I totally agree that he should get flak for the co-op. However this is a bit of a different issue to the MGS4 one as in this PM has asked that these things be taken into consideration. With MGS4 the reviewers were told that they were only allowed to review if they didn't mention the cutscene length.

While Molyneux may come off as a bit desperate at least he isn't directly fucking with the reviews like MGS4 did.

@WiiStation. Yeah kind of at first. But then I remembered that the Lair review guide was only hilarious because it was so shittily done.

Bull.

Molyneux is asking.  In fact, the impression I get is that he knows the reviews will be great in their own right, but feels that allowing a casual to play the game will unveil additional delights hardcore reviewers would miss.

Dear Peter,

You game looks amazing and I am sure it will receive almost universal praise and a majority of scores over 90%, but just let the game speak for itself. Don't tell reviewer how to review your game.

I think Fable II will be a very good game ,even a great one ,as Fable 1.But ,just as Fable I ,it will fall short on some people expectations.

Molyneux seems a bit afraid about the reviews.

Writing a letter to reviewers telling them about your product and asking for special consideration is inappropriate no matter how it is done.  Reviewers cannot take into account parts of the game that are not provided to them.

I'm not really too concerned with the impression you get, I'm talking about what is stated.

Kojima got flak for MGS4 review consideration, so he will get flak in equal or greater value.  Period.

PM has asked for a non-gamer to be allowed to give some feedback on the game to the reviewer. He obviously wants to show that this game is intuitive, will appeal to a wide audience and can be enjoyed by anyone.

He also mentions that co-op will be available shortly after launch so reviewers are fully aware that this aspect of the game has been addressed. If I was a reviewer and was critical of a game for not having co-op, only for it to be addressed within a week of launch, I'd feel a tool.

This memo from Peter Molyneux is only intended to make reviewers aware so that they can make proper, informed judgements about the game. He is not dictating how aspects of the game should to be reviewed.

This is an XBox 360 exclusive and all the people who are complaining on this thread are Sony diehards (including DMeisterJ). Why would they feel the need to do this? Surely it couldn't be that there is also a much hyped game launching for the PS3 on the same day and they are desperate not for it to be overshadowed?

Very weak argument.

It's not just Fable, it was also B&W and B&W2, didn't play The Movies because Peter is so full of shit and thinks he's god when he is just a mediocre game developer. In fact B&W was like GTAIV, so many gave them perfect scores then a month later they were apologizing, and they even started calling games as "another Black and White." He should have stopped making games when Populous came out imo.

Hammer him for failing to deliver what was promised, I don't see any reason why he shouldn't.

A game developer asking for special consideration from critics is not a good sign. I really hope that Molyneux delivers this time.

And what is stated is completely out of step with your interpretation.

What Molyneux said is this:

“I have a favour to ask you — we built this game not only to appeal to gamers like yourself, but to appeal to anybody. So please, please, please, please, please find somebody who doesn’t play games, watch them play it and see how their world turns out, because I think it’s only when you see those differences that the unique experiences comes through.”

The co-op thing was simply him outlining the feature.  Tell me DMeisterJ, where in there does it say reviewers are not allowed to review the game if they don't take account of Molyneux's considerations?