them off big time'... PR genius or a case of Molyneux desperately needing a (new) filter between his mouth and his brain?

  • Frybird #5 2 years ago

    So, if we are going to be pissed of by the X10 announcement, we should be excited about that?

    Why exactly?

    Maybe he should've just said "Don't bother"...

  • the_dudefather #6 2 years ago

    Every gold coin required to buy things is now 1 msp, and there is no other way to gain money in the game

  • abcd #7 2 years ago

    It's a cat.

  • CosmicFuzz #8 2 years ago

    Multiplayer?

  • Buenos_Estente #9 2 years ago

    Using Natal tech you have to smile and frown to perform all actions, except smiling and frowning which must be actioned using different dance styles. Dancing with your charaterhowever requires use of the original 360 pad.



  • andywilkie35 #10 2 years ago

    Considering the game is supposed to be with you as King, if he's turned Fable into a RTS then damn right everyone's going to be pissed off! Probably gonna be some kind of Natal guff though.

  • penhalion #11 2 years ago

    I guess he can go ahead an piss every fable fan off, seeing as after fable 2 I'm no longer any kind of fable fan. A conversation system that simply spammed emoticons at people with no real meaning and a game that lasted about 6 hours from start to finish was the final straw for me. As far as I'm concerned anyone raving about these games has probably never actually played them.

  • Skorms-Boss #12 2 years ago

    "I've killed off all of the interesting characters, brought back the guild master, Hammer will follow you everywhere and Jonathan Ross is voicing everyone in the game!" Molyneux at X10

    Ahhhhhhh!

  • Segnit #13 2 years ago

    You control the Dog using Natal...

    Peter, in the article I had written a while back about Zelda, I mentioned that you had learned from you past mistakes of mismanaging fan expectations. Please don't prove me wrong, ok?

    I'll be really disappointed if come reveal time, I'm honestly not pissed off!
    Edited by 1 at 08/02/10 @ 09:45

  • kiroquai #14 2 years ago

    I can't for the life of me think of a decent reason why we'd be moved enough to be pissed off... unless of course he proudly states that about 3/4 of the way through the game you get screwed over by an optional side quest that suddenly renders the rest of the game broken as was the case with my Fable 2 experience.

    Perhaps it's set in 1992 in Grimsby and to gain money you have to work in McDonalds, sweep train stations and serve drinks at the local disco.

  • Monkey_Puncher #15 2 years ago

    The last game was all about you feeling love, this game's all about you feeling pissed off and despondent. Natal support and the world of Albion has become a mini game collection. You tour the world and give high fives and thumbs up; to everyone you see, or if you're bad you do a farting gesture.

  • gjgjg #16 2 years ago

    err time travel ...main character is jaja binks (or however you spell it)... world war 2 shooter?

  • Lee_Morris #17 2 years ago

    It's good to have characters in this buisness

  • schnide #18 2 years ago

    I bet it was a really tough career choice for Molyneux whether to go into games development or games PR.

    I wonder what would've happened if he'd stuck with the former.. ;)

  • kinky_mong #19 2 years ago

    No Peter, I was "pissed off" with Fable 2 being an over-rated piece of dull, broken horse shit. I will "not care in the slightest" about what you reveal about Fable 3 because there's no chance at all that I will buy it.

  • Mkwone #20 2 years ago

    I'm guessing the game is exclusively (sp) controlled by Natal

  • superdelphinus #21 2 years ago

    the game will cost £800

  • Doctor_What #22 2 years ago

    It's a sci-fi space opera, and the dog is that one from the 1970s Battlestar Galactica series.

  • SpaceMidget75 Verified Senior Software Developer, Minerva Computer Services #23 2 years ago

    Molyneux article. Queue yet another 50 posts of people complaining.

    My bet is it will be Natal/God Game as these have already been announced.

    Don't care as long as it's a great game.

  • RealityCheque #24 2 years ago

    I'm sure I've read these comments before... EG, have you just copied the comments from the last "PM talks out of his area" article?

  • OnlyMe #25 2 years ago

    I have a feeling it will be another strategy game coming up, with influences from Populous and Black & White.

