To brighten the wait, Microsoft showed 30 minutes of gameplay from the new RPG by Playground Games. Many elements of the project received positive feedback, but the quality of facial animation quickly became a subject of debate.
On social media and in comments, players began comparing Fable to Mass Effect Andromeda and modern installments of Assassin's Creed. Users note the unnatural facial expressions of the characters and poor synchronization of lip movements with speech.
Some commentators believe that in their current state, the facial animations look worse than in Assassin's Creed Shadows. The camera work also came under criticism: during dialogues, characters often appear at strange angles, which makes scenes lose their emotional impact.
However, the shown materials were recorded on an early test version of the game. The developers specifically pointed this out at the beginning of the demonstration, so many elements may still change by release.