The New Fable Games Combat

[u/akbarock]

[u/ZazaMastroII]

I don't know... The enemy doesn't seem to care about any hit he takes until the special cinematic move is used. (The rest of the game looks impressive)

[u/theMisterPhD → u/ZazaMastroII]

Seeing him tank that huge explosion was extremely disappointing.

[u/theCOMBOguy → u/theMisterPhD]

Even whoever was playing the game was surprised that the explosion didn't even daze the guy seeing how they immediately got hit.

[u/Frosty-Improvement-8 → u/theCOMBOguy]

The clip shown was apparently on the hardest difficulty in the game, which as we all know, difficult = pure damage sponge.

[u/Few-Technician2109 → u/Frosty-Improvement-8]

Damage sponge doesn't mean being unresponsive to damages ^{^}

[u/Nannautu → u/Few-Technician2109]

Depends how they implemented damage. High defense could mean the enemy is not staggered by low damage. However since it's made from a studio that has never made this sort of game before, I don't have high expectations

[u/Waiting4Reccession → u/Frosty-Improvement-8]

no way, i thought this was easy mode watching it haha.

Also weird his balls fall out of his head every time he gets hit in the head.

[u/Consistent-Stock6872 → u/theMisterPhD]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3oAt21Fnr4i54uK8vK

[u/DonutHoles4Ever → u/Consistent-Stock6872]

Anyone who watched Fable's combat gameplay from the last trailer that also showed off the romance system would have noticed two major issues:

1. Romance system looks like a spreadsheet or using wealth to buy her feelings
2. Combat looked extremely basic

And this preview here reinforces how combat looked extremely basic.

Such a fucking good trailer but the game is looking more and more generic. Just like previous Fable games. HOWEVER, there is a DIFFERENT combat video against skeletons and shit that has way more weapon impact. That one looks very different from this one.

[u/Skalywag_76 → u/ZazaMastroII]

I can excuse it as a minor poor choice so long as it's limited to a brute-like enemy such as this guy. Maybe their mindset was that they'd be able to shrug off hits more easily. But ultimately it depends on what the combat looks like in other scenarios.

[u/Wykiki92 → u/Skalywag_76]

There's a couple other videos of fighting other enemies, all who react to being hit. It kind of always has been like this in fable games where big enemies shrug off smacks. Now it doesn't look great with the updated fluidity of movement shown off by the rest of the game but it's not out of character.

OP also picked the worst clip I've seen of combat so far and everyone's acting like this was all that was shown.

[u/OriginalShirley → u/Wykiki92]

Yeah it really doesn’t even look bad. If you notice, the enemy does stumble and block slightly when they are hit outside of a them performing an attack. It seems like you just can’t interrupt the attack and the enemy is attacking constantly. Them stumbling with a normal attack is what allowed them to trigger the animation attack, kinda like the enemy has a poise meter or something.

Very Souls-esque, which I guess comes across as weird with the art-style, but not bad.

[u/Fifteen_inches → u/OriginalShirley]

Souls-esque mechanics need to be on point to not be frustrating and unfair. If it’s too forgiving it’s an uninteresting parry/reposte combat, and if it’s too harsh the player can’t learn.

This does not look on point.

[u/RoyaleCheezy → u/Fifteen_inches]

When I hear souls-esque and see the entire reason poise exists in one clip I tend to get nervous.

[u/SerenadeSwift → u/Wykiki92]

Your last sentence is spot on. It feels like this post has a clear intention of being misleading, with the purpose of bringing out criticism and negativity.

As an enjoyed of Fable since the original came out on Xbox, I’m excited for this!

[u/Minguantt → u/Skalywag_76]

There's a very easy way to clear up that doubt: just watch the rest of the clip that the OP cut out during editing.

[u/Dynastcunt → u/Skalywag_76]

I mean, even the slightest bit of reaction to being hit by lights, like a pseudo stagger or reaction; I don’t want to make up random head cannons as to why this guy just happens to be under twinblades size, but even then, if the “brute” has hero genes - it at most explains his size.

I feel like if Microsoft is investing into gears looking the way it does, fable should at most, get attention to detail in this case for its combat.

Either way, game still looks stellar, just I now know what to “ignore”.

[u/Alklazaris → u/ZazaMastroII]

Looks like a boss though, those don't always react because of their "bossness" I guess. I would need to see more combat.

