The latest title in the Fable series will use a business model similar to the MOBA sensation that is League of Legends.
Microsoft has announced that Lionhead Studios' Fable Legends will be a free-to-play title. While this may worry players, Microsoft seems to be handling the free to play model without it being "pay to win". The game will launch with four different players for free and will alternate characters every couple of weeks. These characters can be purchased for permanent use by spending in-game currency or actual money. Game progress will not be lost if you don't purchase a hero, and all of the game's story and quests are completely free.
This isn't the first time that Microsoft has toyed with this business model as Xbox One launch title Killer Instinct also has a rotating free character. The upcoming Phantom Dust may also use a similar system, although that is not set in stone. Killer Instinct's use of seasons and rotating characters has mostly been praised by the fighting game community.
A FAQ detailing more information on the upcoming Xbox One and Windows 10 title can be found on Fable Legends' official site. It tackles plenty of issues such as if there will be a physical release of the game (maybe) to if the game requires Xbox Live Gold (yes).
Pure Xbox will have more coverage on Fable Legends as it nears release later this year. Let us know what you think about the new business model in the comments.
[source fablelegends.com]
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Funny, first thing I imagined was microtransaction hell, but I suppose the model described doesn't sound so bad.
I'm a huge Fable fan so I'll play the hell out of the game. I do wonder if there will be season pass...
Ugh the more I hear about this game the less I like. I had a lot of hope for this game but I literally have never liked a free to play game in my life so im not going into this game with a very good track record :/ the only f2p game that I actually put some real time into was warframe... and it didn't last..but I did have fun while I did play it.
@mitcHELLspawn you didn't like Killer Instinct? :-/
i dont know if this is good or bad, i hope lionhead are thinking still thinking about a true fable game in the future, might give fable legends a chance though
@TylerTreese hmm well I don't fully equate killer instinct with being a free to play game since it's just one character really that you get. I paid for the full version when it came out and I did enjoy it but fighting games aren't my favorite games. The only real times that I have fun with a game like killer instinct is if I have a few of the boys over and we play each other and put some money on it or something. Then it gets real interesting lol
I am going to remain open-minded about this one. Whether than makes me look like an idiot or not, remains to be seen!
This is one of those announcements that just makes sense to me. Hopefully this F2P model will be implemented as well as it sounds. I might actually play this game, which I didn't have an interest in initially.
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@EternalDragonX I wouldn't be too disappointed just yet. Killer Instinct, for example, isn't compromised by its F2P model. I paid for the entire game all at once, so I don't even notice the F2P part of it whatsoever. Maybe this will be exactly the same.
The model of the game sounds pretty good, as it does seem very similar to how Killer Instinct has gone about, however this does overall worry me. Mostly in how it won't be a physical release game at launch... the digital Sunset Overdrive I got with my White Xbox One ate up a lot of data as it was, and I'd much rather get any game that I can in physical form.
With that said, if it does follow the Killer Instinct model, then it'll later on get a physical release, but I'm not keen on waiting for it as it likely won't be until some time next year (and as one of my keenly anticipated Xbox One titles, I'd like to talk about it when sharing my thoughts of games that were released in 2015).
Hopefully if it does get a physical release, such a thing will be confirmed early on, and released within this year.
@Souldin they might, if im not mistaken project spark starter pack was retail also
I get what they're doing. They don't care about profiting from this game directly, they care about raking in the LIVE subscriptions. The game requires it, and it's free, meaning all those people who don't have LIVE will be enticed to download the game, only to discover "Hey! I need a LIVE subscription to play this! Well what the heck, might as well seeing as I get to play this awesome game if I do"
@JaxonH I had completely missed that announcement that it requires Xbox Live Gold to play... darn it, that's even more annoying. I don't have gold yet, and my original intention for getting gold (as I didn't think I'd be in any rush to get it) was to just place it onto my Christmas list). My enthusiasm for this game has certainly depleted quite a bit.
@EternalDragonX Oh yeah... I forgot about that... which is odd considering I won the starter pack from Pure Xbox. Hopefully Fable Legends will have a starter pack like Project Spark then, and also come with a few free days of Xbox Gold.
@DRL cmon now, you and i both know comparing a fighting game f2p to an adventure f2p is like comparing apples to sweatshirts. i may be proven wrong but id bet my lefty that getting enough money to buy characters, customizations will be such a grind feast that we will be forced to use real money I like run on sentences
@EternalDragonX This isn't an adventure game. It's a 4v1 PVP Arena fighting game similar to a MOBA.
I'm actually more excited for this game now.
@JaxonH well online play requires Gold. No different from any other game.
@TylerTreese
Of course. But coupled with the free to play model makes for a very persuasive argument to those who have not yet signed up. Or, at least I imagine that's what they're banking on anyways.
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