Lord help me, Fable's behind-closed-doors demo has got me very excited

**TL;DR:** Lord help me, Fable's behind-closed-doors demo has got me very excited

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It wouldn't be a Fable preview if I wasn't at least a little bit wary of encouraging you to get your hopes up. But, forgive me, I'm going to. I've seen a good half hour of continuous gameplay and, although it comes with plenty of caveats, it really was fantastic. Playground Games ' Fable reboot looks to be silly, crass, British, beautiful, systemic, and maybe a little overambitious. In other words it looks like Fable.

Indeed few things are more Fable than promising the Moon , after all - 1,000 unique, romanceable, morality driven NPCs! Each with reactive personalities of their own! - and in turn leaving eager players wondering if you can really pull it off. This first look offers some promise that Playground can. And maybe more importantly, that its developers actually get Fable well enough that they know they need to try. Read more

Source: Eurogamer

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Additional context: early-cycle stories often look bigger in headlines than in day-to-day impact. The useful move is to identify the smallest set of facts that would change your decision, then wait for those facts to land.