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Roland Moore-Colyer

I'm excited for Fable, but worried about the combat — what do you think?

A man with a sword faces off against a giant rooster monster in Fable.

Last week’s dive into Playground Games’ Fable not only kicked me hard in the nostalgia gland but also brought a big grin to my face as it looks like the pseudo-fairy-tale game is in good hands.

In the Xbox Developer Direct we got a look at how this reboot of Fable will have all manner of systems to exploit and things to do in what looks like to be a charming open world setting. From seeing how people react to you, to eschewing hero duties and becoming a form of property magnate – a lot of what made the Fable games so much fun and different to other fantasy RPGs looks to be intact, yet also evolved.

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