Fable 2 Wins X-Play's 2008 Game of the Year Award

[Albion Knight]

Fable 2 Wins X-Play's 2008 Game of the Year Award

YEAH!! First of Many

Fallout 3, Grand Theft Auto 4, Metal Gear Solid 4, Left 4 Dead, Resistance 2, and Gears of War 2 all got nominated, but when it came down to it, Fable 2 walked away with X-Play's Game of the Year award. It's just the first of many outlets' awards shows, but looking at that list it probably comes as something of a surprise for many to see Fable 2 emerge victorious. Peter Molyneux, creative director at developer Lionhead Studios, talked in some detail about the game during his acceptance interview via satellite. Molyneux pointed to the diverse experiences players have with the game coupled with its easy accessibility as the foundation of its appeal. Molyneux noted their choice to use the breadcrumb trail as opposed to a traditional mini map as another example of how they simplified playing the game without sacrificing content.

Molyneux also discussed some their upcoming DLC plans for Fable 2. He explained that continuing the flow of content for the game has always been part of the plan and that it would range from new storylines and monsters to fight all the way to new gameplay elements.

And never one to shy away from dropping a few rumor-fostering hints Molyneux wrapped things up by saying that Lionhead is at work on two big projects. One of them he described as something familiar, the other as pushing them very hard. Uh, and that's it. After warning that he was secluded from PR supervision we expected a little bit more than the announcement of when we'd actually get to hear something, but that's what we got. Molyneux said he hopes to start pulling back the curtain on their new project at next year's GDC. Let the wild Internet speculation begin.

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[Man]

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wow! GOTY! WOOT! go lionhead! cant wait till they deliver that dlc to us

 

[Dag204]

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I am actually surprised

 

[moonfever]

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Yay, Fable 2. I'm not surprised. On my 12 th profile.
Thanks Albion, +rep4U^_^

 

[Dark Drakan]

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I am very surprised as there were some huge hitting titles in there too.

 

[moonfever]

Re: Fable 2 Wins X-Play's 2008 Game of the Year Award

I am very surprised as there were some huge hitting titles in there too.

Some of the huge hitting titles, are almost impossible for a lot of us to play. Namely me. There are a lot of casual players, who can't get through some games like the Force Unleashed, so they vote too. Fable 2 is playable by anyone, and has many more people voting for it, because of that.
Did that make sense to you? It's a little hard to explain, online.:blush:

 

[Tyloric]

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Didn't deserve it.

 

[Saint Sparrow]

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It deserves it, it may not be the hardcore's cup of tea- but then the hardcore are a just a fraction of the gaming population. (plus their vote was probably too split to make a difference)

 

[Tyloric]

Re: Fable 2 Wins X-Play's 2008 Game of the Year Award

It deserves it, it may not be the hardcore's cup of tea- but then the hardcore are a just a fraction of the gaming population. (plus their vote was probably too split to make a difference)

Half of Fable II's features offered nothing other than giggles. If an advertised feature is for the most part useless, it's a flawed feature.

Fable II did not deserve it.

 

[Zarkes]

Re: Fable 2 Wins X-Play's 2008 Game of the Year Award

Half of Fable II's features offered nothing other than giggles. If an advertised feature is for the most part useless, it's a flawed feature.

Fable II did not deserve it.

I have to agree with grammar cop on this one, Fable 2 was great but there are hella gewd games on that menu

 

[Sandgoose]

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Half of Fable II's features offered nothing other than giggles. If an advertised feature is for the most part useless, it's a flawed feature.

Fable II did not deserve it.

I agree.
It's a good game against every other game this year but compared to Fallout 3,GTAIV and Gears of war 2 it's nothing.

 

[Saint Sparrow]

Re: Fable 2 Wins X-Play's 2008 Game of the Year Award

I agree.
It's a good game against every other game this year but compared to Fallout 3,GTAIV and Gears of war 2 it's nothing.

maybe so, but there were too many- so the votes for game of the year got split too widely among the bigger hitters.

This is a case of a smaller fish getting to move freely cause all the big fish got stuck because of each other.

 

[Tyloric]

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G4 is a bunch of tools.
I stopped listening to them long ago.

Xplay sucks now too.

 

[Dagzey]

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I have to agree with grammar cop on this one, Fable 2 was great but there are hella gewd games on that menu

lol @ grammar cop. me rikey

F2 Deserves it. i've never completed a game 3 times consecutively and still maintained interest in it like i have with fable 2

aside from F2, GTA4 is the only other game amongst those titles that i was really keen to play, but then i played it, and i was not impressed. i put it on today, coz i've been raking in the gamerpoints over the last week and i only have 55 on it, but within 10 mins, i was bored again.

 

[Zarkes]

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^yknow what i agree i do think Fable 2 is most fitting. I mean it brought alot of aspects to gaming like the breadcrumb trail.(although i wewdve loved a pop up mini map better)

Xplay is a tewl
just saying dont go buying a game based off of their ratings

 

[moonfever]

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Fable 2 is all about the story you create. People that rush through the game, won't get the true feeling of Fable 2 at all. I fell in love with Fable tlc, and I still love the storyline with all it's twists and turns, of Albions outcome. I listen to all the conversations, and some will tell me what's going down, in the Fable 2 story, before I even get the quest.
I think those that didn't play Fable tlc, won't appreciate some of the things I do. Gotta know what you are looking for. Lionhead is so great with npc conversations, over 150 hours of different npc conversations and comments. It still gets me off guard when a bandit tells me a guy I just killed has a wife and kids, and then I think, hm, wonder where the wife and kids are? I ran into a Gypsy trader who told me I killed her cousin.
That's why I think it got game of the year. OK, I am going now.:blush:

 

[Albion Knight]

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With the diversity of games availible GotY becomes more and more subjective. It will be interesting to see how Fable II fairs on some of the other review sites.

 

[SimonKalevra]

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Left 4 dead was nominated??
It's a great game and all, but not GOTY material

Anyway, Im extremely surprised that F2 won GOTY. especially with a title in there such as Metal Gear Solid 4.
I only have 3 bad things to say about that game:

1. It's on Sony's Playstation 3
2. NO ONE uses a microphone, which is essential with all the squad/team based game modes. (again very few people uses a mic. on the PS3)
3. The reward system: you have to buy an expansion to be able to play a game mode where you can earn reward points, which you will be able to spend on camo, clothes, accessories and more...

And I have A LOT more critics for F2.
So I guess F2 won GOTY because it's easy to play (breadcrumb trail, 1 button weapons system and so on) which makes it different.
Just like last year when Bioshock won GOTY because it was "different" - btw who still plays Bioshock?
Last years GOTY should have been Halo 3, because of it's replay value and online multiplayer. The same as this years GOTY should have been Metal Gear Solid 4, because of it's AWESOME graphics, story, and online multiplayer...

Anyway... who choose which game The Game of the Year-award should go to?
And why pick Bioshock over Halo 3? why Fable 2 over Metal Gear Solid 4?

BREADCRUMB TRAIL?!?
it's not working half the time!


I love Fable 2. But I love MGS4 even more...

 

[moonfever]

Re: Fable 2 Wins X-Play's 2008 Game of the Year Award

With the diversity of games availible GotY becomes more and more subjective. It will be interesting to see how Fable II fairs on some of the other review sites.

One thing I really love about Fable 2, is the uniqueness of the Hero's. I haven't seen two the same. Sometimes I feel like leaving right away, when I coop. Some of them scare me. The really ugly ones, I wonder what they did to their poor hero?
It should get awards, it's unique in creativity.

 

[laharl]

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and all the hair and dye combinations,