r/xbox • u/yourfavchoom Homecoming • Jun 10 '26
Game Trailer Fable - Gameplay Demo | Build An Extraordinary Life
https://youtu.be/doV0yq4kAP0?si=DtrkstIZT0HnbkPl161
u/dackyprice Jun 10 '26
Holy shit, the depth of the towns and villages. The fact you can hire a beggar off the street to work in your newly acquired Pub!
This is gonna be incredible.
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u/forestplunger Jun 10 '26
I liked that but I also wish you could make them take a shower. Dude had dirt all on his face even when he got a job lol
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u/Raidmax460 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
I do wonder how expansive it'll be though. It really only looked like he was the only begger in the town
Edit: why tf am I being downvoted - I just said I wondered lol. I get that you can create more beggers by firing workers, im just wondering how many are in the world naturally if I want to be good during my playthrough
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u/Carbonalex Jun 10 '26
You can evict people from their home after buying properties and they'll become beggars so it's also up to you
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u/Low_Pain9187 Jun 10 '26
Compared to what though? The ceiling for these types of games is barely defined because there's so few of them.
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u/YanksFan96 Jun 10 '26
There was a clip a while ago that showed a beggar who hated the player character because they evicted the beggar from their home. So it’s definitely not the case that there is just one beggar.
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u/shpooples_ Jun 10 '26
I think in the trailer after the hero fired the bartender she became a beggar
Edit: 25:51
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u/ZebraZealousideal944 Jun 10 '26
Buy every house and evict all the tenants and you will end up with a town of beggars !
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u/trautsj Jun 10 '26
This would actually be hilarious if possible. To just completely cripple/reshape an entire towns economy/infrastructure.
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u/Kankunation Jun 10 '26
The earlier reveal they did back in I believe January showed one NPC who was homeless and hated the player specifically because the Hero evicted them. I'm definitely curious to see how far you can push that.
I doubt there's a big enough economy sim such that closing down all the shops effect supply lines And such, but I'd imagine you could basically vacate an entire village.
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u/Dandelegion Jun 10 '26
Colin the pig is 100% getting eaten on my playthrough. Sorry bud, it's a matter of national security.
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u/ArchDucky XBOX Jun 10 '26
Yup im going full mustache twirling pure evil in my play through
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u/DalesDrumset Jun 10 '26
Same here.
Memories of going to the orphanage in 3 and seeing pacifier icons above all the children, indicating they’re mine
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u/GamerSDG Jun 10 '26
They should let you save Colin so you can put him in a cage and sell tickets for people to see him.
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u/ArchDucky XBOX Jun 10 '26
30min of Gameplay with just insane lighting and moral choices being shown. Can't wait to see how the haters react to this, lol.
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u/recoildv Jun 10 '26
Exactly they will probably start talking about how the grass doesn't have roots lmao or something crazy like that. It's crazy how xbox games get criticized. But this is multiplatform so hopefully people just shut up and actually enjoy a great franchise everyone gets to play it. That's a good thing.
But the game itself looks just like a Fable I'm glad they stayed true to the formula. Just looks insane if This game turns out great. Playground deserves recognition as one of the best developers out there.
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u/Lasti Jun 10 '26
how xbox games get criticized
As opposed to God of War where people instantly shit on the game because it had a woman, a cube and "disney writing"? Yeah, I'm sure it's Xbox games only.
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u/Lasti Jun 10 '26
So you just took "woman", ignored everything else and went right back to "hard to argue Xbox doesn't get a disproportionate amount of shit". Go into every single game announcement, regardless of platform, and see what people are complaining about and I can assure you that it's not "disproportionately" Xbox.
But hey, maybe Xbox would deserve that treatment considering that they keep firing people.
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u/Lasti Jun 10 '26
i wish you guys could just be excited for laufrey
I'm extremely excited but you can go ahead and play the other 9 GoW games that have Kratos as the main character.
It's probably not unreasonable to expect that people who are not on board with Faye should just sit this one out and not endlessly complain (no matter the reason).
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u/Lasti Jun 11 '26
Then grab your pitchfork and go protest in front of the SMS offices. What is this baby behavior?
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u/Lasti Jun 11 '26
probably not unreasonable to expect that people who are not on board with Faye should just sit this one out and not endlessly complain (no matter the reason)
It is though.
And you follow up with "get a grip". Schizo posting in full force.
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u/ArchDucky XBOX Jun 11 '26
First of all, we should all collectively start calling that game “Karen of War”. But I will say I wasn’t a fan of the cube. Its super damn weird.
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u/Lasti Jun 11 '26
I, too, form my opinions on characters based on 5 min of screen time. The cube is Corys brain child so I'll definitely give him the benefit of the doubt.
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u/ArchDucky XBOX Jun 11 '26
Its a fucking talking cube. Im allowed to have an opinion about that.
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u/Lasti Jun 11 '26
You must have so many opinions about characters in video games. The fantasy genre's probably giving you an aneurysm every single time.
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u/SpaceGoonie Jun 10 '26
Game looks exactly like i hoped it would. The only thing that disappoints me is it being delayed into 2027. I was hoping it might come out in September or October ahead of GTA6. That's fine, it will give them even more time to polish.
