Post by: Scream-Dracula on February 10, 2003, 08:31:48 PM
Here is the "official fan site" http://www.planetxbox.com/projectego/ the real site hasn't launched yet. It's at least worth a look even if you detest the XBOX.
I think this game will fill the void Shenmue left me with after all the IGN hype. I loved Shenmue but I expected something more Fable-like.
Post by: KrazyJ1098 on February 11, 2003, 03:57:28 AM
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Post by: manunited4eva22 on February 12, 2003, 05:51:22 AM
Post by: sonic on February 12, 2003, 09:49:30 AM
Innovative concepts, as great as they may sound, have little significance if executed poorly.
Post by: Grey Ninja on February 12, 2003, 11:58:41 AM
Post by: baberg on February 12, 2003, 03:12:20 PM
Reply hazy, try again later. Like after the game is released and people have played it.
Man, I didn't think this Magic 8-Ball was that good...
And for those who listen to hype, I present to you: Diakatana.
ph33r.
Post by: TheResidentEvil on February 13, 2003, 12:37:07 PM
Post by: ThePerm on February 15, 2003, 07:40:49 AM
but considerign where its coming from it could very well be good, now is the tiem where its hard to make extremely crappy games, systems are easy to program for and even low class games can be cool. I played this cheap MK ripoff fighting game(it wasnt teo feng either....teo feng...oooh) on an xbox kiosk, and suprisingly it was pretty decent. Im sure next generation all the crap will pretty much go far away into the sewers. I mean what once was a technical delima in making a game is now going to be easy to pull off and the gameplay will benifit.
Post by: 3_MaSteRPIeCE on February 15, 2003, 12:11:21 PM
but
they got good people and microsoft's money now.
It will be The best RPG for a long time.
Post by: BrianSLA on February 15, 2003, 01:18:57 PM
Post by: TheResidentEvil on February 16, 2003, 08:15:51 AM
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Post by: RahXephon on February 16, 2003, 06:36:39 PM
Post by: BlkPaladin on February 17, 2003, 04:04:47 AM
Fable has a more loose plot but evoloves what you do. The characters act differently say different things. Supposedly there are some quest event you can take depending on which path you character is taking. If you like Black and White you'll more than likely like Fable. But I'm holding off my judgement until I can play some of it. Since I waited a long time for Black and White and it ended up haveing quite a few bugs in it.
Post by: RahXephon on February 17, 2003, 05:08:03 AM
Post by: BlkPaladin on February 17, 2003, 07:36:15 AM
That was the time when the game was put up on the shelf and it hasn't come down.
Post by: TheResidentEvil on February 17, 2003, 12:13:56 PM
Post by: RahXephon on February 17, 2003, 12:18:32 PM
Post by: 3_MaSteRPIeCE on February 17, 2003, 04:11:27 PM
Peter reads our minds. seriously.
So do you think that we'd mess up the game eventually if we killed someone? No and somehow he has plans for that.
If i could i would post a link but i think it's against the rules.
Post by: couchmonkey on February 18, 2003, 11:51:07 AM
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Post by: EggyToast on February 21, 2003, 10:16:25 AM
Sure, it might fill a void, but it might also simply be a mish-mash of ideas that don't really come together except for the few that really play the game to death. Black and White didn't really work so well because you NEEDED to spend a ton of time training your stupid animal, and then it did what you wanted it to do anyway. Most people didn't care -- they wanted to play the game, not waste time training a cow to play the game for them. And the people who did figure the game out and spent time training their animal had a lot of fun... for the 5 available levels, only 4 of which are really actual levels. Everyone else avoided the game.
I'm hoping I'm surprised by Fable, as the few things I've heard sound really cool in practice but haven't shown up a lot in gameplay (except for people saying different things to you and treating you differently depending on your status -- they've been doing that for years, most notably recently in skies of arcadia). But it looks like it'll be a graphically pretty game that goes all over the place without having a real strength in any one area, making people bored with it, and the only thing giving it length would be playing around with the engine to see what you can do to it. That's more like beta-testing than playing a game, in my mind.
Post by: Mini Me-tho on May 04, 2003, 08:58:56 AM
It's really interesting to test this liberty designed to be so unique...
Post by: rpglover on May 04, 2003, 10:01:51 AM
it looks good and the creator of it has a good track record (peter m...cant remember last name)
but i havent seen it in action yet so i cant make any judgement on a few scans here and there
we shall see by e3 i would say
Post by: OldMan Nintendo on May 06, 2003, 05:03:27 AM
However, it being called "Best RPG Ever" is kinda pushing it -- I mean, come on! What RPG was better than Chrono Trigger for the SNES?
Post by: EggyToast on May 06, 2003, 08:53:14 AM
Plus, there's a huge difference between actually open-ended and pre-determined paths you can pick and choose from at various points. A truly open-ended game is hell to program, as you need to supply variants in every single situation in the game. Meaning teh game will be delayed and delayed, or released v. buggy.
Peter M. may read minds and knows what people want to hear, which is great for hyping a game. He did the same thing for Black & White; we heard tons of ideas of concepts and gameplay ideas that sounded superb coming from him, but they turned into a medieval RTS-type game with confusing mandatory animal training. But saying what we want to hear and putting it all into a game the way we're expecting are two totally different things.
So I can see how the "role playing" comes into the project, but not the "game." They're good ideas on their own, but they haven't said anything about how those ideas actually work into the real GAME. and it's not really a game if it's just these few nebulous ideas stuck together. It's just a simulation or worse then.
Post by: rpglover on May 06, 2003, 01:34:11 PM
chrono trigger was great but i think there have been a few better ones- valkyrie profile, grandia series, ff3 (ff6 in japan), earthbound come to mind
of course chrono trigger is just plain good
i dont think fable will be the best rpg ever but it may be good if it does what it promises
i just dont know about the battle system though- it will probably be a real time one but i dont know
Post by: The Omen on May 08, 2003, 06:24:42 PM
Post by: jc24 on May 12, 2003, 03:07:52 PM
Post by: rpglover on May 12, 2003, 06:22:57 PM
it looks good i guess- the graphics are there and they actually showed some fighting sequences
the concepts look really cool but i hope the fighting system will be up to par
doing odds and ends tasks is fun but i would really love for the game to have a good fighting system
maybe it will be playable at e3 so we can get a better idea
