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[Stafford]

Press getting a demo and wednesday we'll have more gameplay

This is very welcome after the rather disappointing trailer. I mean....the characters.....fine I guess? But I think we all were hoping for a good look at gameplay.

 

[Gamer_By_Proxy]

I get the feeling it won't have basically any of the systems from Fable and just be an action game in a medieval setting. Like the horns/halo. Changing how NPCs react to you. Etc.

 

[adamsapple]

I get the feeling it won't have basically any of the systems from Fable and just be an action game in a medieval setting. Like the horns/halo. Changing how NPCs react to you. Etc.

They've already said it doesn't have horns/halos but it does have an individual locale based reputation system. Every region will track your reputation separately, you won't be villainous everywhere just because you're in one.

 

[mindfreak191]

I get the feeling it won't have basically any of the systems from Fable and just be an action game in a medieval setting. Like the horns/halo. Changing how NPCs react to you. Etc.

They already confirmed last time that the alignment system won't change your appearance, so no halo/horns.

 

[Germuso]

No good good or evil, because all white males are evil for nature.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

No good good or evil, because all white males are evil for nature.

Well yeah, with the amount of women in the game, you can't have evil characters. Would not be surprised if that old fat male hero will be blamed for everything or will blame himself for that female evil hero actions.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

LOL. Said it before on GAF many times.

I love how game makers are all about DEI and it's bad to stereotype characters and people etc...

Yet almost every time there's a Black person in a game you'll have them with shaved heads or giant poofy afro hair. Talk about discriminatory bigots.

 

[ChuckeRearmed]

Looks like UK

 

[KanKamAndNob]

Only marginally less vomit inducing than this:

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Where my pretty girl at?

She's in the DLC.

Fable: Somali Pirate Raids

 

[intbal]

LOL. Said it before on GAF many times.

I love how game makers are all about DEI and it's bad to stereotype characters and people etc...

Yet almost every time there's a Black person in a game you'll have them with shaved heads or giant poofy afro hair. Talk about discriminatory bigots.

You forgot Option #3.

 

[djjinx2]

I APPROVE

 

[March Climber]

I'm calling it now, Isabel is gonna turn into Jack of Blades by the end of the game lol

That's the implication. Or maybe even halfway through the game. Her having her own 'hero's journey' is also a hint that she's probably Jack of Blades.

Jack of Blades could have won in the end depending on the player's choices in Fable 1.

That whole 'dual chosen ones' thing is what made it so cool.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

You forgot Option #3.

LOL. Forgot about the Killmonger hair. Another beauty from media creatives.

As an aside: love those odd looking fingers. Like AI made it years ago.

 

[kiphalfton]

Looks very good, a nice variety of different environments in the trailer.

Is Atwell the antagonist of the game?



And he wasn't wrong there either.

If Hayley atwell is the antagonist, bet they nerfed her chest

 

[DonkeyPunchJr]

You forgot Option #3.

lol this has major "dev team with no black people on it trying really hard not to impose western Euro-American beauty standards on their token black character" vibes.

 

[Musashipan]

Pass

 

[intbal]

lol this has major "dev team with no black people on it trying really hard not to impose western Euro-American beauty standards on their token black character" vibes.

Well, not exactly a token. The lead character (essentially) was black. She was a non-playable story character.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

I hope this game is like a 95 Metacritic and have all the Xbox players furious it isn't exclusive

 

[Juja]

I have some news for you papi

How much do you think they paid Matt Smith to use his likeness?

 

[StreetsofBeige]

I hope this game is like a 95 Metacritic and have all the Xbox players furious it isn't exclusive

I dont think Xbox gamers care that much about exclusives unlike Sony gamers.

Even oldies like Fable 1, Gears and Halo came to PC.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

I dont think Xbox gamers care that much about exclusives unlike Sony gamers.

Even oldies like Fable 1, Gears and Halo came to PC.

Xbox communicates with their fans in a way that makes it sound like they are their friends. For fans, this creates an attachment to the Xbox brand that is unlike anything else in gaming. Look at the amount of Xbox influencers compared to Playstation? Even tho Playstation has sold 3x as many consoles

Playstation doesn't do shit with fans. It is purely transactional. People like Playstation for their studios and games, less so the actual platform

 

[adamsapple]

Good lord, I want to dive face first into the Fables.

 

[Lokaum D+]

 

[Stafford]

I can't be the only one noticing how several parts of this trailer (but also in previous showing earlier this year) the contrast isn't correct, or more like brightness is cranked up too high.

For example at 1:16 when you see the werewolf (Balverine, right?) it's too bright. Look at the foliage next to the Balverine and the shadow under it, it's grey instead of black. Same story with the tree there.

I notice it at 1:57 too. Might be a minor thing for some, but I hope they fix this.

 

[Zacfoldor]

This looks really great and I can't wait, and Xbox is finally getting exclusive back, and everything is right with the world.

