Comments on: Fable II abbott glitch being fixed as “priority,” says Lionhead

By: JPickford

JPickford — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:43:18 +0000

My daughter found a gamebreaker. She managed to get 6/5 gold coins at the start. The bloke with music box wouldn’t respond so she couldn’t progress.

By: Hero of Canton

Hero of Canton — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:08:20 +0000

It’s the only game-breaking one, as far as I’m aware. There are a lot of little glitches, but in a game like this there was always bound to be.

By: JPickford

JPickford — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 16:05:54 +0000

What does he mean by ‘isolated issue’?

There are tons of bugs.

By: mightyhokie

mightyhokie — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:16:41 +0000

I love this game, LOVE IT. However, it isn’t perfect, but what is?

He shouldn’t have released it with this many bugs, but that aside I believe this is a masterpiece. I love the atmosphere, the humor, the characters, the variety, the combat system is fantastic, the art style is beautiful…it is just a great, great game. I hate that it has these bugs, but I’m by no means going to be shouting death threats to the High King Peter M. I am getting my moneys worth.

The only glitch that I have encountered so far (and I’ve done basically everything and am getting ready to fight Lucian) is when I got back from the spire my wife had disappeared and my kid was a zombie. I think it might be because I had them living in the house that you get when you open the demon door in Oakfield.

Oh, well, I just went and married a gypsy. Being technically a bigamist hasn’t made me lose my halo or anything so I’m good! =>

By: Esha

Esha — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:39:10 +0000

I think I’ve potentially found the best glitch though, or the most hilarious.

Faffing around the back of the Little Hut of Light in Oakfield, I managed to get myself into a position where I was constantly teleporting from one end of the building tot he other. This is achieved by swinging the camera a lot and trying to force the character up behind the building.

A monk came along at this point and I performed the Great Teleportation Dance, an act that has never been seen and will likely never be repeated.

Now I know what it’s like to be Nightcrawler and Nightcrawler stoned.

OT: I did pick up an XBox, and this is a pretty fun game, if amazingly unimaginative. Though things have to reach the echelons of “transvestite Unicorn”, “living town that tends to walk about, mildly irritating the people who live there”, and “steampunk extendo-glove combat enhancers” before I’ll raise an eyebrow, thus I tend to be blase and I find most standard fantasy uninspired pap.

I wish it wasn’t so amazingly predictable and that I didn’t know exactly what was around the next corner, but it is fun and I do like it. The Dog’s great, too. Love the Dog.

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 16:26:54 +0000

Jesus.

Just looked at Lionhead and they are fucked off.

Other then the bugs, there is nout wrong.

By: McLovin85

McLovin85 — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 15:30:32 +0000

I find it amazing how many games come with major glitches these days. If the current gen consoles didn’t have internet or HDDs what on earth would they be able to do???
If this came out on PS1 or PS2 how would they be able to fix this? Recall all the games and send out a new version with the fixes?!?!?

By: Shatner

Shatner — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:05:16 +0000

You wish

By: absolutezero

absolutezero — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:03:22 +0000

You are such a bitch Shat.

By: Shatner

Shatner — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:38:44 +0000

It’s not what some people expected

Clearly a crime punishable by outbursts such as:

“is this a f****ng joke of you? are you trying to anger the fans even more?! YOU ****ING LIONHEAD ARE ONE PIECE OF STAB IN THE BACK I THINK I WONT EVEN BUY THE ****ING PIECE OF **** GAME 60 BUKS LESS FOR YOU MOTHER****ERS we trusted lionhead and they’re testing us more and more and now they crossed the ****ing line and they can all die Dead i’m serieus im REALLY ****ING DISSAPOINTED.”

I assumed that was morriss until I realised the spelling and grammar were too good

By: Tonka

Tonka — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:20:22 +0000

What’s wrong with the co-op implementation?

By: Shatner

Shatner — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:09:48 +0000

There’s a fucking meltdown over on the Lionhead forums over the implementation of co-op. Death threats and name-calling etc.

Ugly stuff.

By: patlike

patlike — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:06:02 +0000

I’ve got a promo here but I’m playing Far Cry at the moment. I’ll give it a look when I’m finished.

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:04:28 +0000

It is a good game, Fallout 3 pending, I’d probably name it best RPG of this year.

But there are so many bugs.

Infact, after you have finished a fight, your character just stands there while you do nothing so you have to tap A twice before your hero goes again.

Hope Lionhead fix this soon.

BTW, the dog is amazing.

By: Smartypants

Smartypants — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:43:17 +0000

I also got stuck in a tree. It’s a good game I guess, but I really hope they’re going to patch it. Minor annoyances but still valid annoyances imo.
I agree with DrDamn that the game is obviously not finished, it lacks that final polish. A month or two longer and all these relatively small problems would’ve been most likely fixed.

By: patlike

patlike — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:32:00 +0000

Blimey. It really is being reported as being buggy all over the place. I’m very surprised, to be honest.

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 10:10:19 +0000

It’s a great game but glitchtastic in a lot of ways. Just in a 3 hour play session last night I encountered :-

1) Complete game / console lock-up
2) Villager who wouldn’t stop following me and his confused state was saved too – had to take him somewhere quiet and teach him the merits of the “Safety off” function.
3) Got stuck in a tree forcing a reload
4) (A) to examine not responding at all

It detracts from the overall experience and stops it being a 10 or GOTY in my book. It’s not finished.