Almost 16 years since the release of Fable 3, we're finally getting another Fable game this Autumn. It's been a long time since Peter Molyneux and Lionhead crafted the original trilogy, but, judging from yesterday's Xbox Developer Direct, Playground Games has captured the essence of the series in its upcoming reboot.
There have been questions about why Playground didn't opt to continue Lionhead's legacy directly by calling the game Fable 4 and continuing the story fans of the originals are familiar with. In an interview with GamesRadar+, Playground Games' general manager Ralph Fulton explained the rationale for pursuing a reboot rather than a sequel.
"We're not Lionhead. I think you can see Lionhead in the original trilogy," said Fulton. "I really believe that the personality of a team shows in the work they do and the games they make, you can see Lionhead in the original trilogy, and we're not Lionhead. We're a different studio, different people, different culture."
"It would be inauthentic for us to just make Fable 4," he continued. "One of the big reasons that this isn't a sequel is we felt that we needed to reboot the franchise, and we needed to put our stamp on...
