Peter Molyneux promised that Fable III would include support for Microsoft’s motion and voice sensing peripheral. I’ve been rather keen to see how it would be integrated, Fable being the first “core†game to use the device – and I’m interested to see its application in games other than the casual, party-oriented fare we’ve been shown.
Unfortunately – for now at least – it’s become another one of Molyneux’s failed promises.
Speaking to Engadget, Molyneux revealed that Fable III will ship without any Kinect features at all, though they may be patched in at some stage.
Joystiq followed up, and it appears that the Kinect features originally planned just weren’t up to standard. I’m glad they’ve decided to remove functionality that detracts from the actual game. It does, however, mean that whatever support they add later will seem tacked on and unnecessary.
There’s also the possibility that Kinect in its current state is still unable to detect sitting players – and having to stand to play a traditional controller-based game is just silly.
So, yet another broken promise from the fabled Lionhead boss. I wonder if Peter Molyneux he’d break it all along.
Source : Joystiq
Last Updated: August 5, 2010
Bobby Kotick Elephant Ears
August 5, 2010 at 13:59
Lol, It’s typical Molyneux, count me surprised.
:sideways: :silly: :biggrin: :happy: :whistle:
Lupus
August 5, 2010 at 14:07
I’d still like to know when I can plant an acorn and watch the tree grow??
Geoffrey Tim
August 5, 2010 at 14:09
You can do so right now – in your back yard.
In Fable? no time soon.
Bobby Kotick
August 5, 2010 at 14:23
*fart* *dance* muscle flex* *burp* *plant acorn* *fart* *giggle*
Make it so Peter Molyneux! :cheerful:
PS: Given what Peter wants Fable to be, why don’t they just learn from Maxis and implement Sims-like conversation trees? Even if they copied Jowood’s The Guild 2 it would make Fable something special, instead we had a treasure seeking dog in Fable 2 and a hero in fable 1 that was the only one who aged, and by the time you finally fought the dragon you were an old git…
More importantly, why do I still play his games? They’re so pathetically bad, yet I still play them
Damn you Peter Molyneux!
Christo Le Grange
August 5, 2010 at 14:24
Molyneux sounds like the guy that in his early years, spent 20 hours a day in his room and when his mom called him and asked what he did all day, he goes ahead and shows her his teenage mutant ninja turtle action figure without legs and replaced by he-mans arms or some crazy S..t like that.
RSA-Ace
August 5, 2010 at 14:37
It’s scary Peter Molyneux is still taken seriously after all the bull**** he talks.
Werner
August 5, 2010 at 15:52
Has anyone thought that maybe Microsoft should be blamed for over-hyping their product in such a way that Molyneux imagination got the better of him (yet again…)
Will still probably buy Fable III… I’m a sucker like that.
GooseZA
August 5, 2010 at 17:17
“So, yet another broken promise from the fabled Lionhead boss.”
I see what you did there :biggrin:
BigBird
August 9, 2010 at 13:18
Haha. I was gonna say the exact same thing.
Bobby Kotick wants to be immune to Peter
August 9, 2010 at 15:51
I remember all my friends going crazy for Lionhead’s The Movies. We were going to make crazy machinima, and Peter hyped it to the point where we thought we could have control over storyboards, create our own setpieces etc.. etc.
And then The Movies was released. It was a sad day. It’s still an ok game, but Peter hyped the fun out of it. It’s a shame really because had he kept his mouth shut, we would have probably been pretty content with The Movies.
AC!D
August 9, 2010 at 18:45
I am glad he broke his promise. I for one wont be forced to buy Kinect to play the few good exclusives i enjoy on Xbox 360 and thats for damn sure.
Conor
August 9, 2010 at 22:41
I have just learned to ignore Peters lies makes fable games a lot better. But you have to say through all Peters lies the fable series has been great. And i still looking forward to fable 3 even if Peter says the acorn and tree crap is back in.