bit-tech News: Fable 2 - Non-Gamer Review

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Hi all,

 

Following Peter Molyneux's suggestion to involve casual gamers in the

review process for *Fable 2*, we have just published our "non-gamer"

review of the game** - if you could post a link on your site that would

be very much appreciated.

 

*Link:*

http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/2008/11/01/fable-2-non-gamer-review/1

 

 

*Picture:*

http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/11/fable-2-non-gamer-review/fp_img.jpg

 

 

*Quote:

*/We don't normally operate our reviews according to the whims of

manufacturers and developers, but this was an option that was far too

tempting to ignore.

 

For those who missed the original news story, the story behind this

ever-so-slightly-special review is that the lead designer of Fable 2 and

mildly legendary natterbox Peter Molyneux asked game reviewers get

casual or non-gamers to help in the review of Fable 2.

 

The game is designed in a way that takes casual and non-gamers into full

account, he argued. It is made to heavily appeal to that audience as

well as hardcore gamers, so he asked the critics to watch non-gamers

play a bit of the game and see what they think.

 

Well, we decided to go one step further and for the last week my little

sister has been in the office on a work experience placement, much of

which she has spent reviewing the game. We reckon she's pretty much the

ideal audience for Fable 2 by Molyneux's definition. She's played a few

games in her time -- namely The Sims and some Lucasarts adventure games

I bullied her into -- but she is far from what you'd call a true gamer

or a geek. She's never been that into consoles or PC games.

 

We decided that if we were going to do this as Molyneux and Co. thought

it should be done then we should try and get a pure review out of her

too. Thus, though we knew the game had things like online co-op and so

on, we didn't give her any instruction in them. We asked her to write a

review of the game as she saw it, gave her the game and the manual and

left her to her own devices./*

 

*Cheers guys!

 

Tim Smalley

www.bit-tech.net