Dhruin
February 18th, 2010, 08:39
1Up's RPG blog The Grind looks at the design of Fable III (http://www.1up.com/do/blogEntry?bId=9020123):
Sounds like an Industrial Age SimCity more than anything else, right? This is what Molyneux has wanted for Fable from the very beginning. The fact that you're vying to be a king in Fable III, and that the level-ups are determined by the number of minions you command, is only a natural extension of that desire. With Molyneux removing RPG trappings like experience and even the heads-up display, I feel like we're at last coming to the real point of the series, which is to be a ground-level Populous.
More information. (http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=14395)
Sounds like an Industrial Age SimCity more than anything else, right? This is what Molyneux has wanted for Fable from the very beginning. The fact that you're vying to be a king in Fable III, and that the level-ups are determined by the number of minions you command, is only a natural extension of that desire. With Molyneux removing RPG trappings like experience and even the heads-up display, I feel like we're at last coming to the real point of the series, which is to be a ground-level Populous.
More information. (http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?newsbit=14395)