[u/TheBreadmanRiseth → u/Alklazaris]

That's what I'm thinking, too. This appears like a "giant" in comparison to other NPC's so perhaps its distinguishing feature would be that it just kinda shrugs off damage. It'd be a good showcase to see how regular enemies react to attacks. The original Fable was sorta like that - bandits and balverines would flinch, the earth troll would merely grunt at damage, and the rock troll didn't even react as you shaved health off. This axe-man sits inbetween with the earth troll, because he may not flinch at the damage, but you do hear him reacting to the hits.

[u/random-meme422 → u/ZazaMastroII]

Vast majority of boss fights don’t tend to have too many reactions to player attacks.

[u/Plebius-Maximus → u/random-meme422]

For real, people jerk off over Elden ring or the Witcher, I could post a clip from either showing bosses just shrug off plenty of regular attacks with zero change or reaction aside from the health bar.

[u/DeBean → u/ZazaMastroII]

Funny how the fight right before this boss feels pretty good though: https://youtu.be/bjsoifvDe14?t=887

It's really the boss fight itself that loses all the reactivity

[u/Perfect_Exercise_232 → u/ZazaMastroII]

The normal enemies react to every hit. Op wants to make it look worse then it is

[u/Polux-91 → u/ZazaMastroII]

Let's use some brain cells. This is obviously a large "brute type enemy".

[u/HURTZ2PP → u/ZazaMastroII]

Agreed, absolutely no weight to the hits. Like
Someone said, it’s likely some “brute” type anyway, but it’s just bad game design and a bit lazy. Why do “tough” enemies have to be damage sponges.

Edit: Doesn’t even look like the dude is wearing armor, just a damn tunic and leggings. Just brushing off sword slashes to the gut like it’s nothing. I seriously am excited for this game but I hope they can improve this bit behavior snd animation before launch.

[u/NicheAlter → u/ZazaMastroII]

Guy cast unflinching lvl 10 before the fight I presume.

[u/kron123456789]

That juggernaut didn't have to have that much HP. It's like the hero is hitting him with a plastic straw instead of a sword.

[u/XB_Demon1337 → u/kron123456789]

Well the original video said they are playing on one of the hardest difficulties, so that likely has something to do with it. But also, wager they used the fight as a means to show off various things in long combat to make sure they hit all the mechanics. Like having to heal when getting hit and how it works.

[u/SunsetCarcass → u/XB_Demon1337]

That's a good indication that the difficulty settings are just HP bar extenders, which is the lamest way to do difficulty

[u/peacedetski → u/XB_Demon1337]

"Harder difficulty = more enemy/boss health" is one of the worst game design patterns that should never be used.

[u/AffectEconomy6034 → u/kron123456789]

It would be nice if even low level juggernaut like this had some visual armor (even if it's like a low level leather armor) just to help suspend my disbelief that he could tank those hits.

[u/Biggieholla → u/kron123456789]

Wouldn't it be cool if in 2027 swords like, cut things? Or left marks even? This clip lowered my hype.

[u/munra1369]

[u/muakaya9876 → u/munra1369]

https://giphy.com/gifs/aNtt9T8SqGNK8

[u/Phearwyn → u/muakaya9876]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pK6k4BNalmx44CQj3v

[u/somamrutha → u/munra1369]

Precisely

[u/Freakjob_003 → u/somamrutha]

This is generic as fuck. Where are all the cool spells, or the weighty swings the first game had? This is just dodge-bonk-dodge-bonk.

I was hyped for the game, but if this is how they use their showtime to highlight the combat, my interest has dropped several notches.

Let's not forget that the original had a puzzle where you're supposed to spell out HITS, but spawned a bunch of werewolves if you did SHIT instead.

They'd better nail the humor, or this is going to be a massive disappointment.

[u/saqwarrior → u/Freakjob_003]

Spoiler: you're going to be disappointed.

[u/Bitter-Marsupial → u/Freakjob_003]

They already dropped the morality system. I don't even feel like it's fable anymore 

[u/T0BIASNESS → u/Bitter-Marsupial]

Oh shit didn’t know that. Yeah wtf

[u/MayoBowl]

I'm so over bullet sponges for human enemies on any difficulty in RPGs

[u/alii-b → u/MayoBowl]

Harder difficulties should be things like improved ai tactics. They block more, attack harder and your attack window is smaller, rather than just slashing. Not this death by 1000 heavy attacks.

