One of the biggest selling points of Fable 2 was surely not the new companion cube dog feature, even though Peter Molineux wanted us to just believe that. The new coop mode in Fable is actually the hottest feature to most gamers. Xbox Live friends are seen as glowing orbs in your Fable 2 world. Join their Fable world with your character (or vice versa) and get it on together over Xbox Live at any time. Or maybe not at any time, at least not at Fable 2's launch time. As Microsoft employee Sara N reported on Gamerscore, Fable 2 will make it into the gamestore shelves on October 21. But without a fully working coop mode at first.

This comes as bittersweet news for all the RPG enthusiasts that thought Fable 2 had really gone gold. Apparently, not all coop features will be disabled though. "Having said that, as you are playing through the game, you will still be able to see your friends as glowing orbs as well as chat and trade with them."

We will keep you updated as soon as a date for the update is set. We are of the opinion that quality certainly goes over a rushed coop mode. What do you think? Are you still in for Fable 2 on October 21? Or do you rather wait with the purchase until the coop update has really kicked in? Tell us in the comments below!

The role-playing game Fable II, developed by Lionhead Studios, comes out exclusively for the Xbox 360 video game system on October 21 in the States (UK: Oct 24, AU: Oct 23). The standard edition will cost $59.99 (Limited Collector's Edition: $79.99).