  • barrylyndon #26 2 years ago

    Your character will be the first leading gay character in a blockbuster game.
    Edited by 1 at 08/02/10 @ 10:11

  • NeOne303 #27 2 years ago

    Its coming to PS3 lmao

  • telboy007 #28 2 years ago

    Fable 1 was a bit of an oddity for me, it was ok but seemed very basic and not much to do. Fable 2 was better but the money system was broken... I'd hate to think how much money I'd get if I turned the game on now. Also it still seemed to be quite a hollow experience. So what could annoy us about Fable 3? The same empty gameplay experience? That would piss me off!

  • Phishfood #29 2 years ago

    Hopefully the game will follow a tighter story and customisation will be kept to a minimum.

  • Shinetop #30 2 years ago

    Protip: calling Molyneux an idiot makes you look cool and insightful.

  • Dillinger #31 2 years ago

    this thread needs more negotiator

  • elvenscroll #32 2 years ago

    If it's going to piss the fans off why do it?

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #33 2 years ago

    If it's going to piss the fans off why do it?

    Ask the people at Nintendo, if you can tempt them away from counting all their money.

  • meserlian #34 2 years ago

    that was a cheap way to increase the hype on your game.

  • KRadiation #35 2 years ago

    Let me guess... this time you play as that dog and that little boy you groom on Natal is a playable character too. Oh and their is no combat or spells at all.

  • Carlo #36 2 years ago

    If this is controlled with Natal I'm going to feel like stephen Hawkins playing it.

  • Canyarion #37 2 years ago

    Bloodkult's GameCube exclusive wins the thread.

  • Brainz #38 2 years ago

    Natal mandatory i guess

  • JetSetWilly #39 2 years ago

    He must mean they're going to announce a six month delay so that they can actually test Fable III rather than go gold with the beta code.

  • maddogx1 #40 2 years ago

    I want to know why Molyneux is consistently allowed to be a complete wanker without being stomped on by a giant monkey.

  • Fatallyflawed #41 2 years ago

    "Perhaps it's set in 1992 in Grimsby and to gain money you have to work in McDonalds, sweep train stations and serve drinks at the local disco."

    Sold where do I buy it!

  • dirk_aircool #42 2 years ago

    3 paying Jobs.? Where do I sign up? Can anyone lend me a time machine please ?
    Edited by 1 at 08/02/10 @ 11:04

  • twoism #43 2 years ago

    project Milo is now an RPG and they're going to call it Fable III right?

  • Mr_Brown #44 2 years ago

    They are replacing the dog with a cat. All Fable II owners who prefer dogs are going to be spitting pedigree chum right now.

  • MyPointIs #45 2 years ago

    Either the main character has amnesia or ...

    The whole game is broken into small downloadable episodes.

  • Seoh #46 2 years ago

    Natal based sim city is what i have my money on

  • TopKatt #47 2 years ago

    It's a PS3 exclusive!

    Not only that, but Fable 2 will cease working on the 360 after Molyneux's speech. Molyneux is, and always has been, Kazuo Hirai in disguise.

  • Vyse #48 2 years ago

    Judging from the quotes, Pete seems to have gone all American...

  • DonnieDarko333 #49 2 years ago

    It's not going to be Fable as you know it...i reckon it'll be a board game /or a gambling game using Natal.

  • spekkeh #50 2 years ago

    I would be really pissed off if he could somehow make this sound good and trick me into buying yet another installment of his broken zelda wannabe games.

  • sneetch #51 2 years ago

    "I'm really scared when I go out and tell people what it is they're going to get super pissed off, they really are. But it's the right thing to do man, I'm sure it's the right thing to do."

    Well... if it's going to piss people off then why the hell are they doing it? I bet it's something stupid like your dog gets eaten near the start of the game and you only get a new one near the end or some other arbitrary design decision that they made.

    Natal only or RTS would be surprising. I can't imagine that running about or fighting using Natal will be all that good and Brutal Legend was spoiled for me because of the crappy RTS sections.

  • Lukus #52 2 years ago

    He'll reveal that playing Fable is actually for gays. He's going to antagonise that homophobic market.

  • Moonprince #53 2 years ago

    "it's either natal only.."

    Best not be - no sale if it is!