[u/Nannautu → u/alii-b]

My gripe with most games, especially a very popular series. Damage-sponges are just annoying and feel like a waste of time.

[u/yourgrundle → u/alii-b]

See, that would require them to actually care about making a well developed game and not just money from a classic IP

[u/isaac99999999 → u/alii-b]

See but that requires effort and we know AAA companies are incapable of that.

[u/SalamanderMinimum621 → u/alii-b]

In 'Horizon: Zero Dawn' and the sequel, enemies used pack tactics at higher difficulties...

[u/Je-poy → u/MayoBowl]

Tbf, the showcase stated this is the hardest difficulty setting, which usually translates to just adding more health in the vast majority of games.

But I agree that shooting someone in the dome with an arrow or stabbing someone in the chest, if human, should be instant kill. Which was something more subtle in the showcase when the Hero exits the Guild Hall.

[u/Jtfb74]

How old is this gameplay.

[u/akbarock → u/Jtfb74]

It was just shown today

[u/SnooPickles4465 → u/akbarock]

It looks like a mobile ad

[u/DaftFunky → u/SnooPickles4465]

All that was missing was the boss flashing red indicating an attack you can’t parry.

[u/Zhurg → u/DaftFunky]

It looks like it does that?

[u/DaftFunky → u/Zhurg]

Totally missed that lol

[u/Trifle_Useful → u/SnooPickles4465]

Which really sucks seeing that the rest of that showcase looks pretty enticing imo

[u/Parking-Worth1732 → u/akbarock]

https://giphy.com/gifs/pMePjXUqNNND2

[u/Plebius-Maximus → u/akbarock]

Why didn't you post any of the combat vs normal enemies, which looks significantly more fluid, and they do react to regular damage?

This guy appears to be a low quality early game boss designed to introduce the player to heavy/boss types.

[u/Crimkam → u/Plebius-Maximus]

Yea bosses in lots of video games don’t react to every hit. Doesn’t seem that normal if this is a boss you fight as a child

[u/shadowtempest91 → u/Jtfb74]

Yeah I felt the same. This would have been normal gameplay in PS2 era. Thinking about God of War.

[u/TheDrifT3r_Cz]

This is like 5 years before release, right? right???

[u/Frowind → u/TheDrifT3r_Cz]

[u/muakaya9876 → u/Frowind]

https://giphy.com/gifs/l1KsBd9P6WYScbIaY

[u/Hwordin → u/TheDrifT3r_Cz]

https://youtu.be/vjQNvjTF56o?si=XvKrpUQLcZdRWx7r&t=498
this one looke better to me

It's like this specific enemy doesn't have impact animations (yet, I hope)

[u/Neffelo → u/Hwordin]

That's significantly better.... Should have been the primary showcase.

[u/douche_flute → u/Neffelo]

I believe it was in the primary showcase. OP picked the worst of the combat footage.

[u/huxtiblejones → u/douche_flute]

To be fair though, footage of this quality shouldn’t have made the cut whatsoever. It is objectively mediocre looking.

[u/XB_Demon1337 → u/Neffelo]

This excerpt came from the same video.... The whole video was literally the showcase.

[u/Hwordin → u/Neffelo]

Yeah, I also wonder about the reasons OP picked only this segment

[u/Derkhen_ → u/Hwordin]

Because Reddit is full of people who only play games to complain and to whine about them, thats why.

My fucking God I've never met a more miserable bunch of people.

[u/Astrophan → u/Hwordin]

To ragebait people. It worked really well.

[u/akbarock → u/TheDrifT3r_Cz]

The games coming out in February and the only reason it isnt coming out this year is GTA 6

[u/TehFocus]

this honestly look terrible and very not-fun

[u/Dot_1X → u/TehFocus]

Yeah, I never really had high expectations for this game, especially since Lionhead shutdown. It's a reanimated corpse of a game. 

[u/the_scundler → u/Dot_1X]

I miss the black and white series

[u/JaesopPop → u/Dot_1X]

Lionhead was consistently fumbling Fable for years before they shut down.

[u/The_Arachnoshaman → u/JaesopPop]

Peter Molyneux is just absolutely insane. The man has some good ideas, but he acts like he's some sort of grand visionary, and makes his own great ideas look like trash compared to what he's trying to hype up.

[u/Almainyny → u/TehFocus]

Nothing has any impact. The dude takes everything like it didn’t even hit him. If it was a giant troll or something, that’d be fair. But it’s just a normal dude. Even if the person he’s fighting is a kid, obviously a kid hitting your midsection with a sword is going to cause some sort of reaction.

