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Fable Legends to be free-to-play

Fable Legends to be free-to-play

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Microsoft has today revealed that the upcoming game Fable Legends will use a free-to-play model rather than a more traditional pricing structure in both the Xbox One and Windows 10 versions. Microtransactions will allow players to unlock hero characters and creatures to be used by the villains permanently. Otherwise, the available heroes and creatures will rotate every two weeks, leaving users unable to simply pick the same hero. The game will though allow the purchase of these items with in-game currency as well as real world money, although they have yet to reveal how much they will cost in either form. The two-week seasons will operate as a way to tell the overall story of the game as new content will be released episodically in a similar way to releases by Telltale Game. Microsoft hopes this will allow Fable Legends to be supported for up to 10 years, with new quests, characters and items added over time. Unlike previous games in the Fable series, Fable Legends will see players playing

Review: Fable The Journey

Review: Fable The Journey

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When Lionhead unveiled their final installment of Fable, or at least the last to have Peter Molyneux on board, hearts fell at the realization that it would be a Kinect game.  Yet, after working through the game’s entirety, that’s undeniably not the issue with the final product.  Fable: The Journey is a fantastic addition to the Kinect library and a good bit of fun that utilizes the Kinect’s motion-tracking extremely well.  Detailed environments with that signature Fable stylization, a good sound track, and carefully conceived controls transform it into a great on-rails shooter.  Yet, as a possible end to a franchise of RPGs, it falls short when standing beside its predecessors.  A storyline that tried to accomplish too much in too little time, in a game that is little more than a group of prescripted battle sequences, proved to be the deadweight that sunk the game.  This is not the climactic close to a franchise that prided itself on choices and scope and pushing limits. A quick spoiler-less synopsis is