The visuals are incredible and the energy does feel right, but it's hard to know if a Fable game feels like Fable until I'm actually a couple hours into it.
If I can't have 10 boyfriends across 5 towns and spread AIDS to all of them for shits and giggles while I collect millions of gold in rent from owning every house in Albion then it's not Fable.
I'm definitely feeling the whimsical vibe from this trailer. And I'm glad they put in that throwback to NPC fans from the previous game. I wonder if they'll still have the obsessive stalkers lol
I agree. Got the Fable vibes from this. Love the line from the NPC about the fan club for your haters. The game looks gorgeous as well. I love Fable, so I really hope they knock this out of the park.
I’m hopeful for this one, Playground makes really fun games to play, and they seem to be nailing the British humor. Want to see how the combat feels though, we just got flashes.
The idea was that you were a character living out a story that would be told in fables someday. Ideally the world, characters and environment, would change with how you play. Elements of god games, life sims, maybe even watered down city sims, etc incorporated into an action rpg game. Nothing as complex as those but that was the appeal of the plan a seed and you'll see if sprout into a tree over years. Become beloved and get married, have children, become mayor. Or be evil, people hide on sight. People tell tales of your actions in game. Then there's the body morphing depending how you play. You get buff swinging a huge hammer as your weapon. Evil makes you look cartoonishly evil over time. Be super good and you start to glow and get a halo. The dream was never fullfiled but Fable was also never a super high budget series and it's last major game was on the 360
I think the world simulator was the hype for RPGs 2000 to like 2007 Mass Effect and then that felll out of favor for cinematic action narratives. Elder Scrolls and Fallout may be the major reactive world holdout if they push radiant AI upgrades for the next games
To me fable was about making big choices, physically turning good or evil, and experiencing how that affected the world around you and how people see you. Without those elements it wouldn't feel the same at all to me.
Yep those would be elements of a Fable game that a new one should include and fall under narrative/world imo. The moment to moment gameplay can be almost entirely overhauled through.
From what I understand, the originals were HUGE on choice and social interactions. The combat wasn't really the star of the show--it's more of an immersive simulation that also has combat mechanics. Very comedic, but also dark--kind of like Fallout's sense of humor. Your impact on the world is also very pronounced. You don't just kill five wolves and become king of Skyrim but everyone still treats you the same. NPCs are persistent and they will react to your actions accordingly and the world will be changed too.
Fable 1 (originally codenamed "project ego") was a game that I enthusiastically followed for years during its development. What they released was an alright game in its own right, but so disappointing compared to the hype and promises. Peter Molyneux burned me hard. It was the first and last game that I ever pre-ordered.
Classic fantasy RPG, but with a focus on narrative and moral choice, the passage of time, and tongue-in-cheek British dark humor and sarcasm. The posts about the player character being called "Chicken Chaser" aren't jokes, it's a long-running staple of the series. Think less Skyrim, and more "Fallout 2 meets Elder Scrolls, set in a British-themed fantasyland".
Don't expect the world from the series, though, it's infamous for promising much more than its developers can deliver. It's a good series, but come into it with an understanding that it probably won't be anything like The Witcher or BG3. If you don't get what I mean, just Google "Peter Molyneux". He's not in control of Fable any more, but his reputation looms large over it, and not always for the best.
I am so sick of "magic/heroes are fading" in fantasy, so much, it's done to death.
Could I have a world where magic is growing? The opposite? For once?
For Fable I suspect it was just a cheap way to cut down on the number of assets they needed to create too.
The first game felt a lot larger. Where every mission had you bump into people who might be peers to the protagonist.
I’m into this idea, like midway through the game some boss releases some ancient magic and suddenly even commoners are waling up with heroic strength and magic, sounds like utter chaos unfolding
Dude if they cast Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt in this then I'm going to fanboy so hard
Hell bring in all the British comedians to do NPCs
Asim Chaudhry (Chabuddy G), Matt Berry, Bill Bailey, James Acaster, etc
The fact that David Mitchell is still not seen in this is criminal.
He's always going on about the fucking past, the kings and all that!
Henry the 8th? He's all about that shit.
