Microsoft has recently announced that its upcoming multiplayer dungeon crawler, Fable Legends , will be a free-to-play game. In a recent interview, Product Manager Ian Griffiths admits that free-to-play wasn’t the original goal of the project, but they ultimately realized it was the inevitable (and best possible) choice.
“We touched on a number of games that we looked to as awesome of examples of doing free-to-play right, stuff like League of Legends, DOTA 2, Team Fortress 2. That’s the direction that we want to go. They’re very commercially successful, they’re well-loved by their players, and we wanna be in that kind of area…when you fall in love with a game and it’s just such a great experience, you get to that point where you want to invest in it,” Griffiths states.
So how will Fable’s non-monetary gameplay work? The developer has given a breakdown on fablelegends.com , which we’ve detailed for you below:
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You’ll be able to play Fable Legends from beginning-to-end without spending a penny. That means you’ll have access to the entirety of Fable Legends’ storyline and all of the quests we release this year and forever. - Fair
Everything in Fable Legends that affects gameplay can be earned by simply playing the game. - Generous
Our goal is to have a happy community of players. We’ll be updating the game with exciting new quests to play through, Heroes to play as, Villain creatures to control, and lots more. - So how does Fable Legends work as a free to play game?
In Fable Legends, whether you’re adventuring as a Hero or smiting as a Villain, you will earn Silver to spend in-game. And everything that affects makes your characters or your creatures more powerful can be bought with the silver that you earn. You’ll also be able to buy gold with real-world money, which can then be used to purchase many of the items that are also available for Silver.