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DavidGzz
Gold Member
I agree that the main guy still walks a bit weird. The female npc on the left has a more masculine walk animation
I like how the world looks, music is good too. Combat, on the other hand seems boring and too easy. Maybe they turned on baby mode just to show off the different moves and skills
That's just a muscular ass and good posture. You guys just can't handle how the tunic sways, most modern men don't wear something that covers their ass with ruffles. It catches the eye of closet gays and makes them feel a sorta way.
That woman is just butch AF lol
DragoonKain
Neighbours from Hell
The game looks very good visually, but honestly the stuff they mainly showed off in the gameplay video are things I thought were really novel and cool years ago, but now that many games have these gameplay elements, I actually find them tedious a lot of the time now. It's fine for games to have them, but to me this game will make its bones on combat, how cool the dungeons are to explore and conquer, the rewards you get from completing dungeons and fighting enemies and bosses, etc. If those things are lacking then the economy and life systems are not going to hold it up enough for me.
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Cumulus
Member
This doesnĀ“t really look like a AAA game with 5+ years of development under its belt.
IĀ“ve seen indi games with better facial animations.... the NPCs here are about as expressive as a log of wood.
And describing the combat shown as "janky" would be a very friendly way of putting it.
Add the generally cross-gen-ish graphics to the mix and I have to ask what they`ve done these last ~7 years? Is this one of those "so much content!..most is unpolished rubbish, though"-games?
IĀ“ve seen indi games with better facial animations.... the NPCs here are about as expressive as a log of wood.
And describing the combat shown as "janky" would be a very friendly way of putting it.
Add the generally cross-gen-ish graphics to the mix and I have to ask what they`ve done these last ~7 years? Is this one of those "so much content!..most is unpolished rubbish, though"-games?
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March Climber
Member
It's because those features are mostly secondary.
In the older games most players would buy up properties and rent them out as a means to an end, because it was steady cashflow to acquire more rare gear, stronger potions, and other stuff like quest items or treasure maps.
The cash would continue to come in on regular intervals while you went on adventures. Then you'd spend some of the cash on real estate to get even more cash.
Job minigames like blacksmithing or bartending were other ways to make quicker money if you were trying to buy something as fast as possible.
Fable 3 made real estate vital to the main quest because you needed an insane amount of money to win a war for the good ending.
Making NPCs like you or hate you is a feature I mostly didn't bother with in the old games though, except a few times for certain store vendors because I wanted discounts as low as possible.
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Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
Do you think they releases a 30 minute gameplay reveal trailer for "secondary features", or do you think they released it to show off the best parts of the game?
Kagoshima_Luke
Gold Member
Seems .. fine ???
March Climber
Member
I think they're showing mostly one aspect of the game and will show another aspect of the game in a month or so, similar to Crimson Desert's bi-monthly feature videos.
DarkShadowXI
Gold Member
I finally watched the combat at the end and that looked rough
I'm assuming it gets fixed by release, but yikes.
I'm assuming it gets fixed by release, but yikes.
Critical Hit
Member
It'll look OK if it gets a demodernized mod.
coachmcguirk91
Member
The world interactivity with choice and consequences looks good, but I feel like Playground bit off more than they can chew by attempting a game this big. 1000 NPC's with full dialogue trees sounds amazing in theory. I don't know how you can make compelling characters with a scope that big, though. I am counting on a lot of repetitiveness
This game has a massive budget by all reports. I feel like Xbox gamers are hyping this up to be the next Witcher 3. Which is completely unfair when considering this is the studios first time developing a game that isn't a racer
This game has a massive budget by all reports. I feel like Xbox gamers are hyping this up to be the next Witcher 3. Which is completely unfair when considering this is the studios first time developing a game that isn't a racer
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SEGAvangelist
Member
I haven't seen much comparison to the Witcher 3, but the game is a massive swing. I hope it works out, but I'm certainly nowhere near confident. The character designs are the most suspect.
March Climber
Member
The only way I'd compare this to Witcher 3 is if some of those 1000 NPCs offer their own full-blown questlines with decent scenario writing behind them. Basically expand on Fable 2's half-baked promise.
Otherwise I agree with this post:
SEGAvangelist
Member
Ya'll are way to focused on this dudes ass.
adamsapple
Or is it just one of Asha's balls in my throat?
Ya'll are way to focused on this dudes ass.
New trailer launches.
Most Gaffers:
"Sheeeat the visuals/actions look good/bad"
Our papi
Gonzito
"SHOW ME THAT DUDE'S ASS"
I love Gonzito btw, no one say shit.
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SEGAvangelist
Member
This felt right:
Men_in_Boxes
Snake Oil Salesman
You could be right. I'm not burying Fable yet.
That said...I think this sells Crimson Desert way better than the 30 minute Fable reputation video sold Fable.
That sold the large dangerous world of Crimson Desert, which was a key selling point. The devs (rightfully) showed off one of the best parts of that game.
Is dating NPCs and hiring beggers one of the primary selling points of Fable, or is it secondary, as you say?
sloppyjoe_gamer
Member
You can date anyone!! The anyone
March Climber
Member
For many, including Peter Molyneux himself, it was one of the Fable trilogy's standout, primary features.
In my own personal opinion however, when I finally got around to playing the games a few months back, they all felt secondary to the main plot and adventuring/combat.
However even from me saying that, I could totally picture someone during the Xbox 360 era spending days and months tinkering with both the real estate and the NPC like/dislike systems of each one.