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Rumour: New Fable game might have MMO-like elements. (See threadmarks)
- Thread starter vestan
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You don't have to play end game content. Just play through the story and move on to the next game.
GaaS only adds value, it doesn't hide the story behind a 100 hour raid grind. Like does it suck that Forza Horizon 4 got more races and events after launch?
Y'all had one job. Nbs..
But makes sense seeing how Sea of Thieves turned around. I'm glad MS are not listening to their freeloading fan base (just kidding don't get mad). But it seems like most just want them to go head-to-head with Sony games and that's not the plan. They have to do what works for them. Great move!
But makes sense seeing how Sea of Thieves turned around. I'm glad MS are not listening to their freeloading fan base (just kidding don't get mad). But it seems like most just want them to go head-to-head with Sony games and that's not the plan. They have to do what works for them. Great move!
Well, I'm gonna go against the grain here and say that I think it's a damn fine pitch. MMO-lite feels like something that'd naturally grow out of one of my favorite bites of the original - boasts at the Heroes' Guild. If you reboot the setting, take it back to that time period, you'd have plenty of justification for a lot of heroes running around, and having that kind of "set your own challenge" mechanic worked in could be either compelling or hilarious, depending on your preferences. Either way, it fits the IP pretty well, and if done right, could be a ton of fun.
MMO/GaaS and I'm out.
I'd only consider buying Fable if it was single player with a great story.
I'd only consider buying Fable if it was single player with a great story.
MMO lite does not say drop in - drop out player worlds being instanced kind of situation to me but i'd give that a look for sure.
I just worry about the whole aesthetic and charm of Fable being lost in an environment where you have 20+ other people all talking to item vendors and getting daily quests and all that stuff. Fable pulled me in somehow in the same glorious way that the Discworld books managed and I would just really... really hate to lose that style/special charm in favor of capturing ... Destiny players? WoW? ...
We'll see
I just worry about the whole aesthetic and charm of Fable being lost in an environment where you have 20+ other people all talking to item vendors and getting daily quests and all that stuff. Fable pulled me in somehow in the same glorious way that the Discworld books managed and I would just really... really hate to lose that style/special charm in favor of capturing ... Destiny players? WoW? ...
We'll see
Like, the Guild was absolutely built to serve as something like the Tower does in Destiny, in-universe. A home and hearth for heroes to gather and take on quests, get gear, etc. There's constant demands for the services of Heroes, so you can just whip up procedural mission variations for grinding in addition to the main story. Have big hub levels (if not an entire instanced map), toss on special Fable touches like lurking trolls and Hobbes and Demon Doors. When you need to advance the story, do Fortnite/Destiny style shared world events where everybody logs on to see what's happening.
This could be really cool.
If it's only a small online feature and the game can be played offline that's fine I'll be happy to play it if that's all it is but fable 3 was the first game I highly anticipated that burnt me and with this rumour having even 5% credibility and with likely no more news for another 12+ months I'm not boarding the hype train just to crash.
When Microsoft revealed this and Avowed, I thought one of them (probably Fable) would be an action-adventure RPG-lite like Horizon to make it distinct from the other as Microsoft wouldn't develop two straight up fantasy RPGs at the same time.
But no not action-adventure, MMO. That kills the interest for me.
On a similar note does anyone know if Everwild is a single player game or a Sea of Thieves alike? The trailers seem to focus quite a lot on groups of people but I don't think it's been confirmed.
But no not action-adventure, MMO. That kills the interest for me.
On a similar note does anyone know if Everwild is a single player game or a Sea of Thieves alike? The trailers seem to focus quite a lot on groups of people but I don't think it's been confirmed.
This type of thing is the reason Fable has also always not been very good.
So this isn't really surprising at all... just disappointing. What I wanted from Microsoft this time around is "we get it, we are making games for you" where "you" is me. But once again it looks like we are going down the path of "we are making games for a market that isn't you and may not exist but hey, if we hit it big we'll make a lot of money from something you will never ever play so whatever"
Your mileage may vary.
Nearly every shot we've had of the game has had 4 people, I'm doubtful it's single player. If it can be played that way, it won't be exclusively so.
I mean, nobody makes games for an audience of 1. I get where you're coming from, but... yeah.
And besides, maybe the issue with Fable's mmo-lite stuff was failure to really capitalize on it.
The point of a GaaS title is that when you decide to return to it after you have left, it feels fresh because of all the new content / features that have been added. No one is forcing you to give your life to it for the duration of the service.
My dude. You could basically crtl+v this to like half the MS trailer threads from today. So little gameplay.
I tend to feel like I've missed everything and I'll never catch up.
Literally the one game in the showcase that I was remotely interested in and now we hear it's an MMO. Yeck.
If I've been waiting over 10 years for a new Fable for it to end up being some microtransaction riddled MMO-lite that ends up being a slow dripfeed of mediocre content rather than an engaging meaty single player story with a robust co-op mode then I'm going to be really, really upset.
Where does this thinking come from? You can have a good story and have online too.
There's so much hate for anything that's not single player on this forum. I truly don't get it.
Nah, we have way too much multiplayer games already
And say...a game like last of us 2 wouldn't be possible if it was multiplayer, and i wanted a Fable with that level o single player quality :(
Going off the thread marks maybe it's like Destiny? In which case I'm even less interested in it?
Most of the people on this forum are social pariahs without friends to be fair.
Bad PR move if it's true. I mean they should have put it out there by now. They can't be thinking "oh it's anyway too early let's drop the fact it's an MMO after a few vertical slices, later"
I would have a dedicated single player experience. If it's a shared world, I hope it's optional like Forza Horizon.
Fable 2 and 3 had coop online iirc so it's not like this is new for fable. If they make the co op worthwhile but also optional it will be really nice
If it is true, this is my belief of what it would be as well. The Fable games have always had something similar anyway on a lesser scale. I'm sure you can play the game by yourself.
Agreed. We'll see how it's all implemented. Crossing fingers they do it right but it has potential.
At this point, this really seems to be true. Honestly the weird aversion people on this forum have with socially interacting through games is just bizarre. The idea that games, should first and foremost, be an inherently singular experience and not evolve to include socializing even when the opportunity presents itself and proves to be successful for the industry is a really sad outlook imo.
