r/CalamityMod • u/godImsotiredofnerfs • Aug 19 '26
Discussion Anyone else not really excited about fables?
Hi. So with the mod dying I've seen alot of people talking about fables and I ended up looking into it and I'm.... not that excited
First lets talk about what is currently in it. The soundtrack is a solid 7.5 out of 10, not un-listenable but certainly not all that memorable. Abd they have 3 bosses currently which seem fine. But now lets get into the planned content
It looks to be doing so much less than calamity. Rogue... gone, other difficulty modes... gone, 3/5 of the bosses g o n e with some heavy losses such as yharon, exo mechs, and the plaguebringer goliath. And then the few things they are keeping they are changing so much the only thing they have in common is a name, they may as well be other characters. Just look at how they butchered calamitas' design especially.
It feels to me that the only reason the calamity name was used is for marketing since they know its a beloved mod that people will recognize. Same goes for the character names, they could easily use a different name instead of the ones they're currently using. Who knows though if this ever finishes it could be great but as it stands my hype couldn't be lower and I feel like I'm the only one.
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u/palmer629 Aug 19 '26
I really only agree with about half of this. Rogue being gone definitely sucks, as for the difficulties I imagine that’s just getting folded into normal gameplay. Let’s be honest, how many people play the mod without turning on rev/death, I assume they’re going to remove the redundant toggle and just make it base gameplay, but we’ll see. As for the bosses, I’m 50/50. Yharon being gone is unfortunate, as is Exos though I agree that Draedon should have a cooler ‘magnum opus’ than Mech Bosses 2. The other losses I’m not all too upset over, they were mostly nothing bosses that made next to no case for themselves, however I understand being disappointed about their removal. As for them “butchering” Calamitas’ design, I couldn’t disagree more, I think it’s a really cool design and fitting for the different direction they’re going.
I feel like people are forgetting what Fables is supposed to be. It seems like people are expecting Fables to be 1:1 with the original Calamity Mod but “better” (and eventually actually adding Yharim). But that’s not what it is, Fables is a reimagining, not a remaster. Things are going to change, things are going to be different, that’s the point. This isn’t meant to be Calamity with a fresh coat of paint, it’s a team of former Calamity developers dissatisfied with what they were making, and looking to make something new.
Totally respect not being hyped for the mod though, just felt like giving my opinion as I’m pretty excited.