Comments on: Molyneux: Death in Fable 1 was “so tedious”

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:58:04 +0000

I never died (knocked down / whatever) in Fable 2 anyway. Game was too easy.

By: DrDamn

DrDamn — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 09:36:23 +0000

Got to agree with BraveArse. Here’s the thing Peter – if playing back to where you died is tedious then surely that implies your game is tedious to play? You are trying to fix the wrong thing.

Death in games can provide tension and a great sense of accomplishment to a game. Fable 2 degenerated into a game of push forward and spam spell. Press A to complete game.

By: BraveArse

BraveArse — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:00:37 +0000

I remember thinking the death mechanic in Fable 2 was brilliant while I played it but felt no compunction to play it again once I’d finished it ( or if I’m honest, to finish it at all).

Then I got Demon’s Souls last month, which has the hardest of hardcore attitudes to game death I’ve ever seen. I’m on my second playthrough 120 hrs total spent on it. Sometimes things are worth the pain.

By: Pyrix

Pyrix — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:42:01 +0000

Thing is, with Fable 2, the death penalty is virtually non-existent, since you can get rid of scars pretty easily, and by the end of the game, you will be inundated with experience.

By: Roybott

Roybott — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:26:24 +0000

You just get knocked on the floor and then jump straight back up losing only a bit of XP (that was not collected yet) and getting a scar (I think), I wouldnt say that’s tedious compared with having to go back to the start of the quest/area/etc

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:06:10 +0000

Isnt death in Fable II tedious as well? ;D

By: Blerk

Blerk — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:42:03 +0000

Death in general is a complete pain in the arse. I vote we abolish it. Except for people who get on my nerves.