New ‘Fable’ trailer stars Richard Ayoade as a veggie-loving giant
nme.comFable’s comical world for fans, featuring Richard Ayoade as one of the disgruntled denizens dealing with bothersome heroes.Of course, we had an inkling the RPG would be appearing in the presentation, based on a sparkly social media post from the official Xbox social media channels.
And if there’s one thing that Fable is fondly remembered for, it is its wry sense of humour about the Hollywood solemnity of other fantasy fiction.Richard Ayoade, who you’ll recognise from The IT Crowd, set the scene for the narrative of the new Fable, starring as Dave the vegetable enthusiast.
He decried heroes as “wafters,” disruptive hedonists and treading the same ground as every main character before them.It’s ideal timing, too.
Xbox Game Studios recently placed pressure on Playground Games to show off Fable, however the team gave their publisher the thumbs down.Given the reception to Redfall, another Xbox exclusive in the hands of a highly capable team that ended up transforming enormously by the time it hit the shelves earlier this year, that was a very smart move.
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