More Fable Details Inside!

Gay weddings, head-kicking and more.

Posted by Staff
Today's update to Lionhead's own online developer diary, The Lionhead Times, has suggested that the eagerly awaited and apparently revolutionary Xbox RPG Fable is on schedule and finally nearing completion. That means that the US September release date and the European October release date should be met without too much difficulty.

Although there is still no substantial news regarding Fable's storyline, there have been a few golden nuggets of interesting gameplay features dropped into this latest journal update. It is now possible to decapitate people and use their heads as footballs. If you happen to be a bad loser, you can even kick the aforementioned head/ball at superior Fable players, thus crushing their smug little faces. If that doesn't satisfy such sinister and violent tendencies, the standard array of crossbows and clubs may have to suffice.

Another unusual feature is the inclusion of gay marriages. Video games don't often do weddings, let alone same-sex ones, although quite how this choice affects the gameplay has yet to be revealed. It has also been announced that there are four completely separate endings, depending on how the game has unravelled - maybe they're related to sexual preference and number of heads kicked? Once again, Lionhead are refusing to shed even the merest glint of light onto the nature of these conclusions. However, it has been confirmed that the game doesn't have to finish after viewing the ending. Successful players will be able to continue their explorative quests around the world of Albion long after the main mission has completed. The post-finish gameplay will also vary dramatically, as the environment will have changed as a result of the player's actions.

It all sounds quite peculiar, yet hugely intriguing. Xbox owners would do well to clear a space on their shelf in time for Fable's release in October.
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ohms 16 Jun 2004 10:53
1/4
Black and White sounded great too, ...ambitious, ...original, but got tiresome pretty quickly. Be interesting to see how Fable actually plays. But what do I care, I don't have an xbox. :)
Brown Force 16 Jun 2004 11:31
2/4
Sounds amazing. Glad to hear there actually adding things to the game rather than cutting things out. The Gay marrage thing sounds like a good idea as well. Though I'm not gay, its nice to have to option...¬_¬

Anyway...can't wait for October, its finally arriving! Can hardily belive it. Whether it lives up to the hype or not I've stopped caring. To just actually have it will be good enough for me after this wait.

Makes you glad you own an Xbox!
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micta 16 Jun 2004 12:46
3/4
Brown Force wrote:

>Though I'm not gay, its nice
>to have to option...¬_¬

>
So Mr Force, if yr not gay, how did you get your handle? Brown Force sounds a bit, well, gay. Explain yrself!


Viclo 16 Jun 2004 18:07
4/4
September 21st will be a glorious day indeed. And I'm not worried about the game being way overpumped like B&W was...because Peter Molyneux basically just slapped his name on this product...
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