The upcoming reboot of the fantasy franchise Fable has about 1,000 NPCs in the Living Population, and it's remarkable that the studio opted for hand-crafting them instead of using a randomizer tool.

In a talk with GamesRadar+, game director Ralph Fulton said that the developers decided to individually create the design for every NPC because such an approach made more sense, despite that using the randomizer tool would save much time:

The result, reportedly, was characters with absurd contradictions in their personality, occupation, and appearance. The tool could, for example, produce a vegan butcher or a hairdresser with a plain haircut.

Apart from a name, a job, and a routine, NPCs will also notice your achievements and react to your reputation.

Fable, developed by Playground Games and published by Xbox, was recently delayed until 2027. The game is now set to launch on February 23. The game will still be set in the world of Albion, featuring reimagined locations that players can explore in a single-player mode. Overall, according to the developers, the story will take about 20 hours to complete, but you can treat the game as a life sim and spend hundreds of hours with it.

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