"Are you having a laugh?"

Wednesday I got the chance to feel like Ricky Gervais' character Andy Millman from "Extras".

I was just that. An extra for G4 at this years E3. Craft services and all.  Who was I in the background you may ask?  Well...I was the funny looking one.

Like Andy Millman, I spent a lot of time standing around until asked to move here or there, blah blah blah.  It was interesting.  But the payoff to all of this was I got to walk the floor of E3 and check out this years soon to be's.  We are some lucky kids. There are a lot of great games coming out.

Number one on my list is Fable 2.  And for the love of god, I got to play it!

I walked up to the Fable 2 stand and picked up a controller and selected "Young male child introduction," or something to that effect, from a list of several game play builds available for trial at the expo.  At this point someone approached me, and it was none other than our very own Sam!

He said hello and asked who I was.  I told him about being an extra (which again made me feel like Andy Millman, rubbing elbows with the stars, if you will). He asked me what I knew of Fable 2.  I grinned and told him that this was "hands down" the game I was the most excited about this year at E3, and that I was in fact a member of his Lionhead community named Daxworth.

Sam seemed very excited about this, he really seems to like our little family here.  I also imagine it was a bit of a respite for him from the constant questions and repetative explanations of the conference.

He suggested to me to NOT play the childhood intro scene because it contained some spoilers and that I should try the free play mode set-up. I handed him the controller and asked him to lead the way.

He loaded up the free play mode. He showed me a few of the new features like the emote tree and the fact that every person you run into is an indivual with their own name and likes and dislikes.  He showed me the purchase screen for property and the fact that you could simply knock the door down and sack the place.  He handed me the controller after busting into the place and said have a look in the dresser upstairs.  I did. And found a condom. We both laughed as I stole it and I headed out to mess with children and the townsfolk. Not with the condom, mind you.

I grinned from ear to ear as I hopped fences and went swimming and fooled around with the free aim of the musket.  The magic system is great. I was able to move an "area of effect" circle around and control where I cast certain spells.

After tramping around a bit longer I had to get back to my job...of standing there.

I thanked Sam and headed off feeling euphoric for all of us here in the Lionhead community. The game is gorgeous and a blast.  DOH I should have squeezed  him for an exact release date!!  =P

And if you read this Sam, thanks again.  You are a capital fellow!!

 

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Daxworth

Ahh, you lucky d you!

Glad to hear you had fun. And thank you for the feedback, Sam sounds like a fun fellow. Did you happen to get any information that we in the community don't know yet?

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The Bag:

Can I have a raise?

VERY COOL, you should have said you new job was to play the whole game to make sure everyone would like it LOL

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Nice, I assume you have played some combat then? Can you tell us if there's a lock on button like last time or do you actually have to self aim this time around?

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That sounds awesome man! I would love to be involved with anything to do with fable 2.

How did you get involved in this?

Also why exactly were they using extras?

This possibly the best review of the game I have read since the begining of E3.

I feel like for a change "one of us" was reviewing it. I particularly enjoyed how you transpired the pleasure of playing the game onto your post.

After reading some of the negative E3-buzz here on the forums, yours is a wonderfull review to take in.

Thank you for that!

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Well, Thats amazing dude.

But... You found a condom in the dresser!? lol.. what in the word.. Are they even allowed to put that into the game?

Great stuff man.

Enkei1989:

Well, Thats amazing dude.

But... You found a condom in the dresser!? lol.. what in the word.. Are they even allowed to put that into the game?

Great stuff man.

better be safe than sorry i guess

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Come ride with me,
Through the veins of history,
I'll show you how god
falls asleep on the job.

And how can we win,
When fools can be kings,
Don't waste your time,
Or time will waste you - Muse

TheGoldman:

Sam sounds like a fun fellow.

Of course he is, he is Belgian after all!

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Enkei1989:

Well, Thats amazing dude.

But... You found a condom in the dresser!? lol.. what in the word.. Are they even allowed to put that into the game?

Great stuff man.

Here is another article talking more about the condom Enkei1989. You might enjoy it

 

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Awesome, sounds like a time was had by all (especially you). I'm sure it was just as exciting for Sam to see someone else excited about Lionhead's game so going, Daxworth.

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Philosophical Ninja.

It sure is reassuring when you say it was really fun.  That's all I really needed to know.

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TheGoldman:

Ahh, you lucky d you!

Glad to hear you had fun. And thank you for the feedback, Sam sounds like a fun fellow. Did you happen to get any information that we in the community don't know yet?

I asked how many orb friends you could see online at once and he said at the moment 99.  Which blew my mind.  I don't think people understand just how cool this feature is.  He said that some stuff was being decided about letting strangers orbs in. That could be crazy just hopping in and out of random persons games or letting them in. 

I asked that if you were in debt in the pub games, would that affect the actual game. He said no. Just that you'd have to get out of debt first to give any winnings to our toons.

