[kupoartist]

Originally Posted by Harry

but I like the overall brave concept of the game.

That's the Molyneux hallmark right there. It's undeniable that this guy is quite a visionary... the concept for many of his games have been "out there", but with this comes the inevitable hype generated by publishers and journalists, and at the end of the day, the game ends up unforgiveably flawed and a massive disappointment for anyone who ever heard claims of "best thing eva TM!". Black & White was full of wonderful little ideas... but frankly, I and everyone else I know who was looking foward to it was shocked with just how basically unplayable and devoid of fun the whole experience was. It didn't help when a large percentage of the Gaming Press reviewed it with "Best Game Eva" percentages and dialogues... Made you wonder if they'd actually played the game or whether they'd accepted a little payment on the side ^^.

Fable likewise has come with all this extra hype... thankfully, it shouldn't be marred by the god-awful micro-management that B&W had (because it doesn't take the Strategy/God game route), so perhaps it may just offer an engrossing experience... but why does it deserve to be played when so many games that offer just that (or more) get totally ignored because they don't have some crazy concept or a reknowned designer?