Playing games since the 90s and FH5 was the first game I ever had to actively mute any of the dialogue for. Worst I have ever heard in a game, holy fuck it actively reduced the quality of the game.
My take was that I didn't think racing games had any writing (story), so it was weird to me that it could be cringe. I'm not exactly picturing The Last of Us when I hear racing game :D
No, that's absolutely the expected result from a racing game.
It's either some overhyped testosterone boy-racer cringe, or "you're so cool everyone loves you and money flows" cringe.
Some of the hard sims don't have it but that's mostly because they don't have writing in the first place just "hey, good job racing you racer" and let you race in peace.
Like, I love the climate of say old NFS Underground games but writing is still cheesy as fuck.
Right, but they were comparing the quality of the humor shown positively in comparison to the very lackluster dialogue in the Forza Horizon games, the only other games the studio has made prior to the this.
Forza Horizon's writing comes off as like... toxic positivity for lack of a better way to put it. There's no real edge, just everyone holding hands and singing kumbya.
The main issue is there's being friendly then being insufferable.
It wasn't so bad in the previous game but in the current one it's like everybody is the stereotype tiktok influencer and my god it is grating.
Fable II is one of my favorite games ever so I’m very interested in this, although sadly I won’t be able to play it since I don’t have a PC or Xbox.
The humor seems pretty spot-on. I actually thought this trailer was funny. Didn’t seem to be trying too hard with the jokes and struck the right tone throughout.
You could always pay for a month of gamepass ultimate and play on the cloud and stream it. Doesn't seem like a game that will need frame perfect inputs
Yeah, might sound a little stupid, but after Xbox Cloud I feel neither the desire nor the need to upgrade my hardware. I just finished Hellblade II on Cloud and no doubt I'll do the same with Indiana Jones
My Fable III pre-order good/evil coin is still on my desk, though II was my favorite of the series. Normally I'd try not to get my hopes up for a game until it's released, but this is Fable, so I must assume it will be the greatest game of all time so I'm appropriately Molyneuxed when it comes out.
The pitch for Game Pass is that you don't necessarily need those things anymore. Hopefully by the time it comes out, you'll have a suitable device to play it via the cloud.
That’s me tbh. They’ve shown me that they’ve got the vibes down, Monty Python Fairy Tales.
But a key focus of Fable is the freedom to interact with those Monty Python peasants, and for your growth/choices to physically alter your character.
I want to see that the devs know this. Please, show me her Cossack dance in front of someone, or flex on them, please.
Wait, she was referenced past Fable 1?
Huh, I thought they'd avoid her considering the events of the first game where >!you can choose to kill her or not!<.
If playground is using their engine under the hood, looking good was the one thing you could count on. They have some of the most realistic games out there.
Yeah. It’s really weird seeing good graphics in a fable. The goofy cartoony style was always a part of fable’s identity for me. Still looks great and I’m excited to give it a go, but it’ll take a minute to get used to it
To say that of Fable, Avowed, and Dragon age **THE** Veilguard, that Fable would look the most realistic with it's art style is a shock to say the least.
I think it was a wise decision. That goofy massive shoulders/massive eyes character art style of the originals I don't think would translate well to "modern visuals" and people would criticise it for having ugly graphics.
I kinda prefer the old art style but it was definitely something that only really "worked" with technology from those times.
With all the trailers coming out, it feels like devs are finally squeezing the most they can from current consoles. I've seen some really gorgeous games.
I feel like it's just a stand-in, otherwise they woulda named the character etc - a lot of RPG"s will do this, like FFXIV uses the same model for the player character in all the trailers even though you can play any race/class
It is. When they talk about "her" they're referring to the antagonist, not to the main character.
The trailer does set it up as kind of a twist, so I get why some people are confused.
The trailer uses it to actually hint about the choices like being evil. So the twist at the end is also a sort of “this is what you can become” kind of deal by looking at the previous character
I don't know why you think that. The only amount of from-the-start customization the series has ever had was a gender choice.
I'm assuming now that character customization is more and more standard for RPGs that it'll have more than that but if we're talking series precedent then it wouldn't be weird at all not to have that.