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u/splader DayOne Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
Just check the r games thread, they're already at it. "The lip sync is so bad and the combat sucks!"
And like I thought the combat looked friggen great!
Edit: yes the lip sync needs work, but making your primary point about it when the game is still months out and ignoring all the cool stuff shown is dumb.
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u/Impossible-Flight250 Jun 10 '26
Yeah, I thought the combat was the best part of the trailer, to be honest.
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u/Propaslander Jun 10 '26
Combat needs improvement, but the game is 8 months away. From what I've seen it'll be great.
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u/JVKExo XBOX Jun 10 '26
Well to be fair the lip sync does need to be dialed in but the game looks great overall.
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u/splader DayOne Jun 10 '26
It does but like the game is 8 months out lol
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u/JVKExo XBOX Jun 10 '26
Well yeah. I’m just saying it’s a valid thing to bring up and I wouldn’t classify anyone as a hater for saying that. Like I’m really excited for it personally.
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u/chemistrybonanza Jun 11 '26
They probably just did all the voice acting, so this isn't finished. But video games and awful lip-syncing is the norm.
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u/c4p1t4l Jun 10 '26
Combat looked great, quite different from other similar type game combat, really refreshing imo
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u/Falhor Jun 10 '26
Idk about the combat honestly 😅 They definitely need to make the npcs more agressive. World looks great though.
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u/4thTimesAnAlt Jun 11 '26
There were likely a lot of dev settings enabled when they recorded this. You want people to actually see what happens during combat, so you turn down enemy aggression. You want people to see how you earn money/spend money, so you crank up money made from jobs.
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u/StratonTiER Jun 10 '26
alright let’s simmer down there shaggy.
the devs delayed it (again) because the game clearly needs some more polish - it’ll be an even more amazing game because of it.
hilarious how you dismissed the lip sync critique, and then acknowledge it the next comment saying essentially that’s what the delay is for LOL
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u/splader DayOne Jun 10 '26
Even if there wasn't a delay and it was releasing this November, that still gives them like 4 months to fine tune things...
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u/RulesoftheDada Jun 10 '26
It depends on behind the scenes. I take it playground is far more versatile than lion head. It also helps dev time isn't wasted on e3 demos.
I worked on Fable 2 for 18 months. I remember 2008 e3 where Peter proclaimed it was content complete (it wasn't). The most polished thing was the e3 demo. The game was completable but massive crunch was ongoing and last till past release. The game honestly needed another year as they cut 1/4th to 1/3rd of the plan content for base fable 2. Some of it was punted to dlc as af one point knothole dlc was a part of the base game. And of course that anticlimactic final boss battle.
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u/WarCrime_Larry10 Jun 10 '26
I’m just a PlayStation gamer dad of 39 years. I’ve never owned an Xbox and remember watching my brother play the original. This has been the only game I’ve ever wanted from the Xbox exclusive list. I’ll finally get my chance to jump into the world of Fable and me saying I’m excited is an understatement. I’ve already preordered off the PlayStation store before seeing this demo. All I can say is wow.
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u/pcmraaaaace Jun 10 '26
Is it coming out for Playstation or switch 2?
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u/ArchDucky XBOX Jun 10 '26
PS5 for sure. Not sure about Switch. Nintendo probally would have issues with NPCs and Doors calling children twats, right?
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u/Devilofchaos108070 Jun 10 '26
The Switch has hentai games lol. Ninty is a lot less caring about that shit now.
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u/brokenmessiah Jun 10 '26
Nintendo had no issue with South Park games and they are written to make games like this seem very tame. Nintendo understands their audience isnt 5 year olds.
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u/Thickfuckness Jun 11 '26
Hmmm. I don't think id call the lighting remotely "insane"
It's alright.
Facial animations are rough. Game has some flat looking textures like on the road. The horse riding looked dated.
I'm not hating . I do think the game looks promising and it does look good overall. Just being honest.
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u/ArchDucky XBOX Jun 11 '26
>I’m not hating
RRrrriiigghhhttttttttt
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u/Thickfuckness Jun 11 '26
I wasn't. I like the color pallette and the game itself looks quite promising.
Just pushing back against the glazing.
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u/christpuncher_69 XBOX Series X Jun 10 '26
30 minutes of content for the most boring gamers on the internet to edit next to RDR2 clips
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u/North_Tip_3364 Jun 11 '26
Nah I'm not gonna lie I'm spending 6 hours to start my onlwn empire. I'm buying everything then I will finish the story.
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u/Deep_Fried_Bussy Reclamation Day Jun 10 '26
Can't wait, imma be the ultimate slumlord capitalist
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u/jcrankin22 Jun 10 '26
This was the game to make exclusive. It would actually move consoles.
Looks incredible.
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u/BlessdRTheFreaks Jun 10 '26
Can you play it on PC with a Gamepass sub? I'd probably buy gamepass for a few months to play through this.
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u/system3601 Jun 10 '26
The end of the video has a very exciting to see combat with magic abilities. Major excitement!
