Molyneux on Fable: The Journey: “It’s not on rails

[Slimebeast]

richardhutnik said:

Slimebeast said:

Yes it's on rails. The carriage segment is best described as being on rails and the walking segment is even more so.

"The action comes to you", that alone is a clear indication of on rails.

Not sure why navigation being rail like, or certain segments of the game being a single screen, ends up meaning horrible.  A game can consist of rail network type navigation, with single screen combat and be a fine game.  Think about a JRPG where you would navigate over a larger map to places.  It doesn't mean it is horrible, or would suck.  I know Puzzle Quest had bejewelled as its combat engine, and going from point to point on a larger map, for the campaign.  That worked fine.  In short, a rail network and single screen action.

Of course it works for some people. But personally I can't stand on rails as I already have huge problems liking the linear action and shooter games of today.