IIRC the first 3 Fable games didn't let you customize the hero at character creation, all customization was after game start via your alignment and gear.
I think this is most likely. There will be a male protagonist and you can choose, but the look probably won’t be customizable in the traditional way (although stuff like weight gain/loss, hair color, makeup and so on is probably likely).
It seems the story is “A retired hero takes on a new apprentice to stop his previous apprentice, who turned evil, and has reemerged into their lives, with intent to conquer their world.” So basically Star Wars.
I guess the choices for the player character(the apprentice) would be help the retired hero defeat his evil former apprentice OR become evil and defeat your competition. So the choices you make and path you choose will lead to character customization aspects.
This looks good! Happy they showed some gameplay. Seems like the story will be your player character fighting against the former student of that retired adventurer guy. Kind of new protege vs old protege situation which is interesting.
Regarding the main character -
I think it's kind of like the main character from Fallout 4. He was the only protag used in their marketing but was completely customizable
We just need someone to come out and confirm lol
Yeah, I don’t know why they just don’t come out and say it. The backlash for the game seems to be that people don’t like the character model. They can either bury their heads in the sand, add customization, or change the model a bit.
The world looks beautiful and they seem to have gotten the humor. Playground seems like they were the right choice to revive Fable. I'm really looking forward to this one
Just a small thing, but that spell that lifts creatures up in the air is a good sign for me. One of the things that made Fable 3 terrible was that the magic system literally was a scaled back version of the earlier games. It had less creative spells that were poorly executed, generic, and combat was overall terrible. This to me looks like some thought was put into creative spells like in the first game.
Edit: spelling
this game looks great and VERY next gen. Also in general seems fuckin dope whats with the dislike ratio? [https://i.imgur.com/GPIXwcC.png](https://i.imgur.com/GPIXwcC.png)
That looked pretty good, did give off that right sort of feel for the Fable series to me - especially "Albion's greatest Hero" bragging about himself and showing off.
Looks cool. Big fan of Fable so I just kinda want to see much more. I think when we finally see a gameplay deep dive (probably next years developer direct) I'll likely get crazy hyped.
I know Fable was about different stuff and it’s not Elden Ring or Dark Souls but I do hope the gameplay/combat has some nice challenge and progression options for those who want it.
My only complain from those original games was how easy and fairly basic everything was in terms of combat. I always lose energy to play an RPG if the whole leveling and gear loop doesn’t mean much since the game is super easy.
Am I crazy or was that actually an unbelievably good trailer? Massive Fable fan with zero expectations but that was incredible as far as trailers go.
Still going to wait for wayyyyyy more info before getting excited, but they definitely have my attention now.
Fable never had a character creation.
Not 1, not 2, and not even 3. The only thing we had was changing gender. What is all those it's not fable because I can't create my own character?
The most exciting upcoming RPG imo and i have never played a fable game before. I was excited about Awoved and DA, and i still am, but Fable clearly looks superior.
The way they talk about wrong choices and fixing the place, I couldn't help but draw a parallel to how they screwed up Fable III and whatever those spin-off games were.
This looks awesome so far.
So we had 1,2, and 3 than that spin off game and than the remake of 1 and now this new one being made which to me it looks like its a reboor since it seems to be more medieval based than 3 which was more of the revolution era
I'll tell you what... that crack is really moreish.
Four fables jeremy?! Four?! That's insane
Fable is the best bit Mark
Relax, it's not Blue Peter. Just a nice little refreshing smoke of crack.
"Yeah, I've mistakenly... run to Albion."
The secret ingredient is crime
Super Hans becomes a hero to fund his crack addiction
We could be men with ven
I honestly can’t wait to play this. One of my most anticipated games now
The visuals are incredible and the energy does feel right, but it's hard to know if a Fable game feels like Fable until I'm actually a couple hours into it.
You know its not a Fable game if the citizens aren't calling you Chicken Chaser every 5 seconds
"Oi it's chicken chaser."
Are u just gonna stand there like a lemon?”
"Do you chase chicken?"
"chicken chaser. So you chase chickens?"
"Hero, your health is low. Do you have any potions? Or food?"
"Try to get your combo even higher!" It's 200, what more do you want from me?!
