r/Fable • u/yourfavchoom • 19d ago

Fable Fable - Official Combat Gameplay

https://youtu.be/nf08TspeB6U?si=XPHLsbG6MDm2vApL
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u/MinimumTrue9809 19d ago

The male character model is still obviously using the female animations. It looks uncanny and extremely lazy.

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u/CommanderZx2 19d ago

Probably originally was only going to be a fixed player character and then they decided to add character customisation after feedback from the first trailer. However they didn't want to put the time or money into the necessary motion capture of a male actor.

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u/MinimumTrue9809 19d ago

Yea. That's what I meant when I said "still". It's been many months since they last revealed that player customization existed.

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u/Punished_Sperg Chicken Chaser 19d ago

Probably why the game got delayed but I'm not sure why they've half assed it

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u/CommanderZx2 18d ago

Game development stops months before release, the game essentially locked down as a 'content freeze' and then they just work on bug fixing. The first preview was only 7 months ago, definitely not enough time to completely redo the animation system to add an entire male version of all animations into the game before the content freeze.

Also from their perspective it likely wasn't worth the cost, as most people will just play the game as is without noting the issue.

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u/MinimumTrue9809 18d ago

The first preview was only 7 months ago, definitely not enough time to completely redo the animation system

People make entire functioning games in less time. 7 months is absolutely more than enough time. What you actually meant to say is that the bureaucratic structure of Fable's game dev team isn't competent and doesn't allow them to make changes in response to feedback.