Lionhead Studios has been known for it’s charismatic  leader Peter Molunex and it’s above average RPG games. Those games however have suffered from over promises from said charismatic leader and some poor co-op decisions. I’m not saying the games are bad, I actually really loved Fable II. They just suffer from some poor development choices.

Sequels are always painted as the bigger, better, and more bad ass(er) versions of their previous selves. Which is why you would expect Fable III to really shine in almost every area. The game was said from the early stages to have Kinect support. Recently Peter informed us that Kinect support would not be on the game when it shipped. This is what has me worried.

If they are cutting out Kinect support from the game, what exactly are they replacing those sections with? Do they pull them altogether? Were they even a substantial part of the gameplay? They were pulled because Lionhead felt the end user experience would not be polished enough at launch. Does that mean we get a shoe horned version in some DLC pack for 800 MS Points a couple months down the road? If so, that’s not going to fly real well with most people.

This not only worries me about Fable III but also quite a bit on the Kinect side as well. From what we the public know, Lionhead has had the Kinect hardware since the very beginning. They used the tech to make Milo, which is basically just a tech demo of sorts. So if they can’t get a polished product, how are these launch games going to play? It should be very interesting to see.

I’ll write more on Fable III in the coming weeks.

Lionhead Studios has been known for it’s charismatic  leader Peter Molunex and it’s above average RPG games. Those games however have suffered from over promises from said charismatic leader and some poor co-op decisions. I’m not saying the games are bad, I actually really loved Fable II. They just suffer from some poor development choices.

Sequels are always painted as the bigger, better, and more bad ass(er) versions of their previous selves. Which is why you would expect Fable III to really shine in almost every area. The game was said from the early stages to have Kinect support. Recently Peter informed us that Kinect support would not be on the game when it shipped. This is what has me worried.

If they are cutting out Kinect support from the game, what exactly are they replacing those sections with? Do they pull them altogether? Were they even a substantial part of the gameplay? They were pulled because Lionhead felt the end user experience would not be polished enough at launch. Does that mean we get a shoe horned version in some DLC pack for 800 MS Points a couple months down the road? If so, that’s not going to fly real well with most people.

This not only worries me about Fable III but also quite a bit on the Kinect side as well. From what we the public know, Lionhead has had the Kinect hardware since the very beginning. They used the tech to make Milo, which is basically just a tech demo of sorts. So if they can’t get a polished product, how are these launch games going to play? It should be very interesting to see.

I’ll write more on Fable III in the coming weeks.

I thought Fable II was pretty damn cool. Throw in some improvements and I'm there for III.

I don't have nearly enough space for Kinect, so knowing that not having it won't affect my Fable III experience much is actually good news.

Fix the god awful menus and load times and I will be happy.  Honestly other then co-op being lame, Fable 2 was pretty much the game Peter Molyneaux's balls said it would be. 

Kinect support would've delayed release i bet. Likely get it in an update or in true Microsoft fashion as paid dlc. I'll be waiting for the pc version, screw Kinect.

Kinect support would be cool in co-op if the character on screen would mimic some of they actions you would do. Like if you want to show off some new taunts you got to your friends you could by doing a specific motion. 

I will rent fable 3 before I purchase it, cause something tells me its not gonna make me happy. I liked fable 2 up till the multiple endings each one being very very crap specially the finding your sister ending.

" Kinect support would've delayed release i bet. "