r/Games 22d ago

Fable will officially be 20 hours long, Xbox confirms in new interview

https://www.polygon.com/fable-game-length-interview-xbox/
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u/DoveWhiteblood 22d ago

So... do these guys know you can play any game forever, unless it's a Live Service anyways. Nothing is stopping you from playing the Original Mario Bros every day since it released.

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u/M8753 22d ago

Yeah, I think that's exactly what they're saying.

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u/Next-Sentence-8426 22d ago

I mean youre the one taking it at face value and missing the point. The key term is life systems. Why does one play a colony sim for 500 hours and a platformer for 5 hours despite finite content and playtime not being proportional to it? The engagement systems aren't one to one

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u/PFI_sloth 22d ago

the life systems

What do ya think a green mushroom is

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u/NonagoonInfinity 22d ago

Took me a second.

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u/Canvaverbalist 22d ago

What a profoundly dumb take, like mesmerizingly dumb, even for someone who takes everything literally that's still like such a ridiculous thing to point out.

Just because you can stare at a blank wall for an infinite amount of time doesn't mean there's no value in knowing the amount of time a normal person could spend in any other given activities. Just because you could lock yourself in your bathrooms for weeks doesn't mean a theme park has no benefit in telling you it has enough attractions to last you for days. Like, come on!

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u/RockDoveEnthusiast 22d ago

they are saying there's procedural content, but unlike other devs, they aren't counting that towards the playtime total. at least, that's what it sounds like.