And once you start having kids, you've got yourself a family. It's this family that creates emotional ties to the world of Albion. It's that family Molyneux plans to use to make you care about Fable 2 more deeply than you may have ever cared for anything in a game before.
Right, this is how it's going to go: You get someone pregnant, they have kids, you run off five seconds later without really even caring; exactly how it was in Fable.
When you marry someone else (and yes, same sex marriage is allowed), you become part of that community. You may get a dowry, have a father-in-law in town. Wherever you may have hailed from and wherever you may travel to next, you are embraced by your new home. You may have a child who adores you, who wants to emulate you. Become evil and your child will turn into a bully. Be good and he'll be a choir boy. Either way, he or she looks up to you. You're their hero. Once you're hooked, once you care, the you and your family are in for a bumpy ride
These features will probably be removed.
Molyneux has hints heavily at a family tragedy. "There will be a moment six hours into game where you walk into room and someone will ask you to do something and you will have to sacrifice something precious to you as a gamer.
What? Money?
You will put down the controller and ask, what am I going to do?"
Pick something.
According to Molyneux, only about 10% of people who played the original Fable finished the game as an evil character.
Because no one wants to play as a bald goon who can't do anything without listening to people constantly scream and run away. Not to mention it's hard to stay evil when almost everything you kill makes you good.
""Only 5% of people playing Fable 2 will have the stomach to be evil," he guesses.
It's a game, no one cares that much.
"I'm going to make it tough for you to be good," he says. "Being good is about sacrifice...
Sacrificing what? Characters I don't really care about?
For those who scoff at the idea that they could care about their child
It'll probably have an annoying voice and harrass me. I'll end up killing it or ignoring it.
consider the experience of playing as a female character. In the current build of the game (which may be forced to change due to "legal reasons"), when you become pregnant your body morphs. Your stomach swells (as do other areas). You carry the weight of a child while adventuring.
Does this mean you can have an accidental abortion if someone punches you?
Your family, your town and Albion as a whole will react and change based on your choices during your adventure.
The reactions will be so generic, cliche, and black & white that this isn't even interesting.
If the thought of a breadcrumb trail breaks your heart, know that there are plenty of good things promised in Fable 2.
Promises don't mean anything coming from Lionhead.
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