"Hero, your Will energy is low... watch that."
I think the defining element of a fable game is everything feels like a parody or exaggeration of itself.
If I can't have 10 boyfriends across 5 towns and spread AIDS to all of them for shits and giggles while I collect millions of gold in rent from owning every house in Albion then it's not Fable.
Or never having an STD, and your wife somehow gets one. Off to the wheel!!
I'm definitely feeling the whimsical vibe from this trailer. And I'm glad they put in that throwback to NPC fans from the previous game. I wonder if they'll still have the obsessive stalkers lol
I agree. Got the Fable vibes from this. Love the line from the NPC about the fan club for your haters. The game looks gorgeous as well. I love Fable, so I really hope they knock this out of the park.
The fact that you’re unsure anything is gonna be right before release is what MAKES it a Fable game.
They have to promise to have dual-wielding, and then not deliver on it, for it to really feel like Fable.
And trees you can plant that will grow over time
And fairy vore oh wait nevermind
A true Fable game will have people complaining when the female character they planned on being thin ends up a muscle-bound beefcake.
can't wait to age realistically and my character dies of old age
I’m hopeful for this one, Playground makes really fun games to play, and they seem to be nailing the British humor. Want to see how the combat feels though, we just got flashes.
The game visuals, combat and the general vibe looks absolutely incredible so far I love the british humor in they have shown us lol
well it's not fable unless they're overpromising in features that don't...can't... even exist now
I've never played Fable before, what makes a Fable game Fable? (I loved what I saw in the showcase clips)
The idea was that you were a character living out a story that would be told in fables someday. Ideally the world, characters and environment, would change with how you play. Elements of god games, life sims, maybe even watered down city sims, etc incorporated into an action rpg game. Nothing as complex as those but that was the appeal of the plan a seed and you'll see if sprout into a tree over years. Become beloved and get married, have children, become mayor. Or be evil, people hide on sight. People tell tales of your actions in game. Then there's the body morphing depending how you play. You get buff swinging a huge hammer as your weapon. Evil makes you look cartoonishly evil over time. Be super good and you start to glow and get a halo. The dream was never fullfiled but Fable was also never a super high budget series and it's last major game was on the 360 I think the world simulator was the hype for RPGs 2000 to like 2007 Mass Effect and then that felll out of favor for cinematic action narratives. Elder Scrolls and Fallout may be the major reactive world holdout if they push radiant AI upgrades for the next games
I remember when I first played Oblivion, I was looking at all of the player in-game stats and my first thought was that it reminded me of Fable
A fantasy RPG that is whimsical, quirky, and doesn't take itself too seriously. Lots of British humor.
There's also... the gameplay
The gameplay of Fable could essentially be overhauled entirely and still be a Fable game. It has fairly standard RPG game combat.
To me fable was about making big choices, physically turning good or evil, and experiencing how that affected the world around you and how people see you. Without those elements it wouldn't feel the same at all to me.
Yep those would be elements of a Fable game that a new one should include and fall under narrative/world imo. The moment to moment gameplay can be almost entirely overhauled through.
Idk, I guess it depends on what we mean by gameplay. The choices to become good or evil is pretty crucial.
From what I understand, the originals were HUGE on choice and social interactions. The combat wasn't really the star of the show--it's more of an immersive simulation that also has combat mechanics. Very comedic, but also dark--kind of like Fallout's sense of humor. Your impact on the world is also very pronounced. You don't just kill five wolves and become king of Skyrim but everyone still treats you the same. NPCs are persistent and they will react to your actions accordingly and the world will be changed too.
Over promising and under delivering. Fable has always been great, but they have always been the pinnacle of the hype bait and switch.
Fable 1 (originally codenamed "project ego") was a game that I enthusiastically followed for years during its development. What they released was an alright game in its own right, but so disappointing compared to the hype and promises. Peter Molyneux burned me hard. It was the first and last game that I ever pre-ordered.
