Fable is Using the ForzaTech Engine - News
by William D'Angelo , posted on 02 June 2021 / 2,768 Views
Playground Games last year announced it is developing the next entry in the Fable franchise for the Xbox Series X|S and PC. The developer is calling it "a new beginning for the legendary franchise."
A job listing on Microsoft’s Careers website for a Software Engineer at Turn 10 Studios revealed that the upcoming Fable game will use the ForzaTech engine that the racing series Forza uses.
"Do you want to have a major impact on 3 AAA titles in development across 2 beloved Xbox franchises? ForzaTech is the engine, tools, and pipelines that drive both the Forza Motorsport and Forza Horizon series of games," reads the description for the job.
"In addition to adding new features like raytracing to support the next console generation, we are also enriching the toolset to support an open world action RPG – Fable.
"The Tech Share team at Turn 10 builds new systems and tools that benefit all games running on ForzaTech, helps teams design features and tools in a shareable way, and provides support for our cross-studio content teams.
"We are looking for a generalist who is comfortable working across many different areas and enjoys learning new systems to help us craft a better ForzaTech."
The last major entry in the action RPG series, Fable III, released a decade ago on the Xbox 360, and developer Lionhead Studios has since been shut down.
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That engine is quite proficient. Fable is gonna look great indeed!
Certainly my most anticipated XBox Series game. Fantasy games look great in HDR, what with all the lighting effects and whatnot, but if it has ray-tracing as well, Albion will be a looker like never before.
Now, XBox Game Studios, why not give us a remaster of Fable 2 to ease the wait?
The engine has already shown to be able to handle an open world game in Forza Horizon 4 and is still one of the best looking games out there! I can't wait to see how Fable looks and most importantly, plays, since this is the studio's first attempt at an open world RPG.
Fable CharriotSport
Better have ZERO micro transactions, and devoid of any MMO elements. Probably my favourite franchise on the 360, and yes, I liked the 3rd one too.
I liked the third one as well. But the second game did most things better. The King aspect of the third game was unfortunately half-assed, and the overall story wasn’t as fun as in Fable II.
Number 2 and 1 are my joint favourites. Yeah, the royal aspect was pretty rushed.
The Royal aspect had a lot of potential, but sadly it was neglected for whatever reason (probably deadlines). It is a shame because the reat of the game was pretty solid IMO.
I enjoyed all three games, but the time skip in Fable 3 made it my least favorite.
It's about time we got a new Fable though!
The problem with 3 is that it is literally half a game. I really enjoyed it, beat it a few times. But once a certain big story event happens, everything goes into fast forward. Its like it was a group project, and the guy that was supposed to do the end game was the guy who never does his work. Then everyone had to slap a bunch a stuff together before the project was late and shipped it with their fingers crossed.
Post timeskip had a lot of potential, but sadly it did bot get the same love that pre timeskip got.
A job listing requiring UE experience doesn’t mean they’re using the engine per se. Their in-house engine could very well be similar, or the job listing could be asking for the applicants to be familiar with the workflow that comes with working with such an engine and its features.
