Fable III Previews

The Peter Molyneux quotable quotes would almost have you forget he actually showed the game at GDC, which leads to a few Fable III previews. IGN.

Fable III is doubling down on these core elements, while removing many of the more traditionally “hardcore” elements. The combat has been streamlined, taking inspiration from studios like Team Ninja (of Ninja Gaiden fame) and Santa Monica Studios (known for God of War). The drama is being improved with a new “touch” system for interacting with non-player characters, drawing inspiration from Ico. The health bar has been done away with, inspired by what has become the standard in first-person shooters. Even the idea of leveling up and gaining experience is being overhauled. 

“Surely, we had to keep experience. Experience for role-playing games is a massive thing. I began to realize that experience is all about combat, but the Fable world is much bigger than that.” You don’t get experience for getting married, or farting on someone, Molyneux noted. The replacement is a system of followers. The goal of Fable III is to first recruit an army and then overthrow a tyrant king. That’s only the halfway point, however. From there, you’ll have to rule a kingdom. “Everything you do, however trivial or noble or wonderful, results in you gaining or losing followers.” Get married to the right person, you get more followers. Make a promise to a certain town that you’ll tear down a polluting factory, and you’ll win their trust. Of course, making certain judgments, as the system is called in Fable III, might have consequences.

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Now, and this bit is important, there will be much more Monty Python style humor in this game, according to Peter. You have a butler. I almost gave this information its own story. Why? Because your butler is John Cleese. Hold on, maybe you missed that. Your butler is John Cleese. I also feel I should note the applause to this announcement was akin to a full game announcement. If you do not know who John Cleese is, I suggest some googling, followed by movie rentals, to find out how awesome this is.

As with any Fable game, customization is a big point of focus, and this has been improved all around for Fable III. You know longer gain muscles from adding strength to your character. Instead you gain muscles from using large/heavy weapons. This means you women out there who didn’t like your big buff female heroes can now avoid this much easier. Weapons The wings were shown again, a