i tried resetting the cache and even restarting my fable 2 game from the beginning and it still freezes... i contacted Microsoft and they said that it's probably the game since my xbox doesn't freeze on any of my other games like halo 3, gears of war 2 ... I'm on my 3rd copy of fable 2 and the only reason I'm not on my 4th is because walmart was sold out of them so i couldn't exchange it for another one... lion head needs to fix this problem now!!!

Okay i got this game for christmas and right off the bat the game began to freeze. at first i thought it was the game or my xbox but after exchanging the disk 3 times and reading these forums i know it has to be the glitches. on a rare occourance it will let me play for 15min-1hour but that still varies so I want to know one thing.... IS THERE OR IS THERE NOT GOIN TO BE A PATCH AND/OR UPDATE TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM OR AM I BETTER OFF GETTING RID OF THE DISK AND NO LONGER PURCHASING ANY LIONHEAD PRODUCTS because Im a huge fabe fan and i really would like to play this game.

P.S. WTF NO PLATE ARMOUR!?! YOU MEAN I CANT PUT ON MY SHINING GOLD ARMOUR AND LOOK REALLY HEROIC!? tsk tsk lionhead! tsk tsk....

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If we both have exactly $1.00 ill still be richer than you!

Mine did the same thing all I had to do was download it to the hard disk and it hasn't frozen,I've played for a 3 hours and no problems.

sorry mate but if thats the case then these forums are wrong because i had a brand new xbox 360 for christmas and the game freezes all the time. i've also returned the game and had another copy and it still freezes. if anyone out there knows how to fix this problem please let me know. so far this game has been a waste of money and wish i hadn't bought it. sort it out microsoft!! Update or something!!!

I can't believe with this many posts on the subject that Lionhead hasn't even responded to this problem? Or I can't seem to find it if they have. I'm so pissed right now, I bought my son an Xbox 360 and several games including Fable 2 (mostly because I wanted to play it too!) It is unplayable so far, he has tried several times to play and it freezes up and he has to reboot the xbox etc. I'm just floored that so many people are having this problem and nothing is even acknowledged by the game company. Really? Did I really just spend $60 for a game that doesn't work and you can't be bothered to say hey, yeah we know about it and we're working on a fix or "F" off we don't care, we got your money, nothing? Come on, you have to do better than this.

Everytime i try to load up my guy on Fable the game freezes. I press continue and after like 10 seconds on the load screen my game freezes. Im getting really pissed off because it happens everytime. Ane beat the game got all the gargoyles got all the legendary weapons and a ton of money and i have to start over! So lionhead frigin give us some damn help.

Ok I got this. I just got RRoD on my elite. Yay for me. so I bought another Xbox used. W00t w00t right? Fable time. My brother almost beat it and we have hours of gameplay. FREEZE FREEZE about every 15 minutes. Thought it was the xbox so I returned it and went to walmart and got an arcade. Same thing. Luckily i can install it to the hard drive. If that works I'll post it. We also erased the cache.

I am using my Elite hard drive btw. I have a wireless network adapter also. Playing without patch I'll post if I freeze or not in the next hour GL ALL.

My Just started freezing as well. We got the game and X box for christmas. Should I stopp playing it will it hurt my X box? What about the patch fix I heard Microsoft was working on Can anyone please help?

I dont think Fable causes RRoD. Mine works fine so the hard drive install seems to work. I dont think the patch causes it but I am staying away from it neways.

Luckily I rented the game and have beat it this weekend but because of the glitches and freezes will not go out and buy this.Very disappointed game was released with as many glitches as this.

Mine locks up on getting into Brightwood and screen goes black.

It's not your hardware.We all are having same problem.I'm glad I rented this first and have no intention of buying with all the problems that are coming up in this game.

When i first started playing fable....i hadnt activated my xbox live account yet....and it was working fine....the next day....i get live....i update the game....and now it freezes......i try to start a new guy....and i cant even get out of bowerstone....

the **** doesnt make any sense.....this game was DESIGNED for this console....i ended up trying to run slower and take breaks occasionally so it wouldnt just freeze up....but i got to thinking that i shouldnt have to do that at all....i should just be able to play the game.....because thats what it was made to do.....

and lionhead better fix the **** cause its rly bringin me down

Hi Renner

Installed it, played it, love it. It really has done the trick.

 

Luck

To everyone who has this problem.. I beat the game before creating a live account. After creating my live account and downloading the update it began to freeze. I then downloaded the game to my hard drive and havn't had any problems with freezing yet.

xshadow88x:

I understand I have the same problem. I have found a solution to fix it though (Temporarily).

Turn on 360 and Clear memory cache and DO NOT install the updates at all. The only down side for now is that you will be signed off from LIVE. Saved games may not work.

For me I started over and have played for 9 hours and no freeze and problems or Black screen.

This worked for me, I have an Jan 07 360 so it is alittle old and I have heard those older 360's are having the problem with this, which is F***ed-up if that is the case. We should get a firm-ware update or something. Quality Microsoft...lol.

 

 

Actually, I got a brand new Xbox (less than 2 months old) and it is doing the same thing.. lock ups like there is no tomorrow.  *** FABLE 2

i have saved my game at the crucible, and now whenever i load up the game, i either get a black screen, or the disc slows down and the noise from my xbox decreases, and my character freezes. i can only get up the road, and the only thing that doesn't freeze, is the rain and the grass. i really like this game, and would like to play, so any way to fix would be great. this is the second disc ive had, and this ones been cleaned in gamestation, but no improvement.

