Fable 2 Development : Lionhead Video Diary Episode Five

Lionhead Video Diary Episode Five

Published Thursday, March 20, 2008 12:44 AM by Sam

The next installment is here; Lionhead and Microsoft Game Studios Release Episode 5 in the Light-hearted Video Diary Series . Go behind-the-scenes with Peter Molyneux and Lionhead Studios as they prepare to unveil offline multiplayer in “Fable 2” at the Game Developer’s Conference

It was hard work, filming in San Francisco at the Game Developers Conference, dark spaces, security people telling you you're not allowed to film... Two hours of footage turned into a small piece in this video diary. I'm sure all that footage will come in use one day.

"Meet the team at Lionhead, hard at work on the Xbox 360 exclusive Fable 2, the highly-anticipated follow up to the best-selling Xbox exclusive Fable."

"In Episode Five, you will see exclusive footage of Peter Molyneux rehearsing for the Microsoft keynote at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco."

Check out Episode Five at http://www.lionhead.com/diaries and on Xbox LIVE Marketplace.

Work on Episode Six has already started (about Art and Heroes) and I promise you it'll be longer!

Comments

	random_fable_chick said: Yay finally! I'm so excited. March 19, 2008 9:18 PM
	eobaggs said: Short and sweet. Nice job on the diary Sam. March 19, 2008 9:37 PM
	NufcRaF said: Loved the diary, now get to finishing the next 1 March 19, 2008 9:39 PM
	AmIGood said: It won't work for me. You guys must not like me too much.. March 19, 2008 9:52 PM
	Sam said: What exactly doesn't work AmI? March 19, 2008 9:57 PM
	eobaggs said: I think he means the video Sam. AmI, you could watch it on YouTube here then: http://youtube.com/watch?v=LmPQWVJpTGA March 19, 2008 10:11 PM
	MRFLIBBLE said: I can't download it either. Download High just gets a 196 byte .wvx file. Pretty nice video though. Not only did it explain the use of magic (very cool btw) but I also thought I saw a couple of little teasers in there to things we haven't seen yet. All I can say is I hope that was a short shot of an guy. All in all, two thumbs up. Nice work Sam. March 19, 2008 10:28 PM
	monkeybone125 said: it was okay, not the best video diary but still . Please make video diary 6 as quick as possible, I NEED MY FABLE 2 FIX!!! March 19, 2008 11:07 PM
	Altskar said: yeah all those links dont seem to work for me. the pixelly youtube one did though thankfully March 19, 2008 11:16 PM
	joevsyou said: that was fast didnt sam say he just sent it out like 4 days ago for approvel but o well i gusse it was slow last time because of xmas break online issuse and other crap March 19, 2008 11:37 PM
	joevsyou said: ya sam thanks for the video just watched on youtube lol but ya maby try re uploading the video to the site because the other videos open but five dont March 19, 2008 11:50 PM
	SfK-Pyro said: i enjoyed it. It was preety , we got to see some posters and things, all ina ll pretty short, but I have nothing to complain about... job Please put some morphing in #6 tho, anyways can't wait March 20, 2008 12:44 AM
	toddquest said: Very cool. Was that the Hero with the dreads!!! or an NPC? March 20, 2008 12:47 AM
	TurgonofGondolin said: An absolutely brilliant video diary, Sam! My favorite one so far. The game is looking amazing even from the little parts that we see of outdoor environments. Thanks Sam for all the hard work. On a side note, Peter Molyneux is quite the greedy fellow, haha. Sorry, Peter, had to say it. Thanks again for the hard work guys. March 20, 2008 1:57 AM
	scottguy3433 said: job sam very nice loved the Video and keep up the work March 20, 2008 2:05 AM
	Shisou said: Another person who can't download it here. And Windows Media Player is a b*tch, so I can't stream, either. March 20, 2008 2:18 AM
	OzCool said: well you kinda explained how it works but you really didnt show us anything. March 20, 2008 3:03 AM
	Stiegler said: it works fine with me keep that work up March 20, 2008 6:13 AM
	murren said: awesome stuff, all the diaries, but i want to know about music we've seen all this cool stuff and now we know about magic and co-op but where is the music. Music can make a huge amount of difference in a game. I haven't played fable for a wee bit but i don't remember there being that much difference in music from place to place, the music was great for the game just always the same. So i want to know about the music for this game. now back to lurking and maybe playing a bit of fable now March 20, 2008 6:53 AM