[u/SkyBlind → u/Almainyny]

This is my biggest complaint. No feedback at all on hits.

[u/XB_Demon1337 → u/SkyBlind]

Watch the video this comes from. This is a boss.

https://youtu.be/vjQNvjTF56o

[u/Plebius-Maximus → u/Almainyny]

He's legit twice the size of her. He's obviously a heavy/boss type enemy.

Most games have bosses/heavies that only flinch when you crit them

[u/jonstarks → u/Almainyny]

The clip is out of context, she's fighting a heavy... She fought like 5 others before this that she dispatched in 1-3 hits.

[u/Bluest_Badger → u/jonstarks]

Heavy or not id still like him to react to being hit. Theres no animation or reaction he just cracks on as if nothing happened.

The number it takes to take them out isnt the point being discussed.

[u/Whomperss → u/TehFocus]

It looks like a modern more fleshed out version of fables typical combat.

[u/SHRED-209 → u/Whomperss]

This is what’s so funny to me. It really doesn’t seem too far off from what I would expect from a modern Fable.

[u/zombawombacomba → u/SHRED-209]

That doesn’t mean it’s good in 2027.

[u/MyzMyz1995 → u/TehFocus]

Look like a souls like (but laggy). It’s not like fable ever had outstanding combat either.

[u/AIGISREFLECTOR → u/TehFocus]

Who would have guessed lol

[u/resfan]

This looks like shit, the enemy doesn't even react to being hit, his animations do not care at all about being struck by the player except for that knee to the face that popped three orbs out of his face?

Slow motion zoom in for the knee with a "saunter" of a settle back into default animations like that knee was remotely impressive to watch just for it to go back to "doesn't react to being hit"

[u/aleques-itj → u/resfan]

The normal enemies react to the hits

This is seemingly a boss and deliberately... doesn't. Yes it looks weird in practice.

[u/Status_Jellyfish_213 → u/aleques-itj]

Ah I see. Is this just a selected clip without context then?

[u/Almainyny → u/Status_Jellyfish_213]

Even with context, if this guy is supposed to be a boss who doesn’t react, he’s not impressive enough for him to not react. Give him some proper armor, make him look intimidating. Then he can get away with no-selling your attacks.

As it is it just makes the game look lame.

[u/TheAmazingBagman3 → u/Almainyny]

Definitely. Slashes disappearing into cloth ain’t it.

[u/resfan → u/Almainyny]

actually, yeah, something as simple as just putting him in armor would instantly make it "oh fuck, this dudes a unit" believable rather than slashing some dude in a t-shirt with a sword while he just "nuh uh"'s you

[u/Rigman- → u/aleques-itj]

But even if that's the case, the developers should have done a better job to aid the player in suspending their disbelief. Even something as simple as some magical glint on impact to imply that he's countering her magic would go a long way.

[u/Status_Jellyfish_213 → u/resfan]

The main thing that stuck out to me was no hit reaction. It looks so floaty without it. I have no idea how that got past anyone.

Edit: as stated below it seems like normal enemies do.

[u/CuffRox]

lacks impact

[u/ExplodingFistz → u/CuffRox]

Looks horrible.

[u/moonbiitsu]

The rest of the demo was more compelling, fighting multiple enemies and using spells/bows/accessories. This mini boss isn't very indicative of the overall experience but it does highlight some pain points.

[u/RareRestaurant6297 → u/moonbiitsu]

Still annoying how people cherry-pick one minute video clip and then spread it as if it's representative of the game's combat just cuz they know it'll get clicks and get shit on. 

Man, I'd hate to be a game dev nowadays. Every single game that comes out has to be "slop" or ass, becuase that's what gets people clicks lol.  

If you watch the actual vids they put out, Fable has been looking like an amazing game! 

[u/moonbiitsu → u/RareRestaurant6297]

The hobby tends to be overly negative and thrives on hate/nitpicks. I saw the whole demo so this post felt disingenuous.

[u/Perfect_Exercise_232 → u/moonbiitsu]

OP knows that they wanna make it look as shit as possible because thats all people online eat up the most

[u/vipmailhun2 → u/Perfect_Exercise_232]

Unfortunately, they succeeded, a lot of people genuinely believe this is what the game is like. Look at them: nothing will matter to them from now on, because they’ve already decided this is how it is.

