'We've Been Working on This Game for a Really, Really Long Time' - the Big Fable Interview With Microsoft Developer Playground
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Key Points:
- Playground Games began developing the Fable reboot after shipping Forza Horizon 3 around 2016-2017, aiming to leverage their open-world expertise in a new genre and collaborate closely with Xbox.
- The reboot emphasizes core Fable elements such as player freedom, choice and consequence, a fairytale tone distinct from typical fantasy, and a distinctly British sensibility, considered essential to the franchise's identity.
- Unlike the original series, the new morality system is more nuanced and subjective, with reputations built locally in different Albion settlements rather than a binary good vs. evil scale, and the classic character appearance changes based on morality have been removed.
- Albion's open world is smaller than Horizon's but far more detailed, with every NPC hand-crafted
