Lionhead's Teaser Site Now Has Robespierre

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Lionhead's Teaser Site Now Has Robespierre

Yesterday, Lionhead's site teased gamers with South American revolutionary Che Guevara. Today, we get Maximilien Robespierre, infamous leader of the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror.

So I guess Lionhead isn't working on a Maximilien Robespierre [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/93854-Lionhead-Puts-Up-Che-Guevara-Splash-Page], who is perhaps best known for sending lots and lots of people to "Madame Guillotine" before ending up with his neck on the wrong end of the blade himself.

There's a new quote to go along with it, too: "Terror is only justice: promt[sic], severe and inflexible; it is then an emanation of virtue; it is less a distinct principle than a natural consequence of the general principle of democracy, applied to the most pressing wants of the country."

Che was #6, Robespierre is now #5, so this does indeed seem to be leading up to a Wednesday morning announcement at Gamescom of some sort. Given the theme thus far - famous revolutionaries - it seems like it's going to be ... well, okay, I have no idea what it's going to be. It could be a game about famous revolutions through world history. Or it could be Peter Molyneux promising something "revolutionary" (you know, just to change things up for once).

I guess we'll just have to wait and see for now.

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[GodsOneMistake]

Fable III? The moral options really make think thats its going that way..... But, I'm not holding my breath just yet

 

[black lincon]

See NoMoreSanity! I told you that in fable 3 the empire was going to be overthrown (go play the see the future DLC to have that statement make sense).

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

This is probably the second most pretentious marketing campaign ever!

 

[GamerLuck]

Whatever this is leading up to, I think we can all guess how its going to play out... The announcement will come, people will oh and ah, whatever Peter's doing no will get hyped and over promised, and the end product will still probably be good, just not as good as everyone had hoped.

honestly, we've all been here before .-.

This is probably the second most pretentious marketing campaign ever!

if this is the second, whats the first?

 

[Highlandheadbanger]

Aw, I was kinda hoping for a Che Guevera game, haven't been any save Guerilla War for the Nes (unless you count the Red Faction series).

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

This is probably the second most pretentious marketing campaign ever!

if this is the second, whats the first?

When the Ps2 came out there was a talking duck in a suit that said "Welcome to the third Place....". That or the 3 mobile phone company ad where this Chinese girls cherry sings "If you leave me now" by Chicago.

 

[The Infamous Scamola]

I am interested, but only if it turns out that this has nothing to do with the Fable franchise. So many broken promises.

 

[TheLastCylon]

Please, please, be Fable III!

 

[IrrelevantTangent]

Robespierre...from what I remember from my history classes, he was the young, prominent leader of the Revolution, until he eventually went what's referred to in the medical industry as batshit bonkers, and began chopping suspected 'insurrectionist's' heads off one by one, until he was overthrown, and he got the same treatment.

...Interesting. Could this be Fable 3? Fable hasn't really delved in modern, real-world history all that much other than the basics, so could this be something else?

 

[Sparrow]

Fable and Assassins Creed, merged. Gah, if only.

I be hoping it's Fable III. After all, I love mah Fable.

 

[Dudeakoff]

This is probably the second most pretentious marketing campaign ever!

if this is the second, whats the first?

When the Ps2 came out there was a talking duck in a suit that said "Welcome to the third Place....". That or the 3 mobile phone company ad where this Chinese girls cherry sings "If you leave me now" by Chicago.

What about the Gears of War 2 ad campaign with "Mad World" playing in the background? Made Gears seem all emotion-filled and deep.

 

[Sevre]

Here's hoping for something without Fable in the title.

 

[Pandalisk]

Its a nice quote from the man and all, but he was still an insane Son of a gun, can we kill him as well as che?

Maybe its a time traveling Gang of Crime solvers, with the Che, Robespierre, someothers, and maybe licoln

 

[Krakyn]

Yeah, it's going to be Fable III. Blah.

 

[MajoraPersona]

Maybe it'll be a game about dictatorship. Choose one of six famous dictators and send your people to their deaths against others. There's also an RPG mode where you fight against said dictator's armies in a single-player version of the game.

 

[TsunamiWombat]

It's a Fable push, either new DLC or Fable 3. They're illustrating all sides of morality, probably.

Lionhead remains a one trick pony that can't do it's one trick right.

 

[BloodRed Pixel]

so who is going to be number one Diktaatorrr?

Hitler or Stalin?

"Lionhead remains a one trick pony that can't do it's one trick right."

Great!

 

[Kelethor]

Hello Lionhead, ah we meet again...and whats this? your having a countdown are you? ohhh how exciting! now, if youll recall, theres a limey man in your company going by the name of Peter. now, Im not sure what orphanarium for the excessive lying you picked Peter up from as a child, but if his bald head pops up tommorow telling me how amazing this new game is, well...lets just say your Lion wont have a head. >

 

[ZonerZ]

not another fable... one was epic, two was disappointing, and my heart won't be able to handle the next if it isn't every bit as good as the f1rst.