But really I didn't ask juicy stuff...cause I don't want to spoil it for myself.  It was just crazy to actually play a version of the game before it's release.  And hell...I didn't ask him lots of questions because I know that's all he does while stationed there.  I basically just felt lucky to be there at all. Other than us extras not a single non-game-type-rep-person was there. It was intimate.

I dove while swimming and found treasure.  That was news to me.  I also watched and played co-op later that day.  It works so well!  It was the combat co-op we've seen.  The 3 attack types work perfectly together.  It was easy...but man-o-man it made me want to perfect my skills to slay baddies.

I'm excited for all of us damnit.  Goldman...I think I read once that you said you don't have your 360 yet.  If that's true. My lord get one soon =) 

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Daxworth

goncalobms:

Enkei1989:

Well, Thats amazing dude.

But... You found a condom in the dresser!? lol.. what in the word.. Are they even allowed to put that into the game?

Great stuff man.

Here is another article talking more about the condom Enkei1989. You might enjoy it

 

"And the way my dog would stay by my side and look at me like I was awesome, regardless of my slap-happy approach to woman and children, was both adorable and horrifying."

Fable 2 just keeps sounding better and better every day.

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lucky! gah!

well, congradulations on playing it!

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pirates go rawr?

goncalobms:

Enkei1989:

Well, Thats amazing dude.

But... You found a condom in the dresser!? lol.. what in the word.. Are they even allowed to put that into the game?

Great stuff man.

Here is another article talking more about the condom Enkei1989. You might enjoy it

Wow, That was one amazing article. You may even be able to use that condom. lol.

Thanks for that, It went down quite nicely!

"Nice, I assume you have played some combat then? Can you tell us if there's a lock on button like last time or do you actually have to self aim this time around?"  AngelousWang.

When I played the combat demo I was messing with the magic button so much that I'm not sure if I ever locked onto anyone really. lol. I noticed that certain creatures highlighted (in a way. not some annoyingly bright way) which I assume means I or my fellow partner had it targeted.

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Daxworth

daxworth:

I asked how many orb friends you could see online at once and he said at the moment 99. 

99? That is a bit of a weird number. why not 100 seeing as that is the number of friends you can have?

daxworth:

I dove while swimming and found treasure. 

Cool. What did your dog do while you were swimming and diving? And what does it look like underwater?

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Skullfire360:

daxworth:

I asked how many orb friends you could see online at once and he said at the moment 99. 

99? That is a bit of a weird number. why not 100 seeing as that is the number of friends you can have?

daxworth:

I dove while swimming and found treasure. 

Cool. What did your dog do while you were swimming and diving? And what does it look like underwater?

I'm quite sure the dog will follow.. I mean, Why wouldn't it?

goncalobms:

This possibly the best review of the game I have read since the begining of E3.

I feel like for a change "one of us" was reviewing it. I particularly enjoyed how you transpired the pleasure of playing the game onto your post.

After reading some of the negative E3-buzz here on the forums, yours is a wonderfull review to take in.

Thank you for that!

No problem.  I think one thing "we" don't get, as a community, is that the things we see at E3 are not even close to the final builds.  This demo I played was by no means the game as we'll know it.  It was a taste.  And Delicious was it's name.

Those negative threads are bunk.  But I guess that they don't know that opinions are like a**holes.  Everyone has one. And nobody thinks theirs stinks.

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Daxworth

Skullfire360:

daxworth:

I asked how many orb friends you could see online at once and he said at the moment 99. 

99? That is a bit of a weird number. why not 100 seeing as that is the number of friends you can have?

daxworth:

I dove while swimming and found treasure. 

Cool. What did your dog do while you were swimming and diving? And what does it look like underwater?

The dog follow you into the water. 

For diving you come across an area that allows you to dive and you just dissapear for a second then come back up with loot.  To my knowledge, which is just demo based, there is no "under" water. 

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Daxworth

     You dove and found treasure? Oh my, but I'm so filled with envy. It must have been amazing, to actually be there. To actually play with Sam, the ultimate. I knew the game is amazing, but to have actually played it.

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You deserved some Fable time after having to stand in for that show.  Pick one, Morgan or Olivia?

it also seems to confirm STD's...

daxworth:

Skullfire360:

daxworth:

I asked how many orb friends you could see online at once and he said at the moment 99. 

99? That is a bit of a weird number. why not 100 seeing as that is the number of friends you can have?

daxworth:

I dove while swimming and found treasure. 

Cool. What did your dog do while you were swimming and diving? And what does it look like underwater?

The dog follow you into the water. 

For diving you come across an area that allows you to dive and you just dissapear for a second then come back up with loot.  To my knowledge, which is just demo based, there is no "under" water. 

Ah I see, the diving is a bit like the digging feature in the original.

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