Just FYI. My game continued to freeze at random points without error message or RROD - Just a simple freeze during gameplay or during the load screens. Since this I have tried the options:
- Allow more ventilation to console and battery adaptor
- Disable options i.e orbs or auto connect
- Clear cache
- create new user
- disable patch by not accepting it
~These troubleshooting methods did not work, XBOX support tells me to send console in, although my console works on other games fine.
SO....

I tried one last method, I downloaded the game to HDD...It actually worked. I am guessing that the issue is with the quality of the disc.

i was just wondering how to download the game to your hdd... does that mean your hard drive please help

You must have a hard drive (obviously), so if you bought the "Arcade" version of the xbox you have to buy a hard drive for it. Then you have to download the NXE update through Xbox Live (it's automatic when you connect to live). Then you should be able to install the game to your hard drive.

It appears that installing the game fixes the freezing problems... of course for those of us who don't have a hard drive, we're up $(@* creek without a paddle.

My old xbox 360 broke and i got a brand new arcade and inserted my hard drive. even on the brand new arcade it freezes so its not just the 07s that freeze. i cant get past the music box without it freezing. its gay!

Yep. Freezing issue is still not fixed. I started a new hero today just to see if maybe it was my save games and I locked before I could get my first gold as a kid. Being on or off of LIVE didn't make a difference. Also, on my old heroes Bowerstone won't even load. I get the loading screen but it never finished loading.

/sigh

Edit:
Purchased my 360 brand new in November, have had no other problems.

Well here we go may as well add to the list and confirm at least one aspect of this freeze.

I am Confirming that I had just quit the Bartender Job and as soon as I stopped and it saved..It locked up..now of course the data is corrupt..

Things I tried to do to resolve...AFTER THE FREEZE

Step One: Installed to HD
Step Two: HD Fix YXX LD RD XX Said yes
Step Three Play game w/o update
Step Four: Rinse and repeated WITH UPDATE...
Oh and of course cleared Cash out...

Status: FAILURE
Game still freezes on load screen. I did the Save File fix and instead of freezing it said corrupt file. I then Went Back and Rinse and Repeated this several times and found that if you do this it will push your save file to either  freeze or to nail the invalid file and you can run the fix to get it to go between the two...another words if you do it , The first time it will say invalid data and then if you run it again it will freeze on load..but you can go back and do it again and it will revert back to Invalid Data.

Now what this cost me as a end user: I thought it was my XBOX overheating so I opened the box (voided my warrenty) and installed a better fan system. I then Bought a HD to see if the Install to HD would work....So now I have spent more money then the game is worth trying to fix a bug that should have been easly identified by Experiencd Game Testers....Thought Process..If you release a game and you know it has faults to meet a chrismas deadline you will loose more money then if you would have pushed it back till you got the bug fixed... there is no way this bug went undetected...If it did...you need to hire new testers cause they are drunk at work and playing Oblivion, because the game actually works, and they didnt want to fuss trying to get a bug fixed. This company as much as I love them to death...is acting very unprofessional with this great game release...and you should be giving back to the community that is helping you fix all these bugs...cause it takes their time away from other things like family and what not..it is unfair for you as a company to expect this much support from your community and is extremely unprofessional.....

So what now? I am throwing the game to the shelf till a fix is out and if it don't come out I am going to toss this and not even put it up in Ebay...I don't want anyone to have this much fuss over a game..its just ridiculous.

Signed Me and about half your fan base....( sure you all agree)

BTW: Where is your Studio Pride at in this release? I be livid if this was my team...be ripping some arses apart for all these errors..shame shame on this team..you know better.

wow.

What a timely thread.  I downloaded the patch for Fable 2 the other day (yesterday I think).  Anyway, game worked fine.  Turned on my Xbox today (12 hours later).  RROD, all 4 segments flashing red, the Xbox wouldn't even start.  What happpen at firts was that it said that it could not read the disc.  Tried a few other games, it couldn't read them either.

I got my XBox 360 in Nov 2006 and I have never had a problem.  Even the freezing and bugs associated with Fable 2. It has worked perfectly until the patch.

I am not saying the patch is the fault, but maybe it is.  Will be sending the Box off tomorrow and will post an update here on the reasons given by Xbox Switzerland for the box RROD'ing on me. Damn, just a couple of days before DLC too, what luck.

Cheers

http://community.lionhead.com/forums/thread/3277215.aspx

Having problems?
We are doing a poll here to try to grasp a understanding of why...
Once in there I need you to post your Xbox 360 model / Year / and problem

And don't forget to sign the poll.

You may find that everyone having this problem in this thread might all have something in common... And heres a hint... Its not the the locking up or freezing problem itself.

Something I've discovered might also be a issue for your consoles... Some of these problems may occur because your Xbox 360 might not have a "Built-in Hard Drive."
Elites have been reported to be scratching disc's

And older model "Hard Drives" are also reported to act up on newer Xbox 360's that play the game. (Taking your old Hard Drive out of a 05-06 model Xbox 360 and putting it on a 07-08 )

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