He’ll stay true for sure, but will his successor stay true to this?
i dont think he will be replaced in the near future
Not replaced, just retired.
I think it’s possible in the near future.
His successor will be Sarah Bond, and I have every confidence she will.
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he might stay until the end of this gen
Hopefully.
I think they have developed a culture there and the culture appears to be successful.
This should also calm down those who might still be afraid Fable will be online focused, last year we had those doubts because of one source right after E3 and the debut trailer.
I see Legends as a mistake. It looked, well, looks amazing to this day but it should have been like a traditional Fable game and not what that was going for.
Online focused ? No . Online elements ? Most Probably Yes .
I’m thinking we get a reveal for Gears 6. Xbox has almost never not had a new gears or halo announced.
Forza Horizon absolutely has a very strong multiplayer component, so this absolutely is a strength of Playground Games and definitely in their studio DNA. I don’t know if “focus” is the right word, but given both the legacy of Fable and Playground Games, I’d absolutely hope Fable finds the best balance between both worlds, singleplayer as well as multiplayer. I personally think a “passively shared-world” kind of structure would work really well in Fable just like it does in Forza Horizon, where you can do quests with other players or just go lone wolf if you wish to.
In any case, Playground Games has hired some incredible writers for Fable, I think the story/world building will be top-notch. In particular with Lead Writer Anna Megill (Avatar, CONTROL, Dishonored DoTO, Guild Wars 2) I think this world is in really good hands.
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As long as you can turn it off, like in FH5, it’s not a problem.
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Give me floating orbs
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i really wonder if we will be able to make our own character
Can I ponder these orbs?
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i really like how they gave double fine as much time they needed to make psychonauts as good as they can , they didnt force their hand to release a rushed game
Good thing with Fable and Playground in general is that they design singleplayer games with optional co-op and not the vice versa lol.
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True. Forza Horizon always felt like it was built for single-player first, and then added a layer of online multiplayer. Like GTA and RDR2, but those are seperate, while FH5 is switched on/off in-game. I guess Fable could be either like them but most likely, if ever, like Forza Horizon.
Additionally, I believe the future of a lot of big, open world story driven single-player games is that they’re gonna be scalable experiences starting from single-player, to co-op, and then even PvP elements. As in, you can play on your own as a traditional single-player experience, or go online and share your experience with others, or challenge and compete against others.
I think GTA 6 will be like this. I think Assassin’s Creed will be like this. And I think Fable might be like this too.
Fable should have a shared world like Sea of Thieves in my opinion when choosing to play online with other players, Full PVP / PVE to create unscripted stories. Microsoft are definitely good at designing these shared worlds / sandbox
I wish I could do this stuff in Fable, watch the Amazing work of my friends from Sea of Thieves France