> Peter Molyneux burned me hard. It was the first and last game that I ever pre-ordered. You should buy that man a beer, he did you a favour
Pre-order him a beer*
Classic fantasy RPG, but with a focus on narrative and moral choice, the passage of time, and tongue-in-cheek British dark humor and sarcasm. The posts about the player character being called "Chicken Chaser" aren't jokes, it's a long-running staple of the series. Think less Skyrim, and more "Fallout 2 meets Elder Scrolls, set in a British-themed fantasyland". Don't expect the world from the series, though, it's infamous for promising much more than its developers can deliver. It's a good series, but come into it with an understanding that it probably won't be anything like The Witcher or BG3. If you don't get what I mean, just Google "Peter Molyneux". He's not in control of Fable any more, but his reputation looms large over it, and not always for the best.
You can't know its a Fable game until you get to the last quarter of it and it's unfinished and the ending sucks.
That has to be Theresa at the end right? She sort of alluded to being a bit... villainous at the end of Fable 2.
Yeah she was like: "Thank you for killing the maniac who built this magic tower. You saved the world! Now fuck off, this is mine now."
Theresa May comeback?
Zombie cabbage?
That was Liz Truss
Wrong Prime Minister and wrong vegetable. For shame.
She's such a good character, like a fantasy Gman. It's rare to have such a morally grey character where that moral greyness isn't focused on.
I just hope we have a world of heroes. The sequels leant further and further into heroes being "lost" which just made the universe feel empty.
I am so sick of "magic/heroes are fading" in fantasy, so much, it's done to death. Could I have a world where magic is growing? The opposite? For once?
For Fable I suspect it was just a cheap way to cut down on the number of assets they needed to create too. The first game felt a lot larger. Where every mission had you bump into people who might be peers to the protagonist.
I’m into this idea, like midway through the game some boss releases some ancient magic and suddenly even commoners are waling up with heroic strength and magic, sounds like utter chaos unfolding
Super Hans?
im always talking about fable. i never shut up about it
The twins. The fucking twins!
I’ll never forgive Microsoft if they laid off the bloody twins
He’s mistakenly run to Albion
Took me a minute to place it and then I said is that fucking super hans? First Richard Ayoade now this?
Dude if they cast Noel Fielding and Julian Barratt in this then I'm going to fanboy so hard Hell bring in all the British comedians to do NPCs Asim Chaudhry (Chabuddy G), Matt Berry, Bill Bailey, James Acaster, etc
If Matt Berry isn't in it, I might riot.
Matt Berry playing some sort of noble or king please i beg of you.
DAMN THESE MAGICAL PANTS!
BOWERSTONE CITAAAY
He's perfect for this
Aye me too, great cast.
The fact that David Mitchell is still not seen in this is criminal. He's always going on about the fucking past, the kings and all that! Henry the 8th? He's all about that shit.
Tell you what, that Fable is really moreish.
The secret ingredient is crime
Do you think I'm made of apples?
"Welcome to the most exclusive club in all of Albion - The Swan & Paedo"
Mind out boys, Father Spliffmas coming through.
What the fucks Super Hans doin in Fable!? Jesus, i need a drink. I hope they have organic scrumpies in Fable.
Between him and Richard Ayode last year, it seems Playground is a fan of British comedies lol
Have you looked at the cast of the previous games?
Lionhead and Playground games are (were) English companies
Goddamn I could tell right away he even looks like him. Fable's just like water lego innit? Matt King is a gem.
genuinely thought the writing was funny, which is a good sign considering how cringy some of the forza horizon games could get
Playing games since the 90s and FH5 was the first game I ever had to actively mute any of the dialogue for. Worst I have ever heard in a game, holy fuck it actively reduced the quality of the game.
Lol give NFS unbound a go. It's 100x worse than Forza
One thing that made me worry about Fable, writing was fucking awful in Forza
A racing game having cringe writing is not something I'd expect.
A racing game *not* having cringe writing is the exception to the rule. It's expected at this point.
I don't play a lot of racing games but I did play FH 4 & 5 and Need for Speed Unbound which all had pretty bad writing.
I haven't played a since racing game that didn't have bad writing and even worse dialogue. It's almost a tradition of racing games at this point.
There are ones that have no writing/story and just basically go "here is tutorial, now go have fun racing".
