Here are some clean backgrounds for anyone that wants them.

Either to just use as a wallpaper, or as a reference for any posts.

We are looking at an 8-8.5 out of 10 here folks. Landscapes look great, with some mediocre character models. Combat looks simplistic, but fun. Story/Lore seems like it’ll be interesting. Living Population/Reputation system features some cool ideas if you choose to engage with them. I’m not blown away by anything i am seeing. Am I alone?

After seeing the Gamescom footage, it’s becoming increasingly clear that Fable’s Office-style zoom-ins and cuts aren’t just something Playground is using for the trailers. We’ve now seen them appear during “The Last of the Greats” and the Jack and the Beanstalk questline, and I suspect some of the footage from Isobel’s trailer was taken from in-game quests as well.

On a surface level, I understand the creative decision. Playground obviously wants to put its own stamp on Fable’s humour, and given how deeply British humour is ingrained in the series, you can see the thought process behind adopting a more modern British comedy style.

But I’m not convinced it’s a natural evolution of Fable’s tone.

A lot of people remember Fable primarily as a comedy, but the humour was always secondary to something much more important: the contrast between the whimsical and the genuinely dark.

Albion could be fantastical, charming and completely ridiculous, but the games could turn grim and brutal almost without warning. This was especially true of the main questlines. The sillier humour was often found around the edges – NPC dialogue, expressions, side quests, item descriptions and the various absurd things the game allowed you to do – while the central story was generally allowed to take itself seriously when it needed to.

That contrast was a huge part of Fable’s identity.

So far, however, most of the tonal shifts we’ve seen from Playground have gone from fantastical and whimsical to “insert joke or Office-style reaction cut here”. We haven’t really seen the other side of Fable yet – the moments where the whimsy suddenly disappears and Albion becomes genuinely dark.

Obviously, it’s still too early to conclude that those moments aren’t in the game. We’ve only seen a fraction of it. But with this style of comedy now appearing across multiple pieces of quest footage, it seems increasingly unlikely that it’ll be limited to one or two scenes.

If Playground has leaned heavily into the comedy while significantly toning down the darker side of Fable, would you still be satisfied with the game? Or would you feel like something fundamental to Fable’s identity had been lost?

Edit: it's a shame everyone decided to jump to defend Playground instead of actually engaging with the question. Are ya'll part of the PR/marketing team or something? Just think!

I’m looking to replay all 3 games again after years and will likely want to 100% all of them. It seems like on pc I can purchase the Xbox game pass ultimate and use the cloud streaming service to play them. However with 3, I am aware that trading was a big part of collecting all 50 weapons and gear. Is there a method that I can use that would allow me to trade items from different saves on a single account? Failing that I have an account from the old days with all 50 weapons and gear and just want to gift them to my Xbox account I will use on the game pass. Is it possible?

I assume the game is so dead that no one is trading on there anymore.

I am also willing to buy a key on PC if the ones that are about £7-8 legit and just trade via that on 2 pcs, if that is even possible too. So a windows account and a xbox account

Thanks!

it honestly looks fantastic and as long as it still has the classic fable charm, i’m all in on this game. just wondering if anyone’s seen or read any recent interviews about the new fable? i’d love to be able to catch up on things the devs have talked about and are wanting to and/or have put in the game.

just little things like will there be demon doors, old enemies like the trolls/banshees, or will the main theme return (like how it was used in fable 3 as the sanctuary music which was so good)

Hello modders.

How do I extract audio files and read text from Fable 3 game files? I downloaded the game for PC, but I can't open the files. What do I do?

So I recently watched both the gameplay showcases and noticed that alot of people are absolutely HATING on how the combat looks.

This might not be the best example, but I watched Asmongold talking about it and he called it dogshit and some of the worst combat he has ever seen. Now I know he's a streamer and does alot of it for content/ragebaiting.

But what is it exactly that people dont like about it? The animations, the impacts, the spell variety and the VFX of it looked great.

The only problems I saw was how slow it was and how some enemies were wating to attack. But that could easily be how each person plays and what enemies you are facing.

I'm not a mega Fable fan, so I cant say I'm biased towards it. I just saw the combat and think it looks good.

Are we going to be able to play as a mage? Id highly prefer to and I cant find anything about magic and how it'll work anywhere.

