Fable III Combat Features Revealed
Lionhead's Senior design director Josh Atkins recently sat down with
CVG to discuss the combat features in the studio's upcoming title, Fable III.
"We worked harder on staging our fights, our music and our overall combat experience to ensure the encounters all felt different and memorable - and in the end, more action-packed than before," he said.
Atkins touched on why the studio rebuilt the spell casting system and how important it was to the combat gameplay.
"Much like every other section of the game, the spell casting system has had a complete overhaul," he said. "From the moment the player receives their first spell, they are able to cast the maximum spell level, albeit very very slowly.
"As the hero levels up their spell ability, they will find that progressive spell levels will cast much more quickly, meaning that at maximum spell ability level, the highest level of the spell will almost insta-cast. This means magic for all levels is much less about standing about waiting to charge up to useful levels and is more immediate and fun."
One new feature in Fable III will be the "Spellweaving" feature which allows the player to wear two spell gauntlets at once, you have to unlock it before hand of course.
"For example, if the player chooses Vortex on one hand and Fireball on the other then they will cast a Fire Vortex which sucks people off the ground and sets them on fire, especially good against those annoying Hobbes!"
Atkins added that there are over 20 spell combination's you can toil with.
Also making the first time appearance is "morphing" weapons. These unique weapons change to suit your playing style.
"Initially, all weapons look very standard, but as the hero powers up, the weapons morph to reflect the hero's playing style," he said. "Some weapons have predetermined paths and missions the player has to perform to give them amazing new abilities while others morph to reflect exactly what the hero has done in the game."
He added: "When you are playing co-op these morphing weapons take on a new meaning as some weapons can only upgrade if you are willing to do a nice thing and gift them to another player."
Fable III is out at the end of October for the Xbox 360. A PC version of the game was recently delayed to an unknown date.
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