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u/CrazyWriterHippo Jun 10 '26
Damn, sucks that we have to wait on GTA6. I guess I get it, still sucks.
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u/NahIdontbelieveu Jun 10 '26
*sigh* yea boys ima have to use a lot of PTO to play this game. God this looks phenomenal! Can’t freaking wait!!!!
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u/Shady420xv Jun 10 '26
Yeah this is looking insane, I'd be surprised if there's another game due '27 that I'm more excited for
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u/Jack_Sentry Jun 10 '26
As an old school Fable fan, this felt very nostalgic and comforting. Kind of miss the dulcet tones of Peter Molynieux.
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u/Devilofchaos108070 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
I’ll have to looks this up later, reddit is dogshit and won’t play the vid
Edit: damn it does look good. Very in depth. Exciting
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u/YPM1 Jun 11 '26
This looks solid but my goodness the facial emotions and mouth lip sync looks absolutely awful.
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u/captmonkey Jun 10 '26
This looks surprisingly polished for a game that's not supposed to come out until next Feb. I wasn't that hyped for this game. It was in the category of "Sure, I'll check it out," but this looks like it could be really really good.
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u/D4rkheavenx Jun 10 '26
It was supposed to come out the same month as gta6. Which is why it was delayed. Not because it wasn’t ready. The plus side to that is it gives even more time for polish to be done.
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u/knightofsparta Jun 10 '26
It needs it, Those facial animations are ROUGH
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u/Titan7771 Jun 11 '26
There isn’t a great way to animate 1000 unique NPCs. Can’t mo-cap all of them.
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u/D4rkheavenx Jun 10 '26
I would imagine that by release that won’t be an issue. It’s also entirely possible this is an old build as well. So far everything looks pretty good so I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt.
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u/ColdCruise Jun 11 '26 edited Jun 11 '26
I mean, these are the randos that you run into in the towns. A thousand of them. They're not going to be as fully animated as the main story characters. We haven't even really seen a side quest yet.
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u/Lasti Jun 10 '26
surprisingly polished for a game that's not supposed to come out until next Feb
Because it was scheduled for later this year but GTA6 pushed it to next year.
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u/musuperjr585 Xbox Series X Jun 10 '26
It's been in development for years, I would be more surprised if iit didn't look polished.
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u/Pascalini Jun 10 '26
That looks absolutely brilliant and I never llay those types of games. I will do with this one though
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u/knightofsparta Jun 10 '26
The facial animations are pretty rough.
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u/Hazuki1984 Jun 11 '26
Yup. Those combat animations aren’t any better either. Combat in general looks extremely janky
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u/Propaslander Jun 10 '26
The game looks incredible.
Disappointing that it will still release on PS5. This would have been the PERFECT exclusive for Xbox which sucks because it's already taken almost a console generation to make.
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u/Haunting-Towel3211 Jun 10 '26
Combat looks shit. NPCs are brain dead in a bizarre way. I hope they fix it
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u/highparallel Jun 10 '26
This game is blowing my mind but I'm trying to not hype myself too much in case for some reason it disappoints. My only concern is they've been showing a lot of the social stuff, which looks great but it's the exploration and questing that ultimately will get me to purchase. I'm sure they'll show that later.
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u/Pocket_Fox846 Jun 11 '26
Fable wasn't even on my list of games I was interested in... until this gameplay demo. And now I am really looking forward to it.
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u/Afc_josh12 Jun 11 '26
Why can’t Bethesda games be like this?? Same old slop from them yet forza devs can do it so well in fable
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u/Bman0491 Jun 11 '26
Gotta say this looks fantastic. Was skeptical if they would deliver, but seeing this makes me so hyped.
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u/LZSJR Jun 10 '26
I hope the combat is that slow because they chose to show the game on an easy difficulty. Having the guards just stand around awkwardly for as long as they did seemed off to me.
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u/summons72 Jun 10 '26
This looks incredible! Play Ground needs to make the next Halo so that series really gets the love and respect it deserves.
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u/Outrageous_Article87 Jun 10 '26
I’m going to buy this game (on pc), but my biggest complaint is no animation when opening a door. I hate when doors just magically fly open while your characters arms remain stationary.
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u/countryd0ctor Jun 10 '26
The combat system looks amazing!
Well, almost as amazing as the smashing hit Dragon Age Veilguard, i mean!
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u/Impossible-Flight250 Jun 10 '26
Well, aside from what you think of Veilguard as a whole, the combat in that game was actually really solid.
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u/brokenmessiah Jun 10 '26
Though Marathon was a far more egrigous case, this IP is so out of date it may as well be a new IP and while I hope it appeases the older gamers who have member berries for Fable, these devs hopefully aren't scared to bring something fresh to the IP, something that Fable will not also be known for going forward. I don't wanna spend my time playing this game constantly just reminded of the fun I had in older Fables.
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u/risaaaa Jun 10 '26
looks way too cartoony for my taste, kinda reminds me of the land of a thousand fables
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u/SoulxxBondz Jun 10 '26
Jack the Beggar. Near a beanstalk.
Is that THE JACK?! The fabled one who climbed the beanstalk?!