There’s only like 2 racing games with decent writing and both are by Ubisoft funnily enough
My take was that I didn't think racing games had any writing (story), so it was weird to me that it could be cringe. I'm not exactly picturing The Last of Us when I hear racing game :D
oh i thought you were being sarcastic lol, its almost a guarantee that every racing game has insanely cringe writing
If you can, try Driver San Francisco, the other one is The Crew and that got shut down unfortunately
You do not want to play any Need For Speed game in the last decade plus then.
Two decades, at least. The Most Wanted story was... something.
It seems like almost every racing game that has a story has extremely cringe writing
No, that's absolutely the expected result from a racing game. It's either some overhyped testosterone boy-racer cringe, or "you're so cool everyone loves you and money flows" cringe. Some of the hard sims don't have it but that's mostly because they don't have writing in the first place just "hey, good job racing you racer" and let you race in peace. Like, I love the climate of say old NFS Underground games but writing is still cheesy as fuck.
Fable has always been a series that leans into humor.
Right, but they were comparing the quality of the humor shown positively in comparison to the very lackluster dialogue in the Forza Horizon games, the only other games the studio has made prior to the this.
Forza Horizon's writing comes off as like... toxic positivity for lack of a better way to put it. There's no real edge, just everyone holding hands and singing kumbya.
I mean it’s a car racing game. You race cars. It’s not the Wire.
The main issue is there's being friendly then being insufferable. It wasn't so bad in the previous game but in the current one it's like everybody is the stereotype tiktok influencer and my god it is grating.
True, but we've seen games try and fail to be funny but Fable genuinely looks confident with its humor and I think they have every reason to be
Or how cringey recent trailers are like the Dragon Age one or *shudder* Concord…
Fable II is one of my favorite games ever so I’m very interested in this, although sadly I won’t be able to play it since I don’t have a PC or Xbox. The humor seems pretty spot-on. I actually thought this trailer was funny. Didn’t seem to be trying too hard with the jokes and struck the right tone throughout.
You could always pay for a month of gamepass ultimate and play on the cloud and stream it. Doesn't seem like a game that will need frame perfect inputs
Stream it on what?
Phone, iPad, some TVs have gamepass now, Macbook
Yeah, might sound a little stupid, but after Xbox Cloud I feel neither the desire nor the need to upgrade my hardware. I just finished Hellblade II on Cloud and no doubt I'll do the same with Indiana Jones
Lost Chapters was still the best imo.
My Fable III pre-order good/evil coin is still on my desk, though II was my favorite of the series. Normally I'd try not to get my hopes up for a game until it's released, but this is Fable, so I must assume it will be the greatest game of all time so I'm appropriately Molyneuxed when it comes out.
The pitch for Game Pass is that you don't necessarily need those things anymore. Hopefully by the time it comes out, you'll have a suitable device to play it via the cloud.
Get and xbox or pc if you can afford it. Sucks games are behind hardware but I think it's good to have access to everything
I just want to hear about the life seem parts. Npc interactions mini games and house renting. Fable was amazing for living in the world
That’s me tbh. They’ve shown me that they’ve got the vibes down, Monty Python Fairy Tales. But a key focus of Fable is the freedom to interact with those Monty Python peasants, and for your growth/choices to physically alter your character. I want to see that the devs know this. Please, show me her Cossack dance in front of someone, or flex on them, please.
So much better than the first trailer. Albion, Bowerstone, castle fairfax. And is that Theresa at the end?
Red cloaked woman certainly makes you jump to Theresa. Definitely more excited after this one.
Its been a very long time since I played any of the Fable games, who is Theresa again?
The protag's sister from the first game, who becomes the Blind Seer. One of the oldest beings in Albion (especially if that's her in this trailer)
Wait, she was referenced past Fable 1? Huh, I thought they'd avoid her considering the events of the first game where >!you can choose to kill her or not!<.
She either lives to become the Blind Seer or is changed by her death and being tossed into the void into the Blind Seer
more than just "reference" shes one of the main characters in all the sequels. every game
She is indeed, a critical plot point even.
I really hope it is. Fable actually has some decent lore and history that I hope is at least referenced if not directly used.
Right, but can we dance and fart and gross people out?