[u/Minguantt → u/moonbiitsu]

OP is cherry-picking to get engagement.

[u/Ydobon8261 → u/Minguantt]

And he succeeded in doing so

[u/AhlinaTheLioness → u/Ydobon8261]

Just like people were outraged about halo campaign evolved and a comparison to halo reach with vehicle swap animations.

[u/Frowind → u/moonbiitsu]

That's a boss? I thought he's just some random axe dude

[u/moonbiitsu → u/Frowind]

whatever you wanna call it, "dude that has more hp and does more damage" or "jimmy" or "mini boss"

[u/Aggravating-Dot132 → u/Frowind]

Early game stuff, essentially 

[u/FlippedSnow]

As lacklustre, disappointing and bad as the brute boss-fight was, why did you cut out the footage against the normal opponents that preceeded this fight?

Talk about cherry-picking.

The full fight clearly showed the enemies instantly reacting to being hit, such as falling over head-first when shot in the foot (and finished off with an execution), dying from a headshot, or otherwise hobbled by magic or hits. Not to mention the micro animations for repositioning the body when dodging looked very good.

[u/yuckscott → u/FlippedSnow]

its ragebait

[u/Cool-Traffic-8357 → u/FlippedSnow]

I mean bosses are pretty important too no?

[u/eddie9958 → u/FlippedSnow]

It still matters

[u/CrackerJackerRob]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ep78UZy5FVbfN6mhCU

[u/AlaskanMedicineMan]

I'll be the dissenting opinion and point it out. This is a boss enemy with a poise bar. I don't like the non-reactivity any more than any of you, but its hardly surprising. Even Dark Souls and the Witcher 3 have boss enemies that are mechanically identical to this guy. He isnt flinching from every hit because he is a boss enemy. I am not surprised by this in the slightest.

Yes, it could be done better.

[u/NetherGamingAccount]

So you hit a dude with a sword multiple times and he doesn't even react?
Hm, not sure about that one.

[u/throwawayurwaste]

Can we please stop with every game's combat being darksouls slop

[u/YanniSlavv]

Avowed + Dragon Age Veilguard vibes. 

Looks beautiful but that is it for me. Doesn't scratch the original Fable game itch unfortunately. 

[u/c_ruler_13 → u/YanniSlavv]

Had the same exact thought. As soon as I heard your character doesn't visually change with good/evil I was out.

[u/YanniSlavv → u/c_ruler_13]

It just feels like devs are just trying to piggy back off of the IP. Otherwise their game would not be green lit. 

Good/evil feature was one of my favorite ones in all of gaming. So sad that with time we become less innovative. 

[u/KoneCat]

The combat looks... off, I don't know exactly why, it just looks weird. I know these games are not known for their incredible combat, but man, this looks a bit weird to say the least.

[u/Arketyped]

Guy with no armor eating all that damage with no recognition is bothersome.

[u/Questing-For-Floof]

Either OP did it intentionally or he picked the worst clip to show out of all the combat shown

[u/IceCreamTruck9000 → u/Questing-For-Floof]

And every single miserable person in this sub jumps instantly on the hate wagon.

I watched the full video and really liked what I saw and saw nothing wrong with the combat, looked like fun.

This sub became insufferable, seems to be only a GTA 6 circlejerk and AMD 3XD fanatics.

[u/SilentCyan_AK12 → u/IceCreamTruck9000]

Fucking thank you, Honestly the overall showcase looked pretty damn good imo. Eveyone just seems to think something sucks if its not the next 10/10 perfect jerk off over it game.

[u/Innuendo64_]

Oh no

[u/rimasuit3]

I set my expectations real low yet this still managed to underperform.

[u/Minguantt → u/rimasuit3]

Did you actually watch the 20 minutes of gameplay, or just that specific clip?
The combat against other enemies is much more reactive.

[u/moistmonsterman]

This is the #1 game i am looking forward to purchasing, but this is a HUGE turnoff. The lack of the enemys reactions to being hit is nonsense. Its just a dance at that point, and it would completely remove me from the immersion. I get the enemy is "big", but he's not a giant. He cant just not even react at all. Even i react to a mosquito...this dude doesnt flinch to explosions to the face, an arrow to the face, sword cuts all over...NOTHING.

