Fable II

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

jesie666 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 18:44:20 GMT

if i honestly cared about graphics i wouldnt go back to playing so ps1 and nes games that i like, as long as the story is cool ill play it, story is really my main thing, i could care less if there are many cutscenes or even low quality graphics, i love games like final fantasy 9, lost odyssey, and the first three resident games, they had stories, but all but lost odyssey had low end graphics, and the slow down, ha, could care less, as long as i get to play me some epic fable 2.

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

Phoenixblight — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:49:36 GMT

antonchigurh:
yeah the game slows down, that's what happens when you use the slow time spell.

but seriously, the version they played had 2000 plus bugs, so i wouldn't sweat it.

the best way for lh to comfort us is to show us some new gameplay footage now that they've fixed almost all the bugs, that'll teach us.

In the few coming weeks. Game sites will be getting the new version of Fable 2 not the one with 2000 bugs. So I expect to see new gameplay videos then. Probably after it gets gold.

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

antonchigurh — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:46:14 GMT

yeah the game slows down, that's what happens when you use the slow time spell.

but seriously, the version they played had 2000 plus bugs, so i wouldn't sweat it.

the best way for lh to comfort us is to show us some new gameplay footage now that they've fixed almost all the bugs, that'll teach us.

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

Daninsky — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:24:07 GMT

SaentTheHero:
All I'm worried about is the slow down. If the full release of the game has any sort of slow down what so ever I'll have to consider taking it back after I finish it. It will ruin the experience for me.

Exactly, slow down can be a female dog that seriously takes away from entertainment.

The graphics look fine for all I saw, and we know what most game testers are: Graphic Whores

Give them shiny pictures and they will be all Game of the Year! even if the gameplay is shite, but give them graphics that fit the game and they will say Uh yeah, but your Grapics are not as as those from random render demo XY...

If they said the graphics looked repetitive or too bland, I might care, but calling them mediocre can mean anything with those people, and mostly it simply means not brillant enough.

I'm not sure why people put so much weight on the fighting or non fighting of the dog, this is not your Fallout party member.

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

Fable05 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:05:19 GMT

darkvader68:
Truly if seen new videos the graphics for F2 Fable 2 are about as as it gets i am fan for fable but i also talk the truth fall out 3... oblivion with a shiner graphic looking the start out the same if got problem with it get over it. Fall out 3 well not be .

Your an idiot, plain and simple, but I wont start a fallout discussion with you here since this is a fable forum which you should have respected in the first place, this isnt a place to bash other games.

Anyway, my view of fable 2 that some dont understand is the artistic value and the direction they chose to make the game take. It looks like a fairy tale that you would imagine. I love the art design for the game, it really makes you feel like your in the old times in a fairy tell setting and I appreciate the artist that are doing it.

Sam thanks alot for a developer that cares enough to clear these things up for people who dont understand, its always nice to see a developer take the time to address its fans.

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

Sabretoothmonkey — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:41:28 GMT

Wow someone agreed with me *does a little happy dance and gives that person a hug* but yeah if Sam says that it looks much better then it's much better . I'm not worried because after playing some utter rubbish the past few months Fable 2 is going to seem like a godsend. Now the next step for me is convincing my idiot boyfriend not to keep playing fallout 3 all the time, my xbox MY FABLE!

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

nasos_333 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:07:54 GMT

kletus:
People's criticism of magic and frame rate and all that reminds me of people's criticism's of graphics when the first screenshots were released. It's all such a deja vu. Eventually people ate their words when they saw how wrong they were. And people will do it again when the game comes out and they get to see how wrong they are. Everyone's entitled to their opinions, yeah, but I just wish the more critical people would at least wait until the game is released, and they've actually played it before they decide.

Indeed, some poeple just overeact (including me)

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

kletus — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:23:56 GMT

People's criticism of magic and frame rate and all that reminds me of people's criticism's of graphics when the first screenshots were released. It's all such a deja vu. Eventually people ate their words when they saw how wrong they were. And people will do it again when the game comes out and they get to see how wrong they are. Everyone's entitled to their opinions, yeah, but I just wish the more critical people would at least wait until the game is released, and they've actually played it before they decide.

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

bord3rhopp3r666 — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:23:15 GMT

Sam:
nasos_333:

Nice

So, that means all the new pics (oakfiled fields etc) like the above are 100% in game, no touch ups at all ?

Heh I never know what goes on in your mind aeh nasos....and you easily panic, so I don't know what you're seeing in the pictures that I don't, but yes they're 100% ingame. I'd wait for the first reviews to come up and read their impressions of the graphics before making a judgment. Don't take just my word for it!

Yay

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

MAX1MISE — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:08:05 GMT

There have been very few games I have bought into on graphics alone. I want compelling story, fun gameplay and some variety. graphics is icing and is probably the first thing you take for granted in every game you have ever played.

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

olwiseman — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:45:56 GMT

I'm not a graphics whore! but the features get me all tingly inside

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

Vetto — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:23:18 GMT

Sam:
The version that was shown at PAX was indeed from a while ago, around 10 weeks (give or take). There were some framerate issues that we knew about (esp come to magic effects), also several bugs and the final lighting (environment themes) hadn't been done either.

I kept saying to people at the show that the visuals in the demo we had, weren't final and that the version of today looks much better (since the right coloring and shading etc... has been done) plus the framerate is going to be running at 30.

That All I needed to hear to be content Steady frame rate makes Vetto a happy boy ^^.

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

Zstar20 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:13:16 GMT

Sam:

The version that was shown at PAX was indeed from a while ago, around 10 weeks (give or take). There were some framerate issues that we knew about (esp come to magic effects), also several bugs and the final lighting (environment themes) hadn't been done either.

I kept saying to people at the show that the visuals in the demo we had, weren't final and that the version of today looks much better (since the right coloring and shading etc... has been done) plus the framerate is going to be running at 30.

Thank god, That framerate itself is awesome compared to other games I have played. The game still looks so damn amazing.

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

Xastabus — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:05:46 GMT

Sabretoothmonkey:
Worst game for slow down ever was Viking and I still play that now and again for the epic battles. Slow down isn't a big thing for me but what is, is the glitches in some games like getting stuck in the walls in Alone in the dark ugh.....But luckily lionhead are really with their bug spotting, I can't remember complaining once while playing Fable

I once thought Fable was very buggy and was crashing my Xbox, until I had the same problem in every other game. Turned out that the DVD-ROM in my Original Xbox was failing. Then I called Microsoft and they wanted $150+shipping both ways to fix it. This at a time when I could pickup a brand new Xbox for $45.

Fable was an excellent game, and I can forgive Lionhead for not releasing it with all those things that had been promised initially. The original Fable vision was truly ambitious, evidently more ambitious than what was technically feasible at the time and you really can't blame Lionhead for having ambition. I like to think of original Fable as a stepping stone to even greater and more ambitious things.
I'm confident Fable 2 will appease that sense of loss from the ideas that had to be left out of Fable and give us even more. I agree with Sabertoothmonkey, Lionhead will do their best to make sure every bug is squashed before Fable 2 goes gold.

Re: Reports of mediocre graphics, textures, slow down from PAX, could anyone that visited clear up ?

darkvader68 — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 20:35:27 GMT

Truly if seen new videos the graphics for F2 Fable 2 are about as as it gets i am fan for fable but i also talk the truth fall out 3... oblivion with a shiner graphic looking the start out the same if got problem with it get over it. Fall out 3 well not be .