	Mishakr said: Well, now its pretty clear why you've mentioned both episode 5 and 6 together, since e5 was 5:20 long. May be you just feel a bit sober after that conference. March 20, 2008 7:19 AM
	mikeofblades said: It's a boring rainy day in England, but this has brightened the day up. March 20, 2008 8:41 AM
	Pisani said: thx Sam the vid is amazin. and now we know what the full world map looks like yay and im pritty sure the pic of the guys was part of the morph you can turn into becauce im sure at the top of the window its on says morph in there also it looks like a river is either running through oackvale or right next to it now becauce of the land mass change got to say though the game looks awsome thx. March 20, 2008 9:15 AM
	php_penguin said: I'm having a horrific experience with downloading this... the "download" version gets stuck at 51% (and refuses to re-start), whilst the streamed versions are seemingly "film noir" - literally a black screen.... Youtube it is then March 20, 2008 12:26 PM
	Sam said: php_penguin download it from the XBox Live Marketplace maybe? March 20, 2008 1:20 PM
	ghostyspade said: Cool video diary March 20, 2008 1:39 PM
	Rebeled13 said: WOOOOOOOOW you call that a video diary i call that what ive already known and seen everywhere else, and gave us no hint to where your taking the next one and your fcuking couch idea sucks PEOPLE WANT TO BE ALONE UNLESS THEIR HAVING SEX GIVE THEM XBL COOP March 20, 2008 3:37 PM
	Rebeled13 said: and you couldn't give us the decency as we wait day by day for this diary and not show us any visuals of magic? well as PM would say "thats like" giving us a batch of the most chewy cookies ever and not giving us any milk so we can choke on them, and your bandwidth sucks too March 20, 2008 3:41 PM
	joevsyou said: Rebeled13........ chill dude it was really about the confernce and plus you got the next one aready in works. plus you did learn something about magic one of the speels is lighting and when ever you shoot someone with it they flash like cartoon where you can see there bones whitch is cool. plus if u anit patian stop playing rpgs stick with games that take 4 hours to beat so peace out and leave because you suck like little russin kid with buck teeth.~~~~ March 20, 2008 4:24 PM
	SternFirstBorn said: Magic sounds awsome! Wish I could have seen it in action though. March 20, 2008 4:31 PM
	Implodinggoat said: If you guys are having trouble downloading it you can get a very clear unpixilated version from gamevideos.com now. http://www.gamevideos.com/video/id/18060 http://www.gamevideos.com/video/watch?video=18060&largeFormat=mov P.S. On a side note does anyone know if the slow time spell is coming back? That was definately my favorite spell in Fable 1. March 20, 2008 6:53 PM
	lionteeth said: for those guys that can not downlooad the video, you can always try to look at it in gametrailers.com, maybe it will work there??? March 20, 2008 8:48 PM
	corbett656 said: this video diary was , but it wasnt worth the wait, i expected it to be a lot better condidering we had to wait so much longer, but i still got my video diary pleasure March 20, 2008 11:45 PM
	Kraut_Robber said: Hey Sam, there is a nice interview with Molyneux on Spieletipps.de ( http://www.spieletipps.de/artikel/1566/1/ ). He's talking about Dimitri (haven't heard of this one since Lionsource.de closed down), Fable 2 and game promotion/gaming-industry-stars. Would you like a translation or is there anybody in the PR-Team with knowlegde of German language (I'd bet there's already somewhere the original interview in English because Langer's interviews in German are exklusive at Stipps, but Langer also sells them in English to international websites). March 21, 2008 6:45 AM
	Jontis_Pyro said: I so want a life sized model of the chainsaw Gun from Gears like Cliffy B had =O..... Amazing diry, not much info, but that doesnt matter coz it was such a pleasure to watch Thanks Sam Congrats to a video March 21, 2008 7:50 PM
	Jahiri said: Yay, thanks for making this. Was that the full world map? March 22, 2008 6:53 AM
	mcpaddyb said: It is a shame about the length. But nevertheless there are some great screen shots. Especially the guy whos morph is (pressumably) and corrupt. March 23, 2008 12:17 PM
	Myrshire said: Oh Ya! Thanks Sam for the Vid! ^.^ really scratched that vid diary itch now when's the next one?!? =D March 23, 2008 4:28 PM
