My Xbox360 is just out of warranty, I haven’t got three red lights, as others have. But no problem, go on YouTube and get instructions on how to fix it yourself.

I played FableII the early part of this year, till I owned everything and became King. Early on I too began having problems with it freezing. But found that I could get round it by saving the game at regular intervals. After finding anything, after completing any/all tasks. Even where possible I would save my game during tasks.

Toward the end though I was starting to get other odd, quirky things happening. Such as, when going to rescue slaves, along the ‘Bandit Coast Road’ I noticed I was passing cages with people in that I wasn’t being sent to rescue and couldn’t. However, when later in the game I was sent to rescue them, they didn’t disappear and would only leave the cages when my guy got in and pushed them out! After that, everytime I passed that cage, the two men were still standing there, looking around. But I was unable to interact with them. Further to this they also changed their appearances, clothing, stature and ages. But on one occasion I noticed something realy weird, one of the guys was wearing a long black, hooded cloak and his nose appeared to be or looked like a long pointed, orange carrot? I promise you I wasn’t drinking and neither was I on any sort of drugs!

My wife is still playing the game, as she was some way behind me. As yet she hasn’t experienced the freezing, nor has she noticed any strange occurances.

I have now gone backwards as it were, as I am playing ‘Fable the Lost Chapters’. I know it’s the wrong way round, but I never knew about it till after I’d started ‘FableII’. Still as soon as I put it in the machine, it froze. It wasn’t a good sign, but after I’d switched it back on I saved it immeadiately and have kept doing so, as I did with ‘FableII’. Sadly though, I’ve hit another problem, I can’t complete the arena challenges one after the other, in one go. Because…yes you’ve guessed it, the game freezes and when I switch it back on, I’m back outside waiting to go in. The strange thing is though, it allows me to and appears to be saving between bouts. Till it freezes and of course it hasn’t saved anything!

I’m at a bit of a loss as to how to get round this one. It has occured to me that perhaps there’s a bit too much stuff on the hard drive. Which could be the reason for it not allowing me to save it. Although I can save everything else in the game? It’s a conunderum!?

But I’m a glutton for punishment, as if and/or when I finish this one I’ll be getting ‘FableIII’. As I find the game itself – if not the programming – to be brilliant. Perhaps they were so keen to release it that they’re trying to run before they can walk.

Mike

I remember there were quite a few users with the same problem as yours, could you please check the following options:
- make sure your lens is clean. There are some lens cleaning discs that work with the 360
- try and update your 360
- delete all CoD4 content off your drive minus the save data or DLCs (if applicable) and restart the console and try again
- try another game, play it, then exit the game and put CoD4 in

Hope any of these items work?

ALEX

Nick