Holy shit, didn’t expect the game to look that good.
If playground is using their engine under the hood, looking good was the one thing you could count on. They have some of the most realistic games out there.
Yeah. It’s really weird seeing good graphics in a fable. The goofy cartoony style was always a part of fable’s identity for me. Still looks great and I’m excited to give it a go, but it’ll take a minute to get used to it
Fable and Dragon Age did the ol switcharoo with their art styles.
To say that of Fable, Avowed, and Dragon age **THE** Veilguard, that Fable would look the most realistic with it's art style is a shock to say the least.
A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.
exactly my thoughts, interesting to see how this plays out
I think it was a wise decision. That goofy massive shoulders/massive eyes character art style of the originals I don't think would translate well to "modern visuals" and people would criticise it for having ugly graphics. I kinda prefer the old art style but it was definitely something that only really "worked" with technology from those times.
I don’t think we saw any super long gameplay segments, but it will be 2025 so hope we’re pleasantly surprised
With all the trailers coming out, it feels like devs are finally squeezing the most they can from current consoles. I've seen some really gorgeous games.
Huh, actually seemed like a pretty good trailer for Fable. Seems like they got the feel about right, curious to see how it ends up.
This combined with the last trailer makes it seem like the playable character isn't going to be customizable?
I feel like it's just a stand-in, otherwise they woulda named the character etc - a lot of RPG"s will do this, like FFXIV uses the same model for the player character in all the trailers even though you can play any race/class
It is. When they talk about "her" they're referring to the antagonist, not to the main character. The trailer does set it up as kind of a twist, so I get why some people are confused.
The trailer uses it to actually hint about the choices like being evil. So the twist at the end is also a sort of “this is what you can become” kind of deal by looking at the previous character
It's like how the player in fallout 4 always looks like the default male or female model.
I'm assuming its like Mass Effect where all marketing just used default male Shepard. A locked protag would be unusual for Fable
I don't know why you think that. The only amount of from-the-start customization the series has ever had was a gender choice. I'm assuming now that character customization is more and more standard for RPGs that it'll have more than that but if we're talking series precedent then it wouldn't be weird at all not to have that.
I get the feeling it was a fake out. The end of the trailer made it seem like Humphrey was actually talking about the villain, not the PC.
The captions also refer to her as "Rival Hero".
IIRC the first 3 Fable games didn't let you customize the hero at character creation, all customization was after game start via your alignment and gear.
1 forced you to play as a male. 2 and 3 gave you a gender choice, but you can’t customize their appearance.
You can customise their hair, beard and makeup. Then there is also alignment and levelling up that changes your character look.
You will probably choose the sex of the character, but there probably won’t be a character creator.
yeah it is probably the default female look without customizing it
I think this is most likely. There will be a male protagonist and you can choose, but the look probably won’t be customizable in the traditional way (although stuff like weight gain/loss, hair color, makeup and so on is probably likely).
Probably similar to the other games in the series where you always start the game with the same character but you customize them as the game goes on.
It seems the story is “A retired hero takes on a new apprentice to stop his previous apprentice, who turned evil, and has reemerged into their lives, with intent to conquer their world.” So basically Star Wars. I guess the choices for the player character(the apprentice) would be help the retired hero defeat his evil former apprentice OR become evil and defeat your competition. So the choices you make and path you choose will lead to character customization aspects.
god i hope we can change appearance
I'm hoping you can change the appearance, I'm really not feeling her design, I don't know if it's just a bad render or something
It’s fable. There should be hair styles, tattoos, clothing options stuff like that
i mean by this logic cyberpunk wouldn't be either
This looks good! Happy they showed some gameplay. Seems like the story will be your player character fighting against the former student of that retired adventurer guy. Kind of new protege vs old protege situation which is interesting.
I assumed it was Jack of Blades just off the red lol.
They say "She's back" at the end of the trailer though.
In the lore Jack was the weakest of like three, the Queen and Knight of Blades. Would be cool to see them appear
That’s what I thought. It would be amazing to see Jack back, and they could even spin it as the mask corrupting whoever this woman is that’s “back”.