  • bodypopper #54 2 years ago

    I'm guessing the game will come either in chapters or in a box. By the time you've bought all the chapters you'll realise you could have bought the game in disc form instead and saved a load of money.
    Nice.

  • metalangel #55 2 years ago

    Maybe he's finally realized that Fable is in fact shit, and will be announcing the project's cancellation? This will both piss people off (all the frothing cretins who love Fable and thus wouldn't know a decent game if it strapped them to a table and violated them until their internal organs were a lumpy red slurry) AND be the right thing to do (cancelling Fable). Oh yes.

  • chukcyQ #56 2 years ago

    Dog with 36DD-tits, and you can also marry it!

  • Physically_Insane #57 2 years ago

    Rhythm action game. You play a gay dancer in the Fable universe who tries to make it to the top. You control the dances using Natal. Dances include the chicken dance, the macerena and the worm. Also, he's a cripple.

  • smurphs #58 2 years ago

    I loved Fable II to little bits. I did feel that there should have been more quests to do in it though. I hope they don't go too urban with no. 3, I loved ambling around the countryside listening out for abusive gargoyles.

    Oh, and please sort out the map, I didn't have a clue where in the world I was most of the time.

  • Greigyboi #59 2 years ago

    Possibly not using Natal? That would be a development decision. Cause of the hype, people would get pissed?

  • flakmagnet_ #60 2 years ago

    I bet they bought the liscencing to have Navi in the game. THAT would piss people off.

  • kingcrude #61 2 years ago

    Gay. Black. Muslim. Dog.

  • kangarootoo #62 2 years ago

    If the game was Natal only, that would be business madness.... unless.... they bundled the game with Natal at the same price as a standard game.

    That would in fact be quite clever.

    I say again, if it was Natal only and cost £80... that would not be clever one bit.

    I am sure that whatever "pissing people off" means in PM bonkers-chatter, it doesn't mean the same thing as "killing sales of my game". So WHATEVER we think it might be, we should keep that in mind.

  • theguyfromspark #63 2 years ago

    Surely he'll just be announcing some sort of delayed release date, not out this year or something. That's why fans will be pissed off but it's the right thing to do.

  • darkmorgado #64 2 years ago

    If this isn't something related to what will be termed "extensive DLC support" or microtransactions, I will eat my hat. He's already said they were looking into it for Fable 3, and he will know how divisive the issue is with consumers. So my money is on that.

    The only other thing I can think of is if they have stripped away the few remaining RPG elements and turned it into a different genre.

  • optimusprym8 #65 2 years ago

    The whole world will be populated only by your friend's avatars

  • dacicus #66 2 years ago

    They'll delay the game, just to shell Fable 2 on PC and then they'll cancel Fable 3.

  • Beano #67 2 years ago

    "We're making some announcements about Fable III and there's some... Wow, there's some very, very big things happening in Fable. Bigger than you think. And it's going to really upset people"

    So he removed the last bit of challenge in the game to make it even more casual?

    /runs

  • darleysam #68 2 years ago

    Nothing like the mention of Peter Molyneux to rouse the Moron Brigade. "Speak you brain..." is too polite, "Violently evacuate your bowels in a diarhettic burst of stupidity..." is more fitting.

  • woodnotes #69 2 years ago

    "He'll reveal that playing Fable is actually for the gays. He's going to antagonise that homophobic market."

    Fixed.

  • GreasyWeasel #70 2 years ago

    They have completely removed camera control and force you to play it in the god awful co-op mode screen from Fable 2?

  • dr_faulk #71 2 years ago

    Dibs on it turning out to be a kart racer.

  • sneetch #72 2 years ago

    @dr_faulk

    I hope you get to build your own using Natal. :)

  • hiddenranbir #73 2 years ago

    God bless Peter. If it weren't for ambitious nuts like him...

  • AaronTurner #74 2 years ago

    People are super pissed off that another Fable is being made.

  • mandella #75 2 years ago

    Does ANYONE still takes this lunatic seriously?

  • Syrette #76 2 years ago

    Yes?

    Some of us aren't sensitive morons who get upset at someone being passionate and excited about what he does. Especially someone who helps make great games.
    Edited by 1 at 08/02/10 @ 14:50

  • Seoh #77 2 years ago

    FABLE 3 is an MMO!!