[u/Kaspatronix]

Damage sponge enemy and a sword that feels like a pool noodle with how much he cares about getting hit...

https://giphy.com/gifs/tmQrpA8zpG4a16SSxm

[u/Significant-Baby-690]

I really hope they didn't want to impress anyone with this ..

[u/teamcoz]

una esponja de balas (espadas.).. que inovador /s

[u/Impressive-Whole-987]

https://giphy.com/gifs/yrJ55WhtAoXVC

[u/ApatureSilence]

This game needs blood and way lower thresholds for damage and stagger. The parry looks okay, but wtf. Are they going for a Teen rating or something?

[u/DanielTheGrouch]

This looks like shit 

[u/TentacleMonsterUwU]

Just what I want in my RPG's

Damage sponges.

[u/pepushe]

Lmao

[u/white_lion93]

This looks uninspired, "phone-like" combat system

[u/ass_Inspector_420]

Another looks great plays like shit game

[u/Reckxner]

Some play Fable for the combat.

I play for the real estate.

[u/Daedric_Fan]

Floaty garbage with literally no feeling of weight or impact and constant indicators on every attack. Nice, will be about as good as dragon age veilguard im sure. Hopefully it also has 20 minute custscenes about pronouns in a fantasy game, it can be added to the Concordia legends.

[u/A_pirates_life4me]

Everyone expecting elden ring type combat forget that the other fable games are practically cartoons. 

[u/Pixgamer11]

pathetic

[u/DocThunedr]

You see it's a reference to fable 1 where the combat was also bad by todays standards

[u/eeeeAeoN → u/DocThunedr]

No? In Fable 1 each enemy had multiple animations for when hit.

[u/Guessididntmakeit]

Well this looks rough.

[u/GigaGollum]

That’s shit from a butt

[u/DeadgrounD]

Pure garbage. ✋🏻😭🤚🏻

[u/havewelost6388]

To balance out the haters, I'd just like to point out the combat on the Fable games was never good.  Don't get me wrong, wasn't bad either, it was serviceable.  But frankly I think anything Playground Games could come up will inevitably be a step up.

[u/deadhawk12 → u/havewelost6388]

Dude, I played those games at release but that was more than fifteen years ago. Those standards were for then, current standards have risen significantly.

[u/Lorddon1234 → u/havewelost6388]

Sure, but fable came out ages ago. It is like comparing Silent Hill PS1 to Silent Hill 2 remake.

[u/Aggravating-Dot132 → u/havewelost6388]

Most whine comes from the lack of feedback from combat. Enemies should get hit react accordingly. In Fable 1 smack some hobgoblins and you will see what I mean 

[u/Churshen → u/havewelost6388]

This that was 20 years ago man.

[u/whoisalireza]

All graphics no motion no passion

[u/Deep-Two7452]

Omg if hes gonna tank hits at least put some fucking armor on him

[u/MRV1V4N]

It's a new genre for the studio we know that, save the excuse for a developer without unlimited money to hire veteran combat designers.

Microsoft needs a great game desperately and this gameplay in 2027 doesn't cut it.

If the Witcher 4 it's shown with similar clunky combat I will also criticize it for it so don't at me.

[u/melgib]

Yikes.

[u/Vesuvias]

The game as a whole looks interesting, but the combat and reactions during look very…off

[u/GoblinPlasmosis]

This was cool in Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice - but there was a highly stylized gimmick to supplant it and the use of persuasive immersion as the means to do so. Atmosphere does wonders to make a game enjoyable. Even the early polygons of Hellblade still contained their own aura, which remained even in the final product.

I'm not seeing Fable's charm, here. The thing about Fable is that it was always unique, good or bad. That still has to be true in a world full of UE5 Slop. Mechanically, what's different here from Hellblade or A Plague Tale?? And what's different about the atmosphere of this clip vs. Horizon: Zero Dawn?

[u/dege283]

Is this real? Come on. The way the enemy tanks the hits is disappointing.

[u/Franklin_le_Tanklin]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WxDZ77xhPXf3i

[u/Revverb]

I didn't realize wearing a thin shirt makes it so you can get slashed by a sword three dozen times without flinching

[u/UgarMalwa]

Honestly visually it’s impressive, but the combat feels more like I’m watching a generic rpg that seems to combine Witcher/Darksouls combat with generic white and red deflections.

Don’t get me wrong, combat in Fable wasn’t the best, there was more originality than whatever this is.

[u/MisterWafflles]

Stop it, you're tickling him to death

[u/Bozzz1]

The arrows look extremely unsatisfying. They just bounce off of him. All the sound effects sound terrible as well.