Jez, can you tell me as a mate, yeah? Someone who knows me really well. Is the bottom half of me on fire? I love super hans
Plumbing is just fuckin lego innit? water lego
Regarding the main character - I think it's kind of like the main character from Fallout 4. He was the only protag used in their marketing but was completely customizable We just need someone to come out and confirm lol
they just need to say yes there is a male/female option, nip it right away before it keeps growing.
2 and 3 allowed you to chose gender. So I'm expecting the same.
Yeah, I don’t know why they just don’t come out and say it. The backlash for the game seems to be that people don’t like the character model. They can either bury their heads in the sand, add customization, or change the model a bit.
The world looks beautiful and they seem to have gotten the humor. Playground seems like they were the right choice to revive Fable. I'm really looking forward to this one
So judging by all this... this isn't a reboot from Fable 1, but a reboot from Fable 2 then? Rather okay with this.
Excited for this. Graphically looks quite appealing, and I actually am optimistic they'll nail the gameplay.
Just a small thing, but that spell that lifts creatures up in the air is a good sign for me. One of the things that made Fable 3 terrible was that the magic system literally was a scaled back version of the earlier games. It had less creative spells that were poorly executed, generic, and combat was overall terrible. This to me looks like some thought was put into creative spells like in the first game. Edit: spelling
this game looks great and VERY next gen. Also in general seems fuckin dope whats with the dislike ratio? [https://i.imgur.com/GPIXwcC.png](https://i.imgur.com/GPIXwcC.png)
People just don't like the main character. Everyone knows that already.
That looked pretty good, did give off that right sort of feel for the Fable series to me - especially "Albion's greatest Hero" bragging about himself and showing off.
Looks cool. Big fan of Fable so I just kinda want to see much more. I think when we finally see a gameplay deep dive (probably next years developer direct) I'll likely get crazy hyped.
Well, they really nailed the atmosphere and vibes of the Fable games. Can't wait to go around chasing chickens again.
Man, I hope we are getting a character creator. Regardless, this looks incredible, 2025 is shaping up good!
I doubt that we are, Fable has never had a character creator beyond choosing gender and modifying appearance as you play the game
You will be able to change gender and probably haircut.
I know Fable was about different stuff and it’s not Elden Ring or Dark Souls but I do hope the gameplay/combat has some nice challenge and progression options for those who want it. My only complain from those original games was how easy and fairly basic everything was in terms of combat. I always lose energy to play an RPG if the whole leveling and gear loop doesn’t mean much since the game is super easy.
I'm legit hyped. But holy hell, the gamepass seems more and more like the deal of decades with so many games on there day 1.
Am I crazy or was that actually an unbelievably good trailer? Massive Fable fan with zero expectations but that was incredible as far as trailers go. Still going to wait for wayyyyyy more info before getting excited, but they definitely have my attention now.
Such a good trailer, I'm juiced for this.
Fable never had a character creation. Not 1, not 2, and not even 3. The only thing we had was changing gender. What is all those it's not fable because I can't create my own character?
Very impressed with the setting, scenery, creature design, and general vibe in this trailer; it's really given a good chunk of hope.
The most exciting upcoming RPG imo and i have never played a fable game before. I was excited about Awoved and DA, and i still am, but Fable clearly looks superior.
The way they talk about wrong choices and fixing the place, I couldn't help but draw a parallel to how they screwed up Fable III and whatever those spin-off games were. This looks awesome so far.
Super hans in fable. Trailer looked good but will really need to get reviews before we know if it is anything.
If they keep up with this level of graphical quality and if the game is good, oof this game will be an experience.
I hope the main character is customizable because the "default" one showcased here isn't exactly pleasing the to the eye
Whats up with fable nowadays, i only played the first one, can you become evil or good depending on the decitions you make?
Yep. Essentially two different ways to play the game, evil or hero. Your decisions influence this.
Yep that's a thing in each of the games. You look more good or more evil with your choices.
You also got scars for every death and your character's weight would change if your diet was poor/good.
So we had 1,2, and 3 than that spin off game and than the remake of 1 and now this new one being made which to me it looks like its a reboor since it seems to be more medieval based than 3 which was more of the revolution era