  • Entity #78 2 years ago

    So he went to MS and said "I've got an idea for Fable 3 that will piss people off, I just need some more money to fund it!"?

    Me doubts this! He had a hard enough time convincing people to buy into his dog idea.

  • Creasy #79 2 years ago

    Gamers are dumb and dull as hell, so it's always a good sign if they're pissed off (Most of them will/are be pissed off at Heavy Rain too)

  • UsernamePending #80 2 years ago

    I'll be "super-pissed off" if this announcement doesn't piss me off. Is that what you want Peter, hmm?

  • darleysam #81 2 years ago

    I think he's just aware that there's a gaggle of honking morons who follow him around wherever he goes, lapping up every word (spoken and unsaid) unaware that like lactose to the intolerant, it causes them to viciously expel all their pent-up idiocy onto the internet.

    He literally couldn't appear tomorrow with a demonstrable cure for AIDS, cancer and world poverty without this bandwagon of sterilisation posterboys emerging to tell the world what a failure he is and how KILL YOURSELVES NOW.

  • Bravestinsane #82 2 years ago

    Your all wrong, hes invented the fucking cat!

  • tachometer #83 2 years ago

    Thanks Peter but I'd rather be pissed off than pissed on, you can keep your shit game!

  • Syrette #84 2 years ago

    Some of you have strange standards.

    Fable 2 might not have been your cup of tea but I really fail to see how it could possibly fit into the "shit game" category.

    Then again, I forget, this is the internet. Games are either OMG THIS IS AMAZING or OMG THIS IS SHIT LOL.

  • Wolverfrog #85 2 years ago

    Oh dear God...Natal? To be released as episodic content?

    ...We play as Milo?

  • Barenbik #86 2 years ago

    Exclusive natal controls, in game micro transactions or released in episodes seem the most likely to me. Perhaps even all three? Seems like that could annoy the fans and it would also be very risky.

  • space_ace #87 2 years ago

    ditching the roman numbering? or calling it just "fable" :)

  • Vlad27145 #88 2 years ago

    Nah, they're taking a cue from EA with Dead Space 2 and will make a game "...with MW2 and UC2 level of action". Seems that's what everyone wants to be doing these days, ACTION!! KILL, F**K, DIE!!

    :(

  • Skurmedel #89 2 years ago

    He seems to have succeeded in pissing some people off already.

  • tachometer #90 2 years ago

    I''m calling "AIRPORT LEVEL"

  • darleysam #91 2 years ago

    I'm calling a hitman.

  • AOFanboi #92 2 years ago

    This just in: Your character can only have children if you have actual sex in front of Natal.

  • GreyBeard #93 2 years ago

    Taking a wild guess it'll be that the game is now totally story-based and linear, but uses Natal to measure player-response and inter-character developments.

  • monkeywithnoeyes #94 2 years ago

    bet they've turned it into an mmo where everything inside the game costs microsoft points.. want a spell? pay up, want a hat? pay up, want to be able to fart to a different tune? pay up, ect

    But hey, atleast they're aiming to piss us off rather than please us with Fable 3.. probably wont let as many people down that way

  • UKLL #95 2 years ago


    Maybe I'm jumping to conclusions here but given the fact that the game is in it's final edit (that's a quick turnaround time from Fable 2) and the fact they tried releasing Fable 2 as episodes I'm guessing Fable 3 is going episodic....

  • laharl80 #96 2 years ago

    Peter molyneux says a lot of things.Smart people stopped listening years ago.

  • darleysam #97 2 years ago

    But somehow kept repeating the same tired old memes. Smart people got a thing for flogging dead horses?

  • darc #98 2 years ago

    Fable III will be released as a Sims 3 expansion pack. Mac OS only.

  • trip919 #99 2 years ago

    Another Molyneux claim. *the world yawns*

  • beastmaster #100 2 years ago

    Ran out of ideas and bought in Uwe Boll as creative director...

  • Froggit #101 2 years ago

    If most of these (serious) suggestions were right, Microsoft would hang him out to dry.
    "I'm going to piss you off by...making it Natal only" = Natal is shit
    "...making it episodic" = Shit retail model

    I'm intrigued though.

