Trivia / Fable

• Killer App: After years of alternating between Halo, Gears of War, and Forza, the announcement of a new Fable title for the Xbox Series X|S ignited lots of interest in the console, primarily for being something very different from Microsoft's mainstays during the Xbox One era.
• Self-Imposed Challenge:
  • The game had some reputation for It's Easy, So It Sucks! and had no increased difficulty modes, leading some players to try to challenge themselves. Many no-upgrade playthroughs exist on Youtube.
  • The player's stats keep track of his kills on each playthrough. However kills scored by the player's summons, allies, and Turncoat enemies don't contribute to this stat. It's possible to complete the game with no recorded kills, minions can land the killing blow even in boss fights if the player is patient and has the right type of Summon.
• Urban Legend of Zelda: The game is rife with these, with the most famous being the sandgoose and the Singing Sword, as well as the Dragon Cliff, the music box and a host of other things.
• What Could Have Been: The game was described as a Wide-Open Sandbox game, with the ability to plant a tree and watch it grow, and to marry, have children, watch your children grow and play as those children as examples of possible features. Though aging and marriage were implemented, the features of the final game are not quite as extensive as the living world that was once described.
• Working Title: The game was pitched with the title "Thingy".

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