One thing that people need to consider: When it comes to games for Kinect, or even the Move, you're marketing the game to a smaller userbase. Now suppose a company goes all out and makes the next Legend of Zelda or Grand Theft Auto for Kinect or Move. Look at what they're sacrificing. They're trying to sell a game to a userbase of the 6-10 million people that own the console AND the peripheral as opposed to the 50 million+ people that own the console.

And they aren't just competing against the other Kinect/Move games that are on the market. They're competing against every other game available for that console for our dollar. If you have the option of buying Assassins Creed 3 and Fable: The Journey, what are you going to buy? Just because you have a Kinect, that doesn't mean you automatically buy the Kinect game--you buy the 360 game. If the one you happen to want is for Kinect, that's fine--but the more polished, higher profile game is the game for the controller.

For that reason alone, I think Kinect development is a little gimped. Why go all out to create something new and unique and polished when it already has to start the race with a handicap? So, while I applaud Lionhead for at least trying to make a hardcore, triple A Kinect game, I just don't know how well it will be done or even if it should be done. I think the way to go is to make the traditional games have optional Kinect support (which is the route that Sony seems to be taking) but, will that sell more Kinects? I'm glad I'm not the guy that has to figure that one out.

Maybe if somebody could come up with a Pokemon styled game that kids will fall in love with and uses Kinect.....

Travelling in Albion was the one thing that made Fable II so absolutely beautiful for me. Thats absolutely not saying I will accept them giving up combat in any form. I don't like the idea of being tied down to a mule the whole game, or not having melee weapons . . .

. . . but I'm now way more willing to give this game a chance. Had it been on-rails, it would have lost absolutely everything I love about Fable games. I just hope that its world is nothing like the disgustingly bland one of Fable 3.

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.

They're shoehorning the series into a control scheme rather than getting concepts from the control scheme and building a game around it. I'm not expecting a huge amount from this particular game despite quite liking the Fable series.

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.

well I watched that little vid so far I don't see anything majorly wrong with the game... I like the concept.... it's funny how nobody bitches about the other cowboy muppet one that is as much on rail than this one if not more and a lot of people are looking to see it....
that actually looks way better graphically and with way more possibility when it comes to combat.... the other one you just move left or right and shoot or jump... with some side platformer parts.... and if it's story driven and well done I don't see the issue really.... it should be an alright game in its category.... it doesn't have to be liked by everybody to be good...
we'll have to wait and see