	scottguy3433 said: lol March 23, 2008 4:39 PM
	Aikaterine said: Someone in that video had a Domo on his desk. That guy is my new best friend. <3 March 23, 2008 9:06 PM
	DigitalHero said: Where is the online multiplayer? In an age where multiplayer is sometimes key to a game's survival I find it very odd that we have couch multiplayer but no mention of an online multiplayer. I think this game will be great and I'm sure I'll get it. It's just very disappointing that they can enable couch co-op but not internet co-op. Just seems like a step backwards to me. March 24, 2008 11:53 AM
	hopelssadict said: wow....i love the stereotypical american ***holes who start arguements on an online blog and throw in a bunch of racial slurs for emphasis....makes me glad im from canada and dont have to emancipate myself from my country. and if ignorance could kill...well i cant imagine how much better the world would be. ANYWHO!!!! sam, awesome vid but same question as above...wheres the online coop?? its like what ive been waiting to hear about, if it doesnt happen...well...honestly ill be heartbroken. however, cant wait for the next one. job!! March 24, 2008 11:16 PM
	hopelssadict said: and p.s. why does everyone try and watch it on your computer??? obviously if you want fable 2 you have an xbox...??? DOWNLOAD IT???? March 24, 2008 11:32 PM
	Mishakr said: joevsyou said: Rebeled13........ chill dude it was really about the confernce and plus you got the next one aready in works. plus you did learn something about magic one of the speels is lighting and when ever you shoot someone with it they flash like cartoon where you can see there bones whitch is cool. plus if u anit patian stop playing rpgs stick with games that take 4 hours to beat so peace out and leave because you suck like little russin kid with buck teeth.~~~~ Well, if you lions are so polite-headed, werent you supposed to wipe out and this one too? March 25, 2008 1:08 PM
	Ryku_Hisagi said: I just know it better have online-play because that would be so kick-ass. and very point hopelssadict. March 26, 2008 6:44 PM
	kotarski said: I NEED TO SEE THE MAGIC! March 26, 2008 7:19 PM
	Ryku_Hisagi said: Same here! March 26, 2008 7:23 PM
	ZioMage said: Very nice video diary love the game and the creature U ROCK MAN March 27, 2008 5:28 PM
	Athisra said: Hey, sammy boi, is that your voice in the GDC thing? Pretty cool if so lol. March 28, 2008 5:24 AM
	Sam said: Yes that's my voice! =) March 28, 2008 1:49 PM
	Kraut_Robber said: Games released in summer usually don't sell well (dunno whether there's this saying in English, too, but in Germany we call this 'big black summer hole'). Most big productions are released between fall and christmas even if they are finished before. And hey, any extra production time is debugging time March 31, 2008 11:11 AM
	joevsyou said: ya we got a saying for it just cant remember what it caslled but it be nice if was in summer alot more time to play it and enjoy. ya rpgs open worlds need alot debuging so much can be missed unlike a game where u just follow a path March 31, 2008 11:50 AM
	moonfever said: I really enjoyed the video diary. Hopefully the next one will show more of the game being played as the person.I will probably play as a lady. That's what I'm so looking forward to.It felt so strange playing as a married man when I'm a woman. April 3, 2008 1:36 PM
	Fable2fanatic said: Yes, I agree vidio diary 5 was but I have a feeling 6 will be much more longer and chalk full of game developement information(hopefully). April 3, 2008 5:55 PM
	hopelssadict said: like two weeks and we havent heard anything since this blog came out....anyone alive in there? haha im just checking..... April 5, 2008 6:04 AM
	NickB001 said: I was watching a video on Youtube saying there is going to e a Xbox Live Arcade Game for Fable 2. This guy(English guy thats on most of the videos on Youtube) said this Arcade game is going to come out a few months before Fable 2, does anyone know what this game is called. (Also in this game you gamble) April 9, 2008 1:47 AM
	Kraut_Robber said: A few weeks not months. It's probably gonna be called Fable 2 pub games. April 14, 2008 7:54 AM

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Well...a boy was born back in 1981 and it all went crazy from there...Joined the Lionhead Community in 1998 and am here to look after everyone. If you need help, feel free to give me a shout. I'm not "technical support"!