Speaking at GDC 2007 Peter Molyneux has finally enlightened us to some of his secrets for Fable 2. He revealed what many suspected or perhaps even already knew that you will have a dog to follow you throughout your adventures in Albion. However players' pets arent simply a cosmetic effect to keep heroes or villains company on dark wet nights, as the dog will have a variety of uses.
The dog will behave exactly as a dog does but what is quite interesting is that it will respond to voice commands a la Nintendogs. The features don't stop there either as the dog will also act as an invaluable ally for scouting ,picking up enemies scent and distracting foes in combat. What is more the dog will also change its appearance to resemble its master; meaning players with an evil streak will be accompanied by a more ferrocious looking animal than those who are angelic. Other revealtions from the event revealed that dog themed downloadable content was on the cards, as was the opportunity to meet other people's dog creations, which are said to never be identical.
For the more money orientated, Molyneux suggested that the cold cash will be a lot harder to come by this time however gamers will be able to buy any land you see in the game, securing properties to unlock new quests. Dynamic regions will also feature, meaning towns can grow from one building into a city, devoted to you if you helped build it from the beginning.
Interesting stuff but still only snippets of info. We'll have to simply keep waiting until the next juicy news comes from the Lionhead camp.
. Anyways I love that you can also talk with the dogs especialy my little nephews will like it.
