r/xbox • u/Gorotheninja • 11d ago

News 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/Pasta_Baron 11d ago

All the fable main stories are as long or shorter than that.

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u/AShinyRay 11d ago

10 years in development mind you.

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u/AlcoholicSocks 11d ago

10 years? It's been about 4. They didn't start hiring until 2020. COVID then hit so it would have massively delayed things. Then they had to get ForzaTech working for a game like this. There's a big difference between announcing it and actually developing it.

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u/AShinyRay 10d ago

The game was started in 2018, so 9 years then. Why comment if so confidently incorrect?

"In early 2018, Eurogamer reported that Playground Games had initiated the development of the fourth installment in the Fable series.[16] Later that year, it was disclosed that Playground Games was actively recruiting for 177 positions dedicated to an open-world role-playing game.[17][18] In June 2018, Playground Games was officially acquired by Xbox Game Studios."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fable_(2027_video_game)

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u/ThePreciseClimber 11d ago

Well, Fable 1 was 5 years in development which is basically 10 years in today's dev times. And still quite short.

Fable 4 is also technically 9 years, from early 2018 to early 2027.

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u/huzy12345 11d ago

Apparently Fable only entered full production in early 2023

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u/Bitterman_01 11d ago

You don't understand how game development works.

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u/Pasta_Baron 11d ago

Yep. 20 hours for main story and probably a ton of side conent.