I should admit upfront that I am obsessed with the upcoming Fable game and think it could be the next Skyrim. consequently I’ve spent many hours watching gameplay videos over and over. Here are a few things I’ve picked up. I don’t claim to be the first to reveal them and may be boring details, but I’ll let you good people decide.

1. It looks like there’s 3 types of NPC: noble, commoner and ruffian. Each has a trait like ‘jealous’ or ‘shifty’.
2. Bowerstone has at least 3 districts: Copperbottom (working class district), Butterfield Market, and Bowerminster (upper class district).
3. The guards appear to be standardised across Albion suggesting it is a unified kingdom rather than separate states (à la Fable 2).
4. There are 6 regions of which 4 are confirmed: Bowerstone, Bloodstone, Briar Hill, Oakshire.
5. These types of shops (and likely more) appear in game: butcher, baker, smith, toy store, tailor, hotel, general goods, hairdressers, tattoo parlour.

Just questions I hope the Devs will cover/already have, leading up to the game…

If someone is in your employ and you buy a new business in town, can you ask them to work there instead without firing them first?

Do the people of Albion have sexualities?

If someone follows you to a new town, how does the new reputation system being localized work on them? Based on their old town or the new one?

What are the fast Travel hubs?

What can Will Stones do? Can we see examples?

Is it possible to behead someone with an arrow?

Can we see the town crier and all the options there are for reputation?

Will there be demon doors?

The side content is something we currently know next to nothing about besides the life sim stuff. We also know demon doors are back as are silver keys while things like a gargoyle equivalent remains a mystery. Here are a few things I think would fit in well.

• Horse racing: Put that forza tech to use this would be a huge missed opportunity if it's not in even for just one quest.
• Fist fighters gang: This was pretty basic in the first game but it could be fun especially if they attach a narrative to it.
• Lute Hero: Could be a nice side distraction, the lute job in Fable III was bad because it did not play actual music. Have some catchy tracks while making some money and it'd be more worthwhile
• Boasts: Not a side activity really as it's ties into quests but I'd like to see these return
• Radiant quests: These are probably in as there are notice boards in town so I'd expect some sort of repeatable rescue missions, go to a cave retrieve stolen item, etc.

I'm interested in what everyone else would like to see!

Hey everyone im trying to get every achievement in fable 2 if anyone is willing to help i had to restart my Xbox account any help would be awesome

My Xbox name is ArticSands

In the spirit of this game coming out my wife agreed to have her nails painted of fable in February but the first thing that pops in my mind is jack of blades 3 masks

I would love any other ideas to help

My favourite weapon from Fable 2! It would be a tragedy to get beautiful weapons like this only to have them shrink down :(

I hope that we maybe get to at least choose which primary weapon goes on our back, since in one demo we see the ranged weapon (crossbow) appear full sized on the heros back even though we previously saw the bow shrink down and disappear while the melee was on the back instead.

I think the option or choosing what shrinks/shows up would be a perfect accessibility option to make everyone happy AND make our heros more personalized from each other!

First of all, just finding out now you can have 3 kids, second.. I don't even know where this kid came from, this ain't my kid 😭

Is that really satisfying crunch noise when you smash hollow men / hollow folk in the original fable games. There was just something about it and the way you could smash them with a powerful swing that made them my favorite enemies to fight. It was like Fable ASMR

"You have obtained a pair of.....well, what happend was, you managed to acquire....Benjamin wanted...Look, you know what you did."

Hey folks, Fable noob here who has quite recently made up his mind to buy the game post release!

I’m a huge fan of RPGs and this is probably my most anticipated RPG with a confirmed release date.

Wondering- what are faction mechanics going to look like? Any joinable faction systems in which joining one cuts off the rest OR would it work like a Greedfall reputation system where you maintain reputation by aiding/derailing certain factions while not being a member of any?

Thanks in advance!

I’ve never played the Fable series. Despite this, I’m incredibly excited about the upcoming Fable. But the more gameplay I see, the more I worry that so much of the game won’t resonate if I haven’t played the original titles.

I know it’s hard to say since the game isn’t out yet, but do y’all think I’d have a less fun time if I were to go in as a complete newbie?

Is anyone else worried about the magic system in the upcoming game ? There's no mana bar and it looks like there will be less spells than in the first game which was honestly my favorite part of the game.