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[CyberPanda]

Alex Patel was recently hired by Playground games, and is a brilliant artist. Here’s his work:

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/L2893

He is expecting games to look like these at least from playground moving forward:

If Fable 4 forests end up looking like this, we are in for quite a treat! And, shinobi from Ree has said that the Playground RPG has come very far along! We may get a glimpse of it at E3, too. Can’t wait.

 

[KyoZz]

Maybe at the end of the next gen, for a launch title its too soon I think

 

[New Yorks Finest]

GTFO!!!

 

[McCheese]

Playground games bringing back Sim Ant, out of fucking nowhere.

 

[Moses85]

Come on... this looks to good imo

 

[ResilientBanana]

No

 

[Birdo]

I hope not. I prefer the more cartoony style of the first 3.

 

[Fbh]

Maybe.

Though I think people need to keep their expectations in check. As far as I know you can accomplish way nicer looking stuff by rendering for an image (or a pre rendered video) as opposed to when you need to console to render the environment in real time + the player character and NPC's and enemies and wildlife, etc

 

[MoreJRPG]

I wouldn’t be surprised. The Series X is an absolute beast.

 

[Tragic Denial]

Photogrammetry has already been used, Battlefront 1 was one of the first iirc

It can only improve

 

[Quixz]

Holiday 2020 can't come soon enough

 

[Fuz]

He is expecting games to look like these at least from playground moving forward:

You guys can forget about this for a whole generation at least.

We'll see improvements in physics, AI, frame rate and only marginally on graphic quality. So many of you are set for disappointment.

 

[DragoonKain]

There's no way graphics like that would be in live gameplay any time soon. Cutscenes maybe. The graphical jumps are never as big as we expect. I think live gameplay graphics like that are still a generation or two away. PS6 or PS7.

 

[R6Rider]

Not a chance. Plus the cartoony style is part of what makes Fable what it is.

 

[Humdinger]

Not on the Xbox One S, that's for sure.

 

[MoreJRPG]

You guys can forget about this for a whole generation at least.

We'll see improvements in physics, AI, frame rate and only marginally on graphic quality. So many of you are set for disappointment.

Lol, didn’t know you were on a dev team for Xbox Game Studios.

 

[Fenris Wolf]

If this is supposed to be Fable 4 screenshots, then i don't expect the game to release until end of 2021 to mid 2022
Because i don't think it is possible to reach such graphics fidelity on base xbox one and if we take Matt booty's words serious, then MS plans to support current gen until then.
Unless they want to release next gen only titles in 2021-2 which is totally possible... Anyway these shots looks marvelous!

 

[EverydayBeast]

Nah can't be true

 

[SuperLupeRap]

If this is supposed to be Fable 4 screenshots, then i don't expect the game to release until end of 2021 to mid 2022
Because i don't think it is possible to reach such graphics fidelity on base xbox one and if we take Matt booty's words serious, then MS plans to support current gen until then.
Unless they want to release next gen only titles in 2021-2 which is totally possible... Anyway these shots looks marvelous!

Wow how does supporting the Xbox One after the launch of Series X translate into same graphics fidelity in your brain lol.

Of course the Series X versions of games will look exponentially better than the base Xbox One versions.

 

[HaveButOneLife]

You guys can forget about this for a whole generation at least.

We'll see improvements in physics, AI, frame rate and only marginally on graphic quality. So many of you are set for disappointment.

Godfall is marginal?

 

[Hawking Radiation]

JESUS.

Who the fuck cares about teraflops if next gen games reach these kind of visuals.

MY GOD

 

[Fenris Wolf]

Wow how does supporting the Xbox One after the launch of Series X translate into same graphics fidelity in your brain lol.

Of course the Series X versions of games will look exponentially better than the base Xbox One versions.

Wow wow have you ever heard of what bottlenecks can do? Yeah they can go and create 2 Fable 4's similar to FH2 on x360-x1. Hell, They can even tweak the game to run on lower graphics on the base console from 7 years ago. Yeah everyone knows that. But it's impossible to maintain a visual fidelity between two consoles with such wide gap by just "lolz all we gotta do is to turn off the shadows and lower the rez to 720p ez ahah". They're going to look way off, Unless they build the game based on an original XB1 hardware and since this console WILL bottleneck the next gen hardware, all XSX users going to receive is xbox one x like "enhanced" experience. And i didn't even start to talk about how they can totally revamp the series design by making it a next gen only title... Anyway What i said in my post was PERSONAL OPINION and pure speculation.

BTW Next time you got cocky and wanted to mock someone, just do yourself a favor and fuck off somewhere else

 

[Hendrick's]

If Fable was an UE tech demo than sure.

 

[iorek21]

If Fable 4 has the quality of Fable 2 along with modern mechanics and design, it could be one of the best Fantasy RPG's since Witcher 3

 

[Heinrich]

I hope not. I prefer the more cartoony style of the first 3.

Lol can’t be serious

 

[MightySquirrel]

For sure, it has to look this good on next gen.

 

[Birdo]

Lol can’t be serious

You don't think it would be odd for a series to suddenly change graphical style?

