To rebuke some points the usual fragile snowflakes are making to my tweet on Fable and diversity;
1. Narrative accuracy despite being fictional.
At the end of Fable 3 you make Aurora, an extremely hot desert filled country to the South, part of Albion. So if the new Fable is set after, it makes sense Albion would be far more diverse in its people than the prior games already were.
Not that there needed to be such a narrative reason mind you. The franchise has teleportion, plus there's other forms of travel, so it's not like over the course of decades, more and more immigration couldn't occur, just like in real life.
2. An old name for England.
Albion was an ancient Greek/Roman name for England nearly 1000 years BEFORE medieval times, in 4th Century BC Roman Britain, which Fable's world isn't inspired by.
Hence the name is a nod to the game being inspired by British folklore, not an admission of historical accuracy. Even during Roman rule the name became Britannia.
The Albion in Fable is fictional. Which should've been obvious by it having entirely different and wildly fantastical locations to England, in addition to giants, magic etc lol.
3. An affront to creativity.
It's insane snowflakes draw the line at black and brown people, but not trolls, giants, magic, fantastical locations, fire breathing giant birds etc.
They're clearly NOT interested in accuracy and realism, just gatekeeping art to omitting minorities.
But here's the thing, in wanting fantastical fiction to mimic historic real life, they not only defeat the point of fiction, but prove they're deeply un creative and dull. Fiction is about expanding on creativity for artistic intent and entertainment, and greater diversity can aid in that.
Personally, I can't stand fragile snowflakes who persistently whine whenever creatives create things that don't wholly conform to their own subjective ideals, prejudices or insecurities.
To me, such folk are akin to the equivalent of entitled gaming Karens, and in my honest opinion, should be ignored and/or mocked, just like memed Karens.
If developers want hot women with big boobs and skimpy armour even if it isn't realistic, let them. If they want to have more black and brown people, let them. If they want normal realistic looking women instead of Insta models, let them.
Tired of gaming tourists and people in general, whether on the right or left, being fragile, entitled, socially detatched and insular snowflakes about this stuff. Let creatives create without your constant whining.
#Fable #Xbox
Fable doesn't take place in England but Albion, a fictional and highly fantastical country, hence the crazy looking locations, magic, giants etc.
Games name kinda gives it away lol.
Fable has also had black characters since the first game in the franchise...