  • Lord_Gremlin #102 2 years ago

    Fable 3 uses Natal. Obligatory. You can't play it without Natal at all. This is so obvious - because Microsoft is a greedy piece of shit, skilled in defrauding their customers. Especially most loyal and stupid.

  • X3Entente #103 2 years ago

    Patrick Stewert will voice the dog

  • smelly #104 2 years ago

    My prediction : We'll be pissed off that it's the same story/gameplay as the other 2 games.. But this time there's a MAJOR* change .. i.e. instead of singing/dancing/flirting - we'll be doing hand shaking/hugging/bowing/etc via natal


    * = note : Not actually major.. but in peters eyes it will be.

  • VibratingDonkey #105 2 years ago

    Can't help but think this is related to the microtransactions nonsense he mentioned earlier.

  • smelly #106 2 years ago

    @VibratingDonkey : Oh god.. yes.. you've got it spot on i recon! It'll be "pay $5 to advance to next level" stuff.

    My new guess is along with natal thing i mentioned above.. Free to play.. But as you get to certain parts of the game you'll need to pay to progress.

    Edited by 1 at 08/02/10 @ 20:48

  • zippie151 #107 2 years ago

    Rofl good ol' Peter. What's it this time then? Natal only, everything is micro-transactions, half the game is actually going to DLC, difficulty will be easier than last one? the list could go on and on and the major problem is that any one of them could easily be true! (Going on past promises and decisions)

  • immateriaux #108 2 years ago

    I was presuming it was something literally to do with pissing, your character can piss, mark his territory, or your dog pisses for you, that sort of thing. Molyneaux has such a very literal creative mind that way, I just expect the obvious. Then for it to not actualy work that well in the end.

  • makeamazing #109 2 years ago

    Patrick Stewert will voice the dog

    That would be cool though

  • Connobi #110 2 years ago

    Jeez, Fables 1 & 2 were over hyped games, that were a 6 out of ten at best. Pissed off? Don't tell us Peter, Fable 3 will be developed by Bioware & will actually be good.

  • Beanie #111 2 years ago

    Maybe if you die you have to start again. I think that'd piss people off.

    Not me though, I won't be buying it :D

  • funkateer #112 2 years ago

    sigh... His games may be nice (although B&W left me with a sour taste in my mouth) , but my god I wish this guy would just STFU

  • LazyNinjaUk #113 2 years ago

    I wonder what Peter/Lionhead's marketing director said after that? I'm thinking somewhere along the lines of:

    Marketing Director: "Peter how many times have I told you, don't slag off the game before it's even come out"

    Molyneux: "The people have to know that we spent the last 12 months creating 200 different squeaky ball designs for Dog instead of working on Fable III."

  • JamieR #114 2 years ago

    PLZ DON'T RUIN FABLE WITH EYETOY 2.0!!!

    Really looking forward to fable 3 hope I'm not going to be disappointed.

  • man.the.king #115 2 years ago

    I think he probably means the feeling/atmosphere of the game might not be as "happy/cheery" as Fable 2, maybe a bit darker?

  • Connobi #116 2 years ago

    I don't mind the crap Molynuex talks about some redundant feature in a game, that actually does bugger all to make it better. Or despite looking polished, his games are never THAT good. What I DO mind is the way he spouts the crap, in that style he has. Not the most macho guy I know of.

  • Stratix #117 2 years ago

    He is blatantly chucking out standard levelling mechanics.

  • ronuds #118 2 years ago

    Well, from what I've seen of any PM comments section - just about anything he says pisses off a bunch of people. It doesn't matter if it's good or not, someone will be pissed off simply because Peter has spoken. I think this is a dig at those people.

    I don't know how it could be Natal only if Natal is due to release after the game? That would make for some awkward gaming moments, huh? "I can't play because I don't have the peripheral that hasn't been released yet!"

  • jonfon #119 2 years ago

    "Dog with 36DD-tits, and you can also marry it!"
    Eh? Jordan is in the game?



    Sorry, that's not fair at all. My apologies to all dogs everywhere.

  • Stratix #120 2 years ago

    Stratix
    09/02/10 @ 14:55

    He is blatantly chucking out standard levelling mechanics.

    Ooh look, I was right. Jolly good.