Imagine if a Zelda game released with photo-realistic graphics. I'd hate that. It's just not the style of the series.

 

[Quezacolt]

Lol can’t be serious

i agree with him. The series was always cartoony, why change that? Fable was never serious/realistic looking.

 

[Vawn]

Making a small enclosed area with that level of detail is one thing. Making a full game is another.

As exciting as a graphic upgrade is, I'm actually more excited to see if load times will become almost nonexistent, like Sony and MS are suggesting.

 

[Terenty]

Lol no

 

[Vawn]

You don't think it would be odd for a series to suddenly change graphical style?

Imagine if a Zelda game released with photo-realistic graphics. I'd hate that. It's just not the style of the series.

Zelda has a graphical style? We went from LTTP to Ocarina to Wind Waker to Twilight Princess to Breath of the Wild to Link's Awakening.

 

[Birdo]

Zelda has a graphical style? We went from LTTP to Ocarina to Wind Waker to Twilight Princess to Breath of the Wild to Link's Awakening.

It's always cartoony. Different cartoon styles, but still cartoony.

I hope I never see the day when we have some famous actor mo-capping Link. Not on my watch.

 

[SuperLupeRap]

Wow wow have you ever heard of what bottlenecks can do? Yeah they can go and create 2 Fable 4's similar to FH2 on x360-x1. Hell, They can even tweak the game to run on lower graphics on the base console from 7 years ago. Yeah everyone knows that. But it's impossible to maintain a visual fidelity between two consoles with such wide gap by just "lolz all we gotta do is to turn off the shadows and lower the rez to 720p ez ahah". They're going to look way off, Unless they build the game based on an original XB1 hardware and since this console WILL bottleneck the next gen hardware, all XSX users going to receive is xbox one x like "enhanced" experience. And i didn't even start to talk about how they can totally revamp the series design by making it a next gen only title... Anyway What i said in my post was PERSONAL OPINION and pure speculation.

BTW Next time you got cocky and wanted to mock someone, just do yourself a favor and fuck off somewhere else

Cool story bro.

On my ignore list for the last part of your comment

 

[Solarstrike]

Texturing looks good but the imagination must have been left in Bowerstone. Needs more spots color, crazy plants, rickety bridges, and those pain in the ass giant bees.

 

[Vawn]

It's always cartoony. Different cartoon styles, but still cartoony.

I hope I never see the day when we have some famous actor mo-capping Link. Not on my watch.

That's true, and I agree, but it's still all over the place style-wise.

This is a sequel to this:

 

[Hobbygaming]

You don't think it would be odd for a series to suddenly change graphical style?

Imagine if a Zelda game released with photo-realistic graphics. I'd hate that. It's just not the style of the series.

I think a realistic looking zelda would be fire lol same with Fable

 

[chemical boy]

 

[TLZ]

No

What a party pooper

 

[Wolfgang Jr]

Sure. At the exact same framerate it's being shown in those screenshots.

 

[Azelover]

Wow! That's incredible!

I could never get into Fable, but if it looks anything like that maybe this time I will.

 

[Birdo]

I think a realistic looking zelda would be fire lol same with Fable

 

[Exentryk]

Looking forward to some RPGs from Microsoft as they've lacked in this department. Not sure what Fable is, but if it is similar in structure to RPGs like Witcher 3/AC, then I'll definitely be interested.

 

[CitizenX3639]

Looks about right and then as you come to a town you find a huge sprawling city with 3-4 NPCs standing around waiting to give you a quest. They wasted all that computing power for graphics and nothing else to show for it. Boring.

 

[Northeastmonk]

Looking forward to some RPGs from Microsoft as they've lacked in this department. Not sure what Fable is, but if it is similar in structure to RPGs like Witcher 3/AC, then I'll definitely be interested.

Project Ego (aka Fable) was suppose to be the ultimate Role Playing Adventure game. Have a wife, have children, kill whoever you want, and suffer the consequences. Do good, get a halo above your head, do bad, and get horns on top your head. It was basically a open world fantasy in its infancy. A bit cheesy, lush cartoony details, and a lot of emphasis on character development. A lot of small details to the world that aren’t talked about because other games do it on a larger scale. Kick a bunch of chickens and get called “chicken kicker” from townsfolk. Fable 2 was what I enjoyed. Grab a gun, a blade, your dog and go out questing. Fable 3 was not fun in my opinion. They tried adding some sorta warping room mechanic that I thought was horrible. It took a lot of the charm away from the game and it felt like they ran out of ideas for the series.

 

[Tragic Denial]

Looks about right and then as you come to a town you find a huge sprawling city with 3-4 NPCs standing around waiting to give you a quest. They wasted all that computing power for graphics and nothing else to show for it. Boring.

It's artstation, its that dude portfolio
Computing power?
NPCs?
Do you have trouble reading?

 

[V4skunk]

It looks too photo realistic and cluttered for a Fable game, but who knows.

 

[LOLCats]

Skyrim mods are really looking great.

 

[Elder Legend]

Fable 4/Fable Reboot would most likely look more something like this.