{"id":1018181,"date":"2026-06-10T19:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1018181\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:35:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:35:22","slug":"fable-ps5s-innovative-life-sim-loop-has-me-smitten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1018181\/","title":{"rendered":"Fable PS5’s Innovative Life Sim Loop Has Me Smitten"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Fable<\/a><\/p>\n

Regular readers will know I love Shenmue<\/a> \u2013 it\u2019s my all-time favourite game.<\/p>\n

And one of the things I love most about it is the way it embeds you in a living, breathing world. Characters follow routines: they wake up for work in the morning; they head for dinner at the end of their shift. I\u2019ve always been obsessed with this concept.<\/p>\n

Of course, Shenmue and its sequel are over 25 years old, and there were limits to what SEGA could do on the Dreamcast.<\/p>\n

Fable<\/a> appears to be picking up that mantle and delivering a life sim on the scale of which I\u2019ve never seen before.<\/p>\n

This 30-minute gameplay demo, presumably showing the release at its very best, illustrates exactly what I mean. Throughout the demo, you encounter different characters, hire them for your businesses, impress them, and have an impact on their moral view.<\/p>\n

For some reason I can\u2019t embed the video, so you\u2019ll need to click through the link and watch it on YouTube<\/a>. Sorry about that, it\u2019s not my fault.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Anyway, some characters may be drawn-in by your flashy clothes and kind demeanour; others may think you\u2019re out-of-touch with the common person. It\u2019s all really compelling and unique.<\/p>\n

One other thing that appeals to me here is how there are management mechanics ticking away in the background. You can buy businesses, rent out homes to tenants, and so on \u2013 it reminds me a little bit of building up a criminal empire in GTA Online<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Regardless of what you\u2019re doing, you\u2019ll be accumulating passive income, which you can then invest into more businesses or new clothes.<\/p>\n

I suppose there\u2019s a danger here that, once you\u2019ve explored the key systems presented, this could get a bit formulaic and repetitive. But the demo is really impressive, and like I said, I\u2019m smitten with the concepts on display.<\/p>\n

My only real question is whether GTA 6<\/a> is going to deliver a lot of these same systems sooner, in a more grounded world that appeals to me more \u2013 I\u2019ve never been one for fantasy, after all. I guess I won\u2019t know that until Rockstar decides to show more of its game later this summer.<\/p>\n

Either way, Fable\u2019s coming to the PS5 on 23rd February<\/a>, and I\u2019m really excited to play it.<\/p>\n

[source youtube.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

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\"Sammy<\/p>\n

As the Editor of Push Square, Sammy has over 15 years of experience analysing the world of PlayStation, from PS3 through PS5 and everything in between. He\u2019s an expert on PS Studios and industry matters, as well as sports games and simulators. He also enjoys RPGs when he has the time to dedicate to them, and is a bit of a gacha whale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regular readers will know I love Shenmue \u2013 it\u2019s my all-time favourite game. And one of the things…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1018182,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7],"tags":[211054,55,53,16,15,54],"class_list":["post-1018181","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-fable","tag-ps5","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-xbox-game-studios"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116727496692231672","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018181","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1018181"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1018181\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1018182"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1018181"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1018181"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1018181"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}