Playground Games drops 30 minutes of Fable gameplay

While Fable ended up not being a huge part of the recent Xbox showcase, Playground Games has quickly made up for that with a 30 minute gameplay preview. 

The 30-minute Fable gameplay demo doesn't contain any story spoilers, but it does give us a look at a small side quest, as well as how interactions with NPCs work, how dialogue choices impact events and combat.

I'm not always a fan of the more whimsical fantasy style but I do really like it here. Visually, the game looks great, though there did appear to be some frame drops at points. With around 8 months to go until launch, there is still plenty of time for those little dips to be addressed.

As you would expect from a Fable game, players will be presented with plenty of opportunities to perform good or evil deeds while exploring the open world and its various towns. Your reputation is remembered by NPCs in the area and depending on their personality type, they will either love or hate you. There is more depth to it than that according to the video, but that's the dumbed down version.

Combat seamlessly mixes up magic with melee, and your bow is always on your back and ready to be used too. To me, it looks like a clear improvement over the original with some very fun looking magic abilities.

The jury is still out on how good the main story will be but so far the gameplay and side content looks promising.

KitGuru Says: Fable isn't coming out until February now so we still have a pretty long wait ahead before we can play it for ourselves.  

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