Xbox audience has been great, Asha great, games great, looking great. X-Boxers, I count myself among you. My only qualm is you have to stop hating on games over the parity clause delay. Other than that, you're back on track to be traditional gamers. Now we just gotta get rid of Xbox game pass.

 

[An Corp]

It's obvious here who's played Fable before during release and who's new to the idea of Fable.

That was not Fable.

 

[Stafford]

It's obvious here who's played Fable before during release and who's new to the idea of Fable.

That was not Fable.

It's their vision for Fable, it was bound to be quite different since it's not Lionhead. Let's wait and see next Wednesday how it all looks. We're going to get a good proper look at it.

 

[TVexperto]

Reminds me of those terrible Forza Horizon bystanders NPCs

 

[P:axMagellanic]

Game has serious Bristolian/student energy about it.

 

[Buggy Loop]

The added cast

Natasia Demetriou

Hayley Atwell

 

[Gambit2483]

The added cast

Natasia Demetriou

Hayley Atwell

Fine ass Women.

Great actresses too.

 

[Stafford]

The added cast

Natasia Demetriou

Hayley Atwell

Oooh , here I thought she was the lady from the second to late Mission Impossible movie, but that's someone else. A damn cutie too.

 

[March Climber]

Oooh , here I thought she was the lady from the second to late Mission Impossible movie, but that's someone else. A damn cutie too.

In Dead Reckoning 1 and 2 that is Hayley.

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[YOU PC BRO?!]

I'm still trying to figure out how exactly this qualifies as a Fable game… anyone?

 

[adamsapple]

The added cast

Natasia Demetriou

Hayley Atwell

 

[poodaddy]

I can't really explain why, but this trailer gave me Dragon Age: Veilguard vibes.

Same.

I was actually very cautiously optimistic about this game. This trailer, oddly enough as most seem to like it to a degree, literally drained the hype from my body.

Boring villainess with a nothing design.

Playing it far too straight for my liking with this franchise, gotta get sillier, though the one joke was cute.

Hyped for Jack of Blades but it's pretty obvious it'll be the lady there that turns into him by finding his mask somewhere and blah blah blah.

I just get the feeling this is gonna be very....safe....for lack of a better word.

 

[coachmcguirk91]

Same.

I was actually very cautiously optimistic about this game. This trailer, oddly enough as most seem to like it to a degree, literally drained the hype from my body.

Boring villainess with a nothing design.

Playing it far too straight for my liking with this franchise, gotta get sillier, though the one joke was cute.

Hyped for Jack of Blades but it's pretty obvious it'll be the lady there that turns into him by finding his mask somewhere and blah blah blah.

I just get the feeling this is gonna be very....safe....for lack of a better word.

The story seems less important in Fable games. It is much about how you interact within the world. It is supposed to be a true RPG

 

[xanaum]

Same.

I was actually very cautiously optimistic about this game. This trailer, oddly enough as most seem to like it to a degree, literally drained the hype from my body.

Boring villainess with a nothing design.

Playing it far too straight for my liking with this franchise, gotta get sillier, though the one joke was cute.

Hyped for Jack of Blades but it's pretty obvious it'll be the lady there that turns into him by finding his mask somewhere and blah blah blah.

I just get the feeling this is gonna be very....safe....for lack of a better word.

Yeah man, they're destroying Western games. The worst part is that the problems are so obvious. I've been a project manager for years outside gaming, and even I can see people sacrificing quality for niche ideas nobody wants.

These companies are wasting time, resources, and money by either ignoring what players actually want or being run by people making games for themselves instead of their audience.

 

[Raven77]

Read the room devs, people are over this woke trash.

Game looks frigging awful and this is coming from a huge Peter Molyneux fanboy.

Yeah Black & White was awesome and his ambition was infectious.

This game looks like a modernized crappy fairytale. HARD PASS.

 

[Not_A-Cop_Maybe]

I get the feeling it won't have basically any of the systems from Fable and just be an action game in a medieval setting. Like the horns/halo. Changing how NPCs react to you. Etc.

They literally confirmed the NPCs will react to you as per your standing in the game in the last reveal.
The biggest thing about the fable games was thhe obvious english style humor and medival setting- which they have shown in spades. Playground has never missed making a good game.

 

[Haint]

This may well be the biggest downgrade in videogame history, these 2 images don't even look like they're from the same game, studio, or generation.

 

[Memati187]

Asha please, make this "goty" exclusive too. Not everyone "deserves" to experience such "greatness".

Seriously, wtf is this? Why the fuck are the western devs such dicksucking ugly golums?! Hope all these woke shit fails and gets them fired. Fuck em all.

 

[March Climber]

The story seems less important in Fable games. It is much about how you interact within the world. It is supposed to be a true RPG

I agree with this regarding part 3.

I half-agree with this regarding part 2.

I fully disagree with this regarding part 1.

Fable 1 felt the most feature and story complete, vs the sequels which both felt like interesting ideas that couldn't be fully fleshed out. It's why Fable 1 remained my favorite one.