Fable Xbox Series SX: 10 Things It Can Learn From Yakuza

Beyond the many time sinks around Kamurocho and the other cities focused on in the Ryū ga Gotoku classics, there are the sub-stories and side stories that serve as simple and often humorous distractions from the usually quite serious storylines, and bring a little more character to the world.

Will you buy a young boy his first adult-oriented magazine from a vending machine? How about chasing down a series of muggers who, in turn, are getting mugged themselves, in order to return a video game a child is buying for their dad?

These sub-stories can be quite simple sometimes, but others can lead into entire series of stories not just throughout a game but throughout the series as those characters return in later games.

The sidestories are more detailed, full-on storylines that are usually designed around minigames so well-crafted they could easily be released as budget games themselves.

Here we head out into the untamed wilderness to hunt, follow a quest to become an idol, or manage a Cabaret Club in Yakuza 0's addictive extra storyline. Dozens of hours can easily be poured into these stories without getting bored, and this is something Fable could benefit from.