Fable's protagonist will not have a set gender, just like in Fable 2 and 3. This was confirmed in the deep dive at the Xbox Developer Direct, giving us a look at our customisation options.
This comes after Fable became yet another culture war target for having thusfar used a female protagonist in its marketing. This led some to believe that the player character would be a woman, without the option to play as a man. Naturally, this meant the usual crowd cried "woke", even though the solo female protagonist hadn't been confirmed.
In today's demo, we saw how players will be able to select from different builds to customise the main character's appearance.
"In Fable, you'll be able to pick from a range of different character heads," one of the developers tells us. "You can customise your clothing, hair, skintone, tattoos, and scars, so the hero you play represents you."
This is a vast improvement on the customisation options in the original games. In the first Fable, you could only play as a man, and the only things you could change were his hair and clothes - although some other changes would come about depending on your build and...