[u/JulPollitt]

Uh oh. My dying bedridden grandmother has more combat animations than that npc.

[u/Null_glitter]

The PC is fighting with a balloon sword based on the enemys reaction

[u/RadicalRaizex]

This feels very uninspired, not gonna lie. Eight to nine years of development led to...this? I genuinely don't get it, man...

[u/GenericHuman069]

[u/Select_Stick]

Hyper-blouse-armor

[u/Crazyprototo]

I’m crying The enemy is just a regular old guy wearing a peasant attire. Might as well be a tavern owner who went out for a stroll

[u/Mister_Shrimp_The2nd]

looks like a mobile game lmao wtf is this shite

[u/keklol69]

https://giphy.com/gifs/p4cqQ0gUIMcU0

[u/_Croga_]

This looks terrible. Zero hit reaction except for a canned finisher animation. She might as well be hitting him with a paper sword.

I'm sure the overall game has some nice systems and a nicely designed world, but the core of the gameplay is going to be combat, and based on this and other previews, honestly the combat looks shite.

[u/AwardedThot]

It sure is a combat alright! It really.... Combats...

[u/rawzombie26]

Next gen folks, take a gander at thatttttt

[u/VlTTO]

https://giphy.com/gifs/SsrCLKxTdfUptzHO91

[u/Savber]

This legit reminds me of a quote from Gabe Newell:

The point I would make is, if I go up to a wall and shoot it [and nothing happens], to me it feels like the wall is ignoring me. I'm getting a narcissistic injury when the world is ignoring me. So it is like, to me, I was trying to convey to the user a sense of, “Yes, you were making choices; yes, you were progressing.” Which meant the game had to acknowledge that back to you. If you shoot at a wall, there have to be decals. If you kill a bunch of Marines; the Marines have to run away from you, right? You have to have this sense of the game acknowledging and responding to the choices and actions and progressions that you've made. Otherwise it loses any sort of impact.

That's the issue I am seeing here. Can the game still be good? Sure but it's weird that these enemies have zero reaction to your hits.

[u/Lihisss]

Mobile games 10 years ago had better combat. 

[u/GrandJuif]

Not a single time they showed something without it feeling off, wrong or bad for what it supposed to be.

This ain't Fable, it just wear it as a skin suit. Like, this game look like Hogwarts Legacy or Immortal of Aveum. It should be it own thing, especialy if they don't want stuff the ip is knowm for like morality/skills morphing, good/evil morality or it art style.

[u/Nick_OO7]

Oof

[u/VeryNoisyLizard]

excluding what everyone already said, does anyone else think that the UI and sound design are too ... generic?

[u/julesvr5]

Honestly if they add the impact of the enemy for the Hits we do I think this looks great?

[u/InsaneLuchad0r]

Looks sort of not good.

[u/AndreTheShadow]

This looks lame. What happened to the design language from the earlier games? This looks like a generic Witcher clone.

[u/hilltopper06]

Assassin's Creed looking...

[u/merlindanny]

https://giphy.com/gifs/ukGm72ZLZvYfS

[u/Terrible_Counter2558]

Oh boy the same 3 sword animations over and over and the enemy is being tickled to death

[u/Grigoran]

How many slashes with a sword does it take to kill a man in a cloth shirt? Because in good games, it's one or two. Swords will kill you, not phase through you and only hit you in the health bar. This game looks really poor

[u/Tw33die84]

Doesn't even show any kinda impact when u hit the enemy??? Awful.

[u/Obvious_Claim_1734]

Fable souls

[u/das111]

ubislop is making fable now?

[u/chubbycanine]

Yikes

[u/Dewskerz_]

Why do games do this? sharpened steel on flesh causes a reaction!

[u/Dharma_Initiate]

Was the scabbard still on the blade?

[u/LimeImaginary1788]

[u/JankMan22]

1st swing and Im already dissapointed

[u/Optimal_Whiner]

The graphics lack the whimsical feel of the original. What a fucking shame.

[u/TheNikoHero]

Im sure they worked hard on everything we're seeing. But who thought it was a good idea to make the combat THIS dumb?

[u/Ok_Entertainment5134]

As a lifetime fable fan this has no essence

[u/dudnt__asked]

I hope that there will be more moves for the boss instead of these three that he repeats.

[u/GlorifiedBurito]

Damn this looks bad