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Exploits
Fable II Pub Games had suffered various exploitsExploit (online gaming)
An exploit, in video games, is the use of a bug or design flaw by a player to their advantage in a manner not intended by the game's designers. It is often colloquially abbreviated sploit. Exploits have been classified as a form of cheating; however, the precise determination of what is or is not...
that allowed players to earn millions of gold. Lionhead Studios acknowledged this and released a patch removing the glitch encountered on Fortune's Tower, along with a leader board reset for the minigame. It is still possible to reset the memory of updates on the Xbox and play offline still using the glitch.
Following discovery of the exploit, Lionhead Studios founder Peter Molyneux indicated in interviews that the inclusion of the bug was intentional and that players who utilized the exploit would experience in-game consequences. The subsequent release of the patch has caused some doubt as to the truth of this claim, however.
See also
- Fable II
- Fable: The Lost Chapters